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Western Cape Department of Health

In research, Western Cape Department of Health stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,139 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#4,470 of 10,443 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#7,825 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Infectious Diseases, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and General Health Professions — Infectious Diseases is 11.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,950
of 28,054 · #12,395 all time
Rank in South Africa
#39
of 87
Research works
968
▲ 111% vs 2013–17
Citations
18k
18.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
79%
world 28%

What is Western Cape Department of Health 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
Health SciencesDomain #3,139 of 11,982 21.9%260 #4149
MedicineField #4,470 of 10,443 20.0%198 #5447
Social SciencesDomain #7,825 of 10,521 31.0%61 #10196

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Western Cape Department of Health 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Health Sciences#4,149 #3,139
  2. Medicine#5,447 #4,470
  3. Social Sciences#10,196 #7,825
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Western Cape Department of Health specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Infectious Diseases takes 11.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 28.6 works12×
  2. Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSubfield · 20.4 works7.6×
  3. General Health ProfessionsSubfield · 35.4 works7.2×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.26× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.48× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.37× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.44× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.20× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.58× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 5.50× its world share, 52 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.87× its world share, 198 worksMedicineNursing: 4.34× its world share, 8 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.54× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.35× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.57× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.17× its world share, 9 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.36× its world share, 15 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.67× its world share, 30 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 5.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Western Cape Department of Health?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Antiretroviral Therapy, Primary Care, Maternal Mortality, Vaccine, Public Health, Mortality Rates and Quality of Life.

▲ 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. Epidemiology51▲ 3.6×90 topics
  2. Antiretroviral Therapy24▲ 42×6 topics
  3. Public Health19▲ 3.6×35 topics
  4. Primary Care18▲ 14×14 topics
  5. Quality of Life18▲ 3.5×30 topics
  6. Maternal Mortality15▲ 19×5 topics
  7. Risk Factors15▲ 3.8×31 topics
  8. Inflammation14▲ 1.91×41 topics
  9. Vaccine13▲ 9.2×11 topics
  10. Immune Response13▲ 6.4×15 topics
  11. Mental Health13▲ 2.5×26 topics
  12. Mortality Rates13▲ 37×2 topics
  13. Health Inequalities12▲ 28×4 topics
  14. Diagnosis12▲ 3.6×27 topics
  15. Global Burden12▲ 6.2×12 topics
  16. Treatment12▲ 2.7×29 topics
  17. HIV Transmission12▲ 44×2 topics
  18. Viral Load11▲ 40×2 topics
  19. COVID-1911▲ 2.3×19 topics
  20. Quality Improvement11▲ 16×8 topics
  21. Community Health Workers11▲ 37×2 topics
  22. Cardiovascular Disease11▲ 2.8×27 topics
  23. Child Mortality11▲ 43×1 topic
  24. Health Systems11▲ 43×1 topic
  25. Preexposure Prophylaxis11▲ 62×1 topic
  26. Stigma and Discrimination11▲ 62×1 topic
  27. Global Health10▲ 18×4 topics
  28. Mortality10▲ 4.8×12 topics
  29. Drug Resistance10▲ 9.7×5 topics
  30. HIV Infection10▲ 27×4 topics
  31. Medical Education9▲ 10×10 topics
  32. Chronic Disease Management9▲ 13×5 topics
  33. Ethical Considerations9▲ 7.4×9 topics
  34. Evidence-Based Practice8▲ 18×4 topics
  35. SARS-CoV-27▲ 6.1×6 topics
  36. Adolescent Health6▲ 21×2 topics
  37. Behavior Change6▲ 12×4 topics
  38. Poverty6▲ 20×4 topics
  39. HIV6▲ 21×4 topics
  40. Health Policy6▲ 11×2 topics

Which research topics does Western Cape Department of Health publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Global Maternal and Child Health, HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions, Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health and Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology.

Global Maternal and Child Health: 11 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 11 fractional worksAdolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: 5 fractional worksTuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 5 fractional worksPrimary Care and Health Outcomes: 5 fractional worksHealth Policy Implementation Science: 4 fractional worksGlobal Health and Surgery4Global Health and Surgery: 4 fractional worksInnovations in Medical E…4Innovations in Medical Education: 4 fractional worksGlobal Health Workforce …4Global Health Workforce Issues: 4 fractional worksInterprofessional Educat…4Interprofessional Education and Collaboration: 4 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthInfectious DiseasesGeneral Health ProfessionsPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health1 others

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

  1. 1 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 11 works
  2. 2 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 11 works
  3. 3 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health General Health Professions 5 works
  4. 4 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 5 works
  5. 5 Primary Care and Health Outcomes General Health Professions 5 works
  6. 6 Health Policy Implementation Science General Health Professions 4 works
  7. 7 Global Health and Surgery Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  8. 8 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  9. 9 Global Health Workforce Issues Emergency Medical Services 4 works
  10. 10 Interprofessional Education and Collaboration General Health Professions 4 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 available79.1%not open20.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors40.0%domestic only60.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Western Cape Department of Health's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 111% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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