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Agriculture & Forestry / Plant Science 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
South Africa
Steven D. Johnson
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 :2
South Africa
Hussien Shimelis
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 :3
South Africa
Mark Laing
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 :4
South Africa
ETF Witkowski
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 :5
South Africa
Ralf Henkel
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 :6
South Africa
M. Timm Hoffman
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 :7
South Africa
Teresa Coutinho
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 :8
South Africa
Norman Pammenter
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 :9
South Africa
Louis Scott
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 :10
South Africa
Jill M. Farrant
Plant Science
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
142
101
0.711
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
South Africa
Felix Dapare Dakora
Plant Physiology (Legume/Rhizobium Symbiosis)
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
129
85
0.659
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
South Africa
Michael Denis Cramer
Plant ecophysiology and ecology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113
89
0.788
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
South Africa
Dalene De Beer
Phenolic compounds
HPLC analysis
herbal teas
fruits
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112
97
0.866
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
South Africa
VC Moran
Biological control of invasive alien plants
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93
47
0.505
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
South Africa
Karl Kunert
Plant Science
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91
57
0.626
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
South Africa
Richard Beckett
Plant Physiology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85
53
0.624
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
South Africa
Julia Sibiya
Plant breeding
molecular breeding
disease resistance
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80
70
0.875
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
South Africa
PW Mashela
Plant Protection and Horticultural Sciences
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80
37
0.463
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
South Africa
Bharti Odhav
Drug development
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79
64
0.810
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
South Africa
Phatu Mashela
Pest-plant inteactions and plant physiology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79
37
0.468
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
South Africa
Lembe S. Magwaza
Postharvest Technology
Horticultural Science
Postharvest
Plant Physiology
Near Infrared
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78
76
0.974
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
South Africa
CC Grant
Conservation
Plant-herbivore interaction
wild herbivore nutrition
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74
48
0.649
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
South Africa
Wijnand Swart
Plant Pathology
soil ecology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70
25
0.357
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
South Africa
Michael Rutherford
Plant ecology
vegetation-environmental relations
biogeography
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69
43
0.623
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
South Africa
Samson Zeray Tesfay
Plant antioxidants/postharvest fruit biology and biochemistry
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63
60
0.952
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
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
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
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
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
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
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
ETF Witkowski
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
210
142
0.676
Plant ecology
plant ecophysiology
conservation biology
invasion biology
ethnoecology
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Ralf Henkel
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
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
M. Timm Hoffman
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
168
96
0.571
Historical Ecology
Conservation Biology
Arid Lands
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Teresa Coutinho
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
162
118
0.728
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Norman Pammenter
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
158
72
0.456
plant ecophysiology
plant desiccation tolerance
seed biology
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Louis Scott
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
153
109
0.712
Pollen analysis
palaeoscience
palynology
palaeoecology
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Jill M. Farrant
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
142
101
0.711
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Felix Dapare Dakora
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
129
85
0.659
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Michael Denis Cramer
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113
89
0.788
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Dalene De Beer
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112
97
0.866
Phenolic compounds
HPLC analysis
herbal teas
fruits
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
VC Moran
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93
47
0.505
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Karl Kunert
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91
57
0.626
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Richard Beckett
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85
53
0.624
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Julia Sibiya
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80
70
0.875
Plant breeding
molecular breeding
disease resistance
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
PW Mashela
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80
37
0.463
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Bharti Odhav
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79
64
0.810
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Phatu Mashela
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79
37
0.468
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Lembe S. Magwaza
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78
76
0.974
Postharvest Technology
Horticultural Science
Postharvest
Plant Physiology
Near Infrared
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
CC Grant
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74
48
0.649
Conservation
Plant-herbivore interaction
wild herbivore nutrition
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Wijnand Swart
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70
25
0.357
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Michael Rutherford
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69
43
0.623
Plant ecology
vegetation-environmental relations
biogeography
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Samson Zeray Tesfay
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63
60
0.952
Plant antioxidants/postharvest fruit biology and biochemistry