i10 Productivity
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Africa Natural Sciences / Biological Science i10 Productivity Rankings - 2025

Total 2,384,773 scientists, country 221, and institutions 24,462 are evaluated in the Productivity Rankings, an exclusive service provided by AD Scientific Index. This ranking measures and highlights the scientific productivity of researchers based on the i10 index (number of publications with at least 10 citations). This system identifies highly productive scientists across disciplines, institutions, and regions, contributing to the development of evidence-based academic policies and effective incentive mechanisms. The rankings include global, regional, and institutional analyses, along with specialized rankings such as Scientists' Last 6 Years' i10 Index and Universities' i10 Index Rankings 2025. With Premium Membership, you can:

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* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
South Africa
David M. Richardson
invasion ecology
invasion biology
invasion science
conservation biology
biological invasions
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
498
411
0.825
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Kenya
Jianchu Xu
ethnoecology
fungi ecology
biodiversity conservation
landscape restoration
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
454
379
0.835
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Ethiopia
Teshome Soromessa
Ecosystem modelling
Ecosystem services
Conservation of natural resources
climate change mitigation and adaptation
carbon seq
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
408
336
0.824
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
South Africa
Richard M. Cowling
Plant diversity and evolution
palaeovegetation science
conservation science
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
384
243
0.633
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
South Africa
Nigel C Bennett
mole-rats
Reproduction
physiology...
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
367
245
0.668
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
South Africa
Michael J. Samways
Insect conservation
invertebrate conservation
conservation biology
landscape ecology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
365
208
0.570
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
South Africa
AJ Afolayan
Biological science
phytomedicine
botany
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
361
274
0.759
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Egypt
Hanaa Ali Hasan Abd El Aal
physiology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
325
214
0.658
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
South Africa
Robert J Scholes
carbon cycle
savannas
earth observation
biodiversity
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
322
201
0.624
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
South Africa
William Bond
Ecology
evolution
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
308
223
0.724

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* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
South Africa
Colleen Downs
Terrestrial vertebrate physiology
ecology and conservation
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
297
183
0.616
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
South Africa
Ben-Erik Van Wyk
Taxonomy
Ethnobotany
Medicinal plants
Apiaceae
Umbelliferae
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
278
118
0.424
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
South Africa
Jacobus Eloff
Medicinal Plants
Ethnobotany
Phytochemistry
Phytomedicine
Ethnopharmacology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
277
200
0.722
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Ethiopia
Girmay Medhin
Structural Equation modeling
Growth modeling
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
274
239
0.872
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
South Africa
Slotow, RH
conservation
ecology
zoology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
259
192
0.741
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
South Africa
Andrew Forbes
laser resonators
laser beam shaping
orbital angular momentum
structured light
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
249
208
0.835
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Mauritius
Rajesh Jeewon
Molecular Mycology
Fungal biodiversity
fungal taxonomy
Molecular phylogeny
evolutionary Biology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
246
228
0.927
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
South Africa
Arvind Kumar Gupta
16S rRNA gene
bacterial diversity
insect gut bacteria
microbial community
Metagenomics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
237
103
0.435
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Morocco
Taibi Ben Hadda
Drug Design and Bioinformatics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
230
157
0.683
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
South Africa
Heidi Abrahamse
Photobiology
Photochemistry
Photodynamic therapy
Wound healing
Stem cells
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
229
198
0.865
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
South Africa
Graham Ih Kerley
Conservation biology
megaherbivore ecology
predator prey interactions
ecological history
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
222
133
0.599
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
South Africa
Brian W. Van Wilgen
Applied ecology
fire ecology
invasion ecology
ecosystem management
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
212
153
0.722
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Sudan
Muntaser Ibrahim
Molecular Biology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
205
112
0.546
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
South Africa
Karen Esler
Conservation Ecology
Restoration Ecology
Social-Ecological Systems
Invasion Biology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
203
149
0.734
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
David M. Richardson
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
498
411
0.825
invasion ecology
invasion biology
invasion science
conservation biology
biological invasions
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Jianchu Xu
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
454
379
0.835
ethnoecology
fungi ecology
biodiversity conservation
landscape restoration
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Teshome Soromessa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
408
336
0.824
Ecosystem modelling
Ecosystem services
Conservation of natural resources
climate change mitigation and adaptation
carbon seq
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Richard M. Cowling
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
384
243
0.633
Plant diversity and evolution
palaeovegetation science
conservation science
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Nigel C Bennett
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
367
245
0.668
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Michael J. Samways
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
365
208
0.570
Insect conservation
invertebrate conservation
conservation biology
landscape ecology
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
AJ Afolayan
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
361
274
0.759
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Hanaa Ali Hasan Abd El Aal
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
325
214
0.658
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Robert J Scholes
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
322
201
0.624
carbon cycle
savannas
earth observation
biodiversity
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
William Bond
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
308
223
0.724

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* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Colleen Downs
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
297
183
0.616
Terrestrial vertebrate physiology
ecology and conservation
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Ben-Erik Van Wyk
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
278
118
0.424
Taxonomy
Ethnobotany
Medicinal plants
Apiaceae
Umbelliferae
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Jacobus Eloff
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
277
200
0.722
Medicinal Plants
Ethnobotany
Phytochemistry
Phytomedicine
Ethnopharmacology
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Girmay Medhin
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
274
239
0.872
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Slotow, RH
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
259
192
0.741
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Andrew Forbes
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
249
208
0.835
laser resonators
laser beam shaping
orbital angular momentum
structured light
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Rajesh Jeewon
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
246
228
0.927
Molecular Mycology
Fungal biodiversity
fungal taxonomy
Molecular phylogeny
evolutionary Biology
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Arvind Kumar Gupta
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
237
103
0.435
16S rRNA gene
bacterial diversity
insect gut bacteria
microbial community
Metagenomics
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Taibi Ben Hadda
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
230
157
0.683
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Heidi Abrahamse
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
229
198
0.865
Photobiology
Photochemistry
Photodynamic therapy
Wound healing
Stem cells
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Whitfield, AK
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
223
155
0.695
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Graham Ih Kerley
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
222
133
0.599
Conservation biology
megaherbivore ecology
predator prey interactions
ecological history
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Brian W. Van Wilgen
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
212
153
0.722
Applied ecology
fire ecology
invasion ecology
ecosystem management
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Muntaser Ibrahim
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
205
112
0.546
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Karen Esler
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
203
149
0.734
Conservation Ecology
Restoration Ecology
Social-Ecological Systems
Invasion Biology