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Africa Scientists H-Index Natural Sciences / Biological Science Rankings 2025

The "AD Scientific Index" analyses the academic work of scientists using the H-index, i10 index and number of citations, and provides results that can be used to evaluate the productivity and efficiency of individuals and institutions. In addition to ranking according to "total H-index" for individuals and institutions, you can also see the ranking and analyses according to "Scientists Last 6 years H-index" and Subject Rankings.

Total 3.221 scientist
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
David M. Richardson
invasion ecology
invasion biology
invasion science
conservation biology
biological invasions
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
154
106
0.688
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Richard M. Cowling
Plant diversity and evolution
palaeovegetation science
conservation science
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117
52
0.444
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
William Bond
Ecology
evolution
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113
76
0.673
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Robert J Scholes
carbon cycle
savannas
earth observation
biodiversity
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111
73
0.658
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Jianchu Xu
ethnoecology
fungi ecology
biodiversity conservation
landscape restoration
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93
74
0.796
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Waleed E. Mahmoud
Natural science/Physics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91
65
0.714
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Abdallah Samy
Public Health
Global health
Disease modelling
Climate Changes and disease dynamics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86
85
0.988
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
AJ Afolayan
Biological science
phytomedicine
botany
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86
61
0.709
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Brian W. Van Wilgen
Applied ecology
fire ecology
invasion ecology
ecosystem management
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86
52
0.605
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Guy Midgley
Ecology
conservation Biology
Earth system science
Climate change
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85
59
0.694
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Rajesh Jeewon
Molecular Mycology
Fungal biodiversity
fungal taxonomy
Molecular phylogeny
evolutionary Biology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80
60
0.750
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Andrew Forbes
laser resonators
laser beam shaping
orbital angular momentum
structured light
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75
65
0.867
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Jacobus Eloff
Medicinal Plants
Ethnobotany
Phytochemistry
Phytomedicine
Ethnopharmacology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75
53
0.707
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Michael J. Samways
Insect conservation
invertebrate conservation
conservation biology
landscape ecology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74
48
0.649
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Teshome Soromessa
Ecosystem modelling
Ecosystem services
Conservation of natural resources
climate change mitigation and adaptation
carbon seq
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73
56
0.767
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Slotow, RH
conservation
ecology
zoology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72
48
0.667
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Girmay Medhin
Structural Equation modeling
Growth modeling
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69
52
0.754
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
John Wilson
Ecology
Invasion Science
Biological Invasions
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68
53
0.779
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Matt Hilton
galaxy evolution
clusters of galaxies
cosmology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65
45
0.692
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Graham Ih Kerley
Conservation biology
megaherbivore ecology
predator prey interactions
ecological history
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65
43
0.662
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Nigel C Bennett
mole-rats
Reproduction
physiology...
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65
38
0.585
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Heidi Abrahamse
Photobiology
Photochemistry
Photodynamic therapy
Wound healing
Stem cells
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64
50
0.781
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Mathieu Rouget
Biological invasions
biodiversity conservation
land use planning
socio-ecological systems
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63
43
0.683
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
David M. Richardson
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
154
106
0.688
invasion ecology
invasion biology
invasion science
conservation biology
biological invasions
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Richard M. Cowling
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117
52
0.444
Plant diversity and evolution
palaeovegetation science
conservation science
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
William Bond
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113
76
0.673
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Robert J Scholes
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111
73
0.658
carbon cycle
savannas
earth observation
biodiversity
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Jianchu Xu
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93
74
0.796
ethnoecology
fungi ecology
biodiversity conservation
landscape restoration
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Waleed E. Mahmoud
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91
65
0.714
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Abdallah Samy
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86
85
0.988
Public Health
Global health
Disease modelling
Climate Changes and disease dynamics
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
AJ Afolayan
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86
61
0.709
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Brian W. Van Wilgen
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86
52
0.605
Applied ecology
fire ecology
invasion ecology
ecosystem management
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Guy Midgley
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85
59
0.694
Ecology
conservation Biology
Earth system science
Climate change
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Rajesh Jeewon
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80
60
0.750
Molecular Mycology
Fungal biodiversity
fungal taxonomy
Molecular phylogeny
evolutionary Biology
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Whitfield, AK
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78
40
0.513
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Andrew Forbes
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75
65
0.867
laser resonators
laser beam shaping
orbital angular momentum
structured light
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Jacobus Eloff
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75
53
0.707
Medicinal Plants
Ethnobotany
Phytochemistry
Phytomedicine
Ethnopharmacology
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Michael J. Samways
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74
48
0.649
Insect conservation
invertebrate conservation
conservation biology
landscape ecology
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Teshome Soromessa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73
56
0.767
Ecosystem modelling
Ecosystem services
Conservation of natural resources
climate change mitigation and adaptation
carbon seq
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Slotow, RH
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72
48
0.667
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Norman Owen-Smith
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70
42
0.600
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Girmay Medhin
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69
52
0.754
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
John Wilson
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68
53
0.779
Ecology
Invasion Science
Biological Invasions
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Matt Hilton
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65
45
0.692
galaxy evolution
clusters of galaxies
cosmology
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Graham Ih Kerley
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65
43
0.662
Conservation biology
megaherbivore ecology
predator prey interactions
ecological history
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Nigel C Bennett
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65
38
0.585
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Heidi Abrahamse
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64
50
0.781
Photobiology
Photochemistry
Photodynamic therapy
Wound healing
Stem cells
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Mathieu Rouget
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63
43
0.683
Biological invasions
biodiversity conservation
land use planning
socio-ecological systems