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Southern African Development Community

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World rank, all time
#25,849
of 34,923
Rank in Botswana
#8
of 11
Research works
169
▲ 61% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.8k
10.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.00×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
41%
world 40%
International
40%
world 18%
Southern African Development Community

Which fields of science does Southern African Development Community work in?

In 2022-now, 60% of research at Southern African Development Community is in Social Sciences, 15% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (31%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (17%), Medicine (12%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 29 fractional works · 59.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 15 fractional works · 31.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 10.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 4.9% of its workDevelopment: 2 fractional works · 4.7% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPublic Administration: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 8 fractional works · 16.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 7.8% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 4.7% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 4.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 6.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 7 fractional works · 14.7% of its workMedicine: 6 fractional works · 12.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 3.7% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 6 fractional works · 13.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 7.3% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 12.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 7.0% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workVirology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSouthern AfricanDevelopment…48fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences13%Health Sciences15%Social Sciences60%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. 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 4 domains and 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences1531.1%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance816.6%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting36.4%
    4. Decision Sciences13.0%
    5. Psychology11.4%
    6. Arts and Humanities11.3%
    1. Medicine612.4%
    2. Health Professions11.8%
    3. Nursing00.4%
    4. Veterinary00.2%
    1. Environmental Science37.3%
    2. Computer Science12.8%
    3. Engineering11.8%
    4. Energy00.7%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.5%
    6. Materials Science00.4%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences37.0%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology12.8%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology12.2%
    4. Neuroscience00.1%
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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1.47× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.80× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.76× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.46× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 0.67× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.64× its world share, 6 worksMedicineNursing: 0.83× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.23× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.00× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.06× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 7.74× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.46× its world share, 15 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 7.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance7.74×8 works
  2. Decision Sciences3.06×1 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology2.80×1 works
  4. Social Sciences2.46×15 works
  5. Business, Management and Accounting2.00×3 works
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.47×3 works
  7. Environmental Science1.46×4 works
  8. Veterinary1.23×0 works
  9. Nursing0.83×0 works
  10. Energy0.76×0 works
  11. Health Professions0.67×1 works
  12. Medicine0.64×6 works
  13. Psychology0.48×1 works
  14. Arts and Humanities0.44×1 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.41×1 works
  16. Computer Science0.36×1 works
  17. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.35×0 works
  18. Engineering0.12×1 works
  19. Materials Science0.10×0 works
  20. Neuroscience0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Southern African Development Community?

Ranked on the quality score, Patrice Kandolo Kabeya, Robert Geddes and Johansein Ladislaus Rutaihwa lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Southern African Development Community.

  1. 1 Patrice Kandolo Kabeya Botswana · #2,933,410 worldwide 33 citations · 19 works
  2. 2 Robert Geddes Botswana · #4,209,120 worldwide 18 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Johansein Ladislaus Rutaihwa Botswana · #4,438,011 worldwide 54 citations · 25 works
  4. 4 Cliff Sibusiso Dlamini Botswana · #4,547,774 worldwide 183 citations · 38 works
All ranked researchers at Southern African Development Community

What are the most cited papers from Southern African Development Community?

The most cited paper from Southern African Development Community is "Threats to the effectiveness of insecticide-treated bednets for malaria control: thinking beyond insecticide resistance" (Steve W. Lindsay, Matthew Brian Thomas, Immo Kleinschmidt, 2021), with 281 citations. Next come "Conserving Africa’s wildlife and wildlands through the COVID-19 crisis and beyond" (272) and "Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness against malaria of three types of dual-active-ingredient long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) compared with pyrethroid-only LLINs in Tanzania: a four-arm, cluster-randomised trial" (236).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Threats to the effectiveness of insecticide-treated bednets for malaria control: thinking beyond insecticide resistance Steve W. Lindsay, Matthew Brian Thomas, Immo Kleinschmidt · The Lancet Global Health Open access 30 Jun 2021 281
2 Conserving Africa’s wildlife and wildlands through the COVID-19 crisis and beyond Peter Andrew Lindsey et al. · Nature Ecology & Evolution Open access 29 Jul 2020 272
3 Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness against malaria of three types of dual-active-ingredient long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) compared with pyrethroid-only LLINs in Tanzania: a four-arm, cluster-randomised trial Jacklin F Mosha et al. · The Lancet Open access Mar 2022 236
4 Efficacy of pyriproxyfen-pyrethroid long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) and chlorfenapyr-pyrethroid LLINs compared with pyrethroid-only LLINs for malaria control in Benin: a cluster-randomised, superiority trial Manfred Accrombessi et al. · The Lancet Open access 25 Jan 2023 197
5 Scaling up agricultural interventions: Case studies of climate-smart agriculture Olaf Westermann, Wiebke Förch, Philip K. Thornton et al. · Agricultural Systems 13 Jul 2018 173
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Which keywords describe research at Southern African Development Community?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Economic Development, Economic Growth, Poverty Reduction, Sustainable Development, Social Inequality, Governance and Policy.

▲ 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-now 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. Globalization7▲ 7.6×12 topics
  2. Economic Development5▲ 13×6 topics
  3. Climate Change4▲ 3.0×14 topics
  4. Sustainable Development4▲ 4.8×9 topics
  5. Economic Growth3▲ 8.6×6 topics
  6. Epidemiology3▲ 1.69×22 topics
  7. Poverty Reduction3▲ 52×2 topics
  8. Social Inequality3▲ 22×4 topics
  9. Governance3▲ 17×3 topics
  10. Human Rights3▲ 5.3×5 topics
  11. Policy2▲ 24×5 topics
  12. Renewable Energy2▲ 3.6×5 topics
  13. China-Africa Relations2▲ 128×2 topics
  14. Conflict2▲ 29×2 topics
  15. Innovation2▲ 4.5×3 topics
  16. International Trade2▲ 34×3 topics
  17. Global Governance2▲ 19×4 topics
  18. Social Capital2▲ 8.0×3 topics
  19. Development Policies2▲ 121×1 topic
  20. Foreign Aid2▲ 121×1 topic
  21. Finance2▲ 21×2 topics
  22. Inequality2▲ 17×3 topics
  23. Investment2▲ 33×2 topics
  24. International Cooperation2▲ 68×2 topics
  25. Leadership2▲ 7.1×2 topics
  26. Market Size2▲ 50×2 topics
  27. Productivity2▲ 60×1 topic
  28. Trade Liberalization2▲ 72×1 topic
  29. Impact Investing2▲ 232×1 topic
  30. Social Impact Bonds2▲ 232×1 topic
  31. Development1▲ 8.3×4 topics
  32. Gender Equality1▲ 10×2 topics
  33. Empowerment1▲ 28×1 topic
  34. Financial Stability1▲ 14×3 topics
  35. Global Financial Crisis1▲ 21×2 topics
  36. Identity Politics1▲ 57×1 topic
  37. Inclusive Development1▲ 64×2 topics
  38. Microfinance1▲ 55×1 topic
  39. Poverty1▲ 30×2 topics
  40. Youth Employment1▲ 137×1 topic

Which research topics does Southern African Development Community publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: International Development and Aid, Global trade and economics, Community Development and Social Impact and Sociopolitical Dynamics in Nepal.

International Developmen…2International Development and Aid: 2 fractional worksGlobal trade and economics2Global trade and economics: 2 fractional worksCommunity Development and Social Impact: 2 fractional worksSociopolitical Dynamics in Nepal: 1 fractional worksMicrofinance and Financial Inclusion: 1 fractional worksEnergy and Environment Impacts: 1 fractional worksPolitical Conflict and Governance: 1 fractional worksConstruction Project Man…1Construction Project Management and Performance: 1 fractional worksJob Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior: 1 fractional worksWorld Systems and Global Transformations: 1 fractional works
DevelopmentGeneral Economics, Econometrics and FinanceFinanceDemography6 others

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

  1. 1 International Development and Aid Development 2 works
  2. 2 Global trade and economics General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 2 works
  3. 3 Community Development and Social Impact Finance 2 works
  4. 4 Sociopolitical Dynamics in Nepal Demography 1 works
  5. 5 Microfinance and Financial Inclusion Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  6. 6 Energy and Environment Impacts Pollution 1 works
  7. 7 Political Conflict and Governance Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  8. 8 Construction Project Management and Performance Management Science and Operations Research 1 works
  9. 9 Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 1 works
  10. 10 World Systems and Global Transformations Political Science and International Relations 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 available41.1%not open58.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors40.0%domestic only60.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Southern African Development Community's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 61% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Southern African Development Community as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00017% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%Southern African Development Community0.00036% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Southern African Development Community over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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