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South Africa University / Institution Rankings 2024 (Sort by: Last 6 years H Index)

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			AD Scientific Index - World University/Institution Rankings 2024								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 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	317	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	417	University of the Witwatersrand	South Africa	1922	Public	1,590	Bruce Mellado ⁱ	74	997	85	180	282	365	455	533	648	779	885	997
3	3	430	Stellenbosch University	South Africa	1918	Public	1,514	David M. Richardson	74	1,100	88	207	308	418	523	648	802	919	1,005	1,100
4	4	497	University of Kwazulu Natal	South Africa	2004	Public	7,983	Fernando Albericio	74	886	55	142	220	283	348	420	572	725	814	886
5	5	645	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	768	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	11	950	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	16	1,157	University of the Western Cape	South Africa	1959	Public	11,946	Roy Maartens	74	390	22	51	90	116	162	220	273	334	365	390
9	20	1,280	University of South Africa	South Africa	1873	Public	6,767	Eno E. Ebenso	74	983	17	42	78	125	183	272	435	625	789	983
10	26	1,467	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
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11	27	1,519	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
12	33	1,869	Africa Health Research Institute	South Africa	2016	Institution	14,977	Willem Hanekom	74	23	5	6	6	7	9	10	15	19	23	23
13	37	1,982	University of the Free State	South Africa	1904	Public	31,286	HC Swart	74	352	13	39	64	95	132	182	242	285	324	352
14	42	2,045	Tshwane University of Technology	South Africa	2003	Public	49,953	Emmanuel Rotimi Sadiku	74	223	9	21	36	49	75	100	126	157	200	223
15	45	2,063	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
16	46	2,129	University of Fort Hare	South Africa	1916	Public	15,592	AJ Afolayan	74	252	7	15	30	42	55	81	121	161	224	252
17	56	2,350	Nelson Mandela University	South Africa	2005	Public	4,729	Richard M. Cowling	74	195	4	9	24	36	53	73	107	141	174	195
18	66	2,536	Rhodes University	South Africa	1904	Public	15,338	Tebello Nyokong	74	265	17	44	74	103	122	142	168	202	240	265
19	68	2,586	Durban University of Technology	South Africa	2002	Public	39,193	Faizal Bux	74	178	10	18	35	47	56	76	98	112	148	178
20	77	2,791	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
21	78	2,810	University of Venda	South Africa	1982	Public	79,077	Pascal O. Bessong, Massaf	74	151	3	14	21	33	47	63	92	115	135	151
22	80	2,850	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
23	92	3,220	Central University of Technology	South Africa	1981	Public	78,705	Igor Yadroitsev (Ihar Yadroitsau)	74	86	1	4	9	14	20	36	49	64	74	86
24	106	3,554	The Aurum Institute NPC	South Africa	2002	Institution	16,521	Gavin Churchyard	74	5	2	3	3	4	4	5	5	5	5	5
25	156	4,660	South African National Biodiversity Institute	South Africa	2004	Institution	85,340	Tony Rebelo	74	50	3	8	9	12	19	23	31	44	49	50
26	158	4,670	University of Limpopo	South Africa	2005	Public	120,906	Olawale Fatoki	74	212	3	7	18	23	32	60	98	147	186	212
27	161	4,701	South African Astronomical Observatory	South Africa	1972	Institution	44,133	D. Buckley ⁱ	74	14	4	7	7	7	7	8	8	10	12	14
28	165	4,759	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
29	175	4,918	University of Zululand	South Africa	1960	Public	108,783	Neerish Revaprasadu	74	96	2	7	14	18	21	31	48	67	79	96
30	178	4,993	Walter Sisulu University	South Africa	2005	Public	142,086	Wellington Didibhuku Thwala	74	130	1	4	9	20	26	45	67	90	113	130
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31	181	5,076	Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University	South Africa	2014	Public	115,994	Liviu Feller	74	91	1	4	10	17	20	28	43	64	78	91
32	198	5,453	Agricultural Research Council, South Africa	South Africa	1990	Institution	129,792	Dalene De Beer	74	98	1	9	16	25	40	51	71	86	95	98
33	200	5,501	Vaal University of Technology	South Africa	1966	Public	115,077	Augustine Ofomaja	74	91	1	2	10	11	16	28	40	57	81	91
34	220	5,925	University of Mpumalanga	South Africa	2014	Public	168,358	Tatenda Dalu	74	68	0	3	5	7	14	25	32	46	59	68
35	245	6,475	Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies	South Africa		Institution	90,470	Ben Cousins	74	3	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
36	251	6,545	National Institute for Occupational Health	South Africa		Institution	227,626	Mary Gulumian	74	2	0	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
37	328	8,024	Council for Geoscience	South Africa	1912	Institution	282,831	Johann Neveling	74	16	0	2	4	6	7	10	13	15	16	16
38	336	8,273	Foundation for Professional Development	South Africa	1997	Institution	172,531	Remco Peters	74	3	0	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3
39	365	8,654	Sol Plaatje University	South Africa	2014	Public	273,536	Nhamo Chaukura	74	54	0	1	1	3	7	11	22	33	45	54
40	383	8,815	South African National Space Agency	South Africa	2010	Public	278,796	John Bosco Habarulema	74	14	0	2	2	2	7	8	9	11	13	14
41	405	9,197	South African Weather Service	South Africa	2001	Institution	319,012	Casper Labuschagne	74	3	0	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
42	441	9,607	Iziko Museums of South Africa	South Africa		Institution	166,230	Simon van Noort	74	2	0	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
43	458	9,894	National Metrology Institute of South Africa	South Africa	2006	Institution	173,584	Filippus Stefanus Roux	74	6	0	1	1	1	2	4	5	5	6	6
44	468	10,069	Belgium Campus Itversity	South Africa	1999	Private	184,501	Kris A. Willems	74	4	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	4	4
45	485	10,308	Mangosuthu University of Technology (Technikon)	South Africa	1979	Public	397,054	Mehdi Sattari	74	55	0	0	2	7	13	17	26	39	50	55
46	570	11,317	Sasol	South Africa	1950	Company	321,376	Ionel Mugurel Ciobîcă	74	17	0	1	4	6	7	10	13	15	17	17
47	609	11,769	South African Reserve Bank	South Africa	1921	Company	640,811	Witness Simbanegavi	74	8	0	0	0	1	2	4	7	8	8	8
48	632	12,161	South African Radio Astronomy Observatory	South Africa		Institution	505,129	Nadeem Oozeer ⁱ	74	2	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
49	633	12,164	Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute	South Africa		Institution	425,113	Karien Labuschagne	74	2	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
50	634	12,191	Citrus Research International	South Africa		Institution	397,904	TG Grout	74	2	0	0	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2