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Transnet (South Africa)

In research, Transnet (South Africa) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#13,518 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#18,353
of 22,385 · #20,449 all time
Rank in South Africa
#64
of 75
Research works
329
▲ 39% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.8k
11.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.96×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
34%
world 40%
International
32%
world 18%
Transnet (South Africa)

What is Transnet (South Africa) known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Physical SciencesDomain #13,518 of 17,446 9.4%172

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Transnet (South Africa) 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Transnet (South Africa) work in?

In 2022-now, 60% of research at Transnet (South Africa) is in Physical Sciences, 28% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (34%), Computer Science (10%), Social Sciences (9%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 49 fractional works · 60.5% of its workEngineering: 27 fractional works · 34.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 6 fractional works · 7.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 5.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 4 fractional works · 5.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 4 fractional works · 4.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 8 fractional works · 10.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHardware and Architecture: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 5.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 3.5% of its workGeophysics: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 3 fractional works · 3.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Energy: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNuclear Energy and Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTheoretical Computer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 22 fractional works · 27.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 9.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 6 fractional works · 7.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 5.3% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClassics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Arts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 5 fractional works · 6.3% of its workMedicine: 4 fractional works · 5.0% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 5.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKTransnet (SouthAfrica)80fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences60%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences28%

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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering2734.0%
    2. Computer Science810.3%
    3. Environmental Science45.2%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences33.5%
    5. Energy33.4%
    6. Materials Science22.3%
    7. Physics and Astronomy10.9%
    8. Chemistry00.4%
    9. Mathematics00.4%
    1. Social Sciences79.1%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting67.8%
    3. Arts and Humanities45.3%
    4. Psychology22.9%
    5. Decision Sciences11.6%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.2%
    1. Medicine45.0%
    2. Health Professions11.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology22.5%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences22.4%
    3. Neuroscience00.5%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
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: 0.50× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.46× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.32× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.24× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 3.73× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.26× its world share, 27 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.05× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.65× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.26× its world share, 4 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 1.83× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.41× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.64× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.96× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.72× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Energy, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Energy3.73×3 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting2.41×6 works
  3. Engineering2.26×27 works
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.24×3 works
  5. Arts and Humanities1.83×4 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.64×1 works
  7. Computer Science1.32×8 works
  8. Environmental Science1.05×4 works
  9. Psychology0.96×2 works
  10. Social Sciences0.72×7 works
  11. Materials Science0.65×2 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.56×1 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.50×2 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.46×2 works
  15. Health Professions0.46×1 works
  16. Physics and Astronomy0.42×1 works
  17. Mathematics0.35×0 works
  18. Neuroscience0.30×0 works
  19. Chemistry0.28×0 works
  20. Medicine0.26×4 works
  21. Immunology and Microbiology0.10×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Transnet (South Africa)?

Ranked on the quality score, Robert Desmond Fröhling and Harry Tournay lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Transnet (South Africa).

  1. 1 Robert Desmond Fröhling South Africa · #3,312,762 worldwide 639 citations · 39 works
  2. 2 Harry Tournay South Africa · #4,995,988 worldwide 81 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Transnet (South Africa)

What are the most cited papers from Transnet (South Africa)?

The most cited paper from Transnet (South Africa) is "Multigene phylogeny of the Mustelidae: Resolving relationships, tempo and biogeographic history of a mammalian adaptive radiation" (Klaus‐Peter Koepfli, Kerry A Deere, Graham J. Slater et al., 2008), with 402 citations. Next come "Modeling software architectures in the Unified Modeling Language" (371) and "Control Strategy for Input-Series–Output-Parallel Converters" (240).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Multigene phylogeny of the Mustelidae: Resolving relationships, tempo and biogeographic history of a mammalian adaptive radiation Klaus‐Peter Koepfli, Kerry A Deere, Graham J. Slater et al. · BMC Biology Open access 14 Feb 2008 402
2 Modeling software architectures in the Unified Modeling Language Nenad Medvidović, David S. Rosenblum, David Redmiles et al. · ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology 2002 371
3 Control Strategy for Input-Series–Output-Parallel Converters Xinbo Ruan, Wu Chen, Lulu Cheng et al. · IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics 6 Nov 2008 240
4 Delaying aging and the aging-associated decline in protein homeostasis by inhibition of tryptophan degradation Annemieke T. van der Goot, Wentao Zhu, Rafael Pascual Vázquez-Manrique et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 27 Aug 2012 202
5 Walther Flemming: pioneer of mitosis research Neidhard Paweletz · Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology Review 2001 195
All 62 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Transnet (South Africa)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainability, Renewable Energy, Climate Change, Renewable Energy Integration, Power Electronics, Smart Grid Applications, Risk Management and Supply Chain Management.

▲ 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. Sustainability6▲ 3.2×27 topics
  2. Climate Change5▲ 2.3×20 topics
  3. Renewable Energy4▲ 3.6×16 topics
  4. Deep Learning4▲ 1.34×14 topics
  5. Machine Learning3◆ 1.07×13 topics
  6. Supply Chain Management3▲ 3.6×7 topics
  7. Innovation2▲ 3.0×12 topics
  8. Power Electronics2▲ 8.5×3 topics
  9. Renewable Energy Integration2▲ 8.4×2 topics
  10. Risk Management2▲ 5.9×6 topics
  11. Smart Grid Applications2▲ 21×2 topics
  12. Andean Geodynamics2▲ 282×1 topic
  13. Caribbean Plate Boundary2▲ 282×1 topic
  14. Depression2▲ 2.4×6 topics
  15. Knowledge Management2▲ 3.7×5 topics
  16. Leadership2▲ 3.9×6 topics
  17. Distributed Power Generation1▲ 18×1 topic
  18. Microgrid Control1▲ 18×1 topic
  19. Optimization1▲ 3.8×2 topics
  20. Defect Detection1▲ 13×2 topics
  21. Adolescents1▲ 4.0×3 topics
  22. Environmental Governance1▲ 21×2 topics
  23. Voltage Control1▲ 21×2 topics
  24. Water Resources1▲ 6.2×3 topics
  25. Construction Projects1▲ 30×2 topics
  26. Control Systems1▲ 7.4×2 topics
  27. Corpus Linguistics1▲ 6.3×2 topics
  28. Distributed Generation1▲ 17×2 topics
  29. Health-related Quality of Life1▲ 5.8×2 topics
  30. Hydrological Modeling1▲ 5.8×3 topics
  31. Performance Measurement1▲ 5.0×2 topics
  32. Biblical Monotheism1▲ 49×1 topic
  33. Cancer Survivorship1▲ 16×1 topic
  34. Digital Economy1▲ 6.2×3 topics
  35. Jewish Society1▲ 49×1 topic
  36. Neural Machine Translation1▲ 14×1 topic
  37. Patient-Reported Outcomes1▲ 22×1 topic
  38. Statistical Machine Translation1▲ 14×1 topic
  39. Urban Planning1▲ 15×3 topics
  40. Vibration Control1▲ 19×2 topics

Which research topics does Transnet (South Africa) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Geological and Tectonic Studies in Latin America, Microgrid Control and Optimization, Natural Language Processing Techniques and Biblical Studies and Interpretation.

Geological and Tectonic Studies in Latin America: 2 fractional worksMicrogrid Control and Optimization: 1 fractional worksNatural Language Processing Techniques: 1 fractional worksBiblical Studies and Interpretation: 1 fractional worksCancer survivorship and care: 1 fractional worksEnvironmental and Ecological Studies: 1 fractional worksElectric Power System Op…1Electric Power System Optimization: 1 fractional worksReservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods: 1 fractional worksPower System Optimization and Stability: 1 fractional worksNon-Destructive Testing …1Non-Destructive Testing Techniques: 1 fractional works
GeophysicsControl and Systems EngineeringArtificial IntelligenceReligious studies5 others

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

  1. 1 Geological and Tectonic Studies in Latin America Geophysics 2 works
  2. 2 Microgrid Control and Optimization Control and Systems Engineering 1 works
  3. 3 Natural Language Processing Techniques Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  4. 4 Biblical Studies and Interpretation Religious studies 1 works
  5. 5 Cancer survivorship and care Oncology 1 works
  6. 6 Environmental and Ecological Studies Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 1 works
  7. 7 Electric Power System Optimization Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  8. 8 Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods Ocean Engineering 1 works
  9. 9 Power System Optimization and Stability Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  10. 10 Non-Destructive Testing Techniques Mechanical Engineering 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 available34.2%not open65.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors32.1%domestic only67.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Transnet (South Africa)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 39% 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 Transnet (South Africa) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00032% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Transnet (South Africa)0.00039% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Transnet (South Africa) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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