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Section27

section27.org.zaROR OpenAlex
Research works
81
▲ 322% vs 2013–17
Citations
643
7.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
29%
world 28%

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.

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: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.71× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.73× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.24× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.99× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.21× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.81× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.64× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceDentistry: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.39× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.86× its world share, 5 worksMedicineNursing: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.82× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.46× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.27× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.95× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.80× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 2.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Section27?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Human Rights, Metal Recovery, Postcolonialism, Nationalism, Identity, Literature and Feminism.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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 15 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 15 words, with their numbers
  1. Globalization3▲ 5.1×12 topics
  2. Human Rights2▲ 7.2×7 topics
  3. Metal Recovery2▲ 28×3 topics
  4. Identity1▲ 5.9×3 topics
  5. Postcolonialism1▲ 35×2 topics
  6. Nationalism1▲ 8.8×3 topics
  7. Healthcare1▲ 3.2×7 topics
  8. Literature1▲ 7.0×2 topics
  9. African Studies1▲ 244×1 topic
  10. Cosmopolitanism1▲ 30×1 topic
  11. Environmental Impact1▲ 2.0×2 topics
  12. Feminism1▲ 12×2 topics
  13. Higher Education1▲ 6.5×4 topics
  14. Land Use Change1▲ 11×2 topics
  15. Social Media1▲ 2.2×6 topics

Which research topics does Section27 publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies, Extraction and Separation Processes, Recycling and Waste Management Techniques and Legal Issues in South Africa.

Postcolonial and Cultura…1Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies: 1 fractional worksExtraction and Separatio…1Extraction and Separation Processes: 1 fractional worksRecycling and Waste Mana…1Recycling and Waste Management Techniques: 1 fractional worksLegal Issues in South Af…1Legal Issues in South Africa: 1 fractional worksLand Use and Ecosystem Services: 1 fractional worksMobile Learning in Education: 0 fractional worksPrivate Equity and Ventu…0Private Equity and Venture Capital: 0 fractional worksMedia Studies and Communication: 0 fractional worksAsian Culture and Media Studies: 0 fractional worksRemote Sensing and Land …0Remote Sensing and Land Use: 0 fractional works
Literature and Literary TheoryMechanical EngineeringIndustrial and Manufacturing EngineeringLaw6 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 Recycling and Waste Management Techniques Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 1 works
  4. 4 Legal Issues in South Africa Law 1 works
  5. 5 Land Use and Ecosystem Services Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  6. 6 Mobile Learning in Education Information Systems 0 works
  7. 7 Private Equity and Venture Capital Accounting 0 works
  8. 8 Media Studies and Communication Communication 0 works
  9. 9 Asian Culture and Media Studies Cultural Studies 0 works
  10. 10 Remote Sensing and Land Use Atmospheric 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 available28.8%not open71.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Section27's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 322% 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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