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* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Nanocomposites
nanomaterials
waste treatment & valorization targeting clean and sustainable energy and environment
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
141
127
0.901
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
digital forensics
cyber security
information security
network security
privacy
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
137
90
0.657
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
microbial genetics
microbial evolution
microbial systematics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
131
109
0.832
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
social behaviour
chemical ecology
social insects
honeybee
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
131
41
0.313
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Evolutionary Physiology
Ornithology
Stable Isotopes
Climate Change
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
128
106
0.828
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Chemical Product Design (mainly on systems for physical and chemical malaria vector control via controlled release of insect rep
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
128
78
0.609
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
biodiversity
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123
59
0.480
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Youth resilience
Social Ecology of Resilience Theory
Culture & resilience
African youths' resilience processes
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121
95
0.785
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Social Insects
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120
86
0.717
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
vibration monitoring
condition monitoring
laser vibrometry
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119
86
0.723
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* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Pretoria
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119
71
0.597
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Climate Change
Forestry
Carbon
Drylands
Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
116
93
0.802
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
forest molecular genetics
genomics
genetics
cellulose
xylan
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
115
85
0.739
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Cr(VI) reduction
Bioremediation
biosurfactants
photocatalysis
forward osmosis
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109
80
0.734
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Bacterial zoonoses
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108
79
0.731
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Wildlife / Behavioural Endocrinology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107
84
0.785
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106
46
0.434
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Forest Ecology & Management
Social ecology
Agroforestry
Soil fertility
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103
85
0.825
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Internet-of-Things
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103
70
0.680
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Cybersecurity and AI/Data Science
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102
32
0.314
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
infectious diseases
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101
31
0.307
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Wildlife Diseases
Wildlife Conservation
One Health
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99
65
0.657
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Pharmacology
Immunology
drug development
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99
36
0.364
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Forest Pathology
mycology
population genetics
fungal taxonomy
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97
79
0.814
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Veterinary epidemiology
Animal diseases
Zoonotic diseases
Veterinary medicine
Infectious diseases
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97
75
0.773
Mo Daramola
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
141
127
0.901
Nanocomposites
nanomaterials
waste treatment & valorization targeting clean and sustainable energy and environment
HS Venter
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
137
90
0.657
digital forensics
cyber security
information security
network security
privacy
Emma Steenkamp
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
131
109
0.832
microbial genetics
microbial evolution
microbial systematics
Robin Crewe
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
131
41
0.313
social behaviour
chemical ecology
social insects
honeybee
Andrew Mckechnie
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
128
106
0.828
Evolutionary Physiology
Ornithology
Stable Isotopes
Climate Change
Walter Focke
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
128
78
0.609
Chemical Product Design (mainly on systems for physical and chemical malaria vector control via controlled release of insect rep
Nigel Barker
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123
59
0.480
Linda C. Theron
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121
95
0.785
Youth resilience
Social Ecology of Resilience Theory
Culture & resilience
African youths' resilience processes
Christian Pirk
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120
86
0.717
Stephan Heyns
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119
86
0.723
vibration monitoring
condition monitoring
laser vibrometry
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Riana (Maria) Bornman
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119
71
0.597
Cheikh Mbow
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
116
93
0.802
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
85
0.739
forest molecular genetics
genomics
genetics
cellulose
xylan
Evans Chirwa
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109
80
0.734
Cr(VI) reduction
Bioremediation
biosurfactants
photocatalysis
forward osmosis
Anita Michel
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108
79
0.731
Andre Ganswindt
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107
84
0.785
Wildlife / Behavioural Endocrinology
Alan Guthrie
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106
46
0.434
Paxie Wc Chirwa
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103
85
0.825
Forest Ecology & Management
Social ecology
Agroforestry
Soil fertility
Gerhard Hancke
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103
70
0.680
Jan Eloff
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102
32
0.314
Cybersecurity and AI/Data Science
Anwar Hoosen
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101
31
0.307
Armanda Ds Bastos
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99
65
0.657
Wildlife Diseases
Wildlife Conservation
One Health
Connie Medlen / Cej Van Rensburg
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99
36
0.364
Pharmacology
Immunology
drug development
Irene Barnes
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97
79
0.814
Forest Pathology
mycology
population genetics
fungal taxonomy
Peter N Thompson
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97
75
0.773
Veterinary epidemiology
Animal diseases
Zoonotic diseases
Veterinary medicine
Infectious diseases