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In research, National Museum stands highest in Social Sciences (#7,596 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#14,598
of 22,385 · #10,589 all time
Rank in South Africa
#55
of 75
Research works
1.2k
▲ 13% vs 2018-21
Citations
9.5k
8.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.92×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
36%
world 40%
International
27%
world 18%
National Museum

What is National Museum known for in research?

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

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #7,596 of 9,585 6.1%73 #5845

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where National Museum 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does National Museum work in?

In 2022-now, 53% of research at National Museum is in Social Sciences, 28% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Arts and Humanities (27%), Social Sciences (23%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (12%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 91 fractional works · 52.8% of its workArts and Humanities: 47 fractional works · 27.1% of its workArcheology: 18 fractional works · 10.7% of its workHistory: 7 fractional works · 3.8% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMuseology: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workConservation: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workClassics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 40 fractional works · 23.3% of its workAnthropology: 10 fractional works · 5.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 9 fractional works · 5.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 9 fractional works · 5.1% of its workArcheology: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 48 fractional works · 27.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 21 fractional works · 12.0% of its workEcology: 10 fractional works · 5.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEcological Modeling: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 17 fractional works · 9.6% of its workPaleontology: 8 fractional works · 4.9% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 28 fractional works · 16.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 21 fractional works · 12.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 12 fractional works · 6.9% of its workInsect Science: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPlant Science: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workForestry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 3.4% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 5 fractional works · 2.9% of its workMedicine: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKNational Museum172fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences16%Physical Sciences28%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences53%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. 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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Arts and Humanities4727.1%
    2. Social Sciences4023.3%
    3. Psychology21.1%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance21.0%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.3%
    6. Decision Sciences00.0%
    1. Environmental Science2112.0%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences179.6%
    3. Computer Science52.6%
    4. Engineering42.2%
    5. Chemistry10.5%
    6. Physics and Astronomy10.4%
    7. Materials Science00.3%
    8. Mathematics00.2%
    9. Energy00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2112.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology63.4%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology10.3%
    4. Neuroscience00.3%
    1. Medicine42.5%
    2. Health Professions10.3%
    3. Veterinary00.0%
    4. Nursing00.0%
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: 2.62× its world share, 22 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.65× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.34× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6.14× its world share, 17 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.14× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.43× its world share, 21 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.13× its world share, 4 worksMedicineNursing: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 9.39× its world share, 47 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.49× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.84× its world share, 40 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 9.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities9.39×47 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences6.14×17 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.62×22 works
  4. Environmental Science2.43×21 works
  5. Social Sciences1.84×40 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.65×6 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.49×2 works
  8. Psychology0.35×2 works
  9. Computer Science0.34×4 works
  10. Chemistry0.31×1 works
  11. Immunology and Microbiology0.30×0 works
  12. Veterinary0.27×0 works
  13. Neuroscience0.17×0 works
  14. Mathematics0.16×0 works
  15. Physics and Astronomy0.16×1 works
  16. Engineering0.14×4 works
  17. Health Professions0.13×1 works
  18. Medicine0.13×4 works
  19. Business, Management and Accounting0.09×0 works
  20. Materials Science0.08×0 works
  21. Nursing0.06×0 works
  22. Energy0.03×0 works
  23. Decision Sciences0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at National Museum?

Ranked on the quality score, Jennifer Botha, James S. Brink and Mirriam Tawane lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Museum.

  1. 1 Jennifer Botha South Africa · #208,017 worldwide 3.9k citations · 96 works
  2. 2 James S. Brink South Africa · #468,264 worldwide 2.8k citations · 85 works
  3. 3 Mirriam Tawane South Africa · #840,633 worldwide 335 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Lloyd Rossouw South Africa · #1,299,030 worldwide 919 citations · 42 works
  5. 5 Roger Summers South Africa · #1,532,349 worldwide 390 citations · 46 works
  6. 6 Thomas Dale Stewart South Africa · #1,731,879 worldwide 3.6k citations · 242 works
  7. 7 Leonhard Stejneger South Africa · #1,963,545 worldwide 2.5k citations · 343 works
  8. 8 Sharon Ann Holt South Africa · #1,989,227 worldwide 968 citations · 60 works
  9. 9 George Brown Goode South Africa · #2,133,057 worldwide 1.1k citations · 155 works
  10. 10 Nancy M. Adams South Africa · #2,144,716 worldwide 735 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at National Museum

What are the most cited papers from National Museum?

The most cited paper from National Museum is "The genomic history of southeastern Europe" (Iain Mathieson et al., 2018), with 745 citations. Next come "Microstratigraphic evidence of in situ fire in the Acheulean strata of Wonderwerk Cave, Northern Cape province, South Africa" (623) and "The Effects of Captivity on the Mammalian Gut Microbiome" (484).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The genomic history of southeastern Europe Iain Mathieson et al. · Nature Open access117 authors 21 Feb 2018 745
2 Microstratigraphic evidence of in situ fire in the Acheulean strata of Wonderwerk Cave, Northern Cape province, South Africa Francesco Berna, Paul S. Goldberg, Liora Kolska Horwitz et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 2 Apr 2012 623
3 The Effects of Captivity on the Mammalian Gut Microbiome Valerie J. McKenzie, Se Jin Song, Frédéric Delsuc et al. · Integrative and Comparative Biology Open access 23 Jun 2017 484
4 The taxonomic impediment: a shortage of taxonomists, not the lack of technical approaches Michael S. Engel et al. · Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society Open access 28 Jul 2021 407
5 Asa Issie, Aramis and the origin of Australopithecus Tim D. White et al. · Nature Apr 2006 289
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at National Museum?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biodiversity, Cultural Heritage, Biogeography, Climate Change, Archaeology, Conservation, Phylogeny and Taxonomy.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in 2022-now 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 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change16▲ 3.5×34 topics
  2. Biodiversity13▲ 9.7×22 topics
  3. Cultural Heritage12▲ 13×19 topics
  4. Biogeography12▲ 25×16 topics
  5. Archaeology9▲ 42×7 topics
  6. Conservation9▲ 12×16 topics
  7. Phylogeny8▲ 28×11 topics
  8. Taxonomy8▲ 31×10 topics
  9. Cultural Exchange7▲ 32×7 topics
  10. Evolution7▲ 15×11 topics
  11. Invasive Species7▲ 9.4×17 topics
  12. Molecular Phylogeny7▲ 24×10 topics
  13. Population Dynamics7▲ 15×10 topics
  14. Phylogenetic Analysis6▲ 12×10 topics
  15. Morphology6▲ 20×7 topics
  16. Bronze Age6▲ 88×2 topics
  17. DNA Barcoding6▲ 20×9 topics
  18. Central Asia5▲ 43×3 topics
  19. Religion5▲ 6.5×10 topics
  20. History5▲ 4.3×11 topics
  21. International Relations5▲ 12×8 topics
  22. Mediterranean5▲ 32×4 topics
  23. Habitat Selection5▲ 38×2 topics
  24. Migration5▲ 8.0×8 topics
  25. Colonialism5▲ 5.7×7 topics
  26. Urban Development4▲ 7.1×4 topics
  27. Indigenous Knowledge4▲ 23×3 topics
  28. Raman Spectroscopy4▲ 13×2 topics
  29. Cultural Sustainability4▲ 41×2 topics
  30. Ecology4▲ 13×7 topics
  31. Archaeological Finds4▲ 164×1 topic
  32. Corded Ware Culture4▲ 164×1 topic
  33. Habitat Fragmentation4▲ 9.3×4 topics
  34. Conservation Biology3▲ 18×3 topics
  35. Empire3▲ 22×3 topics
  36. Eurasian Exchange3▲ 94×1 topic
  37. Rituals3▲ 24×4 topics
  38. Silk Roads3▲ 94×1 topic
  39. Soviet Union3▲ 34×3 topics
  40. Neotropical Region3▲ 96×2 topics

Which research topics does National Museum publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies, Eurasian Exchange Networks, Avian ecology and behavior and Archaeology and Rock Art Studies.

Ancient and Medieval Arc…4Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies: 4 fractional worksEurasian Exchange Networks3Eurasian Exchange Networks: 3 fractional worksAvian ecology and behavior: 3 fractional worksArchaeology and Rock Art Studies: 3 fractional worksCultural Heritage Materials Analysis: 2 fractional worksMuseums and Cultural Heritage: 2 fractional worksHistorical and Archaeological Studies: 2 fractional worksSouth African History an…2South African History and Culture: 2 fractional worksAncient Mediterranean Archaeology and History: 2 fractional worksPleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology: 2 fractional works
ArcheologyAnthropologyEcologyMuseology2 others

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

  1. 1 Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies Archeology 4 works
  2. 2 Eurasian Exchange Networks Anthropology 3 works
  3. 3 Avian ecology and behavior Ecology 3 works
  4. 4 Archaeology and Rock Art Studies Archeology 3 works
  5. 5 Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis Archeology 2 works
  6. 6 Museums and Cultural Heritage Museology 2 works
  7. 7 Historical and Archaeological Studies History 2 works
  8. 8 South African History and Culture Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  9. 9 Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History Archeology 2 works
  10. 10 Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology Anthropology 2 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 available36.1%not open63.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors27.4%domestic only72.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has National Museum's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 13% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 National Museum as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00068% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%National Museum0.00079% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of National Museum over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025National Museum5.9% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 9.7% in 2013.

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