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Mthatha General Hospital

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Research works
30
▲ 471% vs 2018-21
Citations
388
12.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.2%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
62%
world 40%
International
18%
world 18%
Mthatha General Hospital

Not ranked overall: Mthatha General Hospital 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 Mthatha General Hospital work in?

In all years, 74% of research at Mthatha General Hospital is in Health Sciences, 17% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (67%), Social Sciences (14%), Health Professions (7%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 22 fractional works · 73.7% of its workMedicine: 20 fractional works · 66.9% of its workSurgery: 6 fractional works · 21.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 6.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 5.0% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 4.1% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 4.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 6.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 4.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 16.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 13.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 6.1% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2 fractional works · 6.8% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKMthatha GeneralHospital30fractional works, all years
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences7%Health Sciences74%Social Sciences17%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. 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 4 domains and 15 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine2066.9%
    2. Health Professions26.8%
    1. Social Sciences413.8%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.7%
    3. Psychology00.8%
    4. Decision Sciences00.4%
    1. Engineering13.5%
    2. Computer Science01.4%
    3. Chemistry01.1%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.5%
    5. Physics and Astronomy00.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences01.5%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology00.6%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.6%
    4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.2%
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: 0.91× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.63× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4.53× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 2.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.86× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringPhysics and Astronomy: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 2.69× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.81× its world share, 4 worksMedicineDecision Sciences: 1.10× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.73× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.49× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 15 fields, with their numbers
  1. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics4.53×0 works
  2. Health Professions2.69×1 works
  3. Social Sciences2.49×3 works
  4. Chemistry2.04×0 works
  5. Medicine1.81×4 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.10×0 works
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.91×0 works
  8. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.86×0 works
  9. Psychology0.73×0 works
  10. Immunology and Microbiology0.63×0 works
  11. Computer Science0.55×0 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.45×0 works
  13. Physics and Astronomy0.43×0 works
  14. Engineering0.35×1 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.12×0 works

What are the most cited papers from Mthatha General Hospital?

The most cited paper from Mthatha General Hospital is "Worldwide comparison of survival from childhood leukaemia for 1995–2009, by subtype, age, and sex (CONCORD-2): a population-based study of individual data for 89 828 children from 198 registries in 53 countries" (Audrey Bonaventure et al., 2017), with 217 citations. Next come "Mineralogy and Fertility Status of Selected Soils of the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa" (119) and "A case-control study of diet and social factors in cancer of the esophagus in transkei" (81).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Worldwide comparison of survival from childhood leukaemia for 1995–2009, by subtype, age, and sex (CONCORD-2): a population-based study of individual data for 89 828 children from 198 registries in 53 countries Audrey Bonaventure et al. · The Lancet Haematology Open access511 authors 11 Apr 2017 217
2 Mineralogy and Fertility Status of Selected Soils of the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa O. T. Mandiringana, P. N. S. Mnkeni, Z. Mkile et al. · Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis Oct 2005 119
3 A case-control study of diet and social factors in cancer of the esophagus in transkei Alastair M. Sammon · Cancer Open access 15 Feb 1992 81
4 Tuberculous pericarditis in transkei J.I.G. Strang · Clinical Cardiology Dec 1984 71
5 Assessment of glycaemic control in stable type 2 black South African diabetics attending a peri-urban clinic Rajiv Timothy Erasmus, Estela Blanco, A B Okesina et al. · Postgraduate Medical Journal Open access Oct 1999 52
All 62 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Mthatha General Hospital?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Meta-Analysis, Primary Care, Complications, Diabetes, Diagnosis, Antiretroviral Therapy and Clinical Practice Guidelines.

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

All 27 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology5▲ 4.0×19 topics
  2. Meta-Analysis2▲ 14×4 topics
  3. Complications2▲ 14×8 topics
  4. Diabetes2▲ 14×5 topics
  5. Diagnosis2▲ 7.0×7 topics
  6. Primary Care2▲ 17×8 topics
  7. Treatment2▲ 4.8×7 topics
  8. Antiretroviral Therapy2▲ 22×4 topics
  9. Clinical Practice Guidelines2▲ 9.1×3 topics
  10. Surgical Management2▲ 11×4 topics
  11. Quality Improvement1▲ 22×5 topics
  12. Mental Health1▲ 3.8×4 topics
  13. Chemotherapy1▲ 5.4×2 topics
  14. Endoscopic Resection1▲ 41×2 topics
  15. Immune Response1▲ 6.3×6 topics
  16. Management1▲ 5.2×5 topics
  17. Quality of Life1▲ 3.0×3 topics
  18. Surgery1▲ 12×3 topics
  19. Violence1▲ 28×2 topics
  20. Children1▲ 14×4 topics
  21. Diagnostic Imaging1▲ 28×2 topics
  22. Glycemic Control1▲ 27×2 topics
  23. Nursing1▲ 28×2 topics
  24. Prognosis1▲ 11×3 topics
  25. Harassment1▲ 234×1 topic
  26. Healthcare Workers1▲ 24×2 topics
  27. Workplace Bullying1▲ 234×1 topic

Which research topics does Mthatha General Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Workplace Violence and Bullying, Legal Issues in South Africa, Surgical Sutures and Adhesives and Education Systems and Policy.

Workplace Violence and B…1Workplace Violence and Bullying: 1 fractional worksLegal Issues in South Africa: 0 fractional worksSurgical Sutures and Adhesives: 0 fractional worksEducation Systems and Policy: 0 fractional worksPneumothorax, Barotrauma, Emphysema: 0 fractional worksAnorectal Disease Treatments and Outcomes: 0 fractional worksAmoebic Infections and T…0Amoebic Infections and Treatments: 0 fractional worksEducational Theory and Curriculum Studies: 0 fractional worksHigher Education and Employability: 0 fractional worksPetroleum Processing and…0Petroleum Processing and Analysis: 0 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceLawSurgeryEducation3 others

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

  1. 1 Workplace Violence and Bullying Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  2. 2 Legal Issues in South Africa Law 0 works
  3. 3 Surgical Sutures and Adhesives Surgery 0 works
  4. 4 Education Systems and Policy Education 0 works
  5. 5 Pneumothorax, Barotrauma, Emphysema Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 0 works
  6. 6 Anorectal Disease Treatments and Outcomes Surgery 0 works
  7. 7 Amoebic Infections and Treatments Infectious Diseases 0 works
  8. 8 Educational Theory and Curriculum Studies Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  9. 9 Higher Education and Employability Education 0 works
  10. 10 Petroleum Processing and Analysis Analytical Chemistry 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 available61.6%not open38.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.7%domestic only82.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Mthatha General Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 471% 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 Mthatha General Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000031% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Mthatha General Hospital0.000075% in 20251990200020102020

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

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