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REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION
Research collaboration on the African continent and internationally is reflected in several measures.
RESEARCH CHAIRS
Research capacity is consolidated in many research entities that provide opportunities for team science and collaboration.
Research collaboration in total number of agreements
International agreements active in 2016
New international agreements
New agreements with industry and public sector
UP Research Institutes and Centres
Industry and internationally sponsored Chairs
DST-NRF SARChI Chairs, Centres of Excellence and MRC Units
246 136 31 170 84 29 20
INTERNATIONAL VISIBILITY AND IMPACT
UP actively engages in international partnerships that align with our strategic goals and areas of research strength.
NEXT-GENERATION RESEARCHERS
Building and strengthening the pipeline of young and future researchers is central to UP’s research strategy.
UP researchers among the top 1% inter- nationally in their respective fields
33*
Papers co- authored with international researchers in WoS journals
International collaboration (% of co- authored papers indexed by Scopus
46%†
Over five- year period, number publications in top 10% most cited
Number of postdoctoral fellows
237 37%
Postgraduate students as a % of overall enrolment
Diversity profile
(% of black postgraduate students)
59% 2 357
Doctoral students enrolled
Doctoral graduates
302 1 811
Master’s graduates
1 117 2 249*
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1 170‡ 285
UP research publications indexed by Web of Science (WoS)
Publications in top 1% Scopus
Publications in top 10% most cited
* WoS Essential Science Indicators, January 2017; InCites, 31 May 2017; † Scopus, 3 July 2017; ‡ SciVal 2012–2016, July 2017
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