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Tygerberg Children’s Hospital

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World rank, all time
#33,940
of 42,892
Rank in South Africa
#126
of 154
Research works
123
▼ 36% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.6k
29.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
33.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
41%
world 28%

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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.70× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.66× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.49× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.94× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 2.95× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.04× its world share, 3 worksMedicineEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.97× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.64× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.78× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Which keywords describe research at Tygerberg Children’s Hospital?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Antiretroviral Therapy, Epidemiology, Treatment, Diagnosis, Vaccine, Drug Resistance, Immune Response and HIV Infection.

▲ 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. Epidemiology29▲ 5.8×48 topics
  2. Antiretroviral Therapy26▲ 92×6 topics
  3. Treatment19▲ 12×19 topics
  4. Diagnosis18▲ 15×15 topics
  5. Vaccine15▲ 30×6 topics
  6. Drug Resistance14▲ 37×4 topics
  7. Immune Response14▲ 18×8 topics
  8. HIV Infection14▲ 90×4 topics
  9. Mycobacterium tuberculosis9▲ 115×1 topic
  10. Tuberculosis9▲ 139×1 topic
  11. Clinical Practice Guidelines8▲ 12×3 topics
  12. HIV8▲ 54×4 topics
  13. Surgical Management8▲ 14×7 topics
  14. Meta-Analysis8▲ 11×7 topics
  15. Diagnostic Imaging7▲ 43×3 topics
  16. Inflammation7▲ 2.4×14 topics
  17. Spinal Epidural Abscess6▲ 165×1 topic
  18. Tuberculous Meningitis6▲ 165×1 topic
  19. HIV Transmission6▲ 55×1 topic
  20. Preexposure Prophylaxis6▲ 86×1 topic
  21. Hepatotoxicity5▲ 50×2 topics
  22. Integrase Inhibitors4▲ 86×1 topic
  23. Nucleoside Analogues4▲ 86×1 topic
  24. Opportunistic Infections4▲ 86×2 topics
  25. Antibodies4▲ 36×2 topics
  26. Genetics4▲ 4.1×11 topics
  27. Immune Activation4▲ 32×2 topics
  28. Immunocompromised Patients4▲ 43×2 topics
  29. AIDS4▲ 55×1 topic
  30. Pneumonia4▲ 43×2 topics
  31. neurocognitive disorders4▲ 55×1 topic
  32. Colonization3▲ 73×1 topic
  33. Pneumocystis3▲ 95×1 topic
  34. Preterm Infants3▲ 16×4 topics
  35. Pulmonary Hypertension3▲ 15×3 topics
  36. Abdominal Tuberculosis3▲ 109×1 topic
  37. Diagnostic Challenges3▲ 109×1 topic
  38. Myocardial Infarction3▲ 8.4×2 topics
  39. Lipodystrophy3▲ 99×1 topic
  40. Metabolic Abnormalities3▲ 99×1 topic

Which research topics does Tygerberg Children’s Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Esophageal and GI Pathology, Infectious Encephalopathies and Encephalitis, Tracheal and airway disorders and HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment.

Esophageal and GI Pathol…0Esophageal and GI Pathology: 0 fractional worksInfectious Encephalopath…0Infectious Encephalopathies and Encephalitis: 0 fractional worksTracheal and airway disorders: 0 fractional worksHIV/AIDS drug developmen…0HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment: 0 fractional worksEconomic and Financial I…0Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer: 0 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and In…0HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 0 fractional worksCongenital Diaphragmatic…0Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies: 0 fractional worksNeurological and metabolic disorders: 0 fractional worksAutoimmune Neurological Disorders and Treatments: 0 fractional worksHIV Research and Treatment: 0 fractional works
SurgeryInfectious DiseasesPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineEconomics and Econometrics3 others

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

  1. 1 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 0 works
  2. 2 Infectious Encephalopathies and Encephalitis Infectious Diseases 0 works
  3. 3 Tracheal and airway disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 0 works
  4. 4 HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment Infectious Diseases 0 works
  5. 5 Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  6. 6 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 0 works
  7. 7 Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies Surgery 0 works
  8. 8 Neurological and metabolic disorders Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 0 works
  9. 9 Autoimmune Neurological Disorders and Treatments Neurology 0 works
  10. 10 HIV Research and Treatment Virology 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 available41.2%not open58.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors32.2%domestic only67.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Tygerberg Children’s Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 36% lower than in 2013–2017.

2005201020152020
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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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