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University of South Africa/ 635 Scientists Others i10 Productivity Rankings - 2025

Total 2,403,032 scientists, country 221, and institutions 24,466 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
Patrick Ngulube
Preservation
Records management
Knowledge management
Research methods
indigenous knowledge
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
177
133
0.751
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
South Africa
David Glasser
Fischer-Tropsch
Reactor design
Process Engineering
Comminution
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
140
47
0.336
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
South Africa
Pantaleo D Rwelamila
Project Management
Procurement Systems and Management
Project Contracts
Construction Industry Development
Small Micro and Me
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57
25
0.439
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
South Africa
MR (Ruth) De Villiers
Human-Computer Interaction
E-Learning
ICT4D
Research Design and Methodology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
20
0.488
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
South Africa
Yali Yao|Yao Yali
Coal/Biomass/NaturalGas/Waste to Liquid Fuels
Desulphurization
Syngas Conversion
CO2 Utilization
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
30
0.909
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
South Africa
Shohreh Azizi
Water & Wastewater treatment
Nanotechnology
Photocatalysis
Membrane Technology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27
25
0.926
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
South Africa
Masilu Daniel Masekameni
Developmental Studies
Exposure and Health
Risk management and policy reform
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
13
0.722
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
South Africa
Nampombe Mnkeni Saurombe
Archival Public Programming and Advocacy
Information for Development
Information Literacy
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
12
0.667
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
South Africa
Kirstin Em Krauss
Critical Social Theory
ICT for Development
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
9
0.529
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
South Africa
Jeanette Maritz
Postgraduate supervision
advising
coaching
mentoring
research education
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
8
0.471

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* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
South Africa
Hadley Clayton
Organometallic Chemistry
Coordination Chemistry
Computational Chemistry
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
7
0.412
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
South Africa
Hemmaragala Nanjundaswamy Marishetty
Organic synthesis
Biomarkers
Peptides
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
5
0.294
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
South Africa
Paul Oluwatosin Bello
Human trafficking
Comparative Criminal justice
Policing
Corrections
Procedural Justice and
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
13
0.813
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
South Africa
Mildred A. Airo
material chemistry and its applications to renewable energy
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
12
0.750
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
South Africa
Shamila Rouhani
Nanobiocatalysis
Organic Methodology
Organic Synthesis
Green Chemistry
Phytochemistry and
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
13
0.867
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
South Africa
Tshilidzi Netshitangani
Educational management
gender in education
school violence
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
11
0.733
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
South Africa
Dirk Geldenhuys
Organisation Development
Change management
Systems-Psychodynamics
Appreciative Inquiry
Social constructionism
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
8
0.533
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
South Africa
Rothney S Tshaka
confessional theology
race and racism
Afrophobia
African theology
black theology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
7
0.467
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
South Africa
P.Bridjesh
IC Engines
Thermodynamics
Functionally graded materials
Bamboo
Bioethanol
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
13
0.929
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
South Africa
Jan Maluleka
Informetrics
Research collaboration
knowledge management
Indigenous knowledge systems
Records management
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
13
0.929
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
South Africa
Mthembu
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
9
0.643
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
South Africa
Tsholofelo Mashigo
general action
books
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
8
0.571
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
South Africa
Michelle S May
Diversity
systems psychodynamics
socio-analytic methods
women in leadership
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
7
0.500
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
South Africa
Wessel Bentley
Science and Religion
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
3
0.214
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
South Africa
Munyaradzi Chitakira
Integrated agriculture-biodiversity landscapes management
Climate smart livelihoods
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
12
0.923
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Patrick Ngulube
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
177
133
0.751
Preservation
Records management
Knowledge management
Research methods
indigenous knowledge
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
David Glasser
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
140
47
0.336
Fischer-Tropsch
Reactor design
Process Engineering
Comminution
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Pantaleo D Rwelamila
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57
25
0.439
Project Management
Procurement Systems and Management
Project Contracts
Construction Industry Development
Small Micro and Me
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
MR (Ruth) De Villiers
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
20
0.488
Human-Computer Interaction
E-Learning
ICT4D
Research Design and Methodology
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Yali Yao|Yao Yali
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
30
0.909
Coal/Biomass/NaturalGas/Waste to Liquid Fuels
Desulphurization
Syngas Conversion
CO2 Utilization
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Shohreh Azizi
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27
25
0.926
Water & Wastewater treatment
Nanotechnology
Photocatalysis
Membrane Technology
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Masilu Daniel Masekameni
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
13
0.722
Developmental Studies
Exposure and Health
Risk management and policy reform
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Nampombe Mnkeni Saurombe
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
12
0.667
Archival Public Programming and Advocacy
Information for Development
Information Literacy
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Kirstin Em Krauss
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
9
0.529
Critical Social Theory
ICT for Development
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Jeanette Maritz
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
8
0.471
Postgraduate supervision
advising
coaching
mentoring
research education

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* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Hadley Clayton
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
7
0.412
Organometallic Chemistry
Coordination Chemistry
Computational Chemistry
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Hemmaragala Nanjundaswamy Marishetty
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
5
0.294
Organic synthesis
Biomarkers
Peptides
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Paul Oluwatosin Bello
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
13
0.813
Human trafficking
Comparative Criminal justice
Policing
Corrections
Procedural Justice and
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Mildred A. Airo
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
12
0.750
material chemistry and its applications to renewable energy
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Shamila Rouhani
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
13
0.867
Nanobiocatalysis
Organic Methodology
Organic Synthesis
Green Chemistry
Phytochemistry and
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Tshilidzi Netshitangani
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
11
0.733
Educational management
gender in education
school violence
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Dirk Geldenhuys
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
8
0.533
Organisation Development
Change management
Systems-Psychodynamics
Appreciative Inquiry
Social constructionism
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Rothney S Tshaka
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
7
0.467
confessional theology
race and racism
Afrophobia
African theology
black theology
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
P.Bridjesh
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
13
0.929
IC Engines
Thermodynamics
Functionally graded materials
Bamboo
Bioethanol
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Jan Maluleka
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
13
0.929
Informetrics
Research collaboration
knowledge management
Indigenous knowledge systems
Records management
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Mthembu
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
9
0.643
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Tsholofelo Mashigo
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
8
0.571
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Michelle S May
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
7
0.500
Diversity
systems psychodynamics
socio-analytic methods
women in leadership
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Wessel Bentley
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
3
0.214
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Munyaradzi Chitakira
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
12
0.923
Integrated agriculture-biodiversity landscapes management
Climate smart livelihoods