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Hospital / health system · Mthatha · South Africa

Mthatha General Hospital

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Research works
30
▼ 29% vs 2013–17
Citations
388
12.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
62%
world 28%

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.

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: 1.03× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.72× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 5.15× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 2.31× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.62× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.98× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringPhysics and Astronomy: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 2.71× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.40× its world share, 2 worksMedicineDecision Sciences: 1.25× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.83× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.83× 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, 5.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

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 2022–2025: Workplace Violence and Bullying, Legal Issues in South Africa, Petroleum Processing and Analysis and Higher Education and Employability.

Workplace Violence and B…1Workplace Violence and Bullying: 1 fractional worksLegal Issues in South Af…0Legal Issues in South Africa: 0 fractional worksPetroleum Processing and…0Petroleum Processing and Analysis: 0 fractional worksHigher Education and Employability: 0 fractional worksEducation Systems and Policy: 0 fractional worksSurgical Sutures and Adhesives: 0 fractional worksEducational Theory and Curriculum Studies: 0 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 0 fractional worksUltrasound in Clinical Applications: 0 fractional worksInnovative Education and Learning Practices: 0 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceLawAnalytical ChemistryEducation4 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 Petroleum Processing and Analysis Analytical Chemistry 0 works
  4. 4 Higher Education and Employability Education 0 works
  5. 5 Education Systems and Policy Education 0 works
  6. 6 Surgical Sutures and Adhesives Surgery 0 works
  7. 7 Educational Theory and Curriculum Studies Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  8. 8 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 0 works
  9. 9 Ultrasound in Clinical Applications Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 0 works
  10. 10 Innovative Education and Learning Practices Human Factors and Ergonomics 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Mthatha General Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 29% lower 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.

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