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Sappi (South Africa)

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Research works
84
▲ 36% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.2k
14.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
24%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Sappi (South Africa) 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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 4.00× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.62× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemistry: 2.67× its world share, 0 worksChemistryEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.17× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 1.12× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 7.72× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.35× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePsychology: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksPsychology1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 7.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Sappi (South Africa)?

Ranked on the composite score, Andrew R Morris lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Sappi (South Africa).

  1. 1 Andrew R Morris South Africa · #1,511,178 worldwide 35 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Sappi (South Africa)

Which keywords describe research at Sappi (South Africa)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biomass Estimation, Aboveground Biomass, Allometric Models, Carbon Stocks, Tropical Forests, Invasive Species, Climate Change and Global Change.

▲ 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. Biomass Estimation13▲ 134×3 topics
  2. Aboveground Biomass11▲ 186×2 topics
  3. Allometric Models10▲ 256×2 topics
  4. Carbon Stocks10▲ 368×1 topic
  5. Tropical Forests10▲ 292×1 topic
  6. Invasive Species10▲ 20×8 topics
  7. Climate Change9▲ 4.0×12 topics
  8. Biological Invasions6▲ 63×2 topics
  9. Global Change6▲ 23×4 topics
  10. Phylogenetic Analysis6▲ 18×4 topics
  11. Soil Properties6▲ 44×3 topics
  12. Host Specificity6▲ 51×2 topics
  13. Fungal Pathogens6▲ 38×3 topics
  14. Forest Restoration5▲ 319×2 topics
  15. Biodiversity5▲ 8.0×4 topics
  16. Nursery Cultivation5▲ 566×1 topic
  17. Seedling Performance5▲ 566×1 topic
  18. Biodiversity Conservation5▲ 21×5 topics
  19. Endophytic Fungi5▲ 51×1 topic
  20. Genomic Characterization5▲ 36×1 topic
  21. Forest Management4▲ 86×3 topics
  22. Habitat Fragmentation4▲ 18×2 topics
  23. Biodegradation4▲ 42×2 topics
  24. Bioremediation4▲ 30×2 topics
  25. Enzymatic Decolorization4▲ 279×1 topic
  26. Global Warming4▲ 12×2 topics
  27. Laccases4▲ 279×1 topic
  28. Bark Beetles4▲ 153×1 topic
  29. Conservation4▲ 8.8×4 topics
  30. Forest Pests4▲ 153×1 topic
  31. Vegetation4▲ 40×3 topics
  32. Ecosystem Functioning3▲ 19×4 topics
  33. Polymeric Materials3▲ 63×2 topics
  34. Root Reinforcement3▲ 194×1 topic
  35. Slope Stability3▲ 128×1 topic
  36. Catalytic Transformation3▲ 130×1 topic
  37. Climate Change Impacts3▲ 26×2 topics
  38. Lignin Valorization3▲ 130×1 topic
  39. Ecosystem Services3▲ 10×4 topics
  40. Uncertainty3▲ 65×3 topics

Which research topics does Sappi (South Africa) publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Forest ecology and management, Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases, Seedling growth and survival studies and Tree Root and Stability Studies.

Forest ecology and manag…1Forest ecology and management: 1 fractional worksPlant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases: 1 fractional worksSeedling growth and surv…1Seedling growth and survival studies: 1 fractional worksTree Root and Stability …1Tree Root and Stability Studies: 1 fractional worksRemote Sensing in Agriculture: 0 fractional worksForest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies: 0 fractional worksRemote Sensing and LiDAR…0Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications: 0 fractional worksForest Insect Ecology and Management: 0 fractional worksSpectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses: 0 fractional worksCocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy: 0 fractional works
Nature and Landscape ConservationCell BiologyMechanical EngineeringEcology4 others

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

  1. 1 Forest ecology and management Nature and Landscape Conservation 1 works
  2. 2 Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases Cell Biology 1 works
  3. 3 Seedling growth and survival studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 1 works
  4. 4 Tree Root and Stability Studies Mechanical Engineering 1 works
  5. 5 Remote Sensing in Agriculture Ecology 0 works
  6. 6 Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies Insect Science 0 works
  7. 7 Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications Environmental Engineering 0 works
  8. 8 Forest Insect Ecology and Management Ecology 0 works
  9. 9 Spectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses Analytical Chemistry 0 works
  10. 10 Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy Horticulture 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 available23.7%not open76.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.4%domestic only81.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Sappi (South Africa)'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 36% higher 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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