Social Sciences research in South Africa

#	Institution	World rank	Score	Top-10% rate	Works
1	University of Cape TownRondebosch	#235	40.5	13.3%	2,250
2	Stellenbosch UniversityStellenbosch	#259	39.4	11.9%	2,689
3	University of the WitwatersrandJohannesburg	#350	36.1	12.4%	3,149
4	University of JohannesburgJohannesburg	#409	34.4	13.8%	5,821
5	University of South AfricaPretoria	#649	29.4	11.1%	5,037
6	North-West UniversityPotchefstroom	#707	28.4	12.7%	2,881
7	University of PretoriaPretoria	#780	27.4	11.0%	3,824
8	Walter Sisulu UniversityMthatha	#1,267	22.1	9.5%	1,206
9	University of the Free StateBloemfontein	#1,369	21.2	11.7%	2,518
10	University of the Western CapeCape Town	#1,404	21.0	11.3%	1,467
11	University of KwaZulu-NatalDurban	#1,479	20.4	9.5%	2,399
12	Sustainability InstituteStellenbosch	#1,509	20.2	10.3%	244
13	Rhodes UniversityGrahamstown	#1,655	19.2	10.2%	711
14	University of ZululandEmpangeni	#1,682	19.0	13.2%	599
15	Tshwane University of TechnologyPretoria	#2,015	17.0	10.9%	962
16	Cape Peninsula University of TechnologyCape Town	#2,040	16.9	9.3%	568
17	South African Medical Research CouncilCape Town	#2,154	16.3	16.9%	204
18	University of MpumalangaMbombela	#2,219	16.0	13.5%	209
19	Sol Plaatje UniversityKimberley	#2,323	15.5	15.9%	214
20	University of Fort HareAlice	#2,350	15.3	13.6%	603
21	Central University of TechnologyBloemfontein	#2,351	15.3	5.5%	448
22	Nelson Mandela UniversityPort Elizabeth	#2,400	15.1	10.6%	1,001
23	Human Sciences Research CouncilPretoria	#2,571	14.4	15.3%	209
24	University of VendaThohoyandou	#2,748	13.6	9.4%	643
25	Durban University of TechnologyDurban	#2,855	13.2	9.7%	1,146
26	Vaal University of TechnologyVanderbijlpark	#2,915	13.0	10.0%	349
27	University of LimpopoPolokwane	#3,655	10.5	8.7%	918
28	The Independent Institute of EducationJohannesburg	#4,984	7.1	4.8%	127
29	Eskom (South Africa)Johannesburg	#5,190	6.7	6.6%	152
30	Mangosuthu University of TechnologyDurban	#5,937	5.2	8.6%	172
31	Management College of Southern AfricaDurban	#6,279	4.6	8.3%	94
32	Western Cape Department of HealthCape Town	#6,702	3.9	17.7%	62
33	Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences UniversityPretoria	#6,982	3.5	8.4%	212
34	Lyceum CollegeJohannesburg	#7,195	3.1	5.1%	100
35	African Leadership InstituteRoodepoort	#7,379	2.8	6.8%	112
36	National MuseumBloemfontein	#7,596	2.5	6.1%	73
37	South African Institute of International AffairsJohannesburg	#7,860	2.2	6.7%	150
38	Conversation AfricaJohannesburg	#8,544	125.0	11.4%	96
39	Health & Medical Publishing GroupCape Town	#8,668	110.0	7.7%	111
40	Council for Scientific and Industrial ResearchPretoria	#9,036	64.0	6.8%	79

Institutions in South Africa above the floor of 40 fractional works in Social Sciences, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022-now.

Dan J. Stein, Rangan Gupta and Crick Lund rank highest among researchers based in South Africa, on their papers in Social Sciences that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

1. 1Dan J. Stein#35,024 worldwide overall294.6 of 1,151 papers here in the top 10%
2. 2Rangan Gupta#170,622 worldwide overall209.5 of 803 papers here in the top 10%
3. 3Crick Lund#10,675 worldwide overall99.0 of 265 papers here in the top 10%
4. 4Rachel K. Jewkes#15,263 worldwide overall97.9 of 261 papers here in the top 10%
5. 5Surajit Bag#6,981 worldwide overall89.8 of 160 papers here in the top 10%
6. 6Soraya Seedat#102,847 worldwide overall90.8 of 410 papers here in the top 10%
7. 7Christian M. Rogerson#479,030 worldwide overall117.9 of 467 papers here in the top 10%
8. 8Lyn Wadley#28,381 worldwide overall61.6 of 99 papers here in the top 10%
9. 9Christine Löchner#35,812 worldwide overall62.2 of 199 papers here in the top 10%
10. 10Marlize Lombard#36,745 worldwide overall47.8 of 92 papers here in the top 10%
11. 11Haywantee Rumi Ramkissoon#110,736 worldwide overall68.0 of 119 papers here in the top 10%
12. 12Lee R. Berger#83,054 worldwide overall49.4 of 124 papers here in the top 10%
13. 13Shalini Talwar#53,002 worldwide overall48.6 of 76 papers here in the top 10%
14. 14Simon A. Lewin#18,493 worldwide overall45.0 of 115 papers here in the top 10%
15. 15Jason R. Bantjes#91,353 worldwide overall39.1 of 106 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in South Africa on their work in Social Sciences alone: how many more of their papers here reached the world top 10% for their subfield and year than the 10% expected.