H-Index
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South Africa Scientists H-Index Agriculture & Forestry / Soil Sciences and Plant Nutrition 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 :1
Microbial Ecology
Soil Metagenomics
Plant-Microbe Interactions
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72
69
0.958
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :2
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
30
0.588
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :3
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
27
0.587
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :4
biodiversity
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
22
0.512
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :5
Soil fertility
waste management
Vermicomposting
Agronomy
climate smart agriculture
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
30
0.769
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :6
Root biology
Nitrogen
Phosphorous
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
28
0.800
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :7
Microbiology
mycorrhizal
bioremediation
plant and soil health
renewable energy
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
30
0.938
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :8
Ethnobotany
Ethnopharmacology
Plant Science
Phylogenetics
Evolution
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
24
0.750
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :9
Plant Physiology
Plant Biochemistry
Molecular Biology
Weed Science
Herbicide resistance
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
21
0.840
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :10
Earthworms
Soil ecotoxicology
Ecotoxicology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
18
0.750
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :11
beta diversity
Collembola
taxonomy
soil fauna diversity
soil ecology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
19
0.826
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :12
Crop and soil science
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
19
0.826
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :13
Ecophysiology
Plant nutrition
soil fertility
climate change
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
18
0.783
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :14
soil science
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
16
0.696
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :15
Soil Science
Plant nutrition
Agronomy
Composting
Farming System & intercropping
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
19
0.905
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :16
soil science
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
15
0.714
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :17
Smallholder farming systems
soil fertility management
water and sanitation
water governance
indigenous knowledge
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
16
0.842
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :18
Solute Transport in Soils
Population Dynamics
Heat Transfer
Lie Symmertry Techniques
Differential Equations
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
13
0.684
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :19
Environmental Soil Science
Pedology
Clay Mineralogy
Environmental Geochemistry
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
16
0.889
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :20
Soil Science
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
14
0.875
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :21
Agricultural systems modelling
Soil physics
Irrigation management
wastewater sludge recycling in agricultural lands
Nutrient
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
13
0.813
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :22
Soil erosion
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
13
0.813
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :23
Mycotoxins
seed pathology
biopesticides
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
13
0.813
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :24
soil science
soil genesis
soil classification
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
12
0.800
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :25
Soil quality
Soil health
Soil carbon
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
12
0.923
Olubukola Oluranti Babalola
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72
69
0.958
Microbial Ecology
Soil Metagenomics
Plant-Microbe Interactions
Servaas Van Der Berg
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
30
0.588
Jacobus Johannes Marion Meyer
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
27
0.587
Nigel Barker
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
22
0.512
Pearson Nyari Stephano Mnkeni
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
30
0.769
Soil fertility
waste management
Vermicomposting
Agronomy
climate smart agriculture
Alex Valentine
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
28
0.800
Root biology
Nitrogen
Phosphorous
Rasheed Adegbola Adeleke
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
30
0.938
Microbiology
mycorrhizal
bioremediation
plant and soil health
renewable energy
Gary I Stafford
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
24
0.750
Ethnobotany
Ethnopharmacology
Plant Science
Phylogenetics
Evolution
Juan Vorster
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
21
0.840
Plant Physiology
Plant Biochemistry
Molecular Biology
Weed Science
Herbicide resistance
Mark Maboeta
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
18
0.750
Earthworms
Soil ecotoxicology
Ecotoxicology
Charlene Janion-Scheepers
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
19
0.826
beta diversity
Collembola
taxonomy
soil fauna diversity
soil ecology
Michael Van Der Laan
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
19
0.826
Crop and soil science
Samson Chimphango
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
18
0.783
Ecophysiology
Plant nutrition
soil fertility
climate change
Simeon Materechera
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
16
0.696
Kutu FR
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
19
0.905
Soil Science
Plant nutrition
Agronomy
Composting
Farming System & intercropping
Andrei Borisovich Rozanov
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
15
0.714
Bongani Ncube
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
16
0.842
Smallholder farming systems
soil fertility management
water and sanitation
water governance
indigenous knowledge
Raseelo J. Moitsheki
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
13
0.684
Solute Transport in Soils
Population Dynamics
Heat Transfer
Lie Symmertry Techniques
Differential Equations
Peter N. Eze
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
16
0.889
Environmental Soil Science
Pedology
Clay Mineralogy
Environmental Geochemistry
Cathy Clarke (Nee Dowding)
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
14
0.875
Eyob Tesfamariam
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
13
0.813
Agricultural systems modelling
Soil physics
Irrigation management
wastewater sludge recycling in agricultural lands
Nutrient
JJ Le Roux
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
13
0.813
Quenton Kritzinger
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
13
0.813
Mycotoxins
seed pathology
biopesticides
Cornie Van Huyssteen
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
12
0.800
soil science
soil genesis
soil classification
Elmarie Kotze
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
12
0.923
Soil quality
Soil health
Soil carbon