Science Explorer Interactive view Map
Hospital / health system · Pretoria · South Africa

Steve Biko Hospital

In research, Steve Biko Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#8,277 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#9,777 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

pah.org.zaROR OpenAlex
World rank, 2022–2025
#19,074
of 28,054 · #28,950 all time
Rank in South Africa
#66
of 87
Research works
578
▲ 4% vs 2013–17
Citations
6.8k
11.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
53%
world 28%

What is Steve Biko Hospital known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
MedicineField #8,277 of 10,443 14.6%75 #11083
Health SciencesDomain #9,777 of 11,982 15.0%80 #13899

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Steve Biko Hospital sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

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: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.30× its world share, 13 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.36× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.63× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.19× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.16× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.63× its world share, 75 worksMedicineNursing: 1.55× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.23× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Steve Biko Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Surgical Management, Biomarkers, Immunotherapy, Targeted Therapy, Clinical Trials, Genetic Mutations and PET Imaging.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Epidemiology13▲ 3.0×59 topics
  2. Inflammation6▲ 2.6×33 topics
  3. Cancer5▲ 3.6×20 topics
  4. Biomarkers5▲ 7.1×10 topics
  5. Surgical Management5▲ 12×13 topics
  6. Immunotherapy5▲ 6.6×13 topics
  7. Clinical Trials5▲ 6.7×12 topics
  8. Targeted Therapy5▲ 19×4 topics
  9. Treatment4▲ 3.3×23 topics
  10. Genetic Mutations4▲ 9.1×15 topics
  11. PET Imaging4▲ 23×3 topics
  12. Diagnosis4▲ 4.0×21 topics
  13. Diagnostic Imaging4▲ 32×4 topics
  14. Complications4▲ 6.8×11 topics
  15. Cancer Treatment4▲ 14×4 topics
  16. Dosimetry4▲ 47×2 topics
  17. Mortality4▲ 5.7×9 topics
  18. Prostate Cancer3▲ 23×3 topics
  19. Tumor Microenvironment3▲ 6.6×5 topics
  20. Management3▲ 3.7×16 topics
  21. Clinical Practice Guidelines3▲ 5.2×10 topics
  22. Precision Medicine3▲ 6.0×5 topics
  23. Radioimmunotherapy3▲ 92×1 topic
  24. Radiopharmaceuticals3▲ 92×1 topic
  25. Antiretroviral Therapy3▲ 16×6 topics
  26. Genomic Profiling3▲ 23×2 topics
  27. Medical Imaging3▲ 4.8×6 topics
  28. Global Burden2▲ 4.4×7 topics
  29. Radiotherapy2▲ 5.7×10 topics
  30. Androgen Receptor2▲ 29×1 topic
  31. Hormone Therapy2▲ 26×1 topic
  32. Antibiotic Prophylaxis2▲ 25×3 topics
  33. Clinical Guidelines2▲ 6.7×6 topics
  34. Reconstruction2▲ 11×4 topics
  35. HIV Infection2▲ 18×3 topics
  36. Preterm Infants2▲ 15×3 topics
  37. Quality Improvement2▲ 9.7×4 topics
  38. Cancer Incidence2▲ 13×3 topics
  39. Periprosthetic Joint Infection2▲ 44×1 topic
  40. Prosthetic Joint Infections2▲ 44×1 topic

Which research topics does Steve Biko Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry and Applications, Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research, Orthopedic Infections and Treatments and Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications.

Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry and Applications: 3 fractional worksProstate Cancer Treatment and Research: 2 fractional worksOrthopedic Infections an…2Orthopedic Infections and Treatments: 2 fractional worksMedical Imaging Techniqu…2Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications: 2 fractional worksPeptidase Inhibition and Analysis: 1 fractional worksInfectious Diseases and Tuberculosis: 1 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Le…1Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 1 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 1 fractional worksTrauma and Emergency Care Studies: 1 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence …1Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 1 fractional works
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSurgeryOncology2 others

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

  1. 1 Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry and Applications Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 3 works
  2. 2 Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  3. 3 Orthopedic Infections and Treatments Surgery 2 works
  4. 4 Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  5. 5 Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis Oncology 1 works
  6. 6 Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis Surgery 1 works
  7. 7 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 1 works
  8. 8 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 1 works
  9. 9 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 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 available52.7%not open47.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.6%domestic only80.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Steve Biko Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 4% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Pretoria

All research institutions in Pretoria

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.