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Settlers Hospital

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Research works
9
▲ 484% vs 2018-21
Citations
41
4.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.1%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
56%
world 40%
International
9%
world 18%
Settlers Hospital

Not ranked overall: Settlers Hospital 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 Settlers Hospital work in?

In all years, 48% of research at Settlers Hospital is in Social Sciences, 41% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (39%), Health Professions (22%), Medicine (18%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 4 fractional works · 48.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 38.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 24.0% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 5.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 5.5% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 7.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 7.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth Sciences: 4 fractional works · 41.0% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 22.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 11.0% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 11.0% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 18.0% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 4.2% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 3.6% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1 fractional works · 11.0% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 7.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 3.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 3.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 3.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workALL ITS WORKSettlers Hospital9fractional works, all years
Physical Sciences11%Health Sciences41%Social Sciences48%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 3 domains and 8 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences438.7%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance17.4%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting01.9%
    1. Health Professions222.1%
    2. Medicine218.0%
    3. Nursing00.9%
    1. Engineering17.4%
    2. Computer Science03.6%
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.

Who are the top researchers at Settlers Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, C Jameson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Settlers Hospital.

  1. 1 C Jameson South Africa · #4,906,125 worldwide 30 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at Settlers Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Settlers Hospital?

The most cited paper from Settlers Hospital is "Mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) as a feasible tool in detecting adult malnutrition" (E. Van Tonder, Louann Mace, Liana Steenkamp et al., 2018), with 58 citations. Next come "The role of a palliative care inpatient unit in disease management of cancer and HIV patients." (10) and "The school as a microcosm of communities and their heritage and the need to encapsulate this in the writing of school histories." (8).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) as a feasible tool in detecting adult malnutrition E. Van Tonder, Louann Mace, Liana Steenkamp et al. · South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition Open access 26 Jul 2018 58
2 The role of a palliative care inpatient unit in disease management of cancer and HIV patients. C Jameson · PubMed Sep 2007 10
3 The school as a microcosm of communities and their heritage and the need to encapsulate this in the writing of school histories. Paul M Haupt · Yesterday and Today Open access 2010 8
4 AIDS education in schools--awareness, attitudes and opinions among educators, theology students and health professionals. C Jameson, Pauline Glover · PubMed Sep 1993 8
5 Supraclottoplasty for Laryngomalacia Nicp Jonas, Graeme van der Meer · Open University of Cape Town (University of Cape Town) Open access 18 Apr 2025 0
All 8 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does Settlers Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies, Muon and positron interactions and applications, Membrane Separation and Gas Transport and Software System Performance and Reliability.

Diverse Scientific and E…0Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies: 0 fractional worksMuon and positron intera…0Muon and positron interactions and applications: 0 fractional worksMembrane Separation and …0Membrane Separation and Gas Transport: 0 fractional worksSoftware System Performance and Reliability: 0 fractional worksAdvanced Software Engineering Methodologies: 0 fractional worksSoftware Engineering Res…0Software Engineering Research: 0 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsMechanics of MaterialsMechanical EngineeringComputer Networks and Communications2 others

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

  1. 1 Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  2. 2 Muon and positron interactions and applications Mechanics of Materials 0 works
  3. 3 Membrane Separation and Gas Transport Mechanical Engineering 0 works
  4. 4 Software System Performance and Reliability Computer Networks and Communications 0 works
  5. 5 Advanced Software Engineering Methodologies Artificial Intelligence 0 works
  6. 6 Software Engineering Research Information Systems 0 works
  7. 7 Dupuytren's Contracture and Treatments Rheumatology 0 works
  8. 8 Genital Health and Disease Surgery 0 works
  9. 9 Chemotherapy-related skin toxicity Dermatology 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 available55.8%not open44.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.8%domestic only91.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Settlers Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 484% 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 Settlers Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000019% in 2023.

still counting0.000050%0.00010%0.00015%Settlers Hospital0.0000078% in 2025200020102020

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

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