Top 25% Institutions and Economists in South Africa, as of March 2023

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The rankings

Top 25% institutions in South Africa, all authors, all publication years

For South Africa, there are 416 authors affiliated with 69 institutions. All institutions in this region.

Rank	W.Rank	Institution	Score	Authors	Author shares
1	[1]	Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria Pretoria, South Africa	1.44	36	27.96
---	[---]	Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria Pretoria, South Africa	2.54	33	25.95
2	[3]	Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town Cape Town, South Africa	2.79	69	58.86
---	[---]	School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town Cape Town, South Africa	3.91	67	56.83
3	[2]	Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Stellenbosch Stellenbosch, South Africa	4.36	75	61.86
---	[---]	Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Stellenbosch Stellenbosch, South Africa	6.15	63	50.75
4	[4]	College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg Auckland Park, South Africa	7.51	50	41.11
5	[5]	College of Economic and Management Sciences, University of South Africa (UNISA) Pretoria, South Africa	8.64	27	23.95
6	[6]	Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg, South Africa	9.63	38	33.83
---	[---]	Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit (SALDRU), School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town Cape Town, South Africa	10.08	21	14.14
---	[---]	Department of Economics, College of Economic and Management Sciences, University of South Africa (UNISA) Pretoria, South Africa	10.19	19	16.82
---	[---]	School of Economic and Finance, Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg, South Africa	11.75	24	21.09
---	[---]	Development Policy Research Unit, School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town Cape Town, South Africa	13.21	16	15.5
---	[---]	Wits Business School, Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg, South Africa	14.93	8	6.83
7	[8]	Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA) Cape Town, South Africa	15.52	30	11.75
8	[7]	South African Reserve Bank Pretoria, South Africa	16.64	16	10.81
9	[10]	Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town Cape Town, South Africa	17.87	4	2.75
10	[9]	Department of Economics, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University Port Elizabeth, South Africa	18.29	14	14
---	[---]	Bureau for Economic Research, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Stellenbosch Stellenbosch, South Africa	19.69	6	4.84
11	[11]	Business School, University of Stellenbosch Stellenbosch, South Africa	20.53	6	4.48
12	[12]	Economic Performance and Development, Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) Pretoria, South Africa	21.54	4	3.25
13	[14]	Environmental Policy Research Unit (EPRU), University of Cape Town Cape Town, South Africa	23.38	1	0.8
14	[13]	Skool vir Economie, North-West University Potchefstroom, South Africa	23.66	8	6.87
15	[15]	Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of the Western Cape Bellville, South Africa	24.63	3	3
---	[---]	Research Unit for Behavioral Economics and Neuroeconomics (RUBEN), School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town Cape Town, South Africa	26.09	3	1.56
---	[---]	School of Public Leadership, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Stellenbosch Stellenbosch, South Africa	26.51	2	2
16	[16]	College of Law and Management Studies, University of KwaZulu-Natal Durban, South Africa	27.47	13	8.94
17	[18]	Faculty of Economics and Finance, Tshwane University of Technology Pretoria, South Africa	30.46	4	3

The rankings

Top 25% institutions in South Africa, 10 best authors for each, publications last 10 years

Rank	W.Rank	Institution	Score	Authors	Author shares
1	[1]	Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria Pretoria, South Africa	1.19	33	25.46
---	[---]	Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria Pretoria, South Africa	2.33	30	23.45
2	[2]	College of Economic and Management Sciences, University of South Africa (UNISA) Pretoria, South Africa	4.7	26	22.95
---	[---]	School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town Cape Town, South Africa	5.37	59	49.86
3	[3]	Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town Cape Town, South Africa	5.37	60	51.33
---	[---]	Department of Economics, College of Economic and Management Sciences, University of South Africa (UNISA) Pretoria, South Africa	6.01	19	16.82
4	[5]	Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Stellenbosch Stellenbosch, South Africa	6.71	56	45.02
5	[4]	College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg Auckland Park, South Africa	6.86	49	40.11
---	[---]	Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Stellenbosch Stellenbosch, South Africa	7.43	45	34.92
6	[6]	Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg, South Africa	11.83	36	31.83
---	[---]	Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit (SALDRU), School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town Cape Town, South Africa	13.65	19	12.68
---	[---]	Development Policy Research Unit, School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town Cape Town, South Africa	14.08	12	12
---	[---]	School of Economic and Finance, Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg, South Africa	14.38	23	20.09
7	[7]	Department of Economics, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University Port Elizabeth, South Africa	15.41	14	14
8	[8]	South African Reserve Bank Pretoria, South Africa	16.07	16	10.81
9	[9]	Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town Cape Town, South Africa	16.17	3	2.45
---	[---]	Wits Business School, Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg, South Africa	17.46	8	6.83
10	[10]	Business School, University of Stellenbosch Stellenbosch, South Africa	21.3	5	3.98
11	[11]	Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA) Cape Town, South Africa	23	27	9.24
12	[12]	Environmental Policy Research Unit (EPRU), University of Cape Town Cape Town, South Africa	23.51	1	0.8
13	[13]	Economic Performance and Development, Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) Pretoria, South Africa	26.2	4	3.25
---	[---]	Studies in Financial Markets and Macroeconomics (SFM), School of Economic and Finance, Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg, South Africa	26.58	4	3.5
14	[15]	Skool vir Economie, North-West University Potchefstroom, South Africa	28.65	8	6.87
15	[14]	Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of the Western Cape Bellville, South Africa	29.11	3	3
16	[17]	Health Economics Unit, University of Cape Town Cape Town, South Africa	30.61	3	2.5
17	[18]	Faculty of Business and Management Science, Walter Sisulu University Mthatha, South Africa	31.11	1	1

The rankings

Top 25% authors in South Africa, all publications years

For South Africa, there are 416 authors affiliated with 69 institutions. All institutions in this region.

Rank	W.Rank	Author	Score
1	[1]	Rangan Gupta Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria	1.17
2	[2]	Nicholas Mbaya Odhiambo Department of Economics, College of Economic and Management Sciences, University of South Africa (UNISA), Pretoria	2.74
3	[9]	John Paul Dunne School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town	4.72
4	[15]	Murray Leibbrandt Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit (SALDRU), School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town	6.83
5	[11]	Haroon Bhorat Development Policy Research Unit, School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town	8.21
6	[13]	Roula Inglesi-Lotz Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria	8.62
7	[25]	Alexander Zimper Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria	10.42
8	[33]	Cally Ardington Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit (SALDRU), School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town	11.01
9	[19]	Ingrid Woolard Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch	12.83
10	[14]	Johan Fourie Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch	13.05
11	[5]	Ulrich Schmidt College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park	14.73
12	[18]	Servaas van der Berg Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch	15.23
13	[21]	Eric Schaling Wits Business School, Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA), Cape Town	15.93
14	[28]	Nicola Viegi Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria South African Reserve Bank, Pretoria Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA), Cape Town	17.48
15	[24]	Lawrence Edwards Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit (SALDRU), School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town Policy Research in International Services and Manufacturing (PRISM), School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town	17.51
16	[29]	Martine Visser Environmental Policy Research Unit (EPRU), University of Cape Town, Cape Town School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town University of Cape Town	18.3
17	[38]	Martin Wittenberg Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit (SALDRU), School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town	18.75
18	[17]	Andrew Phiri Department of Economics, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth	19.79
19	[27]	Fiona Tregenna College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park	19.91
20	[23]	Johann Frederick Kirsten Bureau for Economic Research, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch	20.35
21	[35]	Dorrit Posel School of Economic and Finance, Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg	21.83
22	[22]	Steven Fredric Koch Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria	22.52
23	[30]	Manoel Bittencourt Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria South African Reserve Bank, Pretoria	22.88
24	[26]	Stan Du Plessis Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA), Cape Town Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch	23.88
25	[31]	Ivan Nicholas Turok Economic Performance and Development, Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), Pretoria Fakulteit Ekonomiese en Bestuurswetenskappe, Universiteit van die Vrystaat, Bloemfontein	26.04
26	[39]	Renee van Eyden Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria	26.32
27	[40]	Kalu Ojah Wits Business School, Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg	28.82
28	[10]	Frank Riedel College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park	30.21
29	[3]	Jan F. Kiviet Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch	30.57
30	[45]	Neil Andrew Rankin School of Economic and Finance, Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg African Micro-Economic Research Unit (AMERU), School of Economic and Finance, Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch	34.24
31	[67]	Co-Pierre Georg Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town, Cape Town	34.36
32	[32]	Lumengo Bonga-Bonga College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park	34.57
33	[20]	Nicholas Biekpe Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town, Cape Town	34.79
34	[57]	Rulof P. Burger Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch	35.78
35	[47]	James Blignaut School of Public Leadership, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch	36.2
36	[8]	Augustin Kwasi Fosu Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park	36.37
37	[54]	Mike Morris School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town	37.8
38	[36]	Nick Vink Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch	38.27
39	[42]	Charl Jooste Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria	38.39
40	[62]	Vimal Ranchhod Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit (SALDRU), School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town	40.14
41	[44]	Derek Yu Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of the Western Cape, Bellville	40.35
42	[52]	Margaret Mabugu Economic Performance and Development, Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), Pretoria Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA), Cape Town	41.63
43	[53]	Beatrice Desiree Simo-Kengne College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park	43.34
44	[56]	Kevin Nell College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park	45.06
45	[41]	Daan Steenkamp South African Reserve Bank, Pretoria Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch	45.14
46	[7]	Jan Luiten van Zanden Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch	45.34
47	[70]	Daniela Maria Casale School of Economic and Finance, Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg	46.32
48	[71]	Ben W. Smit Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch Bureau for Economic Research, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch	47.23
49	[73]	Don Ross Research Unit for Behavioral Economics and Neuroeconomics (RUBEN), School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town	48.92
50	[72]	Ruthira Naraidoo Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria	48.99
51	[63]	Charles Komla Delali Adjasi Business School, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch	50.14
52	[51]	Dieter von Fintel Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch	50.22
53	[48]	John Weirstrass Muteba Mwamba College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park	50.98
54	[74]	Andrew Kerr Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit (SALDRU), School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town	51.33
55	[50]	Sheilla Nyasha Department of Economics, College of Economic and Management Sciences, University of South Africa (UNISA), Pretoria	52.52
56	[65]	Witness Simbanegavi South African Reserve Bank, Pretoria	53.15
57	[59]	Morne Oosthuizen Development Policy Research Unit, School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town	53.37
58	[46]	Arno Tausch	54.92
59	[77]	Ismail Olaleke Fasanya Wits Business School, Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg	55.45
60	[55]	Willem H. Boshoff Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch	55.59
61	[61]	Eftychia Efi Nikolaidou School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town	55.82
62	[66]	Matthew W Clance Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria	58.02
63	[12]	Johannes Wolfgang Fedderke School of Economic and Finance, Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA), Cape Town	61.28
64	[91]	Sonali Das	62.54
65	[83]	Monique Brigitte Reid South African Reserve Bank, Pretoria Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch	62.74
66	[92]	Clement Kweku Kyei Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria	63.25
67	[89]	Benjamin Stanwix Development Policy Research Unit, School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town	63.7
68	[69]	Christopher Malikane School of Economic and Finance, Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg Studies in Financial Markets and Macroeconomics (SFM), School of Economic and Finance, Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg	65.2
69	[75]	Matteo Bonato College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park	66.08
70	[87]	Ronelle Burger Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch	67.04
71	[82]	Edwin Muchapondwa School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town	67.78
72	[88]	Andrea Saayman Skool vir Economie, North-West University, Potchefstroom	69.19
73	[99]	Guangling Liu Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA), Cape Town Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch	71.22
74	[80]	Sylvanus Ikhide Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch Business School, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch	71.4
75	[93]	Stephen George Sinclair Taylor Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch	72.64
76	[81]	Sin-Yu Ho Department of Economics, College of Economic and Management Sciences, University of South Africa (UNISA), Pretoria	73.01
77	[78]	Hlalefang Khobai Department of Economics, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth	75.94
78	[95]	Simon Jon Roberts College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park	77
79	[102]	Nicola Branson Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit (SALDRU), School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town	77.55
80	[105]	Merle G. Holden Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA), Cape Town	77.73
81	[96]	Umakrishnan Kollamparambil School of Economic and Finance, Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg	78.17
82	[76]	Joel Hinaunye Eita Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA), Cape Town College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park	78.8
83	[85]	Kevin Kotze School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA), Cape Town	80.32
84	[16]	Andreas Freytag University of Stellenbosch	80.89
85	[104]	Giampaolo Garzarelli Institutions and Political Economy Group (IPEG), School of Economic and Finance, Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg School of Economic and Finance, Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg	84.26
86	[64]	Fred Gault Institute for Economic Research on Innovation (IERI), Faculty of Economics and Finance, Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria	84.28
87	[97]	Hylton H Hollander Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch	84.43
88	[98]	Grietjie Verhoef College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park	86.22
89	[118]	Mare Sarr School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town	88.71
90	[101]	Konstantin Makrelov South African Reserve Bank, Pretoria	88.76
91	[100]	Alexis Habiyaremye College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park	89.11
92	[84]	Themba Gilbert Chirwa College of Economic and Management Sciences, University of South Africa (UNISA), Pretoria	91.89
93	[109]	John Ele-Ojo Ataguba Health Economics Unit, University of Cape Town, Cape Town	93.65
94	[94]	Estian Calitz Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch	95.88
95	[121]	Jan Horn Van Heerden Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA), Cape Town	98.9
96	[106]	Nicholas Nwanyek Ngepah College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park	99.23
97	[126]	Waldo Krugell Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA), Cape Town Skool vir Economie, North-West University, Potchefstroom	100.2
98	[119]	Harold Ngalawa School of Accounting, Economics and Finance, College of Law and Management Studies, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA), Cape Town	100.78
99	[112]	Meshach Jesse Aziakpono Business School, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch	101.57
100	[128]	Bennett Stephen Labson College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park	101.83
101	[122]	Reza Che Daniels School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town	104.83
102	[146]	Michael K. Johnston South African Reserve Bank, Pretoria	105.29
103	[124]	Yohane Khamfula Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch	105.38
104	[6]	Ruut Veenhoven Erasmus Happiness Economics Research Organization (EHERO), Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands	106.45

The rankings

Top 25% authors in South Africa, publications last 10 years

Rank	W.Rank	Author	Score
1	[1]	Rangan Gupta Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria	1.17
2	[2]	Nicholas Mbaya Odhiambo Department of Economics, College of Economic and Management Sciences, University of South Africa (UNISA), Pretoria	2.24
3	[4]	Roula Inglesi-Lotz Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria	5.11
4	[7]	Haroon Bhorat Development Policy Research Unit, School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town	8.04
5	[5]	Andrew Phiri Department of Economics, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth	8.93
6	[8]	Johan Fourie Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch	9.23
7	[15]	Murray Leibbrandt Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit (SALDRU), School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town	10.3
8	[6]	Nicholas Biekpe Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town, Cape Town	12.91
9	[19]	Renee van Eyden Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria	13.78
10	[42]	Rulof P. Burger Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch	14.07
11	[12]	Lumengo Bonga-Bonga College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park	14.6
12	[31]	Clement Kweku Kyei Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria	14.98
13	[39]	Co-Pierre Georg Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town, Cape Town	15.12
14	[28]	Martine Visser Environmental Policy Research Unit (EPRU), University of Cape Town, Cape Town School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town University of Cape Town	15.43
15	[14]	Sheilla Nyasha Department of Economics, College of Economic and Management Sciences, University of South Africa (UNISA), Pretoria	15.86
16	[20]	Steven Fredric Koch Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria	17.1
17	[24]	Charl Jooste Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria	17.48
18	[17]	Daan Steenkamp South African Reserve Bank, Pretoria Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch	17.52
19	[26]	Matthew W Clance Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria	17.62
20	[18]	John Paul Dunne School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town	18.09
21	[38]	Martin Wittenberg Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit (SALDRU), School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town	19.92
22	[46]	Alexander Zimper Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria	20.07
23	[29]	Matteo Bonato College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park	21.96
24	[36]	Beatrice Desiree Simo-Kengne College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park	22.38
25	[23]	John Weirstrass Muteba Mwamba College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park	22.67
26	[47]	Benjamin Stanwix Development Policy Research Unit, School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town	22.93
27	[32]	Fiona Tregenna College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park	23.7
28	[43]	Andrew Kerr Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit (SALDRU), School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town	25.07
29	[45]	Neil Andrew Rankin School of Economic and Finance, Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg African Micro-Economic Research Unit (AMERU), School of Economic and Finance, Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch	28.36
30	[30]	Sin-Yu Ho Department of Economics, College of Economic and Management Sciences, University of South Africa (UNISA), Pretoria	29.44
31	[40]	Charles Komla Delali Adjasi Business School, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch	29.56
32	[34]	Hlalefang Khobai Department of Economics, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth	30.35
33	[41]	Kalu Ojah Wits Business School, Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg	30.47
34	[44]	Ingrid Woolard Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch	34.21
35	[52]	Witness Simbanegavi South African Reserve Bank, Pretoria	34.94
36	[11]	Ulrich Schmidt College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park	37.29
37	[48]	Umakrishnan Kollamparambil School of Economic and Finance, Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg	38.36
38	[54]	Nicola Viegi Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria South African Reserve Bank, Pretoria Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA), Cape Town	39.59
39	[77]	Paul Nkemngu Acha-Anyi Faculty of Business and Management Science, Walter Sisulu University, Mthatha	40.17
40	[58]	Manoel Bittencourt Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria South African Reserve Bank, Pretoria	42.64
41	[49]	Dieter von Fintel Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch	43.23
42	[60]	Lawrence Edwards Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit (SALDRU), School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town Policy Research in International Services and Manufacturing (PRISM), School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town	43.74
43	[75]	Monique Brigitte Reid South African Reserve Bank, Pretoria Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch	44.15
44	[59]	Hylton H Hollander Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch	44.37
45	[83]	Stephen George Sinclair Taylor Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch	45.67
46	[51]	Themba Gilbert Chirwa College of Economic and Management Sciences, University of South Africa (UNISA), Pretoria	46.93
47	[69]	Ismail Olaleke Fasanya Wits Business School, Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg	47.49
48	[64]	Dorrit Posel School of Economic and Finance, Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg	47.79
49	[56]	Willem H. Boshoff Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch	48.24
50	[61]	Christopher Malikane School of Economic and Finance, Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg Studies in Financial Markets and Macroeconomics (SFM), School of Economic and Finance, Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg	48.44
51	[63]	Konstantin Makrelov South African Reserve Bank, Pretoria	48.72
52	[74]	James Blignaut School of Public Leadership, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch	49.6
53	[71]	Nicholas Nwanyek Ngepah College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park	51.15
54	[66]	Morne Oosthuizen Development Policy Research Unit, School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town	51.41
55	[68]	Grietjie Verhoef College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park	52.49
56	[93]	Cally Ardington Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit (SALDRU), School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town	52.71
57	[86]	Stan Du Plessis Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA), Cape Town Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch	54.45
58	[9]	Augustin Kwasi Fosu Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park	55.24
59	[81]	Edwin Muchapondwa School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town	55.66
60	[80]	Servaas van der Berg Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch	55.71
61	[65]	Ivan Nicholas Turok Economic Performance and Development, Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), Pretoria Fakulteit Ekonomiese en Bestuurswetenskappe, Universiteit van die Vrystaat, Bloemfontein	56.61
62	[72]	Kevin Kotze School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA), Cape Town	56.7
63	[13]	Frank Riedel College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park	58.07
64	[91]	Don Ross Research Unit for Behavioral Economics and Neuroeconomics (RUBEN), School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town	58.79
65	[50]	Joel Hinaunye Eita Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA), Cape Town College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park	59.43
66	[89]	John Ele-Ojo Ataguba Health Economics Unit, University of Cape Town, Cape Town	60.51
67	[101]	Ruthira Naraidoo Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria	64.27
68	[111]	Sean M. Muller Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit (SALDRU), School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park	64.64
69	[104]	Omokolade Akinsomi School of Construction Economics and Management, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg	64.97
70	[85]	Derek Yu Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of the Western Cape, Bellville	65.37
71	[88]	Roy Havemann Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch	65.75
72	[79]	Marthinus Christoffel Breitenbach Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria	66.17
73	[76]	Carolyn Chisadza Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria	66.5
74	[87]	Gabrielle Wills Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch	68.55
75	[108]	Vimal Ranchhod Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit (SALDRU), School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town	71.54
76	[73]	Mduduzi Biyase College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park	73.03
77	[78]	Eftychia Efi Nikolaidou School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town	73.15
78	[114]	Sonali Das	73.3
79	[92]	Camille Roger Meyer Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town, Cape Town	76.22
80	[105]	Kevin Nell College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park	76.57
81	[95]	Talita Greyling College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park	76.62
82	[102]	Jones Odei-Mensah Wits Business School, Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg	79.67
83	[110]	Eleni Abraham Yitbarek Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria	79.94
84	[107]	Dambala Gelo School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town	80.33
85	[119]	Nicky Nicholls Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria	80.73
86	[70]	Acha-Anyi Asongu Department of Economics, College of Economic and Management Sciences, University of South Africa (UNISA), Pretoria	82.45
87	[113]	Mike Morris School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town	82.67
88	[96]	Estian Calitz Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch	85.22
89	[112]	Michael Machokoto Studies in Financial Markets and Macroeconomics (SFM), School of Economic and Finance, Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg School of Economic and Finance, Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg	85.78
90	[94]	Adeola Oyenubi School of Economic and Finance, Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg	86.31
91	[124]	Volker Schoer School of Economic and Finance, Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg African Micro-Economic Research Unit (AMERU), School of Economic and Finance, Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg	86.54
92	[106]	Nick Vink Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch	89.55
93	[109]	Johann Frederick Kirsten Bureau for Economic Research, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch	89.88
94	[118]	Andrea Saayman Skool vir Economie, North-West University, Potchefstroom	90.92
95	[116]	Meshach Jesse Aziakpono Business School, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch	92.16
96	[103]	Amy Julia Thornton Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit (SALDRU), School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town	93.12
97	[125]	Margaret Mabugu Economic Performance and Development, Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), Pretoria Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA), Cape Town	93.35
98	[99]	Alexis Habiyaremye College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park	93.41
99	[98]	Sylvanus Ikhide Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch Business School, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch	95.31
100	[97]	Arno Tausch	95.88
101	[143]	Nicola Branson Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit (SALDRU), School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town	98.69
102	[127]	Mthokozisi Mlilo School of Economic and Finance, Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg	99.02
103	[115]	Timothy Kohler Development Policy Research Unit, School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town	99.23
104	[131]	Mulatu Fekadu Zerihun Faculty of Economics and Finance, Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria	99.6

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