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Agriculture & Forestry / Agriculture & Forestry / Horticulture 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
Olaniyi A. Fawole
Postharvest Technology ⚙️
Agroprocessing💱
Edible coatings🔘
Valorisation ♻️
Pomegranate ✅
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113
111
0.982
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
South Africa
Ian Du Plooy
Horticulture Agronomy Irrigation Ferilization
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
49
0.845
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
South Africa
Charles P Laubscher
Conservation ecology
Propagation and cultivation
Medicinal
Food security
Edible coastal species
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
18
0.643
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
South Africa
Zinash A Belay
Postharvest Technology
Sustainable Food Packaging
Food Process Engineering
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
20
1.000
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
South Africa
Khayelihle Ncama
Horticultural Sciences
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
13
1.000
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
South Africa
Ignatious Matimati
Plant ecophysiology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10
5
0.500
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
South Africa
Vi Ayodele
Horticultural crops
indigenous vegetables
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10
4
0.400
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
South Africa
Innocent Maseko
Agronomy and horticulture
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
7
1.000
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
South Africa
Cousin Musvosvi
Genetics
Plant Breeding
Cereals
Legumes
Tropical Horticultural Crops
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
6
1.000
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
South Africa
Mbongiseni Nxumalo
Agriculture
post harvest technology
horticulture
citrus
plant physiology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
4
0.667
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
South Africa
Lucy Gitonga
Tissue culture
plant genetics and conservation
horticulture
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
3
0.500
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
South Africa
Nhlanhla Mathaba
Horticultural Sciences
Plant Molecular Physiology
Postharvest Technology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
5
1.000
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
South Africa
Quintin Muhl
Horticulture
Agriculture
Plant Science
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
5
1.000
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
South Africa
Tatenda Kawhena
Horticultural science
Postharvest physiology and Technology of Fresh Fruit and Vegetables
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
5
1.000
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
South Africa
Kg Shadung
Horticulture
Plant Production
Plant Protection
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
2
0.400
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
South Africa
Bonga L. Ngcobo
Fruit vegetables
ornamentals
pre and postharvest horticulture
biostimulants
light
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4
4
1.000
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
South Africa
Zenzile Peter Khetsha
Plant Production I Horticulture
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
3
1.000
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
South Africa
Pontsho Tseke
Plant Production (Horticulture and minor nematology)
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
3
1.000
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
South Africa
Pravin Mark Maistry
Plant Physiology and Horticulture
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
3
1.000
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
South Africa
Loyiso Lloyd Mzini
Agronomy
Horticulture
Urban Horticulture
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
2
0.667
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
South Africa
Hildegard Witbooi
Phytomedicine
Horticulture
Biotechnology
Botany
Plant biology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
2
1.000
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
South Africa
Thobo Motlhalamme
Horticulture
Plant mycology
Plant Bacteriology
Green Nanotechnology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1
1
1.000
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
South Africa
J Koen
horticulture
aboriculture
fungiculture
permaculture
medicinal plants
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1
1
1.000
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Olaniyi A. Fawole
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113
111
0.982
Postharvest Technology ⚙️
Agroprocessing💱
Edible coatings🔘
Valorisation ♻️
Pomegranate ✅
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Ian Du Plooy
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
49
0.845
Horticulture Agronomy Irrigation Ferilization
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Charles P Laubscher
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
18
0.643
Conservation ecology
Propagation and cultivation
Medicinal
Food security
Edible coastal species
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Zinash A Belay
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
20
1.000
Postharvest Technology
Sustainable Food Packaging
Food Process Engineering
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Khayelihle Ncama
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
13
1.000
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Ignatious Matimati
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10
5
0.500
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Vi Ayodele
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10
4
0.400
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Innocent Maseko
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
7
1.000
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Ad Sippel
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
1
0.143
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Cousin Musvosvi
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
6
1.000
Genetics
Plant Breeding
Cereals
Legumes
Tropical Horticultural Crops
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Mbongiseni Nxumalo
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
4
0.667
Agriculture
post harvest technology
horticulture
citrus
plant physiology
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Lucy Gitonga
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
3
0.500
Tissue culture
plant genetics and conservation
horticulture
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Nhlanhla Mathaba
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
5
1.000
Horticultural Sciences
Plant Molecular Physiology
Postharvest Technology
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Quintin Muhl
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
5
1.000
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Tatenda Kawhena
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
5
1.000
Horticultural science
Postharvest physiology and Technology of Fresh Fruit and Vegetables
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Kg Shadung
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
2
0.400
Horticulture
Plant Production
Plant Protection
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Bonga L. Ngcobo
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4
4
1.000
Fruit vegetables
ornamentals
pre and postharvest horticulture
biostimulants
light
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Zenzile Peter Khetsha
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
3
1.000
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Pontsho Tseke
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
3
1.000
Plant Production (Horticulture and minor nematology)
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Pravin Mark Maistry
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
3
1.000
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Loyiso Lloyd Mzini
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
2
0.667
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Hildegard Witbooi
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
2
1.000
Phytomedicine
Horticulture
Biotechnology
Botany
Plant biology
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Thobo Motlhalamme
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1
1
1.000
Horticulture
Plant mycology
Plant Bacteriology
Green Nanotechnology
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
J Koen
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1
1
1.000
horticulture
aboriculture
fungiculture
permaculture
medicinal plants
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Hlokwe Mapula Tshepo Pertunia
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1
1
1.000