University of the Witwatersrand is a
prestigious public university
established in 1922 in South Africa. It is represented
by 1,794 scientists in the AD Scientific Index. The
university’s scientists are particularly concentrated in
Social Sciences and Humanities (486 scientists), Medical and Health Sciences (213 scientists), and Social Sciences (202 scientists).
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 1
child development
adolescent development
HIV
AIDS
public health
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90
52
0.578
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 2
community-acquired pneumonia
pneumococcus
respiratory tract infections
virulence factors
human ciliated epithelium
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74
42
0.568
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 3
malaria
mosquitoes
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72
42
0.583
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 4
Public Health
demography
epidemiology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
31
0.508
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 5
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
46
0.767
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 6
Conservation physiology
thermal physiology
pain physiology
fever physiology
sleep physiology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
29
0.483
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 7
tissue regeneration
bone induction
hydroxyapatites
self-induction
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
20
0.345
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 8
Savanna ecology
global change
fire ecology
vegetation dynamics
earth-system feedbacks
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54
44
0.815
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 9
Pharmaceutical Sciences
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54
39
0.722
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 10
Public Health
Epidemiology
Child Mortality
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
26
0.491
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 11
Health and Demographic Surveillance Systems (HDSS)
Population Health
Migration
Urbanisation and Health
longitudinal analytic
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
30
0.600
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 12
Infectious diseases
Vaccines
Public health
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
37
0.755
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 13
Nephrology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
38
0.826
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 14
human genetics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
25
0.568
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 15
Wildlife Conservation Physiology
Thermal Biology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
28
0.651
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 16
Rheumatic diseases
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
26
0.634
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 17
mental & neurological health
epidemiology
Africa
longitudinal research methodology
health
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
35
0.875
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 18
Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
35
0.875
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 19
COVID19
diagnostics
HIV drug resistance
HIV epidemiology
Public Health
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
27
0.692
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 20
Microbiology
Infectious Diseases
IPC
EVD
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
20
0.513
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 21
exposure assessment
risk assessment
dermal exposure
nano safety ...
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
19
0.500
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 22
Neuroscience
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
17
0.447
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 23
health sciences
virology
respiratory viruses
HIV
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
32
0.865
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 24
Human Genetics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
24
0.667
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 25
Health communication
HIV/AIDS
Qualitative research
Aphasia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
18
0.514
Linda Richter
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90
52
0.578
child development
adolescent development
HIV
AIDS
public health
Charles Feldman
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74
42
0.568
community-acquired pneumonia
pneumococcus
respiratory tract infections
virulence factors
human ciliated epithelium
Maureen Coetzee
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72
42
0.583
Stephen Tollman
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
31
0.508
Public Health
demography
epidemiology
Yahya E. Choonara
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
46
0.767
Targeted Drug Delivery
Nanomedicines
Stimuli-Responsive Biomaterials
Molecular Pharma-Engineered Regenerative Medicines
Drug
Duncan Mitchell
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
29
0.483
Conservation physiology
thermal physiology
pain physiology
fever physiology
sleep physiology
Ugo Ripamonti
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
20
0.345
tissue regeneration
bone induction
hydroxyapatites
self-induction
Sally Archibald
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54
44
0.815
Savanna ecology
global change
fire ecology
vegetation dynamics
earth-system feedbacks
Lisa Du Toit
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54
39
0.722
Pharmaceutical Sciences
Kathleen Kahn
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
26
0.491
Public Health
Epidemiology
Child Mortality
Mark A. Collinson
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
30
0.600
Health and Demographic Surveillance Systems (HDSS)
Population Health
Migration
Urbanisation and Health
longitudinal analytic
Michelle Groome
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
37
0.755
Infectious diseases
Vaccines
Public health
Saraladevi Naicker
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
38
0.826
Himla Soodyall
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
25
0.568
Andrea Fuller
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
28
0.651
Wildlife Conservation Physiology
Thermal Biology
Mohammed Tikly
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
26
0.634
Ryan G. Wagner
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
35
0.875
mental & neurological health
epidemiology
Africa
longitudinal research methodology
health
Aijaz Ahmad
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
35
0.875
Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
Sergio Carmona
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
27
0.692
COVID19
diagnostics
HIV drug resistance
HIV epidemiology
Public Health
Adriano Duse
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
20
0.513
Microbiology
Infectious Diseases
IPC
EVD
Derk Brouwer
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
19
0.500
exposure assessment
risk assessment
dermal exposure
nano safety ...
Willie Daniels
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
17
0.447
Florette Treurnicht
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
32
0.865
health sciences
virology
respiratory viruses
HIV
Amanda Krause
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
24
0.667
Claire Penn
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
18
0.514
Health communication
HIV/AIDS
Qualitative research
Aphasia