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South Africa Scientists i10 Productivity Rankings in South Africa 2024

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. Click for "last 6 years' i10 index". Also see: Universities Rankings 2024 (Sort by : Total i10 Index) and Universities Rankings 2024 (Sort by : Last 6 Years i10 Index)

South Africa

Total 13,410 scientist, 1 country, 330 institution

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Dan J Stein ⁱ

University of Cape Town

South Africa

Medical and Health Sciences / Psychiatry

Anxiety disorders

Psychiatry in Africa

i10 Productivity Rankings

University / Institution:

# 1

Country:

# 1

Region:

# 2

World:

# 141

i10 Index

Total:

1,419

Last 6 Year:

1,076

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.758

H-Index

Total:

187

Last 6 Year:

125

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.668

Citation

Total:

194,141

Last 6 Year:

114,617

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.590

Sahal Yacoob ⁱ

Best Scientist in University/Institution

University of Cape Town

South Africa

Natural Sciences / Physics

High Energy Particle Physics

i10 Productivity Rankings

University / Institution:

# 2

Country:

# 2

Region:

# 4

World:

# 371

i10 Index

Total:

1,133

Last 6 Year:

868

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.766

H-Index

Total:

225

Last 6 Year:

152

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.676

Citation

Total:

278,099

Last 6 Year:

119,539

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.430

Mike Wingfield

University of Pretoria

South Africa

Agriculture & Forestry / Forestry

forest protection

mycology

entomology

biotechnology

i10 Productivity Rankings

University / Institution:

# 1

Country:

# 3

Region:

# 7

World:

# 538

i10 Index

Total:

1,019

Last 6 Year:

664

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.652

H-Index

Total:

124

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.621

Citation

Total:

77,069

Last 6 Year:

34,143

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.443

Bruce Mellado ⁱ

University of the Witwatersrand

South Africa

Natural Sciences / Physics

Particle Physics

i10 Productivity Rankings

University / Institution:

# 1

Country:

# 4

Region:

# 11

World:

# 1,447

i10 Index

Total:

719

Last 6 Year:

512

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.712

H-Index

Total:

158

Last 6 Year:

111

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.703

Citation

Total:

124,726

Last 6 Year:

54,211

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.435

Tebello Nyokong

Rhodes University

South Africa

Natural Sciences / Chemical Sciences

Photophysics

i10 Productivity Rankings

University / Institution:

# 1

Country:

# 5

Region:

# 12

World:

# 1,471

i10 Index

Total:

715

Last 6 Year:

441

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.617

H-Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.459

Citation

Total:

34,779

Last 6 Year:

12,887

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.371

Fernando Albericio

University of Kwazulu Natal

South Africa

Natural Sciences / Chemical Sciences

medicinal chemistry

peptides

i10 Productivity Rankings

University / Institution:

# 1

Country:

# 6

Region:

# 13

World:

# 1,494

i10 Index

Total:

710

Last 6 Year:

395

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.556

H-Index

Total:

101

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.594

Citation

Total:

52,927

Last 6 Year:

24,236

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.458

Loan Truong ⁱ

University of Johannesburg

South Africa

Natural Sciences / Physics

HEP

LHC

ATLAS

i10 Productivity Rankings

University / Institution:

# 1

Country:

# 7

Region:

# 14

World:

# 1,603

i10 Index

Total:

689

Last 6 Year:

680

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.987

H-Index

Total:

184

Last 6 Year:

147

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.799

Citation

Total:

128,676

Last 6 Year:

87,973

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.684

Rangan Gupta

University of Pretoria

South Africa

Economics & Econometrics / Economics

Macroecomomics

forecasting

i10 Productivity Rankings

University / Institution:

# 2

Country:

# 8

Region:

# 15

World:

# 1,825

i10 Index

Total:

653

Last 6 Year:

511

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.783

H-Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.875

Citation

Total:

35,458

Last 6 Year:

27,172

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.766

Karl Peltzer

Human Sciences Research Council of South Africa

South Africa

Medical and Health Sciences / Health Sciences

health sciences

i10 Productivity Rankings

University / Institution:

# 1

Country:

# 9

Region:

# 17

World:

# 1,998

i10 Index

Total:

626

Last 6 Year:

444

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.709

H-Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.761

Citation

Total:

40,859

Last 6 Year:

22,692

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.555

HC Swart

University of the Free State

South Africa

Natural Sciences / Physics

nanophosphors

luminescence

cathodoluminescence

surface characterization

i10 Productivity Rankings

University / Institution:

# 1

Country:

# 10

Region:

# 21

World:

# 2,271

i10 Index

Total:

592

Last 6 Year:

464

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.784

H-Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.797

Citation

Total:

24,740

Last 6 Year:

16,434

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.664

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Timothy D Noakes

Cape Peninsula University of Technology

South Africa

Others

Running

Nutrition

Exercise Physiology

Insulin Resistance

Diabetes

i10 Productivity Rankings

University / Institution:

# 1

Country:

# 11

Region:

# 26

World:

# 2,835

i10 Index

Total:

544

Last 6 Year:

322

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.592

H-Index

Total:

143

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.413

Citation

Total:

63,585

Last 6 Year:

14,186

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.223

Shabir A. Madhi

University of the Witwatersrand

South Africa

First interest

Second interest

Vaccinology

Respiratory pathogens

i10 Productivity Rankings

University / Institution:

# 2

Country:

# 12

Region:

# 27

World:

# 3,154

i10 Index

Total:

521

Last 6 Year:

447

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.858

H-Index

Total:

108

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.722

Citation

Total:

59,748

Last 6 Year:

37,773

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.632

OD Makinde

Stellenbosch University

South Africa

Natural Sciences / Mathematical Sciences

Fluid Mechanics

Thermal Science

Applied Mathematics

Modelling and Computations

BioMathematics

i10 Productivity Rankings

University / Institution:

# 1

Country:

# 13

Region:

# 28

World:

# 3,502

i10 Index

Total:

500

Last 6 Year:

427

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.854

H-Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.734

Citation

Total:

27,255

Last 6 Year:

16,944

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.622

David M. Richardson

Stellenbosch University

South Africa

Natural Sciences / Biological Science

invasion ecology

invasion biology

invasion science

conservation biology

biological invasions

i10 Productivity Rankings

University / Institution:

# 2

Country:

# 14

Region:

# 30

World:

# 3,635

i10 Index

Total:

493

Last 6 Year:

412

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.836

H-Index

Total:

152

Last 6 Year:

103

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.678

Citation

Total:

96,759

Last 6 Year:

40,671

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.420

Christian Rogerson

University of Johannesburg

South Africa

Social Sciences / Tourism & Hospitality

Tourism and Development

Local Economic Development

Small Enterprise Development

i10 Productivity Rankings

University / Institution:

# 2

Country:

# 15

Region:

# 31

World:

# 3,962

i10 Index

Total:

478

Last 6 Year:

248

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.519

H-Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.613

Citation

Total:

24,137

Last 6 Year:

9,776

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.405

Jean Cleymans ⁱ

University of Cape Town

South Africa

Natural Sciences / Physics

Physics

Thermal Models

particle Physics

i10 Productivity Rankings

University / Institution:

# 3

Country:

# 16

Region:

# 32

World:

# 4,043

i10 Index

Total:

474

Last 6 Year:

365

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.770

H-Index

Total:

136

Last 6 Year:

105

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.772

Citation

Total:

79,835

Last 6 Year:

37,775

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.473

Eno E. Ebenso

University of South Africa

South Africa

Natural Sciences / Chemical Sciences

corrosion

corrosion inhibition

corrosion of metals

adsorption

quantum chemical calculations

i10 Productivity Rankings

University / Institution:

# 1

Country:

# 17

Region:

# 34

World:

# 4,492

i10 Index

Total:

454

Last 6 Year:

408

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.899

H-Index

Total:

106

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.792

Citation

Total:

37,112

Last 6 Year:

23,905

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.644

Joyful Mdhluli ⁱ

University of the Witwatersrand

South Africa

Natural Sciences / Physics

High Energy Physics

i10 Productivity Rankings

University / Institution:

# 3

Country:

# 18

Region:

# 40

World:

# 5,470

i10 Index

Total:

421

Last 6 Year:

420

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.998

H-Index

Total:

119

Last 6 Year:

115

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.966

Citation

Total:

47,743

Last 6 Year:

45,488

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.953

Landon Myer

University of Cape Town

South Africa

Medical and Health Sciences / Family Medicine

epidemiology

biostatistics

HIV

maternal & child health

women's health

i10 Productivity Rankings

University / Institution:

# 4

Country:

# 19

Region:

# 41

World:

# 5,954

i10 Index

Total:

407

Last 6 Year:

316

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.776

H-Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.667

Citation

Total:

31,946

Last 6 Year:

13,511

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.423

Heather Zar

University of Cape Town

South Africa

Medical and Health Sciences / Pediatrics and Child Health

i10 Productivity Rankings

University / Institution:

# 5

Country:

# 20

Region:

# 42

World:

# 5,981

i10 Index

Total:

406

Last 6 Year:

347

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.855

H-Index

Total:

101

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.802

Citation

Total:

58,463

Last 6 Year:

34,169

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.584

Simon Connell ⁱ

University of Johannesburg

South Africa

Natural Sciences / Physics

Nuclear Physics

Particle Physics

Diamond Physics

Quantum Physics

i10 Productivity Rankings

University / Institution:

# 3

Country:

# 21

Region:

# 43

World:

# 5,982

i10 Index

Total:

406

Last 6 Year:

335

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.825

H-Index

Total:

127

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.740

Citation

Total:

73,748

Last 6 Year:

37,055

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.502

Carl Lombard

South African Medical Research Council

South Africa

Medical and Health Sciences / Biostatistics

Biostatistics

i10 Productivity Rankings

University / Institution:

# 1

Country:

# 22

Region:

# 44

World:

# 6,369

i10 Index

Total:

397

Last 6 Year:

259

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.652

H-Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.546

Citation

Total:

32,545

Last 6 Year:

10,657

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.327

Brenda Wingfield

University of Pretoria

South Africa

Natural Sciences / Molecular Biology & Genetics

i10 Productivity Rankings

University / Institution:

# 3

Country:

# 23

Region:

# 48

World:

# 6,746

i10 Index

Total:

388

Last 6 Year:

240

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.619

H-Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.526

Citation

Total:

23,193

Last 6 Year:

8,320

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.359

Richard M. Cowling

Nelson Mandela University

South Africa

Natural Sciences / Biological Science

Plant diversity and evolution

palaeovegetation science

conservation science

i10 Productivity Rankings

University / Institution:

# 1

Country:

# 24

Region:

# 49

World:

# 6,912

i10 Index

Total:

384

Last 6 Year:

251

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.654

H-Index

Total:

117

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.436

Citation

Total:

44,925

Last 6 Year:

11,627

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.259

Salim S. Abdool Karim

University of Kwazulu Natal

South Africa

Medical and Health Sciences / Epidemiology and Public Health

HIV Prevention and Treatment

i10 Productivity Rankings

University / Institution:

# 2

Country:

# 25

Region:

# 50

World:

# 7,234

i10 Index

Total:

377

Last 6 Year:

235

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.623

H-Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.707

Citation

Total:

42,073

Last 6 Year:

18,337

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.436

				AD Scientific Index - World Scientists i10 Productivity Rankings - 2024				i10 INDEX			H INDEX			CITATION
University	Country	Region	World	Name	Country	University / Institution	Subject	Total	Last 6 Year	Last 6 year/total	Total	Last 6 year	Last 6 year/total	Total	Last 6 year	Last 6 year/total
1	1	2	141	Dan J Stein ⁱ	South Africa	University of Cape Town	Medical and Health Sciences / Psychiatry Anxiety disorders \| Psychiatry in Africa \|	1,419	1,076	0.758	187	125	0.668	194,141	114,617	0.590
2	2	4	371	Sahal Yacoob ⁱ	South Africa	University of Cape Town	Natural Sciences / Physics High Energy Particle Physics \|	1,133	868	0.766	225	152	0.676	278,099	119,539	0.430
1	3	7	538	Mike Wingfield	South Africa	University of Pretoria	Agriculture & Forestry / Forestry forest protection \| mycology \| entomology \| biotechnology \|	1,019	664	0.652	124	77	0.621	77,069	34,143	0.443
1	4	11	1,447	Bruce Mellado ⁱ	South Africa	University of the Witwatersrand	Natural Sciences / Physics Particle Physics \|	719	512	0.712	158	111	0.703	124,726	54,211	0.435
1	5	12	1,471	Tebello Nyokong	South Africa	Rhodes University	Natural Sciences / Chemical Sciences Photophysics \|	715	441	0.617	85	39	0.459	34,779	12,887	0.371
1	6	13	1,494	Fernando Albericio	South Africa	University of Kwazulu Natal	Natural Sciences / Chemical Sciences medicinal chemistry \| peptides \|	710	395	0.556	101	60	0.594	52,927	24,236	0.458
1	7	14	1,603	Loan Truong ⁱ	South Africa	University of Johannesburg	Natural Sciences / Physics HEP \| LHC \| ATLAS \|	689	680	0.987	184	147	0.799	128,676	87,973	0.684
2	8	15	1,825	Rangan Gupta	South Africa	University of Pretoria	Economics & Econometrics / Economics Macroecomomics \| forecasting \|	653	511	0.783	88	77	0.875	35,458	27,172	0.766
1	9	17	1,998	Karl Peltzer	South Africa	Human Sciences Research Council of South Africa	Medical and Health Sciences / Health Sciences health sciences \|	626	444	0.709	88	67	0.761	40,859	22,692	0.555
1	10	21	2,271	HC Swart	South Africa	University of the Free State	Natural Sciences / Physics nanophosphors \| luminescence \| cathodoluminescence \| surface characterization \|	592	464	0.784	69	55	0.797	24,740	16,434	0.664
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1	11	26	2,835	Timothy D Noakes	South Africa	Cape Peninsula University of Technology	Others Running \| Nutrition \| Exercise Physiology \| Insulin Resistance \| Diabetes \|	544	322	0.592	143	59	0.413	63,585	14,186	0.223
2	12	27	3,154	Shabir A. Madhi	South Africa	University of the Witwatersrand	First interest \| Second interest \| Vaccinology \| Respiratory pathogens \|	521	447	0.858	108	78	0.722	59,748	37,773	0.632
1	13	28	3,502	OD Makinde	South Africa	Stellenbosch University	Natural Sciences / Mathematical Sciences Fluid Mechanics \| Thermal Science \| Applied Mathematics \| Modelling and Computations \| BioMathematics \|	500	427	0.854	79	58	0.734	27,255	16,944	0.622
2	14	30	3,635	David M. Richardson	South Africa	Stellenbosch University	Natural Sciences / Biological Science invasion ecology \| invasion biology \| invasion science \| conservation biology \| biological invasions \|	493	412	0.836	152	103	0.678	96,759	40,671	0.420
2	15	31	3,962	Christian Rogerson	South Africa	University of Johannesburg	Social Sciences / Tourism & Hospitality Tourism and Development \| Local Economic Development \| Small Enterprise Development \|	478	248	0.519	80	49	0.613	24,137	9,776	0.405
3	16	32	4,043	Jean Cleymans ⁱ	South Africa	University of Cape Town	Natural Sciences / Physics Physics \| Thermal Models \| particle Physics \|	474	365	0.770	136	105	0.772	79,835	37,775	0.473
1	17	34	4,492	Eno E. Ebenso	South Africa	University of South Africa	Natural Sciences / Chemical Sciences corrosion \| corrosion inhibition \| corrosion of metals \| adsorption \| quantum chemical calculations \|	454	408	0.899	106	84	0.792	37,112	23,905	0.644
3	18	40	5,470	Joyful Mdhluli ⁱ	South Africa	University of the Witwatersrand	Natural Sciences / Physics High Energy Physics \|	421	420	0.998	119	115	0.966	47,743	45,488	0.953
4	19	41	5,954	Landon Myer	South Africa	University of Cape Town	Medical and Health Sciences / Family Medicine epidemiology \| biostatistics \| HIV \| maternal & child health \| women's health \|	407	316	0.776	90	60	0.667	31,946	13,511	0.423
5	20	42	5,981	Heather Zar	South Africa	University of Cape Town	Medical and Health Sciences / Pediatrics and Child Health	406	347	0.855	101	81	0.802	58,463	34,169	0.584
3	21	43	5,982	Simon Connell ⁱ	South Africa	University of Johannesburg	Natural Sciences / Physics Nuclear Physics \| Particle Physics \| Diamond Physics \| Quantum Physics \|	406	335	0.825	127	94	0.740	73,748	37,055	0.502
1	22	44	6,369	Carl Lombard	South Africa	South African Medical Research Council	Medical and Health Sciences / Biostatistics Biostatistics \|	397	259	0.652	97	53	0.546	32,545	10,657	0.327
3	23	48	6,746	Brenda Wingfield	South Africa	University of Pretoria	Natural Sciences / Molecular Biology & Genetics	388	240	0.619	78	41	0.526	23,193	8,320	0.359
1	24	49	6,912	Richard M. Cowling	South Africa	Nelson Mandela University	Natural Sciences / Biological Science Plant diversity and evolution \| palaeovegetation science \| conservation science \|	384	251	0.654	117	51	0.436	44,925	11,627	0.259
2	25	50	7,234	Salim S. Abdool Karim	South Africa	University of Kwazulu Natal	Medical and Health Sciences / Epidemiology and Public Health HIV Prevention and Treatment \|	377	235	0.623	92	65	0.707	42,073	18,337	0.436