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Port Elizabeth Provincial Hospital

In research, Port Elizabeth Provincial Hospital stands highest in Social Sciences (#6,418 of 16,945 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#9,518 of 21,541 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#6,098 of 10,206 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#15,237
of 42,892
Rank in South Africa
#62
of 154
Research works
1.3k
▼ 8% vs 2013–17
Citations
19k
14.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
21%
world 28%

What is Port Elizabeth Provincial Hospital known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Social SciencesDomain #6,418 of 16,945 15.5%370
Physical SciencesDomain #9,518 of 21,541 9.9%687
Social SciencesField #6,098 of 10,206 15.0%183
Health SciencesDomain #15,710 of 20,462 8.1%135
EngineeringField #9,950 of 11,412 12.9%127
Materials ScienceField #4,395 of 4,504 9.3%135

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Port Elizabeth Provincial Hospital 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

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: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 1.15× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.02× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.66× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.88× its world share, 4 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 2.65× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.17× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Psychology: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.86× its world share, 13 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Port Elizabeth Provincial Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, W. J. McGill, G. C. Bate and J.G.H. Du Preez lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Port Elizabeth Provincial Hospital.

  1. 1 W. J. McGill South Africa · #419,191 worldwide 87 citations · 47 works
  2. 2 G. C. Bate South Africa · #513,698 worldwide 80 citations · 23 works
  3. 3 J.G.H. Du Preez South Africa · #669,649 worldwide 98 citations · 42 works
  4. 4 N. J. Groenewald South Africa · #998,566 worldwide 12 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Hans W. Cohn South Africa · #1,193,759 worldwide 12 citations · 37 works
  6. 6 Stefan Veldsman South Africa · #1,203,559 worldwide 20 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 J.A.A. Engelbrecht South Africa · #1,604,551 worldwide 8 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Port Elizabeth Provincial Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Port Elizabeth Provincial Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Human Rights, South Africa, Consumer Protection, Equality, Constitutionalism, Developmental Local Government, Inequality and protests.

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

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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 26 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 26 words, with their numbers
  1. Human Rights6▲ 24×8 topics
  2. South Africa3▲ 480×2 topics
  3. Consumer Protection3▲ 281×2 topics
  4. Equality3▲ 205×2 topics
  5. Constitutionalism3▲ 116×1 topic
  6. Developmental Local Government3▲ 1009×1 topic
  7. Inequality3▲ 47×1 topic
  8. protests3▲ 1385×1 topic
  9. Archaeology2▲ 47×1 topic
  10. Southern Africa2▲ 1120×1 topic
  11. Sustainable Development2▲ 3.9×2 topics
  12. Land Tenure1▲ 127×2 topics
  13. Urbanization1▲ 13×2 topics
  14. Cultural Studies1▲ 13×2 topics
  15. Rural Development1▲ 15×2 topics
  16. Slum Upgrading1▲ 139×1 topic
  17. Urban Poverty1▲ 90×1 topic
  18. Animal Consciousness1▲ 3135×1 topic
  19. Colonialism1▲ 8.1×1 topic
  20. Cooperatives1▲ 48×1 topic
  21. Franchising1▲ 422×1 topic
  22. Global Governance1▲ 17×2 topics
  23. Governance1▲ 12×1 topic
  24. Legal Personhood1▲ 220×1 topic
  25. Organizational Learning1▲ 59×1 topic
  26. Post-Colonial Africa1▲ 158×1 topic

Which research topics does Port Elizabeth Provincial Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Legal Issues in South Africa, South African History and Culture, Archaeology and Rock Art Studies and Urban and Rural Development Challenges.

Legal Issues in South Af…3Legal Issues in South Africa: 3 fractional worksSouth African History and Culture: 3 fractional worksArchaeology and Rock Art Studies: 2 fractional worksUrban and Rural Development Challenges: 1 fractional worksAfrican history and culture studies: 1 fractional worksCooperative Studies and Economics: 1 fractional worksFranchising Strategies and Performance: 1 fractional worksReformed Theology and Governance: 1 fractional worksCorporate Insolvency and Governance: 1 fractional worksHuman Rights and Development: 1 fractional works
LawSociology and Political ScienceArcheologyUrban Studies4 others

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

  1. 1 Legal Issues in South Africa Law 3 works
  2. 2 South African History and Culture Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  3. 3 Archaeology and Rock Art Studies Archeology 2 works
  4. 4 Urban and Rural Development Challenges Urban Studies 1 works
  5. 5 African history and culture studies Anthropology 1 works
  6. 6 Cooperative Studies and Economics Strategy and Management 1 works
  7. 7 Franchising Strategies and Performance Strategy and Management 1 works
  8. 8 Reformed Theology and Governance Philosophy 1 works
  9. 9 Corporate Insolvency and Governance Accounting 1 works
  10. 10 Human Rights and Development Sociology and Political Science 1 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 available21.1%not open78.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.8%domestic only91.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Port Elizabeth Provincial Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 8% 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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