i10 Productivity
Rankings

Stellenbosch University ScientistsAgriculture & Forestry / Agriculture i10 Productivity Rankings 2025

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: last 6 years' i10 index", Universities Rankings 2024 (Sort by : Total i10 Index), Universities Rankings 2024 (Sort by : Last 6 Years i10 Index) "Art and Humanities Rankings" and "Social Sciences and Humanities Rankings"

* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
South Africa
Umezuruike Linus Opara
Postharvest Technology
Food Science and Technology
Biosystems Engineering
Horticultural Science
Pomegranate
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
227
216
0.952
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
South Africa
John S. Terblanche
Evolutionary physiology - insect physiology - physiological plasticity
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
152
120
0.789
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
South Africa
Johann Kirsten
agricultural economics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
142
59
0.415
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
South Africa
Nick Vink
Agricultural Economics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97
40
0.412
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
South Africa
James Pryke
Conservation Biology
Entomology
Landscape Ecology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80
72
0.900
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
South Africa
Francois Roets
Conservation biology
ecology
mycology
entomology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77
56
0.727
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
South Africa
Seifert Thomas
Forest and Tree Growth
Natural Ressources
Wood Science
Dendroecology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73
53
0.726
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
South Africa
Alex Valentine
Root biology
Nitrogen
Phosphorous
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71
55
0.775
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
South Africa
Tammy Robinson
Marine ecology
invasion biology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
53
0.869
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
South Africa
Helene Nieuwoudt
wine
infrared spectroscopy
sensory
yeast
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
50
0.862
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
South Africa
Stephanie Midgley
Horticultural Science
Climate Change
Plant Ecophysiology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
30
0.588
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
South Africa
A. Mcleod
Plant Pathology
molecular biology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
39
0.780
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
South Africa
Euan Phimister
Agricultural
Energy & Resource Economics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
29
0.580
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
South Africa
Ruan Veldtman
Insect-plant interactions
biological control
pollination services
invasive wasps
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
39
0.796
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
South Africa
Martina Meincken
Material Science
Surface Analysis
Bioenergy
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
27
0.587
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
South Africa
Ben Du Toit
Silviculture
Forest Nutrition
Forest Ecophysiology
Integrated Fire management
Bio-energy
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
26
0.565
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
South Africa
John P Moore
Plant Cell Walls
Grapevine
Plant Desiccation Tolerance
Polyphenols
Wine
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
40
0.909
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
South Africa
Rene Gaigher
conservation ecology
agricultural conservation
entomology
landscape ecology
invasive insect management
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34
32
0.941
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
South Africa
Shayne Jacobs
Ecosystems Ecology
Biogeochemistry
Plant Physiological Ecology
Conservation Ecology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
24
0.774
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
South Africa
Tarl Michael Berry
Agriculture
Postharvest
Computational fluid dynamics
Cold chain systems
Fresh produce packaging
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
22
1.000
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
South Africa
Obert Chikwanha
meat science
ruminant nutrition
small ruminant production
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
21
1.000
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Umezuruike Linus Opara
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
227
216
0.952
Postharvest Technology
Food Science and Technology
Biosystems Engineering
Horticultural Science
Pomegranate
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
John S. Terblanche
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
152
120
0.789
Evolutionary physiology - insect physiology - physiological plasticity
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Johann Kirsten
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
142
59
0.415
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Servaas Van Der Berg
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122
68
0.557
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Nick Vink
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97
40
0.412
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
James Pryke
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80
72
0.900
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Francois Roets
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77
56
0.727
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Seifert Thomas
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73
53
0.726
Forest and Tree Growth
Natural Ressources
Wood Science
Dendroecology
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Alex Valentine
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71
55
0.775
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Tammy Robinson
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
53
0.869
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Helene Nieuwoudt
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
50
0.862
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Stephanie Midgley
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
30
0.588
Horticultural Science
Climate Change
Plant Ecophysiology
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
A. Mcleod
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
39
0.780
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Euan Phimister
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
29
0.580
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Ruan Veldtman
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
39
0.796
Insect-plant interactions
biological control
pollination services
invasive wasps
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Martina Meincken
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
27
0.587
Material Science
Surface Analysis
Bioenergy
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Ben Du Toit
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
26
0.565
Silviculture
Forest Nutrition
Forest Ecophysiology
Integrated Fire management
Bio-energy
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
John P Moore
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
40
0.909
Plant Cell Walls
Grapevine
Plant Desiccation Tolerance
Polyphenols
Wine
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Rene Gaigher
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34
32
0.941
conservation ecology
agricultural conservation
entomology
landscape ecology
invasive insect management
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Odirilwe Selomane
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
32
0.970
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Shayne Jacobs
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
24
0.774
Ecosystems Ecology
Biogeochemistry
Plant Physiological Ecology
Conservation Ecology
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Cathy Clarke (Nee Dowding)
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27
19
0.704
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Andrei Borisovich Rozanov
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
19
0.760
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Tarl Michael Berry
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
22
1.000
Agriculture
Postharvest
Computational fluid dynamics
Cold chain systems
Fresh produce packaging
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Obert Chikwanha
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
21
1.000
meat science
ruminant nutrition
small ruminant production