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South African Brain Research Institute

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Research works
101
▲ 38% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.5k
15.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
34%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: South African Brain Research Institute 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: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.82× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 9.80× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEnvironmental Science: 0.56× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 2.73× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.34× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 2.04× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.42× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.16× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 9.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at South African Brain Research Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, Mark A. Gillman lead among researchers whose main affiliation is South African Brain Research Institute.

  1. 1 Mark A. Gillman South Africa · #439,090 worldwide 81 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at South African Brain Research Institute

Which keywords describe research at South African Brain Research Institute?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Depression, Stress, Cancer Therapy, Neuroprotection, Oxidative Stress, Neuroinflammation, Neurological Disorders and Neuroimaging.

▲ 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. Depression10▲ 13×8 topics
  2. Oxidative Stress9▲ 4.8×14 topics
  3. Inflammation8▲ 3.3×10 topics
  4. Stress7▲ 18×5 topics
  5. Cancer Therapy7▲ 11×2 topics
  6. Neuroprotection7▲ 19×4 topics
  7. Neuroinflammation7▲ 25×4 topics
  8. Neurological Disorders7▲ 9.9×10 topics
  9. Epidemiology7▲ 1.63×19 topics
  10. Neuroimaging6▲ 22×5 topics
  11. Neurodegenerative Diseases5▲ 25×2 topics
  12. Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide5▲ 61×2 topics
  13. Neurobiological Mechanisms5▲ 111×2 topics
  14. Synaptic Plasticity5▲ 17×3 topics
  15. Anxiety5▲ 14×2 topics
  16. Neuropathic Pain5▲ 62×2 topics
  17. Chaperone5▲ 253×1 topic
  18. Neuropeptides5▲ 46×1 topic
  19. Receptors5▲ 81×1 topic
  20. Sigma-1 Receptor5▲ 326×1 topic
  21. Central Sensitization5▲ 64×1 topic
  22. Nociception5▲ 75×1 topic
  23. Cognitive Impairment5▲ 20×5 topics
  24. Metabolic Syndrome4▲ 5.0×6 topics
  25. Metabolism4▲ 6.6×5 topics
  26. Neuropathology4▲ 48×2 topics
  27. Anesthesia4▲ 36×2 topics
  28. Thiamine Deficiency4▲ 217×1 topic
  29. Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome4▲ 217×1 topic
  30. Hypertension4▲ 9.9×3 topics
  31. Management4▲ 4.5×6 topics
  32. Treatment-Resistant Depression4▲ 49×2 topics
  33. Arachidonic Acid3▲ 101×1 topic
  34. Epoxyeicosatrienoic Acids3▲ 101×1 topic
  35. Sedation3▲ 37×2 topics
  36. Alzheimer's Disease3▲ 10×3 topics
  37. Antidepressant3▲ 96×1 topic
  38. Ketamine3▲ 96×1 topic
  39. Nocebo3▲ 132×1 topic
  40. Placebo3▲ 132×1 topic

Which research topics does South African Brain Research Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Treatment of Major Depression, Business Strategies and Innovation, Biotechnology and Related Fields and Alzheimer's disease research and treatments.

Treatment of Major Depre…1Treatment of Major Depression: 1 fractional worksBusiness Strategies and …0Business Strategies and Innovation: 0 fractional worksBiotechnology and Relate…0Biotechnology and Related Fields: 0 fractional worksAlzheimer's disease rese…0Alzheimer's disease research and treatments: 0 fractional worksAnesthesia and Neurotoxicity Research: 0 fractional worksFunctional Brain Connectivity Studies: 0 fractional worksDementia and Cognitive I…0Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 0 fractional worksAging, Elder Care, and Social Issues: 0 fractional worksAnesthesia and Sedative Agents: 0 fractional worksNeuroscience and Neuroph…0Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research: 0 fractional works
PharmacologyStrategy and ManagementPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthPhysiology6 others

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

  1. 1 Treatment of Major Depression Pharmacology 1 works
  2. 2 Business Strategies and Innovation Strategy and Management 0 works
  3. 3 Biotechnology and Related Fields Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 0 works
  4. 4 Alzheimer's disease research and treatments Physiology 0 works
  5. 5 Anesthesia and Neurotoxicity Research Developmental Neuroscience 0 works
  6. 6 Functional Brain Connectivity Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 0 works
  7. 7 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 0 works
  8. 8 Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues General Health Professions 0 works
  9. 9 Anesthesia and Sedative Agents Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine 0 works
  10. 10 Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 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 available34.1%not open65.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.5%domestic only84.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has South African Brain Research Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 38% 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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