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Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University

In research, Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,709 of 11,982 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#2,653 of 12,888 worldwide) and Medicine (#2,311 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Geometry and Topology and Infectious Diseases — Geometry and Topology is 15.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,898
of 28,054 · #7,494 all time
Rank in South Africa
#17
of 87
Research works
2.5k
▲ 111% vs 2013–17
Citations
19k
7.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
76%
world 28%

What is Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #1,709 of 11,982 13.7%477 #3990
Physical SciencesDomain #2,653 of 12,888 20.3%261 #6408
MedicineField #2,311 of 10,443 12.1%341 #4984
MathematicsField #328 of 1,053 23.5%76 —
Life SciencesDomain #2,644 of 7,800 19.7%132 #5440
Social SciencesDomain #4,085 of 10,521 20.1%212 #8824
PsychologyField #1,366 of 2,181 17.3%61 —
Health ProfessionsField #1,252 of 1,928 18.3%100 #2519
General Health ProfessionsSubfield #622 of 916 20.4%61 #1447
Social SciencesField #4,426 of 6,365 20.9%90 #7575

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Health Sciences#3,990 #1,709
  2. Physical Sciences#6,408 #2,653
  3. Medicine#4,984 #2,311
  4. Life Sciences#5,440 #2,644
  5. Social Sciences#8,824 #4,085
  6. Health Professions#2,519 #1,252
  7. General Health Professions#1,447 #622
  8. Social Sciences#7,575 #4,426
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

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

What does Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Geometry and Topology takes 15.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Geometry and TopologySubfield · 26.4 works15×
  2. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 45.5 works6.2×
← 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: 0.97× its world share, 50 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.74× its world share, 42 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.87× its world share, 20 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.52× its world share, 9 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.65× its world share, 10 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.41× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.60× its world share, 10 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.48× its world share, 41 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.43× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.23× its world share, 38 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.56× its world share, 30 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.69× its world share, 26 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 5.94× its world share, 76 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.34× its world share, 32 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 3.05× its world share, 16 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.52× its world share, 100 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.64× its world share, 341 worksMedicineNursing: 3.66× its world share, 19 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.35× its world share, 11 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.65× its world share, 23 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.69× its world share, 7 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.85× its world share, 20 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.86× its world share, 61 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.66× its world share, 90 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 5.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University?

Ranked on the composite score, Johanna C. Meyer, Natalie Schellack and Joshua Oluwole Olowoyo lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University.

  1. 1 Johanna C. Meyer South Africa · #443,719 worldwide 88 citations · 50 works
  2. 2 Natalie Schellack South Africa · #820,326 worldwide 66 citations · 60 works
  3. 3 Joshua Oluwole Olowoyo South Africa · #1,110,834 worldwide 27 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 S.V. Motloung South Africa · #1,117,707 worldwide 56 citations · 25 works
  5. 5 Indiran Govender South Africa · #1,349,918 worldwide 4 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Gustav Schellack South Africa · #1,387,117 worldwide 4 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Mathildah Mpata Mokgatle South Africa · #1,463,862 worldwide 3 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Solly Matshonisa Seeletse South Africa · #1,502,268 worldwide 2 citations · 32 works
  9. 9 Adrian Kelly South Africa · #1,553,231 worldwide 2 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Maggie Aphane South Africa · #1,554,814 worldwide 25 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University

Which keywords describe research at Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Antiretroviral Therapy, Public Health, Risk Factors, HIV Transmission, Mortality Rates, Mental Health and Fixed Point Theorems.

▲ 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 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. Epidemiology100▲ 2.3×105 topics
  2. Public Health47▲ 3.0×41 topics
  3. Mental Health42▲ 2.6×30 topics
  4. Risk Factors40▲ 3.3×29 topics
  5. Antiretroviral Therapy33▲ 19×6 topics
  6. Quality of Life29▲ 1.88×39 topics
  7. Depression28▲ 2.9×14 topics
  8. HIV Transmission26▲ 32×2 topics
  9. Mortality Rates25▲ 25×2 topics
  10. Cardiovascular Disease24▲ 2.0×32 topics
  11. Fixed Point Theorems24▲ 154×1 topic
  12. Metric Spaces24▲ 154×1 topic
  13. Viral Load23▲ 27×2 topics
  14. Prevalence23▲ 5.2×13 topics
  15. Preexposure Prophylaxis23▲ 44×1 topic
  16. Stigma and Discrimination23▲ 44×1 topic
  17. Global Burden22▲ 3.8×11 topics
  18. Primary Care21▲ 5.2×15 topics
  19. Nonlinear Equations20▲ 15×5 topics
  20. Medicinal Plants20▲ 4.5×12 topics
  21. Vaccine18▲ 4.1×11 topics
  22. Variational Inequalities18▲ 81×2 topics
  23. Adolescents17▲ 4.3×8 topics
  24. Diabetes17▲ 3.2×14 topics
  25. Adolescent Health17▲ 19×2 topics
  26. Social Determinants of Health17▲ 6.8×5 topics
  27. Psychological Distress16▲ 6.0×4 topics
  28. HIV Prevention16▲ 25×2 topics
  29. Infectious Diseases16▲ 4.4×9 topics
  30. Sexual Behavior16▲ 40×1 topic
  31. Youth Risk Behavior16▲ 40×1 topic
  32. Iterative Algorithms15▲ 92×1 topic
  33. Nonlinear Operators15▲ 92×1 topic
  34. Drug Resistance15▲ 4.8×6 topics
  35. Stigma14▲ 9.3×5 topics
  36. Global Health14▲ 8.3×3 topics
  37. Quality Improvement13▲ 6.2×8 topics
  38. Convex Optimization13▲ 15×3 topics
  39. Community Health Workers12▲ 13×2 topics
  40. HIV/AIDS12▲ 17×3 topics

Which research topics does Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Fixed Point Theorems Analysis, HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions, Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health and Optimization and Variational Analysis.

Fixed Point Theorems Analysis: 24 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 23 fractional worksAdolescent Sexual and Re…16Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: 16 fractional worksOptimization and Variati…15Optimization and Variational Analysis: 15 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 10 fractional worksAdvanced Optimization Algorithms Research: 10 fractional worksFractional Differential …9Fractional Differential Equations Solutions: 9 fractional worksNonlinear Waves and Solitons: 9 fractional worksNonlinear Photonic Systems: 9 fractional worksAntibiotic Use and Resistance: 8 fractional works
Geometry and TopologyInfectious DiseasesGeneral Health ProfessionsComputational Theory and Mathematics5 others

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

  1. 1 Fixed Point Theorems Analysis Geometry and Topology 24 works
  2. 2 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 23 works
  3. 3 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health General Health Professions 16 works
  4. 4 Optimization and Variational Analysis Computational Theory and Mathematics 15 works
  5. 5 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 10 works
  6. 6 Advanced Optimization Algorithms Research Numerical Analysis 10 works
  7. 7 Fractional Differential Equations Solutions Modeling and Simulation 9 works
  8. 8 Nonlinear Waves and Solitons Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 9 works
  9. 9 Nonlinear Photonic Systems Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 9 works
  10. 10 Antibiotic Use and Resistance Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 8 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 available76.4%not open23.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.3%domestic only76.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 111% 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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