University of the Western Cape (UWC) South Africa

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• Share of University of the Western Cape (UWC), South Africa
• Share of domestic institutions (33 total)

1. University of the Western Cape (UWC) and University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (Wits University) (1.94)
   University of the Western Cape (UWC)0.75

   University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (Wits University)1.20
2. University of the Western Cape (UWC) and National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS) (1.61)
   University of the Western Cape (UWC)0.45

   National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS)1.15
3. University of the Western Cape (UWC) and University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) (1.58)
   University of the Western Cape (UWC)0.30

   University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN)1.28
4. University of the Western Cape (UWC) and National Institute for Theoretical and Computational Sciences (NITheCS) (1.33)
   University of the Western Cape (UWC)0.83

   National Institute for Theoretical and Computational Sciences (NITheCS)0.50
5. University of the Western Cape (UWC) and Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA) (1.32)
   University of the Western Cape (UWC)0.22

   Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA)1.10
6. University of the Western Cape (UWC) and University of Cape Town (UCT) (1.45)
   University of the Western Cape (UWC)0.86

   University of Cape Town (UCT)0.59
7. University of the Western Cape (UWC) and NITheP WITS Node (0.83)
   University of the Western Cape (UWC)

   NITheP WITS Node0.78
8. University of the Western Cape (UWC) and DST-NRF Centre of Excellence in Mathematical and Statistical Sciences (CoE-MaSS) (0.83)
   University of the Western Cape (UWC)

   DST-NRF Centre of Excellence in Mathematical and Statistical Sciences (CoE-MaSS)0.78
9. University of the Western Cape (UWC) and Africa Health Research Institute (0.75)
   University of the Western Cape (UWC)

   Africa Health Research Institute0.72
10. University of the Western Cape (UWC) and Kwazulu-Natal Research Innovation and Sequencing Platform (KRISP) (0.68)
    University of the Western Cape (UWC)0.18

    Kwazulu-Natal Research Innovation and Sequencing Platform (KRISP)0.50

Top 10 international collaborators with University of the Western Cape (UWC) by Share*

• Share of University of the Western Cape (UWC), South Africa
• Share of foreign institutions (637 total)

1. University of the Western Cape (UWC) and University of Oxford (2.30)
   University of the Western Cape (UWC)0.44

   University of Oxford1.86
2. University of the Western Cape (UWC) and Harvard University (1.71)
   University of the Western Cape (UWC)

   Harvard University1.64
3. University of the Western Cape (UWC) and South China University of Technology (SCUT) (1.55)
   University of the Western Cape (UWC)

   South China University of Technology (SCUT)1.41
4. University of the Western Cape (UWC) and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (1.02)
   University of the Western Cape (UWC)

   The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center0.95
5. University of the Western Cape (UWC) and University of Portsmouth (0.89)
   University of the Western Cape (UWC)0.78

   University of Portsmouth
6. University of the Western Cape (UWC) and University of Washington (UW) (0.92)
   University of the Western Cape (UWC)0.39

   University of Washington (UW)0.52
7. University of the Western Cape (UWC) and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (0.77)
   University of the Western Cape (UWC)

   U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs0.76
8. University of the Western Cape (UWC) and Columbia University in the City of New York (CU) (0.91)
   University of the Western Cape (UWC)0.30

   Columbia University in the City of New York (CU)0.61
9. University of the Western Cape (UWC) and University of Guelph (0.54)
   University of the Western Cape (UWC)0.27

   University of Guelph0.27
10. University of the Western Cape (UWC) and Emory University (0.52)
    University of the Western Cape (UWC)0.24

    Emory University0.29

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Affiliated joint institutions and consortia

• Bioinformatics Capacity Development Research Unit
• Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA)
• DST-NRF Centre of Excellence in Catalysis in South Africa (c*change)
• DST-NRF Centre of Excellence in Food Security (CoE-FS)
• DST-NRF Centre of Excellence in Mathematical and Statistical Sciences (CoE-MaSS)
• Inter-University Institute for Data Intensive Astronomy (IDIA)
• The Center for Research on Influenza Pathogenesis and Transmission (CRIPT CEIRR)