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Scientist and University Rankings 2024

South Africa University / Institution Rankings 2024

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				AD Scientific Index - World University/Institution Rankings 2024								Total Number of Scientists in University/Institution
BRICS Ranking	Country Ranking	Region Ranking	World Ranking	University / Institution	Country	Founded	Source	Best Scientist in University/Institution World Rank / Name		Total Institutions in Country	Total Scientists in Index	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	1	234	University of Cape Town	South Africa	1874	Public	279	Sahal Yacoob ⁱ	74	1,208	166	307	444	567	690	825	990	1,100	1,157	1,208
2	2	2	424	Stellenbosch University	South Africa	1918	Public	1,517	David M. Richardson	74	1,100	88	207	308	421	525	656	802	917	1,007	1,100
3	3	3	437	University of the Witwatersrand	South Africa	1922	Public	1,509	Bruce Mellado ⁱ	74	998	86	181	284	366	456	537	654	775	888	998
4	4	4	580	University of Pretoria	South Africa	1908	Public	3,677	Mike Wingfield	74	861	61	170	271	370	472	540	620	700	782	861
5	5	5	604	University of Kwazulu Natal	South Africa	2004	Public	8,176	Fernando Albericio	74	886	58	141	222	282	349	427	572	724	817	886
6	6	6	734	University of Johannesburg	South Africa	2005	Public	835	Loan Truong ⁱ	74	1,039	44	112	177	244	314	429	601	781	913	1,039
7	7	10	1,034	North West University	South Africa	2004	Public	8,892	Christo Venter ⁱ	74	459	26	71	126	190	258	305	344	425	457	459
8	8	12	1,118	University of the Western Cape	South Africa	1959	Public	12,157	Roy Maartens	74	390	23	52	88	117	162	220	274	331	368	390
9	9	16	1,360	University of South Africa	South Africa	1873	Public	6,901	Eno E. Ebenso	74	983	17	44	79	124	183	278	434	620	789	983
10	10	17	1,361	Rhodes University	South Africa	1904	Public	14,995	Tebello Nyokong	74	265	17	44	74	102	121	142	168	201	240	265
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11	11	25	1,579	University of the Free State	South Africa	1904	Public	31,763	HC Swart	74	352	13	39	65	97	133	184	243	288	324	352
12	12	32	1,938	Durban University of Technology	South Africa	2002	Public	39,878	Faizal Bux	74	178	10	18	36	46	58	78	98	113	150	178
13	13	33	1,946	National Institute for Communicable Diseases	South Africa	2002	Institution	12,553	Lynn Morris	74	57	10	17	26	32	40	44	47	49	54	57
14	14	35	2,025	Tshwane University of Technology	South Africa	2003	Public	48,432	Emmanuel Rotimi Sadiku	74	223	9	21	36	50	75	100	126	158	199	223
15	15	36	2,028	South African Medical Research Council	South Africa	1969	Institution	9,954	Carl Lombard	74	72	9	21	30	35	47	56	64	67	69	72
16	16	45	2,309	University of Fort Hare	South Africa	1916	Public	15,221	AJ Afolayan	74	252	7	17	31	43	55	85	120	162	224	252
17	17	52	2,459	Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, South Africa	South Africa	1945	Institution	13,980	Suprakas Sinha Ray	74	341	6	20	36	61	98	135	190	258	311	341
18	18	57	2,600	Human Sciences Research Council of South Africa	South Africa	1968	Institution	13,934	Karl Peltzer	74	80	6	10	20	27	37	48	59	70	76	80
19	19	62	2,745	Cape Peninsula University of Technology	South Africa	2005	Public	2,019	Timothy D Noakes	74	267	5	15	30	53	67	96	138	177	225	267
20	20	69	2,968	Africa Health Research Institute	South Africa	2016	Institution	14,674	Willem Hanekom	74	23	5	6	6	7	9	10	15	19	23	23
21	21	76	3,173	Nelson Mandela University	South Africa	2005	Public	4,823	Richard M. Cowling	74	195	4	9	25	36	54	72	105	140	175	195
22	22	80	3,254	South African Astronomical Observatory	South Africa	1972	Institution	42,764	D. Buckley ⁱ	74	14	4	7	7	7	7	8	8	10	12	14
23	23	96	3,566	South African National Biodiversity Institute	South Africa	2004	Institution	82,539	Tony Rebelo	74	50	3	8	9	12	19	23	30	43	49	50
24	24	100	3,638	University of Limpopo	South Africa	2005	Public	122,888	Olawale Fatoki	74	212	3	6	18	23	32	60	100	147	186	212
25	25	107	3,837	South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity	South Africa	2000	Institution	21,935	Whitfield, AK	74	30	3	3	7	12	13	16	20	24	28	30
26	26	112	3,911	University of Venda	South Africa	1982	Public	80,449	Pascal O. Bessong, Massaf	74	151	2	13	21	33	46	64	92	115	136	151
27	27	121	4,060	University of Zululand	South Africa	1960	Public	110,555	Neerish Revaprasadu	74	96	2	8	13	18	21	31	50	67	80	96
28	28	137	4,612	The Aurum Institute NPC	South Africa	2002	Institution	16,844	Gavin Churchyard	74	5	2	3	3	4	4	5	5	5	5	5
29	29	147	4,873	Agricultural Research Council, South Africa	South Africa	1990	Institution	125,048	Dalene De Beer	74	98	1	8	16	26	40	51	71	87	95	98
30	30	156	5,126	Vaal University of Technology	South Africa	1966	Public	116,421	Augustine Ofomaja	74	91	1	5	10	12	16	30	42	57	82	91
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31	31	160	5,199	Walter Sisulu University	South Africa	2005	Public	136,221	Wellington Didibhuku Thwala	74	130	1	4	9	21	26	46	65	90	113	130
32	32	161	5,219	Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University	South Africa	2014	Public	111,842	Liviu Feller	74	91	1	4	11	17	20	29	42	64	78	91
33	33	162	5,235	Central University of Technology	South Africa	1981	Public	79,980	Igor Yadroitsev (Ihar Yadroitsau)	74	86	1	4	9	14	20	36	48	63	74	86
34	34	199	6,046	Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies	South Africa		Institution	87,375	Ben Cousins	74	3	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
35	35	218	6,670	Iziko Museums of South Africa	South Africa		Institution	159,495	Simon van Noort	74	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
36	36	265	7,403	University of Mpumalanga	South Africa	2014	Public	170,944	Tatenda Dalu	74	68	0	3	5	7	14	25	32	46	59	68
37	37	285	7,769	Council for Geoscience	South Africa	1912	Institution	287,139	Johann Neveling	74	16	0	2	4	6	7	10	13	15	16	16
38	38	293	8,059	South African National Space Agency	South Africa	2010	Public	283,112	John Bosco Habarulema	74	14	0	2	2	2	7	8	9	11	13	14
39	39	338	8,618	Sol Plaatje University	South Africa	2014	Public	276,562	Nhamo Chaukura	74	54	0	1	1	4	6	11	21	33	45	54
40	40	376	9,337	Foundation for Professional Development	South Africa	1997	Institution	175,304	Remco Peters	74	3	0	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3
41	41	384	9,439	National Institute for Occupational Health	South Africa		Institution	231,134	Mary Gulumian	74	2	0	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
42	42	385	9,444	South African Sugarcane Research Institute	South Africa		Institution	255,601	Malcolm G. Keeping	74	2	0	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
43	43	393	9,570	National Metrology Institute of South Africa	South Africa	2006	Institution	176,335	Filippus Stefanus Roux	74	6	0	1	1	1	2	4	5	5	6	6
44	44	408	9,927	Belgium Campus Itversity	South Africa	1999	Private	187,376	Kris A. Willems	74	4	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	4	4
45	45	427	10,215	Mangosuthu University of Technology (Technikon)	South Africa	1979	Public	402,530	Mehdi Sattari	74	55	0	0	2	7	13	17	26	39	51	55
46	46	438	10,302	Sasol	South Africa	1950	Company	326,229	Ionel Mugurel Ciobîcă	74	17	0	0	4	6	7	10	13	15	17	17
47	47	512	11,078	South African Weather Service	South Africa	2001	Institution	323,766	Casper Labuschagne	74	3	0	0	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
48	48	550	11,587	South African Reserve Bank	South Africa	1921	Company	626,431	Konstantin Makrelov	74	8	0	0	0	2	2	4	7	8	8	8
49	49	574	12,010	Citrus Research International	South Africa		Institution	403,354	TG Grout	74	2	0	0	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
50	50	575	12,015	Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute	South Africa		Institution	430,958	Karien Labuschagne	74	2	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2