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![Usha Sambamoorthi](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,371
5,367
0.472
![Sureshwar Pandey](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/26/647697.jpg)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,709
4,478
0.667
![BH Harvey](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/32/105057.jpg)
Animal models
Psychopharmacology
Neuroscience
Behavior
Psychiatry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,770
3,462
0.446
![Josias Hamman](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Pharmaceutics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,351
3,380
0.460
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Vincent Setola](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Pharmacology
Psychiatry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,483
2,956
0.348
![Karen Hassell](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/75/859981.jpg)
Pharmacy
sociology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,260
2,802
0.448
![Jeanetta Du Plessis](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/21/100012.jpg)
Transdermal and topical drug delivery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,973
2,533
0.509
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Lori Hazlehurst](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Pharmaceutical Sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,317
2,076
0.284
![Rajiv Dahiya](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/ad/650449.jpg)
Peptide synthesis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,426
1,477
0.609
![Lissinda Du Plessis](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/22/101547.jpg)
Toxicology
cell biology
drug delivery
pharmaceutics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,294
1,438
0.627
![Frank Van Der Kooy](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Drug Discovery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,958
1,415
0.478
![Minja Gerber](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/71/93928.jpg)
Transdermal and topical delivery of pharmaceuticals and cosmeceuticals
Nano-drug delivery vehicles
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,756
1,232
0.702
![David D N'da](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Organic Chemistry
Medicinal chemistry
Antimalarials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,844
1,144
0.620
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Mark Pinti](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/20/941077.jpg)
Cancer
Clinical Pharmacology
Pharmacometrics
Translational Medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,103
1,035
0.938
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![William Petros](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
cancer
pharmacokinetics
pharmacogenomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,258
1,008
0.139
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Johannes F Wentzel](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/31/100210.jpg)
Epigenetics
Molecular Biology
Virology
Molecular Pharmaceutics
Molecular Cancer Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,218
1,003
0.823
![Ambadasu Bharatha](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/1e/605571.jpg)
Medicine
Pharmacology
Clinical
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,023
940
0.919
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Jan (Jl) Du Preez](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/f3/99917.jpg)
Physical Pharmacy
Analytical Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,831
925
0.505
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Lesetja Legoabe](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/f4/101452.jpg)
Medicinal Chemistry
Drug Discovery
Monoamine oxidase inhibition
Discovery of anti-infectives
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,150
914
0.795
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![AF Kotze](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Pharmaceutics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,920
909
0.185
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Yves Paul Vincent Mbous|Yves Paul Vincent Mbous, Yves Mbous](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Health economics and outcome research
pharmacoeconomics
pharmacoepidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,001
896
0.895
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Wilna Liebenberg](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/ff/92181.jpg)
Solid-state chemistry of drugs
polymorphism
physico-chemical properties of drugs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,482
854
0.344
![Mst Marium Begum](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/68/429632.jpg)
Alzheimer's Disease
Diabetes
Insulin Resistance
Aging Research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
919
813
0.885
![Pranabesh Ghosh](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/9c/3929541.jpg)
Environmental Sc. & Biotechnology
Ethnobotany Phytochemistry
Agroforestry
Food & Nutrition Sc
Pharmaceutical Nanobiotech
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
819
809
0.988
![Athanasia Varvaresou](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/e0/1839342.jpg)
Cosmetic Chemistry
Medicinal Chemistry
Efficacy tests of cosmetics
structure elucidation of new bioactive compounds (NMR)
de
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,480
771
0.521
Usha Sambamoorthi
West Virginia University
Morgantown, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,371
5,367
0.472
Sureshwar Pandey
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,709
4,478
0.667
BH Harvey
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,770
3,462
0.446
Animal models
Psychopharmacology
Neuroscience
Behavior
Psychiatry
Josias Hamman
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,351
3,380
0.460
Vincent Setola
West Virginia University
Morgantown, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,483
2,956
0.348
Pharmacology
Psychiatry
Karen Hassell
West Coast University
North Hollywood, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,260
2,802
0.448
Jeanetta Du Plessis
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,973
2,533
0.509
Transdermal and topical drug delivery
Lori Hazlehurst
West Virginia University
Morgantown, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,317
2,076
0.284
Pharmaceutical Sciences
Rajiv Dahiya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,426
1,477
0.609
Lissinda Du Plessis
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,294
1,438
0.627
Toxicology
cell biology
drug delivery
pharmaceutics
Frank Van Der Kooy
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,958
1,415
0.478
Minja Gerber
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,756
1,232
0.702
Transdermal and topical delivery of pharmaceuticals and cosmeceuticals
Nano-drug delivery vehicles
David D N'da
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,844
1,144
0.620
Organic Chemistry
Medicinal chemistry
Antimalarials
Mark Pinti
West Virginia University
Morgantown, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,103
1,035
0.938
Cancer
Clinical Pharmacology
Pharmacometrics
Translational Medicine
William Petros
West Virginia University
Morgantown, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,258
1,008
0.139
cancer
pharmacokinetics
pharmacogenomics
Johannes F Wentzel
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,218
1,003
0.823
Epigenetics
Molecular Biology
Virology
Molecular Pharmaceutics
Molecular Cancer Biology
Ambadasu Bharatha
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,023
940
0.919
Medicine
Pharmacology
Clinical
Jan (Jl) Du Preez
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,831
925
0.505
Physical Pharmacy
Analytical Chemistry
Lesetja Legoabe
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,150
914
0.795
Medicinal Chemistry
Drug Discovery
Monoamine oxidase inhibition
Discovery of anti-infectives
AF Kotze
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,920
909
0.185
Yves Paul Vincent Mbous|Yves Paul Vincent Mbous, Yves Mbous
West Virginia University
Morgantown, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,001
896
0.895
Health economics and outcome research
pharmacoeconomics
pharmacoepidemiology
Wilna Liebenberg
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,482
854
0.344
Solid-state chemistry of drugs
polymorphism
physico-chemical properties of drugs
Mst Marium Begum
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
919
813
0.885
Alzheimer's Disease
Diabetes
Insulin Resistance
Aging Research
Pranabesh Ghosh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
819
809
0.988
Environmental Sc. & Biotechnology
Ethnobotany Phytochemistry
Agroforestry
Food & Nutrition Sc
Pharmaceutical Nanobiotech
Athanasia Varvaresou
University of West Attica
Egaleo, Greece
![Greece](/flags/gr.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,480
771
0.521
Cosmetic Chemistry
Medicinal Chemistry
Efficacy tests of cosmetics
structure elucidation of new bioactive compounds (NMR)
de