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Johannesburg Hospital

In research, Johannesburg Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#6,801 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#8,511 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#17,249
of 28,054 · #12,888 all time
Rank in South Africa
#61
of 87
Research works
1.4k
▲ 41% vs 2013–17
Citations
23k
16.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
38%
world 28%

What is Johannesburg 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 #6,801 of 10,443 10.5%113 #3850
Health SciencesDomain #8,511 of 11,982 10.6%120 #5080

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Johannesburg 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: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.90× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.53× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.71× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.32× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.01× its world share, 113 worksMedicineNursing: 1.99× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.41× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.54× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Johannesburg Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Graham Paget, Kenneth D Boffard and S Etzine lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Johannesburg Hospital.

  1. 1 Graham Paget South Africa · #353,685 worldwide 59 citations · 18 works
  2. 2 Kenneth D Boffard South Africa · #631,015 worldwide 13 citations · 28 works
  3. 3 S Etzine South Africa · #648,782 worldwide 15 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 M. Weinbren South Africa · #999,534 worldwide 8 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Botha South Africa · #1,466,651 worldwide 6 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 WILFRED KARK South Africa · #1,525,099 worldwide 2 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Johannesburg Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Johannesburg Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Mortality, Treatment, Inflammation, Risk Factors, Management and Maternal Mortality.

▲ 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. Epidemiology20▲ 3.5×72 topics
  2. Inflammation8▲ 2.6×29 topics
  3. Diagnosis7▲ 5.2×23 topics
  4. Treatment7▲ 3.9×24 topics
  5. Risk Factors6▲ 3.8×17 topics
  6. Mortality6▲ 6.6×10 topics
  7. Management5▲ 4.6×16 topics
  8. Cardiovascular Disease4▲ 2.8×18 topics
  9. Guidelines4▲ 6.3×11 topics
  10. Antiretroviral Therapy4▲ 17×6 topics
  11. Maternal Mortality4▲ 13×5 topics
  12. Complications4▲ 5.5×14 topics
  13. Diabetes4▲ 5.6×9 topics
  14. Surgical Management4▲ 6.7×13 topics
  15. Immune Response4▲ 4.7×13 topics
  16. Pandemic4▲ 2.5×6 topics
  17. Clinical Practice Guidelines4▲ 4.3×11 topics
  18. Clinical Trials4▲ 3.6×12 topics
  19. SARS-CoV-24▲ 7.4×4 topics
  20. Clinical Guidelines3▲ 8.0×7 topics
  21. Global Burden3▲ 4.4×10 topics
  22. Medical Education3▲ 9.1×6 topics
  23. Prophylaxis3▲ 18×3 topics
  24. Echocardiography3▲ 8.0×7 topics
  25. Prevention3▲ 5.0×11 topics
  26. Vaccine3▲ 5.0×10 topics
  27. Pain Management3▲ 8.8×6 topics
  28. Wound Healing3▲ 7.7×7 topics
  29. CT Imaging3▲ 49×2 topics
  30. Critical Care3▲ 8.3×8 topics
  31. Pathophysiology3▲ 6.2×6 topics
  32. Rehabilitation3▲ 4.8×9 topics
  33. ACE2 Receptor3▲ 7.3×2 topics
  34. Revision Surgery2▲ 14×2 topics
  35. Total Hip Replacement2▲ 14×2 topics
  36. Immunocompromised Patients2▲ 29×2 topics
  37. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes2▲ 8.8×6 topics
  38. Antifungal Therapy2▲ 17×3 topics
  39. Cancer Incidence2▲ 11×4 topics
  40. Gene Therapy2▲ 7.8×3 topics

Which research topics does Johannesburg Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Trauma Management and Diagnosis, Hemophilia Treatment and Research, Trauma and Emergency Care Studies and Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty.

Trauma Management and Di…2Trauma Management and Diagnosis: 2 fractional worksHemophilia Treatment and…2Hemophilia Treatment and Research: 2 fractional worksTrauma and Emergency Care Studies: 2 fractional worksOrthopaedic implants and…2Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty: 2 fractional worksAntifungal resistance an…2Antifungal resistance and susceptibility: 2 fractional worksVenous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management: 2 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 2 fractional worksWound Healing and Treatm…1Wound Healing and Treatments: 1 fractional worksMusculoskeletal Disorders and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 1 fractional works
SurgeryHematologyEmergency MedicineInfectious Diseases2 others

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

  1. 1 Trauma Management and Diagnosis Surgery 2 works
  2. 2 Hemophilia Treatment and Research Hematology 2 works
  3. 3 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency Medicine 2 works
  4. 4 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty Surgery 2 works
  5. 5 Antifungal resistance and susceptibility Infectious Diseases 2 works
  6. 6 Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management Internal Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 2 works
  8. 8 Wound Healing and Treatments Rehabilitation 1 works
  9. 9 Musculoskeletal Disorders and Rehabilitation Rehabilitation 1 works
  10. 10 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 1 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 available37.7%not open62.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.1%domestic only86.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Johannesburg Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 41% 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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