i10 Productivity
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University of the Witwatersrand 1,808 Scientists i10 Productivity Rankings - 2025

Total 2,392,995 scientists, country 221, and institutions 24,455 are evaluated in the Productivity Rankings, an exclusive service provided by AD Scientific Index. This ranking measures and highlights the scientific productivity of researchers based on the i10 index (number of publications with at least 10 citations). This system identifies highly productive scientists across disciplines, institutions, and regions, contributing to the development of evidence-based academic policies and effective incentive mechanisms. The rankings include global, regional, and institutional analyses, along with specialized rankings such as Scientists' Last 6 Years' i10 Index and Universities' i10 Index Rankings 2025. With Premium Membership, you can:

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* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
South Africa
Norman Owen-Smith
Wildlife Ecology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
194
117
0.603
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
South Africa
Fiona Baker
sleep
thermoregulation
brain
alcohol
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
174
154
0.885
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
South Africa
Bruce S. Rubidge
palaeontology
geology
stratigraphy
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
173
109
0.630
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
South Africa
P Cleaton-Jones
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
171
32
0.187
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
South Africa
Roger MH Smith
sedimentology
vertebrate palaeontology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
162
125
0.772
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
South Africa
Abdul Hamid Kara
Differential equations
symmetries
conservation laws
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
154
99
0.643
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
South Africa
Fazal Mahomed
Algebraic and geometric methods of differential equations
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
142
52
0.366
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
South Africa
Lee Berger
palaeoanthropology
archaeology
taphonomy
exploration
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
138
95
0.688

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* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
South Africa
Chandima Gomes
High Voltage Engineering
Lightning
EMI/EMC
Environmental Science
Extreme Natural Events
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
136
85
0.625
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
South Africa
Lewis Ashwal
Geology
Petrology
Geochemistry
Tectonics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
134
79
0.590
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
South Africa
Nigel Crowther
Obesity
insulin resistance
adipogenesis
developmental origins of disease
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133
93
0.699
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
South Africa
Nigel John Crowther
Obesity
insulin resistance
adipogenesis
developmental origins of disease
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133
92
0.692
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
South Africa
Michel Verstraete
Earth Observation
Global Change
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133
66
0.496
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
South Africa
Lisa Micklesfield
Physical activity
bone health
body composition
metabolic disease
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
132
102
0.773
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
South Africa
Stephen Tollman
Public Health
demography
epidemiology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
131
74
0.565
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
South Africa
Maryna Steyn
Forensic anthropology
biological anthropology
skeletal biology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
129
85
0.659
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
South Africa
Clifford Obby Odimegwu
Demography
Social Statistics and Population Health
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
126
103
0.817
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
South Africa
Carl Anhaeusser
Archaean geology
Economic Geology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
126
55
0.437
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
South Africa
Ugo Ripamonti
tissue regeneration
bone induction
hydroxyapatites
self-induction
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121
54
0.446
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
South Africa
Neville Pillay
Animal Behaviour
Behavioural Ecology
Psychology
Ecology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120
71
0.592
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Norman Owen-Smith
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
194
117
0.603
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Maureen Coetzee
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
186
123
0.661
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Fiona Baker
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
174
154
0.885
sleep
thermoregulation
brain
alcohol
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Bruce S. Rubidge
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
173
109
0.630
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
P Cleaton-Jones
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
171
32
0.187
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Lisa Du Toit
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
166
121
0.729
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Roger MH Smith
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
162
125
0.772
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Abdul Hamid Kara
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
154
99
0.643
Differential equations
symmetries
conservation laws
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Fazal Mahomed
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
142
52
0.366
Algebraic and geometric methods of differential equations
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Lee Berger
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
138
95
0.688
palaeoanthropology
archaeology
taphonomy
exploration

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* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Chandima Gomes
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
136
85
0.625
High Voltage Engineering
Lightning
EMI/EMC
Environmental Science
Extreme Natural Events
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Lewis Ashwal
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
134
79
0.590
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Nigel Crowther
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133
93
0.699
Obesity
insulin resistance
adipogenesis
developmental origins of disease
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Nigel John Crowther
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133
92
0.692
Obesity
insulin resistance
adipogenesis
developmental origins of disease
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Michel Verstraete
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133
66
0.496
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Lisa Micklesfield
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
132
102
0.773
Physical activity
bone health
body composition
metabolic disease
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Stephen Tollman
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
131
74
0.565
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Marion Bamford
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
130
94
0.723
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Maryna Steyn
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
129
85
0.659
Forensic anthropology
biological anthropology
skeletal biology
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Clifford Obby Odimegwu
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
126
103
0.817
Demography
Social Statistics and Population Health
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Carl Anhaeusser
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
126
55
0.437
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Helder M Marques
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
126
39
0.310
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Ugo Ripamonti
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121
54
0.446
tissue regeneration
bone induction
hydroxyapatites
self-induction
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Neville Pillay
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120
71
0.592
Animal Behaviour
Behavioural Ecology
Psychology
Ecology
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Ewa Cukrowska
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117
76
0.650