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WAM Technology (South Africa)

wamsys.co.zaROR OpenAlex
Research works
4
▲ 175% vs 2018-21
Citations
31
8.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.1%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
79%
world 40%
International
38%
world 18%
WAM Technology (South Africa)

Not ranked overall: WAM Technology (South Africa) is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does WAM Technology (South Africa) work in?

In all years, 32% of research at WAM Technology (South Africa) is in Social Sciences, 30% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (27%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (22%), Environmental Science (22%).

Social Sciences: 1 fractional works · 32.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 27.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 2.7% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 29.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 21.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 8.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1 fractional works · 24.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 21.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 2.7% of its workHealth Sciences: 0 fractional works · 13.5% of its workMedicine: 0 fractional works · 13.5% of its workALL ITS WORKWAM Technology(South Africa)4fractional works, all years
Life Sciences30%Physical Sciences24%Health Sciences14%Social Sciences32%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields. 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 8 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences127.0%
    2. Arts and Humanities02.7%
    3. Psychology02.7%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences121.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology08.1%
    1. Environmental Science121.6%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences02.7%
    1. Medicine013.5%
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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 7.48× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.78× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Earth and Planetary Sciences: 2.83× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Environmental Science: 2.98× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMedicine: 0.96× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 2.05× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesPsychology: 1.94× its world share, 0 worksPsychology1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 7.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 7 fields, with their numbers
  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences7.48×1 works
  2. Environmental Science2.98×0 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.83×0 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.78×0 works
  5. Arts and Humanities2.05×0 works
  6. Psychology1.94×0 works
  7. Medicine0.96×0 works

What are the most cited papers from WAM Technology (South Africa)?

The most cited paper from WAM Technology (South Africa) is "Shrinking before our isles: the rapid expression of insular dwarfism in two invasive populations of guttural toad ( Sclerophrys gutturalis )" (James H. Baxter‐Gilbert, Julia L. Riley, Carla Wagener et al., 2020), with 31 citations. Next come "Evolutionary dynamics of the clade 2.3.4.4B H5N8 high‐pathogenicity avian influenza outbreaks in coastal seabirds and other species in southern Africa from 2017 to 2019" (18) and "Parasite diversity associated with African penguins (Spheniscus demersus) and the effect of host and environmental factors" (16).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Shrinking before our isles: the rapid expression of insular dwarfism in two invasive populations of guttural toad ( Sclerophrys gutturalis ) James H. Baxter‐Gilbert, Julia L. Riley, Carla Wagener et al. · Biology Letters Open access 17 Nov 2020 31
2 Evolutionary dynamics of the clade 2.3.4.4B H5N8 high‐pathogenicity avian influenza outbreaks in coastal seabirds and other species in southern Africa from 2017 to 2019 Belinda Peyrot, Célia Abolnik, Tasneem Anthony et al. · Transboundary and Emerging Diseases Open access 21 Oct 2022 18
3 Parasite diversity associated with African penguins (Spheniscus demersus) and the effect of host and environmental factors Marcela P. A. Espinaze, Cang Hui, Lauren J. Waller et al. · Parasitology Open access 6 Feb 2019 16
4 A structured ecosystem-scale approach to marine water quality management Susan Taljaard, Pms Monteiro, WAM Botes · Water SA Open access 10 Dec 2007 15
5 Human surveillance and phylogeny of highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N8) during an outbreak in poultry in South Africa, 2017 Ziyaad Valley‐Omar, Alicia Cloete, Reneé Pieterse et al. · Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses Open access 14 Feb 2020 10
All 17 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

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

By volume in 2022-now: Nitrogen and Sulfur Effects on Brassica, Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects, Climate change impacts on agriculture and Architecture and Cultural Influences.

Nitrogen and Sulfur Effe…0Nitrogen and Sulfur Effects on Brassica: 0 fractional worksPlant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects: 0 fractional worksClimate change impacts o…0Climate change impacts on agriculture: 0 fractional worksArchitecture and Cultura…0Architecture and Cultural Influences: 0 fractional worksFacilities and Workplace Management: 0 fractional worksInfluenza Virus Research Studies: 0 fractional worksIrrigation Practices and…0Irrigation Practices and Water Management: 0 fractional worksGroundwater flow and contamination studies: 0 fractional worksKorean Urban and Social Studies: 0 fractional worksPotato Plant Research0Potato Plant Research: 0 fractional works
Molecular BiologyPlant ScienceEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsArcheology6 others

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

  1. 1 Nitrogen and Sulfur Effects on Brassica Molecular Biology 0 works
  2. 2 Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects Plant Science 0 works
  3. 3 Climate change impacts on agriculture Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 0 works
  4. 4 Architecture and Cultural Influences Archeology 0 works
  5. 5 Facilities and Workplace Management Social Psychology 0 works
  6. 6 Influenza Virus Research Studies Epidemiology 0 works
  7. 7 Irrigation Practices and Water Management Soil Science 0 works
  8. 8 Groundwater flow and contamination studies Environmental Engineering 0 works
  9. 9 Korean Urban and Social Studies Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 0 works
  10. 10 Potato Plant Research Food Science 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 available79.0%not open21.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors38.1%domestic only61.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 175% higher than in 2018-2021.

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