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University of the Witwatersrand 44 Scientists Natural Sciences / Biological Science i10 Productivity Rankings - 2025
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* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
carbon cycle
savannas
earth observation
biodiversity
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
322
201
0.624
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
laser resonators
laser beam shaping
orbital angular momentum
structured light
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
249
208
0.835
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Wildlife Ecology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
194
117
0.603
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
130
94
0.723
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Ornithology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59
24
0.407
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
natural resource use
rural livelihoods
socio-ecological systems
savanna ecology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
38
0.655
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Bioactivity screening
cancer drug resistance
biomarker discovery
Cholesterol and cancer
Drug Discovery
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
33
0.750
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Freshwater Biology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
30
0.769
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Ornithology
urban ecology
landscape ecology
citizen science
global change
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
31
0.939
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
evolutionary biology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
19
0.655
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* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Structural Biology of druggable protein of human parasite and bacterial pathogens
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
20
0.769
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Bioinformatics and molecular modeling
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
21
0.840
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Cell death
Apoptosis
Cancer
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
14
0.609
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Aquatic Ecology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
15
0.750
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Visual ecology
Birds
Mammals
Retina
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
9
0.600
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
developmental biology
vertebrate evolution
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
4
0.308
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Behavioural ecology
Animal Physiology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
11
1.000
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
social-ecological systems
natural resource use
savanna ecology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9
7
0.778
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Remote Sensing
Spatial Ecology
Community Based Natural Resource Management
Ecosystem Services
GIS
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9
5
0.556
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Biology education
science identity
undergraduate teaching
undergraduate learning
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
7
1.000
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Sedimentology
stratigraphy
sequence stratigraphy
biostratigraphy
palaeontology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
4
0.667
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Palaeontology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
5
1.000
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Ethnobotany
Rural livelihoods
Socio-Ecological systems
Natural resource use
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
4
0.800
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
vertebrate palaeontology
virtual palaeontology
tooth replacement
Therapsida
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4
4
1.000
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Zoology
Ecology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4
4
1.000
Robert J Scholes
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
322
201
0.624
carbon cycle
savannas
earth observation
biodiversity
Andrew Forbes
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
249
208
0.835
laser resonators
laser beam shaping
orbital angular momentum
structured light
Norman Owen-Smith
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
194
117
0.603
Marion Bamford
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
130
94
0.723
Craig Symes
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59
24
0.407
Wayne Twine
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
38
0.655
natural resource use
rural livelihoods
socio-ecological systems
savanna ecology
Mandeep Kaur
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
33
0.750
Bioactivity screening
cancer drug resistance
biomarker discovery
Cholesterol and cancer
Drug Discovery
Darragh J. Woodford
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
30
0.769
Chevonne Reynolds
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
31
0.939
Ornithology
urban ecology
landscape ecology
citizen science
global change
Pierre M Durand
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
19
0.655
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Ikechukwu Achilonu
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
20
0.769
Structural Biology of druggable protein of human parasite and bacterial pathogens
Houcemeddine Othman
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
21
0.840
Bioinformatics and molecular modeling
Marianne Cronje
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
14
0.609
Gavin Snow
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
15
0.750
João Paulo Coimbra
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
9
0.600
Visual ecology
Birds
Mammals
Retina
Natalya Nikitina
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
4
0.308
developmental biology
vertebrate evolution
Tanja Mfn Van De Ven
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
11
1.000
Behavioural ecology
Animal Physiology
Penelope J. Mograbi
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9
7
0.778
social-ecological systems
natural resource use
savanna ecology
Jolene T. Fisher
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9
5
0.556
Remote Sensing
Spatial Ecology
Community Based Natural Resource Management
Ecosystem Services
GIS
Shalini Dukhan
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
7
1.000
Biology education
science identity
undergraduate teaching
undergraduate learning
Cameron Penn-Clarke
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
4
0.667
Sedimentology
stratigraphy
sequence stratigraphy
biostratigraphy
palaeontology
Marc Van Den Brandt
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
5
1.000
Nompendulo Khoza
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
4
0.800
Ethnobotany
Rural livelihoods
Socio-Ecological systems
Natural resource use
Luke A. Norton
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4
4
1.000
vertebrate palaeontology
virtual palaeontology
tooth replacement
Therapsida
Nadine Elizabeth Cronk
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4
4
1.000