i10 Productivity
Rankings
Agricultural Research Council, South Africa 106 Scientists i10 Productivity Rankings 2025
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* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Phenolic compounds
HPLC analysis
herbal teas
fruits
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112
97
0.866
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
plant water use
earth observation
ecology
rangelands
ecosystem services
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79
40
0.506
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Horticulture Agronomy Irrigation Ferilization
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
49
0.845
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
breeding
agronomy
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55
42
0.764
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Plant breeding and Genetics
Seed System Research
NRF rated
SCNASP
ISHS
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
51
0.981
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Agrometeorology
Carbon Management
Climate Change Mitigation
Climate Change Adaptation
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
49
0.942
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Rangeland Ecology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
35
0.700
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Plant-insect relationships
biological control
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
20
0.465
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Animal Breeding and Genetics
Livestock Genomics
Conservation of Farm Animal Genetic Resources
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
34
0.829
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
29
0.707
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* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Virology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
28
0.683
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Parasitology
helminthology
nematodes
pentastomes
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
17
0.425
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Plant hormone physiology
Biotechnology
Crop-based agriculture
plant breeding and agronomy
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
35
1.000
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Stress Ecophysiology
Plant Phisiology and Biochemistry
Agronomy
Sustainable Crop Production
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
30
0.938
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Animal Breeding & Genetics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
27
0.844
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Biochemistry
histology
physiology (muscle energy) to explain meat quality outcomes.
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
22
0.786
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Energy & Fuels
Agricultural Biotechnology
Microbial ecology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27
26
0.963
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Plant pathology
Mycology
Soil-borne pathogens
Alternaria
Rhizoctonia
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
13
0.500
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Plant Protection
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
12
0.462
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Food and Agro-Processing
Plant Bioactives
Carbohydrate Polymers
Postharvest Technology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
24
1.000
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
22
0.917
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Statistical modelling and GIS
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
22
0.957
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Agronomy
plant propagation
medicinal plants
vegetables
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
20
0.870
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Plant breeding
amaranth
cannabis
essential oils
genetic conservation
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
20
0.952
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Wastewater management
Soil Conservation
Agriculture
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
17
0.810
Dalene De Beer
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112
97
0.866
Phenolic compounds
HPLC analysis
herbal teas
fruits
Anthony (Tony) R Palmer
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79
40
0.506
plant water use
earth observation
ecology
rangelands
ecosystem services
Ian Du Plooy
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
49
0.845
Horticulture Agronomy Irrigation Ferilization
sunette Laurie
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55
42
0.764
Abe Shegro Gerrano
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
51
0.981
Plant breeding and Genetics
Seed System Research
NRF rated
SCNASP
ISHS
Mokhele Moeletsi
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
49
0.942
Agrometeorology
Carbon Management
Climate Change Mitigation
Climate Change Adaptation
Mike Peel
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
35
0.700
Costas Zachariades
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
20
0.465
Plant-insect relationships
biological control
Azwihangwisi Maiwashe
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
34
0.829
Animal Breeding and Genetics
Livestock Genomics
Conservation of Farm Animal Genetic Resources
Alan R Wood
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
29
0.707
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Francois Frederick Maree
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
28
0.683
Kerstin Junker
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
17
0.425
Parasitology
helminthology
nematodes
pentastomes
Michael Bairu
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
35
1.000
Plant hormone physiology
Biotechnology
Crop-based agriculture
plant breeding and agronomy
Bhekumthetho Ncube
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
30
0.938
Stress Ecophysiology
Plant Phisiology and Biochemistry
Agronomy
Sustainable Crop Production
Cuthbert Banga
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
27
0.844
Lorinda Frylinck
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
22
0.786
Biochemistry
histology
physiology (muscle energy) to explain meat quality outcomes.
Ashira Roopnarain
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27
26
0.963
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Energy & Fuels
Agricultural Biotechnology
Microbial ecology
Mariette Truter
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
13
0.500
Plant pathology
Mycology
Soil-borne pathogens
Alternaria
Rhizoctonia
Martha Pofu
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
12
0.462
Tonna A. Anyasi
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
24
1.000
Food and Agro-Processing
Plant Bioactives
Carbohydrate Polymers
Postharvest Technology
Rian Pierneef
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
22
0.917
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
George Chirima
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
22
0.957
Hintsa Araya
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
20
0.870
Agronomy
plant propagation
medicinal plants
vegetables
Willem Jansen Van Rensburg
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
20
0.952
Plant breeding
amaranth
cannabis
essential oils
genetic conservation
Azwimbavhi Reckson Mulidzi
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
17
0.810
Wastewater management
Soil Conservation
Agriculture