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ISS International (South Africa)

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Research works
94
▲ 23% vs 2013–17
Citations
927
9.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
57%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: ISS International (South Africa) 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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.65× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.93× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.50× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringMaterials Science: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.75× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.35× its world share, 8 worksMedicineNursing: 6.79× its world share, 1 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 4.40× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.50× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.80× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.92× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 6.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at ISS International (South Africa)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Healthcare, Medical Education, Surgical Skills, Virtual Reality Training, Big Data and Alzheimer's Disease.

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

All 22 words, with their numbers
  1. Machine Learning3▲ 3.3×7 topics
  2. Artificial Intelligence2▲ 6.1×5 topics
  3. Healthcare2▲ 6.1×5 topics
  4. Medical Education2▲ 22×2 topics
  5. Big Data2▲ 5.5×2 topics
  6. Sustainable Development1▲ 3.0×4 topics
  7. Epidemiology1◆ 1.10×7 topics
  8. Surgical Skills1▲ 113×1 topic
  9. Virtual Reality Training1▲ 113×1 topic
  10. Alzheimer's Disease1▲ 14×2 topics
  11. Ethical Challenges1▲ 20×2 topics
  12. Pharmacology1▲ 16×2 topics
  13. Globalization1▲ 1.83×4 topics
  14. Health Equity1▲ 13×2 topics
  15. International Law1▲ 12×3 topics
  16. Acetylcholinesterase1▲ 153×1 topic
  17. Cholinesterase Inhibitors1▲ 153×1 topic
  18. Ethics1▲ 6.9×2 topics
  19. Health Policy1▲ 21×1 topic
  20. Nursing Advocacy1▲ 374×1 topic
  21. Option Pricing1▲ 137×1 topic
  22. Stochastic Calculus1▲ 137×1 topic

Which research topics does ISS International (South Africa) publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Surgical Simulation and Training, Stochastic processes and financial applications, Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases and Nursing Education, Practice, and Leadership.

Surgical Simulation and …1Surgical Simulation and Training: 1 fractional worksStochastic processes and…1Stochastic processes and financial applications: 1 fractional worksCholinesterase and Neuro…1Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases: 1 fractional worksNursing Education, Pract…1Nursing Education, Practice, and Leadership: 1 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 1 fractional worksEthics and Social Impacts of AI: 1 fractional worksCybersecurity and Cyber …1Cybersecurity and Cyber Warfare Studies: 1 fractional worksEating Disorders and Behaviors: 1 fractional worksSurgical Sutures and Adhesives: 0 fractional worksEfficiency Analysis Using DEA: 0 fractional works
SurgeryFinancePharmacologyIssues, ethics and legal aspects5 others

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

  1. 1 Surgical Simulation and Training Surgery 1 works
  2. 2 Stochastic processes and financial applications Finance 1 works
  3. 3 Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases Pharmacology 1 works
  4. 4 Nursing Education, Practice, and Leadership Issues, ethics and legal aspects 1 works
  5. 5 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 1 works
  6. 6 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 1 works
  7. 7 Cybersecurity and Cyber Warfare Studies Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  8. 8 Eating Disorders and Behaviors Clinical Psychology 1 works
  9. 9 Surgical Sutures and Adhesives Surgery 0 works
  10. 10 Efficiency Analysis Using DEA Management Science and Operations Research 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 available56.8%not open43.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors30.3%domestic only69.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has ISS International (South Africa)'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 23% higher than in 2013–2017.

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