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Africa University / Institution Rankings 2023

In the presence of many different university ranking systems, as the "AD Scientific Index", we have developed a ranking system with a different methodology based on the principle of including only meritorious scientists. Based on Google Scholar’s total h-index scores, we have listed all academicians, who are ranked in the world in the top 2% and top Top 10% in university rankings. Furthermore, we have listed the breakdown of this ranking by main subjects. As the order of ranking principles, we used the overall top 2% scientists list primarily. Secondly, we used the ranking in the top 10%, top 20%, top 40%, top 60% and top 80% scientists list. Thirdly, the total number of scientists in the AD Scientific Index was ranked by the university. In the case of equalities within a university ranking, we used the highest rank of the scientist in the respective university as it is listed in the world ranking.

You may sort the ranking from the highest score to the lowest or vice versa in any of these fields. You can observe the fields, which move the respective university to the forefront. Furthermore, the name of the academician with the highest total h-index in the respective university is displayed with the world ranking. Top University Ranking by “AD Scientific Index” will not only list the areas, where a university is the best or has room for improvement, but also reflect the outcomes of scientist policies of the institutions. This report reveals the competency of institutions to attract prized scientists and the ability of institutions to encourage advances and retain scientists. Click for individual or institutional registration.

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Total 72.043 scientist, 54 country, 1.226 university

			AD Scientific Index - World University/Institution Rankings 2023								Total Number of Scientists in University/Institution
Country Ranking	Region Ranking	World Ranking	University / Institution	Country	Founded	Source	Best Scientist in University/Institution World Rank / Name		Total Universities in Country	Total Scientists in Index	In top %2	In top %10	In top %20	In top %30	In top %40	In top %50	In top %60	In top %70	In top %80	In top %90	Total Scientists in Index
1	1	293	University of Cape Town	South Africa	1874	Public	231	Sahal Yacoob ⁱ	45	1183	19	140	277	387	498	597	685	784	979	1126	1183
2	2	431	Stellenbosch University	South Africa	1918	Public	1415	David M. Richardson	45	1003	11	78	175	262	357	438	525	617	776	935	1003
3	3	553	University of the Witwatersrand	South Africa	1922	Public	2052	Bruce Mellado ⁱ	45	795	8	54	142	228	299	361	439	513	601	772	795
4	4	741	University of Pretoria	South Africa	1908	Public	3559	Mike Wingfield	45	761	5	55	134	231	311	400	486	527	625	741	761
5	5	761	University of Kwazulu Natal	South Africa	2004	Public	8100	Fernando Albericio	45	733	5	38	105	176	239	285	338	374	519	714	733
6	6	913	North West University	South Africa	2004	Public	7847	Christo Venter ⁱ	45	466	4	15	61	94	141	194	253	303	327	453	466
7	7	1013	University of Johannesburg	South Africa	2005	Public	937	Loan Truong ⁱ	45	807	3	19	71	126	182	231	288	357	549	789	807
1	8	1030	Ain Shams University	Egypt	1950	Public	1915	Amr Radi ⁱ	90	533	3	16	47	109	182	279	362	422	454	524	533
2	9	1147	Cairo University	Egypt	1908	Public	639	Ali Ellithi ⁱ	90	567	2	24	76	157	265	378	486	536	560	563	567
8	10	1183	University of the Western Cape	South Africa	1959	Public	10636	Roy Maartens	45	370	2	18	40	71	99	129	157	198	269	344	370
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9	11	1220	Rhodes University	South Africa	1904	Public	13991	Tebello Nyokong	45	241	2	14	33	56	89	113	123	134	172	224	241
1	12	1228	University of Ibadan	Nigeria	1948	Public	3170	Oye Gureje ⁱ	272	346	2	13	41	100	167	220	262	278	280	285	346
1	13	1298	Université Mohammed V de Rabat	Morocco	1957	Public	140	Rajaâ Cherkaoui El Moursli ⁱ	44	361	2	8	23	46	79	103	129	149	190	274	361
10	14	1318	South African Medical Research Council	South Africa	1969	Private	9757	Carl Lombard	45	72	2	7	15	27	31	37	43	51	62	67	72
3	15	1328	American University in Cairo	Egypt	1919	Private	7610	Ahmed M Hamed ⁱ	90	378	2	6	23	51	64	93	119	144	196	298	378
4	16	1364	Zewail City of Science and Technology	Egypt	2011	Public	240	Ahmed Ali Abdelalim ⁱ	90	134	2	5	11	14	18	26	31	35	49	81	134
5	17	1574	Alexandria University	Egypt	1942	Public	10758	MS El Naschie	90	505	1	11	33	83	148	229	305	357	370	426	505
6	18	1593	Tanta University	Egypt	1972	Public	16482	AE Kabeel	90	793	1	10	34	74	134	205	283	368	595	774	793
11	19	1607	National Institute for Communicable Diseases	South Africa	2002	Public	11902	Lynn Morris	45	60	1	10	19	24	29	35	42	47	51	52	60
1	20	1695	Université de Sfax	Tunisia	1986	Public	19363	Moncef Nasri	25	54	1	7	19	28	36	41	51	54	54	54	54
12	21	1699	Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, South Africa	South Africa	1945	Private	16613	Suprakas Sinha Ray	45	309	1	7	16	31	46	69	103	133	201	281	309
13	22	1815	Human Sciences Research Council of South Africa	South Africa	1968	Private	12811	Karl Peltzer	45	77	1	5	8	14	24	26	34	42	57	74	77
14	23	1823	Africa Health Research Institute	South Africa	2016	Private	15660	Willem Hanekom	45	23	1	5	6	6	7	9	9	10	11	16	23
1	24	1877	Djillali Liabes University of Sidi Bel Abbes	Algeria	1989	Public	3369	Abdelouahed Tounsi	101	148	1	4	8	12	20	27	35	41	60	103	148
15	25	1933	Nelson Mandela University	South Africa	2005	Public	4042	Richard M. Cowling	45	179	1	3	9	23	27	35	52	70	100	132	179
1	26	1957	University of Mauritius	Mauritius	1965	Public	24656	Rajesh Jeewon	7	128	1	3	7	11	14	22	36	43	58	94	128
1	27	1974	University of Namibia	Namibia	1992	Public	10402	Riaan Steenkamp ⁱ	4	127	1	3	5	10	16	28	46	66	101	126	127
16	28	2005	South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity	South Africa	2000	Public	20538	Whitfield, AK	45	30	1	3	3	5	8	12	13	14	19	24	30
17	29	2010	University of Fort Hare	South Africa	1916	Public	17733	AJ Afolayan	45	152	1	2	11	26	37	44	56	71	113	149	152
7	30	2019	Egypt Japan University of Science & Technology	Egypt	2010	Public	10300	Ayman Mahrous ⁱ	90	117	1	2	10	15	23	30	33	37	50	87	117
8	31	2039	Fayoum University	Egypt	2005	Public	973	Mohammed Attia Mahmoud ⁱ	90	315	1	2	7	12	23	40	64	93	157	246	315
2	32	2115	Université Mohammed Premier Oujda	Morocco	1978	Public	10143	Belkheir Hammouti	44	17	1	2	3	4	5	8	10	12	14	15	17
2	33	2143	Centre for Healthy Start Initiative	Nigeria	2011	Public	20641	Bolajoko O. Olusanya ⁱ	272	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
3	34	2146	Mohammed VI Polytechnic University	Morocco	2014	Private	21460	Belmabkhout Youssef	44	180	1	1	12	19	30	33	40	56	78	114	180
1	35	2167	Université de Dschang	Cameroon	1993	Public	24851	Victor Kuete	14	55	1	1	5	9	11	13	16	20	26	36	55
1	36	2234	Armauer Hansen Research Institute	Ethiopia	1970	Private	23412	Abraham Aseffa	50	10	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	5	8	10
9	37	2322	Mansoura University	Egypt	1972	Public	28635	Maysaa El Sayed Zaki ⁱ	90	1184	0	19	70	154	261	374	493	613	838	1108	1184
10	38	2362	Assiut University	Egypt	1957	Public	42335	ايمان مصطفي محمد جفلان	90	452	0	14	39	98	195	279	359	420	437	446	452
1	39	2386	University of Nairobi	Kenya	1970	Public	61379	Elizabeth Ngugi	75	1134	0	12	39	90	179	255	322	371	417	723	1134
11	40	2408	National Research Center, Egypt	Egypt	1956	Private	45803	A. Hebeish	90	575	0	11	27	72	121	175	263	346	431	512	575
12	41	2426	Zagazig University	Egypt	1974	Public	43157	Mohamed Abd Elaziz	90	427	0	10	34	59	113	161	210	269	375	401	427
18	42	2438	University of the Free State	South Africa	1904	Public	38660	HC Swart	45	287	0	10	26	48	69	97	127	162	230	286	287
13	43	2459	Kafr El Sheikh University	Egypt	2006	Public	33930	Ashraf M Zenkour	90	625	0	9	27	42	72	95	120	163	254	467	625
19	44	2463	University of South Africa	South Africa	1873	Public	52642	Bhekie Mamba	45	699	0	9	24	54	89	132	179	243	401	653	699
14	45	2499	Beni Suef University	Egypt	2005	Public	31583	Mohamed Ahmed	90	224	0	8	28	52	95	128	168	187	200	206	224
1	46	2541	University of Ghana	Ghana	1948	Public	30900	Dwomoa Adu	73	494	0	7	44	70	111	158	206	262	374	483	494
2	47	2555	Addis Ababa University	Ethiopia	1950	Public	36039	Girmay Medhin	50	351	0	7	25	45	62	69	86	104	160	251	351
2	48	2629	Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology	Ghana	1952	Public	75260	Ellis Owusu Dabo ⁱ	73	592	0	6	19	42	79	142	197	271	411	525	592
20	49	2644	Tshwane University of Technology	South Africa	2003	Public	72891	Felix Dapare Dakora	45	183	0	6	15	24	37	47	62	84	117	162	183
3	50	2688	University of Nigeria	Nigeria	1960	Public	40331	Obinna E. Onwujekwe ⁱ	272	370	0	5	27	82	157	252	327	358	367	368	370
15	51	2829	Benha University	Egypt	1976	Public	90702	Metwally Abdallah	90	676	0	4	15	38	76	135	188	232	254	561	676
16	52	2853	Menoufia University	Egypt	1976	Public	46824	Raouf El Mallawany	90	757	0	4	12	25	52	80	110	170	320	648	757
4	53	2854	Federal University of Technology Akure	Nigeria	1981	Public	29399	Ganiyu Oboh	272	323	0	4	12	26	50	77	97	105	179	314	323
21	54	2857	Durban University of Technology	South Africa	2002	Public	42134	TA Stenstrom	45	160	0	4	12	22	35	47	56	64	97	107	160
2	55	2872	Université de Tunis el Manar	Tunisia	1987	Public	87300	Mohamed Amri	25	55	0	4	11	19	29	37	47	54	55	55	55
17	56	2881	Minia University	Egypt	1976	Public	44486	Abdel Hamid M	90	324	0	4	10	31	52	71	95	122	173	254	324
18	57	2885	Damietta University	Egypt	2012	Public	78672	Adel El Sonbati	90	251	0	4	10	20	30	46	62	78	130	193	251
22	58	2905	South African National Biodiversity Institute	South Africa	2004	Public	61903	John Manning	45	51	0	4	9	10	12	15	20	24	30	49	51
3	59	2914	University of Health and Allied Sciences	Ghana	2011	Public	30721	Seth Owusu Agyei	73	156	0	4	8	10	17	21	35	49	70	106	156
1	60	2926	University of Malawi	Malawi	1964	Public	53460	Ken Maleta	9	39	0	4	7	11	18	20	26	28	30	34	39
1	61	2955	University of Khartoum	Sudan	1956	Public	61129	Muntaser Ibrahim	46	218	0	4	5	7	14	25	38	46	48	94	218
5	62	3017	Obafemi Awolowo University	Nigeria	1962	Public	75428	Morenike Oluwatoyin Folayan ⁱ	272	457	0	3	11	24	43	69	98	142	259	390	457
23	63	3045	Cape Peninsula University of Technology	South Africa	2005	Public	109084	Olalekan Fatoki	45	178	0	3	10	20	28	49	61	80	127	176	178
6	64	3059	University of Ilorin	Nigeria	1975	Public	92461	Musa Toyin Yakubu	272	537	0	3	9	33	75	121	174	196	322	468	537
19	65	3098	Egyptian Petroleum Research Institute	Egypt	1974	Private	67434	MA Deyab	90	104	0	3	8	12	18	25	30	35	60	75	104
1	66	3157	Ifakara Health Institute	Tanzania	1956	Private	78491	Honorati Masanja	55	58	0	3	6	9	15	19	24	32	40	49	58
24	67	3171	South African Astronomical Observatory	South Africa	1972	Public	42744	D. Buckley ⁱ	45	14	0	3	6	7	7	7	7	8	8	10	14
1	68	3199	Université d'Abomey Calavi	Benin	1970	Public	103242	Achille Assogbadjo	6	71	0	3	4	8	15	19	25	31	42	58	71
1	69	3264	Makerere University	Uganda	1922	Public	56499	Harriet Mayanja-Kizza	40	407	0	2	13	31	57	88	111	147	213	284	407
7	70	3274	University of Lagos	Nigeria	1962	Public	31389	Andrew T Olagunju ⁱ	272	333	0	2	12	28	64	96	133	148	214	323	333
			Institutional Subscription (Discount and Free Institutional Academic Performance Report)
20	71	3275	Al Azhar University	Egypt	1961	Public	103580	KH S Mekheimer	90	380	0	2	12	31	54	71	107	154	230	259	380
3	72	3281	Université de Monastir	Tunisia	2004	Public	56460	Sassi Ben Nasrallah	25	62	0	2	12	19	34	45	59	60	62	62	62
21	73	3285	Helwan University	Egypt	1975	Public	67358	Ahmed Abdel Moneim	90	478	0	2	11	30	56	85	115	149	236	402	478
22	74	3286	Suez Canal University	Egypt	1976	Public	31138	Mohamed Abdel Daim	90	217	0	2	11	28	46	75	112	135	193	213	217
23	75	3290	South Valley University	Egypt	1995	Public	96067	Magdy Mahmmod Ismail	90	144	0	2	11	20	37	50	59	82	127	141	144
8	76	3298	University of Calabar	Nigeria	1975	Public	83201	A. Egrinya Eneji	272	476	0	2	10	30	56	101	154	177	258	446	476
4	77	3323	Université Hassan II de Casablanca	Morocco	1975	Public	46425	Aziz Amine	44	200	0	2	9	19	27	38	46	63	118	195	200
4	78	3348	Université de Carthage	Tunisia	1987	Public	95183	Manef Abderrabba	25	55	0	2	8	18	31	41	47	52	52	53	55
2	79	3353	Moi University	Kenya	1984	Public	67032	Fabian Esamai	75	312	0	2	8	16	25	30	44	60	95	168	312
25	80	3359	University of Venda	South Africa	1982	Public	76845	Pascal O. Bessong, Massaf	45	154	0	2	8	18	23	33	41	58	85	115	154
3	81	3367	International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology	Kenya	1965	Private	33654	Zeyaur R Khan	75	77	0	2	8	16	16	21	25	32	42	66	77
2	82	3376	Université Setif 1 Ferhat Abbas Setif	Algeria	1978	Public	34586	Zoubida Zaidi ⁱ	101	169	0	2	7	22	36	48	68	77	90	115	169
3	83	3381	Université des Sciences et de la Technologie Houari Boumediene	Algeria	1974	Public	53382	Trari Mohamed	101	161	0	2	7	16	30	61	87	104	108	108	161
9	84	3384	Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta	Nigeria	1988	Public	109640	Okanlawon Onagbesan	272	35	0	2	7	14	26	29	31	31	33	35	35
10	85	3385	Lagos State University	Nigeria	1983	Public	78436	Adewuya Abiodun	272	169	0	2	7	13	24	34	46	55	66	111	169
4	86	3432	Université de Bejaia	Algeria	1983	Public	85108	Khodir Madani	101	220	0	2	6	12	20	27	51	84	137	203	220
24	87	3435	Sohag university	Egypt	2006	Public	49266	Ibrahim A. Abbas	90	61	0	2	6	12	19	35	49	59	60	61	61
2	88	3440	Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences	Tanzania	2007	Public	97314	Karim Manji	55	102	0	2	6	11	18	25	28	35	55	77	102
11	89	3471	Ladoke Akintola University of Technology	Nigeria	1990	Public	88052	Olugbenga Solomon Bello	272	246	0	2	5	24	39	63	87	106	160	239	246
26	90	3495	University of Zululand	South Africa	1960	Public	117177	Thavendran Govender	45	70	0	2	5	9	15	20	21	25	41	69	70
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25	91	3514	Central Metallurgical Research and Development Institute	Egypt	1972	Private	81752	Mohamed M. Rashad	90	46	0	2	5	6	9	10	18	26	35	41	46
12	92	3527	University of Benin	Nigeria	1970	Public	53224	Friday Okonofua	272	180	0	2	4	17	31	55	78	93	95	113	180
26	93	3541	Future University	Egypt	2006	Private	62386	Almoataz Youssef Abdelaziz	90	193	0	2	4	9	18	25	33	41	68	123	193
1	94	3543	University of Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	1955	Public	60964	Jephat Chifamba	18	137	0	2	4	11	17	29	39	54	81	102	137
27	95	3547	University of Limpopo	South Africa	2005	Public	118738	Olawale Fatoki	45	179	0	2	4	9	16	21	29	46	83	148	179
5	96	3554	Université Moulay Ismail Meknès	Morocco	1989	Public	112583	Mohamed Eddouks	44	223	0	2	4	6	13	20	36	52	78	131	223
1	97	3603	Universidade Eduardo Mondlane	Mozambique	1962	Public	36374	Albertino Damasceno ⁱ	10	37	0	2	4	6	6	7	10	17	20	30	37
1	98	3677	Université des Sciences des Techniques et des Technologies de Bamako USTTB	Mali	2011	Public	43303	Abdoulaye Djimde	7	14	0	2	3	3	4	6	6	6	7	8	14
5	99	3704	Université de Mascara	Algeria	1986	Public	50596	Khenata Rabah	101	92	0	2	2	7	7	13	20	30	64	89	92
4	100	3736	Meru University of Science & Technology	Kenya	2008	Public	83365	Eric M. Muchiri	75	24	0	2	2	3	3	5	6	8	9	14	24