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Research in Cape Town

Science Explorer records 72 research institutions in Cape Town, South Africa. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are South African Medical Research Council, University of the Western Cape and Cape Peninsula University of Technology.

Research institutions
72
13 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
43k
▲ 10% vs 2018-21
Citations
903k
21.2 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
21.2%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Cape Town

A city carries no overall standing here. The quality score is built for institutions and countries, the units its floors and field normalisation were designed around. An empty rank on this page is a statement about the measure, not about the place.

Which research institutions are in Cape Town?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of the Western CapeUniversity 12,877 #1,839
2Cape Peninsula University of TechnologyUniversity 5,421 #3,001
3South African Medical Research CouncilInstitution 4,804 #1,441
4South African Radio Astronomy ObservatoryResearch facility 1,426 #16,541
5Health & Medical Publishing GroupResearch facility 1,098 #11,607
6African Institute for Mathematical SciencesUniversity 1,088 #13,698
7Western Cape Department of HealthGovernment institution 968 #5,799
8Scientific ServicesResearch facility 930 #14,530
9City of Cape TownGovernment institution 743 #10,901
10Iziko Museums of South AfricaArchive 509 #21,316
11Desmond Tutu HIV FoundationNonprofit 439 #10,476
12Bayworld Centre for Research and EducationNonprofit 335 #23,793 all time
13South African Tuberculosis Vaccine InitiativeHospital / health system 320 #9,852
14Research ICT AfricaNonprofit 266 #13,570
15International Geographical UnionNonprofit 253 #21,996 all time
16Centre for High Performance ComputingInstitution 165 #28,346 all time
17Tygerberg Children’s HospitalHospital / health system 123 #33,138 all time
18Epicentre (South Africa)Company 123 #25,815 all time
19Institute for Justice and ReconciliationNonprofit 110 not ranked
20South African Heart AssociationInstitution 90 not ranked
21Karl Bremer HospitalHospital / health system 81 not ranked
22Cape Town Science CentreArchive 78 not ranked
23Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian StudiesUniversity 76 not ranked
24Research Research (South Africa)Company 52 not ranked
25GF Jooste HospitalHospital / health system 51 not ranked
26Task Applied ScienceHospital / health system 47 not ranked
27African Organisation for Research and Training in CancerNonprofit 41 not ranked
28SouthSouthNorthNonprofit 38 not ranked
29Cape Shoulder InstituteResearch facility 37 not ranked
30MosaicNonprofit 36 not ranked
31Umvoto AfricaInstitution 27 not ranked
32Sustainable Livelihoods FoundationNonprofit 21 not ranked
33Sonke Gender JusticeNonprofit 20 not ranked
34South African Thoracic SocietyInstitution 18 not ranked
35Shout It NowNonprofit 18 not ranked
36Kheth’ImpiloNonprofit 17 not ranked
37Helderberg CollegeUniversity 16 not ranked
38BroadReach Healthcare (South Africa)Company 15 not ranked
39Africagrowth Institute (South Africa)Company 15 not ranked
40Community Media TrustNonprofit 13 not ranked
41Infection Control Africa NetworkNonprofit 13 not ranked
42Brooklyn Chest HospitalHospital / health system 12 not ranked
43South African Holocaust and Genocide FoundationNonprofit 9 not ranked
44Equal EducationInstitution 9 not ranked
45Jembi Health SystemsNonprofit 8 not ranked
46Economic Policy Research InstituteNonprofit 8 not ranked
47Scripture UnionInstitution 7 not ranked
48ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability AfricaNonprofit 7 not ranked
49TB HIV Care AssociationNonprofit 7 not ranked
50Climate and Development Knowledge NetworkInstitution 6 not ranked
51African Federation for Emergency MedicineNonprofit 6 not ranked
52Equal Education Law CentreNonprofit 6 not ranked
53Samson Institute For Ageing ResearchNonprofit 6 not ranked
54Sex Workers Education & Advocacy TaskforceNonprofit 5 not ranked
55Shark SpottersInstitution 5 not ranked
56Isandla InstituteInstitution 4 not ranked
57Donald Woods FoundationNonprofit 4 not ranked
58Ndifuna UkwaziNonprofit 4 not ranked
59Microchem (South Africa)Company 3 not ranked
60Agama Energy (South Africa)Company 3 not ranked

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022-now. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.

How concentrated the city is

The same institutions as shares of everything the list accounts for. A city that is one university and a city that is twelve read alike as a table and not at all alike here.

University of the Western Cape: 39.1%Cape Peninsula University of Technology: 16.5%South African Medical Research Council: 14.6%South African Radio Astronomy Observatory: 4.3%56 others listed: 25.5%39%largest
University of the Western Cape13k · 39.1%Cape Peninsula University of Technology5,421 · 16.5%South African Medical Research Council4,804 · 14.6%South African Radio Astronomy Observatory1,426 · 4.3%56 others listed8,409 · 25.5%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which fields of science does Cape Town work in?

In 2022-now, 32% of research in Cape Town is in Social Sciences, 32% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (25%), Social Sciences (18%), Engineering (7%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Social Sciences: 3,109 fractional works · 32.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,721 fractional works · 17.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 534 fractional works · 5.5% of its workEducation: 357 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 150 fractional works · 1.6% of its workLaw: 123 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSafety Research: 72 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth: 71 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnthropology: 65 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGender Studies: 59 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCommunication: 50 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrban Studies: 48 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransportation: 41 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 35 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLinguistics and Language: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 88 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychology: 386 fractional works · 4.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 184 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 104 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 49 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 319 fractional works · 3.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 71 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 58 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 49 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 45 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAccounting: 39 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 290 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 227 fractional works · 2.3% of its workFinance: 40 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 24 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 258 fractional works · 2.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 63 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 36 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReligious studies: 34 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhilosophy: 34 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 72 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDecision Sciences: 134 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 64 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 52 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 3,094 fractional works · 32.0% of its workMedicine: 2,399 fractional works · 24.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 342 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 299 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEpidemiology: 265 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSurgery: 168 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 156 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 116 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOncology: 113 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 88 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysiology: 82 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 72 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medicine: 70 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 59 fractional works · 0.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 54 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 48 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 46 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHematology: 38 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 36 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 188 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth Professions: 528 fractional works · 5.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 375 fractional works · 3.9% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 37 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 34 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOccupational Therapy: 24 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Information Management: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 34 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 91 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 74 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 69 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPeriodontics: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 39 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 8 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2,354 fractional works · 24.4% of its workEngineering: 702 fractional works · 7.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 199 fractional works · 2.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 99 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 77 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 66 fractional works · 0.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 53 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 35 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 58 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 574 fractional works · 5.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 99 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEcology: 95 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 65 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPollution: 58 fractional works · 0.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 58 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 48 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 43 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 41 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 39 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 374 fractional works · 3.9% of its workInformation Systems: 127 fractional works · 1.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 114 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 39 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 228 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 142 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInstrumentation: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 41 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 134 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 77 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomaterials: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 36 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 114 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOceanography: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPaleontology: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 64 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMathematics: 90 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistics and Probability: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workModeling and Simulation: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 37 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 66 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 33 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 62 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 43 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 12 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 1,107 fractional works · 11.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 447 fractional works · 4.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 238 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGenetics: 92 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCancer Research: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 85 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 409 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPlant Science: 162 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 60 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 53 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSoil Science: 34 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInsect Science: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 45 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 161 fractional works · 1.7% of its workImmunology: 77 fractional works · 0.8% of its workVirology: 36 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMicrobiology: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 58 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 38 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 33 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKCape Town9,665fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences24%Health Sciences32%Social Sciences32%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this city does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences3,10932.2%
    1. Social Sciences1,72117.8%
    2. Psychology3864.0%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting3193.3%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2903.0%
    5. Arts and Humanities2582.7%
    6. Decision Sciences1341.4%
  2. Health Sciences3,09432.0%
    1. Medicine2,39924.8%
    2. Health Professions5285.5%
    3. Nursing910.9%
    4. Dentistry690.7%
    5. Veterinary80.1%
    1. Engineering7027.3%
    2. Environmental Science5745.9%
    3. Computer Science3743.9%
    4. Physics and Astronomy2282.4%
    5. Materials Science1341.4%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences1141.2%
    7. Mathematics900.9%
    8. Chemistry660.7%
    9. Energy620.6%
    10. Chemical Engineering120.1%
  4. Life Sciences1,10711.5%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4474.6%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences4094.2%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology1611.7%
    4. Neuroscience580.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics330.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Cape Town strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Cape Town is most concentrated in Virology, Infectious Diseases and Emergency Medicine (6.5× the world share in Virology).

  1. VirologySubfield · 32.5 works6.5×
  2. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 304.5 works5.2×
  3. Emergency MedicineSubfield · 62.5 works3.0×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient against the world baseline. Inside a single field a city is a meaningful unit, which is why this is where a city is measured at all.

The whole field profile

All 26 fields at once: above the ring is more than a place this size would be expected to do. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.89× its world share, 362 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.84× its world share, 381 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.64× its world share, 141 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.36× its world share, 50 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.94× its world share, 28 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.36× its world share, 11 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.45× its world share, 60 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.52× its world share, 343 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.68× its world share, 91 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.67× its world share, 53 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.50× its world share, 636 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.17× its world share, 496 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.40× its world share, 118 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.81× its world share, 82 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.06× its world share, 202 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.46× its world share, 60 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.08× its world share, 469 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.28× its world share, 2,103 worksMedicineNursing: 1.92× its world share, 80 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.59× its world share, 7 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.92× its world share, 226 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.06× its world share, 291 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.36× its world share, 113 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.44× its world share, 263 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.32× its world share, 344 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.41× its world share, 1,523 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 2.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions2.08×469 works
  2. Nursing1.92×80 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology1.64×141 works
  4. Dentistry1.46×60 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.44×263 works
  6. Social Sciences1.41×1,523 works
  7. Decision Sciences1.36×113 works
  8. Psychology1.32×344 works
  9. Medicine1.28×2,103 works
  10. Environmental Science1.17×496 works
  11. Physics and Astronomy1.06×202 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting1.06×291 works
  13. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.94×28 works
  14. Arts and Humanities0.92×226 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.89×362 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.84×381 works
  17. Mathematics0.81×82 works
  18. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.68×91 works
  19. Energy0.67×53 works
  20. Veterinary0.59×7 works
  21. Computer Science0.52×343 works
  22. Engineering0.50×636 works
  23. Chemistry0.45×60 works
  24. Materials Science0.40×118 works
  25. Neuroscience0.36×50 works
  26. Chemical Engineering0.36×11 works

Which keywords describe research in Cape Town?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Antiretroviral Therapy, Vaccine, Human Rights, Immune Response, Mental Health, Drug Resistance and Public Health.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this city's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology666▲ 1.73×131 topics
  2. Climate Change310▲ 1.18×103 topics
  3. Sustainability268◆ 1.14×102 topics
  4. Mental Health267▲ 1.93×39 topics
  5. Globalization265▲ 1.39×113 topics
  6. Public Health249▲ 1.77×62 topics
  7. Human Rights248▲ 2.5×66 topics
  8. Antiretroviral Therapy228▲ 14×6 topics
  9. COVID-19214▲ 1.70×30 topics
  10. Treatment213▲ 1.82×50 topics
  11. Vaccine206▲ 5.3×11 topics
  12. Immune Response197▲ 3.6×22 topics
  13. Diagnosis196▲ 2.2×41 topics
  14. Risk Factors196▲ 1.84×37 topics
  15. Higher Education151▲ 2.9×27 topics
  16. Drug Resistance144▲ 5.2×9 topics
  17. Colonialism130▲ 2.9×36 topics
  18. Mortality Rates115▲ 13×2 topics
  19. Viral Load112▲ 15×2 topics
  20. HIV Transmission111▲ 15×2 topics
  21. Maternal Mortality105▲ 4.9×5 topics
  22. South Africa105▲ 40×4 topics
  23. Preexposure Prophylaxis102▲ 22×1 topic
  24. Stigma and Discrimination102▲ 22×1 topic
  25. HIV Infection94▲ 9.4×4 topics
  26. Environmental Governance93▲ 14×4 topics
  27. Host-Pathogen Interaction88▲ 12×2 topics
  28. Equality87▲ 15×7 topics
  29. Mycobacterium tuberculosis87▲ 16×2 topics
  30. Tuberculosis87▲ 17×1 topic
  31. Adolescent Health83▲ 10×3 topics
  32. Judicial Review82▲ 10×4 topics
  33. Community Health Workers81▲ 9.5×2 topics
  34. Public Participation81▲ 39×2 topics
  35. Constitutionalism80▲ 9.4×2 topics
  36. Consumer Protection78▲ 19×2 topics
  37. Developmental Local Government78▲ 77×1 topic
  38. Socio-Economic Rights78▲ 77×1 topic
  39. HIV77▲ 9.7×4 topics
  40. Gender-based Violence74▲ 13×3 topics

What research is done in Cape Town?

HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 89 fractional worksTuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 75 fractional worksLegal Issues in South Af…75Legal Issues in South Africa: 75 fractional worksAdolescent Sexual and Re…60Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: 60 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 60 fractional worksSouth African History and Culture: 45 fractional worksDiverse Scientific and E…43Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies: 43 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 38 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 35 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 33 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesLawGeneral Health ProfessionsPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health4 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 89 works
  2. 2 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 75 works
  3. 3 Legal Issues in South Africa Law 75 works
  4. 4 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health General Health Professions 60 works
  5. 5 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 60 works
  6. 6 South African History and Culture Sociology and Political Science 45 works
  7. 7 Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies Economics and Econometrics 43 works
  8. 8 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 38 works
  9. 9 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 35 works
  10. 10 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 33 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%Cape Town18.8% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 28.5% in 2016.

Questions people ask

What are the best universities in Cape Town for research?

Science Explorer records 72 research institutions in Cape Town, South Africa. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are South African Medical Research Council, University of the Western Cape and Cape Peninsula University of Technology.

Which research institutions are in Cape Town?
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