Top 10 institutions in Cape Town
The leading institutions for high-quality science in Cape Town, ordered by fractional count (FC) in 2017. Also shown are the total number of articles (AC) in 2017, and the percentage change in FC 2015 –2017, adjusted to 2017 levels.
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| 1 | University of Cape Town (UCT) | academic | 9.35 | 147 | -1.1% |
| 2 | University of the Western Cape (UWC) | academic | 1.44 | 14 | -18.8% |
| 3 | South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO) | government | 1.07 | 13 | 19.1% |
| 4 | South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) | government | 0.59 | 9 | 1885.9% |
| 5 | ICGEB Cape Town | npo | 0.29 | 5 | 325.6% |
| 6 | SKA South Africa | government | 0.27 | 5 | -27.6% |
| 7 | Tygerberg Hospital, SU | healthcare | 0.20 | 3 | n/a |
| 8 | CSIR Southern Ocean Carbon and Climate Observatory (SOCCO) | government | 0.17 | 1 | -31.1% |
| 9 | NRF iThemba Laboratory for Accelerator-Based Sciences (IThemba Labs) | government | 0.15 | 20 | 14.8% |
| 10 | NRF SAEON Fynbos Node | government | 0.15 | 1 | n/a |