South Africa

Time frame: 1 February 2023 - 31 January 2024

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Position by research output Share

Global Africa
Overall 35 1

Position by research output Share in subject areas

Global Africa
Biological sciences 29 1
Chemistry 48 1
Earth & environmental sciences 28 1
Health sciences 25 1
Physical sciences 34 1

Research

Overall research output

Count Share
Overall 622 106.77

Overall Count and Share for '' based on the 12-month time frame mentioned above.

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Research outputs by subject area

Subject Count Share
Biological sciences 201 35.64
Chemistry 158 24.39
Earth & environmental sciences 165 29.28
Health sciences 258 41.62
Physical sciences 371 54.21

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Share output for the past 5 years

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Collaboration

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Collaborations between countries/territories

Collaboration by percentage of Share

Country/territory Share
USA 29.0%
UK 17.6%
Germany 12.4%
China 8.4%
Switzerland 6.1%
Italy 5.7%
France 5.7%
Australia 5.3%
Canada 5.1%
India 4.6%

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Top 10 collaborators with South Africa by Share

Top 10 institutions from South Africa by Share

Institution Count Share
1.   University of Cape Town (UCT) 292 22.32
2.   University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (Wits University) 255 20.25
3.   Stellenbosch University (SU) 90 9.80
4.   University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) 65 8.80
5.   University of Johannesburg (UJ) 141 4.40
6.   University of Pretoria (UP) 42 3.68
7.   South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) 57 3.13
8.   Durban University of Technology (DUT) 10 2.83
9.   National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS) 27 2.62
10.   University of the Western Cape (UWC) 27 2.59

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