South Africa

Time frame: 1 May 2023 - 30 April 2024

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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 28 1
Chemistry 49 1
Earth & environmental sciences 27 1
Health sciences 26 1
Physical sciences 35 1

Research

Overall research output

Count Share
Overall 627 104.10

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 174 32.69
Chemistry 35 6.01
Earth & environmental sciences 71 14.95
Health sciences 166 30.04
Physical sciences 265 34.92

Note: Articles may be assigned to more than one subject area, as a result the sum of the subject research outputs may not equal the overall research outputs.

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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 29.5%
UK 17.6%
Germany 11.8%
China 8.4%
Switzerland 6.3%
Canada 5.5%
India 5.5%
Italy 5.3%
France 5.2%
Australia 5.0%

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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) 309 22.31
2.   University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (Wits University) 269 17.51
3.   Stellenbosch University (SU) 93 10.08
4.   University of Johannesburg (UJ) 153 5.29
5.   University of Pretoria (UP) 43 4.74
6.   University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) 57 4.69
7.   Durban University of Technology (DUT) 9 3.24
8.   South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) 59 3.23
9.   National Institute for Theoretical and Computational Sciences (NITheCS) 14 2.85
10.   National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS) 29 2.59

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