Computer Science research in South Africa

#	Institution	World rank	Score	Top-10% rate	Works
1	University of JohannesburgJohannesburg	#669	22.5	14.7%	865
2	University of Cape TownRondebosch	#945	18.4	6.4%	282
3	Stellenbosch UniversityStellenbosch	#1,031	17.3	8.0%	340
4	University of the WitwatersrandJohannesburg	#1,177	15.8	10.6%	317
5	University of KwaZulu-NatalDurban	#1,677	11.5	15.9%	308
6	University of PretoriaPretoria	#1,901	10.0	9.5%	406
7	University of South AfricaPretoria	#2,066	9.1	11.8%	588
8	Walter Sisulu UniversityMthatha	#2,161	8.5	11.4%	146
9	North-West UniversityPotchefstroom	#2,329	7.6	9.8%	236
10	Durban University of TechnologyDurban	#2,438	7.1	11.9%	196
11	Council for Scientific and Industrial ResearchPretoria	#2,535	6.6	5.4%	120
12	Tshwane University of TechnologyPretoria	#2,574	6.4	9.1%	224
13	Cape Peninsula University of TechnologyCape Town	#2,830	5.3	8.5%	104
14	Rhodes UniversityGrahamstown	#2,896	5.0	8.1%	79
15	University of the Western CapeCape Town	#2,975	4.7	8.4%	140
16	University of ZululandEmpangeni	#3,112	4.2	17.8%	85
17	Vaal University of TechnologyVanderbijlpark	#3,404	3.1	7.4%	62
18	University of the Free StateBloemfontein	#3,503	2.8	13.1%	155
19	Nelson Mandela UniversityPort Elizabeth	#4,160	71.0	4.9%	112
20	University of LimpopoPolokwane	#4,226	53.0	5.4%	93

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

Absalom El-Shamir Ezugwu and Willem I. Visser rank highest among researchers based in South Africa, on their papers in Computer Science that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

1. 1Absalom El-Shamir Ezugwu#141,562 worldwide overall53.0 of 102 papers here in the top 10%
2. 2Willem I. Visser#647,589 worldwide overall39.1 of 134 papers here in the top 10%

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