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Health & Medical Publishing Group

In research, Health & Medical Publishing Group stands highest in Physical Sciences (#12,578 of 12,888 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#10,390 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Aerospace Engineering, Economics and Econometrics and Economics, Econometrics and Finance — Aerospace Engineering is 11.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#26,215
of 28,054 · #27,431 all time
Rank in South Africa
#83
of 87
Research works
1.1k
▲ 13% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.3k
3.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
1.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
85%
world 28%

What is Health & Medical Publishing Group 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
Physical SciencesDomain #12,578 of 12,888 0.9%79 #19965
Social SciencesDomain #10,390 of 10,521 1.0%111 #13793

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Health & Medical Publishing Group 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).

What does Health & Medical Publishing Group specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Aerospace Engineering takes 11.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Aerospace EngineeringSubfield · 31.3 works12×
  2. Economics and EconometricsSubfield · 40.6 works11×
  3. Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField · 41.1 works8.3×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.35× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 1.62× its world share, 29 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 1.02× its world share, 35 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.13× its world share, 13 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.61× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.55× its world share, 24 worksMedicineNursing: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.47× its world share, 10 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.81× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 5.82× its world share, 13 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 8.31× its world share, 41 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.37× its world share, 40 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 8.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Health & Medical Publishing Group?

Ranked on the composite score, Claudia Naidu, Chris Bateman and Editorial Office lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Health & Medical Publishing Group.

  1. 1 Claudia Naidu South Africa · #453,125 worldwide 2 citations · 29 works
  2. 2 Chris Bateman South Africa · #766,361 worldwide 125 citations · 180 works
  3. 3 Editorial Office South Africa · #1,096,266 worldwide 0 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Bridget Farham South Africa · #1,247,212 worldwide 17 citations · 173 works
  5. 5 Editorial Office South Africa · #1,354,442 worldwide 2 citations · 393 works
  6. 6 Janet Seggie South Africa · #1,372,130 worldwide 6 citations · 43 works
All ranked researchers at Health & Medical Publishing Group

Which keywords describe research at Health & Medical Publishing Group?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Financial Analysis, Monetary Policy, Hypersonic Effect, Ultrasonic Perception, Education, STEM Education, Learning Environments and Robotics Programming.

▲ 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. Financial Analysis39▲ 144×1 topic
  2. Monetary Policy39▲ 69×1 topic
  3. Hypersonic Effect31▲ 956×1 topic
  4. Ultrasonic Perception31▲ 956×1 topic
  5. Education28▲ 7.2×11 topics
  6. STEM Education26▲ 25×2 topics
  7. Learning Environments26▲ 389×1 topic
  8. Robotics Programming26▲ 1127×1 topic
  9. Disaster Recovery12▲ 703×1 topic
  10. Urban Reconstruction12▲ 703×1 topic
  11. COVID-1912▲ 3.9×6 topics
  12. Peer Review12▲ 179×3 topics
  13. Climate Change12▲ 1.90×21 topics
  14. Open Access11▲ 47×2 topics
  15. Research Dissemination11▲ 250×2 topics
  16. Public Health10▲ 3.1×19 topics
  17. Scholarly Communication10▲ 179×2 topics
  18. Research Integrity9▲ 144×2 topics
  19. Preprints9▲ 268×1 topic
  20. Science Communication9▲ 48×1 topic
  21. Mortality9▲ 6.5×6 topics
  22. Infectious Diseases7▲ 8.9×3 topics
  23. Vulnerability6▲ 12×4 topics
  24. Global Warming6▲ 6.1×4 topics
  25. Heat Waves5▲ 37×1 topic
  26. Human Health5▲ 14×1 topic
  27. Medical Education5▲ 8.3×7 topics
  28. Primary Care4▲ 4.5×8 topics
  29. Health Inequalities4▲ 13×3 topics
  30. International Law3▲ 4.6×6 topics
  31. Career Development3▲ 11×3 topics
  32. Global Governance3▲ 5.6×3 topics
  33. Global Health2▲ 7.2×3 topics
  34. Child Mortality2▲ 15×1 topic
  35. Humanitarian Intervention2▲ 27×1 topic
  36. Responsibility to Protect2▲ 34×1 topic
  37. Transitional Justice2▲ 12×2 topics
  38. Global Surgery2▲ 48×1 topic
  39. Health Development2▲ 48×1 topic
  40. South Africa2▲ 33×4 topics

Which research topics does Health & Medical Publishing Group publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies, Human auditory perception and evaluation, Educational Robotics and Engineering and Earthquake and Disaster Impact Studies.

Diverse Scientific and E…39Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies: 39 fractional worksHuman auditory perceptio…31Human auditory perception and evaluation: 31 fractional worksEducational Robotics and…26Educational Robotics and Engineering: 26 fractional worksEarthquake and Disaster …12Earthquake and Disaster Impact Studies: 12 fractional worksAcademic Publishing and Open Access: 9 fractional worksClimate Change and Health Impacts: 5 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 2 fractional worksGlobal Peace and Security Dynamics: 2 fractional worksGlobal Health and Surgery: 2 fractional worksPublishing and Scholarly Communication: 2 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsAerospace EngineeringArtificial IntelligenceTransportation6 others

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

  1. 1 Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies Economics and Econometrics 39 works
  2. 2 Human auditory perception and evaluation Aerospace Engineering 31 works
  3. 3 Educational Robotics and Engineering Artificial Intelligence 26 works
  4. 4 Earthquake and Disaster Impact Studies Transportation 12 works
  5. 5 Academic Publishing and Open Access Information Systems and Management 9 works
  6. 6 Climate Change and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 5 works
  7. 7 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2 works
  8. 8 Global Peace and Security Dynamics Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  9. 9 Global Health and Surgery Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  10. 10 Publishing and Scholarly Communication History and Philosophy of Science 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 available84.6%not open15.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.8%domestic only91.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Health & Medical Publishing Group's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 13% 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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