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Management College of Southern Africa

In research, Management College of Southern Africa stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,748 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Business, Management and Accounting — Business, Management and Accounting is 8.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#20,497
of 28,054 · #31,353 all time
Rank in South Africa
#70
of 87
Research works
291
▲ 60% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.6k
5.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
73%
world 28%

What is Management College of Southern Africa 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
Social SciencesDomain #5,748 of 10,521 21.5%94 #10023

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Management College of Southern Africa 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).

What does Management College of Southern Africa specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Business, Management and Accounting takes 8.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Business, Management and AccountingField · 32.3 works8.2×
← 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: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.52× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.19× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.85× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 1.26× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.30× its world share, 7 worksMedicineNursing: 0.70× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 8.21× its world share, 32 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 5.75× its world share, 7 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5.29× its world share, 14 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.86× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.44× its world share, 38 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 8.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Management College of Southern Africa?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Supply Chain Management, Leadership, Social Capital, Risk Management, Consumer Behavior, Digital Transformation, Stock Market and business impact.

▲ 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. Supply Chain Management10▲ 9.0×9 topics
  2. Leadership8▲ 15×12 topics
  3. Social Capital8▲ 12×11 topics
  4. Consumer Behavior8▲ 9.9×4 topics
  5. Risk Management8▲ 13×6 topics
  6. Digital Transformation8▲ 12×6 topics
  7. Stock Market6▲ 22×2 topics
  8. Sustainable Development6▲ 3.4×13 topics
  9. Sustainability6▲ 2.1×15 topics
  10. COVID-196▲ 3.5×2 topics
  11. Pandemic6▲ 4.5×2 topics
  12. Financial Markets6▲ 36×1 topic
  13. Globalization6▲ 2.4×14 topics
  14. business impact6▲ 49×1 topic
  15. Economic Growth6▲ 5.4×13 topics
  16. Organizational Performance5▲ 18×7 topics
  17. Educational Technology5▲ 3.5×13 topics
  18. Human Rights5▲ 4.0×7 topics
  19. Performance Measurement5▲ 14×4 topics
  20. Entrepreneurship5▲ 10.0×7 topics
  21. Human Resource Management5▲ 24×4 topics
  22. Environmental Management4▲ 9.1×7 topics
  23. Leadership Style4▲ 26×2 topics
  24. Construction Projects4▲ 77×2 topics
  25. Project Success4▲ 84×1 topic
  26. Stakeholder Analysis4▲ 51×1 topic
  27. Higher Education4▲ 6.1×11 topics
  28. Environmental Governance4▲ 46×2 topics
  29. Job Satisfaction4▲ 6.8×4 topics
  30. Vocational Education4▲ 34×3 topics
  31. Constitutionalism4▲ 30×1 topic
  32. Developmental Local Government4▲ 260×1 topic
  33. Entrepreneurial Orientation4▲ 34×1 topic
  34. Opportunity Recognition4▲ 34×1 topic
  35. Pandemic Impact3▲ 38×2 topics
  36. Poverty Alleviation3▲ 27×2 topics
  37. Psychological Capital3▲ 19×2 topics
  38. Transformational Leadership3▲ 15×2 topics
  39. Disruption Mitigation3▲ 54×1 topic
  40. Supply Chain Resilience3▲ 54×1 topic

Which research topics does Management College of Southern Africa publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts, Construction Project Management and Performance, Legal Issues in South Africa and Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences.

COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts6COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts: 6 fractional worksConstruction Project Man…4Construction Project Management and Performance: 4 fractional worksLegal Issues in South Af…4Legal Issues in South Africa: 4 fractional worksEntrepreneurship Studies…4Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences: 4 fractional worksSupply Chain Resilience and Risk Management: 3 fractional worksQuality and Supply Management: 3 fractional worksEducation Systems and Po…3Education Systems and Policy: 3 fractional worksJob Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior: 3 fractional worksInnovation and Socioeconomic Development: 2 fractional worksSustainable Development …2Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy: 2 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsManagement Science and Operations ResearchLawManagement of Technology and Innovation6 others

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

  1. 1 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Economics and Econometrics 6 works
  2. 2 Construction Project Management and Performance Management Science and Operations Research 4 works
  3. 3 Legal Issues in South Africa Law 4 works
  4. 4 Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences Management of Technology and Innovation 4 works
  5. 5 Supply Chain Resilience and Risk Management Strategy and Management 3 works
  6. 6 Quality and Supply Management Management Information Systems 3 works
  7. 7 Education Systems and Policy Education 3 works
  8. 8 Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 3 works
  9. 9 Innovation and Socioeconomic Development Business and International Management 2 works
  10. 10 Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 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 available72.8%not open27.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.5%domestic only82.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Management College of Southern Africa's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 60% 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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