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South Africa 631 Scientists H-Index Natural Sciences / Biological Science Rankings - 2025
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* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 26
Evolutionary Physiology
Ornithology
Stable Isotopes
Climate Change
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
39
0.765
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 27
Skeletal Muscle Physiology
Biology and Biotechnology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
24
0.471
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 28
marine biology
seaweed
aquaculture
biogeography
Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
30
0.600
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 29
population ecology
statistical ecology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
28
0.560
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 30
Biology
Ecology
Fisheries
Ichthyology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
27
0.551
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 31
Fermentation technology
Bioprocess modelling and optimization
Biofuel research
Bioreactor design
Artificial Intelligence
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
40
0.833
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 32
Distribution
development
human wildlife conflict
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
25
0.521
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 33
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
19
0.396
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 34
Tsetse biology
trypanosomiasis
HIV
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
14
0.292
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 35
16S rRNA gene
bacterial diversity
insect gut bacteria
microbial community
Metagenomics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
29
0.617
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 36
Herpetology
Africa
Biogeography
Phylogenetics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
27
0.574
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 37
biological control
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
22
0.468
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 38
Evolutionary Biology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
22
0.468
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 39
Marine ecology
environmental sciences
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
18
0.383
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 40
Behavioural ecology
conservation
Human-wildlife conflict
biodiversity
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
33
0.717
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 41
human ecology
coastal management
climate change
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
29
0.630
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 42
Stable isotope ecology
Wildlife ecology
Evolutionary ecology
Palaeoecology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
27
0.587
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 43
Cancer Molecular Biology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
24
0.522
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 44
social behaviour
chemical ecology
social insects
honeybee
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
17
0.370
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 45
Zoology
Forensic Biology
Biodiversity
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
29
0.644
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 46
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
22
0.489
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 47
Evolutionary physiology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
18
0.400
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 48
Metagenomics
Plant-Microbe Interaction
Bioenergy
Bioremediation
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
41
0.932
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 49
Botany
IKS
Plant Science
Ethnopharmacology
Ethnobotany
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
36
0.818
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 50
Ecotoxicology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
30
0.682
Andrew Mckechnie
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
39
0.765
Evolutionary Physiology
Ornithology
Stable Isotopes
Climate Change
Kathryn Myburgh
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
24
0.471
Skeletal Muscle Physiology
Biology and Biotechnology
John Bolton
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
30
0.600
marine biology
seaweed
aquaculture
biogeography
Africa
Res Altwegg
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
28
0.560
population ecology
statistical ecology
PD Cowley
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
27
0.551
Biology
Ecology
Fisheries
Ichthyology
Gueguim Kana Evariste Bosco
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
40
0.833
Fermentation technology
Bioprocess modelling and optimization
Biofuel research
Bioreactor design
Artificial Intelligence
Nicoli Nattrass
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
25
0.521
Distribution
development
human wildlife conflict
Adriaan And Sophie Reinecke
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
19
0.396
John Hargrove
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
14
0.292
Tsetse biology
trypanosomiasis
HIV
Arvind Kumar Gupta
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
29
0.617
16S rRNA gene
bacterial diversity
insect gut bacteria
microbial community
Metagenomics
Krystal Tolley
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
27
0.574
Herpetology
Africa
Biogeography
Phylogenetics
John Hoffmann
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
22
0.468
Conrad Matthee
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
22
0.468
Baird, D
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
18
0.383
Marine ecology
environmental sciences
Justin O'riain
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
33
0.717
Behavioural ecology
conservation
Human-wildlife conflict
biodiversity
Shankar Aswani
Rhodes University
Grahamstown, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
29
0.630
human ecology
coastal management
climate change
Daryl Codron
University of the Free State
Bloemfontein, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
27
0.587
Stable isotope ecology
Wildlife ecology
Evolutionary ecology
Palaeoecology
M.Iqbal Parker
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
24
0.522
Robin Crewe
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
17
0.370
social behaviour
chemical ecology
social insects
honeybee
Martin H. Villet
Rhodes University
Grahamstown, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
29
0.644
Zoology
Forensic Biology
Biodiversity
Coleen Moloney
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
22
0.489
Barry Lovegrove
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
18
0.400
Ashwani Kumar
Rhodes University
Grahamstown, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
41
0.932
Metagenomics
Plant-Microbe Interaction
Bioenergy
Bioremediation
Adeyemi Oladapo Aremu
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
36
0.818
Botany
IKS
Plant Science
Ethnopharmacology
Ethnobotany
H Bouwman
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
30
0.682