Life Below Water

African research focus

Research spans the blue economy along Africa’s 30,000 km of coastline, including aquaculture, mangrove restoration, IUU-fishing detection, and ocean-data infrastructure.

Top universities for Life Below Water

Institutions producing the most publications tagged with this goal.

1. 1.

   Kafr el-Sheikh University

   Egypt

   563 publications

2. 2.

   University of Cape Town

   South Africa

   266 publications

3. 3.

   Stellenbosch University

   South Africa

   221 publications

4. 4.

   Alexandria University

   Egypt

   196 publications

5. 5.

   Zagazig University

   Egypt

   175 publications

6. 6.

   Rhodes University

   South Africa

   174 publications

7. 7.

   Ain Shams University

   Egypt

   164 publications

8. 8.

   University of the Witwatersrand

   South Africa

   162 publications

9. 9.

   Mohammed V University

   Morocco

   150 publications

10. 10.

    Nelson Mandela University

    South Africa

    141 publications

11. 11.

    University of Pretoria

    South Africa

    136 publications

12. 12.

    Suez Canal University

    Egypt

    131 publications

Recent publications

Most recent research from African institutions tagged with Life Below Water.

• 20263 citations

  Widespread presence of anthropogenic compounds in marine dissolved organic matter

  Nature Geoscience · Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University

• 2026Open Access2 citations

  Severe and widespread coral reef damage during the 2014-2017 Global Coral Bleaching Event

  Nature Communications · University of Seychelles

• 20262 citations

  Bending back the curve of shark and ray biodiversity loss

  Nature Reviews Biodiversity · Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

• 20262 citations

  Scimitar-crested <i>Spinosaurus</i> species from the Sahara caps stepwise spinosaurid radiation

  Science · Université Abdou Moumouni

• 20261 citations

  Computational identification of marine microalgal metabolites as human voltage-dependent anion channel 1 modulators: Virtual screening, DFT analysis, molecular dynamics simulation, and machine learning-supported cheminformatic validation

  Next research. · University of Zululand

• 2026Open Access1 citations

  Explainable, data-driven monitoring of scrubber washwater chemistry: a compliance framework for exhaust gas cleaning systems in chemical engineering applications

  Journal of Engineering and Applied Science · Hassan II University Casablanca

• 2026Open Access1 citations

  Coral microbiomes as reservoirs of unknown genomic and biosynthetic diversity

  Nature · University of Cape Town

• 20261 citations

  Evaluation of geomechanical properties for CO2 sequestration in an Offshore Field, Niger Delta Basin, Nigeria

  Journal of Earth System Science · Adekunle Ajasin University

• 20261 citations

  Microplastics: Transfer Pathways, Radiotracing and Challenges for Coastal Environments

  Environmental science and engineering · Mohammed V University

• 2026Open Access1 citations

  Not one-size-fits-all: µ-FTIR and pyrolysis GC-MS for complementary analysis of microplastics in eutrophic surface water

  Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry · Makerere University

• 2026Open Access1 citations

  Climate-driven reproductive decline in Southern right whales

  Scientific Reports · University of Pretoria

• 20261 citations

  Shoulder arthroscopy in the beach chair position: challenging haemodynamic management

  European Journal of Anaesthesiology · Cairo University