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Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital

In research, Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#5,845 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#6,227 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#13,368
of 28,054 · #13,419 all time
Rank in South Africa
#48
of 87
Research works
1.5k
▼ 20% vs 2013–17
Citations
29k
19.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
40%
world 28%

What is Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #5,845 of 11,982 18.2%101 #4714
MedicineField #6,227 of 10,443 18.2%91 #4254

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Red Cross War Memorial Children's 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: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.28× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.62× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.76× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.09× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.47× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.04× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.58× its world share, 91 worksMedicineNursing: 4.02× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.85× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.87× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, S. Cywes, Sharon Cox and B. J. Cremin lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital.

  1. 1 S. Cywes South Africa · #141,925 worldwide 74 citations · 31 works
  2. 2 Sharon Cox South Africa · #275,642 worldwide 78 citations · 22 works
  3. 3 B. J. Cremin South Africa · #338,958 worldwide 101 citations · 44 works
  4. 4 H. Rode South Africa · #455,817 worldwide 41 citations · 31 works
  5. 5 Alan Davidson South Africa · #484,786 worldwide 53 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Jo M. Wilmshurst South Africa · #532,081 worldwide 65 citations · 41 works
  7. 7 Albert J. Lastovica South Africa · #741,124 worldwide 68 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Alp Numanoğlu South Africa · #790,106 worldwide 24 citations · 26 works
  9. 9 James Nuttall South Africa · #950,159 worldwide 25 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Mignon McCulloch South Africa · #1,340,770 worldwide 16 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Treatment, Vaccine, Diagnosis, Drug Resistance, Pathogenesis and Antiretroviral Therapy.

▲ 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 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. Epidemiology26▲ 5.0×74 topics
  2. Inflammation10▲ 3.7×30 topics
  3. Treatment8▲ 4.7×23 topics
  4. Diagnosis7▲ 5.4×24 topics
  5. Drug Resistance6▲ 15×5 topics
  6. Vaccine6▲ 11×10 topics
  7. Pathogenesis6▲ 8.1×11 topics
  8. Cardiovascular Disease5▲ 3.6×18 topics
  9. Antiretroviral Therapy5▲ 24×6 topics
  10. Quality of Life5▲ 2.7×20 topics
  11. Immune Response5▲ 6.6×13 topics
  12. Public Health5▲ 2.5×19 topics
  13. Genetics5▲ 5.0×9 topics
  14. Mortality5▲ 6.0×10 topics
  15. Vaccine Development4▲ 12×5 topics
  16. Chronic Kidney Disease4▲ 13×7 topics
  17. Antimicrobial Resistance4▲ 14×6 topics
  18. Global Burden4▲ 5.0×10 topics
  19. SARS-CoV-24▲ 8.3×5 topics
  20. Child Development4▲ 6.2×5 topics
  21. Surgery4▲ 7.4×6 topics
  22. Antibiotic Resistance3▲ 6.0×6 topics
  23. Hemodialysis3▲ 29×2 topics
  24. Clinical Practice Guidelines3▲ 4.2×4 topics
  25. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes3▲ 12×6 topics
  26. Maternal Mortality3▲ 9.4×4 topics
  27. Prognosis3▲ 6.3×8 topics
  28. Antiepileptic Drugs3▲ 27×2 topics
  29. Disease Burden3▲ 27×2 topics
  30. Preterm Infants3▲ 16×4 topics
  31. Critical Care2▲ 8.3×6 topics
  32. Epilepsy2▲ 17×4 topics
  33. Pregnancy2▲ 9.1×4 topics
  34. Viral Infections2▲ 34×2 topics
  35. HIV Infection2▲ 17×4 topics
  36. Human Metapneumovirus2▲ 40×1 topic
  37. Neurobiology2▲ 7.1×3 topics
  38. Respiratory Syncytial Virus2▲ 40×1 topic
  39. Global Burden of Disease2▲ 7.1×3 topics
  40. Respiratory Infections2▲ 14×2 topics

Which research topics does Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Respiratory viral infections research, Epilepsy research and treatment, Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections and COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction.

Respiratory viral infect…2Respiratory viral infections research: 2 fractional worksEpilepsy research and tr…2Epilepsy research and treatment: 2 fractional worksPneumonia and Respiratory Infections: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 Impact on Repro…2COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction: 2 fractional worksDialysis and Renal Disea…2Dialysis and Renal Disease Management: 2 fractional worksTuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 2 fractional worksViral Infections and Outbreaks Research: 2 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and In…2HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 2 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 1 fractional worksGlioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 1 fractional works
EpidemiologyPsychiatry and Mental healthObstetrics and GynecologyNephrology3 others

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

  1. 1 Respiratory viral infections research Epidemiology 2 works
  2. 2 Epilepsy research and treatment Psychiatry and Mental health 2 works
  3. 3 Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections Epidemiology 2 works
  4. 4 COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction Obstetrics and Gynecology 2 works
  5. 5 Dialysis and Renal Disease Management Nephrology 2 works
  6. 6 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 2 works
  7. 7 Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research Infectious Diseases 2 works
  8. 8 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 2 works
  9. 9 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 1 works
  10. 10 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 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 available39.7%not open60.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.1%domestic only79.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 20% 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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