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South Africa Scientists H-Index Natural Sciences / Geography Rankings in South Africa 2025
The "AD Scientific Index" analyses the academic work of scientists using the H-index, i10 index and number of citations, and provides results that can be used to evaluate the productivity and efficiency of individuals and institutions. In addition to ranking according to "total H-index" for individuals and institutions, you can also see the ranking and analyses according to "last 6 years H-index"and Subject Rankings.
Urban
Africa
SDGs
local government
global change
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
41
0.707
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
40
0.690
Physical Geography
the Anthropocene
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
33
0.688
Urban Geography
Tourism Geography
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
26
0.619
Urban Geography
Economic Geography
Tourism and Sustainablity
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
34
0.850
Urban Food Security
Urban Food Systems
Geography
Urban Studies
South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
31
0.861
GIS
remote sensing
geomorphometry
GEOBIA
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34
25
0.735
urban political
migration
human rights
megaevents
diaspora
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34
18
0.529
Tourism Geographies
Second Homes
Urban Tourism
Tourism
Geography
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
25
0.758
Biometeorology: Climatology
Phenology
Palaeoclimatology
Climate Change
Tourism
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
27
0.871
Application of Geo-spatial technologies
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
26
0.867
Ecology
biodiversity and extinction risk
invasion ecology
evolutionary diversification
Environmental Management
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
25
0.833
Applied Remote Sensing
GIS
Environmental Science
Spatial Modeling
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
21
0.700
Geoecology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
22
0.759
Palaeo-ecology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
20
0.714
African migration
urban food systems
urban waste
environmental security
Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
20
0.714
geomorphology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
17
0.654
Physical Geography
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
19
0.760
tourism and crime
tourism and transfrontier parks
small towns and regional development
Hallmark events
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
17
0.708
Geography
Identity studies
Development
Urban studies
South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
15
0.625
Centre in Water Research and Development
Industrial and Mining Water Research Unit
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
17
0.850
spatial data infrastructures
address data
standards
open principles
geovisualization
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
16
0.800
International education
African development
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
17
0.895
Geomorphology
Periglacial
Weathering
Antarctica
sub-Antarctic
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
16
0.842
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
15
0.789
Susan Parnell
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
41
0.707
Urban
Africa
SDGs
local government
global change
Bruce Hewitson
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
40
0.690
Michael Meadows
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
33
0.688
Gustav Visser
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
26
0.619
Jayne Rogerson
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
34
0.850
Urban Geography
Economic Geography
Tourism and Sustainablity
Jane Battersby
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
31
0.861
Urban Food Security
Urban Food Systems
Geography
Urban Studies
South Africa
Adriaan Van Niekerk
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34
25
0.735
Brij Maharaj
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34
18
0.529
urban political
migration
human rights
megaevents
diaspora
Gijsbert Hoogendoorn
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
25
0.758
Tourism Geographies
Second Homes
Urban Tourism
Tourism
Geography
Jennifer Fitchett
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
27
0.871
Biometeorology: Climatology
Phenology
Palaeoclimatology
Climate Change
Tourism
Mbulisi Sibanda
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
26
0.867
Kowiyou Yessoufou
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
25
0.833
Ecology
biodiversity and extinction risk
invasion ecology
evolutionary diversification
Environmental Management
Fethi Ahmed
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
21
0.700
Applied Remote Sensing
GIS
Environmental Science
Spatial Modeling
Stefan Siebert
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
22
0.759
Trevor Hill
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
20
0.714
Daniel Tevera
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
20
0.714
African migration
urban food systems
urban waste
environmental security
Africa
Peter J Holmes
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
17
0.654
Werner Nel
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
19
0.760
Sanette Ferreira
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
17
0.708
tourism and crime
tourism and transfrontier parks
small towns and regional development
Hallmark events
Richard Ballard
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
15
0.625
Geography
Identity studies
Development
Urban studies
South Africa
Craig Sheridan|Craig M. Sheridan, C. M. Sheridan
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
17
0.850
Centre in Water Research and Development
Industrial and Mining Water Research Unit
Serena Coetzee
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
16
0.800
spatial data infrastructures
address data
standards
open principles
geovisualization
Ashley Gunter
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
17
0.895
International education
African development
David William Hedding
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
16
0.842
Geomorphology
Periglacial
Weathering
Antarctica
sub-Antarctic
Melanie Samson
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
15
0.789