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Zuid-Afrikaans Hospital

In research, Zuid-Afrikaans Hospital stands highest in Social Sciences (#6,805 of 16,945 worldwide), Social Sciences (#6,459 of 10,206 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#17,097 of 21,541 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#23,962
of 42,892
Rank in South Africa
#87
of 154
Research works
990
▼ 29% vs 2013–17
Citations
9.8k
9.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
50%
world 28%

What is Zuid-Afrikaans Hospital known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Social SciencesDomain #6,805 of 16,945 13.0%589
Social SciencesField #6,459 of 10,206 14.3%294
Physical SciencesDomain #17,097 of 21,541 6.1%278
EngineeringField #9,682 of 11,412 4.9%123

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Zuid-Afrikaans Hospital 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).

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: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Computer Science: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringHealth Professions: 1.28× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.82× its world share, 7 worksMedicineNursing: 8.29× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 6.19× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.95× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.68× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.27× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 8.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Zuid-Afrikaans Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, W. J. Henderson, Stephen Gray and Pieter L. Swart lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Zuid-Afrikaans Hospital.

  1. 1 W. J. Henderson South Africa · #372,617 worldwide 38 citations · 34 works
  2. 2 Stephen Gray South Africa · #433,954 worldwide 9 citations · 28 works
  3. 3 Pieter L. Swart South Africa · #452,729 worldwide 90 citations · 34 works
  4. 4 H.H. Du Preez South Africa · #1,039,095 worldwide 76 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Amy Bessin South Africa · #1,258,831 worldwide 0 citations · 49 works
All ranked researchers at Zuid-Afrikaans Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Zuid-Afrikaans Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Ethnicity, History, Human Rights, Globalization, Dictionaries, Lexicography, Social Justice 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 12 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 12 words, with their numbers
  1. Globalization2▲ 4.0×4 topics
  2. Inflammation2▲ 3.6×5 topics
  3. Ethnicity2▲ 19×3 topics
  4. History2▲ 10×2 topics
  5. Human Rights2▲ 7.1×2 topics
  6. Dictionaries1▲ 177×1 topic
  7. Lexicography1▲ 62×1 topic
  8. Social Justice1▲ 9.7×2 topics
  9. Democratization1▲ 75×1 topic
  10. Indonesia1▲ 10×1 topic
  11. Multiculturalism1▲ 25×1 topic
  12. Socio-Legal Studies1▲ 1328×1 topic

Which research topics does Zuid-Afrikaans Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Lexicography and Language Studies, Asian Studies and History, Multicultural Socio-Legal Studies and Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes.

Lexicography and Language Studies: 1 fractional worksAsian Studies and History: 1 fractional worksMulticultural Socio-Lega…1Multicultural Socio-Legal Studies: 1 fractional worksBariatric Surgery and Ou…0Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes: 0 fractional worksLegal Issues in South Africa: 0 fractional worksMultilingual Education and Policy: 0 fractional worksClinical Nutrition and G…0Clinical Nutrition and Gastroenterology: 0 fractional worksEFL/ESL Teaching and Learning: 0 fractional worksNutrition and Health in Aging: 0 fractional worksShort Stories in Global Literature: 0 fractional works
Language and LinguisticsSociology and Political ScienceSurgeryLaw4 others

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

  1. 1 Lexicography and Language Studies Language and Linguistics 1 works
  2. 2 Asian Studies and History Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  3. 3 Multicultural Socio-Legal Studies Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  4. 4 Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes Surgery 0 works
  5. 5 Legal Issues in South Africa Law 0 works
  6. 6 Multilingual Education and Policy Linguistics and Language 0 works
  7. 7 Clinical Nutrition and Gastroenterology Nutrition and Dietetics 0 works
  8. 8 EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning Language and Linguistics 0 works
  9. 9 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 0 works
  10. 10 Short Stories in Global Literature Literature and Literary Theory 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 available49.9%not open50.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.0%domestic only94.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Zuid-Afrikaans Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 29% 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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