i10 Productivity
Rankings
Engineering & Technology / Earth Sciences i10 Productivity Rankings in South Africa 2025
Productivity Rankings is an exclusive service provided by AD Scientific Index. This ranking system, derived from the i10 index, highlights the productivity of scientists in publishing impactful scientific articles. Productivity Rankings serves as a tool to identify highly productive scientists across specific areas, disciplines, universities, and countries, and supports the creation of effective incentives and academic policies. The global, regional, and institutional rankings of scientists in this table are calculated based on their total i10 index. Moreover, you can explore special rankings derived from Productivity Rankings, such as 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 :26
Groundwater resources and related issues
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81
57
0.704
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :27
geophysics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79
46
0.582
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :28
Geometallurgy
Diamonds
Kimberlites
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76
46
0.605
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :29
Marine geology
marine geomorphology
continental shelf stratigraphy
coastal geomorphology
aspiring lottery winner
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75
68
0.907
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :30
Geophysics
hazard and risk
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75
33
0.440
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :31
Structural Geology
Tectonics
Economic geology
Field Geology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73
52
0.712
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :32
Geology and Mineral Deposits
Precambrian
Early Life
CO2 sequestration
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73
40
0.548
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :33
biology
geology
geomorphology
geobiology
evolution
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71
45
0.634
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :34
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68
43
0.632
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :35
Paleontology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67
64
0.955
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :36
Hydrological processes
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66
37
0.561
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :37
Peacebuilding
restorative justice
inequality
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66
26
0.394
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :38
sedimentology
ichnology
stratigraphy
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64
58
0.906
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :39
Petrology
Geochemistry
Geochronology
Geodynamics
Economic Geology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63
61
0.968
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :40
Applied Clay Mineralogy
Environmental Geology
Soil Mineralogy
Environmental Health
Extraction
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
33
0.532
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :41
Quaternary geology
marine geophysics
human use of ancient coasts
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
60
1.000
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :42
Environmental Geochemistry
Marine Biogeochemistry
Southern Ocean
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
47
0.783
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :43
Earth sciences
geochemistry
geology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
22
0.367
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :44
Earth Sciences
Geology
Geochemistry
Economic Geology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59
37
0.627
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :45
Earth Science
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57
47
0.825
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :46
Geomorphology
Environmental Science
Drylands
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57
44
0.772
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :47
Earth Sciences
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54
44
0.815
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :48
Geochemistry
Geology
Geochronology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55
48
0.873
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :49
coal
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
45
0.849
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :50
Geobiology
Palaeobiology
Archean Earth
Astrobiology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
36
0.706
Yongxin Xu
University of the Western Cape
Bellville, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81
57
0.704
Groundwater resources and related issues
Gordon Cooper
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79
46
0.582
Fanus Viljoen
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76
46
0.605
Geometallurgy
Diamonds
Kimberlites
Andrew Green
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75
68
0.907
Marine geology
marine geomorphology
continental shelf stratigraphy
coastal geomorphology
aspiring lottery winner
Andrzej Kijko
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75
33
0.440
Alexander Kisters
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73
52
0.712
Structural Geology
Tectonics
Economic geology
Field Geology
Wladyslaw Altermann
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73
40
0.548
Geology and Mineral Deposits
Precambrian
Early Life
CO2 sequestration
F Cotterill
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71
45
0.634
biology
geology
geomorphology
geobiology
evolution
John Compton
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68
43
0.632
Jonah Choiniere
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67
64
0.955
Simon Lorentz
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66
37
0.561
Geoff Harris
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66
26
0.394
Peacebuilding
restorative justice
inequality
Emese Bordy
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64
58
0.906
sedimentology
ichnology
stratigraphy
Sebastian Tappe
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63
61
0.968
Petrology
Geochemistry
Geochronology
Geodynamics
Economic Geology
GE Ekosse
University of Venda
Thohoyandou, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
33
0.532
Applied Clay Mineralogy
Environmental Geology
Soil Mineralogy
Environmental Health
Extraction
Hayley C. Cawthra
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
60
1.000
Quaternary geology
marine geophysics
human use of ancient coasts
Alakendra Roychoudhury
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
47
0.783
Environmental Geochemistry
Marine Biogeochemistry
Southern Ocean
David L. Reid
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
22
0.367
Earth sciences
geochemistry
geology
Xolane Reginald Mhlanga
University of Mpumalanga
Mbombela, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59
37
0.627
Earth Sciences
Geology
Geochemistry
Economic Geology
Gerhardt Botha
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57
47
0.825
Frank D Eckardt
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57
44
0.772
Geomorphology
Environmental Science
Drylands
Jodie Miller
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54
44
0.815
Robert Bolhar
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55
48
0.873
Geochemistry
Geology
Geochronology
Nicola Wagner
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
45
0.849
Nicola Mcloughlin
Rhodes University
Grahamstown, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
36
0.706
Geobiology
Palaeobiology
Archean Earth
Astrobiology