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Nelson Mandela University 324 Scientists i10 Productivity Rankings (Sort by last 6 years i10 Index) - 2025

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* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
South Africa
Richard M. Cowling
Plant diversity and evolution
palaeovegetation science
conservation scienc
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
385
249
0.647
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
South Africa
Graham Ih Kerley
Conservation biology
megaherbivore ecology
predator prey interactions
ecological histor
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
221
138
0.624
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
South Africa
Pierre Pistorius
marine top predators - behavioural ecology - population ecology - conservation biolog
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108
71
0.657
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
South Africa
Rajesh Anandjiwala
nonwoven
textiles
fibre reinforced compoistes
technical textile
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75
47
0.627
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
South Africa
Chijioke Olisah
Analytical Chemistry/Environmental modelling
Ecotoxicology
Persistent organic pollutants
phytoremediatio
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
44
0.978
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
South Africa
Alastair Potts
Greater Cape Evoscapes: phylogeography
molecular ecology
distribution modelling
subtropical thicket ecolog
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
38
0.905
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
South Africa
David Bell
Mantle Geochemistry
Cosmochemistry
Geology of southern Africa and western North America
Natural philosoph
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
36
0.706
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
South Africa
Syden Mishi
Development Economics
Experimental Economics
Behavioural Economics
Applied Microeconomic
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
36
0.837
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
South Africa
Tim Downing
Ecotoxicology
Cyanotoxinology and Cyanotoxicology
Fresh water quality
Phytoremediation
Bio-fertilizer
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
34
0.739

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* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
South Africa
K. Abou-El-Hossein
Manufacturing
Hydrogen
Renewable Energ
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66
32
0.485
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
South Africa
Tineke Kraaij
Vegetation ecology
Fire ecology
Invasive plant biology
Conservation managemen
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
32
0.727
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
South Africa
Arno Janse Van Vuuren
electron microscopy
swift heavy ion
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
32
0.914
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
South Africa
DG Hattingh
Fatigue and solid state weldin
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
30
0.698
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
South Africa
Winston Shakantu
Construction Managemen
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
29
0.674
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
South Africa
Jacques O'connell
Electron microscopy
SHI irradiation effects in solid
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
29
0.763
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
South Africa
Gavin Rishworth
benthic ecology
microbialites
estuaries
bioturbatio
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
28
0.757
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
South Africa
Jan De Vynck
Archaeology
Human Behavioural Ecology
Ethnobotany
Marine Biolog
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
28
0.966
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
South Africa
Pumla Dineo Gqola
Literary & Cultural Studies
feminisms
postcolonial theory
slave memory
Female Fear Factor
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
27
0.675
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
South Africa
Savania Nagiah
Biochemistry
Medical Science
Toxicology
Metabolic Disorder
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
26
0.929
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
South Africa
EE Van Dyk
Semiconductor Physics
Photovoltaic
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
25
0.556
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
South Africa
Lynne J. Quick
Palaeoecology
Palynology
Palaeoclimatology
Palaeoenvironment
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27
25
0.926
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
South Africa
Zenixole Tshentu
Inorganic chemistry
materials
catalysis
hydrometallurg
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
24
0.393
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
South Africa
Jacqueline L Raw
Blue Carbon
Nature-Based Solutions
Climate Mitigation & Adaptatio
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27
23
0.852
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Richard M. Cowling
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
385
249
0.647
Plant diversity and evolution
palaeovegetation science
conservation scienc
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Graham Ih Kerley
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
221
138
0.624
Conservation biology
megaherbivore ecology
predator prey interactions
ecological histor
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Pierre Pistorius
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108
71
0.657
marine top predators - behavioural ecology - population ecology - conservation biolog
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Maryna Van De Venter
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82
66
0.805
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Rajesh Anandjiwala
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75
47
0.627
nonwoven
textiles
fibre reinforced compoistes
technical textile
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Chijioke Olisah
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
44
0.978
Analytical Chemistry/Environmental modelling
Ecotoxicology
Persistent organic pollutants
phytoremediatio
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Alastair Potts
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
38
0.905
Greater Cape Evoscapes: phylogeography
molecular ecology
distribution modelling
subtropical thicket ecolog
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
David Bell
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
36
0.706
Mantle Geochemistry
Cosmochemistry
Geology of southern Africa and western North America
Natural philosoph
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Syden Mishi
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
36
0.837
Development Economics
Experimental Economics
Behavioural Economics
Applied Microeconomic
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Tim Downing
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
34
0.739
Ecotoxicology
Cyanotoxinology and Cyanotoxicology
Fresh water quality
Phytoremediation
Bio-fertilizer

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* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
K. Abou-El-Hossein
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66
32
0.485
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Andre Calitz
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
32
0.552
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Tineke Kraaij
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
32
0.727
Vegetation ecology
Fire ecology
Invasive plant biology
Conservation managemen
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Arno Janse Van Vuuren
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
32
0.914
electron microscopy
swift heavy ion
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
DG Hattingh
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
30
0.698
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Winston Shakantu
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
29
0.674
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Jacques O'connell
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
29
0.763
Electron microscopy
SHI irradiation effects in solid
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Gavin Rishworth
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
28
0.757
benthic ecology
microbialites
estuaries
bioturbatio
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Jan De Vynck
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
28
0.966
Archaeology
Human Behavioural Ecology
Ethnobotany
Marine Biolog
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Pumla Dineo Gqola
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
27
0.675
Literary & Cultural Studies
feminisms
postcolonial theory
slave memory
Female Fear Factor
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Savania Nagiah
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
26
0.929
Biochemistry
Medical Science
Toxicology
Metabolic Disorder
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
EE Van Dyk
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
25
0.556
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Lynne J. Quick
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27
25
0.926
Palaeoecology
Palynology
Palaeoclimatology
Palaeoenvironment
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Zenixole Tshentu
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
24
0.393
Inorganic chemistry
materials
catalysis
hydrometallurg
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Jacqueline L Raw
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27
23
0.852
Blue Carbon
Nature-Based Solutions
Climate Mitigation & Adaptatio