Track ongoing research productivity with the 2025 i10 Index Productivity Rankings.
By counting the number of publications with at least 10 citations, the i10 index highlights steady scholarly output and publishing consistency. These rankings offer insight into researchers’ contribution frequency, beyond cumulative impact. The system is regularly refreshed to reflect current performance trends, enabling up-to-date comparisons across fields, institutions, and regions. Premium access includes productivity heatmaps, time-based output trends, and in-depth author benchmarks.
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1

forest protection
mycology
entomology
biotechnolog
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,057
653
0.618
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2

Macroecomomics
forecastin
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
688
520
0.756
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3

mole-rats
Reproduction
physiology..
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
372
251
0.675
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4

Microbial ecolog
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
344
232
0.674
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5

i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
399
231
0.579
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6

Medicinal Plants
Ethnobotany
Phytochemistry
Phytomedicine
Ethnopharmacolog
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
281
208
0.740
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7

Convective Nanofluids
Computational Heat Transfer
Multiphase
Energy Optimization
Solar-Therma
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
212
206
0.972
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8

Audiology
Telehealth
mHealth
Tele-Audiology
Telemedicin
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
209
182
0.871
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9

forest pathology and entomology
forest health
invasion biology
mycology
molecular ecology and evolutio
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
218
174
0.798
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10

ethnoveterinary medicine
biological activity
toxicity
medicinal plant
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
185
172
0.930
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* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11

Nano-Science
Materials Science
Energy Storag
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
161
148
0.919
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12

Pharmacology
toxicology
oral care
tuberculosis
cancer and cosmeceutical
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
157
143
0.911
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13

Sustainable chemical engineering processes (waste and biomass utilization
clean water
zer
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
146
133
0.911
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14

Virology
emerging diseases
Respiratory viruses
Arboviruses
Influenz
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
159
125
0.786
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15

Maternal mortality
perinatal mortality
stillbirth
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
185
118
0.638
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16

Career (construction) counselling
narrative career counselling
life designin
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
195
113
0.579
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17

Fresh Produce Safety and Qualit
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
171
112
0.655
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18

microbiology
plant patholog
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
164
112
0.683
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19

microbial genetics
microbial evolution
microbial systematic
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
136
111
0.816
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20

Evolutionary Physiology
Ornithology
Stable Isotopes
Climate Chang
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
132
111
0.841
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21

Veterinary Epidemiolog
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
155
107
0.690
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22

Marine Mammal Ecolog
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
232
102
0.440
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23

i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
153
100
0.654
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24

Youth resilience
Social Ecology of Resilience Theory
Culture & resilience
African youths' resilience processe
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
126
100
0.794
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25

Climate Change
Forestry
Carbon
Drylands
Afric
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120
97
0.808
Mike Wingfield
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,057
653
0.618
forest protection
mycology
entomology
biotechnolog
Rangan Gupta
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
688
520
0.756
Nigel C Bennett
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
372
251
0.675
mole-rats
Reproduction
physiology..
Don A Cowan
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
344
232
0.674
Brenda Wingfield
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
399
231
0.579
Jacobus Eloff
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
281
208
0.740
Medicinal Plants
Ethnobotany
Phytochemistry
Phytomedicine
Ethnopharmacolog
Mohsen Sharifpur
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
212
206
0.972
Convective Nanofluids
Computational Heat Transfer
Multiphase
Energy Optimization
Solar-Therma
De Wet Swanepoel
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
209
182
0.871
Audiology
Telehealth
mHealth
Tele-Audiology
Telemedicin
Bernard Slippers
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
218
174
0.798
forest pathology and entomology
forest health
invasion biology
mycology
molecular ecology and evolutio
Lyndy Mcgaw
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
185
172
0.930
ethnoveterinary medicine
biological activity
toxicity
medicinal plant
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Ncholu Manyala
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
161
148
0.919
Nano-Science
Materials Science
Energy Storag
Namrita Lall
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
157
143
0.911
Pharmacology
toxicology
oral care
tuberculosis
cancer and cosmeceutical
Mo Daramola
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
146
133
0.911
Sustainable chemical engineering processes (waste and biomass utilization
clean water
zer
Marietjie Venter
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
159
125
0.786
Virology
emerging diseases
Respiratory viruses
Arboviruses
Influenz
Robert Pattinson
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
185
118
0.638
Maternal mortality
perinatal mortality
stillbirth
Kobus Maree
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
195
113
0.579
Career (construction) counselling
narrative career counselling
life designin
Lise Korsten
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
171
112
0.655
Fresh Produce Safety and Qualit
Teresa Coutinho
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
164
112
0.683
Emma Steenkamp
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
136
111
0.816
microbial genetics
microbial evolution
microbial systematic
Andrew Mckechnie
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
132
111
0.841
Evolutionary Physiology
Ornithology
Stable Isotopes
Climate Chang
Geoffrey T Fosgate
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
155
107
0.690
Veterinary Epidemiolog
Marthan Bester
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
232
102
0.440
Louis H Nel
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
153
100
0.654
Linda C. Theron
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
126
100
0.794
Youth resilience
Social Ecology of Resilience Theory
Culture & resilience
African youths' resilience processe
Cheikh Mbow
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120
97
0.808
Climate Change
Forestry
Carbon
Drylands
Afric