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South Africa Scientists H-Index Rankings in South Africa 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 19.109 scientist, 1 country, 74 institution
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
Sahal Yacoob
High Energy Particle Physics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
233
160
0.687
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Dan J Stein
Anxiety disorders
Psychiatry in Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
207
151
0.729
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Loan Truong
HEP
LHC
ATLAS
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
189
153
0.810
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Bruce Mellado
Particle Physics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
165
119
0.721
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
David M. Richardson
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 :6
Timothy D Noakes
Running
Nutrition
Exercise Physiology
Insulin Resistance
Diabetes
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
144
61
0.424
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Jean Cleymans
Physics
Thermal Models
particle Physics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
140
109
0.779
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Simon Connell
Nuclear Physics
Particle Physics
Diamond Physics
Quantum Physics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
134
99
0.739
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Zeblon Vilakazi
High Energy physics
Grid Computing
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
130
108
0.831
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Mike Wingfield
forest protection
mycology
entomology
biotechnology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
126
79
0.627
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Joyful Mdhluli
High Energy Physics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125
121
0.968
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Richard M. Cowling
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 :13
William Bond
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 :14
Shabir A. Madhi
First interest
Second interest
Vaccinology
Respiratory pathogens
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113
84
0.743
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Robert J Scholes
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 :16
Eric Bateman
Respiratory medicine
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110
71
0.645
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Karen Sliwa
cardiology
heart failure
Africa
peripartum
covid
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109
84
0.771
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Eno E. Ebenso
corrosion
corrosion inhibition
corrosion of metals
adsorption
quantum chemical calculations
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108
87
0.806
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Keertan Dheda
pulmonary infections
tuberculosis
diseases of poverty
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103
69
0.670
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Fernando Albericio
medicinal chemistry
peptides
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103
63
0.612
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Bongani M Mayosi
Medicine
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101
75
0.743
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Christo Venter
Pulsars
gamma-ray astronomy
globular clusters
cosmic rays
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100
56
0.560
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Sahal Yacoob
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
233
160
0.687
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Dan J Stein
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
207
151
0.729
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Loan Truong
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
189
153
0.810
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Bruce Mellado
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
165
119
0.721
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
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
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Timothy D Noakes
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
144
61
0.424
Running
Nutrition
Exercise Physiology
Insulin Resistance
Diabetes
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Jean Cleymans
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
140
109
0.779
Physics
Thermal Models
particle Physics
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Simon Connell
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
134
99
0.739
Nuclear Physics
Particle Physics
Diamond Physics
Quantum Physics
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Zeblon Vilakazi
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
130
108
0.831
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Mike Wingfield
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
126
79
0.627
forest protection
mycology
entomology
biotechnology
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Joyful Mdhluli
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125
121
0.968
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
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
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
William Bond
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114
77
0.675
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Shabir A. Madhi
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113
84
0.743
First interest
Second interest
Vaccinology
Respiratory pathogens
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Robert J Scholes
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112
73
0.652
carbon cycle
savannas
earth observation
biodiversity
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Eric Bateman
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110
71
0.645
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Karen Sliwa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109
84
0.771
cardiology
heart failure
Africa
peripartum
covid
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Eno E. Ebenso
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108
87
0.806
corrosion
corrosion inhibition
corrosion of metals
adsorption
quantum chemical calculations
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Heather Zar
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106
85
0.802
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Keertan Dheda
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103
69
0.670
pulmonary infections
tuberculosis
diseases of poverty
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Fernando Albericio
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103
63
0.612
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Bongani M Mayosi
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101
75
0.743
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Christo Venter
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100
56
0.560
Pulsars
gamma-ray astronomy
globular clusters
cosmic rays
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Robin M Warren
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99
62
0.626
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Carl Lombard
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97
54
0.557