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University of Kwazulu Natal/ 36 Scientists Natural Sciences / Physics 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
SD Maharaj
General relativity
Relativistic astrophysics
Cosmology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
198
149
0.753
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
South Africa
Francesco Petruccione
Open quantum systems
quantum information processing and communication
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
178
108
0.607
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
South Africa
Genene Tessema Mola
Condensed matter Physics
Organic Photovoltaics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96
85
0.885
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
South Africa
Rituparno Goswami
General Relativity
Cosmology
Astrophysics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65
46
0.708
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
South Africa
Adm Walker
Magnetosphere pulsations magnetohydrodynamics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
13
0.224
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
South Africa
Thomas Moyo
Magnetic properties of materials
Mossbauer spectroscopy
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
22
0.500
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
South Africa
Thomas Konrad
Quantum Information Processing and Communication
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
25
0.595
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
South Africa
Parbati Sahoo
Relativity
Cosmology
Modified Theories of Gravity
Wormhole theory
Dark energy-Accelerating universe
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
16
1.000
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
South Africa
Aniekan Magnus Ukpong
Condensed Matter Physics
Many-Body Physics
Scientific Computing
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
10
0.667
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
South Africa
Hafiz Mohammed Ibrahim Abdallah
Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
7
0.467

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* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
South Africa
Yaseera Ismail
Quantum Optics/ Quantum Communication
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
13
1.000
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
South Africa
Byron Brassel
general relativity
modified gravity
Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet gravity
Lovelock gravity
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
10
0.833
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
South Africa
Sarojini Jeeva Panchu
Energy and Biomedical
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
11
1.000
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
South Africa
Sinenhlanhla Precious Sikhosana
Astronomy
astrophysics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9
9
1.000
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
South Africa
Moumita Aich
Cosmology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
5
0.714
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
South Africa
Didier Kileba Matondo
Relativistic Astrophysics
General Relativity
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
5
0.833
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
South Africa
Filippo Giraldi
Quantum Physics
Integral Transforms and Special Functions
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
1
0.167
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
South Africa
Xolani Mbuyise
Fabrication of thin film organic photovoltaics (OPVs) devices
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
5
1.000
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
South Africa
Ayodeji Ibitoye
Astrophysics (IM Experiments)
Cosmology (LSS)
Modified Gravity
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4
4
1.000
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
South Africa
Chevarra Hansraj
general relativity
astrophysics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
3
1.000
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
South Africa
Mervlyn Moodley
Quantum many-body systems
Open quantum systems
Monte Carlo methods
Computational Physics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
1
0.333
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
South Africa
Sanele Dlamini
Condensed Matter Physics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
2
1.000
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
South Africa
Warren Naidoo
Cosmology
Astrophysics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
2
1.000
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
South Africa
Hogantharanni Govender
Medicinal Chemistry ( Organic Synthesis) and Analytical Chemistry ( GC-MS)
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
2
1.000
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
South Africa
Uriri Solomon
Quantum optics
Nanophotonics
Quantum Information Processing
Plasmonics metamaterials
Luminescence
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
2
1.000
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
SD Maharaj
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
198
149
0.753
General relativity
Relativistic astrophysics
Cosmology
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Francesco Petruccione
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
178
108
0.607
Open quantum systems
quantum information processing and communication
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Genene Tessema Mola
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96
85
0.885
Condensed matter Physics
Organic Photovoltaics
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Rituparno Goswami
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65
46
0.708
General Relativity
Cosmology
Astrophysics
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Adm Walker
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
13
0.224
Magnetosphere pulsations magnetohydrodynamics
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Thomas Moyo
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
22
0.500
Magnetic properties of materials
Mossbauer spectroscopy
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Thomas Konrad
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
25
0.595
Quantum Information Processing and Communication
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Parbati Sahoo
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
16
1.000
Relativity
Cosmology
Modified Theories of Gravity
Wormhole theory
Dark energy-Accelerating universe
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Aniekan Magnus Ukpong
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
10
0.667
Condensed Matter Physics
Many-Body Physics
Scientific Computing
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Hafiz Mohammed Ibrahim Abdallah
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
7
0.467
Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science

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* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Yaseera Ismail
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
13
1.000
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Byron Brassel
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
10
0.833
general relativity
modified gravity
Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet gravity
Lovelock gravity
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Sarojini Jeeva Panchu
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
11
1.000
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Sinenhlanhla Precious Sikhosana
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9
9
1.000
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Moumita Aich
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
5
0.714
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Didier Kileba Matondo
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
5
0.833
Relativistic Astrophysics
General Relativity
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Filippo Giraldi
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
1
0.167
Quantum Physics
Integral Transforms and Special Functions
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Xolani Mbuyise
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
5
1.000
Fabrication of thin film organic photovoltaics (OPVs) devices
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Ayodeji Ibitoye
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4
4
1.000
Astrophysics (IM Experiments)
Cosmology (LSS)
Modified Gravity
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Chevarra Hansraj
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
3
1.000
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Mervlyn Moodley
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
1
0.333
Quantum many-body systems
Open quantum systems
Monte Carlo methods
Computational Physics
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Sanele Dlamini
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
2
1.000
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Warren Naidoo
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
2
1.000
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Hogantharanni Govender
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
2
1.000
Medicinal Chemistry ( Organic Synthesis) and Analytical Chemistry ( GC-MS)
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Uriri Solomon
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
2
1.000
Quantum optics
Nanophotonics
Quantum Information Processing
Plasmonics metamaterials
Luminescence