i10 Productivity
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Agriculture & Forestry / Agriculture 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 :1
forest protection
mycology
entomology
biotechnology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,033
686
0.664
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Evolutionary biology
pollination biology
plant reproduction
chemical ecology
invasion biology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
313
246
0.786
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
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
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Marine ecology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
267
174
0.652
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Microbial Ecology
Soil Metagenomics
Plant-Microbe Interactions
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
266
254
0.955
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Postharvest Technology
Food Science and Technology
Biosystems Engineering
Horticultural Science
Pomegranate
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
230
221
0.961
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Marine Mammal Ecology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
226
111
0.491
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Biological control
silicon in agriculture
plant breeding
African crops
climate change
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
218
181
0.830
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Plant ecology
plant ecophysiology
conservation biology
invasion biology
ethnoecology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
210
142
0.676
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Inland Fisheries
Fish Biology
Freshwater Ecology
Invasion Ecology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
208
165
0.793
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Marine invertebrate biodiversity
marine alien species
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
182
112
0.615
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Andrology
Oxidative stress
Medicinal Plants
reactive oxygen species
male infertility
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
184
158
0.859
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Agricultural and Rural Development
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
180
67
0.372
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Biological Control
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
178
132
0.742
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Historical Ecology
Conservation Biology
Arid Lands
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
168
96
0.571
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
microbiology
plant pathology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
162
118
0.728
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Agricultural Entomology
Environmental Sciences
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
161
97
0.602
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
plant ecophysiology
plant desiccation tolerance
seed biology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
158
72
0.456
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Evolutionary physiology - insect physiology - physiological plasticity
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
153
123
0.804
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Pollen analysis
palaeoscience
palynology
palaeoecology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
153
109
0.712
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
agricultural economics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
144
62
0.431
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Plant Science
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
142
101
0.711
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Postharvest Technology of Fresh Produce
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
140
129
0.921
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Plant systematics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
139
73
0.525
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Agronomy
Climate Science
Soil Science and Agroforestry
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
140
110
0.786
Mike Wingfield
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,033
686
0.664
forest protection
mycology
entomology
biotechnology
Steven D. Johnson
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
313
246
0.786
Evolutionary biology
pollination biology
plant reproduction
chemical ecology
invasion biology
Hussien Shimelis
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
288
264
0.917
Plant Breeding
Plant Genetics
Quantitative Genetics
Crop Science
Agricultural Plant Sciences
Christopher Mcquaid
Rhodes University
Grahamstown, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
267
174
0.652
Olubukola Oluranti Babalola
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
266
254
0.955
Microbial Ecology
Soil Metagenomics
Plant-Microbe Interactions
Umezuruike Linus Opara
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
230
221
0.961
Postharvest Technology
Food Science and Technology
Biosystems Engineering
Horticultural Science
Pomegranate
Marthan Bester
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
226
111
0.491
Mark Laing
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
218
181
0.830
Biological control
silicon in agriculture
plant breeding
African crops
climate change
ETF Witkowski
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
210
142
0.676
Plant ecology
plant ecophysiology
conservation biology
invasion biology
ethnoecology
Olaf LF Weyl
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
208
165
0.793
Inland Fisheries
Fish Biology
Freshwater Ecology
Invasion Ecology
Charles Griffiths
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
182
112
0.615
Marine invertebrate biodiversity
marine alien species
Ralf Henkel
University of the Western Cape
Bellville, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
184
158
0.859
Andrology
Oxidative stress
Medicinal Plants
reactive oxygen species
male infertility
Hans P. Binswanger-Mkhize
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
180
67
0.372
Agricultural and Rural Development
Martin P Hill
Rhodes University
Grahamstown, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
178
132
0.742
M. Timm Hoffman
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
168
96
0.571
Historical Ecology
Conservation Biology
Arid Lands
Teresa Coutinho
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
162
118
0.728
Van Den Berg, J. Johnnie
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
161
97
0.602
Agricultural Entomology
Environmental Sciences
Norman Pammenter
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
158
72
0.456
plant ecophysiology
plant desiccation tolerance
seed biology
John S. Terblanche
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
153
123
0.804
Evolutionary physiology - insect physiology - physiological plasticity
Louis Scott
University of the Free State
Bloemfontein, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
153
109
0.712
Pollen analysis
palaeoscience
palynology
palaeoecology
Johann Kirsten
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
144
62
0.431
agricultural economics
Jill M. Farrant
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
142
101
0.711
Dharini Sivakumar
Tshwane University of Technology
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
140
129
0.921
Postharvest Technology of Fresh Produce
John Manning
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
139
73
0.525
Paramu Mafongoya
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
140
110
0.786
Agronomy
Climate Science
Soil Science and Agroforestry