i10 Productivity
Rankings

University of the Witwatersrand ScientistsNatural Sciences / Physics i10 Productivity Rankings 2025

Productivity Rankings is an exclusive service provided by AD Scientific Index. This ranking system, derived from the i10 index, highlights the productivity of scientists in publishing impactful scientific articles. Productivity Rankings serves as a tool to identify highly productive scientists across specific areas, disciplines, universities, and countries, and supports the creation of effective incentives and academic policies. The global, regional, and institutional rankings of scientists in this table are calculated based on their total i10 index. Moreover, you can explore special rankings derived from Productivity Rankings, such as Scientists Last 6 Years' i10 Index, Universities Total i10 Index Rankings 2025, Universities Last 6 Years' i10 Index Rankings 2025, Art and Humanities i10 Productivity Rankings, and Social Sciences and Humanities i10 Productivity Rankings.

* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
South Africa
Bruce Mellado
Particle Physics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
772
564
0.731
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
South Africa
Joyful Mdhluli
High Energy Physics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
450
448
0.996
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
South Africa
Zeblon Vilakazi
High Energy physics
Grid Computing
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
379
354
0.934
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
South Africa
Sergio Colafrancesco
Astrophysics
Cosmology
Astro-Particle Physics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
303
182
0.601
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
South Africa
Tasnuva Chowdhury
Particle Physics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
277
274
0.989
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
South Africa
Andrew Chen
Astrophysics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
259
191
0.737
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
South Africa
Nukri Komin
gamma-ray astronomy
Cosmic Rays
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
226
200
0.885
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
South Africa
Martin Ntwaeaborwa
Phosphors
Materials Science
Solid State Physics
Solar Cells
Chemistry
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
218
155
0.711
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
South Africa
Vishnu Jejjala
String Theory
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
34
0.567
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
South Africa
Somnath Bhattacharyya
Nanotechnology
carbon
condensed matter physics
quantum technology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
15
0.333
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
South Africa
Joao P Rodrigues
Field Theory
String Theory
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
11
0.262
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
South Africa
Angela Dudley
beam shaping
optical orbital angular momentum
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
35
0.921
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
South Africa
Pallab Basu
Quantum field theory
Holography
Condensed matter
Gravity
String theory
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
26
0.684
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
South Africa
Alex Quandt
Theoretical Chemistry
Theoretical Physics
Computational Materials Science
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
22
0.579
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
South Africa
Shirley Abelman
non-Newtonian fluids
differential equations
integral equations
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
23
0.742
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
South Africa
Abhishek Pandey
Condensed matter physics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
19
0.613
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
South Africa
Isaac Nape
orbital angular momentum
quantum photonics
quantum information
quantum entanglement
photonic computing
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
27
0.964
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
South Africa
Daniel Joubert
Condensed Matter
Density Functional Theory
Electronic Structure
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
21
0.750
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
South Africa
Iyabo Usman
Nuclear Physics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
16
0.696
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
South Africa
Melanie Mclaren
Quantum entanglement
Orbital angular momentum
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
21
0.955
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
South Africa
Xifeng Ruan
particle physics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
12
0.706
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
South Africa
Hilary Masenda
Physics
Semiconductor Spectroscopy
Material Physics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
7
0.412
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Bruce Mellado
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
772
564
0.731
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Joyful Mdhluli
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
450
448
0.996
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Zeblon Vilakazi
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
379
354
0.934
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Sergio Colafrancesco
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
303
182
0.601
Astrophysics
Cosmology
Astro-Particle Physics
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Tasnuva Chowdhury
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
277
274
0.989
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Andrew Chen
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
259
191
0.737
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Nukri Komin
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
226
200
0.885
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Martin Ntwaeaborwa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
218
155
0.711
Phosphors
Materials Science
Solid State Physics
Solar Cells
Chemistry
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Vishnu Jejjala
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
34
0.567
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Somnath Bhattacharyya
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
15
0.333
Nanotechnology
carbon
condensed matter physics
quantum technology
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Joao P Rodrigues
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
11
0.262
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Daniel Wamwangi
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
27
0.692
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Angela Dudley
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
35
0.921
beam shaping
optical orbital angular momentum
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Pallab Basu
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
26
0.684
Quantum field theory
Holography
Condensed matter
Gravity
String theory
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Alex Quandt
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
22
0.579
Theoretical Chemistry
Theoretical Physics
Computational Materials Science
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Shirley Abelman
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
23
0.742
non-Newtonian fluids
differential equations
integral equations
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Abhishek Pandey
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
19
0.613
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Isaac Nape
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
27
0.964
orbital angular momentum
quantum photonics
quantum information
quantum entanglement
photonic computing
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Daniel Joubert
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
21
0.750
Condensed Matter
Density Functional Theory
Electronic Structure
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Iyabo Usman
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
16
0.696
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Melanie Mclaren
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
21
0.955
Quantum entanglement
Orbital angular momentum
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Kevin Goldstein
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
11
0.550
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Xifeng Ruan
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
12
0.706
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Hilary Masenda
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
7
0.412
Physics
Semiconductor Spectroscopy
Material Physics
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Greg Farrell
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
5
0.333