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Section27

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Research works
81
▲ 198% vs 2018-21
Citations
643
7.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.7%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
29%
world 40%
International
25%
world 18%
Section27

Not ranked overall: Section27 is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Section27 work in?

In 2022-now, 39% of research at Section27 is in Social Sciences, 35% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (22%), Medicine (17%), Engineering (13%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 14 fractional works · 38.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 21.6% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 4.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 5.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 5.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 3.9% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 13 fractional works · 34.8% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 12.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 9.6% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 3.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSoftware: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 7.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBioengineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 8 fractional works · 21.8% of its workMedicine: 6 fractional works · 17.1% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 4.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 4.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 4.2% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSection2737fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences35%Health Sciences22%Social Sciences39%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences821.6%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance25.2%
    3. Arts and Humanities25.0%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting24.1%
    5. Psychology12.6%
    6. Decision Sciences00.2%
    1. Engineering512.8%
    2. Computer Science49.6%
    3. Environmental Science37.5%
    4. Materials Science11.4%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences01.3%
    6. Energy01.0%
    7. Chemistry00.7%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.5%
    1. Medicine617.1%
    2. Health Professions24.3%
    3. Nursing00.2%
    4. Dentistry00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology24.2%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology00.4%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.2%
    4. 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: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.78× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.49× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.24× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.85× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.04× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.85× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.51× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceDentistry: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.64× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.89× its world share, 6 worksMedicineNursing: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.73× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.26× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.41× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.86× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.71× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 2.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.41×2 works
  2. Arts and Humanities1.73×2 works
  3. Social Sciences1.71×8 works
  4. Health Professions1.64×2 works
  5. Environmental Science1.51×3 works
  6. Chemical Engineering1.49×0 works
  7. Business, Management and Accounting1.26×2 works
  8. Computer Science1.24×4 works
  9. Energy1.04×0 works
  10. Medicine0.89×6 works
  11. Psychology0.86×1 works
  12. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.85×0 works
  13. Engineering0.85×5 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.78×2 works
  15. Chemistry0.42×0 works
  16. Materials Science0.40×0 works
  17. Immunology and Microbiology0.36×0 works
  18. Nursing0.36×0 works
  19. Dentistry0.31×0 works
  20. Decision Sciences0.23×0 works
  21. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.21×0 works
  22. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Section27?

Ranked on the quality score, Roy Morris and Terence Corrigan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Section27.

  1. 1 Roy Morris South Africa · #3,189,886 worldwide 250 citations · 19 works
  2. 2 Terence Corrigan South Africa · #4,641,718 worldwide 79 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Section27

What are the most cited papers from Section27?

The most cited paper from Section27 is "Standards of Care for the Health of Transgender and Gender Diverse People, Version 8" (Eli Coleman et al., 2022), with 2,672 citations. Next come "Revisiting concepts of thermal physiology: Predicting responses of mammals to climate change" (297) and "Access to lifesaving medical resources for African countries: COVID-19 testing and response, ethics, and politics" (178).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Standards of Care for the Health of Transgender and Gender Diverse People, Version 8 Eli Coleman et al. · International Journal of Transgender Health Open access119 authors 19 Aug 2022 2,672
2 Revisiting concepts of thermal physiology: Predicting responses of mammals to climate change Duncan Mitchell, Edward P. Snelling, Robyn Sheila Hetem et al. · Journal of Animal Ecology 26 Feb 2018 297
3 Access to lifesaving medical resources for African countries: COVID-19 testing and response, ethics, and politics Matthew M. Kavanagh, Ngozi Adaeze Erondu, Oyewale Tomori et al. · The Lancet Open access May 2020 178
4 Pharmacokinetic Parameters of Nevirapine and Efavirenz in Relation to Antiretroviral Efficacy Frank van Leth, Bregt S Kappelhoff, David Wayne Johnson et al. · AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses Mar 2006 81
5 Towards a phylogenetic ecology of plant pests and pathogens Andrew V. Gougherty, T. Jonathan Davies · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences Open access 20 Sep 2021 77
All 62 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Section27?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Human Rights, Metal Recovery, Postcolonialism, Nationalism, Identity, Feminism and Land Use 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 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 19 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Globalization4▲ 4.8×15 topics
  2. Human Rights2▲ 6.5×7 topics
  3. Metal Recovery2▲ 26×3 topics
  4. Healthcare1▲ 3.2×7 topics
  5. Identity1▲ 5.2×4 topics
  6. Postcolonialism1▲ 26×2 topics
  7. Environmental Impact1▲ 1.96×4 topics
  8. Nationalism1▲ 7.8×3 topics
  9. Literature1▲ 6.0×2 topics
  10. African Studies1▲ 185×1 topic
  11. Cosmopolitanism1▲ 26×1 topic
  12. Feminism1▲ 10×2 topics
  13. Higher Education1▲ 5.7×4 topics
  14. Land Use Change1▲ 10.0×2 topics
  15. Machine Learning1◆ 0.92×9 topics
  16. Environmental Impacts1▲ 10×3 topics
  17. Health Consequences1▲ 9.5×3 topics
  18. Mental Health1▲ 1.93×6 topics
  19. Social Media1▲ 1.94×6 topics

Which research topics does Section27 publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies, Extraction and Separation Processes, Legal Issues in South Africa and Recycling and Waste Management Techniques.

Postcolonial and Cultura…1Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies: 1 fractional worksExtraction and Separatio…1Extraction and Separation Processes: 1 fractional worksLegal Issues in South Af…1Legal Issues in South Africa: 1 fractional worksRecycling and Waste Mana…1Recycling and Waste Management Techniques: 1 fractional worksSouth African History and Culture: 1 fractional worksLand Use and Ecosystem Services: 1 fractional worksPrivate Equity and Ventu…0Private Equity and Venture Capital: 0 fractional worksMedia Studies and Communication: 0 fractional worksRemote Sensing and Land Use: 0 fractional worksMobile Learning in Educa…0Mobile Learning in Education: 0 fractional works
Literature and Literary TheoryMechanical EngineeringLawIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering6 others

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

  1. 1 Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies Literature and Literary Theory 1 works
  2. 2 Extraction and Separation Processes Mechanical Engineering 1 works
  3. 3 Legal Issues in South Africa Law 1 works
  4. 4 Recycling and Waste Management Techniques Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 1 works
  5. 5 South African History and Culture Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  6. 6 Land Use and Ecosystem Services Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  7. 7 Private Equity and Venture Capital Accounting 0 works
  8. 8 Media Studies and Communication Communication 0 works
  9. 9 Remote Sensing and Land Use Atmospheric Science 0 works
  10. 10 Mobile Learning in Education Information Systems 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 available28.8%not open71.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.1%domestic only74.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Section27's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 198% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Section27 as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00019% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Section270.00023% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Section27 over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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