2017 tables: Institutions - life sciences

The 2017 tables are based on Nature Index data from 1 January 2016 to 31 December 2016.

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# Institution Share 2015 Share 2016 Count 2016 Change in Adjusted Share 2015-2016*
1 University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa 4.00 4.65 44 19.5%
2 Stellenbosch University (SU), South Africa 1.31 1.88 10 48.2%
3 Africa Health Research Institute, South Africa 0.54 1.29 5 143.2%
4 University of Pretoria (UP), South Africa 1.07 1.28 14 22.5%
5 University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN), South Africa 2.49 1.16 21 -52.2%
6 University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (Wits University), South Africa 4.55 1.15 19 -74.0%
7 The Ratel Trust (TRT), South Africa – 0.67 1 N/A
8 Kuruman River Reserve, South Africa – 0.60 2 N/A
9 University of Johannesburg (UJ), South Africa 0.15 0.51 2 245.0%
10 Mawana Game Reserve, South Africa 0.50 0.50 1 2.9%
11 National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS), South Africa 0.59 0.38 17 -33.2%
12 Agricultural Research Council (ARC), South Africa 0.10 0.29 3 189.6%
13 University of the Free State (UFS), South Africa 0.84 0.25 4 -69.2%
14 South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI), South Africa 0.28 0.19 4 -31.6%
15 African Parks, South Africa – 0.14 1 N/A
16 Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), South Africa – 0.13 1 N/A
17 University of the Western Cape (UWC), South Africa 0.14 0.13 9 -7.4%
18 Nelson Mandela University (NMU), South Africa 0.08 0.13 1 63.0%
19 Kimberley Hospital, South Africa – 0.10 1 N/A
20 South Africa Department of Health (DOH), South Africa – 0.09 3 N/A
21 Edendale Hospital, South Africa – 0.07 1 N/A
22 Department of Science and Technology (DST), South Africa 0.13 0.07 2 -46.1%
23 South Africa Department of Arts and Culture (DAC), South Africa 0.13 0.06 1 -51.8%
23 Iziko Museums of Cape Town, South Africa 0.20 0.06 1 -68.1%
24 South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC), South Africa 0.03 0.06 2 103.8%
25 NRF South African Environmental Observation Network (SAEON), South Africa 0.11 0.05 1 -53.7%
25 Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS), South Africa 0.14 0.05 1 -63.0%
26 Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital, South Africa – 0.04 1 N/A
27 University of South Africa (UNISA), South Africa 0.13 0.03 1 -75.1%
28 Rhodes University (RU), South Africa 0.32 0.03 1 -91.0%
28 Centre for Proteomic and Genomic Research (CPGR), South Africa – 0.03 1 N/A
29 University of Venda (UNIVEN), South Africa 0.02 0.02 1 5.1%
30 Southern African Research and Innovation Management Association (SARIMA), South Africa 0.00 0.02 7 261.3%
30 South African National Blood Service (SANBS), South Africa 0.00 0.02 7 261.3%
31 African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS), South Africa 0.33 0.01 1 -95.5%
32 South Africa Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF), South Africa 0.04 0.01 1 -77.8%

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, selected on reputation by an independent panel of leading scientists in their fields.
  3. Nature Index recognizes that many other factors must be taken into account when considering research quality and institutional performance; Nature Index metrics alone should not be used to assess institutions or individuals.
  4. Nature Index data and methods are transparent and available under a creative commons licence at nature.com/nature-index/.

The Nature Index database undergoes regular updating, corrections, adjustment of institutional hierarchies, and removal of retracted papers and thus the live website can differ from the frozen annual tables.

*The change in adjusted Share accounts for the small annual variation in the total number of articles in Nature Index journals. Share values have been adjusted to 2021 levels to calculate the percentage change. For more information on the adjustment, please see the Adjusted metric explainer.


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