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VA Syd

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Research works
15
▲ 91% vs 2018-21
Citations
317
21.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.6%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
58%
world 40%
International
25%
world 18%
VA Syd

Not ranked overall: VA Syd is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does VA Syd work in?

In all years, 69% of research at VA Syd is in Physical Sciences, 18% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (43%), Computer Science (10%), Social Sciences (10%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 10 fractional works · 69.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 7 fractional works · 43.3% of its workPollution: 3 fractional works · 17.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 10.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 4.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 2.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 2.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 10.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 7.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 8.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 4.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 2.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 2.9% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 2.2% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCatalysis: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 17.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 9.7% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 5.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 2.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 2.2% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 11.5% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 9.2% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 2.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLife Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workALL ITS WORKVA Syd15fractional works, all years
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences69%Health Sciences12%Social Sciences18%

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 17 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science743.3%
    2. Computer Science210.4%
    3. Engineering18.7%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences02.9%
    5. Mathematics02.2%
    6. Energy01.1%
    7. Chemical Engineering00.5%
    1. Social Sciences19.7%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting15.2%
    3. Psychology01.5%
    4. Arts and Humanities01.1%
    1. Medicine19.2%
    2. Nursing01.1%
    3. Veterinary00.7%
    4. Health Professions00.5%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences01.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.7%
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: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemical Engineering: 3.82× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringEngineering: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 6.15× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 5.67× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsMedicine: 1.10× its world share, 1 worksMedicineNursing: 2.27× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 16.38× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.16× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.69× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Social Sciences: 1.67× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 16.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 11 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary16.38×0 works
  2. Environmental Science6.15×2 works
  3. Mathematics5.67×0 works
  4. Chemical Engineering3.82×0 works
  5. Nursing2.27×0 works
  6. Social Sciences1.67×1 works
  7. Arts and Humanities1.16×0 works
  8. Medicine1.10×1 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting0.69×0 works
  10. Engineering0.53×0 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.42×0 works

What are the most cited papers from VA Syd?

The most cited paper from VA Syd is "Re-Thinking Urban Flood Management—Time for a Regime Shift" (Johanna Sörensen, Andreas Persson, Catharina Sternudd et al., 2016), with 155 citations. Next come "Door-stepping as a strategy for improved food waste recycling behaviour – Evaluation of a full-scale experiment" (87) and "Carbon footprints of Scandinavian wastewater treatment plants" (87).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Re-Thinking Urban Flood Management—Time for a Regime Shift Johanna Sörensen, Andreas Persson, Catharina Sternudd et al. · Water Open access 4 Aug 2016 155
2 Door-stepping as a strategy for improved food waste recycling behaviour – Evaluation of a full-scale experiment Anna Bernstad, Jes la Cour Jansen, A. Aspegren · Resources Conservation and Recycling 26 Feb 2013 87
3 Carbon footprints of Scandinavian wastewater treatment plants David J. I. Gustavsson, Susanne Tumlin · Water Science & Technology Aug 2013 87
4 Removal of organic micropollutants from municipal wastewater by aerobic granular sludge and conventional activated sludge Cecilia Burzio, Jennifer Ekholm, Oskar Modin et al. · Journal of Hazardous Materials Open access 2 Jul 2022 58
5 Full-scale aerobic granular sludge for municipal wastewater treatment – granule formation, microbial succession, and process performance Jennifer Ekholm, Frank Persson, Mark de Blois et al. · Environmental Science Water Research & Technology Open access 2022 47
All 32 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does VA Syd publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal, Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production, COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction and Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy.

Wastewater Treatment and…1Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal: 1 fractional worksAnaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production: 0 fractional worksCOVID-19 Impact on Repro…0COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction: 0 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hes…0Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 0 fractional worksConstructed Wetlands for…0Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment: 0 fractional worksCOVID-19 epidemiological…0COVID-19 epidemiological studies: 0 fractional worksPharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts: 0 fractional worksSexual function and dysfunction studies: 0 fractional worksAfrican Education and Politics: 0 fractional worksMicrobial Community Ecology and Physiology: 0 fractional works
PollutionBuilding and ConstructionObstetrics and GynecologyHealth5 others

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

  1. 1 Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal Pollution 1 works
  2. 2 Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production Building and Construction 0 works
  3. 3 COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction Obstetrics and Gynecology 0 works
  4. 4 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 0 works
  5. 5 Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 0 works
  6. 6 COVID-19 epidemiological studies Modeling and Simulation 0 works
  7. 7 Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts Pollution 0 works
  8. 8 Sexual function and dysfunction studies Psychiatry and Mental health 0 works
  9. 9 African Education and Politics Education 0 works
  10. 10 Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology Ecology 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 available58.2%not open41.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.0%domestic only75.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has VA Syd's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 91% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is VA Syd as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000030% in 2024.

still counting0.000050%0.00010%VA Syd0.0000043% in 202520102020

Fractional works of VA Syd over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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