University of the Free State (UFS) South Africa

Research

Date range: 1 June 2022 - 31 May 2023

Region: Global
Subject/journal group: All

The table to the right includes counts of all research outputs for University of the Free State (UFS) 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 University of the Free State (UFS)
Count Share
14 3.33

Outputs by subject (Share)

Outputs by subject
Subject Count Share
8 1.12
2 1.06
4 1.26
1 0.03
1 0.03

Share output for the past 5 years

Share per year
2018 2019 2020 2021 2022*
2.06 3.40 4.25 1.29 3.58

Compare University of the Free State (UFS) with other institutions

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

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Collaboration

Date range: 1 June 2022 - 31 May 2023

International vs. domestic collaboration by Share

  • 23.04% Domestic (24 institutions)
  • 76.96% International (74 institutions)

Hover over the graph to view the percentage of collaboration.

Top 10 domestic collaborators with University of the Free State (UFS) by Share*

  1. University of the Free State (UFS) and University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (Wits University) (1.38)
    University of the Free State (UFS)0.48
    University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (Wits University)0.90
  2. University of the Free State (UFS) and University of Cape Town (UCT) (0.66)
    University of the Free State (UFS)0.31
    University of Cape Town (UCT)0.35
  3. University of the Free State (UFS) and University of the Western Cape (UWC) (0.37)
    University of the Free State (UFS)
    University of the Western Cape (UWC)0.25
  4. University of the Free State (UFS) and South Africa Department of Arts and Culture (DAC) (0.33)
    University of the Free State (UFS)0.17
    South Africa Department of Arts and Culture (DAC)0.17
  5. University of the Free State (UFS) and University of Johannesburg (UJ) (0.33)
    University of the Free State (UFS)0.17
    University of Johannesburg (UJ)0.17
  6. University of the Free State (UFS) and Kwazulu-Natal Research Innovation and Sequencing Platform (KRISP) (0.21)
    University of the Free State (UFS)
    Kwazulu-Natal Research Innovation and Sequencing Platform (KRISP)0.18
  7. University of the Free State (UFS) and South African National Parks (0.20)
    University of the Free State (UFS)
    South African National Parks0.17
  8. University of the Free State (UFS) and National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS) (0.19)
    University of the Free State (UFS)
    National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS)0.16
  9. University of the Free State (UFS) and Stellenbosch University (SU) (0.14)
    University of the Free State (UFS)
    Stellenbosch University (SU)
  10. University of the Free State (UFS) and South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO) (0.13)
    University of the Free State (UFS)
    South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO)

Top 10 international collaborators with University of the Free State (UFS) by Share*

  1. University of the Free State (UFS) and University of Zurich (UZH) (1.37)
    University of the Free State (UFS)0.34
    University of Zurich (UZH)1.03
  2. University of the Free State (UFS) and University of Oxford (0.75)
    University of the Free State (UFS)0.28
    University of Oxford0.47
  3. University of the Free State (UFS) and Boston University (BU) (0.63)
    University of the Free State (UFS)0.33
    Boston University (BU)0.30
  4. University of the Free State (UFS) and The University of Queensland (UQ) (0.62)
    University of the Free State (UFS)0.14
    The University of Queensland (UQ)0.48
  5. University of the Free State (UFS) and University of Göttingen (0.59)
    University of the Free State (UFS)0.34
    University of Göttingen0.25
  6. University of the Free State (UFS) and Polish Academy of Sciences (PAS) (0.51)
    University of the Free State (UFS)0.24
    Polish Academy of Sciences (PAS)0.26
  7. University of the Free State (UFS) and Max Planck Society (0.47)
    University of the Free State (UFS)
    Max Planck Society0.43
  8. University of the Free State (UFS) and Bar-Ilan University (BIU) (0.39)
    University of the Free State (UFS)
    Bar-Ilan University (BIU)0.33
  9. University of the Free State (UFS) and French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) (0.36)
    University of the Free State (UFS)0.28
    French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS)
  10. University of the Free State (UFS) and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) (0.35)
    University of the Free State (UFS)0.19
    University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)0.17

*Share is the fractional count allocated to an institution for an article that takes into account the percentage of authors from that institution and the number of affiliated institutions that contributed to the article. The horizontal stacked bar charts above indicate the Share contributed by each institution in the bilateral collaboration. If the Share is not shown, hover over the bar to display it.

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