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SouthSouthNorth

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Research works
38
▼ 68% vs 2018-21
Citations
460
12.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.4%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
11%
world 40%
International
28%
world 18%
SouthSouthNorth

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.

Which fields of science does SouthSouthNorth work in?

In all years, 61% of research at SouthSouthNorth is in Social Sciences, 18% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (31%), Arts and Humanities (20%), Environmental Science (7%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 23 fractional works · 61.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 12 fractional works · 30.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 9.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 3 fractional works · 7.5% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArts and Humanities: 8 fractional works · 20.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 4 fractional works · 9.7% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 7 fractional works · 17.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 7.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 11.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 5.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 4.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 4 fractional works · 9.9% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 6.7% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKSouthSouthNorth38fractional works, all years
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences18%Health Sciences10%Social Sciences61%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences1230.7%
    2. Arts and Humanities820.3%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance24.1%
    4. Psychology13.5%
    5. Decision Sciences01.3%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting01.1%
    1. Environmental Science37.1%
    2. Engineering13.0%
    3. Computer Science12.8%
    4. Energy11.5%
    5. Physics and Astronomy11.5%
    6. Chemistry01.3%
    7. Mathematics00.5%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences25.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology24.8%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology01.1%
    1. Medicine36.7%
    2. Health Professions12.9%
    3. Veterinary00.2%
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: 0.84× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.95× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Engineering: 0.66× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.19× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMedicine: 0.83× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 8.26× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 1.90× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.98× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 2.01× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 8.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 9 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities8.26×1 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology3.95×0 works
  3. Environmental Science2.19×0 works
  4. Social Sciences2.01×1 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.98×0 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.90×0 works
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.84×0 works
  8. Medicine0.83×1 works
  9. Engineering0.66×0 works

What are the most cited papers from SouthSouthNorth?

The most cited paper from SouthSouthNorth is "Financing low carbon energy access in Africa" (Haruna Gujba, Steve Thorne, Yacob Mulugetta et al., 2012), with 121 citations. Next come "Addressing power imbalances in co-production" (87) and "Reconsidering development by reflecting on climate change" (67).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Financing low carbon energy access in Africa Haruna Gujba, Steve Thorne, Yacob Mulugetta et al. · Energy Policy 4 Apr 2012 121
2 Addressing power imbalances in co-production Katharine Vincent, Suzanne Carter, Anna Steynor et al. · Nature Climate Change 14 Sep 2020 87
3 Reconsidering development by reflecting on climate change Harald Winkler, Anya Boyd, Marta Torres Gunfaus et al. · International Environmental Agreements Politics Law and Economics 13 Oct 2015 67
4 Mortality of middle aged white South African gold miners. Cyril H. Wyndham, B N Bezuidenhout, Michael John Greenacre et al. · Occupational and Environmental Medicine Open access Oct 1986 52
5 Beyond Academia: A case for reviews of gray literature for science-policy processes and applied research Yuki Yoshida, Nadia Sitas, Lelani M. Mannetti et al. · Environmental Science & Policy Open access 17 Sep 2024 34
All 30 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

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-now: International Development and Aid, Travel Writing and Literature, Crime and Detective Fiction Studies and 3D Printing in Biomedical Research.

International Developmen…0International Development and Aid: 0 fractional worksTravel Writing and Liter…0Travel Writing and Literature: 0 fractional worksCrime and Detective Fiction Studies: 0 fractional works3D Printing in Biomedical Research: 0 fractional worksHepatitis C virus research: 0 fractional worksGender Politics and Representation: 0 fractional worksAmerican and British Literature Analysis: 0 fractional worksTourism, Volunteerism, a…0Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development: 0 fractional worksTissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine: 0 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 0 fractional works
DevelopmentHistoryLiterature and Literary TheoryBiomedical Engineering5 others

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

  1. 1 International Development and Aid Development 0 works
  2. 2 Travel Writing and Literature History 0 works
  3. 3 Crime and Detective Fiction Studies Literature and Literary Theory 0 works
  4. 4 3D Printing in Biomedical Research Biomedical Engineering 0 works
  5. 5 Hepatitis C virus research Hepatology 0 works
  6. 6 Gender Politics and Representation Gender Studies 0 works
  7. 7 American and British Literature Analysis Literature and Literary Theory 0 works
  8. 8 Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development Demography 0 works
  9. 9 Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Surgery 0 works
  10. 10 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has SouthSouthNorth's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 68% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is SouthSouthNorth as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000010% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%SouthSouthNorth0.0000029% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of SouthSouthNorth over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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