i10 Productivity
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Business & Management / Business & Management / Business Administration 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
small business management
entrepreneurship
family business management
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
228
165
0.724
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
sustainable development
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117
55
0.470
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
financial management
entrepreneurship
strategic management
business ethics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
116
103
0.888
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Marketing
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108
79
0.731
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Entrepreneurship
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105
86
0.819
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Land-use change
Ecosystem Services
Nature-based Infrastructure
Resource Nexus
Plural valuation
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79
72
0.911
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Socioeconomic issues of emerging economies
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75
65
0.867
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Leadership
Diversity & Inclusion
Gender
Culture
Narrative & Dialogue
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63
39
0.619
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
social media technologies
emerging technologies in entrepreneurship
SMMEs
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
46
0.793
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Sustainability
HR
Projects
Business cases
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
36
0.621
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Business sustainability
cross-sector collaboration
governance
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55
31
0.564
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Human and organizational capabilities and how they contribute towards the theme of development.
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54
52
0.963
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Business Management
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
41
0.837
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Business Management
Managerial competencies
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
23
0.523
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Responsible investment
Green investment
Business Ethics
Financial Management
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
34
0.791
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Business Rescue
Finance
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
11
0.256
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Distressed ventures and turnaround
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
33
0.786
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Entrepreneurship
Innovation
Business Management
Management
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
31
0.756
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Supply chain management
purchasing
procurement
small business
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
28
0.778
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Researcher Development
Postgraduate supervision
Doctoral supervision
Adult Education
Community Engagement
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
22
0.667
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
family business
entrepreneurship
small business
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
21
0.636
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Entrepreneurship
Business Management
Corporate Financ Operations management
Business polices and problems
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
28
0.933
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Business Management
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
25
0.833
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Organisational decision making research and business in general and economic development
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
28
0.966
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
risk management
social entrepreneurship
small medium enterprises (SME)
emerging markets
corporate governance
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
23
0.793
Thea Visser
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
228
165
0.724
small business management
entrepreneurship
family business management
Mark Swilling
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117
55
0.470
sustainable development
Olawale Fatoki
University of Limpopo
Mankweng, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
116
103
0.888
financial management
entrepreneurship
strategic management
business ethics
Christo Boshoff
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108
79
0.731
Boris Urban
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105
86
0.819
Patrick O'farrell
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79
72
0.911
Land-use change
Ecosystem Services
Nature-based Infrastructure
Resource Nexus
Plural valuation
Chux Gervase Iwu|Chux Iwu
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75
65
0.867
Socioeconomic issues of emerging economies
Kurt April
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63
39
0.619
Leadership
Diversity & Inclusion
Gender
Culture
Narrative & Dialogue
Patient Rambe
Central University of Technology
Bloemfontein, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
46
0.793
social media technologies
emerging technologies in entrepreneurship
SMMEs
Shilpa kulkarni
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
36
0.621
Sustainability
HR
Projects
Business cases
Ralph Hamann
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55
31
0.564
Business sustainability
cross-sector collaboration
governance
Willie Chinyamurindi
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54
52
0.963
Human and organizational capabilities and how they contribute towards the theme of development.
Richard Chinomona
Walter Sisulu University
Mthatha, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
41
0.837
Mpumelelo Longweni|Mpumelelo Jr Longweni
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
23
0.523
Business Management
Managerial competencies
Suzette Viviers
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
34
0.791
Responsible investment
Green investment
Business Ethics
Financial Management
Shaneen Conradie
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
11
0.256
Business Rescue
Finance
Marius Pretorius
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
33
0.786
Distressed ventures and turnaround
Cecile Nieuwenhuizen
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
31
0.756
Entrepreneurship
Innovation
Business Management
Management
Johanna Adolphina Badenhorst-Weiss
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
28
0.778
Supply chain management
purchasing
procurement
small business
Ruth Albertyn
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
22
0.667
Researcher Development
Postgraduate supervision
Doctoral supervision
Adult Education
Community Engagement
Shelley M Farrington
Nelson Mandela University
Port Elizabeth, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
21
0.636
family business
entrepreneurship
small business
Neneh Brownhilder
University of the Free State
Bloemfontein, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
28
0.933
Entrepreneurship
Business Management
Corporate Financ Operations management
Business polices and problems
Kezell Klinck
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
25
0.833
Bongani Ngwenya
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
28
0.966
Organisational decision making research and business in general and economic development
Job Dubihlela|Job Dubihlela
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
23
0.793
risk management
social entrepreneurship
small medium enterprises (SME)
emerging markets
corporate governance