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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.

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Total 19,109 scientist, 1 country, 74 institution
* Total i10 IndexRankings
World Rank
12,203
Country Rank
50
Institution Rank : 9
Ranking Based On Selection :51
South Africa
Naomi Sharlene Levitt
Naomi Sharlene Levitt
University of Cape Town
Cape Town , South Africa
Medical and Health Sciences / Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
311
240
0.772
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* Total i10 IndexRankings
World Rank
12,714
Country Rank
52
Institution Rank : 11
Ranking Based On Selection :52
South Africa
William Bond
William Bond
University of Cape Town
Cape Town , South Africa
Natural Sciences / Biological Science
Ecology
evolution
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
306
236
0.771
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* Total i10 IndexRankings
World Rank
13,141
Country Rank
53
Institution Rank : 7
Ranking Based On Selection :53
South Africa
Sergio Colafrancesco
Sergio Colafrancesco
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg , South Africa
Natural Sciences / Physics
Astrophysics
Cosmology
Astro-Particle Physics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
302
181
0.599
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* Total i10 IndexRankings
World Rank
13,249
Country Rank
54
Institution Rank : 12
Ranking Based On Selection :54
South Africa
George FR Ellis
George FR Ellis
University of Cape Town
Cape Town , South Africa
Natural Sciences / Mathematical Sciences
Relativity
cosmology
complexity
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
301
167
0.555
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* Total i10 IndexRankings
World Rank
13,524
Country Rank
55
Institution Rank : 13
Ranking Based On Selection :55
South Africa
Graeme Meintjes
Graeme Meintjes
University of Cape Town
Cape Town , South Africa
Medical and Health Sciences / Infectious Diseases
HIV
Tuberculosis
Cryptococcosis
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
298
254
0.852
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* Total i10 IndexRankings
World Rank
13,999
Country Rank
59
Institution Rank : 14
Ranking Based On Selection :56
South Africa
Gary Maartens
Gary Maartens
University of Cape Town
Cape Town , South Africa
Medical and Health Sciences / Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences
HIV
tuberculosis
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
294
237
0.806
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* Total i10 IndexRankings
World Rank
13,918
Country Rank
58
Institution Rank : 6
Ranking Based On Selection :57
South Africa
Colleen Downs
Colleen Downs
University of Kwazulu Natal
Durban , South Africa
Natural Sciences / Biological Science
Terrestrial vertebrate physiology
ecology and conservation
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
295
202
0.685
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* Total i10 IndexRankings
World Rank
13,642
Country Rank
56
Institution Rank : 6
Ranking Based On Selection :58
South Africa
Mark Tomlinson
Mark Tomlinson
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch , South Africa
Social Sciences / Sociology
Maternal and child health
life course development
child and adolescent development
global mental health
global health
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
297
264
0.889
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* Total i10 IndexRankings
World Rank
14,224
Country Rank
60
Institution Rank : 15
Ranking Based On Selection :59
South Africa
Bongani M Mayosi
Bongani M Mayosi
University of Cape Town
Cape Town , South Africa
Others
Medicine
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
292
222
0.760
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* Total i10 IndexRankings
World Rank
13,890
Country Rank
57
Institution Rank : 1
Ranking Based On Selection :60
South Africa
Abimbola Patricia Popoola
Abimbola Patricia Popoola
Tshwane University of Technology
Pretoria , South Africa
Engineering & Technology / Metallurgical & Materials Engineering
Advanced Engineering Materials
Corrosion Engineering
Surface Technologies
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
295
232
0.786
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* Total i10 IndexRankings
World Rank
14,701
Country Rank
62
Institution Rank : 7
Ranking Based On Selection :61
South Africa
Mark Cotton
Mark Cotton
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch , South Africa
Medical and Health Sciences / Infectious Diseases
HIV
infectious diseases
children
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
288
189
0.656
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* Total i10 IndexRankings
World Rank
14,641
Country Rank
61
Institution Rank : 7
Ranking Based On Selection :62
South Africa
Hussien Shimelis
Hussien Shimelis
University of Kwazulu Natal
Durban , South Africa
Agriculture & Forestry / Plant Science
Plant Breeding
Plant Genetics
Quantitative Genetics
Crop Science
Agricultural Plant Sciences
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
288
264
0.917
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* Total i10 IndexRankings
World Rank
15,441
Country Rank
63
Institution Rank : 1
Ranking Based On Selection :63
South Africa
Markus Boettcher
Markus Boettcher
North West University
Potchefstroom , South Africa
Engineering & Technology / Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Astrophysics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
282
210
0.745
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* Total i10 IndexRankings
World Rank
16,018
Country Rank
64
Institution Rank : 6
Ranking Based On Selection :64
South Africa
Ben-Erik Van Wyk
Ben-Erik Van Wyk
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg , South Africa
Natural Sciences / Biological Science
Taxonomy
Ethnobotany
Medicinal plants
Apiaceae
Umbelliferae
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
278
134
0.482
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* Total i10 IndexRankings
World Rank
16,212
Country Rank
66
Institution Rank : 7
Ranking Based On Selection :65
South Africa
Jacobus Eloff
Jacobus Eloff
University of Pretoria
Pretoria , South Africa
Natural Sciences / Biological Science
Medicinal Plants
Ethnobotany
Phytochemistry
Phytomedicine
Ethnopharmacology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
276
215
0.779
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* Total i10 IndexRankings
World Rank
16,240
Country Rank
67
Institution Rank : 9
Ranking Based On Selection :66
South Africa
Achille Mbembe
Achille Mbembe
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg , South Africa
History, Philosophy, Theology / History
African politics
history
colonialism
race
enlightenment
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
276
189
0.685
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* Total i10 IndexRankings
World Rank
16,161
Country Rank
65
Institution Rank : 8
Ranking Based On Selection :67
South Africa
Florian Luca
Florian Luca
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg , South Africa
Natural Sciences / Mathematical Sciences
Mathematics
Number Theory
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
277
119
0.430
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* Total i10 IndexRankings
World Rank
16,442
Country Rank
68
Institution Rank : 8
Ranking Based On Selection :68
South Africa
Ivan Horak
Ivan Horak
University of Pretoria
Pretoria , South Africa
Medical and Health Sciences / Veterinary Sciences
Ticks
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
275
95
0.345
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* Total i10 IndexRankings
World Rank
16,534
Country Rank
69
Institution Rank : 8
Ranking Based On Selection :69
South Africa
Andries Engelbrecht
Andries Engelbrecht
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch , South Africa
Engineering & Technology / Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering
Swarm Intelligence
Evolutionary Computation
Neural Networks
Optimization
Data Analytics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
274
176
0.642
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* Total i10 IndexRankings
World Rank
17,153
Country Rank
70
Institution Rank : 2
Ranking Based On Selection :70
South Africa
Donald Kurtz
Donald Kurtz
North West University
Potchefstroom , South Africa
Others
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
270
126
0.467
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* Total i10 IndexRankings
World Rank
17,326
Country Rank
71
Institution Rank : 1
Ranking Based On Selection :71
South Africa
Ruud Schropp
Ruud Schropp
University of the Western Cape
Bellville , South Africa
Engineering & Technology / Energy Engineering
photovoltaics
nanomaterials
nanophotonics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
269
92
0.342
See All Rankings and Analysis
* Total i10 IndexRankings
World Rank
17,588
Country Rank
73
Institution Rank : 10
Ranking Based On Selection :72
South Africa
Charles Feldman
Charles Feldman
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg , South Africa
Medical and Health Sciences / Chest Diseases
community-acquired pneumonia
pneumococcus
respiratory tract infections
virulence factors
human ciliated epithelium
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
267
158
0.592
See All Rankings and Analysis
* Total i10 IndexRankings
World Rank
17,629
Country Rank
74
Institution Rank : 11
Ranking Based On Selection :73
South Africa
Tasnuva Chowdhury
Tasnuva Chowdhury
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg , South Africa
Natural Sciences / Physics
Particle Physics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
266
262
0.985
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* Total i10 IndexRankings
World Rank
17,574
Country Rank
72
Institution Rank : 3
Ranking Based On Selection :74
South Africa
Christopher Mcquaid
Christopher Mcquaid
Rhodes University
Grahamstown , South Africa
Agriculture & Forestry / Fisheries
Marine ecology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
267
174
0.652
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* Total i10 IndexRankings
World Rank
17,633
Country Rank
75
Institution Rank : 3
Ranking Based On Selection :75
South Africa
Olubukola Oluranti Babalola
Olubukola Oluranti Babalola
North West University
Potchefstroom , South Africa
Agriculture & Forestry / Soil Sciences and Plant Nutrition
Microbial Ecology
Soil Metagenomics
Plant-Microbe Interactions
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
266
254
0.955
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* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
12,203
South Africa
50
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 51
Naomi Sharlene Levitt
Naomi Sharlene Levitt
University of Cape Town Cape Town, South Africa South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
311
240
0.772
Medical and Health Sciences / Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences
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* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
12,714
South Africa
52
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 52
William Bond
William Bond
University of Cape Town Cape Town, South Africa South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
306
236
0.771
Natural Sciences / Biological Science
Ecology
evolution
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* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
13,141
South Africa
53
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 53
Sergio Colafrancesco
Sergio Colafrancesco
University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg, South Africa South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
302
181
0.599
Natural Sciences / Physics
Astrophysics
Cosmology
Astro-Particle Physics
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* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
13,249
South Africa
54
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 54
George FR Ellis
George FR Ellis
University of Cape Town Cape Town, South Africa South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
301
167
0.555
Natural Sciences / Mathematical Sciences
Relativity
cosmology
complexity
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* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
13,524
South Africa
55
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 55
Graeme Meintjes
Graeme Meintjes
University of Cape Town Cape Town, South Africa South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
298
254
0.852
Medical and Health Sciences / Infectious Diseases
HIV
Tuberculosis
Cryptococcosis
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome
See All Rankings and Analysis
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
13,999
South Africa
59
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 56
Gary Maartens
Gary Maartens
University of Cape Town Cape Town, South Africa South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
294
237
0.806
Medical and Health Sciences / Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences
HIV
tuberculosis
See All Rankings and Analysis
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
13,918
South Africa
58
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 57
Colleen Downs
Colleen Downs
University of Kwazulu Natal Durban, South Africa South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
295
202
0.685
Natural Sciences / Biological Science
Terrestrial vertebrate physiology
ecology and conservation
See All Rankings and Analysis
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
13,642
South Africa
56
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 58
Mark Tomlinson
Mark Tomlinson
Stellenbosch University Stellenbosch, South Africa South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
297
264
0.889
Social Sciences / Sociology
Maternal and child health
life course development
child and adolescent development
global mental health
global health
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* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
14,224
South Africa
60
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 59
Bongani M Mayosi
Bongani M Mayosi
University of Cape Town Cape Town, South Africa South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
292
222
0.760
Others
Medicine
See All Rankings and Analysis
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
13,890
South Africa
57
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 60
Abimbola Patricia Popoola
Abimbola Patricia Popoola
Tshwane University of Technology Pretoria, South Africa South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
295
232
0.786
Engineering & Technology / Metallurgical & Materials Engineering
Advanced Engineering Materials
Corrosion Engineering
Surface Technologies
See All Rankings and Analysis
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
14,701
South Africa
62
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 61
Mark Cotton
Mark Cotton
Stellenbosch University Stellenbosch, South Africa South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
288
189
0.656
Medical and Health Sciences / Infectious Diseases
HIV
infectious diseases
children
See All Rankings and Analysis
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
14,641
South Africa
61
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 62
Hussien Shimelis
Hussien Shimelis
University of Kwazulu Natal Durban, South Africa South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
288
264
0.917
Agriculture & Forestry / Plant Science
Plant Breeding
Plant Genetics
Quantitative Genetics
Crop Science
Agricultural Plant Sciences
See All Rankings and Analysis
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
15,441
South Africa
63
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 63
Markus Boettcher
Markus Boettcher
North West University Potchefstroom, South Africa South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
282
210
0.745
Engineering & Technology / Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Astrophysics
See All Rankings and Analysis
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
16,018
South Africa
64
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 64
Ben-Erik Van Wyk
Ben-Erik Van Wyk
University of Johannesburg Johannesburg, South Africa South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
278
134
0.482
Natural Sciences / Biological Science
Taxonomy
Ethnobotany
Medicinal plants
Apiaceae
Umbelliferae
See All Rankings and Analysis
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
16,212
South Africa
66
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 65
Jacobus Eloff
Jacobus Eloff
University of Pretoria Pretoria, South Africa South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
276
215
0.779
Natural Sciences / Biological Science
Medicinal Plants
Ethnobotany
Phytochemistry
Phytomedicine
Ethnopharmacology
See All Rankings and Analysis
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
16,240
South Africa
67
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 66
Achille Mbembe
Achille Mbembe
University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg, South Africa South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
276
189
0.685
History, Philosophy, Theology / History
African politics
history
colonialism
race
enlightenment
See All Rankings and Analysis
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
16,161
South Africa
65
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 67
Florian Luca
Florian Luca
University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg, South Africa South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
277
119
0.430
Natural Sciences / Mathematical Sciences
Mathematics
Number Theory
See All Rankings and Analysis
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
16,442
South Africa
68
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 68
Ivan Horak
Ivan Horak
University of Pretoria Pretoria, South Africa South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
275
95
0.345
Medical and Health Sciences / Veterinary Sciences
Ticks
See All Rankings and Analysis
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
16,534
South Africa
69
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 69
Andries Engelbrecht
Andries Engelbrecht
Stellenbosch University Stellenbosch, South Africa South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
274
176
0.642
Engineering & Technology / Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering
Swarm Intelligence
Evolutionary Computation
Neural Networks
Optimization
Data Analytics
See All Rankings and Analysis
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
17,153
South Africa
70
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 70
Donald Kurtz
Donald Kurtz
North West University Potchefstroom, South Africa South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
270
126
0.467
Others
See All Rankings and Analysis
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
17,326
South Africa
71
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 71
Ruud Schropp
Ruud Schropp
University of the Western Cape Bellville, South Africa South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
269
92
0.342
Engineering & Technology / Energy Engineering
photovoltaics
nanomaterials
nanophotonics
See All Rankings and Analysis
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
17,588
South Africa
73
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 72
Charles Feldman
Charles Feldman
University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg, South Africa South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
267
158
0.592
Medical and Health Sciences / Chest Diseases
community-acquired pneumonia
pneumococcus
respiratory tract infections
virulence factors
human ciliated epithelium
See All Rankings and Analysis
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
17,629
South Africa
74
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 73
Tasnuva Chowdhury
Tasnuva Chowdhury
University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg, South Africa South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
266
262
0.985
Natural Sciences / Physics
Particle Physics
See All Rankings and Analysis
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
17,574
South Africa
72
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 74
Christopher Mcquaid
Christopher Mcquaid
Rhodes University Grahamstown, South Africa South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
267
174
0.652
Agriculture & Forestry / Fisheries
Marine ecology
See All Rankings and Analysis
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
17,633
South Africa
75
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 75
Olubukola Oluranti Babalola
Olubukola Oluranti Babalola
North West University Potchefstroom, South Africa South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
266
254
0.955
Agriculture & Forestry / Soil Sciences and Plant Nutrition
Microbial Ecology
Soil Metagenomics
Plant-Microbe Interactions
See All Rankings and Analysis