North West University is a prestigious public university established in 2004 in South Africa. It is represented by 1,286 scientists in the AD Scientific Index. The university’s scientists are particularly concentrated in Social Sciences and Humanities (388 scientists), Social Sciences (117 scientists), and Medical and Health Sciences (115 scientists).

* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Arvind Kumar Gupta
16S rRNA gene
bacterial diversity
insect gut bacteria
microbial community
Metagenomics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
29
0.617
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Adeyemi Oladapo Aremu
Botany
IKS
Plant Science
Ethnopharmacology
Ethnobotany
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
36
0.818
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
H Bouwman
Ecotoxicology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
30
0.682
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Victor Wepener
Ecotoxicology
Ecological Risk Assessment
Aquatic Toxicology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
27
0.675
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Sarel Cilliers
Urban ecology
Vegetation science
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
27
0.711
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Ayansina Segun Ayangbenro
Environmental Microbiology
Bioremediation
Biopolymer
Plant-soil-microbe interactions
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
21
1.000
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Jonathan C. Taylor
Diatom ecology and taxonomy
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
18
0.857
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Rialet Pieters
Ecotoxicology
endocrine disruption
tissue culture bioassays
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
16
0.889
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Wynand Malherbe
Aquatic Ecology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
11
0.846
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Sandra Barnard
Biological Sciences
Limnology
water quality
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
9
0.818
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Johannes Hendrik Erasmus
aquatic ecotoxicology
aquatic ecosystems
fish
macroinvertebrates
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
8
1.000
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
John Awungnjia Asong
Botany
ethnobotany
ethnopharmacology
unconventional foodplants
Food security
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
7
1.000
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Marliese Truter
Freshwater fish parasitology
invasion biology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
7
1.000
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Marianne Venter
Mitochondria
mtDNA genetics
Bioenergetics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
5
0.833
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Anja Vermaak
Marine parasitology
Taxonomy
Genetics
Morphology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
2
1.000
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Nicole Van Gessellen
Ecotoxicology
Marine Biology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1
1
1.000
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Arvind Kumar Gupta
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
29
0.617
16S rRNA gene
bacterial diversity
insect gut bacteria
microbial community
Metagenomics
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Adeyemi Oladapo Aremu
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
36
0.818
Botany
IKS
Plant Science
Ethnopharmacology
Ethnobotany
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
H Bouwman
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
30
0.682
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Victor Wepener
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
27
0.675
Ecotoxicology
Ecological Risk Assessment
Aquatic Toxicology
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Sarel Cilliers
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
27
0.711
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Anel Petzer
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
23
0.697
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Ayansina Segun Ayangbenro
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
21
1.000
Environmental Microbiology
Bioremediation
Biopolymer
Plant-soil-microbe interactions
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Jonathan C. Taylor
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
18
0.857
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Kerry Hadfield
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
16
0.762
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Rialet Pieters
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
16
0.889
Ecotoxicology
endocrine disruption
tissue culture bioassays
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Wynand Malherbe
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
11
0.846
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Sandra Barnard
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
9
0.818
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Johannes Hendrik Erasmus
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
8
1.000
aquatic ecotoxicology
aquatic ecosystems
fish
macroinvertebrates
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
John Awungnjia Asong
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
7
1.000
Botany
ethnobotany
ethnopharmacology
unconventional foodplants
Food security
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Marliese Truter
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
7
1.000
Freshwater fish parasitology
invasion biology
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Lehlohonolo Mofokeng
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
6
1.000
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Marianne Venter
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
5
0.833
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Marelize Labuschagne
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
3
1.000
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Anja Vermaak
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
2
1.000
Marine parasitology
Taxonomy
Genetics
Morphology
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Nicole Van Gessellen
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1
1
1.000