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i10 Productivity Rankings in South Africa 2025

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Total 19,110 scientist, 1 country, 74 institution
* Total i10 IndexRankings
World Rank
91
Country Rank
1
Institution Rank : 1
Ranking Based On Selection :1
South Africa
Dan J Stein
Dan J Stein
University of Cape Town
Cape Town , South Africa
Medical and Health Sciences / Psychiatry
Anxiety disorders
Psychiatry in Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,577
1,205
0.764
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* Total i10 IndexRankings
World Rank
359
Country Rank
2
Institution Rank : 2
Ranking Based On Selection :2
South Africa
Sahal Yacoob
Sahal Yacoob
University of Cape Town
Cape Town , South Africa
Natural Sciences / Physics
High Energy Particle Physics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,166
907
0.778
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* Total i10 IndexRankings
World Rank
550
Country Rank
3
Institution Rank : 1
Ranking Based On Selection :3
South Africa
Mike Wingfield
Mike Wingfield
University of Pretoria
Pretoria , South Africa
Agriculture & Forestry / Forestry
forest protection
mycology
entomology
biotechnology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,033
686
0.664
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* Total i10 IndexRankings
World Rank
1,261
Country Rank
4
Institution Rank : 1
Ranking Based On Selection :4
South Africa
Bruce Mellado
Bruce Mellado
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg , South Africa
Natural Sciences / Physics
Particle Physics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
772
564
0.731
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* Total i10 IndexRankings
World Rank
1,496
Country Rank
5
Institution Rank : 1
Ranking Based On Selection :5
South Africa
Fernando Albericio
Fernando Albericio
University of Kwazulu Natal
Durban , South Africa
Natural Sciences / Chemical Sciences
medicinal chemistry
peptides
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
724
412
0.569
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* Total i10 IndexRankings
World Rank
1,500
Country Rank
6
Institution Rank : 1
Ranking Based On Selection :6
South Africa
Tebello Nyokong
Tebello Nyokong
Rhodes University
Grahamstown , South Africa
Natural Sciences / Chemical Sciences
Photophysics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
723
457
0.632
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* Total i10 IndexRankings
World Rank
1,538
Country Rank
7
Institution Rank : 1
Ranking Based On Selection :7
South Africa
Loan Truong
Loan Truong
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg , South Africa
Natural Sciences / Physics
HEP
LHC
ATLAS
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
714
705
0.987
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* Total i10 IndexRankings
World Rank
1,820
Country Rank
8
Institution Rank : 2
Ranking Based On Selection :8
South Africa
Rangan Gupta
Rangan Gupta
University of Pretoria
Pretoria , South Africa
Economics & Econometrics / Economics
Macroecomomics
forecasting
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
665
531
0.798
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* Total i10 IndexRankings
World Rank
1,954
Country Rank
9
Institution Rank : 1
Ranking Based On Selection :9
South Africa
Karl Peltzer
Karl Peltzer
Human Sciences Research Council of South Africa
Pretoria , South Africa
Medical and Health Sciences / Health Sciences
health sciences
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
643
462
0.719
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* Total i10 IndexRankings
World Rank
2,178
Country Rank
10
Institution Rank : 1
Ranking Based On Selection :10
South Africa
HC Swart
HC Swart
University of the Free State
Bloemfontein , South Africa
Natural Sciences / Physics
nanophosphors
luminescence
cathodoluminescence
surface characterization
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
612
487
0.796
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* Total i10 IndexRankings
World Rank
2,901
Country Rank
11
Institution Rank : 1
Ranking Based On Selection :11
South Africa
Timothy D Noakes
Timothy D Noakes
Cape Peninsula University of Technology
Cape Town , South Africa
Others
Running
Nutrition
Exercise Physiology
Insulin Resistance
Diabetes
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
548
333
0.608
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* Total i10 IndexRankings
World Rank
2,945
Country Rank
12
Institution Rank : 2
Ranking Based On Selection :12
South Africa
Shabir A. Madhi
Shabir A. Madhi
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg , South Africa
Others
First interest
Second interest
Vaccinology
Respiratory pathogens
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
544
478
0.879
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* Total i10 IndexRankings
World Rank
3,386
Country Rank
13
Institution Rank : 1
Ranking Based On Selection :13
South Africa
OD Makinde
OD Makinde
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch , South Africa
Natural Sciences / Mathematical Sciences
Fluid Mechanics
Thermal Science
Applied Mathematics
Modelling and Computations
BioMathematics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
515
448
0.870
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* Total i10 IndexRankings
World Rank
3,704
Country Rank
14
Institution Rank : 2
Ranking Based On Selection :14
South Africa
David M. Richardson
David M. Richardson
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch , South Africa
Natural Sciences / Biological Science
invasion ecology
invasion biology
invasion science
conservation biology
biological invasions
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
498
426
0.855
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* Total i10 IndexRankings
World Rank
4,104
Country Rank
15
Institution Rank : 2
Ranking Based On Selection :15
South Africa
Christian Rogerson
Christian Rogerson
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg , South Africa
Social Sciences / Tourism & Hospitality
Tourism and Development
Local Economic Development
Small Enterprise Development
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
480
261
0.544
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* Total i10 IndexRankings
World Rank
4,132
Country Rank
16
Institution Rank : 3
Ranking Based On Selection :16
South Africa
Jean Cleymans
Jean Cleymans
University of Cape Town
Cape Town , South Africa
Natural Sciences / Physics
Physics
Thermal Models
particle Physics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
478
370
0.774
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* Total i10 IndexRankings
World Rank
4,506
Country Rank
17
Institution Rank : 1
Ranking Based On Selection :17
South Africa
Eno E. Ebenso
Eno E. Ebenso
University of South Africa
Pretoria , South Africa
Natural Sciences / Chemical Sciences
corrosion
corrosion inhibition
corrosion of metals
adsorption
quantum chemical calculations
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
462
417
0.903
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* Total i10 IndexRankings
World Rank
4,814
Country Rank
18
Institution Rank : 3
Ranking Based On Selection :18
South Africa
Joyful Mdhluli
Joyful Mdhluli
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg , South Africa
Natural Sciences / Physics
High Energy Physics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
450
448
0.996
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* Total i10 IndexRankings
World Rank
5,461
Country Rank
19
Institution Rank : 3
Ranking Based On Selection :19
South Africa
Simon Connell
Simon Connell
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg , South Africa
Natural Sciences / Physics
Nuclear Physics
Particle Physics
Diamond Physics
Quantum Physics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
428
358
0.836
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* Total i10 IndexRankings
World Rank
5,502
Country Rank
20
Institution Rank : 4
Ranking Based On Selection :20
South Africa
Heather Zar
Heather Zar
University of Cape Town
Cape Town , South Africa
Medical and Health Sciences / Pediatrics and Child Health
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
427
367
0.859
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* Total i10 IndexRankings
World Rank
5,895
Country Rank
21
Institution Rank : 5
Ranking Based On Selection :21
South Africa
Landon Myer
Landon Myer
University of Cape Town
Cape Town , South Africa
Medical and Health Sciences / Family Medicine
epidemiology
biostatistics
HIV
maternal & child health
women's health
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
416
325
0.781
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* Total i10 IndexRankings
World Rank
6,395
Country Rank
22
Institution Rank : 1
Ranking Based On Selection :22
South Africa
Carl Lombard
Carl Lombard
South African Medical Research Council
Cape Town , South Africa
Medical and Health Sciences / Biostatistics
Biostatistics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
403
267
0.663
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* Total i10 IndexRankings
World Rank
6,830
Country Rank
23
Institution Rank : 3
Ranking Based On Selection :23
South Africa
Brenda Wingfield
Brenda Wingfield
University of Pretoria
Pretoria , South Africa
Natural Sciences / Molecular Biology & Genetics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
393
246
0.626
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* Total i10 IndexRankings
World Rank
7,002
Country Rank
24
Institution Rank : 1
Ranking Based On Selection :24
South Africa
Suprakas Sinha Ray
Suprakas Sinha Ray
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, South Africa
Pretoria , South Africa
Others
Polymer Physics and Polymer Nanocomposites
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
388
335
0.863
See All Rankings and Analysis
* Total i10 IndexRankings
World Rank
7,173
Country Rank
25
Institution Rank : 1
Ranking Based On Selection :25
South Africa
Richard M. Cowling
Richard M. Cowling
Nelson Mandela University
Port Elizabeth , South Africa
Natural Sciences / Biological Science
Plant diversity and evolution
palaeovegetation science
conservation science
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
385
262
0.681
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* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
91
South Africa
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Dan J Stein
Dan J Stein
University of Cape Town Cape Town, South Africa South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,577
1,205
0.764
Medical and Health Sciences / Psychiatry
Anxiety disorders
Psychiatry in Africa
See All Rankings and Analysis
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
359
South Africa
2
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Sahal Yacoob
Sahal Yacoob
University of Cape Town Cape Town, South Africa South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,166
907
0.778
Natural Sciences / Physics
High Energy Particle Physics
See All Rankings and Analysis
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
550
South Africa
3
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Mike Wingfield
Mike Wingfield
University of Pretoria Pretoria, South Africa South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,033
686
0.664
Agriculture & Forestry / Forestry
forest protection
mycology
entomology
biotechnology
See All Rankings and Analysis
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
1,261
South Africa
4
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Bruce Mellado
Bruce Mellado
University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg, South Africa South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
772
564
0.731
Natural Sciences / Physics
Particle Physics
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* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
1,496
South Africa
5
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Fernando Albericio
Fernando Albericio
University of Kwazulu Natal Durban, South Africa South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
724
412
0.569
Natural Sciences / Chemical Sciences
medicinal chemistry
peptides
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* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
1,500
South Africa
6
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Tebello Nyokong
Tebello Nyokong
Rhodes University Grahamstown, South Africa South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
723
457
0.632
Natural Sciences / Chemical Sciences
Photophysics
See All Rankings and Analysis
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
1,538
South Africa
7
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Loan Truong
Loan Truong
University of Johannesburg Johannesburg, South Africa South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
714
705
0.987
Natural Sciences / Physics
HEP
LHC
ATLAS
See All Rankings and Analysis
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
1,820
South Africa
8
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Rangan Gupta
Rangan Gupta
University of Pretoria Pretoria, South Africa South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
665
531
0.798
Economics & Econometrics / Economics
Macroecomomics
forecasting
See All Rankings and Analysis
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
1,954
South Africa
9
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Karl Peltzer
Karl Peltzer
Human Sciences Research Council of South Africa Pretoria, South Africa South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
643
462
0.719
Medical and Health Sciences / Health Sciences
health sciences
See All Rankings and Analysis
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
2,178
South Africa
10
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
HC Swart
HC Swart
University of the Free State Bloemfontein, South Africa South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
612
487
0.796
Natural Sciences / Physics
nanophosphors
luminescence
cathodoluminescence
surface characterization
See All Rankings and Analysis
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
2,901
South Africa
11
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Timothy D Noakes
Timothy D Noakes
Cape Peninsula University of Technology Cape Town, South Africa South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
548
333
0.608
Others
Running
Nutrition
Exercise Physiology
Insulin Resistance
Diabetes
See All Rankings and Analysis
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
2,945
South Africa
12
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Shabir A. Madhi
Shabir A. Madhi
University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg, South Africa South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
544
478
0.879
Others
First interest
Second interest
Vaccinology
Respiratory pathogens
See All Rankings and Analysis
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
3,386
South Africa
13
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
OD Makinde
OD Makinde
Stellenbosch University Stellenbosch, South Africa South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
515
448
0.870
Natural Sciences / Mathematical Sciences
Fluid Mechanics
Thermal Science
Applied Mathematics
Modelling and Computations
BioMathematics
See All Rankings and Analysis
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
3,704
South Africa
14
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
David M. Richardson
David M. Richardson
Stellenbosch University Stellenbosch, South Africa South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
498
426
0.855
Natural Sciences / Biological Science
invasion ecology
invasion biology
invasion science
conservation biology
biological invasions
See All Rankings and Analysis
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
4,104
South Africa
15
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Christian Rogerson
Christian Rogerson
University of Johannesburg Johannesburg, South Africa South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
480
261
0.544
Social Sciences / Tourism & Hospitality
Tourism and Development
Local Economic Development
Small Enterprise Development
See All Rankings and Analysis
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
4,132
South Africa
16
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Jean Cleymans
Jean Cleymans
University of Cape Town Cape Town, South Africa South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
478
370
0.774
Natural Sciences / Physics
Physics
Thermal Models
particle Physics
See All Rankings and Analysis
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
4,506
South Africa
17
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Eno E. Ebenso
Eno E. Ebenso
University of South Africa Pretoria, South Africa South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
462
417
0.903
Natural Sciences / Chemical Sciences
corrosion
corrosion inhibition
corrosion of metals
adsorption
quantum chemical calculations
See All Rankings and Analysis
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
4,814
South Africa
18
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Joyful Mdhluli
Joyful Mdhluli
University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg, South Africa South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
450
448
0.996
Natural Sciences / Physics
High Energy Physics
See All Rankings and Analysis
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
5,461
South Africa
19
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Simon Connell
Simon Connell
University of Johannesburg Johannesburg, South Africa South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
428
358
0.836
Natural Sciences / Physics
Nuclear Physics
Particle Physics
Diamond Physics
Quantum Physics
See All Rankings and Analysis
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
5,502
South Africa
20
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Heather Zar
Heather Zar
University of Cape Town Cape Town, South Africa South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
427
367
0.859
Medical and Health Sciences / Pediatrics and Child Health
See All Rankings and Analysis
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
5,895
South Africa
21
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Landon Myer
Landon Myer
University of Cape Town Cape Town, South Africa South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
416
325
0.781
Medical and Health Sciences / Family Medicine
epidemiology
biostatistics
HIV
maternal & child health
women's health
See All Rankings and Analysis
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
6,395
South Africa
22
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Carl Lombard
Carl Lombard
South African Medical Research Council Cape Town, South Africa South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
403
267
0.663
Medical and Health Sciences / Biostatistics
Biostatistics
See All Rankings and Analysis
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
6,830
South Africa
23
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Brenda Wingfield
Brenda Wingfield
University of Pretoria Pretoria, South Africa South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
393
246
0.626
Natural Sciences / Molecular Biology & Genetics
See All Rankings and Analysis
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
7,002
South Africa
24
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Suprakas Sinha Ray
Suprakas Sinha Ray
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, South Africa Pretoria, South Africa South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
388
335
0.863
Others
Polymer Physics and Polymer Nanocomposites
See All Rankings and Analysis
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
7,173
South Africa
25
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Richard M. Cowling
Richard M. Cowling
Nelson Mandela University Port Elizabeth, South Africa South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
385
262
0.681
Natural Sciences / Biological Science
Plant diversity and evolution
palaeovegetation science
conservation science
See All Rankings and Analysis