H-Index
Rankings
South Africa 469 Scientists H-Index Engineering & Technology / Computer Science Rankings - 2025
On AD Scientific Index, you can explore the individual achievements of scientists in detail and evaluate their academic productivity based on total and recent H-index, i10 index, and citation counts. With Premium Membership, gain access to extended analyses and detailed data to assess and enhance your academic performance more effectively.
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 1
Bioinformatics
statistics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80
41
0.513
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 2
Control Theory
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
41
0.672
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 3
Artificial Intelligence
AI Governance
Policy
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
33
0.623
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 4
Internet of Things
Wireless sensor networks
software-defined networking
Low-power wide area networks
Network security
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
43
0.843
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 5
Testing
Symbolic Execution
Software Engineering
Model Checing
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
22
0.449
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 6
Bioinformatics
Viral Genomics
Molecular Epidemiology
Genomic Surveillance
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
45
1.000
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 7
Speech technology
pattern recognition
machine learning
deep neural networks
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
15
0.333
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 8
Artificial Intelligence
Computer Vision
Cybersecurity
Energy
Remote Sensing
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
37
0.841
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 9
Electrochemistry
Electrocatalysis
Energy Storage devices
Electrodeposition
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
30
0.750
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 10
Cybersecurity and AI/Data Science
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
20
0.513
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 11
digital forensics
cyber security
information security
network security
privacy
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
31
0.816
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 12
Information Cyber Security
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
24
0.649
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 13
LIS Education
Information Seeking
Knowledge Management
Applied Bibliometrics&ICT4D
Information Ethics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
20
0.556
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 14
Information Systems
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
26
0.743
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 15
Global Optimization
Operations Research
Optimal Control Theorey
MINLP
Optimization in Big-Data
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
19
0.543
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 16
Mobile Computing
ICT4D
Interaction Design
HCI
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
17
0.486
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 17
Artificial Intelligence
Industry 4.0/5.0
Control Engineering
Evolutionary Optimization
Chaos
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34
31
0.912
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 18
Artificial Intelligence
Knowledge Representation
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
15
0.455
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 19
software engineering
program generation
program verification
formal methods
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
14
0.424
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 20
Speech Recognition
Machine Learning
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
29
0.967
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 21
Computer Vision
Medical Image Analysis
Machine Learning
Image Processing
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
28
0.933
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 22
Data Science
Applied Statistics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
26
0.867
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 23
Information and Communications Technology for Development
User Experience in Games and Virtual Environments
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
15
0.500
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 24
ICT4D
technology adoption
cloud computing
SOA
mobile technology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
20
0.690
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 25
Machine Learning
Satellite Remote Sensing
Image Processing
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
18
0.621
Gerard Tromp
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80
41
0.513
Bao-Zhu Guo
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
41
0.672
Tshilidzi Marwala
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
33
0.623
Artificial Intelligence
AI Governance
Policy
Adnan M. Abu-Mahfouz
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
43
0.843
Internet of Things
Wireless sensor networks
software-defined networking
Low-power wide area networks
Network security
Willem Visser
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
22
0.449
Testing
Symbolic Execution
Software Engineering
Model Checing
Houriiyah Tegally
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
45
1.000
Bioinformatics
Viral Genomics
Molecular Epidemiology
Genomic Surveillance
Etienne Barnard
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
15
0.333
Speech technology
pattern recognition
machine learning
deep neural networks
Turgay Celik
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
37
0.841
Artificial Intelligence
Computer Vision
Cybersecurity
Energy
Remote Sensing
Mkhulu Mathe
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
30
0.750
Electrochemistry
Electrocatalysis
Energy Storage devices
Electrodeposition
Jan Eloff
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
20
0.513
Cybersecurity and AI/Data Science
HS Venter
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
31
0.816
digital forensics
cyber security
information security
network security
privacy
SH Basie B Von Solms
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
24
0.649
Information Cyber Security
Dennis N Ocholla
University of Zululand
Kwadlangezwa, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
20
0.556
LIS Education
Information Seeking
Knowledge Management
Applied Bibliometrics&ICT4D
Information Ethics
Irwin Brown
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
26
0.743
Montaz Ali
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
19
0.543
Global Optimization
Operations Research
Optimal Control Theorey
MINLP
Optimization in Big-Data
Gary Marsden
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
17
0.486
Mobile Computing
ICT4D
Interaction Design
HCI
Zenghui Wang
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34
31
0.912
Artificial Intelligence
Industry 4.0/5.0
Control Engineering
Evolutionary Optimization
Chaos
Thomas Meyer
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
15
0.455
Artificial Intelligence
Knowledge Representation
Bernd Fischer
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
14
0.424
software engineering
program generation
program verification
formal methods
Herman Kamper
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
29
0.967
Speech Recognition
Machine Learning
Serestina Viriri
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
28
0.933
Computer Vision
Medical Image Analysis
Machine Learning
Image Processing
Temesgen Zewotir
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
26
0.867
Data Science
Applied Statistics
Edwin Blake
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
15
0.500
Information and Communications Technology for Development
User Experience in Games and Virtual Environments
Jean-Paul Van Belle
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
20
0.690
ICT4D
technology adoption
cloud computing
SOA
mobile technology
Frans van den Bergh
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
18
0.621
Machine Learning
Satellite Remote Sensing
Image Processing