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Scientist and University Rankings 2024

South Africa University / Institution Rankings 2024 (Sort by: Total Citations)

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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	324	University of Cape Town	South Africa	1874	Public	290	Sahal Yacoob ⁱ	74	1,204	163	307	443	560	684	818	992	1,098	1,152	1,204
2	2	2	371	Stellenbosch University	South Africa	1918	Public	1,514	David M. Richardson	74	1,100	88	207	308	418	522	648	801	919	1,005	1,100
3	3	3	448	University of the Witwatersrand	South Africa	1922	Public	1,590	Bruce Mellado ⁱ	74	997	85	180	282	365	455	533	648	778	885	997
4	4	5	695	University of Kwazulu Natal	South Africa	2004	Public	7,983	Fernando Albericio	74	886	55	142	220	282	348	420	572	725	814	886
5	5	6	773	University of Pretoria	South Africa	1908	Public	3,584	Mike Wingfield	74	859	59	167	271	366	469	533	622	701	780	859
6	6	7	846	University of Johannesburg	South Africa	2005	Public	865	Loan Truong ⁱ	74	1,039	44	112	178	240	313	421	610	780	913	1,039
7	7	12	1,076	North West University	South Africa	2004	Public	8,724	Christo Venter ⁱ	74	459	26	70	127	192	258	303	343	427	457	459
8	8	18	1,427	National Institute for Communicable Diseases	South Africa	2002	Institution	12,309	Lynn Morris	74	57	10	17	25	31	39	44	48	49	54	57
9	9	19	1,521	University of the Western Cape	South Africa	1959	Public	11,946	Roy Maartens	74	390	22	51	90	116	162	218	273	334	365	390
10	10	21	1,595	Rhodes University	South Africa	1904	Public	15,338	Tebello Nyokong	74	265	17	44	74	103	122	142	168	202	240	265
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11	11	22	1,613	South African Medical Research Council	South Africa	1969	Institution	10,126	Carl Lombard	74	72	9	22	30	34	46	56	63	67	69	72
12	12	28	1,881	University of the Free State	South Africa	1904	Public	31,284	HC Swart	74	352	13	39	64	95	132	182	242	285	324	352
13	13	29	1,882	University of South Africa	South Africa	1873	Public	6,767	Eno E. Ebenso	74	983	17	42	78	124	183	272	434	624	789	983
14	14	33	2,057	University of Fort Hare	South Africa	1916	Public	15,592	AJ Afolayan	74	252	7	15	30	42	55	81	121	161	224	252
15	15	38	2,157	Human Sciences Research Council of South Africa	South Africa	1968	Institution	13,685	Karl Peltzer	74	80	6	9	19	25	37	47	58	71	76	80
16	16	39	2,162	Africa Health Research Institute	South Africa	2016	Institution	14,977	Willem Hanekom	74	23	5	6	6	7	9	10	15	19	23	23
17	17	42	2,186	Cape Peninsula University of Technology	South Africa	2005	Public	1,989	Timothy D Noakes	74	267	5	15	29	51	67	95	139	177	224	267
18	18	44	2,212	South African Astronomical Observatory	South Africa	1972	Institution	44,130	D. Buckley ⁱ	74	14	4	7	7	7	7	8	8	10	12	14
19	19	53	2,480	Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, South Africa	South Africa	1945	Institution	14,283	Suprakas Sinha Ray	74	341	6	20	37	60	95	139	192	261	311	341
20	20	54	2,492	Durban University of Technology	South Africa	2002	Public	39,190	Faizal Bux	74	178	10	18	35	47	56	76	98	112	148	178
21	21	68	2,842	Nelson Mandela University	South Africa	2005	Public	4,729	Richard M. Cowling	74	195	4	9	24	36	53	73	107	141	174	195
22	22	74	3,043	South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity	South Africa	2000	Institution	22,452	Whitfield, AK	74	30	3	3	7	12	13	16	22	24	28	30
23	23	84	3,324	The Aurum Institute NPC	South Africa	2002	Institution	16,521	Gavin Churchyard	74	5	2	3	3	4	4	5	5	5	5	5
24	24	104	3,869	Tshwane University of Technology	South Africa	2003	Public	49,949	Emmanuel Rotimi Sadiku	74	223	9	21	36	49	75	100	126	157	200	223
25	25	113	4,259	South African National Biodiversity Institute	South Africa	2004	Institution	85,329	Tony Rebelo	74	50	3	8	9	12	19	23	31	44	49	50
26	26	133	4,680	University of Venda	South Africa	1982	Public	79,066	Pascal O. Bessong, Massaf	74	151	3	14	21	33	47	63	92	115	135	151
27	27	139	4,837	University of Zululand	South Africa	1960	Public	108,767	Neerish Revaprasadu	74	96	2	7	14	18	21	31	48	67	79	96
28	28	145	4,923	Central University of Technology	South Africa	1981	Public	78,694	Igor Yadroitsev (Ihar Yadroitsau)	74	86	1	4	9	14	20	36	49	64	74	86
29	29	165	5,521	University of Limpopo	South Africa	2005	Public	120,880	Olawale Fatoki	74	212	3	7	18	23	32	60	98	147	186	212
30	30	167	5,575	Walter Sisulu University	South Africa	2005	Public	142,057	Wellington Didibhuku Thwala	74	130	1	4	9	20	26	45	67	90	113	130
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31	31	179	5,720	Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University	South Africa	2014	Public	115,973	Liviu Feller	74	91	1	4	10	17	20	28	43	64	78	91
32	32	195	6,027	Vaal University of Technology	South Africa	1966	Public	115,056	Augustine Ofomaja	74	91	1	2	10	11	16	28	40	57	81	91
33	33	204	6,328	Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies	South Africa		Institution	90,459	Ben Cousins	74	3	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
34	34	242	7,305	Agricultural Research Council, South Africa	South Africa	1990	Institution	129,764	Dalene De Beer	74	98	1	9	16	25	40	51	71	86	95	98
35	35	265	7,867	University of Mpumalanga	South Africa	2014	Public	168,323	Tatenda Dalu	74	68	0	3	5	7	14	25	32	46	59	68
36	36	275	8,230	Iziko Museums of South Africa	South Africa		Institution	166,196	Simon van Noort	74	2	0	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
37	37	313	8,669	Mangosuthu University of Technology (Technikon)	South Africa	1979	Public	396,939	Mehdi Sattari	74	55	0	0	2	7	13	17	26	39	50	55
38	38	331	9,114	South African Weather Service	South Africa	2001	Institution	318,929	Casper Labuschagne	74	3	0	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
39	39	338	9,147	Sol Plaatje University	South Africa	2014	Public	273,465	Nhamo Chaukura	74	54	0	1	1	3	7	11	22	33	45	54
40	40	342	9,203	South African National Space Agency	South Africa	2010	Public	278,724	John Bosco Habarulema	74	14	0	2	2	2	7	8	9	11	13	14
41	41	363	9,505	Foundation for Professional Development	South Africa	1997	Institution	172,494	Remco Peters	74	3	0	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3
42	42	364	9,526	South African Radio Astronomy Observatory	South Africa		Institution	504,963	Nadeem Oozeer	74	2	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
43	43	365	9,542	National Institute for Occupational Health	South Africa		Institution	227,576	Mary Gulumian	74	2	0	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
44	44	373	9,631	National Metrology Institute of South Africa	South Africa	2006	Institution	173,547	Filippus Stefanus Roux	74	6	0	1	1	1	2	4	5	5	6	6
45	45	393	10,027	Belgium Campus Itversity	South Africa	1999	Private	184,459	Kris A. Willems	74	4	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	4	4
46	46	424	10,416	Sasol	South Africa	1950	Company	321,293	Ionel Mugurel Ciobîcă	74	17	0	1	4	6	7	10	13	15	17	17
47	47	426	10,428	Council for Geoscience	South Africa	1912	Institution	282,758	Johann Neveling	74	16	0	2	4	6	7	10	13	15	16	16
48	48	546	11,735	South African Reserve Bank	South Africa	1921	Company	640,569	Witness Simbanegavi	74	8	0	0	0	1	2	4	7	8	8	8
49	49	563	12,008	South African Sugarcane Research Institute	South Africa		Institution	251,732	Malcolm G. Keeping	74	2	0	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
50	50	564	12,057	Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute	South Africa		Institution	424,986	Karien Labuschagne	74	2	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2