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South Africa Scientists H-Index Natural Sciences / Physics 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 "Scientists Last 6 years H-index" and Subject Rankings.

Total 19.144 scientist, 220 country, 24.345 institution
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
Sahal Yacoob
High Energy Particle Physics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
230
158
0.687
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Dan J Stein
Anxiety disorders
Psychiatry in Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
201
141
0.701
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Loan Truong
HEP
LHC
ATLAS
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
188
153
0.814
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Bruce Mellado
Particle Physics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
163
116
0.712
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
David M. Richardson
invasion ecology
invasion biology
invasion science
conservation biology
biological invasions
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
154
106
0.688
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Timothy D Noakes
Running
Nutrition
Exercise Physiology
Insulin Resistance
Diabetes
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
144
61
0.424
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Jean Cleymans
Physics
Thermal Models
particle Physics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
138
108
0.783
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Simon Connell
Nuclear Physics
Particle Physics
Diamond Physics
Quantum Physics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133
98
0.737
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Zeblon Vilakazi
High Energy physics
Grid Computing
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
130
107
0.823
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Mike Wingfield
forest protection
mycology
entomology
biotechnology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125
79
0.632
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Joyful Mdhluli
High Energy Physics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
124
120
0.968
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Richard M. Cowling
Plant diversity and evolution
palaeovegetation science
conservation science
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117
52
0.444
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
William Bond
Ecology
evolution
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113
76
0.673
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Shabir A. Madhi
First interest
Second interest
Vaccinology
Respiratory pathogens
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112
84
0.750
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Robert J Scholes
carbon cycle
savannas
earth observation
biodiversity
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111
73
0.658
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Eric Bateman
Respiratory medicine
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110
71
0.645
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Karen Sliwa
cardiology
heart failure
Africa
peripartum
covid
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109
84
0.771
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Eno E. Ebenso
corrosion
corrosion inhibition
corrosion of metals
adsorption
quantum chemical calculations
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107
87
0.813
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Keertan Dheda
pulmonary infections
tuberculosis
diseases of poverty
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
104
68
0.654
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Fernando Albericio
medicinal chemistry
peptides
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103
62
0.602
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Bongani M Mayosi
Medicine
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100
74
0.740
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Christo Venter
Pulsars
gamma-ray astronomy
globular clusters
cosmic rays
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100
56
0.560
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Sahal Yacoob
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
230
158
0.687
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Dan J Stein
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
201
141
0.701
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Loan Truong
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
188
153
0.814
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Bruce Mellado
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
163
116
0.712
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
David M. Richardson
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
154
106
0.688
invasion ecology
invasion biology
invasion science
conservation biology
biological invasions
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Timothy D Noakes
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
144
61
0.424
Running
Nutrition
Exercise Physiology
Insulin Resistance
Diabetes
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Jean Cleymans
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
138
108
0.783
Physics
Thermal Models
particle Physics
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Simon Connell
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133
98
0.737
Nuclear Physics
Particle Physics
Diamond Physics
Quantum Physics
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Zeblon Vilakazi
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
130
107
0.823
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Mike Wingfield
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125
79
0.632
forest protection
mycology
entomology
biotechnology
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Joyful Mdhluli
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
124
120
0.968
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Richard M. Cowling
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117
52
0.444
Plant diversity and evolution
palaeovegetation science
conservation science
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
William Bond
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113
76
0.673
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Shabir A. Madhi
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112
84
0.750
First interest
Second interest
Vaccinology
Respiratory pathogens
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Robert J Scholes
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111
73
0.658
carbon cycle
savannas
earth observation
biodiversity
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Eric Bateman
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110
71
0.645
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Karen Sliwa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109
84
0.771
cardiology
heart failure
Africa
peripartum
covid
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Eno E. Ebenso
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107
87
0.813
corrosion
corrosion inhibition
corrosion of metals
adsorption
quantum chemical calculations
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Heather Zar
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
104
85
0.817
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Keertan Dheda
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
104
68
0.654
pulmonary infections
tuberculosis
diseases of poverty
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Fernando Albericio
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103
62
0.602
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Bongani M Mayosi
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100
74
0.740
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Christo Venter
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100
56
0.560
Pulsars
gamma-ray astronomy
globular clusters
cosmic rays
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Robin M Warren
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99
61
0.616
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Carl Lombard
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97
54
0.557