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Hospital / health system · Durban · South Africa

R. K. Khan Hospital

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Research works
101
▼ 22% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.1k
11.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
40%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: R. K. Khan Hospital 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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.56× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 8.16× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceEnvironmental Science: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 1.96× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.32× its world share, 5 worksMedicineNursing: 14.98× its world share, 1 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.60× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 15.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at R. K. Khan Hospital?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cardiovascular Disease, Metabolic Syndrome, Obesity, Insulin Resistance, Epidemiology, Diabetes, Atherosclerosis and Heart Failure.

▲ 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. Cardiovascular Disease13▲ 11×12 topics
  2. Epidemiology13▲ 3.1×39 topics
  3. Metabolic Syndrome10▲ 12×11 topics
  4. Obesity10▲ 12×11 topics
  5. Insulin Resistance8▲ 18×8 topics
  6. Diabetes7▲ 13×7 topics
  7. Inflammation6▲ 2.3×18 topics
  8. Diagnosis6▲ 5.3×18 topics
  9. Atherosclerosis5▲ 14×6 topics
  10. Heart Failure5▲ 11×7 topics
  11. Cholesterol5▲ 27×2 topics
  12. Glucose Metabolism5▲ 47×2 topics
  13. Public Health5▲ 3.5×12 topics
  14. Guidelines5▲ 9.5×5 topics
  15. Global Prevalence4▲ 47×1 topic
  16. Lifestyle Intervention4▲ 54×1 topic
  17. Treatment4▲ 3.3×16 topics
  18. Myocardial Infarction4▲ 15×5 topics
  19. Mortality4▲ 7.0×5 topics
  20. Glycemic Control3▲ 24×4 topics
  21. Antimicrobial Resistance3▲ 13×5 topics
  22. C-Reactive Protein3▲ 37×2 topics
  23. Insulin Therapy3▲ 29×3 topics
  24. Cardiovascular Risk3▲ 8.8×3 topics
  25. Clinical Practice Guidelines3▲ 5.0×7 topics
  26. Acute Coronary Syndromes3▲ 65×1 topic
  27. Pathogenesis3▲ 4.7×7 topics
  28. ST-Segment Elevation3▲ 65×1 topic
  29. Critical Care3▲ 12×4 topics
  30. Genetic Variants3▲ 12×5 topics
  31. Echocardiography2▲ 9.0×3 topics
  32. Hyperglycemia2▲ 25×2 topics
  33. Inflammatory Response2▲ 32×2 topics
  34. Renewable Fuels2▲ 30×2 topics
  35. Type 2 Diabetes2▲ 13×3 topics
  36. Non-Communicable Diseases2▲ 16×2 topics
  37. Diabetes Mellitus2▲ 9.7×2 topics
  38. Infection Risk2▲ 49×1 topic
  39. Intensive Care Unit2▲ 21×1 topic
  40. Statins2▲ 27×2 topics

Which research topics does R. K. Khan Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Rabies epidemiology and control, Child Nutrition and Water Access, Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments and Ureteral procedures and complications.

Rabies epidemiology and control: 1 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 0 fractional worksPsychosomatic Disorders …0Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments: 0 fractional worksUreteral procedures and …0Ureteral procedures and complications: 0 fractional worksSurgical Sutures and Adhesives: 0 fractional worksHemostasis and retained surgical items: 0 fractional worksHernia repair and manage…0Hernia repair and management: 0 fractional worksUrological Disorders and Treatments: 0 fractional worksKidney Stones and Urolithiasis Treatments: 0 fractional worksCongenital gastrointestinal and neural anomalies: 0 fractional works
VirologyNutrition and DieteticsPsychiatry and Mental healthObstetrics and Gynecology4 others

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

  1. 1 Rabies epidemiology and control Virology 1 works
  2. 2 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 0 works
  3. 3 Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments Psychiatry and Mental health 0 works
  4. 4 Ureteral procedures and complications Obstetrics and Gynecology 0 works
  5. 5 Surgical Sutures and Adhesives Surgery 0 works
  6. 6 Hemostasis and retained surgical items Hematology 0 works
  7. 7 Hernia repair and management Surgery 0 works
  8. 8 Urological Disorders and Treatments Urology 0 works
  9. 9 Kidney Stones and Urolithiasis Treatments Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 0 works
  10. 10 Congenital gastrointestinal and neural anomalies Surgery 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 available39.9%not open60.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.6%domestic only77.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has R. K. Khan Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 22% 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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