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Agriculture & Forestry / Agriculture & Forestry / Forestry i10 Productivity Rankings in South Africa 2025
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. Additionally, click to view the special rankings based on Productivity Rankings: 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
1,022
667
0.653
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Climate Change
Forestry
Carbon
Drylands
Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
115
94
0.817
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
forest molecular genetics
genomics
genetics
cellulose
xylan
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
115
91
0.791
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Forest Ecology & Management
Social ecology
Agroforestry
Soil fertility
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95
80
0.842
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Forest and Tree Growth
Natural Ressources
Wood Science
Dendroecology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73
53
0.726
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Fungi: Genetics
Evolutionary Genomics
Systematics
Population
Mating sytems
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
58
0.951
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
mycology
fungal genomics
fungal evolution
genome evolution
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59
49
0.831
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Taxonomy
Systematics
Penicillium
Aspergillus
Talaromyces
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54
50
0.926
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Mycology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
43
0.811
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Material Science
Surface Analysis
Bioenergy
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
27
0.587
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Silviculture
Forest Nutrition
Forest Ecophysiology
Integrated Fire management
Bio-energy
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
26
0.565
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Forest science
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
18
0.419
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Remote Sensing
Environmental Modelling
Malaria
Forestry
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
28
0.875
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Range & Forage Science
Agroforestry
Smallholder agriculture
Climate change & adaptation
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
21
0.677
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
forest pathology
forest biosecurity
mycology
Phytophthora
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
28
1.000
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
GIS/Remote Sensing/Soil/Forestry/Water
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
23
0.885
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Remote Sensing
Forestry
Earth Observation
Satellite Image Processing
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
14
0.875
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Forest Pathology
Mycology
Molecular Ecology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
10
0.667
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
pulping
bleaching
recycling
biorefinery
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
13
0.929
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Forest Measurements
Forest Biometrics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9
5
0.556
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Plant virology
plant pathology
metagenomics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
7
0.875
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Forest engneering
growth and yield
productivity optimisation
transport logistics
harvesting
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
7
0.875
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Integrated Pest Management
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
3
0.500
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
mycology
plant pathology
fungal genomics
taxonomy
forest pathology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
5
1.000
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Bioinformatics
Molecular Biology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
3
1.000
Mike Wingfield
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,022
667
0.653
forest protection
mycology
entomology
biotechnology
Cheikh Mbow
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
115
94
0.817
Climate Change
Forestry
Carbon
Drylands
Africa
Alexander Myburg
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
115
91
0.791
forest molecular genetics
genomics
genetics
cellulose
xylan
Paxie Wc Chirwa
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95
80
0.842
Forest Ecology & Management
Social ecology
Agroforestry
Soil fertility
Seifert Thomas
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73
53
0.726
Forest and Tree Growth
Natural Ressources
Wood Science
Dendroecology
Tuan A. Duong
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
58
0.951
Fungi: Genetics
Evolutionary Genomics
Systematics
Population
Mating sytems
Martin Coetzee
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59
49
0.831
mycology
fungal genomics
fungal evolution
genome evolution
Cobus Visagie
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54
50
0.926
Taxonomy
Systematics
Penicillium
Aspergillus
Talaromyces
Seonju Marincowitz
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
43
0.811
Martina Meincken
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
27
0.587
Material Science
Surface Analysis
Bioenergy
Ben Du Toit
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
26
0.565
Silviculture
Forest Nutrition
Forest Ecophysiology
Integrated Fire management
Bio-energy
Andrew Morris
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
18
0.419
Michael Gebreslasie
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
28
0.875
Remote Sensing
Environmental Modelling
Malaria
Forestry
Ignacio Madakadze
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
21
0.677
Range & Forage Science
Agroforestry
Smallholder agriculture
Climate change & adaptation
Trudy Paap
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
28
1.000
forest pathology
forest biosecurity
mycology
Phytophthora
Solomon Tesfamichael
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
23
0.885
GIS/Remote Sensing/Soil/Forestry/Water
Russell Main
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
14
0.875
Remote Sensing
Forestry
Earth Observation
Satellite Image Processing
G. Kamgan Nkuekam
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
10
0.667
Forest Pathology
Mycology
Molecular Ecology
Jerome Andrew
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
13
0.929
pulping
bleaching
recycling
biorefinery
Peter Adesoye
University of Venda
Thohoyandou, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9
5
0.556
Forest Measurements
Forest Biometrics
David Read
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
7
0.875
Plant virology
plant pathology
metagenomics
Simon A Ackerman
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
7
0.875
Forest engneering
growth and yield
productivity optimisation
transport logistics
harvesting
Benice Sivparsad
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
3
0.500
Nam Q. Pham|NQ Pham, Nam Quang Pham, Nam Pham
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
5
1.000
mycology
plant pathology
fungal genomics
taxonomy
forest pathology
Robert Backer
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
3
1.000