2019 tables: Institutions - biological sciences

The 2019 tables are based on Nature Index data from 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2018.

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# Institution Share 2017 Share 2018 Count 2018 Change in Adjusted Share* 2017–2018
1 University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa 3.76 5.98 52 49.0%
2 University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (Wits University), South Africa 3.27 2.43 19 -30.5%
3 University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN), South Africa 3.48 2.15 23 -42.1%
4 Africa Health Research Institute, South Africa 1.18 2.10 6 66.8%
5 National Museums of Kenya (NMK), Kenya 0.27 1.61 11 449.1%
6 Kalahari Meerkat Project (KMP), South Africa 0.63 1.45 3 114.6%
7 University of Pretoria (UP), South Africa 1.20 1.44 17 12.6%
8 National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS), South Africa 0.50 1.32 16 147.3%
9 Nelson Mandela University (NMU), South Africa 0.02 1.12 3 5546.8%
10 Infectious Diseases Research Collaboration (IDRC), Uganda 0.01 0.82 3 6305.6%
11 Botswana Predator Conservation Trust, Botswana 0.46 0.77 3 56.9%
12 International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Kenya – 0.69 4 N/A
13 Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), Kenya 0.56 0.63 7 4.6%
14 Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre (KCMC), Tanzania 0.08 0.62 3 628.0%
15 Cairo University (CU), Egypt 0.10 0.62 9 460.3%
16 Rhodes University (RU), South Africa 0.26 0.61 3 117.3%
17 University of Malawi, Malawi 0.82 0.59 8 -31.9%
18 University of La Réunion, Reunion 0.23 0.58 13 133.6%
19 Stellenbosch University (SU), South Africa 0.97 0.54 18 -47.4%
20 Helwan University (HU), Egypt – 0.52 3 N/A
21 University of the Western Cape (UWC), South Africa 0.28 0.52 13 73.4%
22 Save the Elephants, Kenya – 0.52 2 N/A
23 University of Antananarivo, Madagascar 0.75 0.50 4 -37.1%
24 Mpala Research Centre (MRCC), Kenya 0.82 0.50 1 -43.1%
25 South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC), South Africa 0.59 0.48 9 -23.8%
26 Makerere University, Uganda 0.24 0.48 6 89.0%
27 International Centre for Medical Research in Franceville (CIRMF), Gabon 0.84 0.47 1 -47.9%
28 American University in Cairo (AUC), Egypt 0.06 0.47 2 686.7%
28 University of South Africa (UNISA), South Africa – 0.47 1 N/A
29 Burkina Faso Ministry of Health, Burkina Faso 0.97 0.44 2 -57.3%
30 Polyclinique les Jasmins, Tunisia – 0.42 2 N/A
31 University of Botswana (UB), Botswana – 0.41 3 N/A
32 Ain Shams University, Egypt 0.12 0.37 6 187.7%
33 North-West University (NWU), South Africa – 0.33 3 N/A
34 Addis Ababa University (AAU), Ethiopia 0.04 0.30 4 560.1%
35 International Center for Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), Kenya 0.13 0.30 2 122.7%
36 Ivory Coast Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research (MESRS), Ivory Coast 0.17 0.28 4 57.4%
37 Medical Care Development Inc. (MCDI), Equatorial Guinea – 0.27 1 N/A
38 University of Kisangani (UNIKIS), Congo 0.05 0.26 2 439.6%
39 University of Science, Technique and Technologies of Bamako (USTTB), Mali 1.16 0.26 4 -79.0%
40 Department of Science and Technology (DST), South Africa 0.16 0.26 13 51.8%
41 National Museum of Tanzania, Tanzania 0.05 0.25 1 415.1%
41 University Ferhat Abbas of Setif (UFAS), Algeria – 0.25 1 N/A
42 National Research Centre (NRC), Egypt 0.31 0.24 5 -27.1%
43 Budongo Conservation Field Station (BCFS), Uganda 0.74 0.23 1 -70.3%
44 University of Ibadan (UI), Nigeria 0.10 0.23 2 125.4%
45 Karonga Prevention Study, Malawi – 0.23 2 N/A
46 University of Johannesburg (UJ), South Africa 0.31 0.21 5 -37.3%
47 Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), South Africa – 0.20 2 N/A
48 University of Nigeria (UNN), Nigeria 0.00 0.20 2 16295.6%
49 Ghana Health Service (GHS), Ghana 0.06 0.20 1 221.4%
50 Tanta University, Egypt 0.06 0.20 4 235.7%
51 Cheikh Anta Diop University (UCAD), Senegal 0.02 0.19 5 760.7%
52 "Complexe Pédiatrique" in Bangui, Central African Republic – 0.19 1 N/A
53 Zagazig University, Egypt 0.04 0.19 2 395.3%
54 Institut National des Sciences de l'Archéologie et du Patrimoine (INSAP), Morocco – 0.19 2 N/A
55 Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana 0.01 0.18 3 1701.3%
56 University of Bamako, Mali 0.19 0.17 1 -15.5%
57 Centre National de Recherches Préhistoriques, Anthropologiques et Historiques (CNRPAH), Algeria – 0.17 1 N/A
58 Tanzania Fisheries Research Institute (TAFIRI), Tanzania – 0.17 1 N/A
58 National Veterinary Institute (NVI), Ethiopia – 0.17 1 N/A
59 Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS), Kenya 0.02 0.16 2 728.1%
60 Armauer Hansen Research Institute (AHRI), Ethiopia – 0.16 4 N/A
61 Mansoura University, Egypt 0.21 0.16 4 -30.0%
62 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique (CNRST), Burkina Faso 0.01 0.16 3 1110.9%
63 Uganda Ministry of Health, Uganda 0.70 0.15 1 -79.6%
64 Alexandria University, Egypt 0.10 0.15 5 39.5%
65 Joint Clinical Research Centre (JCRC), Uganda 0.06 0.15 1 127.0%
66 Centre de Recherche Biomédicale Espoir pour la Santé (EPLS), Senegal – 0.15 1 N/A
67 Gamal Abdel Nasser University of Conakry (UGANC), Guinea 0.01 0.14 1 1184.4%
67 University of Sadat City (USC), Egypt – 0.14 1 N/A
68 National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR), Tanzania 0.28 0.14 2 -53.6%
69 KEMRI/CDC Research and Public Health Collaboration, Kenya – 0.14 1 N/A
70 University of Limpopo, South Africa 0.10 0.13 1 31.1%
71 University of the Free State (UFS), South Africa 0.10 0.13 2 22.7%
72 University of Lagos (Unilag), Nigeria 0.00 0.13 1 3408.5%
73 Kenya Ministry of Health, Kenya – 0.13 1 N/A
74 University of Abomey-Calavi (UAC), Benin 0.10 0.12 3 20.8%
75 South Africa Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF), South Africa 0.17 0.12 2 -30.3%
76 South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI), South Africa 0.14 0.12 1 -18.3%
76 University of Venda (UNIVEN), South Africa – 0.12 1 N/A
77 Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS), South Africa 0.48 0.12 2 -76.6%
78 Lagos State University (LASU), Nigeria 0.00 0.12 2 10955.3%
79 Ifakara Health Institute, Tanzania 0.05 0.12 2 139.2%
80 University of Algiers 2, Algeria – 0.12 1 N/A
81 Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA), Tanzania – 0.11 1 N/A
81 Adventures with Elephants, South Africa – 0.11 1 N/A
81 Saint Francis University College of Health and Allied Sciences (SFUCHAS), Tanzania – 0.11 1 N/A
82 Kenema Government Hospital (KGH), Sierra Leone 0.14 0.11 1 -26.7%
82 Sierra Leone Ministry of Health and Sanitation, Sierra Leone 0.15 0.11 1 -31.8%
83 South Africa Department of Arts and Culture (DAC), South Africa 0.02 0.11 2 354.9%
84 Botswana-Baylor Children’s Clinical Centre of Excellence (COE), Botswana – 0.10 1 N/A
85 African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS), South Africa 0.17 0.10 1 -43.8%
86 Rekebisho Centre, Kenya – 0.10 1 N/A
87 University of Sfax, Tunisia 0.11 0.09 1 -20.5%
87 Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (Equatorial Guinea), Equatorial Guinea – 0.09 1 N/A
87 The Aurum Institute, South Africa – 0.09 1 N/A
88 Baylor College of Medicine Children’s Foundation - Uganda (Baylor - Uganda), Uganda – 0.09 1 N/A
89 National Center for Scientific and Technological Research (CENAREST), Gabon 0.06 0.08 1 22.9%
89 Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, KNUST, Ghana – 0.08 1 N/A
89 International Foundation Against Infectious Disease in Nigeria (IFAIN), Nigeria – 0.08 1 N/A
89 Université Catholique de Bukavu (UCB), Congo – 0.08 1 N/A
90 Institut Sénégalais de Recherches Agricoles (ISRA), Senegal 0.03 0.08 2 118.2%
91 Nigeria Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH), Nigeria – 0.08 1 N/A
91 Mohamed Lamine Debaghine Setif 2 University, Algeria – 0.08 1 N/A
92 Ethiopian Health and Nutrition Research Institute (EHNRI), Ethiopia – 0.08 1 N/A
93 University of Khartoum, Sudan – 0.07 1 N/A
94 University Hassan II Casablanca (UHII), Morocco 0.01 0.07 1 599.0%
95 Tunis El Manar University (UTM), Tunisia 0.11 0.07 1 -41.6%
95 Université de Toliara, Madagascar – 0.07 1 N/A
96 Mali Ministry of Health, Mali – 0.07 1 N/A
97 Iziko Museums of Cape Town, South Africa 0.09 0.07 2 -30.7%
98 F. Hached University Teaching Hospital, Tunisia 0.10 0.07 2 -38.0%
99 Centre de Recherches Entomologiques de Cotonou (CREC), Benin – 0.06 1 N/A
100 Kintampo Health Research Centre (KHRC), Ghana – 0.06 1 N/A

Footnote

Each year, the Nature Index publishes tables based on counts of high-quality research outputs in the previous calendar year. Users please note:

  1. The data behind the tables are based on a relatively small proportion of total research papers, they cover the natural sciences only and outputs are non-normalized (that is, they don’t reflect the size of the country or institution, or its overall research output).
  2. The Nature Index is one indicator of institutional research performance. The metrics of Count and Share used to order Nature Index listings are based on an institution’s or country’s publication output in 82 natural-science journals through 2022, in 2023 64 health-science journals were added to the Index. The 146 journals in the Nature Index were selected on reputation by an independent panel of leading scientists in their fields.
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