2. World research trends
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40% 1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
PercentageofGlobalResearchOutput
USA
China
UK
Germany
Japan
Africa
Data: Thomson Reuters Web of Science
3. South African research output
0.0%
0.1%
0.2%
0.3%
0.4%
0.5%
0.6%
0.7%
0.8%
0.9%
PercentageofWorldResearch
Data: Thomson Reuters Web of Science
4. South African Research Trends
0.0%
0.1%
0.2%
0.3%
0.4%
0.5%
0.6%
0.7%
0.8%
0.9%
PercentageofWorldResearch
Data: Thomson Reuters Web of Science
5. South African Open Access
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
PercentageofContentPublishedinFullOA
Journal
Brazil
South Africa
China
India
Russia
Data: Thomson Reuters Web of Science
6. South African highly cited
research
Data: Thomson Reuters Web of Science
0.0%
0.2%
0.4%
0.6%
0.8%
1.0%
1.2%
1.4%
1.6%
1.8%
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Percernageof"HighlyCited"Output
South Africa
China
Russia
India
Brazil
21. • MAP OF SOUTH AFRICA
the South African context
22. South African Journals
• Ulrich’s lists 214 journals published from South
Africa
• DHET lists 273 accredited journals for 2015.
23. South African Journals
Based on Ulrich’s data
• 115 are tracked in altmetric.com
• 105 index in Scopus
• 64 Web of Science
• 41 are in no A&I services.