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Mandela Institute for Development Studies

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Research works
31
▲ 37% vs 2013–17
Citations
288
9.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
62%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Mandela Institute for Development Studies 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: 3.34× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Computer Science: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.53× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.44× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 1.51× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.56× its world share, 0 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.82× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 6.18× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.60× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.20× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 6.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Mandela Institute for Development Studies?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Global Trade, Depression, Corporate Political Activity, Non-Communicable Diseases, Human Rights, Anxiety, Psychological Impact and Mental Health.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in all years 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 18 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Global Trade2▲ 53×2 topics
  2. Depression2▲ 9.2×7 topics
  3. Corporate Political Activity2▲ 223×1 topic
  4. Human Rights2▲ 7.5×6 topics
  5. Non-Communicable Diseases2▲ 45×1 topic
  6. Anxiety2▲ 15×4 topics
  7. Mental Health2▲ 4.8×4 topics
  8. Psychological Impact1▲ 22×3 topics
  9. Primary Care1▲ 10×5 topics
  10. COVID-191▲ 5.6×2 topics
  11. Epidemiology1◆ 0.95×8 topics
  12. Consumer Protection1▲ 71×2 topics
  13. Psychological Distress1▲ 26×2 topics
  14. Constitutionalism1▲ 28×1 topic
  15. Developmental Local Government1▲ 223×1 topic
  16. Globalization1▲ 1.79×3 topics
  17. Pandemic1▲ 7.1×1 topic
  18. Quarantine1▲ 55×1 topic

Which research topics does Mandela Institute for Development Studies publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cultural and Artistic Studies, Microfinance and Financial Inclusion, Agricultural Innovations and Practices and Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development.

Cultural and Artistic Studies: 0 fractional worksMicrofinance and Financial Inclusion: 0 fractional worksAgricultural Innovations…0Agricultural Innovations and Practices: 0 fractional worksAgriculture, Land Use, R…0Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development: 0 fractional worksStudent Assessment and Feedback: 0 fractional worksLegal Issues in South Africa: 0 fractional worksAcademic integrity and p…0Academic integrity and plagiarism: 0 fractional worksWildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses: 0 fractional worksDigital Mental Health Interventions: 0 fractional worksEnvironmental law and po…0Environmental law and policy: 0 fractional works
Cultural StudiesEconomics and EconometricsGeneral Agricultural and Biological SciencesEducation4 others

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

  1. 1 Cultural and Artistic Studies Cultural Studies 0 works
  2. 2 Microfinance and Financial Inclusion Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  3. 3 Agricultural Innovations and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0 works
  4. 4 Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0 works
  5. 5 Student Assessment and Feedback Education 0 works
  6. 6 Legal Issues in South Africa Law 0 works
  7. 7 Academic integrity and plagiarism Safety Research 0 works
  8. 8 Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses Nature and Landscape Conservation 0 works
  9. 9 Digital Mental Health Interventions Applied Psychology 0 works
  10. 10 Environmental law and policy Law 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 available62.4%not open37.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors37.3%domestic only62.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Mandela Institute for Development Studies's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 37% 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.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.