2020 tables: Institutions - academic

The 2020 tables are based on Nature Index data from 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2019.

Table criteria

# Institution Share 2018 Share 2019 Count 2019 Change in Adjusted Share* 2018–2019
1 University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa 15.69 15.87 168 -2.1%
2 University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (Wits University), South Africa 9.23 9.90 125 3.9%
3 Stellenbosch University (SU), South Africa 15.15 9.13 50 -41.7%
4 University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN), South Africa 7.69 6.99 45 -12.1%
5 University of Johannesburg (UJ), South Africa 6.51 5.37 89 -20.2%
6 University of the Free State (UFS), South Africa 2.06 3.40 17 59.9%
7 Durban University of Technology (DUT), South Africa 1.14 3.38 9 186.8%
8 Rhodes University (RU), South Africa 1.49 2.97 31 93.2%
9 University of Pretoria (UP), South Africa 3.72 2.77 38 -27.8%
10 North-West University (NWU), South Africa 1.67 2.20 14 27.5%
11 University of South Africa (UNISA), South Africa 1.03 2.03 15 90.6%
12 Ain Shams University, Egypt 2.16 1.88 22 -15.8%
13 Cadi Ayyad University (UCA), Morocco 1.73 1.77 62 -0.8%
14 Mansoura University, Egypt 0.65 1.77 16 165.3%
15 Addis Ababa University (AAU), Ethiopia 1.88 1.70 18 -12.4%
16 Cairo University (CU), Egypt 1.48 1.60 35 4.7%
17 University of the Western Cape (UWC), South Africa 1.16 1.54 19 28.7%
18 Beni-Suef University (BSU), Egypt 0.20 1.19 12 488.3%
19 University of Ghana, Ghana 1.11 10 N/A
20 University of Abomey-Calavi (UAC), Benin 0.54 1.10 7 97.2%
21 University Hassan II Casablanca (UHII), Morocco 0.14 1.05 57 616.3%
22 University of Nairobi, Kenya 0.03 1.04 9 3201.7%
23 British University in Egypt (BUE), Egypt 0.71 1.03 33 40.1%
24 Assiut University, Egypt 0.16 0.81 8 385.0%
25 University of Buea (UB), Cameroon 0.01 0.80 8 14348.4%
26 University of Yaounde I (UYI), Cameroon 0.89 0.77 7 -16.0%
27 Tunis El Manar University (UTM), Tunisia 0.48 0.71 9 41.1%
28 University of Malawi, Malawi 0.59 0.70 12 14.9%
29 Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Nigeria 0.70 2 N/A
30 University of Carthage (UCAR), Tunisia 0.38 0.65 4 66.8%
31 Université Ibn Zohr, Morocco 0.17 0.64 5 268.8%
32 University of La Réunion, Reunion 1.06 0.60 24 -45.0%
33 Makerere University, Uganda 0.54 0.59 10 6.0%
34 Suez University, Egypt 0.64 0.59 20 -11.0%
35 Nelson Mandela University (NMU), South Africa 2.46 0.55 6 -78.3%
36 University of Douala, Cameroon 0.06 0.52 3 767.6%
37 Jimma Institute of Technology (JIT), Ethiopia 0.50 0.50 1 -3.2%
37 Moi University, Kenya 0.50 2 N/A
38 Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana 0.18 0.50 6 160.2%
39 Constantine 1 University, Algeria 0.01 0.49 34 4201.1%
40 Alexandria University, Egypt 0.43 0.48 13 7.1%
41 Al-Azhar University, Egypt 0.10 0.47 7 329.9%
42 Mohammed V University, Morocco 0.39 0.44 56 7.8%
43 University of Science, Technique and Technologies of Bamako (USTTB), Mali 0.26 0.43 6 61.3%
44 Cheikh Anta Diop University (UCAD), Senegal 0.46 0.42 4 -11.8%
45 University of Kinshasa (UNIKIN), Congo 0.40 3 N/A
46 Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA), Tanzania 0.14 0.39 3 160.2%
47 Tanta University, Egypt 0.79 0.38 3 -53.3%
48 University of Sciences, Arts and Technology of Natitingou (USATN), Benin 0.38 1 N/A
49 University Ibn Tofaïl (UIT), Morocco 0.37 22 N/A
50 Maseno University, Kenya 0.35 2 N/A
51 University of Antananarivo, Madagascar 0.57 0.34 3 -42.1%
52 Université Catholique de Bukavu (UCB), Congo 0.08 0.34 2 295.9%
53 University of Venda (UNIVEN), South Africa 0.18 0.34 7 80.1%
54 University of Benghazi (UoB), Libya 0.33 1 N/A
55 Benha University, Egypt 0.11 0.33 3 197.9%
56 National University of Sciences, Technologies, Engineering and Mathematics (UNSTIM), Benin 0.32 2 N/A
57 University of Bamako, Mali 0.17 0.32 2 76.7%
58 Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University (USMBA), Morocco 0.31 1 N/A
59 Helwan University (HU), Egypt 0.71 0.31 15 -57.8%
60 American University in Cairo (AUC), Egypt 0.47 0.31 5 -36.1%
61 University of Sfax, Tunisia 0.30 0.29 3 -6.5%
62 University of Lagos (Unilag), Nigeria 0.13 0.29 6 114.0%
63 University of Zambia, Zambia 0.28 3 N/A
64 University for Development Studies (UDS), Ghana 0.26 2 N/A
65 Université Moulay-Ismaïl (UMI), Morocco 0.48 0.25 1 -49.2%
65 Centre de Développement des Energies Renouvelables (CDER), Algeria 0.25 1 N/A
66 Wollega University (WU), Ethiopia 0.24 3 N/A
67 Fayoum University (FU), Egypt 0.00 0.23 9 5072.7%
68 University of Lubumbashi, Congo 0.21 1 N/A
69 Abdelmalek Essaâdi University (UAE), Morocco 0.31 0.20 3 -35.5%
70 University of Ziguinchor (UASZ), Senegal 0.22 0.20 1 -12.9%
70 University of Mauritius (UOM), Mauritius 0.20 1 N/A
71 University of Namibia (UNAM), Namibia 0.20 0.19 5 -8.6%
72 University of Rwanda, Rwanda 0.15 0.19 2 22.5%
72 Minia University, Egypt 0.22 0.19 3 -18.9%
73 Menoufia University, Egypt 0.13 0.18 2 30.5%
74 University of Oran, Algeria 0.17 2 N/A
75 Misr University for Science and Technology (MUST), Egypt 0.06 0.16 2 145.1%
76 Kafrelsheikh University, Egypt 0.09 0.16 2 70.9%
77 Misr International University (MIU), Egypt 0.14 1 N/A
77 University of Science and Technology Houari Boumedienne (USTHB), Algeria 0.14 1 N/A
78 University of Limpopo, South Africa 0.18 0.14 5 -24.3%
79 University of Ibadan (UI), Nigeria 0.23 0.14 6 -42.6%
80 South Valley University (SVU), Egypt 0.08 0.14 2 57.6%
81 Arba Minch University (AMU), Ethiopia 0.13 2 N/A
82 Damietta University, Egypt 0.25 0.13 2 -51.2%
83 Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT), Kenya 0.07 0.13 5 87.6%
84 Zagazig University, Egypt 0.19 0.13 2 -36.0%
84 Meru University of Science and Technology (MUST), Kenya 0.13 1 N/A
84 Université Nationale d’Agriculture (UNA), Benin 0.13 1 N/A
84 Mkwawa University College of Education (MUCE), Tanzania 0.13 1 N/A
84 Université de Man (U-MAN), Ivory Coast 0.13 1 N/A
85 Sohag University, Egypt 0.05 0.12 2 135.7%
86 University of Zimbabwe (UZ), Zimbabwe 0.13 0.12 1 -10.7%
86 University of Tiaret, Algeria 0.12 1 N/A
87 Mekelle University, Ethiopia 0.11 2 N/A
88 The University of Dodoma, Tanzania 0.02 0.11 1 373.1%
89 Faculty of Sciences of Tunis (FST), Tunisia 0.10 1 N/A
90 Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Morocco 0.10 0.10 2 -6.2%
91 Université de Parakou, Benin 0.09 2 N/A
92 Université Mohammed Premier (UMP), Morocco 0.69 0.09 54 -87.4%
93 Kenya Methodist University (KeMU), Kenya 0.08 1 N/A
94 University of Fort Hare (UFH), South Africa 0.05 0.08 4 61.8%
95 Lagos State University (LASU), Nigeria 0.12 0.08 3 -35.1%
96 University of Mostaganem, Algeria 0.08 1 N/A
97 Akwa Ibom State University (AKSU), Nigeria 0.07 1 N/A
97 Adama Science and Technology University (ASTU), Ethiopia 0.07 1 N/A
97 University of Malemba Nkulu, Congo 0.07 1 N/A
98 Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS), Tanzania 0.05 0.07 3 35.3%
99 University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 0.30 0.07 3 -78.1%
100 Abdou Moumouni University (UAM), Niger 0.06 1 N/A
101 University of Cape Coast (UCC), Ghana 0.06 2 N/A
102 University of Khartoum, Sudan 0.07 0.06 1 -23.2%
102 University of Botswana (UB), Botswana 0.54 0.06 1 -89.4%
102 Université Omar Bongo, Gabon 0.06 1 N/A
102 St. Joseph University In Tanzania (SJUIT), Tanzania 0.06 1 N/A
103 University of Nigeria (UNN), Nigeria 0.20 0.06 4 -71.9%
104 University of Monastir (UM), Tunisia 0.70 0.06 1 -92.3%
104 Université Ziane Achour de Djelfa, Algeria 0.06 1 N/A
105 Redeemer's University Nigeria (RUN), Nigeria 0.05 1 N/A
106 Nasarawa State University (NSUK), Nigeria 0.05 1 N/A
106 State University of Zanzibar (SUZA), Tanzania 0.05 1 N/A
107 Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny (UFHB), Ivory Coast 0.10 0.05 2 -53.4%
108 Suez Canal University (SCU), Egypt 0.34 0.05 2 -85.9%
109 University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT), Nigeria 0.05 1 N/A
109 Université des Sciences de la Santé, Gabon 0.05 1 N/A
110 University of Sierra Leone (USL), Sierra Leone 0.02 0.05 2 162.0%
111 African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS), South Africa 0.11 0.04 5 -62.0%
112 Bayero University Kano (BUK), Nigeria 0.04 1 N/A
112 University of Global Health Equity (UGHE), Rwanda 0.04 1 N/A
113 Njala University, Sierra Leone 0.04 1 N/A
114 Technical University of Kenya (TUK), Kenya 0.04 1 N/A
115 Botswana International University of Science and Technology (BIUST), Botswana 0.04 2 N/A
116 Université Alassane Ouattara, Ivory Coast 0.03 1 N/A
117 Arish University, Egypt 0.03 1 N/A
118 University of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso 0.01 0.03 1 111.7%
118 University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID), Nigeria 0.03 1 N/A
119 Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Nigeria 0.03 1 N/A
120 Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology (JOOUST), Kenya 0.03 1 N/A
121 Akademia, South Africa 0.03 1 N/A
122 University of Health and Allied Science (UHAS), Ghana 0.02 0.03 2 72.9%
123 Egerton University, Kenya 0.03 1 N/A
124 College of African Wildlife Management (CAWM), Tanzania 0.01 0.02 2 302.7%
125 University of Kisangani (UNIKIS), Congo 0.26 0.02 1 -92.0%
126 University of Gondar (UOG), Ethiopia 0.05 0.01 2 -73.8%
127 University of Eldoret, Kenya 0.01 1 N/A
128 École Inter-Etats des Sciences et Médecine Vétérinaires de Dakar (EISMV), Senegal 0.01 1 N/A
129 Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Nigeria 0.01 3 N/A
130 University of N'Djamena (UNDT), Chad 0.01 1 N/A
130 Mount Kenya University (MKU), Kenya 0.01 1 N/A
131 Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia 0.01 1 N/A
132 Université Nangui Abrogoua (UNA), Ivory Coast 0.14 0.01 1 -95.1%
133 University of the Gambia (UTG), Gambia 0.01 1 N/A
134 Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT), South Africa 0.01 2 N/A
135 Mizan Tepi University (MTU), Ethiopia 0.01 2 N/A
136 Jimma University, Ethiopia 0.05 0.00 2 -89.9%
136 Hawassa University (HU), Ethiopia 0.04 0.00 2 -88.9%
136 University of Embu, Kenya 0.00 2 N/A
136 Debre Berhan University (DBU), Ethiopia 0.00 2 N/A
136 Botho University, Botswana 0.00 2 N/A
137 Nile University (NU), Egypt 0.00 2 N/A
138 University of Tripoli (UT), Libya 0.02 0.00 1 -82.1%
138 University of Algiers - Benyoucef Benkhedda, Algeria 0.00 1 N/A
139 Institut National Polytechnique Félix Houphouët-Boigny (INP-HB), Ivory Coast 0.00 1 N/A
140 Aksum University (AKU), Ethiopia 0.00 1 N/A
141 Jigjiga University (JJU), Ethiopia 0.00 1 N/A
141 Wolkite University (WKU), Ethiopia 0.00 1 N/A
142 University of Benin (UNIBEN), Nigeria 0.00 2 N/A
143 Université d'Agriculture de Kétou (UNA), Benin 0.01 0.00 1 -59.2%
143 Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST), Uganda 0.00 1 N/A
144 Babcock University (BU), Nigeria 0.13 0.00 1 -98.4%
145 University of Jos, Nigeria 0.00 0.00 1 -62.1%
145 Aswan University, Egypt 0.00 1 N/A
145 Madda Walabu University (MWU), Ethiopia 0.00 1 N/A
145 Wollo University, Ethiopia 0.00 1 N/A
146 Debre Markos University (DMU), Ethiopia 0.00 1 N/A
146 Haramaya University, Ethiopia 0.00 1 N/A
147 Dilla University, Ethiopia 0.00 1 N/A
147 Gulu University, Uganda 0.00 1 N/A
147 Dr. Tewelde Legesse Health Science College, Ethiopia 0.00 1 N/A
147 University of Energy and Natural Resources (UENR), Ghana 0.00 1 N/A
148 Usmanu Danfodiyo University (UDUSOK), Nigeria 0.00 1 N/A
148 Higher Institute of Nursing Professions and Technical Health, Morocco 0.00 1 N/A
148 Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University (SMU), South Africa 0.00 1 N/A
148 Eduardo Mondlane University (UEM), Mozambique 0.00 1 N/A

Footnote

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