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South Africa University/Institution Rankings 2023

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South Africa

Total 9.911 scientist, 1 country, 45 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	977	1126	1183
2	2	430	Stellenbosch University	South Africa	1918	Public	1415	David M. Richardson	45	1003	11	78	175	262	357	438	522	616	775	935	1003
3	3	552	University of the Witwatersrand	South Africa	1922	Public	2052	Bruce Mellado ⁱ	45	795	8	54	141	228	298	361	436	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	8101	Fernando Albericio	45	733	5	38	105	176	239	285	338	374	519	714	733
6	6	912	North West University	South Africa	2004	Public	7848	Christo Venter ⁱ	45	466	4	15	61	94	141	194	253	303	327	453	466
7	7	1012	University of Johannesburg	South Africa	2005	Public	937	Loan Truong ⁱ	45	807	3	19	71	126	182	231	288	357	549	789	807
8	10	1183	University of the Western Cape	South Africa	1959	Public	10637	Roy Maartens	45	370	2	18	40	71	99	129	157	198	269	344	370
9	11	1219	Rhodes University	South Africa	1904	Public	13992	Tebello Nyokong	45	241	2	14	33	56	89	113	123	134	172	224	241
10	14	1318	South African Medical Research Council	South Africa	1969	Private	9758	Carl Lombard	45	72	2	7	15	27	31	37	43	51	62	67	72
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11	19	1607	National Institute for Communicable Diseases	South Africa	2002	Public	11903	Lynn Morris	45	60	1	10	19	24	29	35	42	47	51	52	60
12	21	1698	Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, South Africa	South Africa	1945	Private	16614	Suprakas Sinha Ray	45	309	1	7	16	31	46	69	103	133	201	280	309
13	22	1815	Human Sciences Research Council of South Africa	South Africa	1968	Private	12812	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	15661	Willem Hanekom	45	23	1	5	6	6	7	9	9	10	11	16	23
15	25	1931	Nelson Mandela University	South Africa	2005	Public	4043	Richard M. Cowling	45	179	1	3	9	23	27	35	52	70	100	132	179
16	28	2003	South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity	South Africa	2000	Public	20539	Whitfield, AK	45	30	1	3	3	5	8	12	13	14	19	24	30
17	29	2008	University of Fort Hare	South Africa	1916	Public	17734	AJ Afolayan	45	152	1	2	11	26	37	44	56	71	113	149	152
18	42	2436	University of the Free State	South Africa	1904	Public	38660	HC Swart	45	287	0	10	26	48	69	97	127	161	230	286	287
19	44	2461	University of South Africa	South Africa	1873	Public	52642	Bhekie Mamba	45	699	0	9	24	54	89	132	179	243	401	653	699
20	49	2642	Tshwane University of Technology	South Africa	2003	Public	72890	Felix Dapare Dakora	45	183	0	6	15	24	37	47	62	83	117	161	183
21	54	2855	Durban University of Technology	South Africa	2002	Public	42134	TA Stenstrom	45	160	0	4	12	22	35	47	56	64	97	107	160
22	58	2903	South African National Biodiversity Institute	South Africa	2004	Public	61902	John Manning	45	51	0	4	9	10	12	15	20	24	30	49	51
23	63	3041	Cape Peninsula University of Technology	South Africa	2005	Public	109083	Olalekan Fatoki	45	178	0	3	10	20	28	49	61	79	127	176	178
24	66	3167	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
25	79	3357	University of Venda	South Africa	1982	Public	76844	Pascal O. Bessong, Massaf	45	154	0	2	8	18	23	33	41	58	85	115	154
26	90	3494	University of Zululand	South Africa	1960	Public	117176	Thavendran Govender	45	70	0	2	5	9	15	20	21	25	41	69	70
27	95	3545	University of Limpopo	South Africa	2005	Public	118737	Olawale Fatoki	45	179	0	2	4	9	16	21	29	46	83	148	179
28	126	4060	Agricultural Research Council, South Africa	South Africa	1990	Public	128664	Dalene De Beer	45	99	0	1	4	13	20	30	41	51	73	94	99
29	131	4131	Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University	South Africa	2014	Public	115086	Liviu Feller	45	90	0	1	4	7	10	14	16	23	38	60	90
30	137	4263	Central University of Technology	South Africa	1981	Public	89215	Igor Yadroitsev (Ihar Yadroitsau)	45	68	0	1	3	5	10	13	18	31	46	66	68
31	143	4438	Vaal University of Technology	South Africa	1966	Public	119314	Augustine Ofomaja	45	88	0	1	2	7	10	13	17	24	37	57	88
32	210	5782	University of Mpumalanga	South Africa	2014	Public	195869	Tatenda Dalu	45	70	0	0	2	4	5	8	13	20	30	46	70
33	284	6774	South African National Space Agency	South Africa	2010	Public	248469	Stewart Bernard	45	14	0	0	1	2	2	2	5	7	8	9	14
34	293	6935	Foundation for Professional Development	South Africa	1997	Private	194963	Remco Peters	45	3	0	0	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	3
35	313	7224	National Metrology Institute of South Africa	South Africa	2006	Public	163497	Filippus Stefanus Roux	45	6	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	5	5	5	6
36	316	7312	Belgium Campus Itversity	South Africa	1999	Private	160985	Kris A. Willems	45	3	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	3
37	332	7566	Walter Sisulu University	South Africa	2005	Public	266343	Stephen Akinlabi	45	105	0	0	0	2	5	9	16	28	48	77	105
38	347	7700	Mangosuthu University of Technology (Technikon)	South Africa	1979	Public	390913	Mehdi Sattari	45	53	0	0	0	1	4	7	10	14	23	38	53
39	449	8859	Sol Plaatje University	South Africa	2014	Public	320671	Nhamo Chaukura	45	53	0	0	0	1	1	5	6	8	18	31	53
40	615	10964	South African Reserve Bank	South Africa	1921	Public	627483	Witness Simbanegavi	45	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	7	7	8
41	663	11502	Milpark Business School	South Africa	1997	Private	603581	Tshediso Joseph Sekhampu	45	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	3	4	5
42	779	13070	South African Theological Seminary	South Africa	1996	Private	714086	William Domeris\|Bill Domeris	45	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	4
43	960	15901	St Joseph`s Theological Institute	South Africa	2010	Private	898190	Susan Rakoczy	45	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2
44	987	16253	Richfield Graduate Institute of Technology	South Africa	1997	Private	1039081	Arno Meyer	45	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
45	1073	17635	George Whitefield College	South Africa	1989	Private	1089491	Nathan Lovell	45	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3