University of the Witwatersrand is a
prestigious public university
established in 1922 in South Africa. It is represented
by 1,809 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
carbon cycle
savannas
earth observation
biodiversity
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112
73
0.652
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :2
laser resonators
laser beam shaping
orbital angular momentum
structured light
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75
66
0.880
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :3
Wildlife Ecology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70
42
0.600
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :4
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
30
0.750
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :5
natural resource use
rural livelihoods
socio-ecological systems
savanna ecology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
23
0.697
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :6
Freshwater Biology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27
22
0.815
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :7
Bioactivity screening
cancer drug resistance
biomarker discovery
Cholesterol and cancer
Drug Discovery
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
20
0.769
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :8
Ornithology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
15
0.577
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :9
Ornithology
urban ecology
landscape ecology
citizen science
global change
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
20
0.952
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :10
evolutionary biology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
16
0.800
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :11
Structural Biology of druggable protein of human parasite and bacterial pathogens
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
15
0.789
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :12
Bioinformatics and molecular modeling
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
16
0.941
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :13
Aquatic Ecology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
13
0.813
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :14
Cell death
Apoptosis
Cancer
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
11
0.733
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :15
Visual ecology
Birds
Mammals
Retina
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
10
0.833
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :16
developmental biology
vertebrate evolution
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
7
0.583
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :17
Behavioural ecology
Animal Physiology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
11
1.000
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :18
social-ecological systems
natural resource use
savanna ecology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9
8
0.889
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :19
Biology education
science identity
undergraduate teaching
undergraduate learning
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
8
1.000
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :20
Sedimentology
stratigraphy
sequence stratigraphy
biostratigraphy
palaeontology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
8
1.000
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :21
Remote Sensing
Spatial Ecology
Community Based Natural Resource Management
Ecosystem Services
GIS
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
7
0.875
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :22
Palaeontology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
7
1.000
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :23
Ecology and Evolution
Conservation Biology
Popuation Ecology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
7
1.000
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :24
Ethnobotany
Rural livelihoods
Socio-Ecological systems
Natural resource use
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
6
0.857
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :25
vertebrate palaeontology
virtual palaeontology
tooth replacement
Therapsida
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
5
1.000
Robert J Scholes
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112
73
0.652
carbon cycle
savannas
earth observation
biodiversity
Andrew Forbes
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75
66
0.880
laser resonators
laser beam shaping
orbital angular momentum
structured light
Norman Owen-Smith
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70
42
0.600
Marion Bamford
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
30
0.750
Wayne Twine
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
23
0.697
natural resource use
rural livelihoods
socio-ecological systems
savanna ecology
Darragh J. Woodford
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27
22
0.815
Mandeep Kaur
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
20
0.769
Bioactivity screening
cancer drug resistance
biomarker discovery
Cholesterol and cancer
Drug Discovery
Craig Symes
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
15
0.577
Chevonne Reynolds
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
20
0.952
Ornithology
urban ecology
landscape ecology
citizen science
global change
Pierre M Durand
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
16
0.800
Ikechukwu Achilonu
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
15
0.789
Structural Biology of druggable protein of human parasite and bacterial pathogens
Houcemeddine Othman
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
16
0.941
Bioinformatics and molecular modeling
Gavin Snow
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
13
0.813
Marianne Cronje
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
11
0.733
João Paulo Coimbra
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
10
0.833
Visual ecology
Birds
Mammals
Retina
Natalya Nikitina
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
7
0.583
developmental biology
vertebrate evolution
Tanja Mfn Van De Ven
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
11
1.000
Behavioural ecology
Animal Physiology
Penelope J. Mograbi
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9
8
0.889
social-ecological systems
natural resource use
savanna ecology
Shalini Dukhan
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
8
1.000
Biology education
science identity
undergraduate teaching
undergraduate learning
Cameron Penn-Clarke
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
8
1.000
Sedimentology
stratigraphy
sequence stratigraphy
biostratigraphy
palaeontology
Jolene T. Fisher
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
7
0.875
Remote Sensing
Spatial Ecology
Community Based Natural Resource Management
Ecosystem Services
GIS
Marc Van Den Brandt
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
7
1.000
Francois Stephanus Becker
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
7
1.000
Ecology and Evolution
Conservation Biology
Popuation Ecology
Nompendulo Khoza
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
6
0.857
Ethnobotany
Rural livelihoods
Socio-Ecological systems
Natural resource use
Luke A. Norton
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
5
1.000
vertebrate palaeontology
virtual palaeontology
tooth replacement
Therapsida