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2016 and The University of Cape Town still leads the National Research Foundation researcher ratings

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Ratings

The table shown below lists those South African universities with more than 50 rated researchers as determined by the National Research Foundation (NRF) as of 31 January 2016. The list is ordered using the �Total� column. This column reflects the summation of all the research categories that the NRF rates with respect to academic staff at universities (The figures enclosed in parentheses are those for 2013. The figures enclosed in square brackets represent the percentage increase/decrease). Columns �A� through �E� represent the researcher categories and they are: �Leading international researcher�, �Internationally acclaimed researcher�, �Established researcher�, �NRF Prestigious Award� and �Promising young researcher� respectively.

Institution Total A B C D E
University of Cape Town 499 (445) [12] 34 157 224 7 77
University of Pretoria 428 (368) [16] 14 87 250 0 77
Stellenbosch University 390 (344) [13] 13 100 208 4 65
University of the Witwatersrand 359 (288) [25] 21 106 166 1 65
University of KwaZulu-Natal 260 (232) [12] 4 44 180 0 32
North-West University 198 (170) [16] 2 20 139 2 35
University of South Africa 180 (141) [28] 2 18 125 0 35
University of Johannesburg 152 (133) [14] 6 32 82 1 31
University of the Western Cape 125 (105) [19] 2 26 87 0 10
University of the Free State 123 (116) [ 6] 2 14 91 0 16
Rhodes University 78 ( 72) [ 8] 2 18 43 0 15
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University 72 ( 68) [ 6] 1 7 56 0 8
Tshwane University of Technology 50 ( 43) [14] 0 3 38 0 9

Comments

  1. The figures mostly speak for themselves.

  2. The University of Cape Town is still the most productive university and continues to leads by a considerable margin.

  3. The University of South Africa has performed best since the previous analysis in 2013, and followed by the University of the Witwatersrand.

  4. The University of KwaZulu-Natal now lags the top four universities by a considerable margin.

Some Links

  1. 2016 - Guess what, the University of Cape Town still leads the National Research Foundation researcher ratings
  2. 2013 - The University of Cape Town still leads the National Research Foundation researcher ratings
  3. 2012 - How does the University of KwaZulu-Natal rate?
  4. Mock academic paper mentioned in the 2012 blog.

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