i10 Productivity
Rankings
Africa Agriculture & Forestry i10 Productivity Rankings 2025
Productivity Rankings is a unique service offered only by “AD Scientific Index”. This is a ranking system derived from the i10 index in order to show the productivity of the scientist in publishing scientific articles of value. Productivity Rankings is an instrument that lists productive scientists in a given area, discipline, university, and country and can guide the development of meaningful incentives and academic policies. The world rankings, regional rankings, and university rankings of scientists in this table are developed based on the total i10 index. Additionally, click to view the special rankings based on Productivity Rankings: 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 :1
forest protection
mycology
entomology
biotechnology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,030
679
0.659
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
roots
agroforestry
ecosystem services
landscape
water
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
558
338
0.606
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
agroforestry
ecology
biogeography
biodiversity
climate change
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
339
239
0.705
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Agroforestry
Biofuel
Rice
agronomy
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
327
114
0.349
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Evolutionary biology
pollination biology
plant reproduction
chemical ecology
invasion biology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
312
246
0.788
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
agriculture
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
307
219
0.713
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Poultry Nutrition
physiology
immunology and metabolism
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
281
277
0.986
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Plant Breeding
Plant Genetics
Quantitative Genetics
Crop Science
Agricultural Plant Sciences
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
280
256
0.914
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Marine ecology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
266
173
0.650
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Microbial Ecology
Soil Metagenomics
Plant-Microbe Interactions
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
262
250
0.954
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Aquaculture and Fisheries
Animal Science
Environmental Science
WEF Nexus
Sustainability
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
256
256
1.000
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
mycology
plant pathology
biological control
bioenergy
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
245
209
0.853
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Postharvest Technology
Food Science and Technology
Biosystems Engineering
Horticultural Science
Pomegranate
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
230
220
0.957
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Marine Mammal Ecology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
225
110
0.489
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Biological control
silicon in agriculture
plant breeding
African crops
climate change
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
216
178
0.824
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Geochemistry of Trace Elements
Soil and water pollution by toxic metals
Remediation of toxic metals contaminated soils and waters
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
215
206
0.958
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Plant ecology
plant ecophysiology
conservation biology
invasion biology
ethnoecology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
208
141
0.678
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Inland Fisheries
Fish Biology
Freshwater Ecology
Invasion Ecology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
205
164
0.800
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Plant and Soil Sciences
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
203
175
0.862
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
crop improvement
breeding
genetics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
201
131
0.652
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
forestry
vegetation ecology
agriculture
Plant diversity
Regeneration ecology of woody plants
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
184
138
0.750
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Apiculture
Hone Bee
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
184
108
0.587
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
plant pathology
mycotoxin
aflatoxin
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
182
126
0.692
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Marine invertebrate biodiversity
marine alien species
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
182
111
0.610
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Andrology
Oxidative stress
Medicinal Plants
reactive oxygen species
male infertility
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
180
156
0.867
Mike Wingfield
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,030
679
0.659
forest protection
mycology
entomology
biotechnology
Meine Van Noordwijk|Noordwijk, Meine van, van Noordwijk, Meine
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)
Nairobi, Kenya
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
558
338
0.606
roots
agroforestry
ecosystem services
landscape
water
Kindt, Roeland
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)
Nairobi, Kenya
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
339
239
0.705
agroforestry
ecology
biogeography
biodiversity
climate change
Virendra Pal Singh
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)
Nairobi, Kenya
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
327
114
0.349
Agroforestry
Biofuel
Rice
agronomy
Steven D. Johnson
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
312
246
0.788
Evolutionary biology
pollination biology
plant reproduction
chemical ecology
invasion biology
Philip Thornton
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)
Addis Ababa, Kenya
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
307
219
0.713
Mohamed E Abd El Hack
Zagazig University
Sharqia, Egypt
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
281
277
0.986
Poultry Nutrition
physiology
immunology and metabolism
Hussien Shimelis
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
280
256
0.914
Plant Breeding
Plant Genetics
Quantitative Genetics
Crop Science
Agricultural Plant Sciences
Christopher Mcquaid
Rhodes University
Grahamstown, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
266
173
0.650
Olubukola Oluranti Babalola
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
262
250
0.954
Microbial Ecology
Soil Metagenomics
Plant-Microbe Interactions
Mahmoud Dawood
Kafr El Sheikh University
Kafr el-Sheikh, Egypt
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
256
256
1.000
Aquaculture and Fisheries
Animal Science
Environmental Science
WEF Nexus
Sustainability
Mohamed Hashem Mohamed Ahmed
Assiut University
Asyut, Egypt
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
245
209
0.853
mycology
plant pathology
biological control
bioenergy
Umezuruike Linus Opara
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
230
220
0.957
Postharvest Technology
Food Science and Technology
Biosystems Engineering
Horticultural Science
Pomegranate
Marthan Bester
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
225
110
0.489
Mark Laing
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
216
178
0.824
Biological control
silicon in agriculture
plant breeding
African crops
climate change
Sabry Shaheen
Kafr El Sheikh University
Kafr el-Sheikh, Egypt
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
215
206
0.958
Geochemistry of Trace Elements
Soil and water pollution by toxic metals
Remediation of toxic metals contaminated soils and waters
ETF Witkowski
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
208
141
0.678
Plant ecology
plant ecophysiology
conservation biology
invasion biology
ethnoecology
Olaf LF Weyl
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
205
164
0.800
Inland Fisheries
Fish Biology
Freshwater Ecology
Invasion Ecology
Patrick Ndakidemi
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
203
175
0.862
Plant and Soil Sciences
Robert Asiedu
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
201
131
0.652
crop improvement
breeding
genetics
Demel Teketay
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
184
138
0.750
forestry
vegetation ecology
agriculture
Plant diversity
Regeneration ecology of woody plants
Mh Hussein
Assiut University
Asyut, Egypt
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
184
108
0.587
Ranajit Bandyopadhyay
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
182
126
0.692
plant pathology
mycotoxin
aflatoxin
Charles Griffiths
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
182
111
0.610
Marine invertebrate biodiversity
marine alien species
Ralf Henkel
University of the Western Cape
Bellville, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
180
156
0.867
Andrology
Oxidative stress
Medicinal Plants
reactive oxygen species
male infertility