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Queen Nandi Regional Hospital

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Research works
62
▼ 25% vs 2018-21
Citations
874
14.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.2%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
59%
world 40%
International
17%
world 18%
Queen Nandi Regional Hospital

Not ranked overall: Queen Nandi Regional Hospital 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 Queen Nandi Regional Hospital work in?

In all years, 76% of research at Queen Nandi Regional Hospital is in Health Sciences, 12% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (67%), Health Professions (8%), Immunology and Microbiology (5%). It does 2.9× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 47 fractional works · 76.1% of its workMedicine: 41 fractional works · 66.9% of its workSurgery: 8 fractional works · 13.7% of its workEpidemiology: 6 fractional works · 9.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 4 fractional works · 5.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 5.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 3 fractional works · 5.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 4.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 3.8% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 8.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 6.2% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 12.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 4.3% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 9.0% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 5.2% of its workVirology: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKQueen NandiRegional Hospital62fractional works, all years
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences3%Health Sciences76%Social Sciences12%

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 16 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine4166.9%
    2. Health Professions58.5%
    3. Nursing00.8%
    1. Social Sciences34.3%
    2. Psychology22.7%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance12.1%
    4. Arts and Humanities11.2%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting11.1%
    6. Decision Sciences00.8%
    1. Immunology and Microbiology35.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology23.0%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.8%
    1. Earth and Planetary Sciences11.2%
    2. Engineering11.0%
    3. Mathematics00.3%
    4. Environmental Science00.2%
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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.21× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Health Professions: 2.81× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.51× its world share, 6 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.62× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.94× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 1.27× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 7 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology4.21×0 works
  2. Medicine3.51×6 works
  3. Health Professions2.81×1 works
  4. Social Sciences1.27×1 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.94×0 works
  6. Business, Management and Accounting0.62×0 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.15×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Queen Nandi Regional Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, P Rollinson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Queen Nandi Regional Hospital.

  1. 1 P Rollinson South Africa · #4,148,481 worldwide 305 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Queen Nandi Regional Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Queen Nandi Regional Hospital?

The most cited paper from Queen Nandi Regional Hospital is "Diagnosis of tuberculosis in South African children with a T cell-based assay: a prospective cohort study" (Susan Liebeschuetz, Sheila Bamber, Katie Ewer et al., 2004), with 369 citations. Next come "Effectiveness of monovalent human rotavirus vaccine against admission to hospital for acute rotavirus diarrhoea in South African children: a case-control study" (135) and "The effectiveness of the South African Triage Score (SATS) in a rural emergency department." (110).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Diagnosis of tuberculosis in South African children with a T cell-based assay: a prospective cohort study Susan Liebeschuetz, Sheila Bamber, Katie Ewer et al. · The Lancet Dec 2004 369
2 Effectiveness of monovalent human rotavirus vaccine against admission to hospital for acute rotavirus diarrhoea in South African children: a case-control study Michelle J. Groome, Nicola Anne Page, Margaret M. Cortese et al. · The Lancet Infectious Diseases 9 Oct 2014 135
3 The effectiveness of the South African Triage Score (SATS) in a rural emergency department. K. Rosedale, Zoë Smith, Helen M. Davies et al. · PubMed 25 Jul 2011 110
4 A prospective study of pyogenic sepsis of the hip in childhood Timothy R. Nunn, WY Cheung, P Rollinson · Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - British Volume Open access 2007 86
5 Diagnosis of paediatric HIV infection in a primary health care setting with a clinical algorithm. Christiane M. Horwood, Susan Liebeschuetz, Duane Blaauw et al. · PubMed Open access 2003 65
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Queen Nandi Regional Hospital?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Maternal Mortality, Antiretroviral Therapy, Risk Factors, Treatment, Toxins and Child Mortality.

▲ 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 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. Epidemiology10▲ 4.1×33 topics
  2. Diagnosis5▲ 7.3×12 topics
  3. Treatment3▲ 4.2×10 topics
  4. Risk Factors3▲ 5.0×12 topics
  5. Maternal Mortality3▲ 27×4 topics
  6. Antiretroviral Therapy3▲ 20×6 topics
  7. Toxins2▲ 34×3 topics
  8. Mental Health2▲ 3.3×11 topics
  9. Immune Response2▲ 5.2×8 topics
  10. Child Mortality2▲ 56×1 topic
  11. Complications2▲ 6.1×8 topics
  12. Health Systems2▲ 56×1 topic
  13. Hemostasis2▲ 20×3 topics
  14. Management2▲ 4.0×8 topics
  15. Meta-Analysis2▲ 5.7×4 topics
  16. Envenoming2▲ 159×1 topic
  17. Snake Venom2▲ 159×1 topic
  18. Infection Prevention2▲ 29×2 topics
  19. Pathogenesis2▲ 4.6×4 topics
  20. Rehabilitation2▲ 6.9×3 topics
  21. HIV Prevention2▲ 38×2 topics
  22. HIV Transmission2▲ 28×2 topics
  23. Prenatal Diagnosis2▲ 14×4 topics
  24. Primary Care2▲ 5.6×6 topics
  25. Quality Improvement2▲ 12×3 topics
  26. Surgical Management2▲ 5.5×4 topics
  27. Abdominal Compartment Syndrome1▲ 132×1 topic
  28. Biomechanics1▲ 6.8×2 topics
  29. HIV Infection1▲ 18×4 topics
  30. Intra-abdominal Hypertension1▲ 132×1 topic
  31. Internal Fixation1▲ 28×2 topics
  32. Adolescent Health1▲ 24×1 topic
  33. Bone Healing1▲ 42×1 topic
  34. Fracture Epidemiology1▲ 42×1 topic
  35. Global Health1▲ 15×2 topics
  36. HIV/AIDS1▲ 27×3 topics
  37. Mortality Rates1▲ 21×2 topics
  38. Sexual Behavior1▲ 49×1 topic
  39. Vaccination1▲ 25×2 topics
  40. Psychological Interventions1▲ 14×3 topics

Which research topics does Queen Nandi Regional Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Maternal and fetal healthcare, Global Maternal and Child Health, Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions and Reproductive System and Pregnancy.

Maternal and fetal healt…0Maternal and fetal healthcare: 0 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Chil…0Global Maternal and Child Health: 0 fractional worksMaternal and Perinatal Health Interventions: 0 fractional worksReproductive System and Pregnancy: 0 fractional worksElbow and Forearm Trauma Treatment: 0 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional worksEducational theories and practices: 0 fractional worksInjury Epidemiology and …0Injury Epidemiology and Prevention: 0 fractional worksDisaster Response and Management: 0 fractional worksCultural Industries and Urban Development: 0 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthObstetrics and GynecologyImmunologyRehabilitation5 others

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

  1. 1 Maternal and fetal healthcare Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 0 works
  2. 2 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 0 works
  3. 3 Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions Obstetrics and Gynecology 0 works
  4. 4 Reproductive System and Pregnancy Immunology 0 works
  5. 5 Elbow and Forearm Trauma Treatment Rehabilitation 0 works
  6. 6 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 0 works
  7. 7 Educational theories and practices Education 0 works
  8. 8 Injury Epidemiology and Prevention Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 0 works
  9. 9 Disaster Response and Management Emergency Medical Services 0 works
  10. 10 Cultural Industries and Urban Development Urban Studies 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 available58.6%not open41.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.8%domestic only83.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Queen Nandi Regional Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 25% lower 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 Queen Nandi Regional Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000020% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Queen Nandi Regional Hospital0.000018% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Queen Nandi Regional Hospital over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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