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University of Cape Town

University of Cape Town

South Africa
Established: 1829
Scholars: 114
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What Are The Ranking Positions & Metrics for University of Cape Town in 2026?

Below you will find a detailed overview of University of Cape Town position across all scientific rankings where that institution is listed. The details include specific positions of the institution in both worldwide and country-based rankings as well as figures for the total number of scientists affiliated with University of Cape Town included in each ranking. It also features totals for numbers of scientific publications authored by scientists currently affiliated with that institution as well as their total D-index value.

Medicine

World Ranking
198
Country Ranking
1
No. of Scientists
20
Total D-index
1742

Ecology and Evolution

World Ranking
82
Country Ranking
1
No. of Scientists
24
Total D-index
1067

Social Sciences and Humanities

World Ranking
116
Country Ranking
1
No. of Scientists
17
Total D-index
778

Physics

World Ranking
174
Country Ranking
1
No. of Scientists
4
Total D-index
381

Biology and Biochemistry

World Ranking
469
Country Ranking
2
No. of Scientists
6
Total D-index
380
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In which disciplines do the best scientists from University of Cape Town work?

The chart below shows the number of scientists affiliated with University of Cape Town across different disciplines. For scientists ranking in multiple disciplines the one where they rank the highest is considered to be their main.

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How was the ranking of University of Cape Town scientists created?

The data for h-index, citations, awards, and publications featured in this ranking were last updated on 2026-01-12.

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Rank
Scholar
H-Index H-index value (measuring the impact of scientific work of a scholar)
Citations Total number of citations received by scientist's publications
Publications Total number of publications by a scientist indexed in our database
1 Rank H-index 201 Citations 267,397 1,857
2 Rank H-index 137 Citations 57,281 841
3 Rank H-index 121 Citations 57,005 780
4 Rank H-index 115 Citations 48,608 556
5 Rank H-index 114 Citations 68,994 404
6 Rank H-index 112 Citations 136,170 567
7 Rank H-index 107 Citations 66,483 546
8 Rank H-index 106 Citations 44,202 848
9 Rank H-index 105 Citations 70,009 468
10 Rank H-index 104 Citations 49,429 479
11 Rank H-index 103 Citations 46,967 495
12 Rank H-index 100 Citations 115,208 461
13 Rank H-index 96 Citations 44,240 363
14 Rank H-index 95 Citations 50,999 624
15 Rank H-index 92 Citations 38,955 349
16 Rank H-index 92 Citations 34,682 373
17 Rank H-index 92 Citations 31,714 641
18 Rank H-index 90 Citations 34,551 545
19 Rank H-index 88 Citations 23,911 381
20 Rank H-index 88 Citations 56,027 478
21 Rank H-index 87 Citations 28,914 309
22 Rank H-index 85 Citations 25,990 445
23 Rank H-index 84 Citations 37,808 297
24 Rank H-index 84 Citations 40,393 376
25 Rank H-index 82 Citations 34,260 194
26 Rank H-index 80 Citations 23,010 266
27 Rank H-index 78 Citations 20,460 423
28 Rank H-index 76 Citations 19,285 270
29 Rank H-index 75 Citations 22,004 312
30 Rank H-index 71 Citations 14,510 191
31 Rank H-index 70 Citations 28,473 239
32 Rank H-index 68 Citations 15,259 234
33 Rank H-index 67 Citations 14,811 279
34 Rank H-index 65 Citations 13,576 208
35 Rank H-index 64 Citations 12,905 367
36 Rank H-index 63 Citations 39,841 225
37 Rank H-index 62 Citations 13,619 144
38 Rank H-index 62 Citations 13,061 192
39 Rank H-index 62 Citations 12,952 170
40 Rank H-index 61 Citations 10,903 297
41 Rank H-index 58 Citations 11,464 301
42 Rank H-index 57 Citations 9,951 156
43 Rank H-index 57 Citations 12,925 197
44 Rank H-index 57 Citations 9,414 178
45 Rank H-index 56 Citations 10,236 152
46 Rank H-index 56 Citations 10,184 218
47 Rank H-index 56 Citations 12,595 287
48 Rank H-index 55 Citations 10,069 106
49 Rank H-index 55 Citations 11,318 150
50 Rank H-index 54 Citations 9,453 313
51 Rank H-index 54 Citations 9,357 224
52 Rank H-index 54 Citations 21,547 241
53 Rank H-index 53 Citations 12,647 281
54 Rank H-index 52 Citations 9,620 156
55 Rank H-index 51 Citations 9,145 244
56 Rank H-index 51 Citations 10,201 138
57 Rank H-index 50 Citations 11,066 169
58 Rank H-index 50 Citations 9,676 214
59 Rank H-index 50 Citations 7,207 174
60 Rank H-index 49 Citations 50,752 165
61 Rank H-index 49 Citations 9,120 135
62 Rank H-index 48 Citations 10,878 110
63 Rank H-index 48 Citations 7,320 95
64 Rank H-index 48 Citations 14,310 131
65 Rank H-index 48 Citations 24,701 109
66 Rank H-index 47 Citations 10,412 128
67 Rank H-index 47 Citations 7,416 175
68 Rank H-index 47 Citations 7,128 193
69 Rank H-index 46 Citations 12,200 154
70 Rank H-index 46 Citations 7,818 204
71 Rank H-index 46 Citations 10,920 173
72 Rank H-index 46 Citations 6,927 207
73 Rank H-index 45 Citations 14,015 161
74 Rank H-index 44 Citations 6,554 184
75 Rank H-index 44 Citations 10,294 120
76 Rank H-index 44 Citations 16,243 122
77 Rank H-index 43 Citations 9,421 151
78 Rank H-index 43 Citations 8,108 132
79 Rank H-index 42 Citations 15,591 121
80 Rank H-index 42 Citations 8,585 176
81 Rank H-index 42 Citations 7,146 189
82 Rank H-index 41 Citations 7,766 246
83 Rank H-index 41 Citations 5,254 87
84 Rank H-index 40 Citations 4,954 99
85 Rank H-index 40 Citations 5,683 123
86 Rank H-index 40 Citations 10,199 87
87 Rank H-index 39 Citations 8,260 95
88 Rank H-index 39 Citations 6,784 140
89 Rank H-index 39 Citations 5,408 154
90 Rank H-index 39 Citations 6,057 159
91 Rank H-index 39 Citations 6,442 112
92 Rank H-index 39 Citations 7,392 138
93 Rank H-index 38 Citations 9,075 127
94 Rank H-index 38 Citations 5,400 276
95 Rank H-index 38 Citations 4,782 111
96 Rank H-index 37 Citations 8,072 247
97 Rank H-index 37 Citations 10,120 256
98 Rank H-index 36 Citations 5,155 123
99 Rank H-index 36 Citations 7,135 144
100 Rank H-index 36 Citations 4,820 170

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