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North West University Scientists i10 Productivity Rankings (Sort by last 6 years i10 Index) 2025

Productivity Rankings, an exclusive service provided by AD Scientific Index, 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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* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
South Africa
Olubukola Oluranti Babalola
Microbial Ecology
Soil Metagenomics
Plant-Microbe Interactions
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
266
254
0.955
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
South Africa
Christo Venter
Pulsars
gamma-ray astronomy
globular clusters
cosmic rays
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
260
229
0.881
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
South Africa
Sebastiaan Rothmann
Positive Organizations
Capabilities
Engagement
Flourishing
Well-being
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
219
178
0.813
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
South Africa
Damian C. Onwudiwe
Materials Chemistry
Green Chemistry
Chemical Engineering
Water Treatment
Environmental Analysis
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
177
168
0.949
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
South Africa
Indra Bahadur
Thermodynamics of solution
DESs
Ionic Liquids
Corrosion
Separation Technology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
167
152
0.910
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
South Africa
Adeyemi Oladapo Aremu
Botany
IKS
Plant Science
Ethnopharmacology
Ethnobotany
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
139
132
0.950
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
South Africa
Donald Kurtz
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
270
126
0.467
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
South Africa
Masood Khalique
Differential Equations
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
173
126
0.728
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
South Africa
Nico J Smit
Aquatic Parasitology
Ecosystem Health
Aquatic Ecology
Marine Parasitology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
161
123
0.764

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* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
South Africa
Iurii Sushch
Astrophysics
Astronomy
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
128
118
0.922
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
South Africa
Arvind Kumar Gupta
16S rRNA gene
bacterial diversity
insect gut bacteria
microbial community
Metagenomics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
233
110
0.472
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
South Africa
Dmitri Bessarabov
membranes
hydrogen
fuel cells
electrolysis
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
140
108
0.771
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
South Africa
Victor Wepener
Ecotoxicology
Ecological Risk Assessment
Aquatic Toxicology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
128
105
0.820
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
South Africa
BH Harvey
Animal models
Psychopharmacology
Neuroscience
Behavior
Psychiatry
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
136
100
0.735
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
South Africa
Van Den Berg, J. Johnnie
Agricultural Entomology
Environmental Sciences
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
161
97
0.602
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
South Africa
Johan Paul Beukes
Air Quality
Climate Change
Atmospheric Chemistry
Metallurgy
Pyrometallurgy
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92
83
0.902
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
South Africa
Louis Du Preez
Parasitology
Herpetology
Batrachology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119
80
0.672
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
South Africa
H Bouwman
Ecotoxicology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121
75
0.620
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
South Africa
Stuart Piketh
Atmospheric Science / Geography
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102
72
0.706
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
South Africa
Pieter Gideon Van Zyl
Atmospheric sciences
chrome technology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77
72
0.935
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
South Africa
Natalia Zywucka
gamma-ray energy
blazars
active galaxies
AGN
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72
71
0.986
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
South Africa
Martinette Kruger
Market segmentation within a tourism context
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88
70
0.795
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
South Africa
Paulus Kruger
Low Noise Amplifiers
Gamma-ray astrophysics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81
70
0.864
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
South Africa
Anel Petzer
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72
70
0.972
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Olubukola Oluranti Babalola
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
266
254
0.955
Microbial Ecology
Soil Metagenomics
Plant-Microbe Interactions
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Christo Venter
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
260
229
0.881
Pulsars
gamma-ray astronomy
globular clusters
cosmic rays
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Markus Boettcher
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
282
210
0.745
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Sebastiaan Rothmann
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
219
178
0.813
Positive Organizations
Capabilities
Engagement
Flourishing
Well-being
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Damian C. Onwudiwe
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
177
168
0.949
Materials Chemistry
Green Chemistry
Chemical Engineering
Water Treatment
Environmental Analysis
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Indra Bahadur
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
167
152
0.910
Thermodynamics of solution
DESs
Ionic Liquids
Corrosion
Separation Technology
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Adeyemi Oladapo Aremu
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
139
132
0.950
Botany
IKS
Plant Science
Ethnopharmacology
Ethnobotany
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Donald Kurtz
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
270
126
0.467
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Masood Khalique
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
173
126
0.728
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Nico J Smit
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
161
123
0.764
Aquatic Parasitology
Ecosystem Health
Aquatic Ecology
Marine Parasitology

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* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Iurii Sushch
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
128
118
0.922
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Arvind Kumar Gupta
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
233
110
0.472
16S rRNA gene
bacterial diversity
insect gut bacteria
microbial community
Metagenomics
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Dmitri Bessarabov
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
140
108
0.771
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Victor Wepener
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
128
105
0.820
Ecotoxicology
Ecological Risk Assessment
Aquatic Toxicology
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
BH Harvey
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
136
100
0.735
Animal models
Psychopharmacology
Neuroscience
Behavior
Psychiatry
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Van Den Berg, J. Johnnie
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
161
97
0.602
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Johan Paul Beukes
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92
83
0.902
Air Quality
Climate Change
Atmospheric Chemistry
Metallurgy
Pyrometallurgy
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Louis Du Preez
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119
80
0.672
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
H Bouwman
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121
75
0.620
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Stuart Piketh
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102
72
0.706
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Pieter Gideon Van Zyl
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77
72
0.935
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Natalia Zywucka
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72
71
0.986
gamma-ray energy
blazars
active galaxies
AGN
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Martinette Kruger
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88
70
0.795
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Paulus Kruger
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81
70
0.864
Low Noise Amplifiers
Gamma-ray astrophysics
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Anel Petzer
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72
70
0.972