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Southern Africa Association for the Advancement of Science

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Research works
39
▼ 93% vs 2013–17
Citations
17
0.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
0.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
89%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Southern Africa Association for the Advancement of Science 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: 6.35× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Environmental Science: 4.56× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMedicine: 0.90× its world share, 0 worksMedicineVeterinary: 34.72× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.90× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Social Sciences: 0.99× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 34.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Southern Africa Association for the Advancement of Science?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Curriculum Development, Lifelong Learning, Engineering Education, Globalization, Assessment Methods, Outcome-Based Education, Information Systems and Soft Skills.

▲ 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. Curriculum Development9▲ 64×3 topics
  2. Lifelong Learning8▲ 143×3 topics
  3. Engineering Education8▲ 201×2 topics
  4. Globalization7▲ 10×4 topics
  5. Assessment Methods6▲ 167×1 topic
  6. Outcome-Based Education6▲ 606×1 topic
  7. Information Systems4▲ 75×2 topics
  8. Soft Skills4▲ 300×2 topics
  9. IT skills4▲ 1640×1 topic
  10. curriculum guidelines4▲ 1640×1 topic
  11. Education3▲ 6.3×7 topics
  12. Sustainability3▲ 4.7×6 topics
  13. STEM Education3▲ 28×2 topics
  14. Cyber-Physical Systems3▲ 57×4 topics
  15. Educational Technology2▲ 9.7×5 topics
  16. Student Engagement2▲ 25×3 topics
  17. Innovation2▲ 6.6×5 topics
  18. Learning Outcomes2▲ 27×3 topics
  19. Educational Research2▲ 71×2 topics
  20. Professional Development2▲ 32×2 topics
  21. Curriculum2▲ 52×3 topics
  22. Curriculum Alignment2▲ 376×1 topic
  23. Education and Training2▲ 1590×1 topic
  24. Educational Objectives2▲ 376×1 topic
  25. Engineering Students2▲ 923×1 topic
  26. Mathematics Support2▲ 923×1 topic
  27. Vocational Competencies2▲ 1590×1 topic
  28. Pedagogy2▲ 12×2 topics
  29. Informal Learning2▲ 38×2 topics
  30. Internet of Things2▲ 7.2×2 topics
  31. Social Justice2▲ 7.7×2 topics
  32. Technology2▲ 9.0×4 topics
  33. Distance Learning1▲ 15×2 topics
  34. E-Learning1▲ 6.0×4 topics
  35. Robotics1▲ 16×2 topics
  36. Digital Twin1▲ 67×1 topic
  37. Environmental Engineering1▲ 515×1 topic
  38. Heutagogy1▲ 434×1 topic
  39. Remote Laboratories1▲ 74×1 topic
  40. Scientific Integrity1▲ 825×1 topic

Which research topics does Southern Africa Association for the Advancement of Science publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cephalopods and Marine Biology, Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth, Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology and Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies.

Cephalopods and Marine Biology: 0 fractional worksAquaculture Nutrition and Growth: 0 fractional worksGlobal Public Health Policies and Epidemiology: 0 fractional worksMarine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies: 0 fractional worksCrime, Deviance, and Social Control: 0 fractional worksSubstance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes: 0 fractional works
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsAquatic ScienceOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementGlobal and Planetary Change2 others

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

  1. 1 Cephalopods and Marine Biology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 0 works
  2. 2 Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth Aquatic Science 0 works
  3. 3 Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 0 works
  4. 4 Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies Global and Planetary Change 0 works
  5. 5 Crime, Deviance, and Social Control Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  6. 6 Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes Epidemiology 0 works
  7. 7 Physiological and biochemical adaptations Ecology 0 works
  8. 8 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 0 works
  9. 9 Animal testing and alternatives Small Animals 0 works
  10. 10 Zoonotic diseases and public health Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 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 available88.8%not open11.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors84.4%domestic only15.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Southern Africa Association for the Advancement of Science's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 93% lower 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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