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Transnet (South Africa)

In research, Transnet (South Africa) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#17,080 of 21,541 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#23,857
of 28,054 · #28,405 all time
Rank in South Africa
#77
of 87
Research works
329
▲ 24% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.8k
11.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
34%
world 28%

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 #17,080 of 21,541 8.6%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 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: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.42× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.46× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 3.55× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.23× its world share, 23 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.11× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.27× its world share, 4 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 1.96× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.36× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.91× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.06× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.76× 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, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Transnet (South Africa)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainability, Climate Change, Renewable Energy, Risk Management, Supply Chain Management, Andean Geodynamics, Caribbean Plate Boundary and Renewable Energy Integration.

▲ 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. Sustainability5▲ 3.1×23 topics
  2. Climate Change5▲ 2.6×19 topics
  3. Deep Learning4▲ 1.53×14 topics
  4. Renewable Energy3▲ 3.2×15 topics
  5. Machine Learning3▲ 1.19×13 topics
  6. Supply Chain Management2▲ 3.8×7 topics
  7. Innovation2▲ 2.9×10 topics
  8. Risk Management2▲ 6.2×5 topics
  9. Andean Geodynamics2▲ 357×1 topic
  10. Caribbean Plate Boundary2▲ 357×1 topic
  11. Depression2▲ 2.8×6 topics
  12. Public Health2▲ 1.64×10 topics
  13. Renewable Energy Integration2▲ 7.2×2 topics
  14. Power Electronics2▲ 7.0×3 topics
  15. Sustainable Development2▲ 1.45×7 topics
  16. Knowledge Management2▲ 3.9×4 topics
  17. Leadership1▲ 4.2×5 topics
  18. Smart Grid Applications1▲ 15×2 topics
  19. Defect Detection1▲ 14×2 topics
  20. Adolescents1▲ 4.5×3 topics
  21. Environmental Governance1▲ 26×2 topics
  22. Water Resources1▲ 7.3×3 topics
  23. Anxiety1▲ 3.4×3 topics
  24. Construction Projects1▲ 35×2 topics
  25. Corpus Linguistics1▲ 7.1×2 topics
  26. Health-related Quality of Life1▲ 6.8×2 topics
  27. Hydrological Modeling1▲ 6.8×3 topics
  28. Optimization1▲ 3.5×2 topics
  29. Social Justice1▲ 2.7×4 topics
  30. Biblical Monotheism1▲ 55×1 topic
  31. Cancer Survivorship1▲ 20×1 topic
  32. Digital Economy1▲ 7.9×3 topics
  33. Distributed Power Generation1▲ 14×1 topic
  34. Jewish Society1▲ 55×1 topic
  35. Microgrid Control1▲ 14×1 topic
  36. Neural Machine Translation1▲ 15×1 topic
  37. Patient-Reported Outcomes1▲ 27×1 topic
  38. Physical Activity1▲ 3.1×2 topics
  39. Statistical Machine Translation1▲ 15×1 topic
  40. Urban Planning1▲ 19×3 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Geological and Tectonic Studies in Latin America, Biblical Studies and Interpretation, Natural Language Processing Techniques and Microgrid Control and Optimization.

Geological and Tectonic …2Geological and Tectonic Studies in Latin America: 2 fractional worksBiblical Studies and Int…1Biblical Studies and Interpretation: 1 fractional worksNatural Language Process…1Natural Language Processing Techniques: 1 fractional worksMicrogrid Control and Op…1Microgrid Control and Optimization: 1 fractional worksCancer survivorship and care: 1 fractional worksReservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods: 1 fractional worksEnvironmental and Ecolog…1Environmental and Ecological Studies: 1 fractional worksNon-Destructive Testing Techniques: 1 fractional worksMaritime Ports and Logistics: 1 fractional worksIndustrial Vision System…1Industrial Vision Systems and Defect Detection: 1 fractional works
GeophysicsReligious studiesArtificial IntelligenceControl and Systems Engineering5 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 Biblical Studies and Interpretation Religious studies 1 works
  3. 3 Natural Language Processing Techniques Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  4. 4 Microgrid Control and Optimization Control and Systems Engineering 1 works
  5. 5 Cancer survivorship and care Oncology 1 works
  6. 6 Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods Ocean Engineering 1 works
  7. 7 Environmental and Ecological Studies Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 1 works
  8. 8 Non-Destructive Testing Techniques Mechanical Engineering 1 works
  9. 9 Maritime Ports and Logistics Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 1 works
  10. 10 Industrial Vision Systems and Defect Detection Industrial and Manufacturing 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 24% 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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