i10 Productivity
Rankings
Agriculture & Forestry / Soil Sciences and Plant Nutrition 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
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 :2
biodiversity
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123
70
0.569
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123
69
0.561
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Soil fertility
waste management
Vermicomposting
Agronomy
climate smart agriculture
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78
61
0.782
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74
57
0.770
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Root biology
Nitrogen
Phosphorous
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74
60
0.811
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Microbiology
mycorrhizal
bioremediation
plant and soil health
renewable energy
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67
63
0.940
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Earthworms
Soil ecotoxicology
Ecotoxicology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
33
0.688
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Ethnobotany
Ethnopharmacology
Plant Science
Phylogenetics
Evolution
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
34
0.756
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
beta diversity
Collembola
taxonomy
soil fauna diversity
soil ecology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
33
0.786
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Ecophysiology
Plant nutrition
soil fertility
climate change
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
33
0.786
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
soil science
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
27
0.675
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Plant Physiology
Plant Biochemistry
Molecular Biology
Weed Science
Herbicide resistance
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
33
0.846
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Crop and soil science
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
31
0.795
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Soil Science
Plant nutrition
Agronomy
Composting
Farming System & intercropping
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
28
0.848
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Environmental Soil Science
Pedology
Clay Mineralogy
Environmental Geochemistry
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
29
0.935
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Solute Transport in Soils
Population Dynamics
Heat Transfer
Lie Symmertry Techniques
Differential Equations
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
19
0.613
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
soil science
soil genesis
soil classification
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
16
0.533
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Smallholder farming systems
soil fertility management
water and sanitation
water governance
indigenous knowledge
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
24
0.828
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
soil science
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27
20
0.741
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Soil Science
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27
19
0.704
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Agricultural systems modelling
Soil physics
Irrigation management
wastewater sludge recycling in agricultural lands
Nutrient
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
20
0.800
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Soil erosion
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
16
0.762
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Mycotoxins
seed pathology
biopesticides
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
16
0.842
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Soil quality
Soil health
Soil carbon
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
17
0.895
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
Nigel Barker
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123
70
0.569
Servaas Van Der Berg
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123
69
0.561
Pearson Nyari Stephano Mnkeni
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78
61
0.782
Soil fertility
waste management
Vermicomposting
Agronomy
climate smart agriculture
Jacobus Johannes Marion Meyer
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74
57
0.770
Alex Valentine
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74
60
0.811
Root biology
Nitrogen
Phosphorous
Rasheed Adegbola Adeleke
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67
63
0.940
Microbiology
mycorrhizal
bioremediation
plant and soil health
renewable energy
Mark Maboeta
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
33
0.688
Earthworms
Soil ecotoxicology
Ecotoxicology
Gary I Stafford
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
34
0.756
Ethnobotany
Ethnopharmacology
Plant Science
Phylogenetics
Evolution
Charlene Janion-Scheepers
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
33
0.786
beta diversity
Collembola
taxonomy
soil fauna diversity
soil ecology
Samson Chimphango
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
33
0.786
Ecophysiology
Plant nutrition
soil fertility
climate change
Simeon Materechera
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
27
0.675
Juan Vorster
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
33
0.846
Plant Physiology
Plant Biochemistry
Molecular Biology
Weed Science
Herbicide resistance
Michael Van Der Laan
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
31
0.795
Crop and soil science
Kutu FR
University of Mpumalanga
Mbombela, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
28
0.848
Soil Science
Plant nutrition
Agronomy
Composting
Farming System & intercropping
Peter N. Eze
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
29
0.935
Environmental Soil Science
Pedology
Clay Mineralogy
Environmental Geochemistry
Raseelo J. Moitsheki
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
19
0.613
Solute Transport in Soils
Population Dynamics
Heat Transfer
Lie Symmertry Techniques
Differential Equations
Cornie Van Huyssteen
University of the Free State
Bloemfontein, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
16
0.533
soil science
soil genesis
soil classification
Bongani Ncube
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
24
0.828
Smallholder farming systems
soil fertility management
water and sanitation
water governance
indigenous knowledge
Andrei Borisovich Rozanov
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27
20
0.741
Cathy Clarke (Nee Dowding)
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27
19
0.704
Eyob Tesfamariam
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
20
0.800
Agricultural systems modelling
Soil physics
Irrigation management
wastewater sludge recycling in agricultural lands
Nutrient
JJ Le Roux
University of the Free State
Bloemfontein, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
16
0.762
Quenton Kritzinger
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
16
0.842
Mycotoxins
seed pathology
biopesticides
Elmarie Kotze
University of the Free State
Bloemfontein, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
17
0.895
Soil quality
Soil health
Soil carbon