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Agriculture & Forestry / Soil Sciences and Plant Nutrition i10 Productivity Rankings in South Africa 2024

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. Click for "last 6 years' i10 index". Also see: Universities Rankings 2024 (Sort by : Total i10 Index)  and Universities Rankings 2024 (Sort by : Last 6 Years i10 Index)

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Total 46 scientist
* Total i10 Index Rankings
World Rank
19,039
Country Rank
82
Institution Rank : 5
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
254
242
0.953
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* Total i10 Index Rankings
World Rank
79,723
Country Rank
367
Institution Rank : 33
South Africa
Nigel Barker
Nigel Barker
University of Pretoria
Pretoria , South Africa
Agriculture & Forestry / Soil Sciences and Plant Nutrition
biodiversity
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123
68
0.553
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* Total i10 Index Rankings
World Rank
80,800
Country Rank
373
Institution Rank : 43
South Africa
Servaas Van Der Berg
Servaas Van Der Berg
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch , South Africa
Agriculture & Forestry / Soil Sciences and Plant Nutrition
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122
68
0.557
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* Total i10 Index Rankings
World Rank
158,575
Country Rank
774
Institution Rank : 6
South Africa
Pearson Nyari Stephano Mnkeni
Pearson Nyari Stephano Mnkeni
University of Fort Hare
Alice , South Africa
Agriculture & Forestry / Soil Sciences and Plant Nutrition
Soil fertility
waste management
Vermicomposting
Agronomy
climate smart agriculture
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78
61
0.782
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* Total i10 Index Rankings
World Rank
170,272
Country Rank
854
Institution Rank : 78
South Africa
Jacobus Johannes Marion Meyer
Jacobus Johannes Marion Meyer
University of Pretoria
Pretoria , South Africa
Agriculture & Forestry / Soil Sciences and Plant Nutrition
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74
57
0.770
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* Total i10 Index Rankings
World Rank
179,929
Country Rank
908
Institution Rank : 109
South Africa
Alex Valentine
Alex Valentine
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch , South Africa
Agriculture & Forestry / Soil Sciences and Plant Nutrition
Root biology
Nitrogen
Phosphorous
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71
55
0.775
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* Total i10 Index Rankings
World Rank
208,323
Country Rank
1,068
Institution Rank : 57
South Africa
Rasheed Adegbola Adeleke
Rasheed Adegbola Adeleke
North West University
Potchefstroom , South Africa
Agriculture & Forestry / Soil Sciences and Plant Nutrition
Microbiology
mycorrhizal
bioremediation
plant and soil health
renewable energy
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63
59
0.937
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* Total i10 Index Rankings
World Rank
303,458
Country Rank
1,634
Institution Rank : 80
South Africa
Mark Maboeta
Mark Maboeta
North West University
Potchefstroom , South Africa
Agriculture & Forestry / Soil Sciences and Plant Nutrition
Earthworms
Soil ecotoxicology
Ecotoxicology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
31
0.674
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* Total i10 Index Rankings
World Rank
309,963
Country Rank
1,666
Institution Rank : 178
South Africa
Gary I Stafford
Gary I Stafford
University of Pretoria
Pretoria , South Africa
Agriculture & Forestry / Soil Sciences and Plant Nutrition
Ethnobotany
Ethnopharmacology
Plant Science
Phylogenetics
Evolution
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
33
0.733
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* Total i10 Index Rankings
World Rank
341,936
Country Rank
1,875
Institution Rank : 326
South Africa
Samson Chimphango
Samson Chimphango
University of Cape Town
Cape Town , South Africa
Agriculture & Forestry / Soil Sciences and Plant Nutrition
Ecophysiology
Plant nutrition
soil fertility
climate change
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
30
0.732
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* Total i10 Index Rankings
World Rank
357,830
Country Rank
1,975
Institution Rank : 212
South Africa
Juan Vorster
Juan Vorster
University of Pretoria
Pretoria , South Africa
Agriculture & Forestry / Soil Sciences and Plant Nutrition
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
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* Total i10 Index Rankings
World Rank
358,408
Country Rank
1,981
Institution Rank : 345
South Africa
Charlene Janion-Scheepers
Charlene Janion-Scheepers
University of Cape Town
Cape Town , South Africa
Agriculture & Forestry / Soil Sciences and Plant Nutrition
beta diversity
Collembola
taxonomy
soil fauna diversity
soil ecology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
32
0.821
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* Total i10 Index Rankings
World Rank
359,280
Country Rank
1,987
Institution Rank : 214
South Africa
Michael Van Der Laan
Michael Van Der Laan
University of Pretoria
Pretoria , South Africa
Agriculture & Forestry / Soil Sciences and Plant Nutrition
Crop and soil science
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
30
0.769
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* Total i10 Index Rankings
World Rank
360,368
Country Rank
1,995
Institution Rank : 101
South Africa
Simeon Materechera
Simeon Materechera
North West University
Potchefstroom , South Africa
Agriculture & Forestry / Soil Sciences and Plant Nutrition
soil science
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
27
0.692
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* Total i10 Index Rankings
World Rank
432,489
Country Rank
2,442
Institution Rank : 5
South Africa
Kutu FR
Kutu FR
University of Mpumalanga
 Mbombela , South Africa
Agriculture & Forestry / Soil Sciences and Plant Nutrition
Soil Science
Plant nutrition
Agronomy
Composting
Farming System & intercropping
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
27
0.844
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* Total i10 Index Rankings
World Rank
449,623
Country Rank
2,519
Institution Rank : 268
South Africa
Raseelo J. Moitsheki
Raseelo J. Moitsheki
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg , South Africa
Agriculture & Forestry / Soil Sciences and Plant Nutrition
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
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* Total i10 Index Rankings
World Rank
455,849
Country Rank
2,555
Institution Rank : 431
South Africa
Peter N. Eze
Peter N. Eze
University of Cape Town
Cape Town , South Africa
Agriculture & Forestry / Soil Sciences and Plant Nutrition
Environmental Soil Science
Pedology
Clay Mineralogy
Environmental Geochemistry
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
28
0.933
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* Total i10 Index Rankings
World Rank
464,002
Country Rank
2,593
Institution Rank : 73
South Africa
Cornie Van Huyssteen
Cornie Van Huyssteen
University of the Free State
Bloemfontein , South Africa
Agriculture & Forestry / Soil Sciences and Plant Nutrition
soil science
soil genesis
soil classification
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
16
0.533
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* Total i10 Index Rankings
World Rank
502,338
Country Rank
2,803
Institution Rank : 33
South Africa
Bongani Ncube
Bongani Ncube
Cape Peninsula University of Technology
Cape Town , South Africa
Agriculture & Forestry / Soil Sciences and Plant Nutrition
Smallholder farming systems
soil fertility management
water and sanitation
water governance
indigenous knowledge
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27
22
0.815
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* Total i10 Index Rankings
World Rank
505,213
Country Rank
2,831
Institution Rank : 344
South Africa
Cathy Clarke (Nee Dowding)
Cathy Clarke (Nee Dowding)
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch , South Africa
Agriculture & Forestry / Soil Sciences and Plant Nutrition
Soil Science
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27
19
0.704
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* Total i10 Index Rankings
World Rank
535,621
Country Rank
2,988
Institution Rank : 361
South Africa
Andrei Borisovich Rozanov
Andrei Borisovich Rozanov
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch , South Africa
Agriculture & Forestry / Soil Sciences and Plant Nutrition
soil science
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
19
0.760
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* Total i10 Index Rankings
World Rank
552,967
Country Rank
3,085
Institution Rank : 325
South Africa
Eyob Tesfamariam
Eyob Tesfamariam
University of Pretoria
Pretoria , South Africa
Agriculture & Forestry / Soil Sciences and Plant Nutrition
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
24
19
0.792
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* Total i10 Index Rankings
World Rank
611,463
Country Rank
3,420
Institution Rank : 99
South Africa
JJ Le Roux
JJ Le Roux
University of the Free State
Bloemfontein , South Africa
Agriculture & Forestry / Soil Sciences and Plant Nutrition
Soil erosion
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
16
0.762
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* Total i10 Index Rankings
World Rank
651,958
Country Rank
3,636
Institution Rank : 384
South Africa
Quenton Kritzinger
Quenton Kritzinger
University of Pretoria
Pretoria , South Africa
Agriculture & Forestry / Soil Sciences and Plant Nutrition
Mycotoxins
seed pathology
biopesticides
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
16
0.842
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* Total i10 Index Rankings
World Rank
726,112
Country Rank
4,080
Institution Rank : 121
South Africa
Elmarie Kotze
Elmarie Kotze
University of the Free State
Bloemfontein , South Africa
Agriculture & Forestry / Soil Sciences and Plant Nutrition
Soil quality
Soil health
Soil carbon
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
14
0.875
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* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
19,039
South Africa
82
5
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
254
242
0.953
Agriculture & Forestry / Soil Sciences and Plant Nutrition
Microbial Ecology
Soil Metagenomics
Plant-Microbe Interactions
See All Rankings and Analysis
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
79,723
South Africa
367
33
Nigel Barker
Nigel Barker
University of Pretoria Pretoria, South Africa South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123
68
0.553
Agriculture & Forestry / Soil Sciences and Plant Nutrition
biodiversity
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* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
80,800
South Africa
373
43
Servaas Van Der Berg
Servaas Van Der Berg
Stellenbosch University Stellenbosch, South Africa South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122
68
0.557
Agriculture & Forestry / Soil Sciences and Plant Nutrition
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* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
158,575
South Africa
774
6
Pearson Nyari Stephano Mnkeni
Pearson Nyari Stephano Mnkeni
University of Fort Hare Alice, South Africa South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78
61
0.782
Agriculture & Forestry / Soil Sciences and Plant Nutrition
Soil fertility
waste management
Vermicomposting
Agronomy
climate smart agriculture
See All Rankings and Analysis
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
170,272
South Africa
854
78
Jacobus Johannes Marion Meyer
Jacobus Johannes Marion Meyer
University of Pretoria Pretoria, South Africa South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74
57
0.770
Agriculture & Forestry / Soil Sciences and Plant Nutrition
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* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
179,929
South Africa
908
109
Alex Valentine
Alex Valentine
Stellenbosch University Stellenbosch, South Africa South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71
55
0.775
Agriculture & Forestry / Soil Sciences and Plant Nutrition
Root biology
Nitrogen
Phosphorous
See All Rankings and Analysis
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
208,323
South Africa
1,068
57
Rasheed Adegbola Adeleke
Rasheed Adegbola Adeleke
North West University Potchefstroom, South Africa South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63
59
0.937
Agriculture & Forestry / Soil Sciences and Plant Nutrition
Microbiology
mycorrhizal
bioremediation
plant and soil health
renewable energy
See All Rankings and Analysis
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
303,458
South Africa
1,634
80
Mark Maboeta
Mark Maboeta
North West University Potchefstroom, South Africa South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
31
0.674
Agriculture & Forestry / Soil Sciences and Plant Nutrition
Earthworms
Soil ecotoxicology
Ecotoxicology
See All Rankings and Analysis
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
309,963
South Africa
1,666
178
Gary I Stafford
Gary I Stafford
University of Pretoria Pretoria, South Africa South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
33
0.733
Agriculture & Forestry / Soil Sciences and Plant Nutrition
Ethnobotany
Ethnopharmacology
Plant Science
Phylogenetics
Evolution
See All Rankings and Analysis
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
341,936
South Africa
1,875
326
Samson Chimphango
Samson Chimphango
University of Cape Town Cape Town, South Africa South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
30
0.732
Agriculture & Forestry / Soil Sciences and Plant Nutrition
Ecophysiology
Plant nutrition
soil fertility
climate change
See All Rankings and Analysis
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
357,830
South Africa
1,975
212
Juan Vorster
Juan Vorster
University of Pretoria Pretoria, South Africa South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
33
0.846
Agriculture & Forestry / Soil Sciences and Plant Nutrition
Plant Physiology
Plant Biochemistry
Molecular Biology
Weed Science
Herbicide resistance
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* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
358,408
South Africa
1,981
345
Charlene Janion-Scheepers
Charlene Janion-Scheepers
University of Cape Town Cape Town, South Africa South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
32
0.821
Agriculture & Forestry / Soil Sciences and Plant Nutrition
beta diversity
Collembola
taxonomy
soil fauna diversity
soil ecology
See All Rankings and Analysis
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
359,280
South Africa
1,987
214
Michael Van Der Laan
Michael Van Der Laan
University of Pretoria Pretoria, South Africa South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
30
0.769
Agriculture & Forestry / Soil Sciences and Plant Nutrition
Crop and soil science
See All Rankings and Analysis
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
360,368
South Africa
1,995
101
Simeon Materechera
Simeon Materechera
North West University Potchefstroom, South Africa South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
27
0.692
Agriculture & Forestry / Soil Sciences and Plant Nutrition
soil science
See All Rankings and Analysis
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
432,489
South Africa
2,442
5
Kutu FR
Kutu FR
University of Mpumalanga  Mbombela, South Africa South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
27
0.844
Agriculture & Forestry / Soil Sciences and Plant Nutrition
Soil Science
Plant nutrition
Agronomy
Composting
Farming System & intercropping
See All Rankings and Analysis
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
449,623
South Africa
2,519
268
Raseelo J. Moitsheki
Raseelo J. Moitsheki
University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg, South Africa South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
19
0.613
Agriculture & Forestry / Soil Sciences and Plant Nutrition
Solute Transport in Soils
Population Dynamics
Heat Transfer
Lie Symmertry Techniques
Differential Equations
See All Rankings and Analysis
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
455,849
South Africa
2,555
431
Peter N. Eze
Peter N. Eze
University of Cape Town Cape Town, South Africa South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
28
0.933
Agriculture & Forestry / Soil Sciences and Plant Nutrition
Environmental Soil Science
Pedology
Clay Mineralogy
Environmental Geochemistry
See All Rankings and Analysis
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
464,002
South Africa
2,593
73
Cornie Van Huyssteen
Cornie Van Huyssteen
University of the Free State Bloemfontein, South Africa South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
16
0.533
Agriculture & Forestry / Soil Sciences and Plant Nutrition
soil science
soil genesis
soil classification
See All Rankings and Analysis
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
502,338
South Africa
2,803
33
Bongani Ncube
Bongani Ncube
Cape Peninsula University of Technology Cape Town, South Africa South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27
22
0.815
Agriculture & Forestry / Soil Sciences and Plant Nutrition
Smallholder farming systems
soil fertility management
water and sanitation
water governance
indigenous knowledge
See All Rankings and Analysis
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
505,213
South Africa
2,831
344
Cathy Clarke (Nee Dowding)
Cathy Clarke (Nee Dowding)
Stellenbosch University Stellenbosch, South Africa South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27
19
0.704
Agriculture & Forestry / Soil Sciences and Plant Nutrition
Soil Science
See All Rankings and Analysis
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
535,621
South Africa
2,988
361
Andrei Borisovich Rozanov
Andrei Borisovich Rozanov
Stellenbosch University Stellenbosch, South Africa South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
19
0.760
Agriculture & Forestry / Soil Sciences and Plant Nutrition
soil science
See All Rankings and Analysis
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
552,967
South Africa
3,085
325
Eyob Tesfamariam
Eyob Tesfamariam
University of Pretoria Pretoria, South Africa South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
19
0.792
Agriculture & Forestry / Soil Sciences and Plant Nutrition
Agricultural systems modelling
Soil physics
Irrigation management
wastewater sludge recycling in agricultural lands
Nutrient
See All Rankings and Analysis
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
611,463
South Africa
3,420
99
JJ Le Roux
JJ Le Roux
University of the Free State Bloemfontein, South Africa South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
16
0.762
Agriculture & Forestry / Soil Sciences and Plant Nutrition
Soil erosion
See All Rankings and Analysis
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
651,958
South Africa
3,636
384
Quenton Kritzinger
Quenton Kritzinger
University of Pretoria Pretoria, South Africa South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
16
0.842
Agriculture & Forestry / Soil Sciences and Plant Nutrition
Mycotoxins
seed pathology
biopesticides
See All Rankings and Analysis
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
726,112
South Africa
4,080
121
Elmarie Kotze
Elmarie Kotze
University of the Free State Bloemfontein, South Africa South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
14
0.875
Agriculture & Forestry / Soil Sciences and Plant Nutrition
Soil quality
Soil health
Soil carbon
See All Rankings and Analysis