University of Fort HareUniversity

South Africa

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Foundation: 1916

Mission: The mission of the University is to provide high quality education of international standards contributing to the advancement of knowledge that is socially and ethically relevant, and applying that knowledge to the scientific, technological and social- economic development of our nation and the wider world.

Vision: The University of Fort Hare is a vibrant, equitable and sustainable African university, committed to teaching and research excellence at the service of its students, scholars and wider community.

History: www.ufh.ac.za

54th
Overall percentile
56th
Research percentile
61st
Innovation percentile
35th
Societal percentile

Evolution of the institution

The following data gives a quick reading on the scientific performance in the last years. The research ranking refers to the volume, impact and quality of the institution's research output. The innovation ranking is calculated on the number of patent applications of the institution and the citations that its research output receives from patents. Finally, the societal ranking is based on the number of pages of the institution's website and the number of backlinks and mentions from social networks.

Compared to its context

The result of the evaluation of the institution can be compared to obtain a view of the country, the region to which it belongs and the institutions of the world, placing it in their respective positions.

Compared to All sectors (percentiles)
Compared to Universities sector (percentiles)

Ranks by Subject areas/categories

We have divided the scientific output of the institution into 19 large areas of knowledge and the following table shows only the ranks in different territorial domains achieved by the institution in each of the areas. For an institution to have a presence in an area, it is necessary that it exceed in the last year a minimum output threshold equivalent to twice the percentage that this area represents in the world. If you need scientific indicators on these areas visit Scopus and/or SciVal.

 
AreaWorldAfricaBRIICSSouth Africa
Agricultural and Biological Sciences +2997th80th657th18th
Arts and Humanities +1848th28th273rd16th
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 2093rd8th362nd6th
Business, Management and Accounting 1752nd42nd342nd15th
Chemistry 1055th3rd231st1st
Earth and Planetary Sciences 2546th69th708th16th
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 1734th56th369th15th
Energy 2973rd106th852nd16th
Environmental Science 3308th83rd882nd18th
Medicine +2883rd34th553rd13th
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 1344th20th270th5th
Social Sciences +1855th30th306th13th
Veterinary 972nd67th209th15th

Publishing profile

These are the journals used by the institution's researchers to publish their work in the last year. The size of each circle represents the value of the SJR of the publication, and its spatial position represents its subject matter.

This visualizatión allows you to identify the knowledge areas where the institution has published, recognize the prestige of the scientific journals in which the institution knowledge has been published, and identify predominant scientific communities.

Where is the institution located?

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  • Health
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