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Lancet Laboratories

In research, Lancet Laboratories stands highest in Health Sciences (#4,105 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Health Professions (Health Professions is 5.7× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#10,911
of 22,385 · #8,742 all time
Rank in South Africa
#43
of 75
Research works
1.1k
◆ 1% vs 2018-21
Citations
11k
10.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.97×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
27%
world 40%
International
22%
world 18%
Lancet Laboratories

What is Lancet Laboratories known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #4,105 of 9,902 11.6%64 #4222

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Lancet Laboratories 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Lancet Laboratories work in?

In 2022-now, 53% of research at Lancet Laboratories is in Health Sciences, 22% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (37%), Health Professions (15%), Social Sciences (10%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 73 fractional works · 53.0% of its workMedicine: 51 fractional works · 36.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 8 fractional works · 5.8% of its workEpidemiology: 5 fractional works · 3.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 21 fractional works · 14.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 13 fractional works · 9.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 30 fractional works · 22.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 13 fractional works · 9.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 3.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 24 fractional works · 17.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 10 fractional works · 7.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 7 fractional works · 4.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 8 fractional works · 5.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 10 fractional works · 7.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSensory Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKLancetLaboratories138fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences18%Health Sciences53%Social Sciences22%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine5136.9%
    2. Health Professions2114.9%
    3. Nursing21.1%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Social Sciences139.6%
    2. Psychology53.4%
    3. Decision Sciences42.8%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting42.6%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance31.9%
    6. Arts and Humanities21.8%
    1. Environmental Science107.4%
    2. Engineering85.5%
    3. Computer Science32.3%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.8%
    5. Materials Science10.7%
    6. Mathematics10.6%
    7. Chemistry00.2%
    8. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology42.8%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences21.6%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology21.6%
    4. Neuroscience11.0%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Lancet Laboratories specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Health Professions takes 5.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Health ProfessionsField · 20.5 works5.7×
← 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: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.52× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.58× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.63× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.80× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.30× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.37× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.48× its world share, 10 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 5.67× its world share, 20 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.92× its world share, 51 worksMedicineNursing: 2.30× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.62× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.80× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.91× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.91× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.11× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.76× its world share, 13 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 5.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions5.67×20 works
  2. Decision Sciences2.91×4 works
  3. Nursing2.30×2 works
  4. Medicine1.92×51 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology1.58×2 works
  6. Environmental Science1.48×10 works
  7. Psychology1.11×5 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.91×3 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.80×0 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting0.80×4 works
  11. Social Sciences0.76×13 works
  12. Neuroscience0.63×1 works
  13. Arts and Humanities0.62×2 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.52×4 works
  15. Veterinary0.52×0 works
  16. Mathematics0.51×1 works
  17. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.49×1 works
  18. Engineering0.37×8 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.34×2 works
  20. Computer Science0.30×3 works
  21. Materials Science0.20×1 works
  22. Chemistry0.15×0 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Lancet Laboratories?

Ranked on the quality score, Allison Glass, Carole L. Wallis and Sabine Kleinert lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Lancet Laboratories.

  1. 1 Allison Glass South Africa · #624,288 worldwide 7k citations · 29 works
  2. 2 Carole L. Wallis South Africa · #663,171 worldwide 4.3k citations · 143 works
  3. 3 Sabine Kleinert South Africa · #844,906 worldwide 3.8k citations · 208 works
  4. 4 Raquel Pricilla e Silva Viana South Africa · #1,139,238 worldwide 3.6k citations · 43 works
  5. 5 Jessamy Diana Bagenal South Africa · #1,525,047 worldwide 542 citations · 57 works
  6. 6 Richard Horton South Africa · #1,674,752 worldwide 3.7k citations · 162 works
  7. 7 Chetna Narsai Govind South Africa · #1,738,484 worldwide 786 citations · 37 works
  8. 8 William S.M. Summerskill South Africa · #2,091,366 worldwide 9.8k citations · 64 works
  9. 9 Astrid James South Africa · #2,135,701 worldwide 1.9k citations · 93 works
  10. 10 Wilfred Harris South Africa · #2,531,037 worldwide 695 citations · 76 works
All ranked researchers at Lancet Laboratories

What are the most cited papers from Lancet Laboratories?

The most cited paper from Lancet Laboratories is "SPIRIT 2013 Statement: Defining Standard Protocol Items for Clinical Trials" (An‐Wen Chan, Jennifer Tetzlaff, Douglas G. Altman et al., 2013), with 8,142 citations. Next come "Rapid epidemic expansion of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in southern Africa" (1,926) and "Detection of a SARS-CoV-2 variant of concern in South Africa" (1,837).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 SPIRIT 2013 Statement: Defining Standard Protocol Items for Clinical Trials An‐Wen Chan, Jennifer Tetzlaff, Douglas G. Altman et al. · Annals of Internal Medicine Open access 5 Feb 2013 8,142
2 Rapid epidemic expansion of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in southern Africa Raquel Pricilla e Silva Viana et al. · Nature Open access 7 Jan 2022 1,926
3 Detection of a SARS-CoV-2 variant of concern in South Africa Houriiyah Tegally et al. · Nature Open access 9 Mar 2021 1,837
4 Priority actions for the non-communicable disease crisis Robert Beaglehole et al. · The Lancet Open access Apr 2011 1,649
5 Global health 2035: a world converging within a generation Dean T. Jamison et al. · The Lancet Open access Dec 2013 1,238
All 57 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Lancet Laboratories?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Public Health, Mortality, Primary Care, Infectious Diseases, Medical Education, Vulnerability, Human Health and Global Warming.

▲ 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 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. Public Health20▲ 10.0×29 topics
  2. Epidemiology10▲ 1.77×53 topics
  3. Mortality9▲ 12×9 topics
  4. Primary Care7▲ 14×12 topics
  5. Climate Change7▲ 1.91×14 topics
  6. COVID-196▲ 3.6×11 topics
  7. Healthcare6▲ 4.0×10 topics
  8. Infectious Diseases6▲ 13×6 topics
  9. Medical Education6▲ 16×8 topics
  10. Quality of Life6▲ 3.0×16 topics
  11. Vulnerability6▲ 18×2 topics
  12. Human Health5▲ 22×2 topics
  13. Health Effects5▲ 5.7×6 topics
  14. Global Health5▲ 22×5 topics
  15. Global Warming5▲ 7.9×2 topics
  16. Heat Waves5▲ 53×1 topic
  17. Temperature5▲ 31×1 topic
  18. Neuroscience4▲ 9.9×3 topics
  19. Ethical Considerations4▲ 8.3×6 topics
  20. Health Policy4▲ 18×4 topics
  21. Non-Communicable Diseases4▲ 9.8×2 topics
  22. Health3▲ 6.1×6 topics
  23. Corporate Political Activity3▲ 74×1 topic
  24. Global Trade3▲ 13×1 topic
  25. Neurological Disorders3▲ 4.1×7 topics
  26. Climate Consequences3▲ 215×1 topic
  27. Nuclear War3▲ 215×1 topic
  28. Health Equity3▲ 7.1×4 topics
  29. Health Inequalities3▲ 17×2 topics
  30. Healthcare Workers3▲ 8.7×3 topics
  31. Global Burden of Disease3▲ 7.6×4 topics
  32. Alzheimer's Disease2▲ 6.2×3 topics
  33. NHS2▲ 121×2 topics
  34. Conflict2▲ 10×2 topics
  35. Stroke2▲ 9.6×6 topics
  36. Health Workforce2▲ 39×1 topic
  37. Rural Health2▲ 57×1 topic
  38. Epidemiological Studies2▲ 11×2 topics
  39. Workforce Planning2▲ 40×1 topic
  40. doctors' strikes2▲ 131×1 topic

Which research topics does Lancet Laboratories publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Climate Change and Health Impacts, Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology, Nuclear Issues and Defense and Global Health Workforce Issues.

Climate Change and Health Impacts: 5 fractional worksGlobal Public Health Policies and Epidemiology: 3 fractional worksNuclear Issues and Defense3Nuclear Issues and Defense: 3 fractional worksGlobal Health Workforce …2Global Health Workforce Issues: 2 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and Challenges: 2 fractional worksDiversity and Impact of Dance: 2 fractional worksAir Quality and Health I…2Air Quality and Health Impacts: 2 fractional worksHealth and Conflict Stud…2Health and Conflict Studies: 2 fractional worksNuclear and radioactivit…2Nuclear and radioactivity studies: 2 fractional worksAdvances in Oncology and…2Advances in Oncology and Radiotherapy: 2 fractional works
Health, Toxicology and MutagenesisOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementPolitical Science and International RelationsEmergency Medical Services4 others

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

  1. 1 Climate Change and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 5 works
  2. 2 Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 3 works
  3. 3 Nuclear Issues and Defense Political Science and International Relations 3 works
  4. 4 Global Health Workforce Issues Emergency Medical Services 2 works
  5. 5 Healthcare Systems and Challenges General Health Professions 2 works
  6. 6 Diversity and Impact of Dance Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 2 works
  7. 7 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 2 works
  8. 8 Health and Conflict Studies General Health Professions 2 works
  9. 9 Nuclear and radioactivity studies Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 2 works
  10. 10 Advances in Oncology and Radiotherapy Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 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 available27.1%not open72.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.2%domestic only77.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Lancet Laboratories's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 1% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Lancet Laboratories as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00047% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Lancet Laboratories0.00062% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Lancet Laboratories over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%Lancet Laboratories11.2% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 14.7% in 2019.

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