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Africa 387 Scientists H-Index Natural Sciences / Geography Rankings - 2025
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* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 1
Urban
Africa
SDGs
local government
global change
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59
37
0.627
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 2
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
39
0.672
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 3
Physical Geography
the Anthropocene
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
35
0.714
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 4
Climate variability and change
extreme weather events
spatial statistics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
38
0.864
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 5
Urban Geography
Tourism Geography
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
23
0.535
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 6
Urban Geography
Economic Geography
Tourism and Sustainablity
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
33
0.786
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 7
Urban Food Security
Urban Food Systems
Geography
Urban Studies
South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
32
0.842
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 8
Geographical and Microbial Ecology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
34
0.944
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 9
urban environmental studies
Urban disaster risk reduction
urban studies
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34
27
0.794
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 10
GIS
remote sensing
geomorphometry
GEOBIA
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34
24
0.706
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 11
Tourism Geographies
Second Homes
Urban Tourism
Tourism
Geography
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34
24
0.706
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 12
urban political
migration
human rights
megaevents
diaspora
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34
18
0.529
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 13
Extreme climate events
Applied Climatology
climate change
Climate-smart Agricuture
Land-climate
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
29
0.879
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 14
Biometeorology: Climatology
Phenology
Palaeoclimatology
Climate Change
Tourism
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
29
0.879
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 15
Hydrology
climate change
pedology
land use change
geoinformation
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
29
0.906
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 16
Application of Geo-spatial technologies
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
27
0.844
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 17
Ecology
biodiversity and extinction risk
invasion ecology
evolutionary diversification
Environmental Management
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
26
0.839
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 18
Applied Remote Sensing
GIS
Environmental Science
Spatial Modeling
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
20
0.645
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 19
Population and Health Geography
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
23
0.767
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 20
Palaeo-ecology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
19
0.633
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 21
Transport geography
Child mobility
Mobile phones
Population and development
HIV/AIDS
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
23
0.793
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 22
Geoecology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
22
0.759
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 23
African migration
urban food systems
urban waste
environmental security
Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
18
0.621
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 24
Agrarian Change
Rural development
Climate change
Environment
Food security and Livelihoods
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
22
0.786
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 25
medical anthropology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27
18
0.667
Susan Parnell
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59
37
0.627
Urban
Africa
SDGs
local government
global change
Bruce Hewitson
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
39
0.672
Michael Meadows
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
35
0.714
Ahmed Kenawy
Mansoura University
Mansoura, Egypt
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
38
0.864
Climate variability and change
extreme weather events
spatial statistics
Gustav Visser
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
23
0.535
Jayne Rogerson
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
33
0.786
Urban Geography
Economic Geography
Tourism and Sustainablity
Jane Battersby
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
32
0.842
Urban Food Security
Urban Food Systems
Geography
Urban Studies
South Africa
Matthew Chidozie Ogwu
University of Benin
Benin City, Nigeria
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
34
0.944
Martin Oteng Ababio
University of Ghana
Legon, Ghana
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34
27
0.794
urban environmental studies
Urban disaster risk reduction
urban studies
Adriaan Van Niekerk
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34
24
0.706
Gijsbert Hoogendoorn
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34
24
0.706
Tourism Geographies
Second Homes
Urban Tourism
Tourism
Geography
Brij Maharaj
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34
18
0.529
urban political
migration
human rights
megaevents
diaspora
Ayansina Ayanlade
Obafemi Awolowo University
Ile Ife, Nigeria
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
29
0.879
Extreme climate events
Applied Climatology
climate change
Climate-smart Agricuture
Land-climate
Jennifer Fitchett
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
29
0.879
Biometeorology: Climatology
Phenology
Palaeoclimatology
Climate Change
Tourism
Amanuel Zenebe Abraha
Mekelle University
Mekelle, Ethiopia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
29
0.906
Hydrology
climate change
pedology
land use change
geoinformation
Mbulisi Sibanda
University of the Western Cape
Bellville, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
27
0.844
Kowiyou Yessoufou
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
26
0.839
Ecology
biodiversity and extinction risk
invasion ecology
evolutionary diversification
Environmental Management
Fethi Ahmed
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
20
0.645
Applied Remote Sensing
GIS
Environmental Science
Spatial Modeling
Samuel Agyei Mensah
University of Ghana
Legon, Ghana
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
23
0.767
Trevor Hill
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
19
0.633
Abane Albert
University of Cape Coast
Cape Coast, Ghana
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
23
0.793
Transport geography
Child mobility
Mobile phones
Population and development
HIV/AIDS
Stefan Siebert
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
22
0.759
Daniel Tevera
University of the Western Cape
Bellville, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
18
0.621
African migration
urban food systems
urban waste
environmental security
Africa
Joseph Awetori Yaro
University of Ghana
Legon, Ghana
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
22
0.786
Agrarian Change
Rural development
Climate change
Environment
Food security and Livelihoods
Alister Munthali
University of Malawi
Zomba, Malawi
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27
18
0.667