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South Africa 49 Scientists H-Index Medical and Health Sciences / Infectious Diseases Rankings - 2025
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* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 1
Tuberculosis
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100
56
0.560
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 2
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: 3
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: 4
malaria
mosquitoes
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72
42
0.583
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 5
virology
immunology
host/pathogen interactions
vaccines
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71
45
0.634
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 6
Tuberculosis
medicine
microbiology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69
48
0.696
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 7
HIV
infectious diseases
children
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69
40
0.580
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 8
Tuberculosis
microbiology
drug discovery
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63
38
0.603
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 9
HIV pediatric infectious diseases
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
43
0.741
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 10
Paediatric Infectious Diseases
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
30
0.517
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 11
HIV Pathogenesis
HIV progression
Infectious Diseases
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57
41
0.719
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 12
HIV
tuberculosis
COVID-19
diagnostics
drug resistance
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
42
0.808
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 13
drug allergy
angioedema and urticaria
aerobiology
primary immunodeficiency
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
39
0.765
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 14
Infectious Diseases
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
26
0.531
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 15
Infectious diseases epidemiology and control
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
32
0.711
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 16
Tuberculosis
Immunological Biomarkers
diagnostics
POC test development
diagnostic test evaluation
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
30
0.714
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 17
infectious diseases
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
17
0.405
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 18
Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
35
0.875
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 19
tuberculosis
HIV
diabetes
HTLV
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
35
0.897
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 20
Microbiology
Infectious Diseases
IPC
EVD
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
20
0.513
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 21
Structural Biology of Enzymes and Infectious Diseases
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
19
0.487
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 22
Infectious diseases
sexually transmitted infections
HIV
tuberculosis
ocular disease
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
25
0.676
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 23
infectious disease dynamics
epidemiology
outbreak analytics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
30
0.857
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 24
gametocytes
malaria parasites
malaria functional genomics
antimalarial drug discovery
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34
24
0.706
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 25
Tuberculosis
immunology
genetics
porphyria
helminths
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
26
0.813
Robin M Warren
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100
56
0.560
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
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
Maureen Coetzee
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72
42
0.583
Thumbi Ndung'U
Africa Health Research Institute
Somkhele, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71
45
0.634
virology
immunology
host/pathogen interactions
vaccines
Andreas Henri Diacon
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69
48
0.696
Tuberculosis
medicine
microbiology
Mark Cotton
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69
40
0.580
HIV
infectious diseases
children
Valerie Mizrahi
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63
38
0.603
Tuberculosis
microbiology
drug discovery
Mary-Ann Davies
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
43
0.741
HIV pediatric infectious diseases
Brian Eley
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
30
0.517
Paediatric Infectious Diseases
Koleka Mlisana
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57
41
0.719
HIV Pathogenesis
HIV progression
Infectious Diseases
Richard Lessells
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
42
0.808
HIV
tuberculosis
COVID-19
diagnostics
drug resistance
Jonathan Peter
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
39
0.765
drug allergy
angioedema and urticaria
aerobiology
primary immunodeficiency
Salome Charalambous
The Aurum Institute NPC
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
26
0.531
Amidou Samie
University of Venda
Thohoyandou, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
32
0.711
Infectious diseases epidemiology and control
Novel N Chegou
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
30
0.714
Tuberculosis
Immunological Biomarkers
diagnostics
POC test development
diagnostic test evaluation
Anwar Hoosen
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
17
0.405
Aijaz Ahmad
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
35
0.875
Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
Tolu Oni
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
35
0.897
tuberculosis
HIV
diabetes
HTLV
Adriano Duse
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
20
0.513
Microbiology
Infectious Diseases
IPC
EVD
Wolf-Dieter Schubert
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
19
0.487
Structural Biology of Enzymes and Infectious Diseases
Remco Peters
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
25
0.676
Infectious diseases
sexually transmitted infections
HIV
tuberculosis
ocular disease
Juliet Rc Pulliam
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
30
0.857
infectious disease dynamics
epidemiology
outbreak analytics
Lyn-Marie Birkholtz
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34
24
0.706
gametocytes
malaria parasites
malaria functional genomics
antimalarial drug discovery
Nelita Du Plessis
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
26
0.813
Tuberculosis
immunology
genetics
porphyria
helminths