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University of Pretoria/ 13 Scientists Engineering & Technology / Mechanical Engineering i10 Productivity Rankings - 2025

Total 2,384,773 scientists, country 221, and institutions 24,456 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
South Africa
Mohsen Sharifpur
Convective Nanofluids
Computational Heat Transfer
Multiphase
Energy Optimization
Solar-Thermal
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
198
195
0.985
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
South Africa
Stephan Heyns
vibration monitoring
condition monitoring
laser vibrometry
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119
86
0.723
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
South Africa
P. Schalk Els
Vehicle dynamics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67
41
0.612
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
South Africa
Leon Pretorius
Engineering and Technology Management
Mechanical Engineering
System Dynamics
Energy
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65
34
0.523
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
South Africa
Schalk Kok
Computational Mechanics
Material modelling
Computational plasticity
Multidisciplinary optimization
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
31
0.674
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
South Africa
Daniel N. Wilke
Gradient-only Optimisation
Generative Modeling
Particle-Based Solvers
GPU
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
37
0.860
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
South Africa
Jaco Dirker
Thermal Engineering
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
30
0.698
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
South Africa
Debashis Basu
Public Health and Preventive Medicine
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
16
0.667
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
South Africa
Abrie Oberholster
Mechanical characterisation of biological materials
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9
7
0.778
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
South Africa
Helen Inglis
Engineering education
student success
scholarship of teaching and learning
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
5
0.714

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* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
South Africa
Bradley D Bock
Phase-change heat transfer focused on thin liquid films
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
3
1.000
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
South Africa
Jonathan Kyle Swanepoel
solar thermal
CSP
heat transfer
parabolic dish collectors
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
2
1.000
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
South Africa
Mehdi Nikzad
Renewable Energy
Photovoltaic panel
Thermoelectric
Hydrogen
Convection
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
0
0
0
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Mohsen Sharifpur
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
198
195
0.985
Convective Nanofluids
Computational Heat Transfer
Multiphase
Energy Optimization
Solar-Thermal
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Stephan Heyns
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119
86
0.723
vibration monitoring
condition monitoring
laser vibrometry
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
P. Schalk Els
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67
41
0.612
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Leon Pretorius
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65
34
0.523
Engineering and Technology Management
Mechanical Engineering
System Dynamics
Energy
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Schalk Kok
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
31
0.674
Computational Mechanics
Material modelling
Computational plasticity
Multidisciplinary optimization
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Daniel N. Wilke
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
37
0.860
Gradient-only Optimisation
Generative Modeling
Particle-Based Solvers
GPU
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Jaco Dirker
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
30
0.698
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Debashis Basu
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
16
0.667
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Abrie Oberholster
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9
7
0.778
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Helen Inglis
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
5
0.714
Engineering education
student success
scholarship of teaching and learning

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* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Bradley D Bock
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
3
1.000
Phase-change heat transfer focused on thin liquid films
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Jonathan Kyle Swanepoel
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
2
1.000
solar thermal
CSP
heat transfer
parabolic dish collectors
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Mehdi Nikzad
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
0
0
0
Renewable Energy
Photovoltaic panel
Thermoelectric
Hydrogen
Convection