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South Africa Scientists Citation in South Africa Rankings 2024
Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) 2024 and list of influential and most cited researchers in Agriculture and Forestry, Art, Design and Architecture, Business and Management, Economics and Econometrics, Education, Engineering and Technology, History, Philosophy, Theology, Law, Medicine and Health Sciences, Natural Sciences and Social Sciences and their 256 sub-branches is a unique service offered only by “AD Scientific Index”. You can see the most cited and influential researchers in the country and region. See also for more specific citation analyses: "last 6 years citation index" Universities Rankings 2024 (Sort by: Total Citations) and Universities Rankings 2024 (Sort by : Last 6 Years Citations)
| Total Citation Counts | AD Scientific Index - World Citation Ranking - 2024 | Citation Metrics | ||||||||
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| University Rank | Country Rank | Region Rank | World Rank | Name | Country | University / Institution |
Subject Research Areas |
Total | Last 6 Year | Last 6 year/total |
| 12 | 26 | 69 | 9,980 |
South Africa
|
University of Cape Town
|
Natural Sciences / Mathematical Sciences
Relativity | cosmology | complexity | |
48,690 | 12,260 | 0.252 | |
| 8 | 27 | 73 | 10,277 |
South Africa
|
University of the Witwatersrand
|
Natural Sciences / Physics
High Energy Physics | |
47,743 | 45,488 | 0.953 | |
| 3 | 28 | 74 | 10,349 |
South Africa
|
Stellenbosch University
|
Natural Sciences / Biological Science
Ecology | conservation Biology | Earth system science | Climate change | |
47,522 | 20,420 | 0.430 | |
| 13 | 29 | 78 | 10,561 |
South Africa
|
University of Cape Town
|
Medical and Health Sciences / Chest Diseases
pulmonary infections | tuberculosis | diseases of poverty | |
46,921 | 25,971 | 0.554 | |
| 9 | 30 | 82 | 10,850 |
South Africa
|
University of the Witwatersrand
|
Medical and Health Sciences / Epidemiology and Public Health
Epidemiology | Evidence Synthesis | Implementation Science | |
46,138 | 44,632 | 0.967 | |
| 10 | 31 | 84 | 10,988 |
South Africa
|
University of the Witwatersrand
|
Natural Sciences / Physics
gamma-ray astronomy | Cosmic Rays | |
45,756 | 17,190 | 0.376 | |
| 1 | 32 | 87 | 11,310 |
South Africa
|
Nelson Mandela University
|
Natural Sciences / Biological Science
Plant diversity and evolution | palaeovegetation science | conservation science | |
44,925 | 11,627 | 0.259 | |
| 14 | 33 | 88 | 11,579 |
South Africa
|
University of Cape Town
|
Engineering & Technology / Environmental Science & Engineering
Climate Change | |
44,284 | 16,794 | 0.379 | |
| 3 | 34 | 90 | 11,748 |
South Africa
|
University of Johannesburg
|
Natural Sciences / Physics
Astroparticle Physics | High Energy Astrophysics | Gamma-ray Astronomy | |
43,908 | 20,110 | 0.458 | |
| 15 | 35 | 92 | 12,234 |
South Africa
|
University of Cape Town
|
Medical and Health Sciences / Epidemiology and Public Health
physical activity and public health | non-communicable diseases | health behavior change | global south and healthy cities | obesity | |
42,746 | 25,235 | 0.590 | |
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| 11 | 36 | 93 | 12,441 |
South Africa
|
University of the Witwatersrand
|
Medical and Health Sciences / Epidemiology and Public Health
child development | adolescent development | HIV | AIDS | public health | |
42,362 | 20,251 | 0.478 | |
| 2 | 37 | 95 | 12,576 |
South Africa
|
University of Kwazulu Natal
|
Medical and Health Sciences / Epidemiology and Public Health
HIV Prevention and Treatment | |
42,073 | 18,337 | 0.436 | |
| 1 | 38 | 101 | 13,191 |
South Africa
|
Human Sciences Research Council of South Africa
|
Medical and Health Sciences / Health Sciences
health sciences | |
40,859 | 22,692 | 0.555 | |
| 1 | 39 | 105 | 13,772 |
South Africa
|
North West University
|
Engineering & Technology / Civil Engineering
Pulsars | gamma-ray astronomy | globular clusters | cosmic rays | |
39,776 | 14,361 | 0.361 | |
| 3 | 40 | 106 | 14,008 |
South Africa
|
University of Kwazulu Natal
|
Others
Clinical Medicine | Epidemiology | Cancer | Infectious disease | Surgery | |
39,376 | 37,631 | 0.956 | |
| 1 | 41 | 107 | 14,093 |
South Africa
|
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, South Africa
|
Others
Polymer Physics and Polymer Nanocomposites | |
39,209 | 16,315 | 0.416 | |
| 1 | 42 | 117 | 15,384 |
South Africa
|
University of South Africa
|
Natural Sciences / Chemical Sciences
corrosion | corrosion inhibition | corrosion of metals | adsorption | quantum chemical calculations | |
37,112 | 23,905 | 0.644 | |
| 16 | 43 | 118 | 16,001 |
South Africa
|
University of Cape Town
|
Medical and Health Sciences / Virology
Virology | virus evolution | genetic recombination | geminiviruses | sequence analysis software | |
36,193 | 21,487 | 0.594 | |
| 2 | 44 | 123 | 16,539 |
South Africa
|
University of Pretoria
|
Economics & Econometrics / Economics
Macroecomomics | forecasting | |
35,458 | 27,172 | 0.766 | |
| 1 | 45 | 126 | 17,036 |
South Africa
|
Rhodes University
|
Natural Sciences / Chemical Sciences
Photophysics | |
34,779 | 12,887 | 0.371 | |
| 4 | 46 | 129 | 17,289 |
South Africa
|
Stellenbosch University
|
Medical and Health Sciences / Infectious Diseases
Epidemiology | Public Health | Infectious Diseases | EHealth | |
34,499 | 33,156 | 0.961 | |
| 12 | 47 | 130 | 18,147 |
South Africa
|
University of the Witwatersrand
|
Natural Sciences / Physics
Astrophysics | |
33,378 | 19,646 | 0.589 | |
| 5 | 48 | 131 | 18,238 |
South Africa
|
Stellenbosch University
|
Medical and Health Sciences / Infectious Diseases
Tuberculosis | |
33,269 | 13,502 | 0.406 | |
| 4 | 49 | 134 | 18,842 |
South Africa
|
University of Kwazulu Natal
|
Engineering & Technology / Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Astrophysics | cosmology | radio astronomy | |
32,564 | 26,906 | 0.826 | |
| 1 | 50 | 135 | 18,859 |
South Africa
|
South African Medical Research Council
|
Medical and Health Sciences / Biostatistics
Biostatistics | |
32,545 | 10,657 | 0.327 | |