Top 25% Institutions and Economists in South Africa, as of April 2017

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For South Africa, there are 272 authors affiliated with 57 institutions. All institutions in this region.

Top 25% institutions in South Africa

Rank	W.Rank	Institution	Score	Authors	Author shares
1	[1]	Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town Cape Town, South Africa	1.39	63	50.01
---	[---]	School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town Cape Town, South Africa	2.46	62	48.48
2	[3]	Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria Pretoria, South Africa	3.67	28	20.93
---	[---]	Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria Pretoria, South Africa	3.7	28	20.93
3	[2]	Fakulteit Ekonomiese en Bestuurswetenskappe, University of Stellenbosch Stellenbosch, South Africa	4.54	70	57.97
4	[4]	Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development, University of Pretoria Pretoria, South Africa	4.94	4	4
---	[---]	Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit (SALDRU), School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town Cape Town, South Africa	5.19	27	14.87
---	[---]	Department of Economics, Fakulteit Ekonomiese en Bestuurswetenskappe, University of Stellenbosch Stellenbosch, South Africa	5.63	63	50.57
5	[5]	Faculty of Economic and Financial Sciences, University of Johannesburg Auckland Park, South Africa	7.21	27	24.09
6	[6]	Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg, South Africa	9.86	18	12.42
7	[7]	Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA) Cape Town, South Africa	10.84	47	16.36
---	[---]	School of Economic and Business Sciences, Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg, South Africa	13.15	12	7.58
---	[---]	Department of Economics, College of Economic and Management Sciences, University of South Africa (UNISA) Pretoria, South Africa	13.45	8	7.28
---	[---]	Development Policy Research Unit, School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town Cape Town, South Africa	13.57	13	11.2
---	[---]	Wits Business School, Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg, South Africa	13.8	4	2.83
---	[---]	Institutions and Political Economy Group (IPEG), School of Economic and Business Sciences, Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg, South Africa	16.71	2	1
8	[8]	Economic Performance and Development, Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) Pretoria, South Africa	16.71	4	3.75
9	[9]	Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town Cape Town, South Africa	17.23	2	1.9
---	[---]	Bureau for Economic Research, Fakulteit Ekonomiese en Bestuurswetenskappe, University of Stellenbosch Stellenbosch, South Africa	20.26	7	4.98
10	[10]	College of Economic and Management Sciences, University of South Africa (UNISA) Pretoria, South Africa	20.48	10	8.42
11	[11]	Business School, University of Stellenbosch Stellenbosch, South Africa	20.53	4	3.2
12	[14]	Environmental Policy Research Unit (EPRU), University of Cape Town Cape Town, South Africa	22.26	2	0.81
13	[15]	South African Reserve Bank Pretoria, South Africa	22.5	4	3.3
14	[12]	Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of the Western Cape Bellville, South Africa	23.13	1	1

Top 25% authors in South Africa

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Rank	W.Rank	Author	Score
1	[2]	Hans Peter Binswanger-Mkhize Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development, University of Pretoria, Pretoria	1.65
2	[1]	Rangan Gupta Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria	2.24
3	[8]	John Dunne 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	4.68
4	[11]	Nicholas M. Odhiambo Department of Economics, College of Economic and Management Sciences, University of South Africa (UNISA), Pretoria	6.62
5	[25]	Patrizio Piraino School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town	7.89
6	[17]	Eric Schaling Wits Business School, Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA), Cape Town	9.49
7	[5]	Servaas van der Berg Department of Economics, Fakulteit Ekonomiese en Bestuurswetenskappe, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch	10.09
8	[31]	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	10.72
9	[23]	Alexander Zimper Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria	10.91
10	[12]	Frank Riedel Faculty of Economic and Financial Sciences, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park	11.12
11	[4]	Ulrich Schmidt Faculty of Economic and Financial Sciences, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park	11.91
12	[19]	Ingrid Woolard 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	12.06
13	[24]	Basil J. Moore Department of Economics, Fakulteit Ekonomiese en Bestuurswetenskappe, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch Bureau for Economic Research, Fakulteit Ekonomiese en Bestuurswetenskappe, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch	12.53
14	[18]	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	12.69
15	[9]	Richard Normand Langlois Institutions and Political Economy Group (IPEG), School of Economic and Business Sciences, Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg School of Economic and Business Sciences, Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg	12.71
16	[21]	Nicola Viegi Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA), Cape Town	12.94
17	[20]	Alain Kabundi South African Reserve Bank Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA), Cape Town	13.59
18	[15]	Johann Frederick Kirsten Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development, University of Pretoria, Pretoria	14.52
19	[14]	Johan Fourie Department of Economics, Fakulteit Ekonomiese en Bestuurswetenskappe, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch	15.15
20	[34]	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 Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA), Cape Town	18.78
21	[37]	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	20.01
22	[16]	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	21.47
23	[29]	Fiona Tregenna Faculty of Economic and Financial Sciences, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park	21.95
24	[33]	Roula Inglesi-Lotz Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA), Cape Town	21.97
25	[39]	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	23.82
26	[48]	Co-Pierre Georg Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town, Cape Town	25.67
27	[30]	Stan Du Plessis Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA), Cape Town Department of Economics, Fakulteit Ekonomiese en Bestuurswetenskappe, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch	25.77
28	[40]	Kalu Ojah Wits Business School, Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg	26.37
29	[38]	John Manuel Luiz Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town, Cape Town Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA), Cape Town	26.99
30	[27]	Steven Fredric Koch Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA), Cape Town	27.46
31	[35]	Manoel Bittencourt Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA), Cape Town	28.89
32	[28]	Derek Yu Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of the Western Cape, Bellville	29.12
33	[43]	Ramos Emmanuel Mabugu Financial and Fiscal Commission, Government of South Africa, Midrand Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA), Cape Town Department of Economics, Fakulteit Ekonomiese en Bestuurswetenskappe, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch	31.98
34	[44]	Kevin Nell Faculty of Economic and Financial Sciences, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park	33.9
35	[42]	Ivan Nicholas Turok Economic Performance and Development, Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), Pretoria	33.96
36	[41]	Paul Alagidede Wits Business School, Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg	34.06
37	[60]	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	34.51
38	[55]	Ben W. Smit Department of Economics, Fakulteit Ekonomiese en Bestuurswetenskappe, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch Bureau for Economic Research, Fakulteit Ekonomiese en Bestuurswetenskappe, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch	34.96
39	[51]	Neil Andrew Rankin School of Economic and Business Sciences, Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg African Micro-Economic Research Unit (AMERU), School of Economic and Business Sciences, Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg Department of Economics, Fakulteit Ekonomiese en Bestuurswetenskappe, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch	36.31
40	[63]	Mike Morris School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town	36.8
41	[32]	Andrew Phiri Department of Economics, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth	38.99
42	[52]	James Blignaut Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA), Cape Town	41.62
43	[59]	Margaret Mabugu Economic Performance and Development, Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), Pretoria Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA), Cape Town	41.83
44	[10]	Jan Luiten van Zanden Department of Economics, Fakulteit Ekonomiese en Bestuurswetenskappe, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch	42.5
45	[45]	Nick Vink Department of Economics, Fakulteit Ekonomiese en Bestuurswetenskappe, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch	42.93
46	[73]	Asha Sundaram 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	43.43
47	[13]	Johannes Wolfgang Fedderke School of Economic and Business Sciences, Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA), Cape Town	43.93
48	[62]	Ruthira Naraidoo Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA), Cape Town	44.45
49	[75]	Merle G. Holden Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA), Cape Town	46.26
50	[61]	Ronelle Burger Department of Economics, Fakulteit Ekonomiese en Bestuurswetenskappe, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch	46.58
51	[57]	Renee van Eyden Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria	48.33
52	[7]	Andreas Freytag University of Stellenbosch	50.19
53	[47]	Dieter von Fintel Department of Economics, Fakulteit Ekonomiese en Bestuurswetenskappe, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch	52.1
54	[70]	Arden Finn 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	53.24
55	[74]	Guangling Liu Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA), Cape Town Department of Economics, Fakulteit Ekonomiese en Bestuurswetenskappe, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch	54.87
56	[81]	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	55.53
57	[46]	Deodat E. Adenutsi School of Business, Fakulteit Ekonomiese en Bestuurswetenskappe, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch	55.76
58	[49]	Jorge M. Agüero 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	55.84
59	[56]	Christopher Malikane School of Economic and Business Sciences, Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg Studies in Financial Markets and Macroeconomics (SFM), School of Economic and Business Sciences, Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg	56.92
60	[86]	Sonali Das	57.05
61	[64]	Lumengo Bonga-Bonga Faculty of Economic and Financial Sciences, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park	57.15
62	[65]	Edwin Muchapondwa Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit (SALDRU), School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town Environmental Policy Research Unit (EPRU), University of Cape Town, Cape Town School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA), Cape Town	57.47
63	[76]	Beatrice Desiree Simo-Kengne Faculty of Economic and Financial Sciences, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park	57.72
64	[84]	Mare Sarr School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town	58.78
65	[68]	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	59.33
66	[85]	Sylvanus Ikhide Fakulteit Ekonomiese en Bestuurswetenskappe, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch Business School, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch	60.46
67	[54]	Odd Helge Fjeldstad Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria African Tax Institute, Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria	61.24
68	[50]	Nicholas Spaull Department of Economics, Fakulteit Ekonomiese en Bestuurswetenskappe, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch	61.66

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