The methodology used for the rankings takes into account various factors. These include the global research reputation (12.5%), regional research reputation (12.5%), publications (10%), books (2.5%), conferences (2.5%), normalized citation impact (10%), total citations (7.5%), the number of publications that are among the top 10% most cited (12.5%), the percentage of total publications that are among the top 10% most cited (10%), international collaboration relative to country (5%), international collaboration (5%), the number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited in their respective field (5%), and the percentage of total publications that are among the top 1% most highly cited papers (5%).
1. University of Cape Town, South Africa (Rank in the world=103)
2. University of Witwatersrand, South Africa (Rank in the world=192)
3. University of Stellenbosch, South Africa (Rank in the world=321)
4. University of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa (Rank in the world=332)
5. University of Johannesburg, South Africa (Rank in the world=378)
6. Cairo University, Egypt (Rank in the world= 427)
7. University of Pretoria, South Africa (Rank in the world= 444)
8. University of Ibadan, Nigeria (Rank in the world= 525)
9. Mansoura University, Egypt (Rank in the world= 547)
10. Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia (Rank in the world= 553)
11. North West University, South Africa (Rank in the world= 564)
12. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana (Rank in the world= 580)
13. University of Casablanca Hassan II, Morocco (Rank in the world= 618)
14. Makerere University, Uganda (Rank in the world= 631)
15. Ain Shams University, Egypt (Rank in the world= 648)
16. University of the Western Cape, South Africa (Rank in the world= 729)
17. Alexandria University, Egypt (Rank in the world= 790)
18. University of Nairobi, Kenya (Rank in the world= 792)
19. Mohammed V University, Morocco (Rank in the world= 807)
20. University of Gondar, Ethiopia (Rank in the world= 826)
