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Hospital / health system · Johannesburg · South Africa

Wits University Donald Gordon Medical Centre

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World rank, all time
#38,718
of 42,892
Rank in South Africa
#146
of 154
Research works
154
▲ 71% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.7k
11.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
73%
world 28%

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: 1.30× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.84× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.56× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.71× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.79× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.73× its world share, 27 worksMedicineNursing: 1.86× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.02× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.42× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Wits University Donald Gordon Medical Centre?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Cardiovascular Disease, Quality of Life, Mortality, Chronic Kidney Disease, Guidelines, Graft Survival 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 18 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology4▲ 2.3×28 topics
  2. Cardiovascular Disease2▲ 5.0×13 topics
  3. Quality of Life2▲ 3.9×11 topics
  4. Inflammation2▲ 2.6×16 topics
  5. Mortality2▲ 7.3×4 topics
  6. Chronic Kidney Disease2▲ 17×5 topics
  7. Guidelines1▲ 8.0×7 topics
  8. Clinical Practice Guidelines1▲ 6.2×7 topics
  9. Global Burden1▲ 6.2×4 topics
  10. Graft Survival1▲ 41×3 topics
  11. Risk Factors1▲ 3.0×7 topics
  12. Treatment1▲ 2.9×10 topics
  13. Diagnosis1▲ 3.4×11 topics
  14. Management1▲ 3.9×10 topics
  15. Prognostic Factors1▲ 7.4×6 topics
  16. Liver Transplantation1▲ 24×4 topics
  17. Oxidative Stress1▲ 1.85×9 topics
  18. Fibrosis1▲ 14×3 topics

Which research topics does Wits University Donald Gordon Medical Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes, Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes, Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection and Dialysis and Renal Disease Management.

Organ Transplantation Te…1Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes: 1 fractional worksChronic Kidney Disease a…1Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes: 1 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Screening and Detection: 1 fractional worksDialysis and Renal Disease Management: 1 fractional worksChronic Disease Management Strategies: 0 fractional worksLiver Disease and Transplantation: 0 fractional worksBiosimilars and Bioanalytical Methods: 0 fractional worksPatient-Provider Communi…0Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare: 0 fractional worksUltrasound and Hyperthermia Applications: 0 fractional worksClinical Laboratory Practices and Quality Control: 0 fractional works
SurgeryNephrologyOncologyEpidemiology5 others

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

  1. 1 Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes Surgery 1 works
  2. 2 Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes Nephrology 1 works
  3. 3 Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Oncology 1 works
  4. 4 Dialysis and Renal Disease Management Nephrology 1 works
  5. 5 Chronic Disease Management Strategies Epidemiology 0 works
  6. 6 Liver Disease and Transplantation Hepatology 0 works
  7. 7 Biosimilars and Bioanalytical Methods Immunology 0 works
  8. 8 Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare General Health Professions 0 works
  9. 9 Ultrasound and Hyperthermia Applications Biomedical Engineering 0 works
  10. 10 Clinical Laboratory Practices and Quality Control Physiology 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 available72.7%not open27.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.0%domestic only77.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Wits University Donald Gordon Medical Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 71% 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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