South Africa

Research

Date range: 1 June 2022 - 31 May 2023

Subject/journal group: All

The table to the right includes counts of all research outputs for South Africa published between 1 June 2022 - 31 May 2023 which are tracked by the Nature Index.

Hover over the donut graph to view the Share for each subject. Below, the same research outputs are grouped by subject. Click on the subject to drill-down into a list of articles organized by journal, and then by title.

Note: Articles may be assigned to more than one subject area.

Article Count and Share for South Africa
Count Share
492 109.86

Outputs by subject (Share)

Outputs by subject
Subject Count Share
146 27.12
31 8.74
81 17.25
179 37.79
124 30.78

Share output for the past 5 years

Share per year
2018 2019 2020 2021 2022*
90.77 83.36 85.02 89.34 132.94

Compare South Africa with other countries/territories

*Note: 2022 data contains Share for article affiliations from newly added health sciences journals.

Collaboration

View the connected world of international research collaboration. Visualize collaborations by subject or region.

Collaborations between countries

Date range: 1 June 2022 - 31 May 2023

Collaboration by percentage of Share

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Collaboration by percentage of Share
Country Share (%)
USA 29.72
UK 20.44
Germany 11.61
China 7.92
France 6.33
Australia 6.07
Switzerland 4.79
Canada 4.62
Netherlands 4.62
Italy 3.87

Top 10 collaborators with South Africa by Share

  1. South Africa and United States of America (USA) (127.28)
    South Africa42.87
    United States of America (USA)84.41
  2. South Africa and United Kingdom (UK) (87.52)
    South Africa39.64
    United Kingdom (UK)47.88
  3. South Africa and Germany (49.72)
    South Africa16.52
    Germany33.21
  4. South Africa and China (33.93)
    South Africa9.70
    China24.23
  5. South Africa and France (27.10)
    South Africa11.00
    France16.10
  6. South Africa and Australia (26.00)
    South Africa11.29
    Australia14.71
  7. South Africa and Switzerland (20.53)
    South Africa7.63
    Switzerland12.90
  8. South Africa and Canada (19.80)
    South Africa7.21
    Canada12.58
  9. South Africa and Netherlands (19.78)
    South Africa8.85
    Netherlands10.93
  10. South Africa and Italy (16.55)
    South Africa5.34
    Italy11.22

Collaboration is determined by the combined fractional count (Share) of South Africa and the collaborating country.

Top 10 institutions from South Africa by Share

Institution Count Share
1. University of Cape Town (UCT) 180 21.27
2. University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (Wits University) 167 19.65
3. University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) 61 9.27
4. Stellenbosch University (SU) 83 7.74
5. University of Johannesburg (UJ) 69 6.12
6. Durban University of Technology (DUT) 10 4.71
7. National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS) 43 4.46
8. University of Pretoria (UP) 48 3.92
9. University of the Free State (UFS) 14 3.33
10. South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) 49 2.74

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