South Africa

414.4k papers and 8.0M indexed citations i.

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In recent decades scholars affiliated with institutions in South Africa have published 414.4k papers, which have received a total of 8.0M indexed citations. Scholars in South Africa publish mostly in Sociology and Political Science (33.8k papers), Molecular Biology (28.0k papers) and Plant Science (25.9k papers) and are cited by scholars working on Molecular Biology (807.5k citations), Plant Science (602.4k citations) and Ecology (602.1k citations). Scholars in South Africa collaborate with scholars from United States, United Kingdom and Australia. Scholars in South Africa have published in prestigous journals including Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Fields of papers citing works of authors working in South Africa

Since Specialization
EngineeringComputer SciencePhysics and AstronomyMathematicsEarth and Planetary SciencesEnergyEnvironmental ScienceMaterials ScienceChemical EngineeringChemistryAgricultural and Biological SciencesVeterinaryDecision SciencesArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and AccountingSocial SciencesPsychologyEconomics, Econometrics and FinanceHealth ProfessionsDentistryMedicineBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyNeuroscienceNursingImmunology and MicrobiologyPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics

This network shows the specialization of papers citing the papers produced by authors working at institutions in South Africa. Nodes represent fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. The network helps show where authors in South Africa may publish in the future.

Countries collaborating with authors based in South Africa

Since Specialization
Total citations of papers

This map shows the geographic distribution of research produced by institutions in South Africa. It shows the number of citations received by papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of papers written in collaboration with authors working in South Africa with the expected number of papers based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country's share of papers is larger than expected).

Rankless by CCL
2025