Scientist and Universty Rankings 2024

Africa Scientists Rankings 2024

AD Scientific Index - Africa World Scientists Rankings - 2024 H INDEX i10 INDEX CITATION
University / Institution Country Region World Name Country University / Institution Subject Total Last 6 year Last 6 year/total Total Last 6 year Last 6 year/total Total Last 6 year Last 6 year/total
1 1 1 50
Morocco Université Hassan II de Casablanca Université Hassan II de Casablanca Natural Sciences / Physics

Physique des particules |

251 170 0.677 1,586 1,028 0.648 319,370 137,774 0.431
1 1 2 124
Egypt Helwan University Helwan University

Physics and Astronomy |

232 165 0.711 1,098 1,001 0.912 287,803 160,538 0.558
1 2 3 166
Morocco Université Mohammed V de Rabat Université Mohammed V de Rabat Natural Sciences / Physics

Nuclear Physics | Medical Physics | High Energy Physics |

227 166 0.731 972 859 0.884 256,657 134,633 0.525
1 3 4 179
Morocco Université Hassan II Ain Chock Université Hassan II Ain Chock

High Energy Physics && Nuclear Physics |

225 159 0.707 1,028 908 0.883 245,136 122,268 0.499
2 4 5 199
Morocco Université Mohammed V de Rabat Université Mohammed V de Rabat Natural Sciences / Physics

High Energy Physics | Big data | Grid Computing |

222 163 0.734 888 817 0.920 280,201 141,449 0.505
1 1 6 345
South Africa University of Cape Town University of Cape Town Natural Sciences / Physics

High Energy Particle Physics |

206 148 0.718 1,028 802 0.780 248,770 123,389 0.496
1 2 7 603
Egypt Zewail City of Science and Technology Zewail City of Science and Technology Natural Sciences / Physics

High Energy Physics |

189 143 0.757 885 743 0.840 180,454 102,732 0.569
1 3 8 650
Egypt British University in Egypt British University in Egypt Natural Sciences / Physics

Experimental High Energy Physics. Detector and Instrumintation |

187 115 0.615 599 518 0.865 132,495 57,011 0.430
1 4 9 679
Egypt Cairo University Cairo University Natural Sciences / Physics

nuclear Physics | high energy Physics |

185 134 0.724 606 566 0.934 160,103 87,985 0.550
2 2 10 955
South Africa University of Cape Town University of Cape Town Medical and Health Sciences / Psychiatry

Anxiety disorders | Psychiatry in Africa |

168 114 0.679 1,077 892 0.828 138,541 80,486 0.581

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2 5 11 962
Egypt British University in Egypt British University in Egypt

Particle Physics |

168 104 0.619 514 439 0.854 120,007 53,616 0.447
1 3 12 965
South Africa University of Johannesburg University of Johannesburg Natural Sciences / Physics

HEP | LHC | ATLAS |

168 147 0.875 612 605 0.989 111,429 87,707 0.787
1 6 13 1,034
Egypt Fayoum University Fayoum University Natural Sciences / Physics

High Energy Physics |

165 115 0.697 506 459 0.907 133,425 65,652 0.492
1 4 14 1,567
South Africa Stellenbosch University Stellenbosch University Natural Sciences / Biological Science

invasion ecology | invasion biology | invasion science | conservation biology | biological invasions |

147 105 0.714 480 406 0.846 89,825 39,877 0.444
1 5 15 1,790
South Africa University of the Witwatersrand University of the Witwatersrand Natural Sciences / Physics

Particle Physics |

142 101 0.711 632 458 0.725 105,004 49,865 0.475
1 6 16 1,895
South Africa Cape Peninsula University of Technology Cape Peninsula University of Technology

Running | Nutrition | Exercise Physiology | Insulin Resistance | Diabetes |

141 64 0.454 532 344 0.647 61,674 15,862 0.257
1 1 17 2,127
Kenya Kenya Medical Research Institute Kenya Medical Research Institute

Malaria | Africa |

137 64 0.467 419 313 0.747 65,762 16,302 0.248
1 7 18 2,298
Egypt Ain Shams University Ain Shams University Natural Sciences / Physics

Computational Physics and Computer Sciences |

134 86 0.642 251 208 0.829 102,158 40,370 0.395
3 7 19 2,830
South Africa University of Cape Town University of Cape Town Natural Sciences / Physics

Physics | Thermal Models | particle Physics |

128 98 0.766 464 364 0.784 73,466 37,962 0.517
2 8 20 3,056
Egypt Ain Shams University Ain Shams University Natural Sciences / Physics

Particle Physics | High Energy Physics | Nuclear Physics | CMS | CERN |

126 111 0.881 290 282 0.972 51,988 41,271 0.794
1 1 21 3,380
Nigeria University of Ibadan University of Ibadan Medical and Health Sciences / Psychiatry

Psychiatry |

122 91 0.746 407 339 0.833 95,229 59,455 0.624
1 1 22 3,599
Algeria Djillali Liabes university of Sidi Bel Abbes Djillali Liabes university of Sidi Bel Abbes Natural Sciences / Mathematical Sciences

Nanocomposites | Mechanics of Nano-structures | Composite structures | Applied Mathematics | Plates and Shells |

121 111 0.917 418 366 0.876 41,235 30,647 0.743
1 8 23 3,643
South Africa University of Pretoria University of Pretoria Agriculture & Forestry / Forestry

forest protection | mycology | entomology | biotechnology |

120 75 0.625 987 657 0.666 70,332 32,657 0.464
2 9 24 3,661
South Africa University of Johannesburg University of Johannesburg Natural Sciences / Physics

Nuclear Physics | Particle Physics | Diamond Physics | Quantum Physics |

120 94 0.783 340 274 0.806 63,827 38,539 0.604
2 10 25 4,219
South Africa University of the Witwatersrand University of the Witwatersrand Natural Sciences / Physics

High Energy physics | Grid Computing |

116 98 0.845 330 309 0.936 63,733 36,287 0.569
1 11 26 4,440
South Africa Nelson Mandela University Nelson Mandela University Natural Sciences / Biological Science

Plant diversity and evolution | palaeovegetation science | conservation science |

115 53 0.461 378 263 0.696 43,153 12,328 0.286
4 12 27 5,006
South Africa University of Cape Town University of Cape Town Natural Sciences / Biological Science

Ecology | evolution |

111 74 0.667 303 234 0.772 61,769 27,907 0.452
5 13 28 5,938
South Africa University of Cape Town University of Cape Town Medical and Health Sciences / Chest Diseases

Respiratory medicine |

106 68 0.642 309 229 0.741 63,347 25,873 0.408
6 14 29 6,332
South Africa University of Cape Town University of Cape Town Medical and Health Sciences / Cardiology

cardiology | heart failure | Africa | peripartum | covid |

104 84 0.808 294 264 0.898 119,790 79,913 0.667
3 15 30 6,642
South Africa University of the Witwatersrand University of the Witwatersrand

First interest | Second interest | Vaccinology | Respiratory pathogens |

103 76 0.738 487 425 0.873 54,194 35,781 0.660
4 16 31 6,811
South Africa University of the Witwatersrand University of the Witwatersrand Natural Sciences / Biological Science

carbon cycle | savannas | earth observation | biodiversity |

102 67 0.657 297 205 0.690 134,005 53,788 0.401
5 17 32 7,272
South Africa University of the Witwatersrand University of the Witwatersrand Natural Sciences / Physics

High Energy Physics |

101 101 1.000 346 346 1.000 36,136 35,389 0.979
1 18 33 7,312
South Africa University of South Africa University of South Africa

corrosion | corrosion inhibition | corrosion of metals | adsorption | quantum chemical calculations |

101 81 0.802 421 381 0.905 32,565 21,979 0.675
1 2 34 7,462
Kenya International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) Agriculture & Forestry / Agriculture

agriculture |

100 79 0.790 281 206 0.733 43,774 25,721 0.588
1 3 35 7,762
Kenya World Agroforestry (ICRAF) World Agroforestry (ICRAF) Agriculture & Forestry / Forestry

roots | agroforestry | ecosystem services | landscape | water |

99 58 0.586 517 317 0.613 41,969 16,801 0.400
1 9 36 7,822
Egypt American University in Cairo American University in Cairo Natural Sciences / Physics

Experimental High Energy Nuclear and Particle Physics | Cosmology | Nano-Physics | General Relativity | Computational Physics |

99 66 0.667 248 226 0.911 37,862 15,791 0.417
1 19 37 8,375
South Africa University of Kwazulu Natal University of Kwazulu Natal Natural Sciences / Chemical Sciences

medicinal chemistry | peptides |

97 60 0.619 663 372 0.561 43,419 18,003 0.415
7 20 38 8,616
South Africa University of Cape Town University of Cape Town Medical and Health Sciences / Medicine

Medicine |

96 72 0.750 286 230 0.804 110,125 69,297 0.629
8 21 39 8,715
South Africa University of Cape Town University of Cape Town Medical and Health Sciences / Chest Diseases

pulmonary infections | tuberculosis | diseases of poverty |

96 68 0.708 281 248 0.883 42,960 24,793 0.577
9 22 40 8,995
South Africa University of Cape Town University of Cape Town Medical and Health Sciences / Pediatrics and Child Health

95 75 0.789 360 306 0.850 50,287 29,467 0.586

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1 23 41 9,098
South Africa North West University North West University Engineering & Technology / Civil Engineering

Pulsars | gamma-ray astronomy | globular clusters | cosmic rays |

95 56 0.589 242 216 0.893 38,031 14,568 0.383
2 24 42 9,603
South Africa Stellenbosch University Stellenbosch University Medical and Health Sciences / Infectious Diseases

Tuberculosis |

94 59 0.628 325 250 0.769 30,771 13,390 0.435
2 10 43 9,658
Egypt American University in Cairo American University in Cairo Medical and Health Sciences / Cardiology

Electrocardiography | Atrial fibrillation | Preventive cardiology | Cardiovascular epidemiology | Global health |

93 78 0.839 450 422 0.938 120,323 60,395 0.502
1 11 44 10,075
Egypt Egypt Japan University of Science & Technology Egypt Japan University of Science & Technology Natural Sciences / Physics

Space weather | ionosphere | cosmic rays | solar physics | particle physics |

92 76 0.826 174 154 0.885 54,411 31,128 0.572
1 5 45 10,318
Morocco Université Mohammed Premier Oujda Université Mohammed Premier Oujda Natural Sciences / Chemical Sciences

Chemistry & Environment & Electrochemistry |

92 54 0.587 537 398 0.741 31,117 14,718 0.473
1 25 46 10,332
South Africa South African Medical Research Council South African Medical Research Council Medical and Health Sciences / Biostatistics

Biostatistics |

92 55 0.598 379 254 0.670 30,517 10,905 0.357
6 26 47 10,537
South Africa University of the Witwatersrand University of the Witwatersrand Natural Sciences / Physics

gamma-ray astronomy | Cosmic Rays |

91 56 0.615 211 189 0.896 42,387 16,860 0.398
1 27 48 11,238
South Africa University of the Western Cape University of the Western Cape Natural Sciences / Physics

Physics |

90 48 0.533 247 169 0.684 25,718 9,348 0.363
10 28 49 11,830
South Africa University of Cape Town University of Cape Town Natural Sciences / Mathematical Sciences

Relativity | cosmology | complexity |

88 46 0.523 296 158 0.534 46,438 12,019 0.259
1 12 50 11,837
Egypt Alexandria University Alexandria University Natural Sciences / Physics

Structural Egeneering | EM-DRIVE | Nano-Tech Casimir Reactors | Nonlinear Dynamics-Quantum Physics and Cosmology-Dark Energy-Deter |

88 37 0.420 815 190 0.233 44,917 9,660 0.215
1 1 51 11,882
Uganda Makerere University Makerere University

internal medicine | medical education | clinical epidemiology and biostatistics | health systems management | knowledge translation |

88 44 0.500 283 203 0.717 39,402 10,765 0.273
1 1 52 11,944
Namibia University of Namibia University of Namibia Natural Sciences / Physics

Physics | Astrophysics | Computational Physics |

88 52 0.591 200 178 0.890 34,918 13,104 0.375
3 13 53 12,067
Egypt British University in Egypt British University in Egypt

88 83 0.943 218 210 0.963 30,327 26,335 0.868
1 29 54 12,091
South Africa National Institute for Communicable Diseases National Institute for Communicable Diseases National Institute for Communicable Diseases

Vaccines |

88 52 0.591 249 178 0.715 29,350 12,545 0.427
3 30 55 12,387
South Africa University of Johannesburg University of Johannesburg

Astroparticle Physics | High Energy Astrophysics | Gamma-ray Astronomy |

87 61 0.701 194 165 0.851 39,918 19,266 0.483

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2 31 56 12,407
South Africa University of Kwazulu Natal University of Kwazulu Natal Medical and Health Sciences / Epidemiology and Public Health

HIV Prevention and Treatment |

87 65 0.747 355 230 0.648 37,961 17,807 0.469
11 32 57 12,417
South Africa University of Cape Town University of Cape Town Medical and Health Sciences / Epidemiology and Public Health

physical activity and public health | non-communicable diseases | health behavior change | global south and healthy cities | obesity |

87 62 0.713 311 246 0.791 37,557 23,137 0.616
2 4 58 12,965
Kenya World Agroforestry (ICRAF) World Agroforestry (ICRAF) Kunming Institute of Botany; World Agroforestry Center (ICRAF)

ethnoecology | fungi ecology | biodiversity conservation | landscape restoration |

86 70 0.814 373 324 0.869 35,596 22,871 0.643
12 33 59 13,106
South Africa University of Cape Town University of Cape Town Medical and Health Sciences / Family Medicine

epidemiology | biostatistics | HIV | maternal & child health | women's health |

86 60 0.698 384 310 0.807 29,662 13,446 0.453
1 1 60 13,219
Tunisia Université de Tunis el Manar Université de Tunis el Manar University Tunis-El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia

Physics | Nuclear | High Energy Physics |

86 28 0.326 203 71 0.350 26,488 3,748 0.141
1 34 61 13,462
South Africa Human Sciences Research Council of South Africa Human Sciences Research Council of South Africa Medical and Health Sciences / Health Sciences

health sciences |

85 67 0.788 593 428 0.722 36,969 21,727 0.588
2 35 62 13,736
South Africa North West University North West University

Psychology |

85 55 0.647 324 239 0.738 27,608 11,926 0.432
13 36 63 13,987
South Africa University of Cape Town University of Cape Town Engineering & Technology / Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences

astronomy and astrophysics |

84 56 0.667 232 172 0.741 51,392 21,263 0.414
1 37 64 14,146
South Africa Rhodes University Rhodes University Natural Sciences / Chemical Sciences

Photophysics |

84 40 0.476 675 442 0.655 32,445 13,005 0.401
2 14 65 14,181
Egypt Cairo University Cairo University Engineering & Technology / Computer Science

Artificial Intelligence | swarm optimization | IoT | Drones | Metaverses |

84 76 0.905 528 425 0.805 31,083 25,387 0.817
14 38 66 14,511
South Africa University of Cape Town University of Cape Town Medical and Health Sciences / Infectious Diseases

HIV | Tuberculosis | Cryptococcosis | Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome |

84 66 0.786 269 226 0.840 22,186 12,935 0.583
1 2 67 14,560
Nigeria Ahmadu Bello University Ahmadu Bello University

Global Health | Health Systems and Policy | Health Economics | Epidemiology |

83 82 0.988 138 138 1.000 115,508 110,501 0.957
2 39 68 14,823
South Africa University of the Western Cape University of the Western Cape Natural Sciences / Physics

Astrophysics | Observational Optical/Infrared/Radio Galaxy Evolution | Cloud Computing | Machine Learning | Statistics |

83 52 0.627 209 167 0.799 30,238 15,800 0.523
15 40 69 14,974
South Africa University of Cape Town University of Cape Town Medical and Health Sciences / Epidemiology and Public Health

83 56 0.675 226 164 0.726 26,622 11,018 0.414
3 41 70 15,160
South Africa Stellenbosch University Stellenbosch University Natural Sciences / Biological Science

Applied ecology | fire ecology | invasion ecology | ecosystem management |

83 53 0.639 202 155 0.767 23,015 9,105 0.396
2 3 71 15,243
Nigeria University of Ibadan University of Ibadan Medical and Health Sciences / Neurology

Stroke | Neurorehabilitation | Neurogenetics | Non-communicable diseases | Population health |

82 77 0.939 229 206 0.900 115,161 108,180 0.939
7 42 72 15,329
South Africa University of the Witwatersrand University of the Witwatersrand Medical and Health Sciences / Epidemiology and Public Health

child development | adolescent development | HIV | AIDS | public health |

82 56 0.683 316 208 0.658 38,735 19,865 0.513
2 2 73 15,758
Uganda Makerere University Makerere University

Professor of Medicine |

82 56 0.683 419 358 0.854 23,497 12,972 0.552
1 43 74 15,766
South Africa Africa Health Research Institute Africa Health Research Institute Africa Health Research Institute

Tuberculosis | Vaccinology | Immunology | Clinical Trials |

82 56 0.683 216 177 0.819 23,319 13,191 0.566
1 15 75 15,865
Egypt Delta University for Science & Technology Delta University for Science & Technology

• Renewable Energy Systems. • Desiccant Dehumidification Systems. • Refrigeration and Air |

82 79 0.963 274 267 0.974 20,870 18,816 0.902
1 44 76 16,025
South Africa Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, South Africa Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, South Africa Chief Researcher Director, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research

Polymer Physics and Polymer Nanocomposites |

81 62 0.765 336 286 0.851 35,775 15,201 0.425
3 45 77 16,490
South Africa University of Kwazulu Natal University of Kwazulu Natal Agriculture & Forestry / Plant Science

Evolutionary biology | pollination biology | plant reproduction | chemical ecology | invasion biology |

81 47 0.580 296 235 0.794 22,994 9,469 0.412
1 46 78 16,507
South Africa The Aurum Institute NPC The Aurum Institute NPC

Tuberculosis | HIV/AIDS |

81 49 0.605 238 188 0.790 22,802 10,687 0.469
16 47 79 16,634
South Africa University of Cape Town University of Cape Town Medical and Health Sciences / Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences

80 58 0.725 293 223 0.761 79,262 46,591 0.588
8 48 80 16,651
South Africa University of the Witwatersrand University of the Witwatersrand

Astrophysics | Cosmology | Astro-Particle Physics |

80 54 0.675 292 184 0.630 56,340 30,126 0.535
4 49 81 16,663
South Africa Stellenbosch University Stellenbosch University Natural Sciences / Biological Science

Ecology | conservation Biology | Earth system science | Climate change |

80 58 0.725 180 130 0.722 52,353 24,528 0.469
2 50 82 16,845
South Africa University of Pretoria University of Pretoria Economics & Econometrics / Economics

Macroecomomics | forecasting |

80 71 0.888 608 487 0.801 30,483 24,212 0.794
1 2 83 17,179
Tunisia Université de Sfax Université de Sfax Engineering & Technology / Food Science and Engineering

Biopeptides | Proteases | Lipopeptides |

80 60 0.750 374 336 0.898 22,865 14,716 0.644
3 51 84 17,224
South Africa North West University North West University Engineering & Technology / Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences

Astrophysics |

80 51 0.638 274 202 0.737 22,190 10,784 0.486
17 52 85 17,506
South Africa University of Cape Town University of Cape Town Medical and Health Sciences / Virology

Virology | virus evolution | genetic recombination | geminiviruses | sequence analysis software |

79 55 0.696 239 189 0.791 32,290 19,796 0.613
5 53 86 17,811
South Africa Stellenbosch University Stellenbosch University Social Sciences / Sociology

Maternal and child health | life course development | child and adolescent development | global mental health | global health |

79 60 0.759 274 245 0.894 23,587 14,516 0.615
1 54 87 17,846
South Africa University of Fort Hare University of Fort Hare Natural Sciences / Biological Science

Biological science | phytomedicine | botany |

79 58 0.734 349 291 0.834 22,862 12,303 0.538
1 1 88 18,058
Cameroon Université de Dschang Université de Dschang Medical and Health Sciences / Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences

Pharmacology |

79 57 0.722 286 271 0.948 16,629 11,708 0.704
6 55 89 18,763
South Africa Stellenbosch University Stellenbosch University Engineering & Technology / Computer Science

Bioinformatics | statistics |

78 44 0.564 209 124 0.593 20,399 8,463 0.415
7 56 90 18,828
South Africa Stellenbosch University Stellenbosch University Medical and Health Sciences / Medical Genetics

Human genetics |

78 42 0.538 198 110 0.556 18,644 6,684 0.359

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8 57 91 18,848
South Africa Stellenbosch University Stellenbosch University Medical and Health Sciences / Microbiology

Microbiology | lactic acid bacteria | antimicrobial peptides | bacteriocins | probiotics |

78 46 0.590 238 180 0.756 17,393 7,256 0.417
4 58 92 19,389
South Africa University of Johannesburg University of Johannesburg Social Sciences / Tourism & Hospitality

Tourism and Development | Local Economic Development | Small Enterprise Development |

77 50 0.649 460 263 0.572 22,549 9,979 0.443
2 59 93 19,521
South Africa Rhodes University Rhodes University Engineering & Technology / Engineering

77 52 0.675 301 223 0.741 20,715 10,290 0.497
18 60 94 20,213
South Africa University of Cape Town University of Cape Town Medical and Health Sciences / Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences

HIV | tuberculosis |

76 47 0.618 260 208 0.800 22,925 10,017 0.437
1 4 95 20,637
Nigeria Centre for Healthy Start Initiative Centre for Healthy Start Initiative Medical and Health Sciences / Pediatrics and Child Health

Early Childhood Health and Development |

75 65 0.867 175 143 0.817 92,090 80,370 0.873
9 61 96 21,023
South Africa University of the Witwatersrand University of the Witwatersrand Engineering & Technology / Earth Sciences

sedimentology | vertebrate palaeontology |

75 52 0.693 290 215 0.741 23,595 12,959 0.549
3 62 97 21,092
South Africa University of Pretoria University of Pretoria Medical and Health Sciences / Microbiology

Microbial ecology |

75 50 0.667 318 226 0.711 22,478 10,699 0.476
4 63 98 21,156
South Africa University of Pretoria University of Pretoria Natural Sciences / Molecular Biology & Genetics

75 42 0.560 369 242 0.656 21,552 8,305 0.385
9 64 99 21,388
South Africa Stellenbosch University Stellenbosch University Medical and Health Sciences / Infectious Diseases

Tuberculosis | Immunology | Biomarkers |

75 51 0.680 222 199 0.896 18,659 10,523 0.564
1 1 100 22,360
Ethiopia Armauer Hansen Research Institute Armauer Hansen Research Institute Armauer Hansen Research Institute

Infectious diseases |

74 51 0.689 305 243 0.797 18,896 10,294 0.545