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University of Pretoria 86 Scientists Agriculture & Forestry / Agriculture 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: 1
forest protection
mycology
entomology
biotechnology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,043
618
0.593
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Marine Mammal Ecology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
228
95
0.417
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Agricultural and Rural Development
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
180
63
0.350
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
microbiology
plant pathology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
162
108
0.667
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
biodiversity
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123
59
0.480
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Climate Change
Forestry
Carbon
Drylands
Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
116
93
0.802
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
forest molecular genetics
genomics
genetics
cellulose
xylan
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
115
85
0.739
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Forest Ecology & Management
Social ecology
Agroforestry
Soil fertility
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103
85
0.825
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Plant Science
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92
56
0.609
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Conservation biology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87
77
0.885
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* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Invasion biology
distributions
distribution modelling
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85
71
0.835
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Seasonal climate modelling
mid-latitude dynamics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76
52
0.684
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74
51
0.689
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Irrigation managent
Sustainable crop production
Potato agronomy
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72
43
0.597
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Fungi: Genetics
Evolutionary Genomics
Systematics
Population
Mating sytems
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63
59
0.937
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Forest entomology
invasive species
biological control
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
49
0.803
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
mycology
fungal genomics
fungal evolution
genome evolution
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
50
0.833
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
molecular plant pathology
plant genomics
fungal genetics
maize disease
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59
33
0.559
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Seed Science
seed vigour
seed pathology
seed treatments
plant pathology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
36
0.621
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Taxonomy
Systematics
Penicillium
Aspergillus
Talaromyces
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56
52
0.929
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Mycology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55
43
0.782
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Insect behaviour
Chemical ecology
Analytical chemistry
Conservation
Edible Insects
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
39
0.796
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Entomology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
27
0.587
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Fusarium
Talaromyces
fungal taxonomy
mycotoxin
food mycology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
41
0.911
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Agriculture
Plant Pathology
Microbiology
Crop Protection
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
35
0.778
Mike Wingfield
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,043
618
0.593
forest protection
mycology
entomology
biotechnology
Marthan Bester
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
228
95
0.417
Hans P. Binswanger-Mkhize
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
180
63
0.350
Agricultural and Rural Development
Teresa Coutinho
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
162
108
0.667
Nigel Barker
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123
59
0.480
Cheikh Mbow
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
116
93
0.802
Climate Change
Forestry
Carbon
Drylands
Africa
Alexander Myburg
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
115
85
0.739
forest molecular genetics
genomics
genetics
cellulose
xylan
Paxie Wc Chirwa
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103
85
0.825
Forest Ecology & Management
Social ecology
Agroforestry
Soil fertility
Karl Kunert
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92
56
0.609
Peter Lindsey
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87
77
0.885
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Mark Robertson
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85
71
0.835
Invasion biology
distributions
distribution modelling
Willem A. Landman
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76
52
0.684
Seasonal climate modelling
mid-latitude dynamics
Jacobus Johannes Marion Meyer
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74
51
0.689
Martin Steyn
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72
43
0.597
Irrigation managent
Sustainable crop production
Potato agronomy
Tuan A. Duong
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63
59
0.937
Fungi: Genetics
Evolutionary Genomics
Systematics
Population
Mating sytems
Brett Hurley
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
49
0.803
Forest entomology
invasive species
biological control
Martin Coetzee
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
50
0.833
mycology
fungal genomics
fungal evolution
genome evolution
Dave K. Berger
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59
33
0.559
molecular plant pathology
plant genomics
fungal genetics
maize disease
Tas (Terry) Aveling
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
36
0.621
Seed Science
seed vigour
seed pathology
seed treatments
plant pathology
Cobus Visagie
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56
52
0.929
Taxonomy
Systematics
Penicillium
Aspergillus
Talaromyces
Seonju Marincowitz
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55
43
0.782
Abdullahi Ahmed Yusuf
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
39
0.796
Insect behaviour
Chemical ecology
Analytical chemistry
Conservation
Edible Insects
Kerstin Krüger
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
27
0.587
Neriman Yilmaz
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
41
0.911
Fusarium
Talaromyces
fungal taxonomy
mycotoxin
food mycology
Jacquie Van Der Waals
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
35
0.778
Agriculture
Plant Pathology
Microbiology
Crop Protection