H-Index
Rankings
South Africa Scientists H-Index Natural Sciences / Biological Science 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 H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :51
Evolutionary Biology
Bryology
Phylogeny
Phylogeography
Life History Evolution
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
21
0.488
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :52
Botany
IKS
Plant Science
Ethnopharmacology
Ethnobotany
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
35
0.833
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :53
ornithology
urban ecology
colour polymorphism
raptors
human-wildlife conflict
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
30
0.714
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :54
Wildlife Diseases
Wildlife Conservation
One Health
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
30
0.714
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :55
Taxonomy
Evolutionary Biology
Cyperaceae
Legumes
African biodiversity
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
28
0.667
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :56
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
37
0.902
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :57
Physiological Ecology
Biophysical Ecology
Ectotherms
Climate change
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
35
0.854
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :58
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
30
0.750
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :59
Ecotoxicology
Ecological Risk Assessment
Aquatic Toxicology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
28
0.700
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :60
Freshwater Ecology
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
36
0.923
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :61
Ethnobotany
plant ecology
systematics
biodiversity conservation
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
35
0.897
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :62
Biogeography
Ecology
Ethnobotany
Plant Taxonomy
Plant Anatomy
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
20
0.513
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :63
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
29
0.763
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :64
Ecology
conservation
palaeoecology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
26
0.684
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :65
biology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
14
0.368
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :66
Environmental Microbiology
Molecular Biology
Emerging Pathogens
Wastewater Treatment
Bioenergy from waste streams
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
35
0.946
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :67
Urban ecology
Vegetation science
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
28
0.757
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :68
Biotechnology
Biocatalysis
Enzyme Technology
Bioprocess Engineering
Biomaterial Engineering
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
26
0.703
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :69
molecular ecology
wildlife management
sub-Antarctic
Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
24
0.649
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :70
Evolutionary biology
sensory ecology
systematics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
21
0.568
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :71
Conservation Biology
Community Ecology
Rangeland Ecology
Biodiversity
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
29
0.806
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :72
Nematodes of agricultural importance
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
28
0.778
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :73
biology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
27
0.750
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :74
Evolutionary ecology
Speciation
Pollination
Herbivory
Rhizobia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
26
0.722
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :75
Late stages of binary stellar evolution
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
25
0.694
Terry Hedderson
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
21
0.488
Evolutionary Biology
Bryology
Phylogeny
Phylogeography
Life History Evolution
Adeyemi Oladapo Aremu
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
35
0.833
Botany
IKS
Plant Science
Ethnopharmacology
Ethnobotany
Arjun Amar
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
30
0.714
ornithology
urban ecology
colour polymorphism
raptors
human-wildlife conflict
Armanda Ds Bastos
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
30
0.714
Wildlife Diseases
Wildlife Conservation
One Health
Muthama Muasya
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
28
0.667
Taxonomy
Evolutionary Biology
Cyperaceae
Legumes
African biodiversity
Sabrina Kumschick
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
37
0.902
Susana Clusella-Trullas
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
35
0.854
Physiological Ecology
Biophysical Ecology
Ectotherms
Climate change
Marion Bamford
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
30
0.750
Victor Wepener
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
28
0.700
Ecotoxicology
Ecological Risk Assessment
Aquatic Toxicology
Tatenda Dalu
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
36
0.923
Freshwater Ecology
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
Alfred Maroyi
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
35
0.897
Ethnobotany
plant ecology
systematics
biodiversity conservation
Abraham E. Van Wyk
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
20
0.513
Biogeography
Ecology
Ethnobotany
Plant Taxonomy
Plant Anatomy
J Blackburn
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
29
0.763
Lindsey Gillson
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
26
0.684
Ecology
conservation
palaeoecology
TM Crowe
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
14
0.368
Sheena Kumari
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
35
0.946
Environmental Microbiology
Molecular Biology
Emerging Pathogens
Wastewater Treatment
Bioenergy from waste streams
Sarel Cilliers
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
28
0.757
Urban ecology
Vegetation science
Gibson Stephen Nyanhongo
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
26
0.703
Biotechnology
Biocatalysis
Enzyme Technology
Bioprocess Engineering
Biomaterial Engineering
Bettine Van Vuuren
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
24
0.649
molecular ecology
wildlife management
sub-Antarctic
Africa
David Jacobs
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
21
0.568
Evolutionary biology
sensory ecology
systematics
Colleen Seymour
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
29
0.806
Conservation Biology
Community Ecology
Rangeland Ecology
Biodiversity
Antoinette P. Malan
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
28
0.778
Nematodes of agricultural importance
Oleg Reva
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
27
0.750
Allan G. Ellis
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
26
0.722
Evolutionary ecology
Speciation
Pollination
Herbivory
Rhizobia
Brent Miszalski
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
25
0.694
Late stages of binary stellar evolution