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South African Thoracic Society

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Research works
18
▲ 76% vs 2013–17
Citations
211
11.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
64%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: South African Thoracic Society 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.

Environmental Science: 1.18× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 7.44× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.63× its world share, 1 worksMedicineVeterinary: 7.22× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 8.15× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.67× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.85× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 8.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which research topics does South African Thoracic Society publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Reformed Theology and Governance, Ethics in medical practice, Philosophical Ethics and Theory and Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery.

Reformed Theology and Governance: 0 fractional worksEthics in medical practice: 0 fractional worksPhilosophical Ethics and…0Philosophical Ethics and Theory: 0 fractional worksStroke Rehabilitation an…0Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery: 0 fractional worksTraumatic Brain Injury a…0Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances: 0 fractional worksTraumatic Brain Injury R…0Traumatic Brain Injury Research: 0 fractional worksHealthcare cost, quality, practices: 0 fractional worksDisability Rights and Representation: 0 fractional worksHealthcare innovation and challenges: 0 fractional worksHealth Policy Implementation Science: 0 fractional works
PhilosophyGeneral Health ProfessionsRehabilitationNeurology3 others

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

  1. 1 Reformed Theology and Governance Philosophy 0 works
  2. 2 Ethics in medical practice General Health Professions 0 works
  3. 3 Philosophical Ethics and Theory Philosophy 0 works
  4. 4 Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery Rehabilitation 0 works
  5. 5 Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances Neurology 0 works
  6. 6 Traumatic Brain Injury Research Epidemiology 0 works
  7. 7 Healthcare cost, quality, practices General Health Professions 0 works
  8. 8 Disability Rights and Representation Safety Research 0 works
  9. 9 Healthcare innovation and challenges Education 0 works
  10. 10 Health Policy Implementation Science General Health Professions 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 available64.3%not open35.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors32.7%domestic only67.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has South African Thoracic Society's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 76% 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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