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Groote Schuur Hospital

In research, Groote Schuur Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#2,769 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#3,791 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,306
of 28,054 · #5,158 all time
Rank in South Africa
#31
of 87
Research works
3.7k
▼ 12% vs 2013–17
Citations
86k
22.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
38%
world 28%

What is Groote Schuur Hospital known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
MedicineField #2,769 of 10,443 13.8%239 #1432
Health SciencesDomain #3,791 of 11,982 14.0%255 #1685

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Groote Schuur Hospital sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

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: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.16× its world share, 20 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.56× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.59× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.39× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.35× its world share, 11 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.93× its world share, 239 worksMedicineNursing: 1.93× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.09× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.41× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.65× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Groote Schuur Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, I. N. Marks, Peter Jacobs and Michael Cassidy lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Groote Schuur Hospital.

  1. 1 I. N. Marks South Africa · #29,983 worldwide 341 citations · 48 works
  2. 2 Peter Jacobs South Africa · #154,218 worldwide 142 citations · 37 works
  3. 3 Michael Cassidy South Africa · #217,632 worldwide 72 citations · 24 works
  4. 4 V. Schrire South Africa · #264,406 worldwide 85 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 G.O. Barbezat South Africa · #266,086 worldwide 59 citations · 22 works
  6. 6 Rose Ag South Africa · #313,702 worldwide 61 citations · 24 works
  7. 7 Walter Beck South Africa · #319,101 worldwide 76 citations · 24 works
  8. 8 R. Sealy South Africa · #325,088 worldwide 145 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Raymond P. Abratt South Africa · #343,491 worldwide 59 citations · 26 works
  10. 10 Pradeep H. Navsaria South Africa · #365,873 worldwide 43 citations · 29 works
All ranked researchers at Groote Schuur Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Groote Schuur Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Mortality, Management, Guidelines, Complications and Immune Response.

▲ 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 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology51▲ 4.1×101 topics
  2. Treatment22▲ 5.7×40 topics
  3. Diagnosis21▲ 7.2×32 topics
  4. Management14▲ 5.6×23 topics
  5. Inflammation13▲ 2.0×46 topics
  6. Mortality13▲ 7.2×11 topics
  7. Guidelines11▲ 7.6×12 topics
  8. Risk Factors11▲ 3.2×25 topics
  9. Public Health11▲ 2.4×26 topics
  10. Immune Response11▲ 6.0×13 topics
  11. Complications10▲ 6.6×16 topics
  12. Quality of Life10▲ 2.2×32 topics
  13. Cardiovascular Disease10▲ 2.7×23 topics
  14. Chemotherapy9▲ 4.1×18 topics
  15. Antiretroviral Therapy8▲ 16×6 topics
  16. Medical Education8▲ 10×9 topics
  17. Surgical Management8▲ 6.3×16 topics
  18. Surgery8▲ 7.3×11 topics
  19. Immunotherapy8▲ 3.4×15 topics
  20. Drug Resistance8▲ 8.6×8 topics
  21. Ethical Considerations8▲ 7.1×10 topics
  22. Metabolic Syndrome8▲ 3.0×15 topics
  23. Global Health7▲ 16×4 topics
  24. Radiotherapy7▲ 6.1×13 topics
  25. Clinical Practice Guidelines7▲ 4.0×11 topics
  26. Genetics7▲ 3.0×19 topics
  27. Global Burden6▲ 3.8×12 topics
  28. Hepatocellular Carcinoma6▲ 9.7×3 topics
  29. Vaccine6▲ 5.0×11 topics
  30. Heart Failure6▲ 4.5×11 topics
  31. Pathogenesis6▲ 3.8×16 topics
  32. Prognostic Factors6▲ 4.4×14 topics
  33. Antibiotic Resistance6▲ 4.9×10 topics
  34. Quality Improvement6▲ 9.0×7 topics
  35. Maternal Mortality5▲ 7.5×5 topics
  36. Radiofrequency Ablation5▲ 15×2 topics
  37. Critical Care5▲ 6.6×8 topics
  38. Surgical Care5▲ 31×2 topics
  39. HIV Infection5▲ 14×3 topics
  40. Neoadjuvant Therapy5▲ 6.3×5 topics

Which research topics does Groote Schuur Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Trauma and Emergency Care Studies, Global Health and Surgery, Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes and Antibiotic Use and Resistance.

Trauma and Emergency Car…4Trauma and Emergency Care Studies: 4 fractional worksGlobal Health and Surgery4Global Health and Surgery: 4 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 3 fractional worksAntibiotic Use and Resistance: 3 fractional worksParasitic infections in humans and animals: 3 fractional worksHepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis: 2 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 2 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and …2Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 2 fractional worksHIV/AIDS drug development and treatment: 2 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 2 fractional works
Emergency MedicinePublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology5 others

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

  1. 1 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency Medicine 4 works
  2. 2 Global Health and Surgery Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  3. 3 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  4. 4 Antibiotic Use and Resistance Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 3 works
  5. 5 Parasitic infections in humans and animals Pathology and Forensic Medicine 3 works
  6. 6 Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis Hepatology 2 works
  7. 7 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2 works
  8. 8 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  9. 9 HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment Infectious Diseases 2 works
  10. 10 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 2 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 available37.8%not open62.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.9%domestic only82.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Groote Schuur Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 12% lower 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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