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Tygerberg Children’s Hospital

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World rank, all time
#33,138
of 34,923
Rank in South Africa
#121
of 126
Research works
123
▼ 69% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.6k
29.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.10×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
41%
world 40%
International
32%
world 18%
Tygerberg Children’s Hospital

Which fields of science does Tygerberg Children’s Hospital work in?

In all years, 83% of research at Tygerberg Children’s Hospital is in Health Sciences, 10% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (76%), Health Professions (6%), Immunology and Microbiology (6%). It does 3.3× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 103 fractional works · 83.5% of its workMedicine: 94 fractional works · 76.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 22 fractional works · 17.6% of its workSurgery: 17 fractional works · 14.1% of its workEpidemiology: 12 fractional works · 9.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 9 fractional works · 6.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 6 fractional works · 5.0% of its workEmergency Medicine: 4 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 8 fractional works · 6.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 6 fractional works · 4.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLife Sciences: 12 fractional works · 9.8% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 7 fractional works · 5.5% of its workVirology: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 4.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKTygerbergChildren’s…123fractional works, all years
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences2%Health Sciences83%Social Sciences5%

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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine9476.0%
    2. Health Professions86.4%
    3. Nursing11.2%
    1. Immunology and Microbiology75.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology22.0%
    3. Neuroscience21.6%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    1. Social Sciences22.0%
    2. Psychology21.5%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.1%
    4. Decision Sciences00.1%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.0%
    1. Environmental Science11.1%
    2. Engineering00.3%
    3. Computer Science00.2%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
    5. Chemistry00.1%
    6. Mathematics00.0%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.75× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.23× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.11× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.70× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 4.17× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.66× its world share, 3 worksMedicineEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.90× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.96× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.05× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 12 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions4.17×1 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3.90×0 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology2.75×0 works
  4. Medicine2.66×3 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.23×0 works
  6. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.11×0 works
  7. Social Sciences1.05×1 works
  8. Psychology0.96×0 works
  9. Environmental Science0.70×0 works
  10. Computer Science0.25×0 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.16×0 works
  12. Engineering0.14×0 works

What are the most cited papers from Tygerberg Children’s Hospital?

The most cited paper from Tygerberg Children’s Hospital is "International incidence of childhood cancer, 2001–10: a population-based registry study" (Eva Steliarova‐Foucher et al., 2017), with 1,807 citations. Next come "Paediatric organophosphate poisoning--a rural hospital experience." (623) and "International consensus on (ICON) pediatric asthma" (462).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 International incidence of childhood cancer, 2001–10: a population-based registry study Eva Steliarova‐Foucher et al. · The Lancet Oncology Open access231 authors 11 Apr 2017 1,807
2 Paediatric organophosphate poisoning--a rural hospital experience. R Dippenaar, Ralph Diedericks · PubMed Sep 2005 623
3 International consensus on (ICON) pediatric asthma Nikolaos G. Papadopoulos et al. · Allergy Open access 15 Jun 2012 462
4 A Refined Symptom-Based Approach to Diagnose Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Children Ben J. Marais, Robert Peter Gie, Anneke Catharina Hesseling et al. · PEDIATRICS Nov 2006 307
5 Twenty Years of Pediatric Tuberculous Meningitis: A Retrospective Cohort Study in the Western Cape of South Africa Gijs T. J. van Well, B Paes, Caroline Barbara Terwee et al. · PEDIATRICS 2009 300
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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-now: Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare, Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health, HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses and Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies.

Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 0 fractional worksAdolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: 0 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Impact and Responses: 0 fractional worksCongenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies: 0 fractional worksNeurological and metabolic disorders: 0 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 0 fractional worksHIV/AIDS drug developmen…0HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment: 0 fractional worksIntestinal Malrotation and Obstruction Disorders: 0 fractional worksAppendicitis Diagnosis and Management: 0 fractional worksInfectious Encephalopath…0Infectious Encephalopathies and Encephalitis: 0 fractional works
Safety ResearchGeneral Health ProfessionsEconomics and EconometricsSurgery3 others

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

  1. 1 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 0 works
  2. 2 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health General Health Professions 0 works
  3. 3 HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  4. 4 Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies Surgery 0 works
  5. 5 Neurological and metabolic disorders Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 0 works
  6. 6 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 0 works
  7. 7 HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment Infectious Diseases 0 works
  8. 8 Intestinal Malrotation and Obstruction Disorders Surgery 0 works
  9. 9 Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management Emergency Medicine 0 works
  10. 10 Infectious Encephalopathies and Encephalitis Infectious Diseases 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 69% lower 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 Tygerberg Children’s Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000017% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Tygerberg Children’s Hospital0.000031% in 202520102020

Fractional works of Tygerberg Children’s Hospital over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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