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South Africa Scientists H-Index Medical and Health Sciences / Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences Rankings in South Africa 2025

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Total 205 scientist
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Yahya E. Choonara
Targeted Drug Delivery
Nanomedicines
Stimuli-Responsive Biomaterials
Molecular Pharma-Engineered Regenerative Medicines
Drug
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
47
0.783
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Namrita Lall
Pharmacology
toxicology
oral care
tuberculosis
cancer and cosmeceuticals
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55
38
0.691
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
BH Harvey
Animal models
Psychopharmacology
Neuroscience
Behavior
Psychiatry
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
32
0.615
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Karen Barnes
Malaria
Clinical Pharmacology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
29
0.617
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Thavendran Govender
Drug Discovery
Synthetic Chemistry
Brain Diseases
Drug Resistant Bacteria
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
32
0.744
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Collet Dandara
Genetics
Genomics
Pharmacogenomics
Precision Medicine
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
32
0.762
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Rui Krause
Smart Materials
Drug Delivery
Natural Products
Organic Synthesis
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
30
0.732
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Vanessa Steenkamp
herbals
traditional medicine
toxicology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
24
0.600
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Connie Medlen / Cej Van Rensburg
Pharmacology
Immunology
drug development
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
20
0.500
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Blessing A. Aderibigbe
drug delivery systems
organic synthesis
polymer-drug conjugates
wound dressing
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
36
0.923
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Jeanetta Du Plessis
Transdermal and topical drug delivery
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
26
0.743
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Marietjie Stander
Natural product analysis
Mass spectrometry
Chromatography
Analytical Chemistry
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
24
0.686
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Daniel Gyamfi Amoako
Pathogenomics
Applied Bioinformatics
Molecular biology
Pharmacoinformatics
Data analytics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34
34
1.000
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Paolo Denti
Pharmacometrics
Clinical Pharmacology
Modelling and simulation
Tuberculosis
HIV
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34
29
0.853
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Roderick B Walker
Formulation
product development
quality control
pharmaceutical analysis
drug delivery
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34
23
0.676
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Andrew Lofts Gray
Pharmacy
Pharmacology
Medicines Policy
Rational Use
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34
22
0.647
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Naomi Sharlene Levitt
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87
62
0.713
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Gary Maartens
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81
49
0.605
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Yahya E. Choonara
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
47
0.783
Targeted Drug Delivery
Nanomedicines
Stimuli-Responsive Biomaterials
Molecular Pharma-Engineered Regenerative Medicines
Drug
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Helen Mcilleron
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59
41
0.695
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Namrita Lall
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55
38
0.691
Pharmacology
toxicology
oral care
tuberculosis
cancer and cosmeceuticals
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Lisa Du Toit
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54
41
0.759
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
BH Harvey
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
32
0.615
Animal models
Psychopharmacology
Neuroscience
Behavior
Psychiatry
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Karen Barnes
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
29
0.617
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Lubbe Wiesner
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
34
0.791
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Thavendran Govender
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
32
0.744
Drug Discovery
Synthetic Chemistry
Brain Diseases
Drug Resistant Bacteria
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Katharigatta Narayanaswamy Venugopala
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
39
0.929
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Collet Dandara
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
32
0.762
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Rui Krause
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
30
0.732
Smart Materials
Drug Delivery
Natural Products
Organic Synthesis
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Vanessa Steenkamp
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
24
0.600
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Connie Medlen / Cej Van Rensburg
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
20
0.500
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Blessing A. Aderibigbe
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
36
0.923
drug delivery systems
organic synthesis
polymer-drug conjugates
wound dressing
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Karen Cohen
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
26
0.722
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Josias Hamman
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
26
0.743
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Jeanetta Du Plessis
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
26
0.743
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Marietjie Stander
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
24
0.686
Natural product analysis
Mass spectrometry
Chromatography
Analytical Chemistry
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Sarel Malan
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
22
0.629
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Daniel Gyamfi Amoako
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34
34
1.000
Pathogenomics
Applied Bioinformatics
Molecular biology
Pharmacoinformatics
Data analytics
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Paolo Denti
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34
29
0.853
Pharmacometrics
Clinical Pharmacology
Modelling and simulation
Tuberculosis
HIV
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Roderick B Walker
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34
23
0.676
Formulation
product development
quality control
pharmaceutical analysis
drug delivery
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Andrew Lofts Gray
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34
22
0.647