Engineering research in South Africa

#	Institution	World rank	Score	Top-10% rate	Works
1	University of JohannesburgJohannesburg	#651	25.4	11.4%	2,195
2	Stellenbosch UniversityStellenbosch	#851	22.3	6.8%	1,054
3	University of the WitwatersrandJohannesburg	#958	20.9	8.6%	796
4	University of Cape TownRondebosch	#961	20.9	5.7%	568
5	University of PretoriaPretoria	#1,869	13.2	7.5%	790
6	Tshwane University of TechnologyPretoria	#1,955	12.7	7.7%	681
7	Council for Scientific and Industrial ResearchPretoria	#1,976	12.6	8.9%	222
8	Cape Peninsula University of TechnologyCape Town	#2,018	12.4	7.8%	335
9	University of KwaZulu-NatalDurban	#2,064	12.1	10.2%	597
10	University of South AfricaPretoria	#2,286	10.9	9.0%	791
11	Durban University of TechnologyDurban	#2,689	9.1	10.4%	481
12	Sustainability InstituteStellenbosch	#2,959	7.9	6.1%	78
13	Central University of TechnologyBloemfontein	#3,092	7.4	5.9%	175
14	Walter Sisulu UniversityMthatha	#3,355	6.5	10.4%	91
15	North-West UniversityPotchefstroom	#3,897	4.8	7.4%	364
16	University of the Free StateBloemfontein	#3,941	4.7	10.8%	239
17	University of Fort HareAlice	#4,075	4.3	15.2%	83
18	MintekJohannesburg	#4,415	3.3	5.1%	114
19	Vaal University of TechnologyVanderbijlpark	#4,678	2.7	5.2%	143
20	Nelson Mandela UniversityPort Elizabeth	#4,918	2.1	5.4%	180
21	University of the Western CapeCape Town	#5,045	1.8	8.0%	158
22	Rhodes UniversityGrahamstown	#5,418	98.0	4.9%	90
23	University of LimpopoPolokwane	#5,468	88.0	6.3%	122

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

Xiaohua Xia, Ramesh Chand Bansal and Amir H. Mohammadi rank highest among researchers based in South Africa, on their papers in Engineering that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

1. 1Xiaohua Xia#194,671 worldwide overall70.1 of 267 papers here in the top 10%
2. 2Ramesh Chand Bansal#200,640 worldwide overall85.7 of 430 papers here in the top 10%
3. 3Amir H. Mohammadi#756,161 worldwide overall107.2 of 362 papers here in the top 10%
4. 4Josua Petrus Meyer#370,197 worldwide overall94.2 of 468 papers here in the top 10%
5. 5Anton du Plessis#239,275 worldwide overall39.3 of 128 papers here in the top 10%
6. 6Kenneth Ikechukwu Ozoemena#180,013 worldwide overall36.0 of 115 papers here in the top 10%
7. 7Johann Ferdinand Görgens#294,285 worldwide overall38.0 of 144 papers here in the top 10%

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