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Position by research output Share
Global | Africa | |
---|---|---|
Overall | 34 | 1 |
Position by research output Share in subject areas
Global | Africa | |
---|---|---|
Biological sciences | 31 | 1 |
Chemistry | 47 | 1 |
Earth & environmental sciences | 27 | 1 |
Health sciences | 26 | 1 |
Physical sciences | 35 | 1 |
Research
Overall research output
Count | Share | |
---|---|---|
Overall | 584 | 102.38 |
Overall Count and Share for 'South Africa' based on time frame mentioned above, both domestically and internationally.
Research outputs by subject area
Subject | Count | Share |
---|---|---|
Biological sciences | 159 | 28.39 |
Chemistry | 35 | 7.06 |
Earth & environmental sciences | 76 | 14.87 |
Health sciences | 168 | 29.24 |
Physical sciences | 230 | 34.99 |
Note: Articles may be assigned to more than one subject area. Hover over the donut graph to view the Share for each subject.
Share output for the past 5 years
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Collaboration
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Collaboration by percentage of Share
Country | Share |
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USA | 29.6% |
UK | 18.7% |
Germany | 11.6% |
China | 8.6% |
France | 6.0% |
Switzerland | 5.7% |
Canada | 5.4% |
Australia | 5.2% |
Italy | 5.2% |
Spain | 4.0% |
Note: Hover over the graph to view collaboration by percentage of Share.
Top 10 collaborators with South Africa by Share
Top 10 institutions from South Africa by Share
country | Count | Share | |
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1. | University of Cape Town (UCT) | 266 | 19.59 |
2. | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (Wits University) | 227 | 17.77 |
3. | Stellenbosch University (SU) | 86 | 10.28 |
4. | University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) | 59 | 7.71 |
5. | University of Johannesburg (UJ) | 133 | 6.21 |
6. | Durban University of Technology (DUT) | 11 | 3.66 |
7. | University of Pretoria (UP) | 40 | 3.35 |
8. | National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS) | 28 | 2.46 |
9. | National Institute for Theoretical and Computational Sciences (NITheCS) | 11 | 2.28 |
10. | University of the Free State (UFS) | 14 | 2.28 |
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