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 :26
sub-Antarctic insect ecology conservation biology Antarctic biology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
10
0.345
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :27
Sexual and Reporductive Health
TB/HIV research
Teenange Pregnancy
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
24
0.923
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :28
Botany
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
22
0.846
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :29
Food to food fortification
food processing and preservation
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
25
1.000
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :30
Immunology
TB research
HIV/TB Co-infection
Water quality & Natural products
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
22
0.917
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :31
Cereal Science & Technology
Food Microbiology and New Product Development
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
21
1.000
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :32
Agronomy
crop physiology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
18
0.857
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :33
Poverty
draught power
community development
climate change
smallholder dairy farming
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
8
0.400
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :34
Project Manager//Environmental Professional//Climate Change Specialist
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
17
0.944
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :35
Maternal and child health nutrition and Food Security
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
17
1.000
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :36
TB/HIV
quantitative research
biostatistics
infectious diseases
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
17
1.000
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :37
Geospatial Technologies
Climate Science/change/adaptation
Green Economy/Transport
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
16
0.941
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :38
Corrosion of metals
corrosion inhibition
adsorption
reaction kinetics
thermodynamics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
16
0.941
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :39
Taxation. Finance. Auditing. Research
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
14
0.875
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :40
Media Studies
Journalism
Communication
Cultural Studies
Popular Culture
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
11
0.688
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :41
urban risk assessment planning and management
Municipal infrastructure planning and provisioning
Land administration and manag
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
9
0.563
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :42
Applied Microbiology
Metagenomics
Nanoscience
Water Research
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
15
1.000
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :43
surface hydrology
groundwater hydrology
modelling
climate change
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
15
1.000
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :44
Environmental Chemistry
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
15
1.000
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :45
Public Finance
Public Procurement
Local Government
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
14
0.933
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :46
Nutrition
food safety
food security
infant feeding
medicinal indigenous plants
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
14
0.933
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :47
Education
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
11
0.733
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :48
Food security
Poverty alleviation
Inequality
Sustainable Development
climate change
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
13
0.929
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :49
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
PUBLIC POLICY
AFRICAN EPISTEMOLOGY
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
12
0.923
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :50
Gender and Education
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
8
0.615
Jan Crafford
University of Venda
Thohoyandou, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
10
0.345
sub-Antarctic insect ecology conservation biology Antarctic biology
Rachel Tsakani Lebese
University of Venda
Thohoyandou, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
24
0.923
Sexual and Reporductive Health
TB/HIV research
Teenange Pregnancy
Milingoni Peter Tshisikhawe
University of Venda
Thohoyandou, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
22
0.846
Mpho Edward Mashau
University of Venda
Thohoyandou, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
25
1.000
Food to food fortification
food processing and preservation
Afsatou Ndama Traore
University of Venda
Thohoyandou, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
22
0.917
Immunology
TB research
HIV/TB Co-infection
Water quality & Natural products
Shonisani Eugenia Ramashia
University of Venda
Thohoyandou, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
21
1.000
Cereal Science & Technology
Food Microbiology and New Product Development
John Bob Ochanda Ogola
University of Venda
Thohoyandou, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
18
0.857
Joseph Francis
University of Venda
Thohoyandou, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
8
0.400
Poverty
draught power
community development
climate change
smallholder dairy farming
Olatunde Durowoju
University of Venda
Thohoyandou, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
17
0.944
Project Manager//Environmental Professional//Climate Change Specialist
Mahopo Cloupas
University of Venda
Thohoyandou, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
17
1.000
Maternal and child health nutrition and Food Security
Lufuno Makhado
University of Venda
Thohoyandou, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
17
1.000
TB/HIV
quantitative research
biostatistics
infectious diseases
Nthaduleni Samuel Nethengwe
University of Venda
Thohoyandou, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
16
0.941
Geospatial Technologies
Climate Science/change/adaptation
Green Economy/Transport
Lutendo C. Murulana
University of Venda
Thohoyandou, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
16
0.941
Corrosion of metals
corrosion inhibition
adsorption
reaction kinetics
thermodynamics
Emmanuel Oseifuah
University of Venda
Thohoyandou, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
14
0.875
Taxation. Finance. Auditing. Research
Tendai Chari
University of Venda
Thohoyandou, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
11
0.688
Media Studies
Journalism
Communication
Cultural Studies
Popular Culture
Tendayi Gondo
University of Venda
Thohoyandou, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
9
0.563
urban risk assessment planning and management
Municipal infrastructure planning and provisioning
Land administration and manag
Adeeyo Ao
University of Venda
Thohoyandou, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
15
1.000
Applied Microbiology
Metagenomics
Nanoscience
Water Research
Rachel Makungo
University of Venda
Thohoyandou, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
15
1.000
surface hydrology
groundwater hydrology
modelling
climate change
Rabelani Mudzielwana
University of Venda
Thohoyandou, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
15
1.000
Pandelani Harry Munzhedzi
University of Venda
Thohoyandou, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
14
0.933
Public Finance
Public Procurement
Local Government
Cebisa Nesamvuni
University of Venda
Thohoyandou, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
14
0.933
Nutrition
food safety
food security
infant feeding
medicinal indigenous plants
TAKALANI SAMUEL MASHAU
University of Venda
Thohoyandou, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
11
0.733
Olusegun Obadire
University of Venda
Thohoyandou, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
13
0.929
Food security
Poverty alleviation
Inequality
Sustainable Development
climate change
Ntwanano Erasmus Mathebula
University of Venda
Thohoyandou, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
12
0.923
Tawanda Runhare
University of Venda
Thohoyandou, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
8
0.615