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Research ICT Africa

In research, Research ICT Africa stands highest in Social Sciences (#7,252 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#13,570
of 22,385 · #16,513 all time
Rank in South Africa
#51
of 75
Research works
266
▲ 60% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.6k
9.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.99×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
50%
world 40%
International
30%
world 18%
Research ICT Africa

What is Research ICT Africa 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 #7,252 of 14,833 8.2%142

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Research ICT Africa 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Research ICT Africa work in?

In 2022-now, 56% of research at Research ICT Africa is in Social Sciences, 20% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (34%), Medicine (14%), Computer Science (6%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 64 fractional works · 55.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 39 fractional works · 34.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 11 fractional works · 9.8% of its workAnthropology: 6 fractional works · 4.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 5 fractional works · 4.4% of its workEducation: 4 fractional works · 3.4% of its workSafety Research: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workUrban Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 6 fractional works · 5.6% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 5.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 6 fractional works · 4.8% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMusic: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 4.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 23 fractional works · 20.2% of its workComputer Science: 7 fractional works · 6.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 7 fractional works · 6.1% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 6 fractional works · 4.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 21 fractional works · 18.2% of its workMedicine: 16 fractional works · 14.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 7 fractional works · 5.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKResearch ICTAfrica116fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences20%Health Sciences18%Social Sciences56%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. 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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences3934.0%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting65.6%
    3. Psychology65.2%
    4. Arts and Humanities64.8%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance54.4%
    6. Decision Sciences21.9%
    1. Computer Science76.4%
    2. Engineering76.1%
    3. Environmental Science64.9%
    4. Physics and Astronomy10.9%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.5%
    6. Materials Science10.5%
    7. Mathematics10.4%
    8. Energy00.3%
    9. Chemistry00.1%
    1. Medicine1614.0%
    2. Health Professions43.3%
    3. Dentistry10.6%
    4. Nursing00.2%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology33.0%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences21.9%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology10.7%
    4. Neuroscience00.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
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: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.57× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.71× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.83× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.40× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.98× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.19× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.24× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.73× its world share, 16 worksMedicineNursing: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.66× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.74× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.01× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.04× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.69× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.69× its world share, 39 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 2.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences2.69×39 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.04×5 works
  3. Decision Sciences2.01×2 works
  4. Business, Management and Accounting1.74×6 works
  5. Psychology1.69×6 works
  6. Arts and Humanities1.66×6 works
  7. Health Professions1.24×4 works
  8. Dentistry1.19×1 works
  9. Environmental Science0.98×6 works
  10. Computer Science0.83×7 works
  11. Medicine0.73×16 works
  12. Immunology and Microbiology0.71×1 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.57×4 works
  14. Veterinary0.53×0 works
  15. Nursing0.44×0 works
  16. Engineering0.40×7 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.39×2 works
  18. Physics and Astronomy0.39×1 works
  19. Mathematics0.38×0 works
  20. Energy0.37×0 works
  21. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.34×1 works
  22. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.16×0 works
  23. Materials Science0.14×1 works
  24. Neuroscience0.11×0 works
  25. Chemistry0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Research ICT Africa?

Ranked on the quality score, Christoph Stork, Enrico Calandro and Mariama Deen-Swarray lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Research ICT Africa.

  1. 1 Christoph Stork South Africa · #1,293,204 worldwide 845 citations · 43 works
  2. 2 Enrico Calandro South Africa · #1,719,167 worldwide 424 citations · 30 works
  3. 3 Mariama Deen-Swarray South Africa · #2,015,173 worldwide 386 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 L. F. Ivings South Africa · #2,906,019 worldwide 0 citations · 25 works
  5. 5 Amanda Lucey South Africa · #3,166,160 worldwide 116 citations · 24 works
  6. 6 Sibongile Gobile South Africa · #3,280,868 worldwide 62 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 Bisi Ogunwale South Africa · #4,619,545 worldwide 36 citations · 28 works
All ranked researchers at Research ICT Africa

What are the most cited papers from Research ICT Africa?

The most cited paper from Research ICT Africa is "Nature-Based Solutions for Urban Climate Change Adaptation: Linking Science, Policy, and Practice Communities for Evidence-Based Decision-Making" (Niki Frantzeskaki, Timon McPhearson, Marcus John Collier et al., 2019), with 559 citations. Next come "Challenges With the Development of Biomaterials for Sustainable Tissue Engineering" (313) and "Conserving Africa’s wildlife and wildlands through the COVID-19 crisis and beyond" (272).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Nature-Based Solutions for Urban Climate Change Adaptation: Linking Science, Policy, and Practice Communities for Evidence-Based Decision-Making Niki Frantzeskaki, Timon McPhearson, Marcus John Collier et al. · BioScience Open access 23 Mar 2019 559
2 Challenges With the Development of Biomaterials for Sustainable Tissue Engineering David F. Williams · Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology Open access 31 May 2019 313
3 Conserving Africa’s wildlife and wildlands through the COVID-19 crisis and beyond Peter Andrew Lindsey et al. · Nature Ecology & Evolution Open access 29 Jul 2020 272
4 Comparing the effects of HIV self-testing to standard HIV testing for key populations: a systematic review and meta-analysis T. Charles Witzel, Ingrid Eshun‐Wilson, Muhammad Shahid Jamil et al. · BMC Medicine ReviewOpen access Dec 2020 231
5 Complications of Antiretroviral Therapy in Patients with Tuberculosis: Drug Interactions, Toxicity, and Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome Helen McIlleron, Graeme Meintjes, William J. Burman et al. · The Journal of Infectious Diseases Jul 2007 227
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Research ICT Africa?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Artificial Intelligence, Ethics, Big Data, Health Equity, Ancient Rome, Greek Literature, Sustainable Development and Globalization.

▲ 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-now 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. Artificial Intelligence6▲ 3.6×11 topics
  2. Machine Learning5▲ 1.30×17 topics
  3. Globalization5▲ 2.1×17 topics
  4. Sustainable Development5▲ 2.5×11 topics
  5. Big Data4▲ 3.9×8 topics
  6. Mental Health4▲ 2.5×15 topics
  7. Ethics4▲ 6.7×7 topics
  8. Social Media4▲ 2.2×7 topics
  9. Health Equity3▲ 8.3×3 topics
  10. Ancient Rome3▲ 73×1 topic
  11. Greek Literature3▲ 73×1 topic
  12. Poverty Reduction2▲ 16×4 topics
  13. Surveillance2▲ 7.5×2 topics
  14. Transparency2▲ 15×2 topics
  15. Technology2▲ 3.8×6 topics
  16. Anxiety2▲ 4.1×5 topics
  17. Culture2▲ 3.6×4 topics
  18. History2▲ 2.8×4 topics
  19. Social Justice2▲ 3.2×7 topics
  20. Colonialism2▲ 3.9×5 topics
  21. Nationalism2▲ 4.0×4 topics
  22. Neoliberalism2▲ 5.0×6 topics
  23. Discrimination2▲ 8.2×2 topics
  24. Finance2▲ 9.4×3 topics
  25. Social Norms2▲ 18×3 topics
  26. Environmental Governance2▲ 24×3 topics
  27. South Africa2▲ 61×3 topics
  28. Algorithmic Bias2▲ 18×1 topic
  29. Fairness2▲ 15×1 topic
  30. Trust2▲ 5.7×4 topics
  31. Poverty Alleviation2▲ 16×2 topics
  32. Policy2▲ 6.4×4 topics
  33. Corporate Social Responsibility2▲ 7.8×4 topics
  34. Land Tenure2▲ 31×2 topics
  35. Violence2▲ 8.8×2 topics
  36. Community Health Workers1▲ 14×2 topics
  37. Gender-based Violence1▲ 21×3 topics
  38. Race1▲ 10×2 topics
  39. Slum Upgrading1▲ 44×1 topic
  40. Urban Poverty1▲ 29×1 topic

Which research topics does Research ICT Africa publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Classical Antiquity Studies, Ethics and Social Impacts of AI, Urban and Rural Development Challenges and Environmental Education and Sustainability.

Classical Antiquity Studies: 3 fractional worksEthics and Social Impacts of AI: 2 fractional worksUrban and Rural Development Challenges: 1 fractional worksEnvironmental Education and Sustainability: 1 fractional worksMusic Therapy and Health: 1 fractional worksSouth African History and Culture: 1 fractional worksHistory of Science and M…1History of Science and Medicine: 1 fractional worksWorkplace Violence and Bullying: 1 fractional worksEvaluation and Performance Assessment: 1 fractional worksPoverty, Education, and …1Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 1 fractional works
AnthropologySafety ResearchUrban StudiesManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law4 others

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

  1. 1 Classical Antiquity Studies Anthropology 3 works
  2. 2 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 2 works
  3. 3 Urban and Rural Development Challenges Urban Studies 1 works
  4. 4 Environmental Education and Sustainability Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 1 works
  5. 5 Music Therapy and Health Social Psychology 1 works
  6. 6 South African History and Culture Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  7. 7 History of Science and Medicine History and Philosophy of Science 1 works
  8. 8 Workplace Violence and Bullying Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  9. 9 Evaluation and Performance Assessment Management Science and Operations Research 1 works
  10. 10 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 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 available50.5%not open49.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors29.6%domestic only70.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Research ICT Africa's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 60% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Research ICT Africa as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00041% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%Research ICT Africa0.00066% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Research ICT Africa over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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