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South Africa 689 Scientists H-Index Agriculture & Forestry / Agriculture Rankings - 2025
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* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 1
forest protection
mycology
entomology
biotechnology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127
75
0.591
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 2
Evolutionary biology
pollination biology
plant reproduction
chemical ecology
invasion biology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87
44
0.506
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 3
Microbial Ecology
Soil Metagenomics
Plant-Microbe Interactions
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76
69
0.908
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 4
Postharvest Technology
Food Science and Technology
Biosystems Engineering
Horticultural Science
Pomegranate
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74
58
0.784
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 5
Agricultural and Rural Development
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71
29
0.408
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 6
Andrology
Oxidative stress
Medicinal Plants
reactive oxygen species
male infertility
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66
51
0.773
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 7
Marine ecology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65
32
0.492
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 8
fisheries
marine
Benguela
indicators
ecosystem
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64
32
0.500
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 9
microbiology
plant pathology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63
35
0.556
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 10
Evolutionary physiology - insect physiology - physiological plasticity
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
42
0.677
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 11
Plant ecology
plant ecophysiology
conservation biology
invasion biology
ethnoecology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
32
0.516
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 12
Pollen analysis
palaeoscience
palynology
palaeoecology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
29
0.468
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 13
Plant Science
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
32
0.525
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 14
Marine invertebrate biodiversity
marine alien species
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
28
0.459
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 15
plant ecophysiology
plant desiccation tolerance
seed biology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59
21
0.356
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 16
Climate Change
Forestry
Carbon
Drylands
Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57
44
0.772
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 17
Historical Ecology
Conservation Biology
Arid Lands
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55
29
0.527
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 18
Plant Breeding
Plant Genetics
Quantitative Genetics
Crop Science
Agricultural Plant Sciences
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54
44
0.815
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 19
Inland Fisheries
Fish Biology
Freshwater Ecology
Invasion Ecology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54
39
0.722
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 20
Conservation biology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
42
0.792
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 21
Agronomy
Climate Science
Soil Science and Agroforestry
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
35
0.660
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 22
Marine Mammal Ecology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
24
0.453
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 23
Postharvest Technology of Fresh Produce
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
40
0.769
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 24
Plant systematics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
26
0.500
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 25
Biological control
silicon in agriculture
plant breeding
African crops
climate change
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
39
0.765
Mike Wingfield
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127
75
0.591
forest protection
mycology
entomology
biotechnology
Steven D. Johnson
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87
44
0.506
Evolutionary biology
pollination biology
plant reproduction
chemical ecology
invasion biology
Olubukola Oluranti Babalola
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76
69
0.908
Microbial Ecology
Soil Metagenomics
Plant-Microbe Interactions
Umezuruike Linus Opara
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74
58
0.784
Postharvest Technology
Food Science and Technology
Biosystems Engineering
Horticultural Science
Pomegranate
Hans P. Binswanger-Mkhize
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71
29
0.408
Agricultural and Rural Development
Ralf Henkel
University of the Western Cape
Bellville, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66
51
0.773
Andrology
Oxidative stress
Medicinal Plants
reactive oxygen species
male infertility
Christopher Mcquaid
Rhodes University
Grahamstown, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65
32
0.492
Lynne Shannon
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64
32
0.500
fisheries
marine
Benguela
indicators
ecosystem
Teresa Coutinho
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63
35
0.556
John S. Terblanche
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
42
0.677
Evolutionary physiology - insect physiology - physiological plasticity
ETF Witkowski
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
32
0.516
Plant ecology
plant ecophysiology
conservation biology
invasion biology
ethnoecology
Louis Scott
University of the Free State
Bloemfontein, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
29
0.468
Pollen analysis
palaeoscience
palynology
palaeoecology
Jill M. Farrant
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
32
0.525
Charles Griffiths
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
28
0.459
Marine invertebrate biodiversity
marine alien species
Norman Pammenter
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59
21
0.356
plant ecophysiology
plant desiccation tolerance
seed biology
Cheikh Mbow
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57
44
0.772
Climate Change
Forestry
Carbon
Drylands
Africa
M. Timm Hoffman
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55
29
0.527
Historical Ecology
Conservation Biology
Arid Lands
Hussien Shimelis
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54
44
0.815
Plant Breeding
Plant Genetics
Quantitative Genetics
Crop Science
Agricultural Plant Sciences
Olaf LF Weyl
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54
39
0.722
Inland Fisheries
Fish Biology
Freshwater Ecology
Invasion Ecology
Peter Lindsey
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
42
0.792
Paramu Mafongoya
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
35
0.660
Agronomy
Climate Science
Soil Science and Agroforestry
Marthan Bester
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
24
0.453
Dharini Sivakumar
Tshwane University of Technology
Pretoria, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
40
0.769
Postharvest Technology of Fresh Produce
John Manning
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
26
0.500
Mark Laing
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
39
0.765
Biological control
silicon in agriculture
plant breeding
African crops
climate change