Rankings

African institutions and countries, ranked over the same years on the same terms.

Institutions

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	Ministry of Education Science and TechnologyGovernment	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	Ministry of Irrigation and Water DevelopmentGovernment	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	Alliance One Tobacco (Malawi)Company	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	UbuntuNet Alliance for Research and Education NetworkingNonprofit	Malawi	1	—	—	100%

Countries

#	Country	Region	Works	FWCI	Top 10%	Open access	Institutions
1	Egypt	North Africa	368,164	1.38	14%	72%	290
2	Nigeria	West Africa	230,438	1.28	12%	81%	563
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