Productivity Rankings is an exclusive service provided by AD Scientific Index. This ranking system, derived from the i10 index, highlights the productivity of scientists in publishing impactful scientific articles. Productivity Rankings serves as a tool to identify highly productive scientists across specific areas, disciplines, universities, and countries, and supports the creation of effective incentives and academic policies. The global, regional, and institutional rankings of scientists in this table are calculated based on their total i10 index. Moreover, you can explore special rankings derived from Productivity Rankings, such as Scientists Last 6 Years' i10 Index, Universities Total i10 Index Rankings 2025, Universities Last 6 Years' i10 Index Rankings 2025, Art and Humanities i10 Productivity Rankings, and Social Sciences and Humanities i10 Productivity Rankings.
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :26
General Relativity
Dark Energy
Modified theories of gravity
Cosmology
Integrability
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
145
140
0.966
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :27
Career and Human Capacity Development
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
145
111
0.766
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :28
Economics
finance
procurement
entreneurship
Human Resource Management
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
140
116
0.829
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :29
African Philosophy
Philosophy of Education
Global Citizenship Education
Higher Education
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
139
85
0.612
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :30
palaeoanthropology
archaeology
taphonomy
exploration
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
138
103
0.746
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :31
Applied micro-econometrics
multiple technologica innovaiton bundles adoption and impact assessment
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
137
117
0.854
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :32
rock art
shell middens
human evolution
South African Prehistory
San hunter gatherers
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
136
86
0.632
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :33
Economics
political science
development
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
135
81
0.600
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :34
Energy Finance
Risk Management
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
134
133
0.993
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :35
Social psychology
race and ethnic studies
research methods
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133
97
0.729
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :36
education
curriculum
policy
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133
71
0.534
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :37
Physical activity
bone health
body composition
metabolic disease
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
129
103
0.798
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :38
Marketing
Business Management
CSR and Sustainability
Communication Technology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127
102
0.803
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :39
Forensic anthropology
biological anthropology
skeletal biology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127
87
0.685
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :40
music
education
computer
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
126
82
0.651
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :41
Demography
Social Statistics and Population Health
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125
107
0.856
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :42
Posthumanism
Feminist New Materialism
Post-qualitative inquiry
Social Justice and Ethics of Care
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125
103
0.824
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :43
anthropology
African studies
media and communication studies
identities
citizenship
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125
89
0.712
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :44
higher education and development
social justice
development ethics
capability approach
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
124
94
0.758
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :45
Environmental Education
Curriculum Studies
Sustainability Education
Research Methodology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122
77
0.631
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :46
Linguistics
Sociolinguistics
English language
Language in South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121
68
0.562
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :47
Comparative and International Education
Education
Higher Education
History of Education
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121
65
0.537
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :48
Social Insects
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120
92
0.767
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :49
Animal Behaviour
Behavioural Ecology
Psychology
Ecology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120
71
0.592
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :50
Youth resilience
Social Ecology of Resilience Theory
Culture & resilience
African youths' resilience processes
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
118
101
0.856
Andronikos Paliathanasis
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
145
140
0.966
General Relativity
Dark Energy
Modified theories of gravity
Cosmology
Integrability
Melinde Coetzee
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
145
111
0.766
Willy Muturi
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
140
116
0.829
Economics
finance
procurement
entreneurship
Human Resource Management
Yusef Waghid
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
139
85
0.612
African Philosophy
Philosophy of Education
Global Citizenship Education
Higher Education
Lee Berger
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
138
103
0.746
palaeoanthropology
archaeology
taphonomy
exploration
Menale Kassie
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
137
117
0.854
Applied micro-econometrics
multiple technologica innovaiton bundles adoption and impact assessment
John Parkington
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
136
86
0.632
rock art
shell middens
human evolution
South African Prehistory
San hunter gatherers
J Paul Dunne
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
135
81
0.600
Economics
political science
development
Walid Mensi
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
134
133
0.993
Energy Finance
Risk Management
Kevin Durrheim
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133
97
0.729
Social psychology
race and ethnic studies
research methods
Jonathan Jansen
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133
71
0.534
Lisa Micklesfield
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
129
103
0.798
Physical activity
bone health
body composition
metabolic disease
Robert E Hinson
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127
102
0.803
Marketing
Business Management
CSR and Sustainability
Communication Technology
Maryna Steyn
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127
87
0.685
Forensic anthropology
biological anthropology
skeletal biology
Marwa Ibrahim Elsayed
Helwan University
Cairo, Egypt
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
126
82
0.651
Clifford Obby Odimegwu
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125
107
0.856
Demography
Social Statistics and Population Health
Vivienne Bozalek
University of the Western Cape
Bellville, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125
103
0.824
Posthumanism
Feminist New Materialism
Post-qualitative inquiry
Social Justice and Ethics of Care
Francis B. Nyamnjoh
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125
89
0.712
anthropology
African studies
media and communication studies
identities
citizenship
Melanie Walker
University of the Free State
Bloemfontein, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
124
94
0.758
higher education and development
social justice
development ethics
capability approach
Lesley Le Grange
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122
77
0.631
Environmental Education
Curriculum Studies
Sustainability Education
Research Methodology
Rajend Mesthrie
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121
68
0.562
Linguistics
Sociolinguistics
English language
Language in South Africa
CC Wolhuter
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121
65
0.537
Comparative and International Education
Education
Higher Education
History of Education
Christian Pirk
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120
92
0.767
Neville Pillay
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120
71
0.592
Animal Behaviour
Behavioural Ecology
Psychology
Ecology
Linda C. Theron
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
118
101
0.856
Youth resilience
Social Ecology of Resilience Theory
Culture & resilience
African youths' resilience processes