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South Africa 1,913 Scientists H-Index Medical and Health Sciences / Health Sciences Rankings - 2025
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* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 1
Anxiety disorders
Psychiatry in Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
210
144
0.686
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 2
Respiratory medicine
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111
65
0.586
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 3
cardiology
heart failure
Africa
peripartum
covid
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110
83
0.755
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 4
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108
83
0.769
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 5
pulmonary infections
tuberculosis
diseases of poverty
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
104
62
0.596
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 6
Tuberculosis
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100
56
0.560
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 7
Biostatistics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98
49
0.500
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 8
HIV Prevention and Treatment
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94
62
0.660
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 9
epidemiology
biostatistics
HIV
maternal & child health
women's health
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93
56
0.602
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 10
physical activity and public health
non-communicable diseases
health behavior change
global south and healthy cities
obesity
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92
58
0.630
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 11
health sciences
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91
63
0.692
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 12
HIV
Tuberculosis
Cryptococcosis
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90
61
0.678
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 13
child development
adolescent development
HIV
AIDS
public health
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90
52
0.578
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 14
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89
58
0.652
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 15
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88
54
0.614
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 16
Virology
virus evolution
genetic recombination
geminiviruses
sequence analysis software
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85
54
0.635
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 17
Compulsivity
impulsivity
behavioural addictions
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83
59
0.711
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 18
HIV
tuberculosis
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83
46
0.554
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 19
Microbiology
lactic acid bacteria
antimicrobial peptides
bacteriocins
probiotics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83
45
0.542
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 20
Bioinformatics
Genomics
Phylogenetics
Viruses
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82
69
0.841
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 21
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Water Quality
Antimicrobial Resistance.
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82
62
0.756
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 22
Human genetics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82
36
0.439
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 23
Microbial ecology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80
51
0.638
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 24
Tuberculosis
Immunology
Biomarkers
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79
50
0.633
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 25
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75
42
0.560
Dan J Stein
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
210
144
0.686
Anxiety disorders
Psychiatry in Africa
Eric Bateman
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111
65
0.586
Karen Sliwa
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110
83
0.755
cardiology
heart failure
Africa
peripartum
covid
Heather Zar
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108
83
0.769
Keertan Dheda
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
104
62
0.596
pulmonary infections
tuberculosis
diseases of poverty
Robin M Warren
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100
56
0.560
Carl Lombard
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98
49
0.500
Salim S. Abdool Karim
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94
62
0.660
HIV Prevention and Treatment
Landon Myer
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93
56
0.602
epidemiology
biostatistics
HIV
maternal & child health
women's health
Estelle Lambert
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92
58
0.630
physical activity and public health
non-communicable diseases
health behavior change
global south and healthy cities
obesity
Karl Peltzer
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91
63
0.692
Graeme Meintjes
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90
61
0.678
HIV
Tuberculosis
Cryptococcosis
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome
Linda Richter
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90
52
0.578
child development
adolescent development
HIV
AIDS
public health
Naomi Sharlene Levitt
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89
58
0.652
Lucy Gilson
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88
54
0.614
Darren Martin
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85
54
0.635
Virology
virus evolution
genetic recombination
geminiviruses
sequence analysis software
Christine Lochner
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83
59
0.711
Compulsivity
impulsivity
behavioural addictions
Gary Maartens
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83
46
0.554
Leon MT Dicks
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83
45
0.542
Microbiology
lactic acid bacteria
antimicrobial peptides
bacteriocins
probiotics
Tulio De Oliveira
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82
69
0.841
Bioinformatics
Genomics
Phylogenetics
Viruses
Anthony I Okoh
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82
62
0.756
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Water Quality
Antimicrobial Resistance.
Helena Kuivaniemi
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82
36
0.439
Don A Cowan
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80
51
0.638
Gerhard Walzl
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79
50
0.633
Tuberculosis
Immunology
Biomarkers
Andrew Boulle
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75
42
0.560