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 | University of BotswanaUB · University | Botswana | 3,599 | 2.62 | 22% | 73% |
| 2 | Botswana International University of Science and TechnologyBIUST · University | Botswana | 1,704 |
| 2.09 |
| 17% |
| 56% |
| 3 | Ministry of AgricultureMOA · Government | Botswana | 556 | 2.54 | 30% | 43% |
| 4 | Botswana | 492 | 2.10 | 23% | 78% |
| 5 | Botswana Harvard AIDS Institute PartnershipBHP · Other | Botswana | 435 | 2.66 | 16% | 91% |
| 6 | Botho UniversityUniversity | Botswana | 327 | 3.46 | 36% | 35% |
| 7 | Ministry of HealthGovernment | Botswana | 249 | — | — | 89% |
| 8 | Botswana Geoscience InstituteBGI · Other | Botswana | 236 | — | — | 74% |
| 9 | Okavango Research InstituteORI · College | Botswana | 172 | — | — | 67% |
| 10 | Botswana Open UniversityBOCODOL · University | Botswana | 167 | — | — | 75% |
| 11 | Southern African Development CommunitySADC · Other | Botswana | 132 | — | — | 74% |
| 12 | Botswana Accountancy CollegeBAC · College | Botswana | 128 | — | — | 79% |
| 13 | Ba Isago UniversityUniversity | Botswana | 114 | — | — | 75% |
| 14 | Boitekanelo CollegeCollege | Botswana | 108 | — | — | 72% |
| 15 | Botswana Predator Conservation TrustBPCT · Nonprofit | Botswana | 96 | — | — | 79% |
| 16 | Botswana-Baylor Children's Clinical Center of ExcellenceCOE · Hospital | Botswana | 70 | — | — | 90% |
| 17 | Botswana Vaccine Institute (Botswana)BVI · Company | Botswana | 62 | — | — | 84% |
| 18 | Botswana Institute for Technology Research and InnovationBITRI · Research institute | Botswana | 59 | — | — | 68% |
| 19 | Ministry of Education and Skills DevelopmentMoESD · Government | Botswana | 45 | — | — | 82% |
| 20 | Gaborone University College Of Law and Professional StudiesGUC · University | Botswana | 44 | — | — | 82% |
| 21 | PremiereOther | Botswana | 29 | — | — | 76% |
| 22 | New Era CollegeNEC · College | Botswana | 29 | — | — | 62% |
| 23 | National Food Technology Research CentreNFTRC · Nonprofit | Botswana | 23 | — | — | 74% |
| 24 | Nyangabgwe Referral HospitalHospital | Botswana | 23 | — | — | 91% |
| 25 | National Agricultural Research and Development InstituteNARDI · Research institute | Botswana | 23 | — | — | 83% |
| 26 | Botswana Institute for Development Policy AnalysisBIDPA · Nonprofit | Botswana | 19 | — | — | 42% |
| 27 | Kalahari Conservation SocietyKCS · Research institute | Botswana | 17 | — | — | 88% |
| 28 | Managing African Research NetworkNonprofit | Botswana | 17 | — | — | 88% |
| 29 | Institute of Development ManagementIDM · College | Botswana | 16 | — | — | 69% |
| 30 | Centre for Coordination of Agricultural Research and Development for Southern AfricaCCARDESA · Research institute | Botswana | 13 | — | — | 54% |
| 31 | Women Against RapeWAR · Other | Botswana | 8 | — | — | 100% |
| 32 | Botswana Bureau of StandardsBOBS · Government | Botswana | 7 | — | — | 14% |
| 33 | Community Information, Empowerment and TransparencyCIET · Nonprofit | Botswana | 6 | — | — | 83% |
| 34 | African Comprehensive HIV/AIDS PartnershipsACHAP · Nonprofit | Botswana | 5 | — | — | 100% |
| 35 | Statistics BotswanaSB · Government | Botswana | 3 | — | — | 67% |
| 36 | ABM University CollegeABMUC · University | Botswana | 2 | — | — | 100% |
| 37 | Ditirelo tsa motlobo wa dibuka tsa BotswanaBNLS · Research institute | Botswana | 2 | — | — | 100% |
| 38 | Ministry of Transport and CommunicationsMTC · Government | Botswana | 1 | — | — | 100% |
| 39 | Ministry of Finance and Development PlanningMFDP · Government | Botswana | 1 | — | — | 0% |
| 40 | Associated Fund Administrators (Botswana)AFA · Company | Botswana | 1 | — | — | 100% |
| 41 | Botswana Digital & Innovation HubBDIH · Research institute | Botswana | 1 | — | — | 0% |
| 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 |