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Institute for Security Studies

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World rank, all time
#30,194
of 34,923
Rank in South Africa
#110
of 126
Research works
143
▼ 46% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.7k
12.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.96×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
30%
world 40%
International
18%
world 18%
Institute for Security Studies

Which fields of science does Institute for Security Studies work in?

In 2022-now, 65% of research at Institute for Security Studies is in Social Sciences, 28% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (47%), Engineering (15%), Environmental Science (7%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 14 fractional works · 65.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 10 fractional works · 47.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 17.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 11.4% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 4.8% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 4.0% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 5.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 4.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 4.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 6 fractional works · 27.8% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 15.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 8.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 2.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 2.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 6.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 4.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 5.2% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workMedicine: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLife Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workALL ITS WORKInstitute forSecurity Studies21fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences28%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences65%

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 15 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences1047.1%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance15.1%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting14.8%
    4. Psychology14.6%
    5. Arts and Humanities13.7%
    1. Engineering315.4%
    2. Environmental Science16.8%
    3. Computer Science13.5%
    4. Physics and Astronomy01.6%
    5. Materials Science00.5%
    1. Health Professions13.2%
    2. Medicine01.3%
    3. Nursing00.6%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.9%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.8%
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: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Computer Science: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 1.03× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.37× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.72× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.21× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMedicineNursing: 1.30× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.29× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.49× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.36× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.52× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.72× its world share, 10 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 16 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences3.72×10 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.36×1 works
  3. Psychology1.52×1 works
  4. Business, Management and Accounting1.49×1 works
  5. Environmental Science1.37×1 works
  6. Nursing1.30×0 works
  7. Arts and Humanities1.29×1 works
  8. Health Professions1.21×1 works
  9. Engineering1.03×3 works
  10. Physics and Astronomy0.72×0 works
  11. Computer Science0.44×1 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.18×0 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.15×0 works
  14. Materials Science0.15×0 works
  15. Medicine0.07×0 works
  16. Decision Sciences0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Institute for Security Studies?

Ranked on the quality score, Kouassi Yeboua, Antoinette Louw and Johan Burger lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institute for Security Studies.

  1. 1 Kouassi Yeboua South Africa · #1,539,305 worldwide 166 citations · 29 works
  2. 2 Antoinette Louw South Africa · #1,611,487 worldwide 601 citations · 36 works
  3. 3 Johan Burger South Africa · #2,364,106 worldwide 160 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 Antony Altbeker South Africa · #3,072,597 worldwide 139 citations · 30 works
  5. 5 Pieter Esterhuysen South Africa · #3,131,296 worldwide 56 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Dimpho Motsamai South Africa · #3,367,340 worldwide 56 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Erich Leistner South Africa · #3,644,722 worldwide 83 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Stan Schoeman South Africa · #4,463,749 worldwide 45 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 Noël Stott South Africa · #5,113,158 worldwide 88 citations · 51 works
  10. 10 Jakkie mname Cilliers South Africa · #6,664,686 worldwide 1.2k citations · 216 works
All ranked researchers at Institute for Security Studies

What are the most cited papers from Institute for Security Studies?

The most cited paper from Institute for Security Studies is "Support for Democracy in Africa: Intrinsic or Instrumental?" (Michaël Bratton, Robert Mattes, 2001), with 459 citations. Next come "Regression Discontinuity Designs in Epidemiology" (297) and "Mobilizing Diasporas: Insights from Turkey’s Attempts to Reach Turkish Citizens Abroad" (119).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Support for Democracy in Africa: Intrinsic or Instrumental? Michaël Bratton, Robert Mattes · British Journal of Political Science 27 Jun 2001 459
2 Regression Discontinuity Designs in Epidemiology Jacob H. Bor, Ellen Moscoe, Portia Chipo Mutevedzi et al. · Epidemiology Open access 26 Jul 2014 297
3 Mobilizing Diasporas: Insights from Turkey’s Attempts to Reach Turkish Citizens Abroad Zeynep Şahin Mencütek, Bahar Başer · Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies Open access 20 Sep 2017 119
4 The 3‐Metros Study of Drugs and Crime in South Africa: Findings and Policy Implications Charles D. H. Parry, Andreas Plüddemann, Antoinette Louw et al. · The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse 2004 104
5 The frontiers of water and sanitation Anna M. Michalak, Jun Xia, Damir Brdjanović et al. · Nature Water Open access 19 Jan 2023 94
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Which keywords describe research at Institute for Security Studies?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: International Law, Gender-based Violence, Inequality, Race, Terrorism, European Union, Social Justice and Human Rights.

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

All 17 words, with their numbers
  1. International Law2▲ 38×4 topics
  2. Gender-based Violence2▲ 123×2 topics
  3. Inequality1▲ 28×2 topics
  4. Race1▲ 53×2 topics
  5. Human Rights1▲ 5.6×4 topics
  6. Terrorism1▲ 131×2 topics
  7. Economic Growth1▲ 6.4×3 topics
  8. European Union1▲ 23×2 topics
  9. Globalization1▲ 2.8×5 topics
  10. Mental Health1▲ 3.6×4 topics
  11. Global Relations1▲ 1157×1 topic
  12. Italian Foreign Policy1▲ 1157×1 topic
  13. Maritime Security1▲ 543×1 topic
  14. Piracy1▲ 543×1 topic
  15. Social Justice1▲ 8.2×4 topics
  16. South Africa1▲ 175×1 topic
  17. protests1▲ 614×1 topic

Which research topics does Institute for Security Studies publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: South African History and Culture, Global Political and Social Dynamics, Maritime Security and History and Legal Issues in South Africa.

South African History an…1South African History and Culture: 1 fractional worksGlobal Political and Soc…1Global Political and Social Dynamics: 1 fractional worksMaritime Security and Hi…1Maritime Security and History: 1 fractional worksLegal Issues in South Af…1Legal Issues in South Africa: 1 fractional worksInternational Maritime Law Issues: 1 fractional worksGlobal Peace and Security Dynamics: 1 fractional worksGeophysical Methods and …0Geophysical Methods and Applications: 0 fractional worksPublic-Private Partnership Projects: 0 fractional worksIntimate Partner and Family Violence: 0 fractional worksChild Abuse and Trauma0Child Abuse and Trauma: 0 fractional works
Sociology and Political SciencePolitical Science and International RelationsTransportationLaw5 others

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

  1. 1 South African History and Culture Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  2. 2 Global Political and Social Dynamics Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  3. 3 Maritime Security and History Transportation 1 works
  4. 4 Legal Issues in South Africa Law 1 works
  5. 5 International Maritime Law Issues Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 1 works
  6. 6 Global Peace and Security Dynamics Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  7. 7 Geophysical Methods and Applications Ocean Engineering 0 works
  8. 8 Public-Private Partnership Projects Strategy and Management 0 works
  9. 9 Intimate Partner and Family Violence Health 0 works
  10. 10 Child Abuse and Trauma Clinical Psychology 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 available30.0%not open70.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.0%domestic only82.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Institute for Security Studies's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 46% 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 Institute for Security Studies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000051% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%Institute for Security Studies0.00010% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Institute for Security Studies over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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