South African Medical Research Council
South African Medical Research Council

Cape Town, South Africa

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  • Website www.mrc.ac.za
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  • CityCape Town
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  • RegionWestern Cape
  • Country ZASouth Africa
  • Created 24 Jun 2016
  • Updated 23 Oct 2026
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South African Medical Research Council

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

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South African Medical Research Council is a Other institution located in South Africa. It has contributed 16,736 works, cited 1,366,594 times.

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South African Medical Research Council
16,736

Works

1,366,594

Citations

411

H-Index

18,678

i10-Index

5.19

2yr Mean

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Top Authors

Publication & Citation Trend
Work Types
Open Access Status
Primary Research Topics
OpenAlex Topics
TopicFieldSubfieldWorks
HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Medicine Infectious Diseases 2,096
Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Medicine Infectious Diseases 1,668
Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis Medicine Surgery 931
HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk Medicine Epidemiology 679
Health Policy Implementation Science Health Professions General Health Professions 633
Global Maternal and Child Health Medicine Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 610
Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes Medicine Epidemiology 593
Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Health Professions General Health Professions 502
SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Medicine Infectious Diseases 473
Intimate Partner and Family Violence Social Sciences Health 461
Top Research Concepts
UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)
Top Collaborating Institutions
Top Cited Works
#TitleYearCitationsType
1 PRISMA Extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR): Checklist and Explanation 2018 43,174 Article
2 Global and regional mortality from 235 causes of death for 20 age groups in 1990 and 2010: a systema... 2012 14,080 Article
3 Global, regional, and national prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adults during 19... 2014 11,954 Article
4 A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and ri... 2012 11,805 Article
5 Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 291 diseases and injuries in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a sys... 2012 8,888 Article
6 Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 301 acute ... 2015 6,415 Article
7 The Lancet Commission on global mental health and sustainable development 2018 3,663 Article
8 Global, Regional, and National Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Years of Life Lost, Years Lived With Dis... 2019 2,509 Article
9 Cervical cancer 2019 2,428 Article
10 Global Burden of Hypertension and Systolic Blood Pressure of at Least 110 to 115 mm Hg, 1990-2015 2017 2,381 Article
Top Authors
#AuthorWorksCitationsORCID
1 Dan Joseph Stein 3,158 295,636
2 André Pascal Kengne 940 173,230
3 Charles Shey Wiysonge 679 139,167
4 Soraya Seedat 1,010 121,662
5 Charles D. H. Parry 419 109,816
6 Liesl Joanna Zuhlke 323 98,673
7 Lisa F. Berkman 865 84,426
8 Richard Matzopoulos 205 79,151
9 Lehana Thabane 1,582 78,844
10 Abdu A. Adamu 97 72,503
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