Council for Scientific and Industrial Research

Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
Short name
CSIR
Country, city
South Africa, Pretoria
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Publications found: 0

Since 1924

Total publications
5884
Total citations
138791
Citations per publication
23.59
Average publications per year
58.26
Average authors per publication
4.21
h-index
137
Metrics description
h-index
A scientist has an h-index if h of his N publications are cited at least h times each, while the remaining (N - h) publications are cited no more than h times each.

Top-30

Fields of science

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General Medicine, 603, 10.25%
General Medicine
603 publications, 10.25%
Materials Chemistry, 510, 8.67%
Materials Chemistry
510 publications, 8.67%
Condensed Matter Physics, 497, 8.45%
Condensed Matter Physics
497 publications, 8.45%
General Materials Science, 479, 8.14%
General Materials Science
479 publications, 8.14%
General Chemistry, 428, 7.27%
General Chemistry
428 publications, 7.27%
Mechanical Engineering, 328, 5.57%
Mechanical Engineering
328 publications, 5.57%
Biochemistry, 325, 5.52%
Biochemistry
325 publications, 5.52%
Organic Chemistry, 296, 5.03%
Organic Chemistry
296 publications, 5.03%
General Chemical Engineering, 275, 4.67%
General Chemical Engineering
275 publications, 4.67%
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, 274, 4.66%
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
274 publications, 4.66%
Water Science and Technology, 259, 4.4%
Water Science and Technology
259 publications, 4.4%
Mechanics of Materials, 258, 4.38%
Mechanics of Materials
258 publications, 4.38%
Polymers and Plastics, 251, 4.27%
Polymers and Plastics
251 publications, 4.27%
Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 233, 3.96%
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
233 publications, 3.96%
General Engineering, 223, 3.79%
General Engineering
223 publications, 3.79%
Surfaces, Coatings and Films, 221, 3.76%
Surfaces, Coatings and Films
221 publications, 3.76%
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, 209, 3.55%
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
209 publications, 3.55%
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, 199, 3.38%
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
199 publications, 3.38%
General Earth and Planetary Sciences, 198, 3.37%
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
198 publications, 3.37%
Waste Management and Disposal, 193, 3.28%
Waste Management and Disposal
193 publications, 3.28%
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 192, 3.26%
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
192 publications, 3.26%
Environmental Engineering, 191, 3.25%
Environmental Engineering
191 publications, 3.25%
Pollution, 180, 3.06%
Pollution
180 publications, 3.06%
Molecular Biology, 179, 3.04%
Molecular Biology
179 publications, 3.04%
Analytical Chemistry, 172, 2.92%
Analytical Chemistry
172 publications, 2.92%
Multidisciplinary, 171, 2.91%
Multidisciplinary
171 publications, 2.91%
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 170, 2.89%
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
170 publications, 2.89%
Microbiology, 168, 2.86%
Microbiology
168 publications, 2.86%
General Environmental Science, 167, 2.84%
General Environmental Science
167 publications, 2.84%
Aquatic Science, 164, 2.79%
Aquatic Science
164 publications, 2.79%
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Journals

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Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
110 publications, 1.87%
Nature
87 publications, 1.48%
Australian Veterinary Journal
75 publications, 1.27%
Water Research
71 publications, 1.21%
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
68 publications, 1.16%
South African Journal of Science
59 publications, 1%
Journal of Organometallic Chemistry
50 publications, 0.85%
Journal of Applied Polymer Science
45 publications, 0.76%
Water Science and Technology
45 publications, 0.76%
Hydrobiologia
41 publications, 0.7%
IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering
41 publications, 0.7%
Materials Science Forum
38 publications, 0.65%
Journal of Alloys and Compounds
38 publications, 0.65%
Macromolecular Materials and Engineering
38 publications, 0.65%
Materials Today: Proceedings
36 publications, 0.61%
Springer Series in Materials Science
35 publications, 0.59%
Water S.A.
35 publications, 0.59%
South African Journal of Botany
34 publications, 0.58%
ACS Omega
34 publications, 0.58%
Applied Surface Science
33 publications, 0.56%
Annals and Magazine of Natural History
33 publications, 0.56%
ECS Meeting Abstracts
33 publications, 0.56%
Lecture Notes in Computer Science
31 publications, 0.53%
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
30 publications, 0.51%
RSC Advances
29 publications, 0.49%
Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture
29 publications, 0.49%
Journal of Materials Science
28 publications, 0.48%
Electrochimica Acta
28 publications, 0.48%
Journal of Chemical Physics
27 publications, 0.46%
Toxicon
24 publications, 0.41%
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Publishers

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Elsevier
1949 publications, 33.12%
Springer Nature
882 publications, 14.99%
Wiley
600 publications, 10.2%
Taylor & Francis
273 publications, 4.64%
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
248 publications, 4.21%
SPIE
117 publications, 1.99%
IOP Publishing
103 publications, 1.75%
SAGE
101 publications, 1.72%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
101 publications, 1.72%
IEEE
97 publications, 1.65%
Academy of Science of South Africa
96 publications, 1.63%
Trans Tech Publications
88 publications, 1.5%
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
79 publications, 1.34%
American Institute of Physics (AIP)
79 publications, 1.34%
Oxford University Press
67 publications, 1.14%
IWA Publishing
61 publications, 1.04%
Frontiers Media S.A.
53 publications, 0.9%
The Electrochemical Society
53 publications, 0.9%
Optical Society of America
52 publications, 0.88%
American Physical Society (APS)
47 publications, 0.8%
Cambridge University Press
44 publications, 0.75%
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
33 publications, 0.56%
Copernicus
29 publications, 0.49%
Hindawi Limited
29 publications, 0.49%
Microbiology Society
28 publications, 0.48%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
25 publications, 0.42%
Portland Press
23 publications, 0.39%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
23 publications, 0.39%
AOSIS
22 publications, 0.37%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
21 publications, 0.36%
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With other organizations

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University of Pretoria
800 publications, 13.6%
University of Johannesburg
677 publications, 11.51%
University of the Witwatersrand
493 publications, 8.38%
Tshwane University of Technology
335 publications, 5.69%
University of Cape Town
297 publications, 5.05%
Stellenbosch University
232 publications, 3.94%
University of the Western Cape
196 publications, 3.33%
University of South Africa
180 publications, 3.06%
Nelson Mandela University
148 publications, 2.52%
University of the Free State
146 publications, 2.48%
North-West University
138 publications, 2.35%
Rhodes University
108 publications, 1.84%
University of KwaZulu-Natal
92 publications, 1.56%
University of Limpopo
70 publications, 1.19%
National Research Foundation
51 publications, 0.87%
South African Medical Research Council
45 publications, 0.76%
University of Venda
43 publications, 0.73%
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization
41 publications, 0.7%
Agricultural Research Council of South Africa
37 publications, 0.63%
City University of Hong Kong
37 publications, 0.63%
South African National Biodiversity Institute
33 publications, 0.56%
University of Zululand
32 publications, 0.54%
Stockholm University
28 publications, 0.48%
University of Oxford
28 publications, 0.48%
Stanford University
25 publications, 0.42%
Vaal University of Technology
25 publications, 0.42%
University of Tasmania
23 publications, 0.39%
Durban University of Technology
23 publications, 0.39%
Sri Krishnadevaraya University
22 publications, 0.37%
Botswana International University of Science and Technology
22 publications, 0.37%
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With foreign organizations

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Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization
41 publications, 0.7%
City University of Hong Kong
37 publications, 0.63%
Stockholm University
28 publications, 0.48%
University of Oxford
28 publications, 0.48%
Stanford University
25 publications, 0.42%
University of Tasmania
23 publications, 0.39%
Sri Krishnadevaraya University
22 publications, 0.37%
Botswana International University of Science and Technology
22 publications, 0.37%
Friedrich Schiller University Jena
20 publications, 0.34%
South China University of Technology
19 publications, 0.32%
University of Edinburgh
18 publications, 0.31%
National University of Singapore
18 publications, 0.31%
University of Sydney
18 publications, 0.31%
University of Twente
15 publications, 0.25%
Columbia University
15 publications, 0.25%
University of Washington
15 publications, 0.25%
King Abdulaziz University
14 publications, 0.24%
Imperial College London
14 publications, 0.24%
Tohoku University
14 publications, 0.24%
University of Lisbon
13 publications, 0.22%
University of Cambridge
13 publications, 0.22%
University of Bergen
13 publications, 0.22%
Obafemi Awolowo University
13 publications, 0.22%
Inha University
13 publications, 0.22%
University of California, Berkeley
13 publications, 0.22%
Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
13 publications, 0.22%
University of Calcutta
12 publications, 0.2%
University of Southampton
12 publications, 0.2%
California Institute of Technology
12 publications, 0.2%
University of Melbourne
12 publications, 0.2%
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USA, 393, 6.68%
USA
393 publications, 6.68%
United Kingdom, 257, 4.37%
United Kingdom
257 publications, 4.37%
India, 217, 3.69%
India
217 publications, 3.69%
Germany, 177, 3.01%
Germany
177 publications, 3.01%
China, 153, 2.6%
China
153 publications, 2.6%
Australia, 151, 2.57%
Australia
151 publications, 2.57%
France, 147, 2.5%
France
147 publications, 2.5%
Netherlands, 106, 1.8%
Netherlands
106 publications, 1.8%
Japan, 104, 1.77%
Japan
104 publications, 1.77%
Nigeria, 101, 1.72%
Nigeria
101 publications, 1.72%
Canada, 98, 1.67%
Canada
98 publications, 1.67%
Sweden, 82, 1.39%
Sweden
82 publications, 1.39%
Italy, 66, 1.12%
Italy
66 publications, 1.12%
Switzerland, 53, 0.9%
Switzerland
53 publications, 0.9%
Spain, 45, 0.76%
Spain
45 publications, 0.76%
Republic of Korea, 45, 0.76%
Republic of Korea
45 publications, 0.76%
Brazil, 43, 0.73%
Brazil
43 publications, 0.73%
Norway, 43, 0.73%
Norway
43 publications, 0.73%
Kenya, 37, 0.63%
Kenya
37 publications, 0.63%
Ethiopia, 36, 0.61%
Ethiopia
36 publications, 0.61%
Israel, 34, 0.58%
Israel
34 publications, 0.58%
Portugal, 32, 0.54%
Portugal
32 publications, 0.54%
Belgium, 32, 0.54%
Belgium
32 publications, 0.54%
Botswana, 32, 0.54%
Botswana
32 publications, 0.54%
Saudi Arabia, 31, 0.53%
Saudi Arabia
31 publications, 0.53%
New Zealand, 30, 0.51%
New Zealand
30 publications, 0.51%
Ghana, 28, 0.48%
Ghana
28 publications, 0.48%
Bangladesh, 27, 0.46%
Bangladesh
27 publications, 0.46%
Turkey, 24, 0.41%
Turkey
24 publications, 0.41%
Argentina, 22, 0.37%
Argentina
22 publications, 0.37%
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  • We do not take into account publications that without a DOI.
  • Statistics recalculated daily.
  • Publications published earlier than 1924 are ignored in the statistics.
  • The horizontal charts show the 30 top positions.
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