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National Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences

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Research works
6
fractional, all time
Citations
20
3.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
79%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: National Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences 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.

Computer Science: 1.19× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringHealth Professions: 1.17× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsArts and Humanities: 8.52× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 3.18× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesSocial Sciences: 4.50× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 8.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which research topics does National Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Legal Issues in South Africa, Religion, Society, and Development, Christian Theology and Mission and Technology and Data Analysis.

Legal Issues in South Af…1Legal Issues in South Africa: 1 fractional worksReligion, Society, and Development: 0 fractional worksChristian Theology and M…0Christian Theology and Mission: 0 fractional worksTechnology and Data Anal…0Technology and Data Analysis: 0 fractional worksAfrican cultural and phi…0African cultural and philosophical studies: 0 fractional worksIntimate Partner and Fam…0Intimate Partner and Family Violence: 0 fractional worksHigher Education Learnin…0Higher Education Learning Practices: 0 fractional worksReligion, Spirituality, and Psychology: 0 fractional worksProfessional Masters Programs Analysis: 0 fractional worksBIM and Construction Integration: 0 fractional works
LawSociology and Political ScienceReligious studiesInformation Systems4 others

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

  1. 1 Legal Issues in South Africa Law 1 works
  2. 2 Religion, Society, and Development Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  3. 3 Christian Theology and Mission Religious studies 0 works
  4. 4 Technology and Data Analysis Information Systems 0 works
  5. 5 African cultural and philosophical studies Education 0 works
  6. 6 Intimate Partner and Family Violence Health 0 works
  7. 7 Higher Education Learning Practices Education 0 works
  8. 8 Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology Health 0 works
  9. 9 Professional Masters Programs Analysis Information Systems and Management 0 works
  10. 10 BIM and Construction Integration Building and Construction 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 available78.7%not open21.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors4.3%domestic only95.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has National Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences's research output changed?

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