University of the Witwatersrand, JohannesburgUniversity

South Africa

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Foundation: 1896

Mission: The mission of the University of the Witwatersrand is to grow its global stature as a leading research-intensive university, and to be a gateway to research engagement and intellectual achievement in Africa. It will achieve this by building on the principles of intellectual excellence, international competitiveness and local relevance. As an institution built on principles of intellectual excellence, we are committed to providing high-quality, internationally competitive education, founded on high academic standards, cutting-edge research, public engagement, and productive partnerships with leading institutions throughout the world.

Vision: The University of the Witwatersrand aspires to be a leading world-class research-intensive university firmly embedded among international top league universities by 2022.

History: www.wits.ac.za

14th
Overall percentile
13th
Research percentile
73rd
Innovation percentile
4th
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 +2579th54th555th12th
Arts and Humanities +205th3rd14th3rd
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 2505th11th449th8th
Business, Management and Accounting 489th6th93rd5th
Chemistry 2816th43rd658th13th
Computer Science 2077th26th413th6th
Earth and Planetary Sciences +1547th16th387th2nd
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 354th10th75th5th
Energy 2019th42nd544th10th
Engineering +2276th29th514th9th
Environmental Science 1717th18th490th7th
Mathematics 2471st53rd563rd10th
Medicine +813th3rd139th2nd
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 2132nd36th458th13th
Physics and Astronomy 2051st24th440th8th
Psychology 501st3rd42nd3rd
Social Sciences +207th2nd25th2nd
Veterinary 498th21st104th5th

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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