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South Africa 149 Scientists H-Index Agriculture & Forestry / Plant Science Rankings - 2025
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* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 1
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: 2
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: 3
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: 4
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: 5
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: 6
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: 7
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: 8
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: 9
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: 10
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
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 11
Plant ecophysiology and ecology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
30
0.588
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 12
Plant Physiology (Legume/Rhizobium Symbiosis)
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
29
0.569
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 13
Plant Science
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
27
0.600
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 14
Plant ecology
vegetation-environmental relations
biogeography
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
23
0.523
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 15
Biological control of invasive alien plants
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
19
0.432
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 16
Phenolic compounds
HPLC analysis
herbal teas
fruits
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
26
0.619
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 17
Plant Physiology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
22
0.537
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 18
Conservation
Plant-herbivore interaction
wild herbivore nutrition
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
22
0.537
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 19
Postharvest Technology
Horticultural Science
Postharvest
Plant Physiology
Near Infrared
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
35
0.875
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 20
Drug development
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
29
0.784
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 21
Plant antioxidants/postharvest fruit biology and biochemistry
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
30
0.857
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 22
Plant Ecophysiology
Climate Change
Grass Ecology and Evolution
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
20
0.625
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 23
Plant Sciences
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
20
0.625
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 24
molecular plant pathology
plant genomics
fungal genetics
maize disease
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
17
0.548
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 25
Horticultural Sciences: Herbal beverages
medicinal
aromatic
vegetable and fruit sciences
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
20
0.667
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
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
Teresa Coutinho
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63
35
0.556
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
Norman Pammenter
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59
21
0.356
plant ecophysiology
plant desiccation tolerance
seed biology
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
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
Michael Denis Cramer
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
30
0.588
Plant ecophysiology and ecology
Felix Dapare Dakora
Tshwane University of Technology
Pretoria, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
29
0.569
Plant Physiology (Legume/Rhizobium Symbiosis)
Karl Kunert
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
27
0.600
Michael Rutherford
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
23
0.523
Plant ecology
vegetation-environmental relations
biogeography
VC Moran
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
19
0.432
Biological control of invasive alien plants
Dalene De Beer
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
26
0.619
Phenolic compounds
HPLC analysis
herbal teas
fruits
Richard Beckett
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
22
0.537
CC Grant
Rhodes University
Grahamstown, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
22
0.537
Conservation
Plant-herbivore interaction
wild herbivore nutrition
Lembe S. Magwaza
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
35
0.875
Postharvest Technology
Horticultural Science
Postharvest
Plant Physiology
Near Infrared
Bharti Odhav
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
29
0.784
Samson Zeray Tesfay
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
30
0.857
Plant antioxidants/postharvest fruit biology and biochemistry
Brad Ripley
Rhodes University
Grahamstown, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
20
0.625
Plant Ecophysiology
Climate Change
Grass Ecology and Evolution
Marnie E. Light
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
20
0.625
Dave K. Berger
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
17
0.548
molecular plant pathology
plant genomics
fungal genetics
maize disease
Fhatuwani N. Mudau
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
20
0.667
Horticultural Sciences: Herbal beverages
medicinal
aromatic
vegetable and fruit sciences