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SouthSouthNorth

Research works
38
▲ 90% vs 2013–17
Citations
460
12.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
11%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: SouthSouthNorth 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: 0.95× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Engineering: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.48× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMedicine: 0.70× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 9.38× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 2.15× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.25× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 2.28× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciencesworld share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 9.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at SouthSouthNorth?

Ranked on the composite score, Ruth L. Baker lead among researchers whose main affiliation is SouthSouthNorth.

  1. 1 Ruth L. Baker South Africa · #1,036,531 worldwide 0 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at SouthSouthNorth

Which keywords describe research at SouthSouthNorth?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Literary Criticism, National Identity, Social Justice, Sustainability, Economic Development, Development and Global Warming.

▲ 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. Globalization4▲ 5.4×10 topics
  2. Climate Change2▲ 2.4×10 topics
  3. Sustainability2▲ 3.4×9 topics
  4. Literary Criticism2▲ 95×2 topics
  5. Economic Development2▲ 6.5×5 topics
  6. National Identity2▲ 37×3 topics
  7. Social Justice2▲ 8.8×3 topics
  8. Development2▲ 12×3 topics
  9. Global Warming2▲ 11×4 topics
  10. NGOs1▲ 36×2 topics
  11. Social Impact1▲ 14×2 topics
  12. Vulnerability1▲ 23×4 topics
  13. Children's Literature1▲ 87×1 topic
  14. Community Engagement1▲ 12×2 topics
  15. Cultural Critique1▲ 104×2 topics
  16. Diaspora1▲ 74×2 topics
  17. Global Governance1▲ 16×4 topics
  18. Identity1▲ 4.6×4 topics
  19. Literature1▲ 7.1×4 topics
  20. Narrative1▲ 25×2 topics
  21. Postcolonialism1▲ 31×3 topics
  22. Rhetoric1▲ 27×2 topics
  23. Social Media1▲ 4.5×2 topics
  24. Young Adult1▲ 267×1 topic
  25. Nationalism1▲ 5.4×3 topics
  26. Global Health1▲ 22×2 topics
  27. Bollywood1▲ 240×1 topic
  28. Contemporary Fiction1▲ 271×1 topic
  29. Crisis Communication1▲ 114×1 topic
  30. Faith-Based Organizations1▲ 78×1 topic
  31. Food Security1▲ 6.8×3 topics
  32. Health Workforce1▲ 57×1 topic
  33. Indian cinema1▲ 240×1 topic
  34. International Law1▲ 9.8×4 topics
  35. Postmodernism1▲ 61×1 topic
  36. Public Discourse1▲ 108×1 topic
  37. Public Opinion1▲ 14×2 topics
  38. Public Relations1▲ 145×1 topic
  39. Rural Health1▲ 92×1 topic
  40. Social Services1▲ 66×1 topic

Which research topics does SouthSouthNorth publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: International Development and Aid, Crime and Detective Fiction Studies, American and British Literature Analysis and Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development.

  1. 1 International Development and Aid Development 0 works
  2. 2 Crime and Detective Fiction Studies Literature and Literary Theory 0 works
  3. 3 American and British Literature Analysis Literature and Literary Theory 0 works
  4. 4 Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development Demography 0 works
  5. 5 Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Surgery 0 works
  6. 6 3D Printing in Biomedical Research Biomedical Engineering 0 works
  7. 7 Hepatitis C virus research Hepatology 0 works
  8. 8 Gender Politics and Representation Gender Studies 0 works
  9. 9 Travel Writing and Literature History 0 works
  10. 10 Ecosystem dynamics and resilience Global and Planetary Change 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 available11.2%not open88.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors27.6%domestic only72.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has SouthSouthNorth's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 90% 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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