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Molecular Diagnostics Services

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Research works
2
▲ 221% vs 2018-21
Citations
169
81.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
0.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
92%
world 40%
International
39%
world 18%
Molecular Diagnostics Services

Not ranked overall: Molecular Diagnostics Services is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Molecular Diagnostics Services work in?

In all years, 81% of research at Molecular Diagnostics Services is in Health Sciences, 19% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (76%), Immunology and Microbiology (14%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (5%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 2 fractional works · 81.0% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 76.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 4.8% of its workLife Sciences: 0 fractional works · 19.0% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 14.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 4.8% of its workALL ITS WORKMolecularDiagnostics…2fractional works, all years
Life Sciences19%Health Sciences81%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 2 domains and 4 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine276.2%
    2. Veterinary04.8%
    1. Immunology and Microbiology014.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology04.8%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What are the most cited papers from Molecular Diagnostics Services?

The most cited paper from Molecular Diagnostics Services is "Detection of a SARS-CoV-2 variant of concern in South Africa" (Houriiyah Tegally et al., 2021), with 1,837 citations. Next come "Omicron extensively but incompletely escapes Pfizer BNT162b2 neutralization" (1,201) and "Emergence and rapid spread of a new severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) lineage with multiple spike mutations in South Africa" (1,199).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Detection of a SARS-CoV-2 variant of concern in South Africa Houriiyah Tegally et al. · Nature Open access 9 Mar 2021 1,837
2 Omicron extensively but incompletely escapes Pfizer BNT162b2 neutralization Sandile Cele et al. · Nature Open access 23 Dec 2021 1,201
3 Emergence and rapid spread of a new severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) lineage with multiple spike mutations in South Africa Houriiyah Tegally et al. · medRxiv PreprintOpen access 22 Dec 2020 1,199
4 Sixteen novel lineages of SARS-CoV-2 in South Africa Houriiyah Tegally et al. · Nature Medicine Open access 2 Feb 2021 396
5 Lung cancer induced in mice by the envelope protein of jaagsiekte sheep retrovirus (JSRV) closely resembles lung cancer in sheep infected with JSRV Sarah K. Wootton, Michael J. Metzger, Kelly L. Hudkins et al. · Retrovirology Open access Dec 2006 70
All 11 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does Molecular Diagnostics Services publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery, interferon and immune responses, Birth, Development, and Health and RNA regulation and disease.

Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery: 0 fractional worksinterferon and immune responses: 0 fractional worksBirth, Development, and Health: 0 fractional worksRNA regulation and disease: 0 fractional worksFetal and Pediatric Neurological Disorders: 0 fractional worksPregnancy and preeclampsia studies: 0 fractional works
SurgeryImmunologyPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthMolecular Biology1 others

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

  1. 1 Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery Surgery 0 works
  2. 2 interferon and immune responses Immunology 0 works
  3. 3 Birth, Development, and Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 0 works
  4. 4 RNA regulation and disease Molecular Biology 0 works
  5. 5 Fetal and Pediatric Neurological Disorders Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 0 works
  6. 6 Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies Obstetrics and Gynecology 0 works
  7. 7 Musculoskeletal synovial abnormalities and treatments Rheumatology 0 works
  8. 8 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 0 works
  9. 9 Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques Surgery 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 available92.4%not open7.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors39.2%domestic only60.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Molecular Diagnostics Services's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 221% higher than in 2018-2021.

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