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Research in Pretoria

Science Explorer records 66 research institutions in Pretoria, South Africa. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Pretoria, University of South Africa and Tshwane University of Technology.

Research institutions
66
15 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
118k
▲ 20% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.7M
14.1 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
Pretoria

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 Pretoria?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of PretoriaUniversity 51,512 #1,252
2University of South AfricaUniversity 30,946 #1,269
3Tshwane University of TechnologyUniversity 8,688 #2,193
4Council for Scientific and Industrial ResearchGovernment institution 7,243 #5,031
5Agricultural Research Council of South AfricaGovernment institution 4,468 #6,905
6Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences UniversityUniversity 2,522 #4,651
7Human Sciences Research CouncilNonprofit 2,237 #5,275
8South African National Biodiversity InstituteResearch facility 1,397 #14,466
9Zuid-Afrikaans HospitalHospital / health system 990 #17,430 all time
10Department of HealthGovernment institution 954 #5,698
11Foundation for Professional DevelopmentNonprofit 822 #19,318
12South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (South Africa)Company 814 #28,335 all time
13National Research FoundationNonprofit 796 #7,082
14South African National ParksGovernment institution 686 #20,640
15Council for GeoscienceGovernment institution 638 #16,545 all time
16South African Reserve BankInstitution 467 #22,239 all time
17South African Environmental Observation NetworkResearch facility 345 #21,298
18South African National Space AgencyGovernment institution 282 #21,858
19Government of South AfricaGovernment institution 276 #16,457
20Water Research CommissionGovernment institution 274 #22,749 all time
21South African Weather ServiceGovernment institution 271 #26,647 all time
22Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural DevelopmentGovernment institution 251 #21,267
23Department of Correctional ServicesGovernment institution 211 #24,719 all time
24Department of Science,Technology and InnovationGovernment institution 195 #19,976 all time
25National Metrology Institute of South AfricaResearch facility 192 #25,638 all time
26National Zoological Gardens of South AfricaArchive 180 #32,008 all time
27Institute for Security StudiesUniversity 143 #30,194 all time
28Academy of Science of South AfricaGovernment institution 108 not ranked
29South African Medical AssociationNonprofit 102 not ranked
30Bronberg ObservatoryResearch facility 80 not ranked
31Life Groenkloof HospitalHospital / health system 79 not ranked
32Institute for Global DialogueInstitution 65 not ranked
33Akademie Reformatoriese Opleiding en StudiesUniversity 60 not ranked
34Southern African Catholic Bishops ConferenceInstitution 58 not ranked
35National TreasuryGovernment institution 57 not ranked
36Setshaba Research CentreInstitution 47 not ranked
37Optimed Eye and Laser ClinicHospital / health system 30 not ranked
38Armscor (South Africa)Company 21 not ranked
39National Library of South AfricaArchive 18 not ranked
40Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis NetworkInstitution 14 not ranked
41Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the EnvironmentGovernment institution 13 not ranked
42Cranefield CollegeUniversity 11 not ranked
43Netcare Jakaranda HospitalHospital / health system 11 not ranked
44Geoterra Image (South Africa)Company 9 not ranked
45Department of Arts and CultureGovernment institution 9 not ranked
46Climate Resilience Infrastructure Development FacilityResearch facility 9 not ranked
47Open Window School of Visual CommunicationUniversity 8 not ranked
48UmalusiInstitution 8 not ranked
49South African National AIDS CouncilGovernment institution 8 not ranked
50South African Veterinary FoundationNonprofit 7 not ranked
51Restorative Justice CentreNonprofit 6 not ranked
52National Heritage CouncilArchive 6 not ranked
53AfricaBioNonprofit 5 not ranked
54Council on Higher EducationGovernment institution 4 not ranked
55Technoscene (South Africa)Company 4 not ranked
56South African Institute of Tax PractitionersNonprofit 3 not ranked
57Collaborative Africa Budget Reform InitiativeInstitution 3 not ranked
58Young Africa FOUNDATIONNonprofit 3 not ranked
59Department of Trade, Industry and CompetitionGovernment institution 2 not ranked
60South African Agency for Science and Technology AdvancementNonprofit 2 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 Pretoria: 43.4%University of South Africa: 26.1%Tshwane University of Technology: 7.3%Council for Scientific and Industrial Research: 6.1%56 others listed: 17.1%43%largest
University of Pretoria52k · 43.4%University of South Africa31k · 26.1%Tshwane University of Technology8,688 · 7.3%Council for Scientific and Industrial Research7,243 · 6.1%56 others listed20k · 17.1%

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

Which fields of science does Pretoria work in?

In 2022-now, 42% of research in Pretoria is in Social Sciences, 32% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (22%), Engineering (10%), Medicine (10%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 12k fractional works · 42.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 6,435 fractional works · 22.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1,923 fractional works · 6.7% of its workEducation: 1,692 fractional works · 5.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 555 fractional works · 1.9% of its workLaw: 406 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSafety Research: 302 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGender Studies: 226 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnthropology: 222 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCommunication: 138 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrban Studies: 138 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 132 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 124 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLinguistics and Language: 98 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopment: 94 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 65 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPublic Administration: 62 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 257 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1,690 fractional works · 5.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 396 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 278 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 276 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAccounting: 263 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 202 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMarketing: 158 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness and International Management: 108 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 1,415 fractional works · 4.9% of its workReligious studies: 498 fractional works · 1.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 223 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 141 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhilosophy: 130 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory: 90 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 87 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMusic: 77 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 170 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 1,147 fractional works · 4.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 395 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 385 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 205 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 95 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 59 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 974 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 680 fractional works · 2.4% of its workFinance: 169 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 125 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 468 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 251 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 161 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 56 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 9,088 fractional works · 31.7% of its workEngineering: 2,983 fractional works · 10.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 639 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 525 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 387 fractional works · 1.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 205 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 190 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 188 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 158 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedia Technology: 138 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 133 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 118 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 117 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 69 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 60 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 56 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1,975 fractional works · 6.9% of its workEcology: 383 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 287 fractional works · 1.0% of its workWater Science and Technology: 253 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPollution: 223 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 178 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 167 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 130 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 115 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 107 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 83 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 49 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 1,638 fractional works · 5.7% of its workInformation Systems: 619 fractional works · 2.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 395 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 176 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 171 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 92 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 71 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 113 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 902 fractional works · 3.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 488 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 143 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomaterials: 124 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 102 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 46 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 349 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStatistics and Probability: 82 fractional works · 0.3% of its workModeling and Simulation: 74 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeometry and Topology: 59 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 135 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 347 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 289 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 59 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 292 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 125 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 168 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 272 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 64 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 208 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 255 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 70 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 68 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 67 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 49 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 74 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 4,084 fractional works · 14.2% of its workMedicine: 2,733 fractional works · 9.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 400 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 325 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEpidemiology: 255 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSurgery: 178 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 177 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 114 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 108 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 106 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 106 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 88 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 82 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 70 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 723 fractional works · 2.5% of its workHealth Professions: 972 fractional works · 3.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 631 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 65 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOccupational Therapy: 60 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 216 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNursing: 203 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 156 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 47 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 88 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 80 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 88 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 3,408 fractional works · 11.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2,057 fractional works · 7.2% of its workPlant Science: 748 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 290 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFood Science: 223 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 160 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 150 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInsect Science: 143 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 135 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoil Science: 117 fractional works · 0.4% of its workForestry: 59 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 31 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 889 fractional works · 3.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 392 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGenetics: 230 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCell Biology: 75 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 192 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 221 fractional works · 0.8% of its workParasitology: 77 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 145 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 177 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 113 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 64 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 64 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKPretoria29kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences32%Health Sciences14%Social Sciences42%

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 Sciences6,43522.4%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting1,6905.9%
    3. Arts and Humanities1,4154.9%
    4. Psychology1,1474.0%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance9743.4%
    6. Decision Sciences4681.6%
    1. Engineering2,98310.4%
    2. Environmental Science1,9756.9%
    3. Computer Science1,6385.7%
    4. Materials Science9023.1%
    5. Mathematics3491.2%
    6. Energy3471.2%
    7. Chemistry2921.0%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences2720.9%
    9. Physics and Astronomy2550.9%
    10. Chemical Engineering740.3%
  3. Health Sciences4,08414.2%
    1. Medicine2,7339.5%
    2. Health Professions9723.4%
    3. Nursing2030.7%
    4. Veterinary880.3%
    5. Dentistry880.3%
  4. Life Sciences3,40811.9%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2,0577.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology8893.1%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology2210.8%
    4. Neuroscience1770.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics640.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Pretoria strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Pretoria is most concentrated in Religious studies, Archeology and Library and Information Sciences (10.5× the world share in Religious studies).

  1. Religious studiesSubfield · 438.6 works10×
  2. ArcheologySubfield · 35.2 works9.2×
  3. Library and Information SciencesSubfield · 21.5 works4.5×
  4. Research and TheorySubfield · 28.1 works4.3×
  5. Public AdministrationSubfield · 55.3 works4.1×
  6. Business and International ManagementSubfield · 99.2 works3.8×
  7. Safety ResearchSubfield · 261.3 works3.8×
  8. DevelopmentSubfield · 87.9 works3.5×
← 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: 1.46× its world share, 1,736 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.56× its world share, 755 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.74× its world share, 187 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.39× its world share, 157 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.63× its world share, 56 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.72× its world share, 63 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.66× its world share, 259 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.73× its world share, 1,435 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.58× its world share, 228 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.28× its world share, 296 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.71× its world share, 2,669 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.34× its world share, 1,668 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.90× its world share, 789 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.06× its world share, 313 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.41× its world share, 231 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.66× its world share, 81 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.28× its world share, 848 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.49× its world share, 2,372 worksMedicineNursing: 1.44× its world share, 177 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.17× its world share, 74 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.74× its world share, 1,259 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.88× its world share, 1,519 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.70× its world share, 413 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.64× its world share, 879 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.31× its world share, 1,005 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.77× its world share, 5,639 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 2.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary2.17×74 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting1.88×1,519 works
  3. Social Sciences1.77×5,639 works
  4. Arts and Humanities1.74×1,259 works
  5. Decision Sciences1.70×413 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.64×879 works
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.46×1,736 works
  8. Nursing1.44×177 works
  9. Environmental Science1.34×1,668 works
  10. Psychology1.31×1,005 works
  11. Energy1.28×296 works
  12. Health Professions1.28×848 works
  13. Mathematics1.06×313 works
  14. Materials Science0.90×789 works
  15. Immunology and Microbiology0.74×187 works
  16. Computer Science0.73×1,435 works
  17. Chemical Engineering0.72×63 works
  18. Engineering0.71×2,669 works
  19. Chemistry0.66×259 works
  20. Dentistry0.66×81 works
  21. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.63×56 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.58×228 works
  23. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.56×755 works
  24. Medicine0.49×2,372 works
  25. Physics and Astronomy0.41×231 works
  26. Neuroscience0.39×157 works

Which keywords describe research in Pretoria?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Colonialism, Globalization, Higher Education, Human Rights, Sustainability, Climate Change, Social Justice and South Africa.

▲ 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. Sustainability1,070▲ 1.52×112 topics
  2. Globalization1,069▲ 1.89×148 topics
  3. Climate Change1,034▲ 1.33×112 topics
  4. Epidemiology901▼ 0.79×134 topics
  5. Human Rights789▲ 2.7×70 topics
  6. Machine Learning788▼ 0.82×91 topics
  7. Colonialism673▲ 5.0×37 topics
  8. Higher Education661▲ 4.3×32 topics
  9. Mental Health633▲ 1.54×44 topics
  10. Environmental Impact628▲ 1.28×66 topics
  11. Renewable Energy574▲ 1.38×57 topics
  12. Social Justice569▲ 3.3×45 topics
  13. Economic Growth529▲ 2.3×33 topics
  14. Social Capital458▲ 3.1×20 topics
  15. Development431▲ 4.2×21 topics
  16. Religion383▲ 2.9×38 topics
  17. Nationalism362▲ 2.8×28 topics
  18. South Africa354▲ 45×4 topics
  19. Inequality335▲ 5.1×14 topics
  20. Postcolonialism332▲ 8.1×17 topics
  21. Environmental Governance326▲ 17×5 topics
  22. Equality313▲ 19×5 topics
  23. Public Participation304▲ 49×3 topics
  24. Judicial Review298▲ 12×5 topics
  25. Constitutionalism294▲ 12×4 topics
  26. Race294▲ 8.6×17 topics
  27. Consumer Protection292▲ 24×3 topics
  28. Legal Research291▲ 8.4×3 topics
  29. Developmental Local Government288▲ 97×1 topic
  30. Socio-Economic Rights288▲ 97×1 topic
  31. NGOs287▲ 11×5 topics
  32. African Christianity286▲ 43×2 topics
  33. Poverty Reduction284▲ 7.6×6 topics
  34. Decolonization283▲ 12×8 topics
  35. Gender-based Violence265▲ 16×3 topics
  36. Indigenous Knowledge Systems243▲ 25×3 topics
  37. African Philosophy236▲ 69×1 topic
  38. Ubuntu236▲ 69×1 topic
  39. economic empowerment212▲ 46×2 topics
  40. post-apartheid212▲ 95×1 topic

What research is done in Pretoria?

Legal Issues in South Africa: 274 fractional worksAfrican cultural and philosophical studies: 197 fractional worksSouth African History an…186South African History and Culture: 186 fractional worksReligion, Society, and D…173Religion, Society, and Development: 173 fractional worksChristian Theology and Mission: 161 fractional worksBiblical Studies and Interpretation: 139 fractional worksAfrican studies and soci…128African studies and sociopolitical issues: 128 fractional worksOnline and Blended Learning: 115 fractional worksPoverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 105 fractional worksEntrepreneurship Studies and Influences: 96 fractional works
LawEducationSociology and Political ScienceReligious studies2 others

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

  1. 1 Legal Issues in South Africa Law 274 works
  2. 2 African cultural and philosophical studies Education 197 works
  3. 3 South African History and Culture Sociology and Political Science 186 works
  4. 4 Religion, Society, and Development Sociology and Political Science 173 works
  5. 5 Christian Theology and Mission Religious studies 161 works
  6. 6 Biblical Studies and Interpretation Religious studies 139 works
  7. 7 African studies and sociopolitical issues Sociology and Political Science 128 works
  8. 8 Online and Blended Learning Education 115 works
  9. 9 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 105 works
  10. 10 Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences Management of Technology and Innovation 96 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
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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%Pretoria20.1% 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 27.8% in 2016.

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