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Tygerberg Hospital

In research, Tygerberg Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#3,801 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#5,202 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#13,410
of 28,054 · #12,267 all time
Rank in South Africa
#49
of 87
Research works
2k
▲ 21% vs 2013–17
Citations
42k
21.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
44%
world 28%

What is Tygerberg 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 #3,801 of 10,443 12.1%162 #3372
Health SciencesDomain #5,202 of 11,982 11.9%171 #4132

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Tygerberg 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: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.42× its world share, 16 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.46× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.56× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.70× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.98× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.00× its world share, 162 worksMedicineNursing: 1.34× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.93× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Tygerberg Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Chris Heyns and Carol Johnson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Tygerberg Hospital.

  1. 1 Chris Heyns South Africa · #917,095 worldwide 45 citations · 26 works
  2. 2 Carol Johnson South Africa · #988,156 worldwide 10 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Tygerberg Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Tygerberg Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Antiretroviral Therapy, Complications, Immune Response, Cardiovascular Disease and Inflammation.

▲ 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. Epidemiology36▲ 4.4×90 topics
  2. Diagnosis14▲ 7.1×29 topics
  3. Treatment14▲ 5.3×32 topics
  4. Inflammation11▲ 2.5×40 topics
  5. Cardiovascular Disease9▲ 3.8×23 topics
  6. Antiretroviral Therapy9▲ 26×6 topics
  7. Complications8▲ 7.4×14 topics
  8. Immune Response8▲ 6.5×14 topics
  9. Mortality7▲ 5.7×12 topics
  10. Clinical Practice Guidelines6▲ 5.2×11 topics
  11. Management6▲ 3.6×18 topics
  12. Pandemic6▲ 2.6×6 topics
  13. SARS-CoV-26▲ 8.5×6 topics
  14. Vaccine6▲ 6.8×9 topics
  15. Risk Factors6▲ 2.5×21 topics
  16. Maternal Mortality5▲ 12×5 topics
  17. Myocardial Infarction5▲ 11×5 topics
  18. Metabolic Syndrome5▲ 2.9×16 topics
  19. Surgery5▲ 6.8×9 topics
  20. Global Burden5▲ 4.3×11 topics
  21. Heart Failure5▲ 5.3×11 topics
  22. Guidelines5▲ 4.8×11 topics
  23. Drug Resistance5▲ 7.8×5 topics
  24. Surgical Management5▲ 5.4×13 topics
  25. Pathophysiology4▲ 7.2×8 topics
  26. Genetic Mutations4▲ 4.9×17 topics
  27. Pathogenesis4▲ 4.1×18 topics
  28. HIV Infection4▲ 20×3 topics
  29. Chronic Kidney Disease4▲ 8.1×8 topics
  30. Echocardiography4▲ 7.0×7 topics
  31. Insulin Resistance4▲ 4.1×8 topics
  32. ACE2 Receptor4▲ 7.5×3 topics
  33. Antibiotic Resistance4▲ 4.6×10 topics
  34. Medical Education4▲ 6.6×7 topics
  35. Prenatal Diagnosis3▲ 11×7 topics
  36. Endothelial Dysfunction3▲ 6.8×5 topics
  37. HIV3▲ 17×3 topics
  38. Quality Improvement3▲ 7.7×6 topics
  39. Diagnostic Imaging3▲ 13×4 topics
  40. Prophylaxis3▲ 11×4 topics

Which research topics does Tygerberg Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies, COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies and Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management.

Cardiac Valve Diseases a…2Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 2 fractional worksPregnancy and preeclamps…2Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 2 fractional worksInfective Endocarditis D…2Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management: 2 fractional worksTuberculosis Research an…2Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 2 fractional worksHIV-related health complications and treatments: 2 fractional worksTracheal and airway disorders: 2 fractional worksTrauma and Emergency Car…2Trauma and Emergency Care Studies: 2 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 2 fractional worksPneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment: 2 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineObstetrics and GynecologyInfectious DiseasesEpidemiology2 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  2. 2 Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies Obstetrics and Gynecology 2 works
  3. 3 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 2 works
  4. 4 Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management Epidemiology 2 works
  5. 5 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 2 works
  6. 6 HIV-related health complications and treatments Emergency Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Tracheal and airway disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  8. 8 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency Medicine 2 works
  9. 9 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 2 works
  10. 10 Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment Epidemiology 2 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 available44.4%not open55.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.2%domestic only81.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Tygerberg Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 21% 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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