African institutions and countries, ranked over the same years on the same terms.
Publications, 2021–2025
| # | Institution | Country | Works | FWCI | Top 10% | Open access |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Agostinho Neto UniversityUAN · University | Angola | 1,898 | 0.49 | 5% | 86% |
| 2 | Clínica Sagrada EsperançaCSE · Hospital | Angola | 284 | — |
| — |
| 81% |
| 3 | Instituto Superior Politécnico Metropolitano de AngolaIMETRO · College | Angola | 159 | — | — | 94% |
| 4 | Ministério da Ciência e TecnologiaMINCT · Government | Angola | 154 | — | — | 90% |
| 5 | Universidade José Eduardo dos SantosUJES · College | Angola | 118 | — | — | 91% |
| 6 | Ministry of HealthMINSA · Government | Angola | 117 | — | — | 93% |
| 7 | Universidade Mandume Ya NdemufayoUMN · College | Angola | 111 | — | — | 88% |
| 8 | Universidade Kimpa VitaUNIKIVI · College | Angola | 97 | — | — | 92% |
| 9 | Centro de Investigação em Saúde de AngolaCISA · Government | Angola | 95 | — | — | 98% |
| 10 | Universidade Lusíada de AngolaULA · College | Angola | 92 | — | — | 93% |
| 11 | Angola | 91 | — | — | 75% |
| 12 | Instituto Superior Politécnico de Tecnologia e CiênciasISPTEC · College | Angola | 91 | — | — | 80% |
| 13 | Instituto Nacional de Investigação em SaúdeINIS · Government | Angola | 78 | — | — | 96% |
| 14 | Universidade Katyavala BwilaCollege | Angola | 71 | — | — | 87% |
| 15 | Catholic University of AngolaUCAN · University | Angola | 69 | — | — | 96% |
| 16 | Jean Piaget University of AngolaUniversity | Angola | 66 | — | — | 95% |
| 17 | Angola | 54 | — | — | 94% |
| 18 | Instituto Superior de Ciências da Educação da HuílaISCED-HLA · College | Angola | 46 | — | — | 89% |
| 19 | Universidade Gregório SemedoUGS · College | Angola | 45 | — | — | 93% |
| 20 | National Centre for Scientific ResearchCNIC · Research institute | Angola | 45 | — | — | 93% |
| 21 | Universidade Rainha Njinga a MbandeURNM · College | Angola | 37 | — | — | 95% |
| 22 | Clínica MultiperfilHospital | Angola | 36 | — | — | 97% |
| 23 | Technical University of AngolaTechnical university | Angola | 35 | — | — | 94% |
| 24 | Universidade Óscar RibasUÓR · College | Angola | 34 | — | — | 100% |
| 25 | Instituto Superior Politécnico TundavalaISPT · College | Angola | 31 | — | — | 97% |
| 26 | Universidade Independente de AngolaUnIA · College | Angola | 27 | — | — | 96% |
| 27 | Private University of AngolaUPRA · University | Angola | 26 | — | — | 92% |
| 28 | Methodist University of AngolaUMA · University | Angola | 24 | — | — | 88% |
| 29 | Universidade Internacional do CuanzaUNIC · College | Angola | 21 | — | — | 95% |
| 30 | Instituto Geológico de AngolaIGEO · Research institute | Angola | 21 | — | — | 100% |
| 31 | Instituto de Investigação AgronómicaIIA · Research institute | Angola | 16 | — | — | 50% |
| 32 | SonangolCompany | Angola | 15 | — | — | 80% |
| 33 | Escola Superior Pedagógica do BengoESPB · College | Angola | 14 | — | — | 57% |
| 34 | Instituto Superior de AngolaISA · College | Angola | 14 | — | — | 93% |
| 35 | Instituto Nacional de Investigação PesqueiraINIP · Government | Angola | 12 | — | — | 92% |
| 36 | Centro de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento da Sonangol, S.A.CPD · Government | Angola | 11 | — | — | 82% |
| 37 | Gabinete de Gestão do Programa Espacial NacionalGGPEN · Government | Angola | 9 | — | — | 11% |
| 38 | Universidade de BelasCollege | Angola | 8 | — | — | 88% |
| 39 | Escola Superior Pedagógica do Cuanza NorteESPECN · College | Angola | 6 | — | — | 100% |
| 40 | Universidade de LuandaCollege | Angola | 5 | — | — | 100% |
| 41 | Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia e GeofísicaINAMET · Research institute | Angola | 5 | — | — | 80% |
| 42 | Lueji A'Nkonde UniversityULAN · University | Angola | 4 | — | — | 100% |
| 43 | Instituto Superior de Administração e FinançasISAF · College | Angola | 3 | — | — | 100% |
| 3 | South Africa | Southern Africa | 216,307 | 2.66 | 24% | 72% | 586 |
| 4 | Morocco | North Africa | 106,576 | 1.58 | 16% | 59% | 206 |
| 5 | Algeria | North Africa | 91,809 | 1.05 | 10% | 50% | 179 |
| 6 | Tunisia | North Africa | 79,335 | 1.36 | 13% | 54% | 167 |
| 7 | Ethiopia | East Africa | 79,202 | 2.31 | 23% | 81% | 162 |
| 8 | Kenya | East Africa | 61,225 | 2.01 | 18% | 86% | 320 |
| 9 | Ghana | West Africa | 51,855 | 2.47 | 24% | 75% | 229 |
| 10 | Uganda | East Africa | 32,621 | 2.31 | 21% | 86% | 238 |
| 11 | Tanzania | East Africa | 32,175 | 1.82 | 18% | 83% | 177 |
| 12 | Cameroon | Central Africa | 27,146 | 1.44 | 13% | 75% | 105 |
| 13 | Sudan | North Africa | 18,396 | 1.39 | 14% | 79% | 77 |
| 14 | Libya | North Africa | 17,524 | 0.84 | 8% | 83% | 66 |
| 15 | Zimbabwe | Southern Africa | 14,679 | 1.99 | 20% | 68% | 89 |
| 16 | Zambia | Southern Africa | 14,070 | 1.59 | 15% | 85% | 80 |
| 17 | Côte d'Ivoire | West Africa | 13,644 | 0.91 | 9% | 87% | 49 |
| 18 | Mozambique | East Africa | 12,090 | 1.16 | 11% | 89% | 53 |
| 19 | Senegal | West Africa | 11,663 | 1.20 | 11% | 78% | 80 |
| 20 | Rwanda | East Africa | 11,377 | 2.16 | 22% | 75% | 60 |
| 21 | DR Congo | Central Africa | 10,448 | 1.34 | 12% | 88% | 88 |
| 22 | Burkina Faso | West Africa | 9,993 | 1.28 | 13% | 84% | 55 |
| 23 | Benin | West Africa | 9,684 | 1.59 | 14% | 81% | 43 |
| 24 | Malawi | East Africa | 8,139 | 2.29 | 24% | 80% | 56 |
| 25 | Botswana | Southern Africa | 7,380 | 2.51 | 22% | 66% | 49 |
| 26 | Somalia | East Africa | 5,155 | 1.66 | 15% | 88% | 73 |
| 27 | Mali | West Africa | 5,147 | 1.60 | 16% | 88% | 31 |
| 28 | Namibia | Southern Africa | 5,098 | 2.28 | 22% | 70% | 33 |
| 29 | Togo | West Africa | 4,707 | 0.98 | 10% | 83% | 14 |
| 30 | Republic of the Congo | Central Africa | 4,327 | 1.55 | 15% | 86% | 11 |
| 31 | Madagascar | East Africa | 4,251 | 1.67 | 15% | 82% | 35 |
| 32 | Angola | Central Africa | 3,571 | 0.79 | 7% | 87% | 49 |
| 33 | Niger | West Africa | 3,398 | 0.93 | 9% | 86% | 21 |
| 34 | Mauritius | East Africa | 2,979 | 2.06 | 19% | 48% | 24 |
| 35 | Gambia | West Africa | 2,625 | 2.74 | 26% | 89% | 22 |
| 36 | Sierra Leone | West Africa | 2,538 | 2.06 | 20% | 89% | 15 |
| 37 | Guinea | West Africa | 2,409 | 1.03 | 9% | 88% | 19 |
| 38 | Gabon | Central Africa | 2,246 | 1.66 | 15% | 84% | 11 |
| 39 | Burundi | East Africa | 1,946 | 1.78 | 16% | 88% | 27 |
| 40 | Chad | Central Africa | 1,583 | 1.00 | 8% | 85% | 17 |
| 41 | São Tomé and Príncipe | Central Africa | 1,409 | 1.24 | 12% | 98% | 3 |
| 42 | South Sudan | East Africa | 1,244 | 1.50 | 14% | 91% | 14 |
| 43 | Eswatini | Southern Africa | 1,201 | 1.86 | 18% | 74% | 7 |
| 44 | Lesotho | Southern Africa | 1,089 | 2.39 | 23% | 75% | 6 |
| 45 | Liberia | West Africa | 988 | 1.80 | 18% | 79% | 18 |
| 46 | Mauritania | West Africa | 831 | 1.50 | 14% | 71% | 10 |
| 47 | Central African Republic | Central Africa | 772 | 1.47 | 13% | 85% | 4 |
| 48 | Cape Verde | West Africa | 737 | 1.39 | 15% | 87% | 20 |
| 49 | Guinea-Bissau | West Africa | 632 | 1.41 | 13% | 89% | 8 |
| 50 | Seychelles | East Africa | 486 | 2.51 | 28% | 89% | 7 |
| 51 | Eritrea | East Africa | 447 | 1.67 | 17% | 81% | 1 |
| 52 | Djibouti | East Africa | 330 | 1.71 | 16% | 76% | 8 |
| 53 | Comoros | East Africa | 300 | 0.79 | 10% | 86% | 1 |
| 54 | Equatorial Guinea | Central Africa | 123 | — | — | 90% | 4 |