Mintek

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Mintek 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).

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Mechanical Engineering takes 9.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

1. Mechanical EngineeringSubfield · 50.8 works9.5×

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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.

• Materials Science 5.9×
• Energy 4.5×
• Chemistry 3.0×
• Engineering 2.6×
• Environmental Science 2.5×
• Chemical Engineering 2.3×
• Earth and Planetary Sciences 1.4×
• Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 1.1×
• Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 0.6×
• Physics and Astronomy 0.5×
• Immunology and Microbiology 0.4×
• Nursing 0.4×
• Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.3×
• Health Professions 0.3×
• Business, Management and Accounting 0.3×
• Computer Science 0.2×
• Medicine 0.2×
• Dentistry 0.1×
• Arts and Humanities 0.1×
• Social Sciences 0.1×
• Neuroscience 0.1×
• Economics, Econometrics and Finance 0.1×
• Decision Sciences 0.0×
• Mathematics 0.0×
• Psychology 0.0×

Ranked on the composite score, Penny Ellis, Ginger Moore and Richard M. Moutloali lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Mintek.

1. 1 🇿🇦 Penny Ellis South Africa · #728,984 worldwide 14 citations · 19 works
2. 2 🇿🇦 Ginger Moore South Africa · #961,106 worldwide 20 citations · 15 works
3. 3 🇿🇦 Richard M. Moutloali South Africa · #1,472,729 worldwide 60 citations · 19 works
4. 4 🇿🇦 Quinn G. Reynolds South Africa · #1,544,827 worldwide 8 citations · 17 works
5. 5 🇿🇦 Lerato Nkosi South Africa · #1,628,480 worldwide 0 citations · 16 works

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mechanical Properties, Nanomaterials, Microstructure, Biomedical Applications, Metal Recovery, Nanocomposites, Environmental Impact and Metallurgy.

By volume in 2022–2025: Minerals Flotation and Separation Techniques, Metal Extraction and Bioleaching, Mineral Processing and Grinding and Extraction and Separation Processes.

1. 1 Minerals Flotation and Separation Techniques Water Science and Technology 11 works
2. 2 Metal Extraction and Bioleaching Biomedical Engineering 9 works
3. 3 Mineral Processing and Grinding Mechanical Engineering 8 works
4. 4 Extraction and Separation Processes Mechanical Engineering 8 works
5. 5 Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 5 works
6. 6 Metallurgical Processes and Thermodynamics Mechanical Engineering 5 works
7. 7 Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications Materials Chemistry 5 works
8. 8 Intermetallics and Advanced Alloy Properties Mechanical Engineering 5 works
9. 9 Titanium Alloys Microstructure and Properties Materials Chemistry 4 works
10. 10 Metal Alloys Wear and Properties Materials Chemistry 4 works

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.

Output in 2018–2022 was 76% higher than in 2013–2017.

• University of the Witwatersrand
• University of Johannesburg
• National Health Laboratory Service
• South African Institute for Medical Research
• Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital
• Eskom (South Africa)
• Johannesburg Hospital
• Lancet Laboratories