H-Index
Rankings
Africa Scientists H-Index Natural Sciences / Biological Science Rankings 2025
AD Scientific Index evaluates the academic productivity and efficiency of scientists and institutions based on the H-index, i10 index, and citation counts. In addition to total H-index rankings, you can also explore rankings and analyses by "Scientists Last 6 Years H-index" and by subject.
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :1
invasion ecology
invasion biology
invasion science
conservation biology
biological invasions
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
155
107
0.690
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :2
Plant diversity and evolution
palaeovegetation science
conservation science
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117
53
0.453
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :3
Ecology
evolution
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114
77
0.675
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :4
carbon cycle
savannas
earth observation
biodiversity
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112
73
0.652
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :5
ethnoecology
fungi ecology
biodiversity conservation
landscape restoration
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94
75
0.798
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :6
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
Public Health
Global health
Disease modelling
Climate Changes and disease dynamics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87
86
0.989
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :8
Biological science
phytomedicine
botany
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87
61
0.701
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :9
Ecology
conservation Biology
Earth system science
Climate change
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86
60
0.698
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :10
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 :11
Molecular Mycology
Fungal biodiversity
fungal taxonomy
Molecular phylogeny
evolutionary Biology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80
61
0.763
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :12
Estuarine ecology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78
40
0.513
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :13
laser resonators
laser beam shaping
orbital angular momentum
structured light
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75
66
0.880
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :14
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
Insect conservation
invertebrate conservation
conservation biology
landscape ecology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75
48
0.640
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :16
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
74
57
0.770
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :17
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 :18
Wildlife Ecology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70
42
0.600
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :19
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
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
galaxy evolution
clusters of galaxies
cosmology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65
46
0.708
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :22
Conservation biology
megaherbivore ecology
predator prey interactions
ecological history
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65
44
0.677
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :23
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
Photobiology
Photochemistry
Photodynamic therapy
Wound healing
Stem cells
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64
51
0.797
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :25
Biological invasions
biodiversity conservation
land use planning
socio-ecological systems
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64
43
0.672
David M. Richardson
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
155
107
0.690
invasion ecology
invasion biology
invasion science
conservation biology
biological invasions
Richard M. Cowling
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117
53
0.453
Plant diversity and evolution
palaeovegetation science
conservation science
William Bond
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114
77
0.675
Robert J Scholes
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112
73
0.652
carbon cycle
savannas
earth observation
biodiversity
Jianchu Xu
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94
75
0.798
ethnoecology
fungi ecology
biodiversity conservation
landscape restoration
Waleed E. Mahmoud
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91
65
0.714
Abdallah Samy
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87
86
0.989
Public Health
Global health
Disease modelling
Climate Changes and disease dynamics
AJ Afolayan
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87
61
0.701
Biological science
phytomedicine
botany
Guy Midgley
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86
60
0.698
Ecology
conservation Biology
Earth system science
Climate change
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
Rajesh Jeewon
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80
61
0.763
Molecular Mycology
Fungal biodiversity
fungal taxonomy
Molecular phylogeny
evolutionary Biology
Whitfield, AK
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78
40
0.513
Andrew Forbes
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75
66
0.880
laser resonators
laser beam shaping
orbital angular momentum
structured light
Jacobus Eloff
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75
53
0.707
Medicinal Plants
Ethnobotany
Phytochemistry
Phytomedicine
Ethnopharmacology
Michael J. Samways
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75
48
0.640
Insect conservation
invertebrate conservation
conservation biology
landscape ecology
Teshome Soromessa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74
57
0.770
Ecosystem modelling
Ecosystem services
Conservation of natural resources
climate change mitigation and adaptation
carbon seq
Slotow, RH
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72
48
0.667
Norman Owen-Smith
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70
42
0.600
Girmay Medhin
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69
52
0.754
Structural Equation modeling
Growth modeling
John Wilson
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68
53
0.779
Ecology
Invasion Science
Biological Invasions
Matt Hilton
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65
46
0.708
galaxy evolution
clusters of galaxies
cosmology
Graham Ih Kerley
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65
44
0.677
Conservation biology
megaherbivore ecology
predator prey interactions
ecological history
Nigel C Bennett
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65
38
0.585
mole-rats
Reproduction
physiology...
Heidi Abrahamse
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64
51
0.797
Photobiology
Photochemistry
Photodynamic therapy
Wound healing
Stem cells
Mathieu Rouget
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64
43
0.672
Biological invasions
biodiversity conservation
land use planning
socio-ecological systems