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Scientist and University Rankings 2024

South Africa University / Institution Rankings 2024 (Sort by: Last 6 Years i10 Index)

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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	290	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	2	364	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
3	3	3	381	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
4	4	4	466	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	5	517	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	6	562	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	7	10	758	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	8	16	1,094	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	9	17	1,096	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	10	23	1,326	Rhodes University	South Africa	1904	Public	15,338	Tebello Nyokong	74	265	17	44	74	103	122	142	168	202	240	265
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11	11	28	1,536	Tshwane University of Technology	South Africa	2003	Public	49,950	Emmanuel Rotimi Sadiku	74	223	9	21	36	49	75	100	126	157	200	223
12	12	29	1,584	Durban University of Technology	South Africa	2002	Public	39,190	Faizal Bux	74	178	10	18	35	47	56	76	98	112	148	178
13	13	34	1,777	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
14	14	39	1,876	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
15	15	46	2,058	University of the Free State	South Africa	1904	Public	31,284	HC Swart	74	352	13	39	64	95	132	182	242	285	324	352
16	16	48	2,178	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
17	17	52	2,249	University of Fort Hare	South Africa	1916	Public	15,592	AJ Afolayan	74	252	7	15	30	42	55	81	121	161	224	252
18	18	59	2,464	Africa Health Research Institute	South Africa	2016	Institution	14,977	Willem Hanekom	74	23	5	6	6	7	9	10	15	19	23	23
19	19	60	2,478	Nelson Mandela University	South Africa	2005	Public	4,729	Richard M. Cowling	74	195	4	9	24	36	53	73	107	141	174	195
20	20	66	2,578	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
21	21	80	2,863	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
22	22	83	2,872	University of Venda	South Africa	1982	Public	79,068	Pascal O. Bessong, Massaf	74	151	3	14	21	33	47	63	92	115	135	151
23	23	88	3,005	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
24	24	98	3,278	South African Astronomical Observatory	South Africa	1972	Institution	44,130	D. Buckley ⁱ	74	14	4	7	7	7	7	8	8	10	12	14
25	25	105	3,415	Walter Sisulu University	South Africa	2005	Public	142,064	Wellington Didibhuku Thwala	74	130	1	4	9	20	26	45	67	90	113	130
26	26	110	3,533	University of Zululand	South Africa	1960	Public	108,771	Neerish Revaprasadu	74	96	2	7	14	18	21	31	48	67	79	96
27	27	120	3,729	The Aurum Institute NPC	South Africa	2002	Institution	16,521	Gavin Churchyard	74	5	2	3	3	4	4	5	5	5	5	5
28	28	159	4,733	University of Limpopo	South Africa	2005	Public	120,887	Olawale Fatoki	74	212	3	7	18	23	32	60	98	147	186	212
29	29	168	4,825	Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University	South Africa	2014	Public	115,979	Liviu Feller	74	91	1	4	10	17	20	28	43	64	78	91
30	30	170	4,866	South African National Biodiversity Institute	South Africa	2004	Institution	85,331	Tony Rebelo	74	50	3	8	9	12	19	23	31	44	49	50
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31	31	179	5,085	Vaal University of Technology	South Africa	1966	Public	115,062	Augustine Ofomaja	74	91	1	2	10	11	16	28	40	57	81	91
32	32	181	5,159	Central University of Technology	South Africa	1981	Public	78,696	Igor Yadroitsev (Ihar Yadroitsau)	74	86	1	4	9	14	20	36	49	64	74	86
33	33	204	5,524	University of Mpumalanga	South Africa	2014	Public	168,331	Tatenda Dalu	74	68	0	3	5	7	14	25	32	46	59	68
34	34	209	5,654	Agricultural Research Council, South Africa	South Africa	1990	Institution	129,771	Dalene De Beer	74	98	1	9	16	25	40	51	71	86	95	98
35	35	247	6,501	South African National Space Agency	South Africa	2010	Public	278,750	John Bosco Habarulema	74	14	0	2	2	2	7	8	9	11	13	14
36	36	254	6,656	Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies	South Africa		Institution	90,461	Ben Cousins	74	3	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
37	37	260	6,700	Foundation for Professional Development	South Africa	1997	Institution	172,505	Remco Peters	74	3	0	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3
38	38	262	6,724	National Institute for Occupational Health	South Africa		Institution	227,593	Mary Gulumian	74	2	0	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
39	39	270	6,830	Council for Geoscience	South Africa	1912	Institution	282,784	Johann Neveling	74	16	0	2	4	6	7	10	13	15	16	16
40	40	358	8,419	South African Weather Service	South Africa	2001	Institution	318,959	Casper Labuschagne	74	3	0	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
41	41	388	8,752	Sol Plaatje University	South Africa	2014	Public	273,491	Nhamo Chaukura	74	54	0	1	1	3	7	11	22	33	45	54
42	42	457	9,781	Iziko Museums of South Africa	South Africa		Institution	166,204	Simon van Noort	74	2	0	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
43	43	468	9,985	National Metrology Institute of South Africa	South Africa	2006	Institution	173,558	Filippus Stefanus Roux	74	6	0	1	1	1	2	4	5	5	6	6
44	44	478	10,264	Belgium Campus Itversity	South Africa	1999	Private	184,473	Kris A. Willems	74	4	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	4	4
45	45	490	10,459	Mangosuthu University of Technology (Technikon)	South Africa	1979	Public	396,992	Mehdi Sattari	74	55	0	0	2	7	13	17	26	39	50	55
46	46	537	11,025	Sasol	South Africa	1950	Company	321,323	Ionel Mugurel Ciobîcă	74	17	0	1	4	6	7	10	13	15	17	17
47	47	600	11,833	South African Reserve Bank	South Africa	1921	Company	640,705	Witness Simbanegavi	74	8	0	0	0	1	2	4	7	8	8	8
48	48	626	12,196	South African Sugarcane Research Institute	South Africa		Institution	251,757	Malcolm G. Keeping	74	2	0	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
49	49	627	12,204	Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute	South Africa		Institution	425,048	Karien Labuschagne	74	2	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
50	50	628	12,222	South African Radio Astronomy Observatory	South Africa		Institution	505,046	Nadeem Oozeer ⁱ	74	2	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	2