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South African College of Applied Psychology

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Research works
98
▲ 111% vs 2013–17
Citations
671
6.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
60%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: South African College of Applied Psychology 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: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.84× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.96× its world share, 8 worksMedicineNursing: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 2.17× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.66× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.15× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.09× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.26× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.60× its world share, 19 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at South African College of Applied Psychology?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Maternal Mortality, Health Inequalities, Higher Education, Child Mortality, Health Systems, Language Policy, Multilingualism and Colonialism.

▲ 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. Maternal Mortality4▲ 41×4 topics
  2. Health Inequalities3▲ 67×3 topics
  3. Higher Education3▲ 14×6 topics
  4. Child Mortality3▲ 88×1 topic
  5. Health Systems3▲ 88×1 topic
  6. Globalization2▲ 3.0×8 topics
  7. Human Rights2▲ 5.3×5 topics
  8. Language Policy2▲ 39×2 topics
  9. Multilingualism2▲ 33×2 topics
  10. Colonialism2▲ 10×3 topics
  11. Cultural Sustaining Pedagogy2▲ 110×1 topic
  12. Translanguaging2▲ 110×1 topic
  13. Environmental Governance2▲ 65×2 topics
  14. Mental Health2▲ 2.8×7 topics
  15. Gender-based Violence2▲ 65×2 topics
  16. Race2▲ 33×2 topics
  17. Social Justice2▲ 6.6×7 topics
  18. African Philosophy1▲ 294×1 topic
  19. Decolonization1▲ 40×1 topic
  20. Inequality1▲ 14×2 topics
  21. Economic Growth1▲ 3.6×9 topics
  22. Risk Factors1▲ 2.9×3 topics
  23. South Africa1▲ 110×2 topics
  24. Antiretroviral Therapy1▲ 17×1 topic
  25. HIV Transmission1▲ 37×1 topic
  26. Maternal Outcomes1▲ 38×2 topics
  27. Perinatal Outcomes1▲ 38×2 topics
  28. economic empowerment1▲ 182×1 topic
  29. protests1▲ 368×1 topic
  30. Cesarean Section1▲ 63×1 topic
  31. Educational Leadership1▲ 20×2 topics
  32. Organizational Commitment1▲ 13×2 topics
  33. Political Economy1▲ 9.6×5 topics
  34. Vaginal Birth1▲ 63×1 topic
  35. Hydrosocial Cycle1▲ 143×1 topic
  36. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes1▲ 13×2 topics
  37. Preterm Birth1▲ 36×2 topics
  38. Teacher Performance1▲ 16×1 topic
  39. Water Privatization1▲ 143×1 topic
  40. Work Motivation1▲ 31×1 topic

Which research topics does South African College of Applied Psychology publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Global Maternal and Child Health, Multilingual Education and Policy, African cultural and philosophical studies and HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions.

Global Maternal and Child Health: 3 fractional worksMultilingual Education and Policy: 2 fractional worksAfrican cultural and philosophical studies: 1 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 1 fractional worksSouth African History and Culture: 1 fractional worksMaternal and Perinatal Health Interventions: 1 fractional worksSchool Leadership and Te…1School Leadership and Teacher Performance: 1 fractional worksWater Governance and Infrastructure: 1 fractional worksAdolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: 1 fractional worksLegal Issues in South Africa: 1 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthLinguistics and LanguageEducationInfectious Diseases5 others

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

  1. 1 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 3 works
  2. 2 Multilingual Education and Policy Linguistics and Language 2 works
  3. 3 African cultural and philosophical studies Education 1 works
  4. 4 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 1 works
  5. 5 South African History and Culture Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  6. 6 Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions Obstetrics and Gynecology 1 works
  7. 7 School Leadership and Teacher Performance Education 1 works
  8. 8 Water Governance and Infrastructure Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  9. 9 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health General Health Professions 1 works
  10. 10 Legal Issues in South Africa Law 1 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 available60.5%not open39.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.6%domestic only82.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has South African College of Applied Psychology's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 111% higher than in 2013–2017.

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