University of Kwazulu Natal is a prestigious public university established in 2004 in South Africa. It is represented by 1,468 scientists in the AD Scientific Index. The university’s scientists are particularly concentrated in Social Sciences and Humanities (351 scientists), Natural Sciences (233 scientists), and Medical and Health Sciences (191 scientists).

Total 23 scientist
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
Steven D. Johnson
Evolutionary biology
pollination biology
plant reproduction
chemical ecology
invasion biology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85
49
0.576
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Norman Pammenter
plant ecophysiology
plant desiccation tolerance
seed biology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59
23
0.390
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Hussien Shimelis
Plant Breeding
Plant Genetics
Quantitative Genetics
Crop Science
Agricultural Plant Sciences
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
48
0.923
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Mark Laing
Biological control
silicon in agriculture
plant breeding
African crops
climate change
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
40
0.800
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Richard Beckett
Plant Physiology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
22
0.550
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Lembe S. Magwaza
Postharvest Technology
Horticultural Science
Postharvest
Plant Physiology
Near Infrared
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
35
0.897
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Samson Zeray Tesfay
Plant antioxidants/postharvest fruit biology and biochemistry
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
30
0.909
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Fhatuwani N. Mudau
Horticultural Sciences: Herbal beverages
medicinal
aromatic
vegetable and fruit sciences
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
22
0.759
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Julia Sibiya
Plant breeding
molecular breeding
disease resistance
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27
25
0.926
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
MP Watt
Plant Biotechnology
plant propagation
plant physiology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
13
0.500
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Vijay Kumar
Plant Science
Somatic embryogenesis
Transcription factors
Epigenetics in Somatic embryogenesis
Secondary metabolite
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
24
0.960
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Benny Bytebier
Plant Systematics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
17
0.680
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Adam Shuttleworth
Evolutionary biology
plant-animal interactions
chemical ecology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
16
0.762
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Ramgopal Mopuri
Diabetes
Obesity
NAFLD
medicinal plants
natural products
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
15
0.882
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Boby Varghese
Plant science
germplasm conservation
plant biochemistry
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
15
0.882
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Robert Douglas Stone
Plant systematics and evolution (especially of the tropical family Melastomataceae
subfamily Olisbeoideae)
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
13
0.867
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Theresa Bapela
Plant Breeding
Crop improvement
Genetics
Crop protection
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4
4
1.000
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Nonkululeko Sithole
Plant stress physiology
plant microbe interactions
nitrogen nutrition
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
3
1.000
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Minoli Appalasamy
plant taxonomy
alien invasion
species distribution models
climate change
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
2
0.667
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Steven D. Johnson
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85
49
0.576
Evolutionary biology
pollination biology
plant reproduction
chemical ecology
invasion biology
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Norman Pammenter
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59
23
0.390
plant ecophysiology
plant desiccation tolerance
seed biology
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Hussien Shimelis
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
48
0.923
Plant Breeding
Plant Genetics
Quantitative Genetics
Crop Science
Agricultural Plant Sciences
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Mark Laing
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
40
0.800
Biological control
silicon in agriculture
plant breeding
African crops
climate change
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Richard Beckett
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
22
0.550
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Lembe S. Magwaza
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
35
0.897
Postharvest Technology
Horticultural Science
Postharvest
Plant Physiology
Near Infrared
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Samson Zeray Tesfay
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
30
0.909
Plant antioxidants/postharvest fruit biology and biochemistry
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Marnie E. Light
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
22
0.688
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Fhatuwani N. Mudau
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
22
0.759
Horticultural Sciences: Herbal beverages
medicinal
aromatic
vegetable and fruit sciences
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Julia Sibiya
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27
25
0.926
Plant breeding
molecular breeding
disease resistance
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
MP Watt
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
13
0.500
Plant Biotechnology
plant propagation
plant physiology
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Vijay Kumar
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
24
0.960
Plant Science
Somatic embryogenesis
Transcription factors
Epigenetics in Somatic embryogenesis
Secondary metabolite
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Benny Bytebier
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
17
0.680
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Adam Shuttleworth
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
16
0.762
Evolutionary biology
plant-animal interactions
chemical ecology
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Learnmore Mwadzingeni
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
16
0.941
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Ramgopal Mopuri
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
15
0.882
Diabetes
Obesity
NAFLD
medicinal plants
natural products
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Boby Varghese
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
15
0.882
Plant science
germplasm conservation
plant biochemistry
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Robert Douglas Stone
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
13
0.867
Plant systematics and evolution (especially of the tropical family Melastomataceae
subfamily Olisbeoideae)
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Theresa Bapela
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4
4
1.000
Plant Breeding
Crop improvement
Genetics
Crop protection
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Kashmira Raghu
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
3
1.000
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Nonkululeko Sithole
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
3
1.000
Plant stress physiology
plant microbe interactions
nitrogen nutrition
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Minoli Appalasamy
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
2
0.667
plant taxonomy
alien invasion
species distribution models
climate change
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Philisiwe Mhlanga
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1
1
1.000