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Scientific and Industrial Research and Development Centre

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Research works
116
▲ 3% vs 2013–17
Citations
567
4.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
75%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Scientific and Industrial Research and Development Centre 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: 3.65× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.18× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.60× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.12× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.76× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.87× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.99× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.36× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.79× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 3.57× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.59× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 1.48× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.40× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.71× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.00× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Scientific and Industrial Research and Development Centre?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Social Networks, Colonialism, Rural Development, Vulnerability, Technology Adoption, Nationalism, Smallholder Farmers and Food Security.

▲ 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. Social Networks10▲ 42×4 topics
  2. Colonialism10▲ 17×3 topics
  3. Climate Change9▲ 3.0×19 topics
  4. Rural Development8▲ 24×3 topics
  5. Vulnerability8▲ 42×5 topics
  6. Technology Adoption8▲ 69×2 topics
  7. Nationalism7▲ 11×3 topics
  8. Smallholder Farmers7▲ 46×2 topics
  9. Food Security7▲ 15×6 topics
  10. Sustainability7▲ 3.3×17 topics
  11. Sustainable Agriculture7▲ 22×2 topics
  12. Agricultural Innovation7▲ 203×1 topic
  13. Livelihood Diversification7▲ 272×1 topic
  14. Social Justice7▲ 12×2 topics
  15. Community Health Workers7▲ 81×2 topics
  16. Land Reform7▲ 154×2 topics
  17. Political Economy6▲ 21×2 topics
  18. History6▲ 6.5×1 topic
  19. Zimbabwe6▲ 628×1 topic
  20. Agriculture6▲ 19×3 topics
  21. Global Warming5▲ 11×4 topics
  22. Rural Communities4▲ 69×2 topics
  23. Low-Literacy Users4▲ 259×1 topic
  24. Mobile Technology4▲ 259×1 topic
  25. Biodiversity Conservation4▲ 13×6 topics
  26. Postcolonialism4▲ 28×2 topics
  27. Adaptation4▲ 10×4 topics
  28. Higher Education3▲ 7.6×4 topics
  29. Poverty3▲ 36×2 topics
  30. Soil Fertility3▲ 16×3 topics
  31. Insurance3▲ 40×1 topic
  32. Risk Management3▲ 7.8×2 topics
  33. Weather Shocks3▲ 134×1 topic
  34. African Philosophy3▲ 315×1 topic
  35. Chronic Disease Management3▲ 18×3 topics
  36. Decolonization3▲ 33×1 topic
  37. Agricultural Practices3▲ 76×2 topics
  38. Land Use3▲ 55×2 topics
  39. HIV Prevention3▲ 37×2 topics
  40. Indigenous Knowledge3▲ 34×2 topics

Which research topics does Scientific and Industrial Research and Development Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: African studies and sociopolitical issues, Quality and Safety in Healthcare, Biomedical and Engineering Education and Genetics and Plant Breeding.

African studies and soci…1African studies and sociopolitical issues: 1 fractional worksQuality and Safety in He…1Quality and Safety in Healthcare: 1 fractional worksBiomedical and Engineeri…0Biomedical and Engineering Education: 0 fractional worksGenetics and Plant Breed…0Genetics and Plant Breeding: 0 fractional worksEconomic Growth and Development: 0 fractional worksAdvanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials: 0 fractional worksCrop Yield and Soil Fert…0Crop Yield and Soil Fertility: 0 fractional worksCardiac pacing and defib…0Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies: 0 fractional worksAgricultural pest manage…0Agricultural pest management studies: 0 fractional worksIrrigation Practices and…0Irrigation Practices and Water Management: 0 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceMedical Laboratory TechnologyBiomedical EngineeringPlant Science4 others

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

  1. 1 African studies and sociopolitical issues Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  2. 2 Quality and Safety in Healthcare Medical Laboratory Technology 1 works
  3. 3 Biomedical and Engineering Education Biomedical Engineering 0 works
  4. 4 Genetics and Plant Breeding Plant Science 0 works
  5. 5 Economic Growth and Development Information Systems 0 works
  6. 6 Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials Biomedical Engineering 0 works
  7. 7 Crop Yield and Soil Fertility Agronomy and Crop Science 0 works
  8. 8 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 0 works
  9. 9 Agricultural pest management studies Plant Science 0 works
  10. 10 Irrigation Practices and Water Management Soil Science 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 available74.9%not open25.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Scientific and Industrial Research and Development Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 3% 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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