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Scientist and University Rankings 2024

South Africa University / Institution Rankings 2024 (Sort by: Last 6 Years 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	284	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	346	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
3	3	3	366	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
4	4	4	476	University of Kwazulu Natal	South Africa	2004	Public	7,984	Fernando Albericio	74	886	55	142	220	282	348	420	572	725	814	886
5	5	8	704	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	10	757	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	13	876	North West University	South Africa	2004	Public	8,725	Christo Venter ⁱ	74	459	26	70	127	192	258	303	343	427	457	459
8	8	17	1,112	National Institute for Communicable Diseases	South Africa	2002	Institution	12,310	Lynn Morris	74	57	10	17	25	31	39	44	48	49	54	57
9	9	22	1,264	University of the Western Cape	South Africa	1959	Public	11,947	Roy Maartens	74	390	22	51	90	116	162	218	273	334	365	390
10	10	25	1,304	South African Medical Research Council	South Africa	1969	Institution	10,127	Carl Lombard	74	72	9	22	30	34	46	56	63	67	69	72
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11	11	30	1,612	University of South Africa	South Africa	1873	Public	6,768	Eno E. Ebenso	74	983	17	42	78	125	183	272	434	624	789	983
12	12	32	1,665	University of the Free State	South Africa	1904	Public	31,285	HC Swart	74	352	13	39	64	95	132	182	242	285	324	352
13	13	34	1,673	Rhodes University	South Africa	1904	Public	15,339	Tebello Nyokong	74	265	17	44	74	103	122	142	168	202	240	265
14	14	39	1,751	Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, South Africa	South Africa	1945	Institution	14,284	Suprakas Sinha Ray	74	341	6	20	37	60	95	139	192	261	311	341
15	15	41	1,780	University of Fort Hare	South Africa	1916	Public	15,593	AJ Afolayan	74	252	7	15	30	42	55	81	121	161	224	252
16	16	44	1,891	Africa Health Research Institute	South Africa	2016	Institution	14,978	Willem Hanekom	74	23	5	6	6	7	9	10	15	19	23	23
17	17	49	2,013	Tshwane University of Technology	South Africa	2003	Public	49,950	Emmanuel Rotimi Sadiku	74	223	9	21	36	49	75	100	126	157	200	223
18	18	63	2,385	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
19	19	66	2,434	South African Astronomical Observatory	South Africa	1972	Institution	44,131	D. Buckley ⁱ	74	14	4	7	7	7	7	8	8	10	12	14
20	20	75	2,616	Durban University of Technology	South Africa	2002	Public	39,191	Faizal Bux	74	178	10	18	35	47	56	76	98	112	148	178
21	21	84	2,988	Human Sciences Research Council of South Africa	South Africa	1968	Institution	13,686	Karl Peltzer	74	80	6	9	19	25	37	47	58	71	76	80
22	22	91	3,216	Nelson Mandela University	South Africa	2005	Public	4,729	Richard M. Cowling	74	195	4	9	24	36	53	73	107	141	174	195
23	23	93	3,281	Central University of Technology	South Africa	1981	Public	78,695	Igor Yadroitsev (Ihar Yadroitsau)	74	86	1	4	9	14	20	36	49	64	74	86
24	24	111	3,602	The Aurum Institute NPC	South Africa	2002	Institution	16,522	Gavin Churchyard	74	5	2	3	3	4	4	5	5	5	5	5
25	25	143	4,352	University of Venda	South Africa	1982	Public	79,067	Pascal O. Bessong, Massaf	74	151	3	14	21	33	47	63	92	115	135	151
26	26	159	4,714	South African National Biodiversity Institute	South Africa	2004	Institution	85,330	Tony Rebelo	74	50	3	8	9	12	19	23	31	44	49	50
27	27	161	4,764	University of Zululand	South Africa	1960	Public	108,768	Neerish Revaprasadu	74	96	2	7	14	18	21	31	48	67	79	96
28	28	163	4,834	South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity	South Africa	2000	Institution	22,453	Whitfield, AK	74	30	3	3	7	12	13	16	22	24	28	30
29	29	176	5,117	Walter Sisulu University	South Africa	2005	Public	142,058	Wellington Didibhuku Thwala	74	130	1	4	9	20	26	45	67	90	113	130
30	30	180	5,190	University of Limpopo	South Africa	2005	Public	120,881	Olawale Fatoki	74	212	3	7	18	23	32	60	98	147	186	212
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31	31	200	5,672	Vaal University of Technology	South Africa	1966	Public	115,057	Augustine Ofomaja	74	91	1	2	10	11	16	28	40	57	81	91
32	32	205	5,701	Agricultural Research Council, South Africa	South Africa	1990	Institution	129,765	Dalene De Beer	74	98	1	9	16	25	40	51	71	86	95	98
33	33	207	5,739	Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University	South Africa	2014	Public	115,974	Liviu Feller	74	91	1	4	10	17	20	28	43	64	78	91
34	34	233	6,366	University of Mpumalanga	South Africa	2014	Public	168,324	Tatenda Dalu	74	68	0	3	5	7	14	25	32	46	59	68
35	35	245	6,714	South African Radio Astronomy Observatory	South Africa		Institution	504,964	Nadeem Oozeer	74	2	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
36	36	255	6,835	Sol Plaatje University	South Africa	2014	Public	273,466	Nhamo Chaukura	74	54	0	1	1	3	7	11	22	33	45	54
37	37	339	8,426	Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies	South Africa		Institution	90,460	Ben Cousins	74	3	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
38	38	358	8,678	Mangosuthu University of Technology (Technikon)	South Africa	1979	Public	396,940	Mehdi Sattari	74	55	0	0	2	7	13	17	26	39	50	55
39	39	376	8,852	Council for Geoscience	South Africa	1912	Institution	282,759	Johann Neveling	74	16	0	2	4	6	7	10	13	15	16	16
40	40	403	9,210	South African National Space Agency	South Africa	2010	Public	278,725	John Bosco Habarulema	74	14	0	2	2	2	7	8	9	11	13	14
41	41	408	9,348	South African Weather Service	South Africa	2001	Institution	318,930	Casper Labuschagne	74	3	0	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
42	42	438	9,744	Foundation for Professional Development	South Africa	1997	Institution	172,495	Remco Peters	74	3	0	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3
43	43	439	9,767	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	440	9,779	Iziko Museums of South Africa	South Africa		Institution	166,197	Simon van Noort	74	2	0	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
45	45	453	9,968	National Metrology Institute of South Africa	South Africa	2006	Institution	173,548	Filippus Stefanus Roux	74	6	0	1	1	1	2	4	5	5	6	6
46	46	469	10,262	Belgium Campus Itversity	South Africa	1999	Private	184,460	Kris A. Willems	74	4	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	4	4
47	47	564	11,515	Sasol	South Africa	1950	Company	321,294	Ionel Mugurel Ciobîcă	74	17	0	1	4	6	7	10	13	15	17	17
48	48	610	12,034	South African Reserve Bank	South Africa	1921	Company	640,570	Witness Simbanegavi	74	8	0	0	0	1	2	4	7	8	8	8
49	49	623	12,309	Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute	South Africa		Institution	424,987	Karien Labuschagne	74	2	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
50	50	730	13,908	South African Sugarcane Research Institute	South Africa		Institution	251,733	Malcolm G. Keeping	74	2	0	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2