South African Institute of International Affairs

Abbreviation: SAIIA

Location: Johannesburg, South Africa

Founded: 1934

TTA Score: 7.20 points (see how this score was calculated)

Rank: # 63 out of 82 (see full ranking)

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Publications & Citations Timeline

Citations before 2022 are not counted.

Note also that not all outputs are collected (e.g., our database generally focuses on English-language reports that are not in a PDF format), and that data collection may be subject to unintended errors and omissions.

Recent Think Tank Publications

Oct 10, 2025 Governance in Southern Africa: Insights from Civil Society

Oct 8, 2025 Democracy and Civil Society in Southern Africa: Strengthening Democracy by Bolstering Civil Society Solidarity

Sep 25, 2025 BRICS rally to defend climate multilateralism at UN General Assembly

Sep 22, 2025 Principles with Pragmatism: Insights for African Foreign Ministries’ UN Strategies

Sep 19, 2025 From Tenants to Architects: Reclaiming Africa’s Future Through Science Diplomacy

Recent Peer-Reviewed Publications

Jan 1, 2025 Genetic Evidence of Killer Whale Predation on White Sharks in Australia Ecology and Evolution

Oct 23, 2024 COVID-19 and the Response of Central Banks: Coping with Challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa South African Journal of International Affairs

Feb 10, 2024 The potential of traditional medicinal plants against targets associated with Covid-19 South African Journal of Botany

Jan 1, 2024 Perspectives et défis pour l’exportation de terres rares d’Afrique subsaharienne vers l’UE (Prospects and Challenges for the Export of Rare Earths From Sub-saharan Africa to the EU) SSRN Electronic Journal

Jan 1, 2024 Perspectives et défis pour les importations européennes de terres rares en provenance de Russie : études de cas d'Allemagne, de France et d'Italie (Prospects and challenges for EU rare earth imports from Russia: The case of Germany, France and Italy) SSRN Electronic Journal

Top Research Topics

International Development and Aid 156 publications

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Global Peace and Security Dynamics 65 publications

Agriculture and Rural Development Research 39 publications

African history and culture studies 38 publications

Peacebuilding and International Security 26 publications

These data refer only to publications in peer-reviewed journals; the data source is OpenAlex.

Core Activities

Articles (since 2020): 658

Authors (since 2020): 380

Citations (since 2022): 11

Academic Metrics

Scholarly Works: 285

Impact Factor (2 years): 0

H-Index: 26

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Isabel Bosman

Elizabeth Sidiropoulos

Deon Cloete

Alex Benkenstein

Steven Gruzd

Only articles since 2020 are considered.

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157

Brookings

133

ISS Africa

101

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Only citations since 2022 are considered. The range of think tanks taken into account is larger than the ones indexed in this platform (see methodical details).

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