South Africa: research output 2026
On October 24, 2026, researchers affiliated with institutions in South Africa published 58 research papers, ranking 23rd of 152 countries and 0.7% of the world's output that day. 5 records with a South Africa affiliation were added to PubMed.
Papers on Oct 2458
World rank#23
Share of world output0.7%
Last 7 days764
Last 30 days3,717
Daily average (30 days)128
Last 30 days
Most active institutions
- University of Cape Town · 18 papers
- University of South Africa · 10 papers
- University of the Witwatersrand · 7 papers
- Stellenbosch University · 6 papers
- North-West University · 6 papers
Most-cited scientists
- Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta · Aga Khan University · 380,856 citations
- Dan Joseph Stein · South African Medical Research Council · 295,903 citations
- George A. Mensah · National Institutes of Health · 262,131 citations
- O. Smirnova · Lund University · 260,872 citations
- Mark I. McCarthy · Centre for Human Genetics · 245,824 citations
Papers per day
| Date | Papers |
|---|---|
| Sat, Oct 24 | 58 |
| Fri, Oct 23 | 112 |
| Thu, Oct 22 | 134 |
| Wed, Oct 21 | 195 |
| Tue, Oct 20 | 96 |
| Mon, Oct 19 | 87 |
| Sun, Oct 18 | 82 |
| Sat, Oct 17 | 55 |
| Fri, Oct 16 | 117 |
| Thu, Oct 15 | 164 |
| Wed, Oct 14 | 170 |
| Tue, Oct 13 | 128 |
| Mon, Oct 12 | 125 |
| Sun, Oct 11 | 28 |
Counts are papers (articles, reviews, preprints, letters, conference papers and book chapters) with at least one author affiliated with an institution in South Africa, by publication date, from OpenAlex. Recent days keep rising for a week as journals report their papers.
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