University of Cape Town is a
prestigious public university
established in 1874 in South Africa. It is represented
by 1,677 scientists in the AD Scientific Index. The
university’s scientists are particularly concentrated in
Social Sciences and Humanities (350 scientists), Medical and Health Sciences (334 scientists), and Engineering & Technology (186 scientists).
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :1
High Energy Particle Physics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
230
158
0.687
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :2
Anxiety disorders
Psychiatry in Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
201
141
0.701
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :3
Physics
Thermal Models
particle Physics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
138
108
0.783
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :4
Ecology
evolution
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113
76
0.673
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :5
Respiratory medicine
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110
71
0.645
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :6
cardiology
heart failure
Africa
peripartum
covid
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109
84
0.771
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :7
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
104
85
0.817
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Ranking Based
On Selection :8
pulmonary infections
tuberculosis
diseases of poverty
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
104
68
0.654
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :9
Medicine
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100
74
0.740
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :10
physical activity and public health
non-communicable diseases
health behavior change
global south and healthy cities
obesity
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91
63
0.692
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :11
epidemiology
biostatistics
HIV
maternal & child health
women's health
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91
61
0.670
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :12
HIV
Tuberculosis
Cryptococcosis
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90
67
0.744
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :13
Relativity
cosmology
complexity
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89
48
0.539
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :14
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88
58
0.659
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :15
astronomy and astrophysics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88
56
0.636
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :16
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87
61
0.701
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :17
Virology
virus evolution
genetic recombination
geminiviruses
sequence analysis software
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85
58
0.682
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :18
Astrophysics
Observational Optical/Infrared/Radio Galaxy Evolution
Cloud Computing
Machine Learning
Statistics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85
51
0.600
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :19
HIV
tuberculosis
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81
49
0.605
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :20
microbiology
pneumonia
tuberculosis
microbiome
diagnostics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72
52
0.722
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :21
Climate Change
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71
49
0.690
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :22
immunology
tuberculosis
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70
56
0.800
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :23
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70
42
0.600
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :24
Genetics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69
23
0.333
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :25
Virology
Vaccinology
Plant Biotechnology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68
35
0.515
Sahal Yacoob
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
230
158
0.687
Dan J Stein
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
201
141
0.701
Anxiety disorders
Psychiatry in Africa
Jean Cleymans
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
138
108
0.783
William Bond
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113
76
0.673
Eric Bateman
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110
71
0.645
Karen Sliwa
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109
84
0.771
cardiology
heart failure
Africa
peripartum
covid
Heather Zar
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
104
85
0.817
Keertan Dheda
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
104
68
0.654
pulmonary infections
tuberculosis
diseases of poverty
Bongani M Mayosi
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100
74
0.740
Estelle Lambert
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91
63
0.692
physical activity and public health
non-communicable diseases
health behavior change
global south and healthy cities
obesity
Landon Myer
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91
61
0.670
epidemiology
biostatistics
HIV
maternal & child health
women's health
Graeme Meintjes
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90
67
0.744
HIV
Tuberculosis
Cryptococcosis
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome
George FR Ellis
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89
48
0.539
Relativity
cosmology
complexity
Lucy Gilson
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88
58
0.659
TH Jarrett
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88
56
0.636
astronomy and astrophysics
Naomi Sharlene Levitt
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87
61
0.701
Darren Martin
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85
58
0.682
Virology
virus evolution
genetic recombination
geminiviruses
sequence analysis software
Mattia Vaccari
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85
51
0.600
Astrophysics
Observational Optical/Infrared/Radio Galaxy Evolution
Cloud Computing
Machine Learning
Statistics
Gary Maartens
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81
49
0.605
Mark Patrick Nicol
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72
52
0.722
microbiology
pneumonia
tuberculosis
microbiome
diagnostics
Mark New
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71
49
0.690
Thomas Scriba
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70
56
0.800
Andrew Boulle
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70
42
0.600
Peter Beighton
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69
23
0.333
Ed Rybicki
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68
35
0.515
Virology
Vaccinology
Plant Biotechnology