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South Africa University Rankings 2022

As described in the university ranking section, it is not easy to obtain and standardize data from about 12,000 universities for the country ranking. Therefore, we based our ranking system on the number of meritorious scientists. Four criteria are used to rank the countries. The first one is the number of scientists in the top 10,000 list. The second criterion is the number of scientists in the top 100,000 list. The third one is the number of scientists listed in the AD Scientific Index. In the case of equalities after applying all these three criteria, the world rank of the meritorious scientist of that country is used.

South Africa

		AD Scientific Index - Country Rankings 2022							Number of World’s Top 2% in Scientists													Number of World’s Top 10% in Scientists
Region Ranking	World Ranking	Country	Best University in Country World Rank / Name		Best Scientist in Country World Rank / Name		Total Universities in Country	Total Scientists in Index	Total number of scientists	Agriculture & Forestry	Arts, Design and Architecture	Business & Management	Economics & Econometrics	Education	Engineering & Technology	History, Philosophy, Theology	Law / Law and Legal Studies	Medical and Health Sciences	Natural Sciences	Social Sciences	Others	Total number of scientists	Agriculture & Forestry	Arts, Design and Architecture	Business & Management	Economics & Econometrics	Education	Engineering & Technology	History, Philosophy, Theology	Law / Law and Legal Studies	Medical and Health Sciences	Natural Sciences	Social Sciences	Others
0	30	South Africa	251	University of Cape Town	238	Sahal Yacoob ⁱ	45	5056 Top 5000	57	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	14	0	35	392	34	1	3	9	1	65	2	1	111	99	20	46

Table I. Number of scientists in South Africa top 5.000 according to Country Click for details

#	Country	Country Region Rank	Country World Rank	Scientists in Top 5.000	Total University	Total Scientist
1	South Africa	0	30	5000	45	5056

Table II. General Universities in South Africa top 5.000 Click for details

#	University	Country Rank	Region Rank	World Rank	Country	Sources of Funding	Founded	Scientists in South Africa Top 5.000	Total Scientists in Index	Ratio (in top 5.000 / Total Scientist)
1	University of Cape Town	1	1	251	South Africa	Public	1874	749	756	0.991
2	Stellenbosch University	2	2	447	South Africa	Public	1918	575	579	0.993
3	University of the Witwatersrand	3	3	498	South Africa	Public	1922	461	464	0.994
4	University of Pretoria	4	4	809	South Africa	Public	1908	532	536	0.993
5	University of Kwazulu Natal	5	5	832	South Africa	Public	2004	352	352	1.000
6	University of Johannesburg	6	6	863	South Africa	Public	2005	393	400	0.983
7	North West University	7	8	906	South Africa	Public	2004	268	269	0.996
8	University of the Western Cape	8	10	1064	South Africa	Public	1959	162	162	1.000
9	Rhodes University	9	11	1083	South Africa	Public	1904	138	140	0.986
10	National Institute for Communicable Diseases	10	16	1422	South Africa	-	-	43	43	1.000

Table III. Public Universities in South Africa top 5.000 Click for details

#	University	Country Rank	Region Rank	World Rank	Country	Founded	Scientists in South Africa Top 5.000	Total Scientists in Index	Ratio (in top 5.000 / Total Scientist)
1	University of Cape Town	1	1	251	South Africa	1874	749	756	0.991
2	Stellenbosch University	2	2	447	South Africa	1918	575	579	0.993
3	University of the Witwatersrand	3	3	498	South Africa	1922	461	464	0.994
4	University of Pretoria	4	4	809	South Africa	1908	532	536	0.993
5	University of Kwazulu Natal	5	5	832	South Africa	2004	352	352	1.000
6	University of Johannesburg	6	6	863	South Africa	2005	393	400	0.983
7	North West University	7	8	906	South Africa	2004	268	269	0.996
8	University of the Western Cape	8	10	1064	South Africa	1959	162	162	1.000
9	Rhodes University	9	11	1083	South Africa	1904	138	140	0.986
10	University of Fort Hare	16	26	1745	South Africa	1916	58	58	1.000

Table IV. Private Universities in South Africa top 5.000 Click for details

#	University	Country Rank	Region Rank	World Rank	Country	Founded	Scientists in South Africa Top 5.000	Total Scientists in Index	Ratio (in top 5.000 / Total Scientist)
1	Belgium Campus Itversity	34	256	6408	South Africa	1999	2	3	0.667
2	Foundation for Professional Development	39	436	8471	South Africa	1997	2	2	1.000
3	Milpark Business School	41	623	10623	South Africa	1997	3	5	0.600
4	South African Theological Seminary	43	1080	14961	South Africa	1996	1	1	1.000
5	St Joseph`s Theological Institute	44	1090	15219	South Africa	2010	1	1	1.000

Table V. Universities Founded After 2010 in South Africa Top 5.000 Click for details

#	University	Country Rank	Region Rank	World Rank	Country	Sources of Funding	Founded	Scientists in South Africa Top 5.000	Total Scientists in Index	Ratio (in top 5.000 / Total Scientist)
1	Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University	29	145	4737	South Africa	Public	2014	20	20	1.000
2	University of Mpumalanga	32	161	5007	South Africa	Public	2014	19	19	1.000
3	Sol Plaatje University	38	381	7921	South Africa	Public	2014	14	14	1.000

Table VI. Universities Founded After 2000 in South Africa Top 5.000 Click for details

#	University	Country Rank	Region Rank	World Rank	Country	Sources of Funding	Founded	Scientists in South Africa Top 5.000	Total Scientists in Index	Ratio (in top 5.000 / Total Scientist)
1	University of Kwazulu Natal	5	5	832	South Africa	Public	2004	352	352	1.000
2	University of Johannesburg	6	6	863	South Africa	Public	2005	393	400	0.983
3	North West University	7	8	906	South Africa	Public	2004	268	269	0.996
4	Nelson Mandela University	17	27	1758	South Africa	Public	2005	57	58	0.983
5	Durban University of Technology	20	44	2496	South Africa	Public	2002	67	68	0.985
6	Tshwane University of Technology	22	48	2613	South Africa	Public	2003	71	72	0.986
7	Cape Peninsula University of Technology	26	132	4523	South Africa	Public	2005	69	72	0.958
8	University of Limpopo	27	142	4703	South Africa	Public	2005	39	39	1.000
9	Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University	29	145	4737	South Africa	Public	2014	20	20	1.000
10	University of Mpumalanga	32	161	5007	South Africa	Public	2014	19	19	1.000

Table VII A. South Africa Top 10 Productivity i10 Index Click for details

				AD Scientific Index - 2022 South Africa Table VII A. South Africa Top 10 Productivity i10 Index				H INDEX			i10 INDEX			CITATION
University	Country	Region	World	Name	Country	University	Subject	Total	Last 5 year	Last 5 year / total	Total	Last 5 year	Last 5 year / total	Total	Last 5 year	Last 5 year / total
1	1	2	324	Dan J Stein	South Africa	University of Cape Town	Medical and Health Sciences / Psychiatry Anxiety disorders\|Psychiatry in Africa\|	153	101	0.660	992	822	0.829	111221	63456	0.571
2	2	3	331	Sahal Yacoob	South Africa	University of Cape Town	Natural Sciences / Physics High Energy Particle Physics\|	200	143	0.715	986	788	0.799	220010	114627	0.521
1	3	4	420	Mike Wingfield	South Africa	University of Pretoria	Agriculture & Forestry / Forestry forest protection\|mycology\|entomology\|biotechnology\|	111	68	0.613	927	622	0.671	60845	28456	0.468
1	4	10	1286	Tebello Nyokong	South Africa	Rhodes University	Natural Sciences / Chemical Sciences Photophysics\|	80	38	0.475	615	403	0.655	29157	11898	0.408
1	5	11	1315	Fernando Albericio	South Africa	University of Kwazulu Natal	Natural Sciences / Chemical Sciences medicinal chemistry\|peptides\|	90	55	0.611	610	334	0.548	38692	16074	0.415
1	6	13	1689	Loan Truong	South Africa	University of Johannesburg	Natural Sciences / Physics HEP\|LHC\|ATLAS\|	149	138	0.926	548	546	0.996	86972	75256	0.865
1	7	14	1778	Bruce Mellado	South Africa	University of the Witwatersrand	Natural Sciences / Physics Particle Physics\|	126	89	0.706	537	384	0.715	82866	40538	0.489
1	8	15	2025	Karl Peltzer	South Africa	Human Sciences Research Council of South Africa	Asia University health sciences\|	77	61	0.792	512	366	0.715	30073	17829	0.593
2	9	16	2215	Rangan Gupta	South Africa	University of Pretoria	Economics & Econometrics / Economics Macroecomomics\|forecasting\|	67	57	0.851	494	392	0.794	21844	17043	0.780
1	10	18	2820	David M. Richardson	South Africa	Stellenbosch University	Natural Sciences / Biological Science invasion ecology\|invasion biology\|invasion science\|conservation biology\|biological invasions\|	138	99	0.717	450	389	0.864	78458	34896	0.445

Table VII B. South Africa Top 10 Last 5 Years i10 Index Click for details

				AD Scientific Index - 2022 South Africa Table VII B. South Africa Top 10 Last 5 Years i10 Index				H INDEX			i10 INDEX			CITATION
University	Country	Region	World	Name	Country	University	Subject	Total	Last 5 year	Last 5 year / total	Total	Last 5 year	Last 5 year / total	Total	Last 5 year	Last 5 year / total
1	1	2	248	Dan J Stein	South Africa	University of Cape Town	Medical and Health Sciences / Psychiatry Anxiety disorders\|Psychiatry in Africa\|	153	101	0.660	992	822	0.829	111221	63456	0.571
2	2	6	297	Sahal Yacoob	South Africa	University of Cape Town	Natural Sciences / Physics High Energy Particle Physics\|	200	143	0.715	986	788	0.799	220010	114627	0.521
1	3	8	588	Mike Wingfield	South Africa	University of Pretoria	Agriculture & Forestry / Forestry forest protection\|mycology\|entomology\|biotechnology\|	111	68	0.613	927	622	0.671	60845	28456	0.468
1	4	10	760	Loan Truong	South Africa	University of Johannesburg	Natural Sciences / Physics HEP\|LHC\|ATLAS\|	149	138	0.926	548	546	0.996	86972	75256	0.865
1	5	11	1554	Tebello Nyokong	South Africa	Rhodes University	Natural Sciences / Chemical Sciences Photophysics\|	80	38	0.475	615	403	0.655	29157	11898	0.408
2	6	13	1669	Rangan Gupta	South Africa	University of Pretoria	Economics & Econometrics / Economics Macroecomomics\|forecasting\|	67	57	0.851	494	392	0.794	21844	17043	0.780
1	7	14	1688	David M. Richardson	South Africa	Stellenbosch University	Natural Sciences / Biological Science invasion ecology\|invasion biology\|invasion science\|conservation biology\|biological invasions\|	138	99	0.717	450	389	0.864	78458	34896	0.445
1	8	15	1744	Bruce Mellado	South Africa	University of the Witwatersrand	Natural Sciences / Physics Particle Physics\|	126	89	0.706	537	384	0.715	82866	40538	0.489
1	9	19	1957	Karl Peltzer	South Africa	Human Sciences Research Council of South Africa	Asia University health sciences\|	77	61	0.792	512	366	0.715	30073	17829	0.593
1	10	20	2066	HC Swart	South Africa	University of the Free State	Natural Sciences / Physics nanophosphors\|luminescence\|cathodoluminescence\|surface characterization\|	54	44	0.815	444	358	0.806	16474	11584	0.703

Table VII C. South Africa Top 10 Last 5 Years H Index Click for details

				AD Scientific Index - 2022 South Africa Table VII C. South Africa Top 10 Last 5 Years H Index				H INDEX			i10 INDEX			CITATION
University	Country	Region	World	Name	Country	University	Subject	Total	Last 5 year	Last 5 year / total	Total	Last 5 year	Last 5 year / total	Total	Last 5 year	Last 5 year / total
1	1	5	237	Sahal Yacoob	South Africa	University of Cape Town	Natural Sciences / Physics High Energy Particle Physics\|	200	143	0.715	986	788	0.799	220010	114627	0.521
1	2	6	338	Loan Truong	South Africa	University of Johannesburg	Natural Sciences / Physics HEP\|LHC\|ATLAS\|	149	138	0.926	548	546	0.996	86972	75256	0.865
2	3	12	926	Dan J Stein	South Africa	University of Cape Town	Medical and Health Sciences / Psychiatry Anxiety disorders\|Psychiatry in Africa\|	153	101	0.660	992	822	0.829	111221	63456	0.571
1	4	13	1024	David M. Richardson	South Africa	Stellenbosch University	Natural Sciences / Biological Science invasion ecology\|invasion biology\|invasion science\|conservation biology\|biological invasions\|	138	99	0.717	450	389	0.864	78458	34896	0.445
3	5	14	1173	Jean Cleymans	South Africa	University of Cape Town	Natural Sciences / Physics Physics\|Thermal Models\|particle Physics\|	119	95	0.798	417	321	0.770	63123	34300	0.543
1	6	16	1280	Zeblon Vilakazi	South Africa	University of the Witwatersrand	Natural Sciences / Physics High Energy physics\|Grid Computing\|	104	93	0.894	284	269	0.947	53731	32584	0.606
2	7	17	1495	Bruce Mellado	South Africa	University of the Witwatersrand	Natural Sciences / Physics Particle Physics\|	126	89	0.706	537	384	0.715	82866	40538	0.489
2	8	18	1510	Simon Connell	South Africa	University of Johannesburg	Natural Sciences / Physics Nuclear Physics\|Particle Physics\|Diamond Physics\|Quantum Physics\|	103	89	0.864	270	212	0.785	50805	34415	0.677
3	9	20	2366	Joyful Mdhluli	South Africa	University of the Witwatersrand	Natural Sciences / Physics High Energy Physics\|	81	80	0.988	251	251	1.000	21756	21426	0.985
4	10	22	2666	Karen Sliwa	South Africa	University of Cape Town	Medical and Health Sciences / Cardiology cardiology\|heart failure\|Africa\|peripartum\|	95	77	0.811	258	227	0.880	94283	64924	0.689

Table VII D. South Africa Top 10 Total Citiation Index Click for details

				AD Scientific Index - 2022 South Africa Table VII D. South Africa Top 10 Total Citiation Index				H INDEX			i10 INDEX			CITATION
University	Country	Region	World	Name	Country	University	Subject	Total	Last 5 year	Last 5 year / total	Total	Last 5 year	Last 5 year / total	Total	Last 5 year	Last 5 year / total
1	1	3	234	Sahal Yacoob	South Africa	University of Cape Town	Natural Sciences / Physics High Energy Particle Physics\|	200	143	0.715	986	788	0.799	220010	114627	0.521
2	2	9	1378	Dan J Stein	South Africa	University of Cape Town	Medical and Health Sciences / Psychiatry Anxiety disorders\|Psychiatry in Africa\|	153	101	0.660	992	822	0.829	111221	63456	0.571
3	3	11	1793	Bongani M Mayosi	South Africa	University of Cape Town	Medical and Health Sciences / Medicine Medicine\|	89	71	0.798	270	212	0.785	96178	67298	0.700
4	4	12	1860	Karen Sliwa	South Africa	University of Cape Town	Medical and Health Sciences / Cardiology cardiology\|heart failure\|Africa\|peripartum\|	95	77	0.811	258	227	0.880	94283	64924	0.689
1	5	14	2176	Robert J Scholes	South Africa	University of the Witwatersrand	Natural Sciences / Biological Science carbon cycle\|savannas\|earth observation\|biodiversity\|	98	63	0.643	266	180	0.677	87074	39159	0.450
1	6	15	2183	Loan Truong	South Africa	University of Johannesburg	Natural Sciences / Physics HEP\|LHC\|ATLAS\|	149	138	0.926	548	546	0.996	86972	75256	0.865
2	7	16	2407	Bruce Mellado	South Africa	University of the Witwatersrand	Natural Sciences / Physics Particle Physics\|	126	89	0.706	537	384	0.715	82866	40538	0.489
1	8	18	2686	David M. Richardson	South Africa	Stellenbosch University	Natural Sciences / Biological Science invasion ecology\|invasion biology\|invasion science\|conservation biology\|biological invasions\|	138	99	0.717	450	389	0.864	78458	34896	0.445
5	9	23	3642	Naomi Sharlene Levitt	South Africa	University of Cape Town	Medical and Health Sciences / Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences	75	54	0.720	264	199	0.754	67050	39821	0.594
6	10	25	4102	Jean Cleymans	South Africa	University of Cape Town	Natural Sciences / Physics Physics\|Thermal Models\|particle Physics\|	119	95	0.798	417	321	0.770	63123	34300	0.543

Table VII E. South Africa Top 10 Last 5 Years Citiation Index Click for details

				AD Scientific Index - 2022 South Africa Table VII E. South Africa Top 10 Last 5 Years Citiation Index				H INDEX			i10 INDEX			CITATION
University	Country	Region	World	Name	Country	University	Subject	Total	Last 5 year	Last 5 year / total	Total	Last 5 year	Last 5 year / total	Total	Last 5 year	Last 5 year / total
1	1	5	228	Sahal Yacoob	South Africa	University of Cape Town	Natural Sciences / Physics High Energy Particle Physics\|	200	143	0.715	986	788	0.799	220010	114627	0.521
1	2	8	746	Loan Truong	South Africa	University of Johannesburg	Natural Sciences / Physics HEP\|LHC\|ATLAS\|	149	138	0.926	548	546	0.996	86972	75256	0.865
2	3	13	933	Bongani M Mayosi	South Africa	University of Cape Town	Medical and Health Sciences / Medicine Medicine\|	89	71	0.798	270	212	0.785	96178	67298	0.700
3	4	14	1011	Karen Sliwa	South Africa	University of Cape Town	Medical and Health Sciences / Cardiology cardiology\|heart failure\|Africa\|peripartum\|	95	77	0.811	258	227	0.880	94283	64924	0.689
4	5	17	1060	Dan J Stein	South Africa	University of Cape Town	Medical and Health Sciences / Psychiatry Anxiety disorders\|Psychiatry in Africa\|	153	101	0.660	992	822	0.829	111221	63456	0.571
1	6	26	2355	Bruce Mellado	South Africa	University of the Witwatersrand	Natural Sciences / Physics Particle Physics\|	126	89	0.706	537	384	0.715	82866	40538	0.489
5	7	27	2418	Naomi Sharlene Levitt	South Africa	University of Cape Town	Medical and Health Sciences / Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences	75	54	0.720	264	199	0.754	67050	39821	0.594
2	8	29	2489	Robert J Scholes	South Africa	University of the Witwatersrand	Natural Sciences / Biological Science carbon cycle\|savannas\|earth observation\|biodiversity\|	98	63	0.643	266	180	0.677	87074	39159	0.450
1	9	34	2987	David M. Richardson	South Africa	Stellenbosch University	Natural Sciences / Biological Science invasion ecology\|invasion biology\|invasion science\|conservation biology\|biological invasions\|	138	99	0.717	450	389	0.864	78458	34896	0.445
2	10	35	3069	Simon Connell	South Africa	University of Johannesburg	Natural Sciences / Physics Nuclear Physics\|Particle Physics\|Diamond Physics\|Quantum Physics\|	103	89	0.864	270	212	0.785	50805	34415	0.677