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Rhodes University

In research, Rhodes University stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,655 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#1,295 of 5,988 worldwide) and Environmental Science (#1,369 of 3,334 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Nature and Landscape Conservation, Insect Science and Anthropology (Nature and Landscape Conservation is 9.0× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#3,236
of 22,385 · #4,722 all time
Rank in South Africa
#20
of 75
Research works
13k
▼ 8% vs 2018-21
Citations
221k
17.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.86×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
34%
world 40%
International
17%
world 18%
Rhodes University

What is Rhodes University known for in research?

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

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #1,655 of 9,585 10.2%711 #2510
Social SciencesField #1,295 of 5,988 10.9%463 #1644
Environmental ScienceField #1,369 of 3,334 7.7%246 #1726
Life SciencesDomain #3,412 of 6,403 8.3%256 #4845
Physical SciencesDomain #5,699 of 10,670 6.4%636 #6042
EducationSubfield #1,066 of 1,930 13.5%111 #1819
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #1,773 of 3,157 9.0%162 #2028
Health SciencesDomain #5,758 of 9,902 7.5%142 #13141
Arts and HumanitiesField #1,173 of 1,896 12.4%91 #2245
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,569 of 2,526 9.0%150 #2000

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Rhodes University 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 of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#2,510 #1,655
  2. Social Sciences#1,644 #1,295
  3. Environmental Science#1,726 #1,369
  4. Life Sciences#4,845 #3,412
  5. Physical Sciences#6,042 #5,699
  6. Education#1,819 #1,066
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#2,028 #1,773
  8. Health Sciences#13,141 #5,758
  9. Arts and Humanities#2,245 #1,173
  10. Sociology and Political Science#2,000 #1,569
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Rhodes University work in?

In 2022-now, 40% of research at Rhodes University is in Social Sciences, 36% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (26%), Environmental Science (14%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (9%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 784 fractional works · 40.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 510 fractional works · 26.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 165 fractional works · 8.5% of its workEducation: 126 fractional works · 6.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 50 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAnthropology: 30 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGender Studies: 23 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLinguistics and Language: 18 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCommunication: 17 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSafety Research: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLaw: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrban Studies: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 99 fractional works · 5.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 36 fractional works · 1.9% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 17 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHistory: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMusic: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhilosophy: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 71 fractional works · 3.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 22 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 22 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 17 fractional works · 0.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 44 fractional works · 2.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAccounting: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 38 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 29 fractional works · 1.5% of its workFinance: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 22 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 701 fractional works · 36.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 267 fractional works · 13.8% of its workEcology: 72 fractional works · 3.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 57 fractional works · 2.9% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 42 fractional works · 2.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 28 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPollution: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcological Modeling: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 101 fractional works · 5.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 37 fractional works · 1.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 22 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMedia Technology: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Science: 86 fractional works · 4.4% of its workInformation Systems: 28 fractional works · 1.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 19 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 67 fractional works · 3.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 52 fractional works · 2.7% of its workBiomaterials: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 56 fractional works · 2.9% of its workOceanography: 20 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPaleontology: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeophysics: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 50 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 33 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 38 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 19 fractional works · 1.0% of its workElectrochemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 18 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 18 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMathematics: 16 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistics and Probability: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 288 fractional works · 14.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 179 fractional works · 9.2% of its workPlant Science: 45 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 43 fractional works · 2.2% of its workInsect Science: 33 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAquatic Science: 15 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSoil Science: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workForestry: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 83 fractional works · 4.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 52 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGenetics: 15 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 165 fractional works · 8.5% of its workMedicine: 117 fractional works · 6.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 17 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 16 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEpidemiology: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 33 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Professions: 41 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 30 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKRhodes University1,938fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences15%Physical Sciences36%Health Sciences9%Social Sciences40%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences51026.3%
    2. Arts and Humanities995.1%
    3. Psychology713.7%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting442.3%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance382.0%
    6. Decision Sciences221.1%
    1. Environmental Science26713.8%
    2. Engineering1015.2%
    3. Computer Science864.4%
    4. Materials Science673.5%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences562.9%
    6. Physics and Astronomy502.6%
    7. Chemistry382.0%
    8. Energy180.9%
    9. Mathematics160.8%
    10. Chemical Engineering30.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1799.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology834.3%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology90.5%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics90.5%
    5. Neuroscience80.4%
    1. Medicine1176.0%
    2. Health Professions412.1%
    3. Nursing60.3%
    4. Veterinary20.1%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Rhodes University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Nature and Landscape Conservation takes 9.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 41.5 works9.0×
  2. Insect ScienceSubfield · 33.3 works6.1×
  3. AnthropologySubfield · 30.3 works5.5×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 1.94× its world share, 179 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.80× its world share, 83 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.46× its world share, 9 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.26× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.29× its world share, 9 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.43× its world share, 3 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.26× its world share, 38 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.57× its world share, 86 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.84× its world share, 56 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.00× its world share, 18 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.35× its world share, 101 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.78× its world share, 267 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.99× its world share, 67 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.69× its world share, 16 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.15× its world share, 50 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.79× its world share, 40 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.31× its world share, 117 worksMedicineNursing: 0.61× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.62× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.77× its world share, 99 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.71× its world share, 44 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.18× its world share, 22 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.92× its world share, 38 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.20× its world share, 71 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.08× its world share, 510 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 2.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science2.78×267 works
  2. Social Sciences2.08×510 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.94×179 works
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.84×56 works
  5. Arts and Humanities1.77×99 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.29×9 works
  7. Chemistry1.26×38 works
  8. Psychology1.20×71 works
  9. Decision Sciences1.18×22 works
  10. Physics and Astronomy1.15×50 works
  11. Energy1.00×18 works
  12. Materials Science0.99×67 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.92×38 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.80×83 works
  15. Health Professions0.79×40 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.71×44 works
  17. Mathematics0.69×16 works
  18. Veterinary0.62×2 works
  19. Nursing0.61×6 works
  20. Computer Science0.57×86 works
  21. Immunology and Microbiology0.46×9 works
  22. Chemical Engineering0.43×3 works
  23. Engineering0.35×101 works
  24. Medicine0.31×117 works
  25. Neuroscience0.26×8 works
  26. Dentistry0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Rhodes University?

Ranked on the quality score, Charlie M. Shackleton, Georgina Cundill and G. Bernardi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Rhodes University.

  1. 1 Charlie M. Shackleton South Africa · #107,914 worldwide 18k citations · 471 works
  2. 2 Georgina Cundill South Africa · #130,316 worldwide 7.3k citations · 71 works
  3. 3 G. Bernardi South Africa · #227,637 worldwide 20k citations · 418 works
  4. 4 Sioux McKenna South Africa · #248,904 worldwide 1.7k citations · 127 works
  5. 5 Alta De Vos South Africa · #413,869 worldwide 3.1k citations · 80 works
  6. 6 Oleg M. Smirnov South Africa · #567,975 worldwide 11k citations · 286 works
  7. 7 Oghenekaro Nelson Odume South Africa · #609,405 worldwide 3k citations · 123 works
  8. 8 Musa C. Mlambo South Africa · #626,209 worldwide 1.7k citations · 75 works
  9. 9 Gladman Thondhlana South Africa · #824,831 worldwide 1.9k citations · 81 works
  10. 10 Benjamin Vorster Hugo South Africa · #843,124 worldwide 2.9k citations · 65 works
All ranked researchers at Rhodes University

What are the most cited papers from Rhodes University?

The most cited paper from Rhodes University is "First M87 Event Horizon Telescope Results. I. The Shadow of the Supermassive Black Hole" (Kazunori Akiyama et al., 2019), with 4,300 citations. Next come "Permafrost is warming at a global scale" (2,146) and "Freshwater Ecoregions of the World: A New Map of Biogeographic Units for Freshwater Biodiversity Conservation" (2,061).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 First M87 Event Horizon Telescope Results. I. The Shadow of the Supermassive Black Hole Kazunori Akiyama et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Letters Open access348 authors 9 Apr 2019 4,300
2 Permafrost is warming at a global scale Boris K. Biskaborn et al. · Nature Communications Open access 10 Jan 2019 2,146
3 Freshwater Ecoregions of the World: A New Map of Biogeographic Units for Freshwater Biodiversity Conservation Robin Abell et al. · BioScience Open access May 2008 2,061
4 First Sagittarius A* Event Horizon Telescope Results. I. The Shadow of the Supermassive Black Hole in the Center of the Milky Way Kazunori Akiyama et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Letters Open access388 authors May 2022 1,901
5 First M87 Event Horizon Telescope Results. VI. The Shadow and Mass of the Central Black Hole Kazunori Akiyama et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Letters Open access214 authors 9 Apr 2019 1,671
All 58 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Rhodes University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Invasive Species, Colonialism, Higher Education, Conservation, Globalization, Biodiversity and Social Justice.

▲ 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. Climate Change155▲ 3.0×81 topics
  2. Globalization88▲ 2.3×62 topics
  3. Invasive Species82▲ 9.9×20 topics
  4. Sustainability71▲ 1.49×52 topics
  5. Higher Education69▲ 6.6×17 topics
  6. Colonialism67▲ 7.3×21 topics
  7. Biodiversity63▲ 4.3×25 topics
  8. Conservation60▲ 7.2×21 topics
  9. Social Justice52▲ 4.5×28 topics
  10. Human Rights49▲ 2.5×28 topics
  11. Nanoparticles49▲ 2.0×18 topics
  12. Nationalism42▲ 4.9×21 topics
  13. Neoliberalism40▲ 5.7×18 topics
  14. Ecosystem Services39▲ 5.2×10 topics
  15. Photodynamic Therapy39▲ 8.8×4 topics
  16. Habitat Fragmentation38▲ 9.2×4 topics
  17. Population Dynamics36▲ 7.2×12 topics
  18. Biogeography35▲ 6.5×17 topics
  19. Reactive Oxygen Species34▲ 4.3×5 topics
  20. Self-Assembly34▲ 5.4×8 topics
  21. Biodiversity Conservation34▲ 4.6×13 topics
  22. Global Change30▲ 5.9×6 topics
  23. Postcolonialism30▲ 11×12 topics
  24. Social Movements29▲ 5.1×10 topics
  25. South Africa29▲ 55×4 topics
  26. Race28▲ 12×12 topics
  27. Biological Control27▲ 9.2×9 topics
  28. Inequality27▲ 6.1×8 topics
  29. Fisheries Sustainability26▲ 16×2 topics
  30. Phylogeny26▲ 8.0×14 topics
  31. Decolonization24▲ 15×7 topics
  32. Metal Complexes24▲ 18×2 topics
  33. Gender-based Violence23▲ 21×3 topics
  34. Multilingualism22▲ 7.1×6 topics
  35. Photochemical Properties22▲ 32×2 topics
  36. Phthalocyanines21▲ 58×1 topic
  37. Porphyrins21▲ 58×1 topic
  38. Language Policy21▲ 7.8×3 topics
  39. economic empowerment21▲ 67×1 topic
  40. protests21▲ 137×1 topic

Which research topics does Rhodes University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry, South African History and Culture, African cultural and philosophical studies and Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics.

Porphyrin and Phthalocya…21Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry: 21 fractional worksSouth African History an…21South African History and Culture: 21 fractional worksAfrican cultural and philosophical studies: 17 fractional worksNanoplatforms for cancer theranostics: 17 fractional worksPhotodynamic Therapy Research Studies: 15 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 15 fractional worksAfrican studies and sociopolitical issues: 15 fractional worksMarine and fisheries res…13Marine and fisheries research: 13 fractional worksBiological Control of Invasive Species: 13 fractional worksFish Ecology and Management Studies: 13 fractional works
Materials ChemistrySociology and Political ScienceEducationBiomedical Engineering4 others

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

  1. 1 Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry Materials Chemistry 21 works
  2. 2 South African History and Culture Sociology and Political Science 21 works
  3. 3 African cultural and philosophical studies Education 17 works
  4. 4 Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics Biomedical Engineering 17 works
  5. 5 Photodynamic Therapy Research Studies Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 15 works
  6. 6 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 15 works
  7. 7 African studies and sociopolitical issues Sociology and Political Science 15 works
  8. 8 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 13 works
  9. 9 Biological Control of Invasive Species Insect Science 13 works
  10. 10 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 13 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 available33.5%not open66.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.0%domestic only83.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Rhodes University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 8% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Rhodes University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0086% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%0.030%Rhodes University0.0067% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Rhodes University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Rhodes University7.3% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.1% in 2005.

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