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South Africa Scientists H-Index Natural Sciences / Geography Rankings in South Africa 2025
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* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 1
Urban
Africa
SDGs
local government
global change
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59
42
0.712
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 2
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
41
0.707
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 3
Physical Geography
the Anthropocene
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
35
0.729
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 4
Urban Geography
Tourism Geography
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
27
0.643
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 5
Urban Geography
Economic Geography
Tourism and Sustainablity
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
35
0.854
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 6
Urban Food Security
Urban Food Systems
Geography
Urban Studies
South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
32
0.842
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 7
GIS
remote sensing
geomorphometry
GEOBIA
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34
27
0.794
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 8
urban political
migration
human rights
megaevents
diaspora
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34
18
0.529
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 9
Tourism Geographies
Second Homes
Urban Tourism
Tourism
Geography
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
26
0.788
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 10
Biometeorology: Climatology
Phenology
Palaeoclimatology
Climate Change
Tourism
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
29
0.935
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 11
Application of Geo-spatial technologies
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
27
0.871
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 12
Ecology
biodiversity and extinction risk
invasion ecology
evolutionary diversification
Environmental Management
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
26
0.839
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 13
Geoecology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
23
0.767
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 14
Applied Remote Sensing
GIS
Environmental Science
Spatial Modeling
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
22
0.733
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 15
Palaeo-ecology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
21
0.724
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 16
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
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 17
geomorphology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
18
0.692
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 18
Physical Geography
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
20
0.800
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 19
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
18
0.750
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 20
Geography
Identity studies
Development
Urban studies
South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
17
0.708
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 21
Centre in Water Research and Development
Industrial and Mining Water Research Unit
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
18
0.857
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 22
spatial data infrastructures
address data
standards
open principles
geovisualization
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
17
0.810
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 23
Geomorphology
Periglacial
Weathering
Antarctica
sub-Antarctic
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
17
0.850
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 24
International education
African development
Geography Education
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
18
0.947
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 25
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
16
0.842
Susan Parnell
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59
42
0.712
Urban
Africa
SDGs
local government
global change
Bruce Hewitson
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
41
0.707
Michael Meadows
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
35
0.729
Gustav Visser
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
27
0.643
Jayne Rogerson
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
35
0.854
Urban Geography
Economic Geography
Tourism and Sustainablity
Jane Battersby
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
32
0.842
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
27
0.794
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
26
0.788
Tourism Geographies
Second Homes
Urban Tourism
Tourism
Geography
Jennifer Fitchett
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
29
0.935
Biometeorology: Climatology
Phenology
Palaeoclimatology
Climate Change
Tourism
Mbulisi Sibanda
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
27
0.871
Kowiyou Yessoufou
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
26
0.839
Ecology
biodiversity and extinction risk
invasion ecology
evolutionary diversification
Environmental Management
Stefan Siebert
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
23
0.767
Fethi Ahmed
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
22
0.733
Applied Remote Sensing
GIS
Environmental Science
Spatial Modeling
Trevor Hill
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
21
0.724
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
18
0.692
Werner Nel
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
20
0.800
Sanette Ferreira
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
18
0.750
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
17
0.708
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
21
18
0.857
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
21
17
0.810
spatial data infrastructures
address data
standards
open principles
geovisualization
David William Hedding
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
17
0.850
Geomorphology
Periglacial
Weathering
Antarctica
sub-Antarctic
Ashley Gunter
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
18
0.947
International education
African development
Geography Education
Melanie Samson
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
16
0.842