South Africa
Research
Date range: 1 August 2022 - 31 July 2023
Subject/journal group: All
The table to the right includes counts of all research outputs for South Africa published between 1 August 2022 - 31 July 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.
Count | Share |
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569 | 107.66 |
Outputs by subject (Share)
Subject | Count | Share |
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Biological sciences | 154 | 26.62 |
Chemistry | 34 | 9.06 |
Earth & environmental sciences | 86 | 15.91 |
Health sciences | 175 | 35.01 |
Physical sciences | 194 | 32.97 |
Share output for the past 5 years
2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022* |
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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.
Date range: 1 August 2022 - 31 July 2023
Collaboration by percentage of Share
Hover over the graph to view collaboration by percentage of Share.
Country | Share (%) |
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USA | 29.45 |
UK | 19.79 |
Germany | 12.42 |
China | 7.28 |
France | 6.05 |
Switzerland | 5.88 |
Australia | 5.69 |
Canada | 4.65 |
Netherlands | 4.51 |
Italy | 4.28 |
Top 10 collaborators with South Africa by Share
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South Africa and United States of America (USA)
(144.70)
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South Africa and United Kingdom (UK)
(97.23)
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South Africa and Germany
(61.02)
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South Africa and China
(35.77)
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South Africa and France
(29.75)
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South Africa and Switzerland
(28.91)
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South Africa and Australia
(27.98)
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South Africa and Canada
(22.87)
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South Africa and Netherlands
(22.15)
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South Africa and Italy
(21.02)
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 | |
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1. | University of Cape Town (UCT) | 244 | 19.93 |
2. | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (Wits University) | 216 | 19.05 |
3. | Stellenbosch University (SU) | 87 | 9.32 |
4. | University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) | 63 | 8.09 |
5. | University of Johannesburg (UJ) | 118 | 6.88 |
6. | Durban University of Technology (DUT) | 11 | 4.79 |
7. | University of Pretoria (UP) | 48 | 3.82 |
8. | National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS) | 37 | 3.73 |
9. | University of the Free State (UFS) | 13 | 3.06 |
10. | South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) | 47 | 2.61 |

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