H-Index
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South Africa Scientists H-Index Rankings in South Africa 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 19.144 scientist, 220 country, 24.345 institution
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :201
Adrian Puren
HIV epidemiology
HIV surveillance
HIV diagnostics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55
37
0.673
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :203
Mike Lambert
high performance sport
monitoring fatigue
rugby
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55
35
0.636
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :204
M. Timm Hoffman
Historical Ecology
Conservation Biology
Arid Lands
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55
31
0.564
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :205
Timothy J Egan
Malaria
inorganic chemistry
iron
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55
31
0.564
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :206
Rudi Van Aarde
Conservation Ecology
African elephants
Forest restoration
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55
29
0.527
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :207
Carl Anhaeusser
Archaean geology
Economic Geology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55
24
0.436
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :209
Yin-Zhe Ma
Astrophysics
cosmology
radio astronomy
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54
48
0.889
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :210
Francesco Petruccione
Open quantum systems
quantum information processing and communication
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54
41
0.759
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :212
Wayne Derman
Sport and Exercise Medicine
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54
41
0.759
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :213
Karen Esler
Conservation Ecology
Restoration Ecology
Social-Ecological Systems
Invasion Biology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54
39
0.722
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :214
Leigh Johnson
HIV
AIDS
sexually transmitted infections
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54
38
0.704
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :215
Nicolaas C Gey Van Pittius
Mycobactomics (comparative mycobacterial genomics
proteomics
etc)
Mycobacterial evolution
Type VII ESX secretion
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54
32
0.593
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :216
Gita Ramjee
HIV Prevention
epidemiology
basic science
socio-behavioural science
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54
31
0.574
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :217
Patricia Kooyman
Catalysis
transmission electron microscopy
materials science
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54
29
0.537
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :218
Solomon Benatar
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54
24
0.444
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :219
Anton Du Plessis
X-ray tomography
Additive Manufacturing
Biomimicry
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
49
0.925
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :220
Sally Archibald
Savanna ecology
global change
fire ecology
vegetation dynamics
earth-system feedbacks
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
47
0.887
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :221
Grant Theron
Tuberculosis
Diagnostics
Transmission Dynamics
Drug resistance
Microbiome
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
46
0.868
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :222
Pradeep Kumar
Biomaterials
Neuromaterials
Pharmaceutical Sciences
Regenerative Medicine
Neurotrauma
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
44
0.830
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :223
Ncholu Manyala
Nano-Science
Materials Science
Energy Storage
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
43
0.811
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :224
Leslie Petrik
Nanomaterials
Catalysis
Environmental Chemistry
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
42
0.792
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :225
Thandi Puoane
Nutrtion
Prevention of Non communicable diseases
Obesity
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
42
0.792
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 201
Adrian Puren
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55
37
0.673
HIV epidemiology
HIV surveillance
HIV diagnostics
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 202
Leslie London
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55
36
0.655
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 203
Mike Lambert
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55
35
0.636
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 204
M. Timm Hoffman
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55
31
0.564
Historical Ecology
Conservation Biology
Arid Lands
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 205
Timothy J Egan
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55
31
0.564
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 206
Rudi Van Aarde
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55
29
0.527
Conservation Ecology
African elephants
Forest restoration
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 207
Carl Anhaeusser
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55
24
0.436
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 208
G. Gade
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55
21
0.382
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 209
Yin-Zhe Ma
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54
48
0.889
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 210
Francesco Petruccione
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54
41
0.759
Open quantum systems
quantum information processing and communication
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 211
Lisa Du Toit
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54
41
0.759
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 212
Wayne Derman
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54
41
0.759
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 213
Karen Esler
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54
39
0.722
Conservation Ecology
Restoration Ecology
Social-Ecological Systems
Invasion Biology
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 214
Leigh Johnson
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54
38
0.704
HIV
AIDS
sexually transmitted infections
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 215
Nicolaas C Gey Van Pittius
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54
32
0.593
Mycobactomics (comparative mycobacterial genomics
proteomics
etc)
Mycobacterial evolution
Type VII ESX secretion
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 216
Gita Ramjee
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54
31
0.574
HIV Prevention
epidemiology
basic science
socio-behavioural science
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 217
Patricia Kooyman
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54
29
0.537
Catalysis
transmission electron microscopy
materials science
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 218
Solomon Benatar
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54
24
0.444
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 219
Anton Du Plessis
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
49
0.925
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 220
Sally Archibald
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
47
0.887
Savanna ecology
global change
fire ecology
vegetation dynamics
earth-system feedbacks
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 221
Grant Theron
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
46
0.868
Tuberculosis
Diagnostics
Transmission Dynamics
Drug resistance
Microbiome
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 222
Pradeep Kumar
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
44
0.830
Biomaterials
Neuromaterials
Pharmaceutical Sciences
Regenerative Medicine
Neurotrauma
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 223
Ncholu Manyala
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
43
0.811
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 224
Leslie Petrik
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
42
0.792
Nanomaterials
Catalysis
Environmental Chemistry
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 225
Thandi Puoane
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
42
0.792