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Milpark Hospital

In research, Milpark Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#13,553 of 16,688 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#33,939
of 34,923
Rank in South Africa
#123
of 126
Research works
155
▲ 30% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.7k
17.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.88×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
49%
world 40%
International
24%
world 18%
Milpark Hospital

What is Milpark 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
Health SciencesDomain #13,553 of 16,688 7.3%123

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

Which fields of science does Milpark Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 82% of research at Milpark Hospital is in Health Sciences, 11% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (77%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (8%), Health Professions (4%). It does 2.8× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 27 fractional works · 81.5% of its workMedicine: 26 fractional works · 77.4% of its workSurgery: 4 fractional works · 12.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 8.6% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 7.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 6.9% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 6.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 4.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 4.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 10.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 8.1% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 6.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 5.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKMilpark Hospital33fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences3%Health Sciences82%Social Sciences5%

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 17 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine2677.4%
    2. Health Professions13.5%
    3. Dentistry00.5%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology38.1%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology01.1%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences01.0%
    4. Neuroscience00.3%
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.8%
    2. Psychology01.3%
    3. Decision Sciences01.0%
    4. Social Sciences00.6%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.5%
    1. Physics and Astronomy01.0%
    2. Engineering00.8%
    3. Computer Science00.5%
    4. Environmental Science00.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.53× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.14× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.03× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.34× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.03× its world share, 26 worksMedicineVeterinary: 0.74× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.04× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.84× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 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.

All 17 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine4.03×26 works
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.53×3 works
  3. Health Professions1.34×1 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology1.14×0 works
  5. Decision Sciences1.04×0 works
  6. Dentistry1.03×0 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.84×1 works
  8. Veterinary0.74×0 works
  9. Physics and Astronomy0.45×0 works
  10. Psychology0.41×0 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.21×0 works
  12. Neuroscience0.21×0 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.16×0 works
  14. Computer Science0.06×0 works
  15. Engineering0.06×0 works
  16. Environmental Science0.06×0 works
  17. Social Sciences0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Milpark Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Paul Williams, Naomi Rapeport and Yastira Ramdas lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Milpark Hospital.

  1. 1 Paul Williams South Africa · #1,640,480 worldwide 4.2k citations · 23 works
  2. 2 Naomi Rapeport South Africa · #3,518,508 worldwide 173 citations · 21 works
  3. 3 Yastira Ramdas South Africa · #4,069,911 worldwide 86 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Martin J. Sussman South Africa · #4,342,939 worldwide 180 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Dominic van Loggerenberg South Africa · #6,370,650 worldwide 8 citations · 56 works
All ranked researchers at Milpark Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Milpark Hospital?

The most cited paper from Milpark Hospital is "Haemodynamic definitions and updated clinical classification of pulmonary hypertension" (Gérald Simonneau, David Montani, David Stephen Celermajer et al., 2018), with 3,872 citations. Next come "Vorapaxar in the Secondary Prevention of Atherothrombotic Events" (949) and "Prasugrel versus Clopidogrel for Acute Coronary Syndromes without Revascularization" (884).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Haemodynamic definitions and updated clinical classification of pulmonary hypertension Gérald Simonneau, David Montani, David Stephen Celermajer et al. · European Respiratory Journal Open access 13 Dec 2018 3,872
2 Vorapaxar in the Secondary Prevention of Atherothrombotic Events David A. Morrow, Eugene Braunwald, Marc P. Bonaca et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 24 Mar 2012 949
3 Prasugrel versus Clopidogrel for Acute Coronary Syndromes without Revascularization Matthew T. Roe et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 26 Aug 2012 884
4 Greater Clinical Benefit of More Intensive Oral Antiplatelet Therapy With Prasugrel in Patients With Diabetes Mellitus in the Trial to Assess Improvement in Therapeutic Outcomes by Optimizing Platelet Inhibition With Prasugrel–Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction 38 Stephen D. Wiviott, Eugene Braunwald, Dominick Joseph Angiolillo et al. · Circulation 31 Aug 2008 761
5 The open abdomen in trauma and non-trauma patients: WSES guidelines Federico Coccolini et al. · World Journal of Emergency Surgery Open access 2 Feb 2018 353
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Milpark Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Radiotherapy, Medical Education, Epidemiology, Mortality, Quality of Life, Prognostic Factors, Surgical Management and Gene Expression.

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

All 32 words, with their numbers
  1. Radiotherapy4▲ 33×8 topics
  2. Epidemiology4▲ 2.7×20 topics
  3. Quality of Life2▲ 4.7×12 topics
  4. Medical Education2▲ 24×5 topics
  5. Mortality2▲ 9.9×6 topics
  6. Gene Expression2▲ 8.4×2 topics
  7. Prognostic Factors2▲ 12×6 topics
  8. Surgical Management2▲ 13×5 topics
  9. Survival Analysis2▲ 19×2 topics
  10. Radiosurgery2▲ 55×2 topics
  11. Risk Factors2▲ 4.6×6 topics
  12. Breast Tumours2▲ 101×1 topic
  13. Treatment Response2▲ 101×1 topic
  14. Pain Management2▲ 20×5 topics
  15. Breast Cancer1▲ 17×6 topics
  16. Cancer Treatment1▲ 17×1 topic
  17. Genomic Analysis1▲ 17×2 topics
  18. Global Access1▲ 50×2 topics
  19. Health Economics1▲ 85×1 topic
  20. Heart Failure1▲ 9.2×6 topics
  21. Histological Classification1▲ 134×1 topic
  22. Meningiomas1▲ 134×1 topic
  23. Inflammation1▲ 1.84×12 topics
  24. Cardiovascular Disease1▲ 3.1×10 topics
  25. Clinical Guidelines1▲ 12×3 topics
  26. Complications1▲ 7.1×5 topics
  27. Diagnosis1▲ 3.6×11 topics
  28. Echocardiography1▲ 12×4 topics
  29. Hypertension1▲ 11×5 topics
  30. Obesity1▲ 4.0×6 topics
  31. Quality Improvement1▲ 16×4 topics
  32. Treatment1▲ 2.5×7 topics

Which research topics does Milpark Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Breast Cancer Treatment Studies, Meningioma and schwannoma management, Advances in Oncology and Radiotherapy and Breast Implant and Reconstruction.

Breast Cancer Treatment Studies: 2 fractional worksMeningioma and schwannoma management: 1 fractional worksAdvances in Oncology and Radiotherapy: 1 fractional worksBreast Implant and Reconstruction: 1 fractional worksTrauma and Emergency Care Studies: 1 fractional worksGlobal Cancer Incidence and Screening: 1 fractional worksCOVID-19 and healthcare impacts: 1 fractional worksBreast Lesions and Carcinomas: 0 fractional worksEconomic and Financial Impacts of Cancer: 0 fractional worksCardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention: 0 fractional works
Cancer ResearchEpidemiologyRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingSurgery5 others

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

  1. 1 Breast Cancer Treatment Studies Cancer Research 2 works
  2. 2 Meningioma and schwannoma management Epidemiology 1 works
  3. 3 Advances in Oncology and Radiotherapy Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 1 works
  4. 4 Breast Implant and Reconstruction Surgery 1 works
  5. 5 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency Medicine 1 works
  6. 6 Global Cancer Incidence and Screening Oncology 1 works
  7. 7 COVID-19 and healthcare impacts Oncology 1 works
  8. 8 Breast Lesions and Carcinomas Pathology and Forensic Medicine 0 works
  9. 9 Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  10. 10 Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 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 available49.2%not open50.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.5%domestic only75.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Milpark Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 30% 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 Milpark Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000042% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Milpark Hospital0.00017% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Milpark Hospital over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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