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South African Journal of Science

South African Assn. For The Advancement Of Science
ISSN: 00382353, 03708462, 19967489
SCImago
Q2
WOS
Q2
Impact factor
1.5
SJR
0.373
CiteScore
3.2
Categories
Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)
Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)
Areas
Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Earth and Planetary Sciences
Years of issue
1973-2024
journal names
South African Journal of Science
S AFR J SCI
Publications
2 179
Citations
11 459
h-index
37
Publications
772
Citations
7 554
Top-3 citing journals
Sustainability
Sustainability (157 citations)
Top-3 organizations
University of Cape Town
University of Cape Town (288 publications)
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch University (284 publications)
University of the Witwatersrand
University of the Witwatersrand (275 publications)
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch University (128 publications)
University of the Witwatersrand
University of the Witwatersrand (114 publications)
University of Cape Town
University of Cape Town (104 publications)
Top-3 countries
South Africa (1701 publications)
USA (125 publications)
United Kingdom (74 publications)
South Africa (643 publications)
USA (54 publications)
United Kingdom (41 publications)

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Elsevier
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436 citations, 3.8%
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215 citations, 1.88%
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159 citations, 1.39%
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157 citations, 1.37%
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148 citations, 1.29%
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126 citations, 1.1%
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120 citations, 1.05%
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115 citations, 1%
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101 citations, 0.88%
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95 citations, 0.83%
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90 citations, 0.79%
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84 citations, 0.73%
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61 citations, 0.53%
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58 citations, 0.51%
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49 citations, 0.43%
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42 citations, 0.37%
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41 citations, 0.36%
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39 citations, 0.34%
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37 citations, 0.32%
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35 citations, 0.31%
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33 citations, 0.29%
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31 citations, 0.27%
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