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Hospital / health system · East London · South Africa

Frere Hospital

fh.echealth.gov.zaROR OpenAlex
Research works
96
▲ 95% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.2k
12.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
59%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Frere Hospital is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.25× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.25× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 2.37× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.11× its world share, 17 worksMedicineNursing: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesPsychology: 1.15× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Frere Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Diagnosis, Surgical Management, Congenital Anomalies, Genetics, Prenatal Diagnosis and Echinococcosis.

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

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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 12 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 12 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology6▲ 7.2×23 topics
  2. Treatment3▲ 12×12 topics
  3. Diagnosis3▲ 13×9 topics
  4. Surgical Management2▲ 17×4 topics
  5. Public Health1▲ 4.7×6 topics
  6. Congenital Anomalies1▲ 106×2 topics
  7. Echinococcosis1▲ 464×1 topic
  8. Gastroschisis1▲ 294×1 topic
  9. Genetics1▲ 8.2×2 topics
  10. Neurocysticercosis1▲ 464×1 topic
  11. Omphalocele1▲ 294×1 topic
  12. Prenatal Diagnosis1▲ 39×2 topics

Which research topics does Frere Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery, Parasitic infections in humans and animals, Amoebic Infections and Treatments and Voice and Speech Disorders.

Congenital Anomalies and…1Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery: 1 fractional worksParasitic infections in …1Parasitic infections in humans and animals: 1 fractional worksAmoebic Infections and Treatments: 1 fractional worksVoice and Speech Disorders: 0 fractional worksTracheal and airway disorders: 0 fractional worksUrological Disorders and Treatments: 0 fractional worksUrinary Bladder and Prostate Research: 0 fractional worksFungal Infections and Studies: 0 fractional worksLower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies: 0 fractional worksFoot and Ankle Surgery: 0 fractional works
SurgeryPathology and Forensic MedicineInfectious DiseasesPhysiology5 others

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

  1. 1 Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery Surgery 1 works
  2. 2 Parasitic infections in humans and animals Pathology and Forensic Medicine 1 works
  3. 3 Amoebic Infections and Treatments Infectious Diseases 1 works
  4. 4 Voice and Speech Disorders Physiology 0 works
  5. 5 Tracheal and airway disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 0 works
  6. 6 Urological Disorders and Treatments Urology 0 works
  7. 7 Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research Urology 0 works
  8. 8 Fungal Infections and Studies Epidemiology 0 works
  9. 9 Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies Biomedical Engineering 0 works
  10. 10 Foot and Ankle Surgery Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 0 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 available58.7%not open41.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.9%domestic only75.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Frere Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 95% higher than in 2013–2017.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

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