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* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
mole-rats
Reproduction
physiology...
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
367
245
0.668
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Medicinal Plants
Ethnobotany
Phytochemistry
Phytomedicine
Ethnopharmacology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
277
200
0.722
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Conservation Ecology
African elephants
Forest restoration
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
170
68
0.400
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Biogeography
Ecology
Ethnobotany
Plant Taxonomy
Plant Anatomy
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
159
42
0.264
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
pollination
physiology
nectar-feeding birds
honey bees
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
143
67
0.469
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
social behaviour
chemical ecology
social insects
honeybee
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
131
41
0.313
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Evolutionary Physiology
Ornithology
Stable Isotopes
Climate Change
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
128
106
0.828
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Wildlife / Behavioural Endocrinology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107
84
0.785
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Wildlife Diseases
Wildlife Conservation
One Health
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99
65
0.657
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Large Mammal Ecology
Marine Mammals
Wildlife Management
Field methods
Long-term monitoring
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87
59
0.678
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* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
life science
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84
52
0.619
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Cancer cellular biology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79
36
0.456
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Evolutionary biology
phylogtenetics
mammalogy
ecology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70
26
0.371
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Dung beetles
biogeography
ecology
taxonomy
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66
36
0.545
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
biology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65
51
0.785
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Flies of Economic Significance
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
39
0.780
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Applied cell biology
bio active molecules
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
39
0.780
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Behaviour Physiology Neurobiology Chronobiology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
32
0.711
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
ecology
macroecology
Africa
species distributions
diversity patterns
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
35
0.833
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Behavioural Ecology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
34
0.810
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Bioinformatics
genomics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
18
0.439
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Behavioural Ecology
Parasite Ecology
Ecological Immunology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
21
0.538
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Biological Invasions
aquatic ecology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34
29
0.853
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Biology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34
20
0.588
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Evolutionary ecology
host-parasite interactions
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
29
0.879
Nigel C Bennett
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
367
245
0.668
mole-rats
Reproduction
physiology...
Jacobus Eloff
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
277
200
0.722
Medicinal Plants
Ethnobotany
Phytochemistry
Phytomedicine
Ethnopharmacology
Rudi Van Aarde
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
170
68
0.400
Conservation Ecology
African elephants
Forest restoration
Abraham E. Van Wyk
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
159
42
0.264
Biogeography
Ecology
Ethnobotany
Plant Taxonomy
Plant Anatomy
Susan W. Nicolson
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
143
67
0.469
pollination
physiology
nectar-feeding birds
honey bees
Robin Crewe
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
131
41
0.313
social behaviour
chemical ecology
social insects
honeybee
Andrew Mckechnie
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
128
106
0.828
Evolutionary Physiology
Ornithology
Stable Isotopes
Climate Change
Andre Ganswindt
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107
84
0.785
Wildlife / Behavioural Endocrinology
Armanda Ds Bastos
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99
65
0.657
Wildlife Diseases
Wildlife Conservation
One Health
Nico De Bruyn|PJ Nico de Bruyn
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87
59
0.678
Large Mammal Ecology
Marine Mammals
Wildlife Management
Field methods
Long-term monitoring
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Elna M Buys
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84
52
0.619
Annie Joubert
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79
36
0.456
Christian Chimimba
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70
26
0.371
Evolutionary biology
phylogtenetics
mammalogy
ecology
Adrian LV Davis
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66
36
0.545
Dung beetles
biogeography
ecology
taxonomy
Oleg Reva
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65
51
0.785
Chris Weldon
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
39
0.780
Megan Bester
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
39
0.780
Applied cell biology
bio active molecules
Maria K Oosthuizen
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
32
0.711
Behaviour Physiology Neurobiology Chronobiology
Michelle Greve
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
35
0.833
ecology
macroecology
Africa
species distributions
diversity patterns
Adrian M Shrader
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
34
0.810
Fourie Joubert
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
18
0.439
Heike Lutermann
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
21
0.538
Behavioural Ecology
Parasite Ecology
Ecological Immunology
Tsungai Alfred Zengeya
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34
29
0.853
Biological Invasions
aquatic ecology
Cheryl Tosh
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34
20
0.588
Muriel Dietrich
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
29
0.879
Evolutionary ecology
host-parasite interactions