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Agriculture & Forestry 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)

* Total i10 Index Rankings
World Rank
259,653
Country Rank
1,394
Institution Rank : 42
South Africa
Gavin W. Maneveldt
Marine Biology
Conservation Biology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
31
0.585
* Total i10 Index Rankings
World Rank
265,344
Country Rank
1,422
Institution Rank : 134
South Africa
Jeff Smithers
Agricultural Engineering
Water Resource Engineering
Energy in Agricultural Production Systems
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
32
0.615
* Total i10 Index Rankings
World Rank
267,482
Country Rank
1,437
Institution Rank : 5
South Africa
Abe Shegro Gerrano
Plant breeding and Genetics
Seed System Research
NRF rated
SCNASP
ISHS
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
50
0.980
* Total i10 Index Rankings
World Rank
267,895
Country Rank
1,439
Institution Rank : 6
South Africa
Mokhele Moeletsi
Agrometeorology
Carbon Management
Climate Change Mitigation
Climate Change Adaptation
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
48
0.941
* Total i10 Index Rankings
World Rank
268,165
Country Rank
1,442
Institution Rank : 135
South Africa
Vijay Kumar
Plant Science
Somatic embryogenesis
Transcription factors
Epigenetics in Somatic embryogenesis
Secondary metabolite
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
47
0.922
* Total i10 Index Rankings
World Rank
269,914
Country Rank
1,453
Institution Rank : 45
South Africa
Albertus Smit
Marine Biology and Coastal Oceanography
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
39
0.765
* Total i10 Index Rankings
World Rank
271,522
Country Rank
1,461
Institution Rank : 186
South Africa
Stephanie Midgley
Horticultural Science
Climate Change
Plant Ecophysiology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
30
0.588
* Total i10 Index Rankings
World Rank
275,779
Country Rank
1,482
Institution Rank : 187
South Africa
A. Mcleod
Plant Pathology
molecular biology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
39
0.780
* Total i10 Index Rankings
World Rank
277,679
Country Rank
1,491
Institution Rank : 189
South Africa
Euan Phimister
Agricultural
Energy & Resource Economics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
29
0.580
* Total i10 Index Rankings
World Rank
281,840
Country Rank
1,513
Institution Rank : 39
South Africa
Brad Ripley
Plant Ecophysiology
Climate Change
Grass Ecology and Evolution
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
39
0.796
* Total i10 Index Rankings
World Rank
281,902
Country Rank
1,515
Institution Rank : 191
South Africa
Ruan Veldtman
Insect-plant interactions
biological control
pollination services
invasive wasps
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
39
0.796
* Total i10 Index Rankings
World Rank
295,114
Country Rank
1,584
Institution Rank : 145
South Africa
Marnie E. Light
Plant Sciences
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
37
0.787
* Total i10 Index Rankings
World Rank
295,788
Country Rank
1,588
Institution Rank : 54
South Africa
Riaan Den Haan
Yeast biotechnology
biofuels
heterologous cellulase secretion
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
35
0.745
* Total i10 Index Rankings
World Rank
296,984
Country Rank
1,596
Institution Rank : 17
South Africa
Mark Gush
Agricultural and forest water use
water use efficiency
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
29
0.617
* Total i10 Index Rankings
World Rank
297,627
Country Rank
1,600
Institution Rank : 44
South Africa
Janice Limson
biotechnology
diagnostics
sensors
microbial fuel cells
electrochemistry
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
25
0.532
* Total i10 Index Rankings
World Rank
303,458
Country Rank
1,634
Institution Rank : 80
South Africa
Mark Maboeta
Earthworms
Soil ecotoxicology
Ecotoxicology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
31
0.674
* Total i10 Index Rankings
World Rank
304,281
Country Rank
1,639
Institution Rank : 203
South Africa
Martina Meincken
Material Science
Surface Analysis
Bioenergy
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
27
0.587
* Total i10 Index Rankings
World Rank
304,436
Country Rank
1,640
Institution Rank : 204
South Africa
Ben Du Toit
Silviculture
Forest Nutrition
Forest Ecophysiology
Integrated Fire management
Bio-energy
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
26
0.565
* Total i10 Index Rankings
World Rank
309,963
Country Rank
1,666
Institution Rank : 178
South Africa
Gary I Stafford
Ethnobotany
Ethnopharmacology
Plant Science
Phylogenetics
Evolution
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
33
0.733
* Total i10 Index Rankings
World Rank
315,049
Country Rank
1,693
Institution Rank : 208
South Africa
John P Moore
Plant Cell Walls
Grapevine
Plant Desiccation Tolerance
Polyphenols
Wine
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
40
0.909
* Total i10 Index Rankings
World Rank
317,436
Country Rank
1,704
Institution Rank : 14
South Africa
Isaac Oluwatayo|Isaac B Oluwatayo, Oluwatayo IB, Isaac Busayo Oluwatayo
Agricultural Economics
Climate change
Poverty
Food security
Livelihood and Social Protection
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
33
0.750
* Total i10 Index Rankings
World Rank
322,225
Country Rank
1,741
Institution Rank : 189
South Africa
Neriman Yilmaz
Fusarium
Talaromyces
fungal taxonomy
mycotoxin
food mycology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
40
0.930
* Total i10 Index Rankings
World Rank
322,948
Country Rank
1,744
Institution Rank : 190
South Africa
Abdullahi Ahmed Yusuf
Insect behaviour
Chemical ecology
Analytical chemistry
Conservation
Edible Insects
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
39
0.907
* Total i10 Index Rankings
World Rank
323,315
Country Rank
1,746
Institution Rank : 49
South Africa
Xavier Siwe Noundou
Marine and Plants Natural Products Chemistry
Organic Chemistry
Nanomaterials
Medicinal Chemistry
Biotechnology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
38
0.884
* Total i10 Index Rankings
World Rank
324,582
Country Rank
1,754
Institution Rank : 191
South Africa
Jacquie Van Der Waals
Agriculture
Plant Pathology
Microbiology
Crop Protection
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
34
0.791
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
259,653
South Africa
1,394
42
Gavin W. Maneveldt
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
31
0.585
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
265,344
South Africa
1,422
134
Jeff Smithers
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
32
0.615
Agricultural Engineering
Water Resource Engineering
Energy in Agricultural Production Systems
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
267,482
South Africa
1,437
5
Abe Shegro Gerrano
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
50
0.980
Plant breeding and Genetics
Seed System Research
NRF rated
SCNASP
ISHS
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
267,895
South Africa
1,439
6
Mokhele Moeletsi
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
48
0.941
Agrometeorology
Carbon Management
Climate Change Mitigation
Climate Change Adaptation
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
268,165
South Africa
1,442
135
Vijay Kumar
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
47
0.922
Plant Science
Somatic embryogenesis
Transcription factors
Epigenetics in Somatic embryogenesis
Secondary metabolite
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
269,914
South Africa
1,453
45
Albertus Smit
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
39
0.765
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
271,522
South Africa
1,461
186
Stephanie Midgley
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
30
0.588
Horticultural Science
Climate Change
Plant Ecophysiology
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
275,779
South Africa
1,482
187
A. Mcleod
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
39
0.780
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
277,679
South Africa
1,491
189
Euan Phimister
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
29
0.580
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
281,840
South Africa
1,513
39
Brad Ripley
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
39
0.796
Plant Ecophysiology
Climate Change
Grass Ecology and Evolution
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
281,902
South Africa
1,515
191
Ruan Veldtman
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
39
0.796
Insect-plant interactions
biological control
pollination services
invasive wasps
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
295,114
South Africa
1,584
145
Marnie E. Light
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
37
0.787
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
295,788
South Africa
1,588
54
Riaan Den Haan
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
35
0.745
Yeast biotechnology
biofuels
heterologous cellulase secretion
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
296,984
South Africa
1,596
17
Mark Gush
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
29
0.617
Agricultural and forest water use
water use efficiency
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
297,627
South Africa
1,600
44
Janice Limson
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
25
0.532
biotechnology
diagnostics
sensors
microbial fuel cells
electrochemistry
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
303,458
South Africa
1,634
80
Mark Maboeta
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
31
0.674
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
304,281
South Africa
1,639
203
Martina Meincken
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
27
0.587
Material Science
Surface Analysis
Bioenergy
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
304,436
South Africa
1,640
204
Ben Du Toit
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
26
0.565
Silviculture
Forest Nutrition
Forest Ecophysiology
Integrated Fire management
Bio-energy
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
309,963
South Africa
1,666
178
Gary I Stafford
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
33
0.733
Ethnobotany
Ethnopharmacology
Plant Science
Phylogenetics
Evolution
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
315,049
South Africa
1,693
208
John P Moore
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
40
0.909
Plant Cell Walls
Grapevine
Plant Desiccation Tolerance
Polyphenols
Wine
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
317,436
South Africa
1,704
14
Isaac Oluwatayo|Isaac B Oluwatayo, Oluwatayo IB, Isaac Busayo Oluwatayo
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
33
0.750
Agricultural Economics
Climate change
Poverty
Food security
Livelihood and Social Protection
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
322,225
South Africa
1,741
189
Neriman Yilmaz
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
40
0.930
Fusarium
Talaromyces
fungal taxonomy
mycotoxin
food mycology
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
322,948
South Africa
1,744
190
Abdullahi Ahmed Yusuf
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
39
0.907
Insect behaviour
Chemical ecology
Analytical chemistry
Conservation
Edible Insects
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
323,315
South Africa
1,746
49
Xavier Siwe Noundou
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
38
0.884
Marine and Plants Natural Products Chemistry
Organic Chemistry
Nanomaterials
Medicinal Chemistry
Biotechnology
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
324,582
South Africa
1,754
191
Jacquie Van Der Waals
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
34
0.791
Agriculture
Plant Pathology
Microbiology
Crop Protection