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Africa Top 100 Institutions Rankings 2024 (Sort by: Total Citations)

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University of Cape Town

Cape Town , South Africa - Public 1874

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Total Citations			AD Scientific Index - World University/Institution Rankings 2024				Total Number of Scientists in University/Institution
Country Rank	Region Rank	World Rank	University / Institution	Country	Founded	Source	In top %3	In top %10	In top %30	In top %50	In top %70	Total Scientists in Index
1	1	311	University of Cape Town	South Africa	1874	Public	58	231	587	963	1,348	1,692
2	2	403	Stellenbosch University	South Africa	1918	Public	31	133	436	797	1,185	1,735
3	3	421	University of the Witwatersrand	South Africa	1922	Public	33	116	374	727	1,161	1,797
4	4	549	University of Kwazulu Natal	South Africa	2004	Public	19	86	290	569	946	1,454
5	5	658	University of Pretoria	South Africa	1908	Public	17	98	375	692	1,016	1,435
1	6	767	Cairo University	Egypt	1908	Public	9	68	382	763	1,529	2,587
2	7	848	Ain Shams University	Egypt	1950	Public	8	39	264	583	1,320	2,420
1	8	855	Addis Ababa University	Ethiopia	1950	Public	6	29	82	201	384	688
2	9	905	Mekelle University	Ethiopia	1993	Public	0	3	28	84	178	301
6	10	915	University of Johannesburg	South Africa	2005	Public	10	69	252	590	1,061	1,734
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1	11	1069	University of Ibadan	Nigeria	1948	Public	5	29	236	574	879	1,440
3	12	1082	University of Gondar	Ethiopia	1954	Public	0	6	38	133	211	337
7	13	1117	North West University	South Africa	2004	Public	8	48	197	446	801	1,270
3	14	1138	Alexandria University	Egypt	1942	Public	3	27	224	493	989	1,561
4	15	1173	Bahir Dar University	Ethiopia	2001	Public	0	6	46	118	202	335
8	16	1229	University of the Western Cape	South Africa	1959	Public	5	31	119	256	393	536
9	17	1265	South African Medical Research Council	South Africa	1969	Institution	4	13	36	58	67	72
10	18	1377	National Institute for Communicable Diseases	South Africa	2002	Institution	3	14	33	46	49	59
5	19	1409	Haramaya University	Ethiopia	1954	Public	0	1	21	52	100	175
4	20	1418	Mansoura University	Egypt	1972	Public	7	60	383	879	1,618	2,380
5	21	1441	Assiut University	Egypt	1957	Public	6	37	268	453	472	481
1	22	1502	World Agroforestry (ICRAF)	Kenya	1978	Institution	5	17	45	61	72	72
1	23	1634	University of Ghana	Ghana	1948	Public	3	38	176	447	723	1,244
11	24	1658	University of South Africa	South Africa	1873	Public	4	23	130	433	922	1,817
6	25	1672	Zagazig University	Egypt	1974	Public	6	28	165	418	880	1,748
12	26	1673	Rhodes University	South Africa	1904	Public	3	26	106	177	263	404
2	27	1686	Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology	Ghana	1952	Public	0	19	164	436	716	1,178
7	28	1688	American University in Cairo	Egypt	1919	Private	3	13	84	182	333	615
8	29	1743	Kafr El Sheikh University	Egypt	2006	Public	7	22	93	260	526	884
3	30	1782	University of Health and Allied Sciences	Ghana	2011	Public	3	10	30	85	136	204
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13	31	1806	Africa Health Research Institute	South Africa	2016	Institution	3	5	7	12	19	23
14	32	1873	University of the Free State	South Africa	1904	Public	3	19	101	246	404	594
2	33	1998	Obafemi Awolowo University	Nigeria	1962	Public	1	11	100	433	708	997
3	34	2011	Maryam Abacha American University of Nigeria, Kano	Nigeria	2021	Private	3	13	40	73	90	181
15	35	2032	University of Fort Hare	South Africa	1916	Public	2	8	44	109	205	353
16	36	2046	Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, South Africa	South Africa	1945	Institution	1	12	68	170	275	371
2	37	2091	International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)	Kenya	1994	Institution	2	11	29	47	57	58
4	38	2103	University of Cape Coast	Ghana	1962	Public	0	5	77	215	509	1,057
17	39	2115	Human Sciences Research Council of South Africa	South Africa	1968	Institution	3	6	28	54	74	92
9	40	2173	British University in Egypt	Egypt	2005	Private	3	6	29	69	149	249
3	41	2195	University of Nairobi	Kenya	1970	Public	0	30	242	483	949	1,743
1	42	2215	Makerere University	Uganda	1922	Public	3	19	102	243	397	592
1	43	2237	Université Mohammed V de Rabat	Morocco	1957	Public	2	18	103	192	355	666
1	44	2316	Université de Sfax	Tunisia	1986	Public	4	24	176	434	704	898
2	45	2351	Mohammed VI Polytechnic University	Morocco	2014	Private	2	14	39	117	202	383
4	46	2364	University of Nigeria	Nigeria	1960	Public	2	17	269	900	1,561	2,039
10	47	2400	Suez Canal University	Egypt	1976	Public	1	11	75	209	428	668
11	48	2443	South Valley University	Egypt	1995	Public	1	11	53	160	327	556
5	49	2484	Ahmadu Bello University	Nigeria	1962	Public	1	10	92	362	764	1,354
12	50	2507	Zewail City of Science and Technology	Egypt	2011	Public	2	8	20	47	97	184
18	51	2529	Cape Peninsula University of Technology	South Africa	2005	Public	1	9	54	125	247	412
1	52	2547	University of Mauritius	Mauritius	1965	Public	2	4	22	53	92	124
4	53	2560	International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology	Kenya	1965	Institution	2	9	24	41	66	73
19	54	2595	Nelson Mandela University	South Africa	2005	Public	2	6	37	98	195	316
1	55	2615	Djillali Liabes university of Sidi Bel Abbes	Algeria	1989	Public	3	7	23	47	89	522
6	56	2654	University of Jos	Nigeria	1975	Public	0	0	36	210	480	1,009
7	57	2676	Redeemer's University	Nigeria	2005	Private	0	3	14	71	147	268
20	58	2685	South African Astronomical Observatory	South Africa	1972	Institution	2	6	7	8	10	14
6	59	2696	Debre Markos University	Ethiopia	2005	Public	0	2	9	35	85	156
7	60	2708	Jimma University	Ethiopia	1952	Public	0	6	43	117	235	360
1	61	2715	University of Namibia	Namibia	1992	Public	2	4	31	84	122	125
3	62	2747	Université Euro-Méditerranéenne de Fès	Morocco	2012	Private	1	3	10	14	26	51
2	63	2788	Université de Mascara	Algeria	1986	Public	2	2	15	47	86	425
8	64	2790	Arba Minch University	Ethiopia	1986	Public	0	0	15	42	105	231
8	65	2835	Centre for Healthy Start Initiative	Nigeria	2011	Institution	1	2	2	2	2	2
13	66	2857	Beni Suef University	Egypt	2005	Public	6	24	135	264	547	917
14	67	2875	Tanta University	Egypt	1972	Public	3	30	203	582	1,223	2,305
15	68	2877	National Research Center, Egypt	Egypt	1956	Institution	2	29	198	435	576	667
21	69	2923	Durban University of Technology	South Africa	2002	Public	2	13	48	117	218	382
16	70	2928	Al Azhar University	Egypt	1961	Public	0	21	102	311	726	1,249
22	71	2938	Tshwane University of Technology	South Africa	2003	Public	1	15	54	134	237	380
17	72	2952	Menoufia University	Egypt	1976	Public	4	12	92	324	773	1,300
1	73	2996	Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences	Tanzania	2007	Public	2	12	36	72	109	159
2	74	3016	Université de Tunis el Manar	Tunisia	1987	Public	2	11	42	53	55	55
9	75	3063	Federal University of Technology Akure	Nigeria	1981	Public	2	10	103	324	587	852
1	76	3100	University of Khartoum	Sudan	1956	Public	2	8	27	49	99	374
4	77	3211	Université Hassan II de Casablanca	Morocco	1975	Public	2	11	40	165	370	803
1	78	3235	University of Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	1955	Public	1	5	36	91	163	287
23	79	3271	South African National Biodiversity Institute	South Africa	2004	Institution	0	5	13	27	46	57
10	80	3320	Lagos State University	Nigeria	1983	Public	0	6	39	146	302	554
1	81	3364	University of Botswana	Botswana	1982	Public	0	3	26	56	72	91
1	82	3410	Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia	Gambia	1913	Institution	0	4	5	10	12	16
5	83	3448	Maseno University	Kenya	1991	Public	0	3	21	60	135	328
1	84	3553	Universidade Eduardo Mondlane	Mozambique	1962	Public	1	3	7	16	26	46
18	85	3594	Egypt Japan University of Science & Technology	Egypt	2010	Public	1	8	27	50	89	200
19	86	3604	Fayoum University	Egypt	2005	Public	2	6	37	151	312	538
20	87	3605	University of Sadat City	Egypt	2013	Public	0	2	31	98	177	316
3	88	3614	Université Setif 1 Ferhat Abbas Setif	Algeria	1978	Public	2	5	44	77	102	617
21	89	3621	Arab Academy for Science & Technology and Maritime Transport	Egypt	1972	Private	1	5	37	120	179	188
2	90	3652	National Institute for Medical Research, Tanzania	Tanzania	2017	Institution	0	4	12	19	23	43
6	91	3653	Kenya Medical Research Institute	Kenya	1979	Institution	1	3	12	19	25	29
24	92	3664	University of Zululand	South Africa	1960	Public	0	3	18	48	105	217
22	93	3707	Delta University for Science & Technology	Egypt	2007	Private	1	3	15	32	72	156
25	94	3736	South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity	South Africa	2000	Institution	1	3	12	18	24	30
1	95	3754	Njala University Sierra Leone	Sierra Leone	1964	Public	2	3	8	16	32	56
1	96	3756	Université de Lomé	Togo	1970	Public	0	2	7	16	26	35
9	97	3771	Hawassa University	Ethiopia	1999	Public	0	2	14	47	104	193
7	98	3773	University of Embu	Kenya	1947	Public	0	2	9	33	72	142
10	99	3774	Debre Berhan University	Ethiopia	2007	Public	0	0	8	35	69	130
5	100	3795	Université Ibnou Zohr d'Agadir	Morocco	1989	Public	1	6	30	126	284	585

Top 100 Institutions

Africa Top 100 Institutions Rankings 2024 (Sort by: Total Citations)

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