i10 Productivity
Rankings
Engineering & Technology / Earth Sciences i10 Productivity Rankings in South Africa 2025
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. Additionally, click to view the special rankings based on Productivity Rankings: 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 :51
Geosciences
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
35
0.714
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :52
Coal geology
mineralogy
geoheritage
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
25
0.510
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :53
Geophysics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
40
0.851
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :54
hydrology
water resources
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
35
0.761
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :55
Hydropedology
soil erosion
soil physics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
39
0.867
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :56
Geology
Neotectonics
Petrology
Meteoritics
Planetary Sciences
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
27
0.600
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :57
Geomorphology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
19
0.422
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :58
geology
palaeontology
palynology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
36
0.837
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :59
archaeometry
rock art
African archaeology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
7
0.163
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :60
Mining Engineering
Spontaneous Combustion & Coal Applications
Sustainable Mining
Soft Computing
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
41
0.976
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :61
Quaternary geology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
26
0.619
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :62
metamorphic geology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
38
0.927
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :63
Strucutral geology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
23
0.561
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :64
geology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
21
0.512
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :65
Geochemistry
Wetlands
Environmental Change
Ecotoxicology
Beach holidays
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
38
0.950
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :66
The chronology of human evolution
U-Pb dating speleothems
palaeoclimate records beyond 500 thousand years
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
36
0.900
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :67
paleontology
biology
evolution
paleoneurology
phylogeny
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
33
0.846
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :68
Hydrogeology
groundwater modelling
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
36
1.000
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :69
Computed Tomography
XRM
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
32
0.889
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :70
Hydrology
surface water
land use and climate change impacts on water resources
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
21
0.583
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :71
Paleomagnetism
stratigraphy
global change
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
28
0.800
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :72
Data centric geotechnics
Geo Hazards
ground monitoring
infrastructure resilience
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
28
0.875
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :73
Antennas
Microwave engineering.
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
4
0.125
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :74
hydrology
water use
sapflow
evaporation
wetlands
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
27
0.871
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :75
MedicalGeology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
21
0.677
Stephen H Richardson
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
35
0.714
Bruce Cairncross
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
25
0.510
Coal geology
mineralogy
geoheritage
Susan Webb
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
40
0.851
Dominic Mazvimavi
University of the Western Cape
Bellville, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
35
0.761
Johan Van Tol
University of the Free State
Bloemfontein, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
39
0.867
Hydropedology
soil erosion
soil physics
Marco Andreoli
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
27
0.600
Geology
Neotectonics
Petrology
Meteoritics
Planetary Sciences
Paul Sumner
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
19
0.422
Frank Harald Neumann
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
36
0.837
geology
palaeontology
palynology
Leon Jacobson
University of the Free State
Bloemfontein, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
7
0.163
archaeometry
rock art
African archaeology
Moshood Onifade
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
41
0.976
Mining Engineering
Spontaneous Combustion & Coal Applications
Sustainable Mining
Soft Computing
Greg Botha
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
26
0.619
Johann Diener
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
38
0.927
Adam Bumby
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
23
0.561
Sharad Master
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
21
0.512
Marc Humphries
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
38
0.950
Geochemistry
Wetlands
Environmental Change
Ecotoxicology
Beach holidays
Robyn Pickering
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
36
0.900
The chronology of human evolution
U-Pb dating speleothems
palaeoclimate records beyond 500 thousand years
Julien Benoit
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
33
0.846
paleontology
biology
evolution
paleoneurology
phylogeny
Elumalai Vetrimurugan
University of Zululand
Kwadlangezwa, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
36
1.000
Hydrogeology
groundwater modelling
Stephan Gerhard Le Roux
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
32
0.889
Michele Toucher
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
21
0.583
Hydrology
surface water
land use and climate change impacts on water resources
Michiel De Kock
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
28
0.800
Paleomagnetism
stratigraphy
global change
Maria Ferentinou
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
28
0.875
Data centric geotechnics
Geo Hazards
ground monitoring
infrastructure resilience
Johannes Hendrik Cloete
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
4
0.125
Antennas
Microwave engineering.
Alistair Clulow
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
27
0.871
hydrology
water use
sapflow
evaporation
wetlands
Hassina Mouri
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
21
0.677