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Hospital / health system · Mthatha · South Africa

Zithulele Hospital

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Research works
51
▼ 51% vs 2013–17
Citations
387
7.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
26.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
41%
world 28%

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

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: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 6.93× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Mathematics: 2.37× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 6.61× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.65× its world share, 2 worksMedicineEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.72× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 6.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Zithulele Hospital?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Maternal Mortality, Complications, Prognostic Factors, Mechanical Ventilation, Diagnosis and Antiretroviral Therapy.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Epidemiology6▲ 3.0×28 topics
  2. Treatment4▲ 5.9×9 topics
  3. Maternal Mortality3▲ 33×3 topics
  4. Inflammation3▲ 2.4×11 topics
  5. Diagnosis3▲ 5.0×8 topics
  6. Complications2▲ 8.9×6 topics
  7. Prognostic Factors2▲ 9.8×4 topics
  8. Mechanical Ventilation2▲ 33×2 topics
  9. Public Health2▲ 3.0×9 topics
  10. Antiretroviral Therapy2▲ 17×6 topics
  11. Healthcare2▲ 5.4×4 topics
  12. Chemotherapy2▲ 5.4×4 topics
  13. Health Inequalities2▲ 35×2 topics
  14. Child Mortality2▲ 62×1 topic
  15. Clinical Practice Guidelines2▲ 6.3×5 topics
  16. Health Systems2▲ 62×1 topic
  17. Risk Factors2▲ 3.5×6 topics
  18. Cardiovascular Disease2▲ 3.0×9 topics
  19. Breast Cancer2▲ 11×3 topics
  20. Endothelial Dysfunction2▲ 11×2 topics
  21. Cardiovascular Health1▲ 15×2 topics
  22. Primary Care1▲ 6.4×5 topics
  23. Surgical Management1▲ 5.8×4 topics
  24. Genetic Diversity1▲ 5.0×2 topics
  25. Health Policy1▲ 16×2 topics
  26. Nuclear Receptors1▲ 14×2 topics
  27. Viral Load1▲ 36×2 topics
  28. Acute Lung Injury1▲ 36×1 topic
  29. Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome1▲ 36×1 topic
  30. HIV Transmission1▲ 28×2 topics
  31. Preexposure Prophylaxis1▲ 42×1 topic
  32. Stigma and Discrimination1▲ 42×1 topic
  33. Vaccine1▲ 5.7×7 topics
  34. Placental Development1▲ 34×1 topic
  35. Preeclampsia1▲ 28×1 topic
  36. Airway Stenosis1▲ 30×1 topic
  37. Clinical Outcomes1▲ 9.7×2 topics
  38. Diagnostic Criteria1▲ 9.4×1 topic
  39. Differentiated Thyroid Cancer1▲ 51×1 topic
  40. Quality Improvement1▲ 9.6×2 topics

Which research topics does Zithulele Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Global Maternal and Child Health, Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology, Primary Care and Health Outcomes and HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions.

Global Maternal and Child Health: 0 fractional worksTuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 0 fractional worksPrimary Care and Health Outcomes: 0 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and In…0HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 0 fractional worksVascular anomalies and interventions: 0 fractional worksGlobal Health Workforce Issues: 0 fractional worksHealth Policy Implementation Science: 0 fractional worksBreastfeeding Practices and Influences: 0 fractional worksPneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment: 0 fractional worksAntibiotic Use and Resistance: 0 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthInfectious DiseasesGeneral Health ProfessionsSurgery3 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 0 works
  2. 2 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 0 works
  3. 3 Primary Care and Health Outcomes General Health Professions 0 works
  4. 4 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 0 works
  5. 5 Vascular anomalies and interventions Surgery 0 works
  6. 6 Global Health Workforce Issues Emergency Medical Services 0 works
  7. 7 Health Policy Implementation Science General Health Professions 0 works
  8. 8 Breastfeeding Practices and Influences Epidemiology 0 works
  9. 9 Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment Epidemiology 0 works
  10. 10 Antibiotic Use and Resistance Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 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 available41.0%not open59.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.7%domestic only79.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Zithulele Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 51% lower 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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