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Scientist and University Rankings 2024

South Africa University / Institution Rankings 2024

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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	237	University of Cape Town	South Africa	1874	Public	290	Sahal Yacoob ⁱ	56	1,204	163	307	443	560	684	818	992	1,098	1,152	1,204
2	2	2	425	Stellenbosch University	South Africa	1918	Public	1,514	David M. Richardson	56	1,100	88	207	308	418	522	648	802	919	1,005	1,100
3	3	3	443	University of the Witwatersrand	South Africa	1922	Public	1,590	Bruce Mellado ⁱ	56	997	85	180	282	365	455	533	648	778	885	997
4	4	4	591	University of Pretoria	South Africa	1908	Public	3,585	Mike Wingfield	56	858	59	167	271	365	468	532	621	700	779	858
5	5	5	623	University of Kwazulu Natal	South Africa	2004	Public	7,984	Fernando Albericio	56	886	55	142	220	283	348	420	572	725	814	886
6	6	6	728	University of Johannesburg	South Africa	2005	Public	865	Loan Truong ⁱ	56	1,039	44	112	178	240	313	421	610	780	913	1,039
7	7	10	1,031	North West University	South Africa	2004	Public	8,724	Christo Venter ⁱ	56	459	26	70	127	192	258	303	343	427	457	459
8	8	12	1,143	University of the Western Cape	South Africa	1959	Public	11,945	Roy Maartens	56	390	22	51	90	116	162	218	273	334	365	390
9	9	17	1,361	Rhodes University	South Africa	1904	Public	15,336	Tebello Nyokong	56	265	17	44	74	103	122	142	168	202	240	265
10	10	18	1,363	University of South Africa	South Africa	1873	Public	6,767	Eno E. Ebenso	56	983	17	42	78	125	183	272	434	624	789	983
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11	11	24	1,573	University of the Free State	South Africa	1904	Public	31,279	HC Swart	56	352	13	39	64	95	132	182	242	285	324	352
12	12	32	1,933	Durban University of Technology	South Africa	2002	Public	39,183	Faizal Bux	56	178	10	18	35	47	56	76	98	112	148	178
13	13	33	1,940	National Institute for Communicable Diseases	South Africa	2002	Institution	12,308	Lynn Morris	56	57	10	17	25	31	39	44	48	49	54	57
14	14	35	2,025	South African Medical Research Council	South Africa	1969	Institution	10,125	Carl Lombard	56	72	9	22	30	34	46	56	63	67	69	72
15	15	36	2,027	Tshwane University of Technology	South Africa	2003	Public	49,941	Emmanuel Rotimi Sadiku	56	223	9	21	36	49	75	100	126	157	200	223
16	16	43	2,317	University of Fort Hare	South Africa	1916	Public	15,590	AJ Afolayan	56	252	7	15	30	42	55	81	121	161	224	252
17	17	53	2,454	Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, South Africa	South Africa	1945	Institution	14,282	Suprakas Sinha Ray	56	341	6	20	37	60	95	139	192	261	311	341
18	18	58	2,614	Human Sciences Research Council of South Africa	South Africa	1968	Institution	13,683	Karl Peltzer	56	80	6	9	19	25	37	47	58	71	76	80
19	19	62	2,736	Cape Peninsula University of Technology	South Africa	2005	Public	1,989	Timothy D Noakes	56	267	5	15	29	51	67	95	139	177	224	267
20	20	67	2,949	Africa Health Research Institute	South Africa	2016	Institution	14,976	Willem Hanekom	56	23	5	6	6	7	9	10	15	19	23	23
21	21	75	3,160	Nelson Mandela University	South Africa	2005	Public	4,729	Richard M. Cowling	56	195	4	9	24	36	53	73	107	141	174	195
22	22	79	3,242	South African Astronomical Observatory	South Africa	1972	Institution	44,125	D. Buckley ⁱ	56	14	4	7	7	7	7	8	8	10	12	14
23	23	87	3,370	University of Venda	South Africa	1982	Public	79,055	Pascal O. Bessong, Massaf	56	151	3	14	21	33	47	63	92	115	135	151
24	24	95	3,568	South African National Biodiversity Institute	South Africa	2004	Institution	85,319	Tony Rebelo	56	50	3	8	9	12	19	23	31	44	49	50
25	25	96	3,585	University of Limpopo	South Africa	2005	Public	120,856	Olawale Fatoki	56	212	3	7	18	23	32	60	98	147	186	212
26	26	104	3,825	South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity	South Africa	2000	Institution	22,450	Whitfield, AK	56	30	3	3	7	12	13	16	22	24	28	30
27	27	120	4,078	University of Zululand	South Africa	1960	Public	108,748	Neerish Revaprasadu	56	96	2	7	14	18	21	31	48	67	79	96
28	28	138	4,580	The Aurum Institute NPC	South Africa	2002	Institution	16,521	Gavin Churchyard	56	5	2	3	3	4	4	5	5	5	5	5
29	29	147	4,806	Agricultural Research Council, South Africa	South Africa	1990	Institution	129,736	Dalene De Beer	56	100	1	9	18	27	42	53	73	88	97	100
30	30	159	5,157	Walter Sisulu University	South Africa	2005	Public	142,027	Wellington Didibhuku Thwala	56	130	1	4	9	20	26	45	67	90	113	130
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31	31	161	5,176	Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University	South Africa	2014	Public	115,953	Liviu Feller	56	91	1	4	10	17	20	28	43	64	78	91
32	32	162	5,193	Central University of Technology	South Africa	1981	Public	78,685	Igor Yadroitsev (Ihar Yadroitsau)	56	86	1	4	9	14	20	36	49	64	74	86
33	33	185	5,643	Vaal University of Technology	South Africa	1966	Public	115,036	Augustine Ofomaja	56	91	1	2	10	11	16	28	40	57	81	91
34	34	256	7,295	University of Mpumalanga	South Africa	2014	Public	168,283	Tatenda Dalu	56	68	0	3	5	7	14	25	32	46	59	68
35	35	280	7,671	Council for Geoscience	South Africa	1912	Institution	282,665	Johann Neveling	56	16	0	2	4	6	7	10	13	15	16	16
36	36	287	7,941	South African National Space Agency	South Africa	2010	Public	278,634	John Bosco Habarulema	56	14	0	2	2	2	7	8	9	11	13	14
37	37	314	8,285	Sasol	South Africa	1950	Company	321,181	Ionel Mugurel Ciobîcă	56	17	0	1	4	6	7	10	13	15	17	17
38	38	338	8,670	Sol Plaatje University	South Africa	2014	Public	273,378	Nhamo Chaukura	56	54	0	1	1	3	7	11	22	33	45	54
39	39	351	8,912	South African Weather Service	South Africa	2001	Institution	318,823	Casper Labuschagne	56	3	0	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
40	40	371	9,224	Foundation for Professional Development	South Africa	1997	Institution	172,451	Remco Peters	56	3	0	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3
41	41	387	9,434	National Metrology Institute of South Africa	South Africa	2006	Institution	173,504	Filippus Stefanus Roux	56	6	0	1	1	1	2	4	5	5	6	6
42	42	401	9,773	Belgium Campus Itversity	South Africa	1999	Private	184,411	Kris A. Willems	56	4	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	4	4
43	43	421	10,036	Mangosuthu University of Technology (Technikon)	South Africa	1979	Public	396,802	Mehdi Sattari	56	55	0	0	2	7	13	17	26	39	50	55
44	44	559	11,738	Milpark Business School	South Africa	1997	Private	628,165	Sam Koma	56	6	0	0	0	2	2	2	3	4	4	6
45	45	623	12,414	South African Reserve Bank	South Africa	1921	Company	640,342	Witness Simbanegavi	56	8	0	0	0	1	2	4	7	8	8	8
46	46	662	13,018	Eskom	South Africa	1923	Company	493,149	Crystal Meek	56	15	0	0	0	1	1	2	3	9	12	15
47	47	741	14,300	CenGen (Pty) Ltd	South Africa	2003	Company	420,530	Renee Prins	56	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
48	48	959	17,417	South African Theological Seminary	South Africa	1996	Private	802,945	William Domeris\|Bill Domeris	56	6	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	3	6
49	49	1,016	18,225	Academy of Science of South Africa	South Africa	1996	Institution	768,200	Melusi Thwala	56	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1
50	50	1,197	20,753	George Whitefield College	South Africa	1989	Private	1,226,127	Nathan Lovell	56	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	4