i10 Productivity
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Medical and Health Sciences / Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences 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
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
311
240
0.772
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
HIV
tuberculosis
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
294
237
0.806
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Targeted Drug Delivery
Nanomedicines
Stimuli-Responsive Biomaterials
Molecular Pharma-Engineered Regenerative Medicines
Drug
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
246
191
0.776
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Pharmaceutical Chemistry
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
164
150
0.915
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Pharmaceutical Sciences
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
163
124
0.761
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Drug Discovery
Synthetic Chemistry
Brain Diseases
Drug Resistant Bacteria
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
161
109
0.677
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
160
138
0.863
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Pharmacology
Bioanalytics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
154
142
0.922
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Pharmacology
toxicology
oral care
tuberculosis
cancer and cosmeceuticals
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
154
138
0.896
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Smart Materials
Drug Delivery
Natural Products
Organic Synthesis
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
140
117
0.836
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
drug discovery
Antimicrobial resistance
computational chemistry
natural products
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
137
115
0.839
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Animal models
Psychopharmacology
Neuroscience
Behavior
Psychiatry
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
136
100
0.735
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Genetics
Genomics
Pharmacogenomics
Precision Medicine
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
124
98
0.790
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107
58
0.542
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Malaria
Clinical Pharmacology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100
69
0.690
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Pharmacology
Immunology
drug development
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99
41
0.414
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Pharmaceutics
drug delivery
formulation development
nanomedicine
nano/microeapsulation
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97
76
0.784
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Pharmacometrics
Clinical Pharmacology
Modelling and simulation
Tuberculosis
HIV
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91
86
0.945
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Pharmacy
Pharmacology
Medicines Policy
Rational Use
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88
52
0.591
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Pharmaceutics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86
61
0.709
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Organic Chemistry
Bio-organic Chemistry
Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Drug Design
Biosensors
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85
78
0.918
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
herbals
traditional medicine
toxicology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82
63
0.768
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Phytomedicine
Phytopharmacology
Bioactivity
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81
69
0.852
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Pathogenomics
Applied Bioinformatics
Molecular biology
Pharmacoinformatics
Data analytics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79
79
1.000
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Formulation
product development
quality control
pharmaceutical analysis
drug delivery
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79
51
0.646
Naomi Sharlene Levitt
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
311
240
0.772
Gary Maartens
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
294
237
0.806
Yahya E. Choonara
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
246
191
0.776
Targeted Drug Delivery
Nanomedicines
Stimuli-Responsive Biomaterials
Molecular Pharma-Engineered Regenerative Medicines
Drug
Katharigatta Narayanaswamy Venugopala
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
164
150
0.915
Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Lisa Du Toit
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
163
124
0.761
Pharmaceutical Sciences
Thavendran Govender
University of Zululand
Kwadlangezwa, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
161
109
0.677
Drug Discovery
Synthetic Chemistry
Brain Diseases
Drug Resistant Bacteria
Helen Mcilleron
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
160
138
0.863
Lubbe Wiesner
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
154
142
0.922
Pharmacology
Bioanalytics
Namrita Lall
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
154
138
0.896
Pharmacology
toxicology
oral care
tuberculosis
cancer and cosmeceuticals
Rui Krause
Rhodes University
Grahamstown, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
140
117
0.836
Smart Materials
Drug Delivery
Natural Products
Organic Synthesis
Kudakwashe Nyambo
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
137
115
0.839
drug discovery
Antimicrobial resistance
computational chemistry
natural products
BH Harvey
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
136
100
0.735
Animal models
Psychopharmacology
Neuroscience
Behavior
Psychiatry
Collet Dandara
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
124
98
0.790
Genetics
Genomics
Pharmacogenomics
Precision Medicine
Saneesh Kumar
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107
58
0.542
Karen Barnes
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100
69
0.690
Malaria
Clinical Pharmacology
Connie Medlen / Cej Van Rensburg
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99
41
0.414
Pharmacology
Immunology
drug development
Nnamdi Ikemefuna Okafor.
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97
76
0.784
Pharmaceutics
drug delivery
formulation development
nanomedicine
nano/microeapsulation
Paolo Denti
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91
86
0.945
Pharmacometrics
Clinical Pharmacology
Modelling and simulation
Tuberculosis
HIV
Andrew Lofts Gray
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88
52
0.591
Pharmacy
Pharmacology
Medicines Policy
Rational Use
Josias Hamman
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86
61
0.709
Rajshekhar Karpoormath
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85
78
0.918
Organic Chemistry
Bio-organic Chemistry
Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Drug Design
Biosensors
Vanessa Steenkamp
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82
63
0.768
herbals
traditional medicine
toxicology
Tom Ashafa
University of the Free State
Bloemfontein, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81
69
0.852
Phytomedicine
Phytopharmacology
Bioactivity
Daniel Gyamfi Amoako
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79
79
1.000
Pathogenomics
Applied Bioinformatics
Molecular biology
Pharmacoinformatics
Data analytics
Roderick B Walker
Rhodes University
Grahamstown, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79
51
0.646
Formulation
product development
quality control
pharmaceutical analysis
drug delivery