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Kalafong Hospital

In research, Kalafong Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#17,045 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#19,475 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#38,449
of 42,892
Rank in South Africa
#143
of 154
Research works
187
▼ 4% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.2k
17.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
61%
world 28%

What is Kalafong Hospital known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
MedicineField #17,045 of 17,978 9.4%148
Health SciencesDomain #19,475 of 20,462 9.8%161

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kalafong 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: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.04× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.05× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringMathematics: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 2.13× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.82× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.95× its world share, 20 worksMedicineNursing: 5.92× its world share, 1 worksNursingPsychology: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 5.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Kalafong Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Maternal Mortality, Metabolic Syndrome, Vaccine, Global Burden, Treatment, Cardiovascular Disease and Pregnancy Complications.

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

All 11 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology5▲ 4.5×29 topics
  2. Maternal Mortality2▲ 32×4 topics
  3. Inflammation2▲ 2.8×9 topics
  4. Metabolic Syndrome2▲ 7.1×7 topics
  5. Oxidative Stress2▲ 3.4×5 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease1▲ 4.5×7 topics
  7. Treatment1▲ 4.4×7 topics
  8. Vaccine1▲ 12×6 topics
  9. Global Burden1▲ 8.0×7 topics
  10. Pandemic1▲ 4.2×4 topics
  11. Pregnancy Complications1▲ 49×2 topics

Which research topics does Kalafong Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies, Maternal and fetal healthcare, Child Nutrition and Water Access and Respiratory viral infections research.

Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies: 1 fractional worksMaternal and fetal healthcare: 1 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 1 fractional worksRespiratory viral infections research: 0 fractional worksAdrenal and Paraganglionic Tumors: 0 fractional worksCancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism: 0 fractional worksGestational Diabetes Res…0Gestational Diabetes Research and Management: 0 fractional worksDiagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis: 0 fractional worksTuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 0 fractional worksInfluenza Virus Research…0Influenza Virus Research Studies: 0 fractional works
Obstetrics and GynecologyPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthNutrition and DieteticsEpidemiology3 others

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

  1. 1 Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies Obstetrics and Gynecology 1 works
  2. 2 Maternal and fetal healthcare Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  3. 3 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 1 works
  4. 4 Respiratory viral infections research Epidemiology 0 works
  5. 5 Adrenal and Paraganglionic Tumors Surgery 0 works
  6. 6 Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism Cancer Research 0 works
  7. 7 Gestational Diabetes Research and Management Obstetrics and Gynecology 0 works
  8. 8 Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis Surgery 0 works
  9. 9 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 0 works
  10. 10 Influenza Virus Research Studies Epidemiology 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 available61.3%not open38.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Kalafong Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 4% 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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