North West University is a
prestigious public university
established in 2004 in South Africa. It is represented
by 1,291 scientists in the AD Scientific Index. The
university’s scientists are particularly concentrated in
Social Sciences and Humanities (390 scientists), Social Sciences (117 scientists), and Medical and Health Sciences (115 scientists).
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :1
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
Ranking Based
On Selection :2
Astrophysics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84
49
0.583
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :3
Positive Organizations
Capabilities
Engagement
Flourishing
Well-being
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76
51
0.671
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :4
Microbial Ecology
Soil Metagenomics
Plant-Microbe Interactions
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72
69
0.958
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :5
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70
39
0.557
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :6
Thermodynamics of solution
DESs
Ionic Liquids
Corrosion
Separation Technology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59
48
0.814
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :7
Astrophysics
Astronomy
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55
41
0.745
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :8
Animal models
Psychopharmacology
Neuroscience
Behavior
Psychiatry
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
32
0.615
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :9
membranes
hydrogen
fuel cells
electrolysis
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
42
0.913
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :10
Materials Chemistry
Green Chemistry
Chemical Engineering
Water Treatment
Environmental Analysis
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
40
0.870
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :11
Differential Equations
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
39
0.848
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :12
16S rRNA gene
bacterial diversity
insect gut bacteria
microbial community
Metagenomics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
30
0.652
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :13
Low Noise Amplifiers
Gamma-ray astrophysics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
35
0.778
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :14
Speech technology
pattern recognition
machine learning
deep neural networks
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
17
0.378
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :15
Ecotoxicology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
31
0.705
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :16
Botany
IKS
Plant Science
Ethnopharmacology
Ethnobotany
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
35
0.833
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :17
Atmospheric Science / Geography
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
28
0.683
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :18
Ecotoxicology
Ecological Risk Assessment
Aquatic Toxicology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
28
0.700
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :19
Nutrition leadership
haemostasis
human nutrition
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
22
0.550
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :20
Agricultural Entomology
Environmental Sciences
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
31
0.795
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :21
Parasitology
Herpetology
Batrachology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
25
0.641
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :22
Coal Conversion Processes
Combustion
Gasification
Reaction Kinetics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
30
0.789
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :23
Aquatic Parasitology
Ecosystem Health
Aquatic Ecology
Marine Parasitology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
28
0.737
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :24
gamma-ray energy
blazars
active galaxies
AGN
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
35
0.946
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :25
Air Quality
Climate Change
Atmospheric Chemistry
Metallurgy
Pyrometallurgy
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
29
0.784
Christo Venter
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100
56
0.560
Pulsars
gamma-ray astronomy
globular clusters
cosmic rays
Markus Boettcher
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84
49
0.583
Sebastiaan Rothmann
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76
51
0.671
Positive Organizations
Capabilities
Engagement
Flourishing
Well-being
Olubukola Oluranti Babalola
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72
69
0.958
Microbial Ecology
Soil Metagenomics
Plant-Microbe Interactions
Donald Kurtz
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70
39
0.557
Indra Bahadur
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59
48
0.814
Thermodynamics of solution
DESs
Ionic Liquids
Corrosion
Separation Technology
Iurii Sushch
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55
41
0.745
Astrophysics
Astronomy
BH Harvey
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
32
0.615
Animal models
Psychopharmacology
Neuroscience
Behavior
Psychiatry
Dmitri Bessarabov
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
42
0.913
membranes
hydrogen
fuel cells
electrolysis
Damian C. Onwudiwe
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
40
0.870
Materials Chemistry
Green Chemistry
Chemical Engineering
Water Treatment
Environmental Analysis
Masood Khalique
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
39
0.848
Arvind Kumar Gupta
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
30
0.652
16S rRNA gene
bacterial diversity
insect gut bacteria
microbial community
Metagenomics
Paulus Kruger
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
35
0.778
Low Noise Amplifiers
Gamma-ray astrophysics
Etienne Barnard
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
17
0.378
Speech technology
pattern recognition
machine learning
deep neural networks
H Bouwman
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
31
0.705
Adeyemi Oladapo Aremu
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
35
0.833
Botany
IKS
Plant Science
Ethnopharmacology
Ethnobotany
Stuart Piketh
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
28
0.683
Atmospheric Science / Geography
Victor Wepener
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
28
0.700
Ecotoxicology
Ecological Risk Assessment
Aquatic Toxicology
Johann Jerling
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
22
0.550
Nutrition leadership
haemostasis
human nutrition
Van Den Berg, J. Johnnie
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
31
0.795
Agricultural Entomology
Environmental Sciences
Louis Du Preez
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
25
0.641
Parasitology
Herpetology
Batrachology
Hein Neomagus
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
30
0.789
Coal Conversion Processes
Combustion
Gasification
Reaction Kinetics
Nico J Smit
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
28
0.737
Aquatic Parasitology
Ecosystem Health
Aquatic Ecology
Marine Parasitology
Natalia Zywucka
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
35
0.946
Johan Paul Beukes
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
29
0.784
Air Quality
Climate Change
Atmospheric Chemistry
Metallurgy
Pyrometallurgy