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Africa 4,062 Scientists H-Index Natural Sciences / Biological Science Rankings - 2025
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* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 26
Taxonomy
Ethnobotany
Medicinal plants
Apiaceae
Umbelliferae
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63
38
0.603
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 27
Plant Physiology
Environmental Stresses (salinity
drought and heavy metal stresses)
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
56
0.918
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 28
Fire ecology
savanna ecology
forest ecology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
36
0.600
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 29
Conservation Ecology
Restoration Ecology
Social-Ecological Systems
Invasion Biology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55
37
0.673
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 30
Conservation Ecology
African elephants
Forest restoration
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55
27
0.491
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 31
Phycology
Environmental Engineering
Biofuel
Waste recycling
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54
52
0.963
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 32
Molecular Biology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54
31
0.574
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 33
pollination
physiology
nectar-feeding birds
honey bees
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
32
0.604
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 34
Evolutionary genetics
Molecular cytogenetics
Mammalian systematics
Phylogenomics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
19
0.358
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 35
Biology & Control of Disease Vectors
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
43
0.827
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 36
Drug Design and Bioinformatics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
38
0.731
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 37
physiology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
37
0.712
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 38
Nanobiotechnology
Microbial biotechnology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
51
1.000
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 39
algae
pollution
biodiesel
algal phsyiology
antimicrobial
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
45
0.882
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 40
Freshwater fish
pond dynamic
immunostimulant
heavy meta pollution
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
44
0.863
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 41
Evolutionary Physiology
Ornithology
Stable Isotopes
Climate Change
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
39
0.765
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 42
Cassava Viruses
Whiteflies
Epidemiology
Molecular Ecology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
36
0.706
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 43
Skeletal Muscle Physiology
Biology and Biotechnology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
24
0.471
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 44
marine biology
seaweed
aquaculture
biogeography
Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
30
0.600
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 45
population ecology
statistical ecology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
28
0.560
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 46
Microbial Ecology
Microbial Taxonomy
Microbial Physiology
Microbial Genetics
Microbial-plant interactions
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
36
0.735
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 47
Landscape ecology
Conservation biology
Biodiversity
Tropical forest ecology
Restoration
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
36
0.735
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 48
Biology
Ecology
Fisheries
Ichthyology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
27
0.551
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 49
Experimental Embryology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
20
0.408
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 50
biology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
45
0.938
Ben-Erik Van Wyk
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63
38
0.603
Taxonomy
Ethnobotany
Medicinal plants
Apiaceae
Umbelliferae
Rady MM
Fayoum University
Faiyum, Egypt
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
56
0.918
Plant Physiology
Environmental Stresses (salinity
drought and heavy metal stresses)
Michael J Lawes
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
36
0.600
Fire ecology
savanna ecology
forest ecology
Karen Esler
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55
37
0.673
Conservation Ecology
Restoration Ecology
Social-Ecological Systems
Invasion Biology
Rudi Van Aarde
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55
27
0.491
Conservation Ecology
African elephants
Forest restoration
Abd El Fatah Abomohra
Tanta University
Tanta, Egypt
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54
52
0.963
Phycology
Environmental Engineering
Biofuel
Waste recycling
Muntaser Ibrahim
University of Khartoum
Khartoum, Sudan
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54
31
0.574
Susan W. Nicolson
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
32
0.604
pollination
physiology
nectar-feeding birds
honey bees
Terence John Robinson
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
19
0.358
Evolutionary genetics
Molecular cytogenetics
Mammalian systematics
Phylogenomics
Fredros O. Okumu
Ifakara Health Institute
Ifakara, Tanzania
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
43
0.827
Biology & Control of Disease Vectors
Taibi Ben Hadda
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
38
0.731
Hanaa Ali Hasan Abd El Aal
Mansoura University
Mansoura, Egypt
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
37
0.712
Salem Salah Salem
Al Azhar University
Cairo, Egypt
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
51
1.000
Nanobiotechnology
Microbial biotechnology
Mostafa El Sheekh
Tanta University
Tanta, Egypt
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
45
0.882
algae
pollution
biodiesel
algal phsyiology
antimicrobial
Mohsen Abdel-Tawwab
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
44
0.863
Freshwater fish
pond dynamic
immunostimulant
heavy meta pollution
Andrew Mckechnie
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
39
0.765
Evolutionary Physiology
Ornithology
Stable Isotopes
Climate Change
James Legg
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
36
0.706
Cassava Viruses
Whiteflies
Epidemiology
Molecular Ecology
Kathryn Myburgh
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
24
0.471
Skeletal Muscle Physiology
Biology and Biotechnology
John Bolton
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
30
0.600
marine biology
seaweed
aquaculture
biogeography
Africa
Res Altwegg
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
28
0.560
population ecology
statistical ecology
Microbial Biosystems
Suez Canal University
Ismailia, Egypt
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
36
0.735
Microbial Ecology
Microbial Taxonomy
Microbial Physiology
Microbial Genetics
Microbial-plant interactions
Rhett D Harrison
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)
Nairobi, Kenya
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
36
0.735
Landscape ecology
Conservation biology
Biodiversity
Tropical forest ecology
Restoration
PD Cowley
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
27
0.551
Biology
Ecology
Fisheries
Ichthyology
Ahmed RG
Beni Suef University
Beni Suef, Egypt
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
20
0.408
Ahmed Allam
Beni Suef University
Beni Suef, Egypt
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
45
0.938