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 MalawiUNIMA · University | Malawi | 2,321 | 2.33 | 25% | 79% |
| 2 | Kamuzu Central HospitalKCH · Hospital | Malawi | 1,623 | 2.38 |
| 26% |
| 88% |
| 3 | Kamuzu University of Health SciencesKUHES · University | Malawi | 1,580 | 2.49 | 28% | 90% |
| 4 | Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research ProgrammeMLW · Research institute | Malawi | 964 | 2.61 | 30% | 94% |
| 5 | Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural ResourcesLUANAR · University | Malawi | 758 | 2.62 | 27% | 80% |
| 6 | Ministry of HealthGovernment | Malawi | 690 | 2.51 | 31% | 92% |
| 7 | Department of ForestryGovernment | Malawi | 649 | 1.90 | 19% | 80% |
| 8 | Mzuzu UniversityUniversity | Malawi | 595 | 2.06 | 23% | 82% |
| 9 | Malawi University of Science and TechnologyMUST · University | Malawi | 553 | 2.28 | 23% | 74% |
| 10 | Queen Elizabeth Central HospitalQECH · Hospital | Malawi | 393 | 1.97 | 24% | 89% |
| 11 | Malawi University of Business and Applied SciencesMUBAS · University | Malawi | 373 | 2.19 | 22% | 73% |
| 12 | Malawi GovernmentGovernment | Malawi | 358 | 3.24 | 33% | 80% |
| 13 | Malawi | 355 | 2.28 | 15% | 74% |
| 14 | Public Health Institute of MalawiPHIM · Research institute | Malawi | 339 | 2.65 | 32% | 92% |
| 15 | Blantyre Institute for Community OphthalmologyBICO · Nonprofit | Malawi | 328 | 2.45 | 26% | 89% |
| 16 | DMI-St. John the Baptist UniversityDMISJBU · University | Malawi | 230 | — | — | 41% |
| 17 | Christian Health Association of MalawiCHAM · Other | Malawi | 142 | — | — | 80% |
| 18 | Malawi Epidemiology and Intervention Research UnitMEIRU · Research institute | Malawi | 130 | — | — | 97% |
| 19 | African Institute for Development PolicyAFIDEP · Nonprofit | Malawi | 118 | — | — | 84% |
| 20 | Lighthouse TrustHospital | Malawi | 104 | — | — | 94% |
| 21 | University of LivingstoniaUniversity | Malawi | 89 | — | — | 78% |
| 22 | World Health Organization - MalawiWHO · Government | Malawi | 80 | — | — | 86% |
| 23 | Department of Agricultural Research & Technical ServicesDARTS · Government | Malawi | 71 | — | — | 86% |
| 24 | The Catholic University of MalawiUniversity | Malawi | 62 | — | — | 77% |
| 25 | Unicaf UniversityUniversity | Malawi | 58 | — | — | 83% |
| 26 | Research for Equity And Community Health TrustREACH · Nonprofit | Malawi | 57 | — | — | 82% |
| 27 | Museum of MalawiResearch institute | Malawi | 38 | — | — | 87% |
| 28 | National AIDS CommissionNAC · Government | Malawi | 34 | — | — | 76% |
| 29 | Dignitas InternationalNonprofit | Malawi | 31 | — | — | 94% |
| 30 | Clinical Research Education and Management ServicesCREAMS · Nonprofit | Malawi | 30 | — | — | 97% |
| 31 | Malawi Adventist UniversityUniversity | Malawi | 29 | — | — | 86% |
| 32 | Malawi Blood Transfusion ServiceMBTS · Other | Malawi | 24 | — | — | 79% |
| 33 | Nalikule College of EducationNCE · College | Malawi | 23 | — | — | 96% |
| 34 | Centre of Ticks and Tick-borne diseasesCTTBD · Other | Malawi | 19 | — | — | 89% |
| 35 | AfricArXivResearch institute | Malawi | 12 | — | — | 58% |
| 36 | WaterAidNonprofit | Malawi | 10 | — | — | 80% |
| 37 | Forestry Research Institute of MalawiFRIM · Government | Malawi | 10 | — | — | 60% |
| 38 | MwAPATA InstituteResearch institute | Malawi | 9 | — | — | 67% |
| 39 | Bwaila HospitalHospital | Malawi | 7 | — | — | 86% |
| 40 | Malawi | 6 | — | — | 50% |
| 41 | Malawi School of GovernmentMSG · College | Malawi | 6 | — | — | 83% |
| 42 | Tea Research Foundation of Central AfricaTRFCA · Nonprofit | Malawi | 5 | — | — | 100% |
| 43 | Malawi Bureau of StandardsMBS · Government | Malawi | 3 | — | — | 67% |
| 44 | Youth Net and CounsellingYONECO · Nonprofit | Malawi | 2 | — | — | 100% |
| 45 | Malawi | 2 | — | — | 100% |
| 46 | National Smallholder Farmers Association of MalawiNASFAM · Other | Malawi | 2 | — | — | 100% |
| 47 | Malawi College of Forestry and WildlifeMCFW · College | Malawi | 2 | — | — | 100% |
| 48 | Outreach Scout FoundationOSF · Nonprofit | Malawi | 1 | — | — | 100% |
| 49 | Emmanuel UniversityEMUNI · University | Malawi | 1 | — | — | 100% |
| 50 | Malawi | 1 | — | — | 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 |