- 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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× 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 Ruth L. Baker South Africa · #1,036,531 worldwide 0 citations · 19 works
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.
- Social Services
- Public Relations
- Public Discourse
- International Law
- Health Workforce
- Faith-Based Organizations
- Contemporary Fiction
- Global Health
- Young Adult
- Rhetoric
- Narrative
- Identity
- Diaspora
- Community Engagement
- Vulnerability
- NGOs
- Development
- National Identity
- Literary Criticism
- Climate Change
- Globalization
- Sustainability
- Economic Development
- Social Justice
- Global Warming
- Social Impact
- Children's Literature
- Cultural Critique
- Global Governance
- Literature
- Postcolonialism
- Social Media
- Nationalism
- Bollywood
- Crisis Communication
- Food Security
- Indian cinema
- Postmodernism
- Public Opinion
- Rural Health
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
- Globalization4▲ 5.4×10 topics
- Climate Change2▲ 2.4×10 topics
- Sustainability2▲ 3.4×9 topics
- Literary Criticism2▲ 95×2 topics
- Economic Development2▲ 6.5×5 topics
- National Identity2▲ 37×3 topics
- Social Justice2▲ 8.8×3 topics
- Development2▲ 12×3 topics
- Global Warming2▲ 11×4 topics
- NGOs1▲ 36×2 topics
- Social Impact1▲ 14×2 topics
- Vulnerability1▲ 23×4 topics
- Children's Literature1▲ 87×1 topic
- Community Engagement1▲ 12×2 topics
- Cultural Critique1▲ 104×2 topics
- Diaspora1▲ 74×2 topics
- Global Governance1▲ 16×4 topics
- Identity1▲ 4.6×4 topics
- Literature1▲ 7.1×4 topics
- Narrative1▲ 25×2 topics
- Postcolonialism1▲ 31×3 topics
- Rhetoric1▲ 27×2 topics
- Social Media1▲ 4.5×2 topics
- Young Adult1▲ 267×1 topic
- Nationalism1▲ 5.4×3 topics
- Global Health1▲ 22×2 topics
- Bollywood1▲ 240×1 topic
- Contemporary Fiction1▲ 271×1 topic
- Crisis Communication1▲ 114×1 topic
- Faith-Based Organizations1▲ 78×1 topic
- Food Security1▲ 6.8×3 topics
- Health Workforce1▲ 57×1 topic
- Indian cinema1▲ 240×1 topic
- International Law1▲ 9.8×4 topics
- Postmodernism1▲ 61×1 topic
- Public Discourse1▲ 108×1 topic
- Public Opinion1▲ 14×2 topics
- Public Relations1▲ 145×1 topic
- Rural Health1▲ 92×1 topic
- 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.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 International Development and Aid Development 0 works
- 2 Crime and Detective Fiction Studies Literature and Literary Theory 0 works
- 3 American and British Literature Analysis Literature and Literary Theory 0 works
- 4 Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development Demography 0 works
- 5 Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Surgery 0 works
- 6 3D Printing in Biomedical Research Biomedical Engineering 0 works
- 7 Hepatitis C virus research Hepatology 0 works
- 8 Gender Politics and Representation Gender Studies 0 works
- 9 Travel Writing and Literature History 0 works
- 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.
World: 28% of research is openly available.
World: 19% is written across borders.
How has SouthSouthNorth's research output changed?
Output in 2018–2022 was 90% higher than in 2013–2017.
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.
Other research institutions in Cape Town
- University of the Western Cape
- Cape Peninsula University of Technology
- South African Medical Research Council
- Groote Schuur Hospital
- Tygerberg Hospital
- Cape Town HVTN Immunology Laboratory / Hutchinson Centre Research Institute of South Africa
- Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital
- South African Radio Astronomy Observatory
Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.