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Omnia (South Africa)

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Research works
28
▲ 23% vs 2018-21
Citations
802
28.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
36.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
76%
world 40%
International
38%
world 18%
Omnia (South Africa)

Not ranked overall: Omnia (South Africa) is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Omnia (South Africa) work in?

In all years, 59% of research at Omnia (South Africa) is in Life Sciences, 22% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (44%), Social Sciences (17%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (13%). It does 2.7× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 16 fractional works · 59.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 12 fractional works · 44.4% of its workPlant Science: 9 fractional works · 31.9% of its workSoil Science: 2 fractional works · 6.7% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workForestry: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 12.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 11.4% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 21.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 16.9% of its workEducation: 5 fractional works · 16.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysical Sciences: 3 fractional works · 11.3% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 7.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 8.2% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 5.8% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workALL ITS WORKOmnia (SouthAfrica)28fractional works, all years
Life Sciences59%Physical Sciences11%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences22%

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 18 fields, with their numbers
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1244.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology412.5%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology12.1%
    1. Social Sciences516.9%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance12.1%
    3. Psychology01.2%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting00.8%
    5. Decision Sciences00.6%
    1. Engineering27.0%
    2. Environmental Science01.4%
    3. Chemistry00.9%
    4. Materials Science00.9%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.4%
    6. Mathematics00.4%
    7. Computer Science00.3%
    1. Medicine25.8%
    2. Health Professions01.4%
    3. Nursing01.0%
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: 11.41× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.47× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.61× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Chemistry: 0.88× its world share, 0 worksChemistryEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMedicine: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksMedicineNursing: 4.72× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.66× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 11.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 14 fields, with their numbers
  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.41×6 works
  2. Nursing4.72×0 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.47×2 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology1.61×0 works
  5. Chemistry0.88×0 works
  6. Social Sciences0.66×1 works
  7. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.59×0 works
  8. Materials Science0.40×0 works
  9. Medicine0.34×1 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.32×0 works
  11. Environmental Science0.24×0 works
  12. Engineering0.14×0 works
  13. Psychology0.13×0 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.11×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Omnia (South Africa)?

Ranked on the quality score, J. J. van Biljon lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Omnia (South Africa).

  1. 1 J. J. van Biljon South Africa · #4,398,426 worldwide 59 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Omnia (South Africa)

What are the most cited papers from Omnia (South Africa)?

The most cited paper from Omnia (South Africa) is "Reproducible molecular networking of untargeted mass spectrometry data using GNPS" (Allegra T. Aron et al., 2020), with 746 citations. Next come "Population-Based Study of Human Papillomavirus Infection and Cervical Neoplasia in Rural Costa Rica" (598) and "Biostimulants for Plant Growth and Mitigation of Abiotic Stresses: A Metabolomics Perspective" (276).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Reproducible molecular networking of untargeted mass spectrometry data using GNPS Allegra T. Aron et al. · Nature Protocols Open access 13 May 2020 746
2 Population-Based Study of Human Papillomavirus Infection and Cervical Neoplasia in Rural Costa Rica Rolando Herrero, Allan Hildesheim, Concepción Bratti et al. · JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 15 Mar 2000 598
3 Biostimulants for Plant Growth and Mitigation of Abiotic Stresses: A Metabolomics Perspective Lerato Pertunia Nephali, Lizelle Ann Piater, Ian A. Dubery et al. · Metabolites Open access 10 Dec 2020 276
4 Bacillus for Plant Growth Promotion and Stress Resilience: What Have We Learned? Teboho Tsotetsi, Lerato Pertunia Nephali, Motumiseng Malebe et al. · Plants Open access 22 Sep 2022 213
5 Soil Salinity, a Serious Environmental Issue and Plant Responses: A Metabolomics Perspective Kekeletso H. Chele, Morena M. Tinte, Lizelle Ann Piater et al. · Metabolites Open access 22 Oct 2021 202
All 72 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Omnia (South Africa)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Qualitative Research, Education, Phenomenology, Social Sciences, Abiotic Stress, Plant Growth, Gene Expression and Crop Management.

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

All 31 words, with their numbers
  1. Qualitative Research4▲ 22×2 topics
  2. Education3▲ 9.3×2 topics
  3. Phenomenology3▲ 96×1 topic
  4. Social Sciences3▲ 72×1 topic
  5. Abiotic Stress3▲ 175×2 topics
  6. Plant Growth2▲ 76×3 topics
  7. Gene Expression2▲ 13×4 topics
  8. Crop Management2▲ 140×2 topics
  9. Oxidative Stress2▲ 3.6×5 topics
  10. Plant Responses2▲ 90×2 topics
  11. Root Exudates2▲ 108×2 topics
  12. Antioxidants2▲ 14×3 topics
  13. Reactive Oxygen Species2▲ 12×2 topics
  14. Climate Change2▲ 2.2×2 topics
  15. Salt Tolerance2▲ 121×1 topic
  16. Signal Transduction2▲ 21×1 topic
  17. Soil Fertility2▲ 32×3 topics
  18. Mass Spectrometry1▲ 23×3 topics
  19. Regulation1▲ 8.2×2 topics
  20. Biomarkers1▲ 7.4×2 topics
  21. Biostimulants1▲ 353×1 topic
  22. Food Security1▲ 12×2 topics
  23. Genomics1▲ 13×2 topics
  24. Precision Medicine1▲ 15×2 topics
  25. Seaweed Extracts1▲ 353×1 topic
  26. Data Analysis1▲ 13×1 topic
  27. Metabolomics1▲ 81×1 topic
  28. Microbial Communities1▲ 12×3 topics
  29. Natural Products1▲ 22×3 topics
  30. Plant Immunity1▲ 42×1 topic
  31. Rhizosphere Interactions1▲ 52×1 topic

Which research topics does Omnia (South Africa) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity, Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance, Plant Growth Enhancement Techniques and Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies.

Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity: 1 fractional worksPlant Stress Responses and Tolerance: 1 fractional worksPlant Growth Enhancement…1Plant Growth Enhancement Techniques: 1 fractional worksMetabolomics and Mass Sp…1Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies: 1 fractional worksAllelopathy and phytotox…0Allelopathy and phytotoxic interactions: 0 fractional worksPlant responses to eleva…0Plant responses to elevated CO2: 0 fractional worksGABA and Rice Research0GABA and Rice Research: 0 fractional worksHigher Education Learning Practices: 0 fractional worksGlobal Education Systems and Policies: 0 fractional worksPlant tissue culture and regeneration: 0 fractional works
Plant ScienceMolecular BiologyEducation

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

  1. 1 Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity Plant Science 1 works
  2. 2 Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance Plant Science 1 works
  3. 3 Plant Growth Enhancement Techniques Plant Science 1 works
  4. 4 Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies Molecular Biology 1 works
  5. 5 Allelopathy and phytotoxic interactions Plant Science 0 works
  6. 6 Plant responses to elevated CO2 Plant Science 0 works
  7. 7 GABA and Rice Research Plant Science 0 works
  8. 8 Higher Education Learning Practices Education 0 works
  9. 9 Global Education Systems and Policies Education 0 works
  10. 10 Plant tissue culture and regeneration Molecular Biology 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 available75.9%not open24.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors38.5%domestic only61.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Omnia (South Africa)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 23% 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 Omnia (South Africa) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0000081% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Omnia (South Africa) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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