Research in Johannesburg
Science Explorer records 112 research institutions in Johannesburg, South Africa. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are University of Johannesburg, University of the Witwatersrand and National Health Laboratory Service.
- Research institutions
- 112 15 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 104k ▲ 49% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 22.5% record average 16.5%
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Which research institutions are in Johannesburg?
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
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What is Johannesburg strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Johannesburg is most concentrated in Archeology, Development and Public Administration (15.8× the world share in Archeology).
- ArcheologySubfield · 61.0 works16×
- DevelopmentSubfield · 128.3 works5.0×
- Public AdministrationSubfield · 55.8 works4.1×
- AnthropologySubfield · 289.7 works4.1×
- VirologySubfield · 50.9 works3.5×
- Research and TheorySubfield · 21.4 works3.3×
- Business and International ManagementSubfield · 83.7 works3.1×
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.
Which keywords describe research in Johannesburg?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainability, Globalization, Economic Growth, Colonialism, Human Rights, Supply Chain Management, South Africa and Higher Education.
- Decolonization
- post-apartheid
- Poverty Alleviation
- Socio-Economic Rights
- Constitutionalism
- Consumer Protection
- Judicial Review
- Equality
- Environmental Governance
- Antiretroviral Therapy
- South Africa
- Inequality
- Social Capital
- Higher Education
- Sustainable Development
- Supply Chain Management
- Mental Health
- Renewable Energy
- Machine Learning
- Epidemiology
- Sustainability
- Globalization
- Climate Change
- Human Rights
- Economic Growth
- Environmental Impact
- Colonialism
- Risk Management
- Social Justice
- Governance
- Poverty Reduction
- Neoliberalism
- Gender-based Violence
- Race
- Postcolonialism
- Public Participation
- Developmental Local Government
- NGOs
- economic empowerment
- protests
Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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
- Sustainability1,101▲ 1.78×123 topics
- Epidemiology881◆ 0.88×137 topics
- Globalization872▲ 1.75×155 topics
- Machine Learning735◆ 0.89×92 topics
- Climate Change734◆ 1.07×117 topics
- Renewable Energy627▲ 1.72×57 topics
- Human Rights606▲ 2.3×72 topics
- Mental Health590▲ 1.59×45 topics
- Economic Growth590▲ 2.7×35 topics
- Supply Chain Management573▲ 2.4×26 topics
- Environmental Impact570▲ 1.32×66 topics
- Sustainable Development524▲ 1.30×96 topics
- Colonialism481▲ 4.0×42 topics
- Higher Education441▲ 3.2×30 topics
- Risk Management422▲ 3.4×19 topics
- Social Capital358▲ 2.7×21 topics
- Social Justice323▲ 2.2×45 topics
- Inequality316▲ 5.5×17 topics
- Governance314▲ 3.8×18 topics
- South Africa294▲ 43×4 topics
- Poverty Reduction278▲ 8.3×7 topics
- Antiretroviral Therapy267▲ 6.5×6 topics
- Neoliberalism267▲ 3.0×28 topics
- Environmental Governance225▲ 14×5 topics
- Gender-based Violence220▲ 15×3 topics
- Equality211▲ 14×5 topics
- Race211▲ 7.5×16 topics
- Judicial Review199▲ 8.7×5 topics
- Postcolonialism196▲ 6.2×17 topics
- Consumer Protection196▲ 18×3 topics
- Public Participation194▲ 34×2 topics
- Constitutionalism191▲ 7.8×4 topics
- Developmental Local Government184▲ 66×1 topic
- Socio-Economic Rights184▲ 66×1 topic
- NGOs184▲ 7.3×5 topics
- Poverty Alleviation181▲ 7.2×3 topics
- economic empowerment178▲ 44×2 topics
- post-apartheid178▲ 89×1 topic
- protests178▲ 89×1 topic
- Decolonization169▲ 8.2×8 topics
What research is done in Johannesburg?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Legal Issues in South Africa Law 184 works
- 2 South African History and Culture Sociology and Political Science 178 works
- 3 Construction Project Management and Performance Management Science and Operations Research 140 works
- 4 African cultural and philosophical studies Education 132 works
- 5 International Development and Aid Development 123 works
- 6 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 122 works
- 7 African history and culture studies Anthropology 110 works
- 8 Urban and Rural Development Challenges Urban Studies 99 works
- 9 Energy and Environment Impacts Pollution 98 works
- 10 Public Health and Nutrition Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 97 works
Research output over time
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