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Council for Scientific and Industrial Research

Pretoria, South Africa

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) is South Africa's central and premier scientific research and development organisation. It was established by an act of parliament in 1945 and is situated on its own campus in the city of Pretoria. It is the largest research and development (R&D) organisation in Africa and accounts for about 10% of the entire African R&D budget. It has a staff of approximately 3,000 technical and scientific researchers, often working in multi-disciplinary teams.

Metrics Summary

Total Publications
Lifetime
8,892
Prior Five Years
2,300
Total Citations
Lifetime
159,035
Prior Five Years
24,954
Total Scholars
Lifetime
1,807
Prior Five Years
642

Non-academic Institutional Ranking

Global Overall (All Fields)

Worldwide

Lifetime
3961
Prior Five Years
3373
National Overall (All Fields)

South Africa

Lifetime
5
Prior Five Years
3
Institutional Rankings

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Highly Ranked Scholars™

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