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South Africa Scientists H-Index Natural Sciences / Biological Science 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 580 scientist
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :26
Kathryn Myburgh
Skeletal Muscle Physiology
Biology and Biotechnology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
25
0.490
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :27
Andrew Mckechnie
Evolutionary Physiology
Ornithology
Stable Isotopes
Climate Change
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
40
0.800
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :28
Res Altwegg
population ecology
statistical ecology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
30
0.600
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :29
John Bolton
marine biology
seaweed
aquaculture
biogeography
Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
32
0.653
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :30
Gueguim Kana Evariste Bosco
Fermentation technology
Bioprocess modelling and optimization
Biofuel research
Bioreactor design
Artificial Intelligence
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
42
0.875
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :31
PD Cowley
Biology
Ecology
Fisheries
Ichthyology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
29
0.604
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :33
John Hargrove
Tsetse biology
trypanosomiasis
HIV
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
16
0.333
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :34
Krystal Tolley
Herpetology
Africa
Biogeography
Phylogenetics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
29
0.617
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :35
Nicoli Nattrass
Distribution
development
human wildlife conflict
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
26
0.553
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :36
Conrad Matthee
Evolutionary Biology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
24
0.511
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :37
Baird, D
Marine ecology
environmental sciences
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
21
0.447
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :38
Justin O'riain
Behavioural ecology
conservation
Human-wildlife conflict
biodiversity
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
34
0.739
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :39
Arvind Kumar Gupta
16S rRNA gene
bacterial diversity
insect gut bacteria
microbial community
Metagenomics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
30
0.652
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :40
John Hoffmann
biological control
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
24
0.522
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :41
Martin H. Villet
Zoology
Forensic Biology
Biodiversity
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
31
0.689
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :42
Daryl Codron
Stable isotope ecology
Wildlife ecology
Evolutionary ecology
Palaeoecology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
31
0.689
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :43
Shankar Aswani
human ecology
coastal management
climate change
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
30
0.667
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :44
M.Iqbal Parker
Cancer Molecular Biology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
25
0.556
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :46
Robin Crewe
social behaviour
chemical ecology
social insects
honeybee
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
19
0.422
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :47
H Bouwman
Ecotoxicology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
30
0.682
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :48
Barry Lovegrove
Evolutionary physiology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
19
0.432
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :49
Colleen Downs
Terrestrial vertebrate physiology
ecology and conservation
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
32
0.744
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :50
Ashwani Kumar
Metagenomics
Plant-Microbe Interaction
Bioenergy
Bioremediation
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
40
0.952
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Kathryn Myburgh
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
25
0.490
Skeletal Muscle Physiology
Biology and Biotechnology
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Andrew Mckechnie
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
40
0.800
Evolutionary Physiology
Ornithology
Stable Isotopes
Climate Change
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Res Altwegg
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
30
0.600
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
John Bolton
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
32
0.653
marine biology
seaweed
aquaculture
biogeography
Africa
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Gueguim Kana Evariste Bosco
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
42
0.875
Fermentation technology
Bioprocess modelling and optimization
Biofuel research
Bioreactor design
Artificial Intelligence
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
PD Cowley
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
29
0.604
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Adriaan And Sophie Reinecke
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
20
0.417
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
John Hargrove
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
16
0.333
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Krystal Tolley
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
29
0.617
Herpetology
Africa
Biogeography
Phylogenetics
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Nicoli Nattrass
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
26
0.553
Distribution
development
human wildlife conflict
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Conrad Matthee
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
24
0.511
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Baird, D
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
21
0.447
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Justin O'riain
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
34
0.739
Behavioural ecology
conservation
Human-wildlife conflict
biodiversity
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Arvind Kumar Gupta
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
30
0.652
16S rRNA gene
bacterial diversity
insect gut bacteria
microbial community
Metagenomics
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
John Hoffmann
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
24
0.522
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Martin H. Villet
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
31
0.689
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Daryl Codron
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
31
0.689
Stable isotope ecology
Wildlife ecology
Evolutionary ecology
Palaeoecology
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Shankar Aswani
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
30
0.667
human ecology
coastal management
climate change
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
M.Iqbal Parker
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
25
0.556
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Coleen Moloney
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
24
0.533
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Robin Crewe
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
19
0.422
social behaviour
chemical ecology
social insects
honeybee
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
H Bouwman
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
30
0.682
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Barry Lovegrove
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
19
0.432
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Colleen Downs
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
32
0.744
Terrestrial vertebrate physiology
ecology and conservation
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Ashwani Kumar
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
40
0.952
Metagenomics
Plant-Microbe Interaction
Bioenergy
Bioremediation