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eThekwini Municipality

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World rank, all time
#22,437
of 34,923
Rank in South Africa
#83
of 126
Research works
173
▼ 15% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.9k
16.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.00×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
48%
world 40%
International
26%
world 18%
eThekwini Municipality

Which fields of science does eThekwini Municipality work in?

In 2022-now, 35% of research at eThekwini Municipality is in Social Sciences, 33% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (29%), Social Sciences (26%), Engineering (12%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 10 fractional works · 35.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 25.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 9.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 6.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 5.7% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 10 fractional works · 32.7% of its workMedicine: 9 fractional works · 29.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 3 fractional works · 9.5% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 7 fractional works · 23.7% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 11.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 4.0% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 11.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 3.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 8.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 4.3% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workVirology: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSensory Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKeThekwiniMunicipality29fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences24%Health Sciences33%Social Sciences35%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 18 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences725.5%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance26.4%
    3. Decision Sciences11.9%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting00.7%
    5. Psychology00.6%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.1%
    1. Medicine929.2%
    2. Health Professions12.5%
    3. Nursing01.1%
    1. Engineering311.7%
    2. Environmental Science311.4%
    3. Mathematics00.6%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences14.3%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology12.3%
    3. Neuroscience00.8%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.6%
    5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.90× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.31× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.61× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Earth and Planetary Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.78× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.29× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.94× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.52× its world share, 9 worksMedicineNursing: 2.13× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.94× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.98× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.02× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 3.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 18 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.98×2 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology2.31×1 works
  3. Environmental Science2.29×3 works
  4. Nursing2.13×0 works
  5. Social Sciences2.02×8 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.94×0 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.61×0 works
  8. Medicine1.52×9 works
  9. Health Professions0.94×1 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.90×1 works
  11. Engineering0.78×3 works
  12. Mathematics0.48×0 works
  13. Neuroscience0.47×0 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.23×0 works
  15. Psychology0.20×0 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.06×0 works
  17. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.04×0 works
  18. Arts and Humanities0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at eThekwini Municipality?

Ranked on the quality score, Debra Roberts, Sean O’Donoghue and Darshan Reddy lead among researchers whose main affiliation is eThekwini Municipality.

  1. 1 Debra Roberts South Africa · #59,334 worldwide 13k citations · 119 works
  2. 2 Sean O’Donoghue South Africa · #1,707,463 worldwide 784 citations · 29 works
  3. 3 Darshan Reddy South Africa · #1,914,835 worldwide 206 citations · 27 works
  4. 4 Andrew A. Mather South Africa · #2,592,625 worldwide 558 citations · 26 works
  5. 5 Brian Vezi South Africa · #2,950,102 worldwide 417 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 T. Gounden South Africa · #3,092,028 worldwide 228 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Brian O’Leary South Africa · #3,169,240 worldwide 256 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 M Roux South Africa · #4,398,461 worldwide 11 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 Peet Du Plessis South Africa · #4,574,406 worldwide 4 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Udo Richard Averweg South Africa · #4,607,672 worldwide 190 citations · 83 works
All ranked researchers at eThekwini Municipality

What are the most cited papers from eThekwini Municipality?

The most cited paper from eThekwini Municipality is "A framework for complex climate change risk assessment" (Nicholas P. Simpson et al., 2021), with 719 citations. Next come "Six research priorities for cities and climate change" (707) and "Development: Time to leave GDP behind" (702).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A framework for complex climate change risk assessment Nicholas P. Simpson et al. · One Earth Open access Apr 2021 719
2 Six research priorities for cities and climate change Xuemei Bai, Richard Dawson, Diána Ürge-Vorsatz et al. · Nature Open access 27 Feb 2018 707
3 Development: Time to leave GDP behind Robert Costanza, Ida Kubiszewski, Enrico Giovannini et al. · Nature Open access 15 Jan 2014 702
4 Roadmap towards justice in urban climate adaptation research Linda Zhixia Shi, Eric K. Chu, Isabelle Anguelovski et al. · Nature Climate Change 27 Jan 2016 635
5 Understanding human vulnerability to climate change: A global perspective on index validation for adaptation planning Joern Birkmann, Ali Jamshed, Joanna M. McMillan et al. · The Science of The Total Environment Open access 31 Aug 2021 328
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Which keywords describe research at eThekwini Municipality?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Antiretroviral Therapy, Human Rights, Sustainable Development, South Africa, Development, Biodiversity Conservation, HIV Infection and Urban Poverty.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 36 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 36 words, with their numbers
  1. Antiretroviral Therapy4▲ 80×6 topics
  2. Human Rights3▲ 8.7×5 topics
  3. Sustainable Development3▲ 5.7×6 topics
  4. South Africa2▲ 244×3 topics
  5. Development2▲ 18×2 topics
  6. Epidemiology2▲ 1.44×17 topics
  7. Biodiversity Conservation2▲ 14×5 topics
  8. HIV Infection2▲ 51×4 topics
  9. Urban Poverty2▲ 122×2 topics
  10. HIV Transmission2▲ 66×1 topic
  11. Preexposure Prophylaxis2▲ 103×1 topic
  12. Urbanization2▲ 13×2 topics
  13. Community Participation1▲ 14×3 topics
  14. Economic Growth1▲ 5.8×3 topics
  15. Sustainability1▲ 1.92×4 topics
  16. Drug Resistance1▲ 15×3 topics
  17. Global Governance1▲ 19×1 topic
  18. Machine Learning1▲ 1.37×3 topics
  19. Millennium Development Goals1▲ 278×1 topic
  20. Cyber-Physical Systems1▲ 15×1 topic
  21. Physical Activity1▲ 8.5×2 topics
  22. Policy1▲ 19×2 topics
  23. Smart Grid1▲ 11×1 topic
  24. Urban1▲ 62×2 topics
  25. Housing Policy1▲ 128×1 topic
  26. Slum Upgrading1▲ 128×1 topic
  27. Active Travel1▲ 51×1 topic
  28. Built Environment1▲ 51×1 topic
  29. Environmental Governance1▲ 50×2 topics
  30. Globalization1▲ 1.81×3 topics
  31. Green Building1▲ 114×1 topic
  32. Integrase Inhibitors1▲ 165×1 topic
  33. Nucleoside Analogues1▲ 165×1 topic
  34. Sustainable Construction1▲ 44×1 topic
  35. local economic development1▲ 551×1 topic
  36. regional1▲ 551×1 topic

Which research topics does eThekwini Municipality publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions, Human Rights and Development, Smart Grid Security and Resilience and Urban and Rural Development Challenges.

HIV/AIDS Research and In…2HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 2 fractional worksHuman Rights and Develop…1Human Rights and Development: 1 fractional worksSmart Grid Security and Resilience: 1 fractional worksUrban and Rural Development Challenges: 1 fractional worksSustainable Building Design and Assessment: 1 fractional worksLocal Economic Development and Planning: 1 fractional worksUrban Transport and Accessibility: 1 fractional worksHIV/AIDS drug developmen…1HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment: 1 fractional worksLegal Issues in South Africa: 1 fractional worksGeochemistry and Geochronology of Asian Mineral Deposits: 1 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesSociology and Political ScienceControl and Systems EngineeringUrban Studies5 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 2 works
  2. 2 Human Rights and Development Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  3. 3 Smart Grid Security and Resilience Control and Systems Engineering 1 works
  4. 4 Urban and Rural Development Challenges Urban Studies 1 works
  5. 5 Sustainable Building Design and Assessment Building and Construction 1 works
  6. 6 Local Economic Development and Planning Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  7. 7 Urban Transport and Accessibility Transportation 1 works
  8. 8 HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment Infectious Diseases 1 works
  9. 9 Legal Issues in South Africa Law 1 works
  10. 10 Geochemistry and Geochronology of Asian Mineral Deposits Economics and Econometrics 1 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world's own shares: the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available47.8%not open52.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.5%domestic only74.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has eThekwini Municipality's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 15% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is eThekwini Municipality as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00011% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%eThekwini Municipality0.000080% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of eThekwini Municipality over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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