Research in Cape Town
Science Explorer records 4 research institutions in Cape Town. The largest by output are Royal Society of South Africa, FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology and Inter-university Institute for Data Intensive Astronomy.
- Research institutions
- 4
- Research works
- 51 ▼ 27% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 29.0% record average 16.5%
A city carries no overall standing here. The composite 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?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Royal Society of South AfricaNonprofit | 27 | not ranked | |
| 2 | FitzPatrick Institute of African OrnithologyNonprofit | 14 | not ranked | |
| 3 | Inter-university Institute for Data Intensive AstronomyResearch facility | 9 | not ranked | |
| 4 | Lasec (South Africa)Company | 0 | not ranked |
By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022–2025. 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which keywords describe research in Cape Town?
By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Legal Education, Human Rights, Biodiversity, Invasive Species, Health Impacts, Welfare Rights Advice and Constitutionalism.
- Ecosystem
- Cultural Diversity
- Radio Astronomy
- Epoch of Reionization
- Dark Matter
- Molecular Phylogeny
- Ecology
- Biological Invasions
- Star Formation
- Comparative Law
- Global Change
- Habitat Fragmentation
- Migration Patterns
- Avian Ecology
- Population Dynamics
- Habitat Selection
- Constitutionalism
- Health Impacts
- Biodiversity
- Legal Education
- Climate Change
- Human Rights
- Invasive Species
- Welfare Rights Advice
- Developmental Local Government
- Conservation
- Globalization
- Education
- Biogeography
- Taxonomy
- DNA Barcoding
- Legal Methodology
- Big Data
- Black Holes
- Evolution
- Cosmology
- Phylogeny
- Galaxies
- Stellar Populations
- Adaptive Evolution
Size is fractional works in all years 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
- Climate Change9▲ 6.6×21 topics
- Legal Education6▲ 190×2 topics
- Human Rights6▲ 14×2 topics
- Biodiversity6▲ 15×9 topics
- Invasive Species5▲ 18×11 topics
- Health Impacts4▲ 129×1 topic
- Welfare Rights Advice4▲ 326×1 topic
- Constitutionalism4▲ 71×1 topic
- Developmental Local Government4▲ 564×1 topic
- Habitat Selection3▲ 70×2 topics
- Conservation3▲ 13×7 topics
- Population Dynamics3▲ 19×7 topics
- Globalization2▲ 2.7×3 topics
- Avian Ecology2▲ 139×1 topic
- Education2▲ 3.4×6 topics
- Migration Patterns2▲ 122×1 topic
- Biogeography2▲ 13×6 topics
- Habitat Fragmentation2▲ 15×4 topics
- Taxonomy2▲ 28×5 topics
- Global Change2▲ 13×3 topics
- DNA Barcoding2▲ 24×4 topics
- Comparative Law2▲ 230×1 topic
- Legal Methodology2▲ 126×1 topic
- Star Formation2▲ 35×2 topics
- Big Data2▲ 5.7×3 topics
- Biological Invasions2▲ 28×2 topics
- Black Holes2▲ 22×3 topics
- Ecology2▲ 15×3 topics
- Evolution2▲ 11×5 topics
- Molecular Phylogeny2▲ 15×4 topics
- Cosmology2▲ 31×2 topics
- Dark Matter2▲ 15×2 topics
- Phylogeny2▲ 16×4 topics
- Epoch of Reionization1▲ 162×1 topic
- Galaxies1▲ 62×1 topic
- Radio Astronomy1▲ 75×1 topic
- Stellar Populations1▲ 62×1 topic
- Cultural Diversity1▲ 14×2 topics
- Adaptive Evolution1▲ 28×2 topics
- Ecosystem1▲ 17×2 topics
What research is done in Cape Town?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena Astronomy and Astrophysics 1 works
- 2 Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology Astronomy and Astrophysics 1 works
- 3 Science, Research, and Medicine Reproductive Medicine 0 works
- 4 Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena Nuclear and High Energy Physics 0 works
- 5 Biomedical and Engineering Education Biomedical Engineering 0 works
- 6 Astronomy and Astrophysical Research Instrumentation 0 works
- 7 South African History and Culture Sociology and Political Science 0 works
- 8 Local Economic Development and Planning Political Science and International Relations 0 works
- 9 Legal Issues in South Africa Law 0 works
- 10 Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation Computational Mechanics 0 works
Research output over time
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