i10 Productivity
Rankings

Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, South Africa Scientists i10 Productivity Rankings 2025

Productivity Rankings is a unique service offered only by “AD Scientific Index”. This is a ranking system derived from the i10 index in order to show the productivity of the scientist in publishing scientific articles of value. Productivity Rankings is an instrument that lists productive scientists in a given area, discipline, university, and country and can guide the development of meaningful incentives and academic policies. The world rankings, regional rankings, and university rankings of scientists in this table are developed based on the total i10 index. Additionally, click to view the special rankings based on Productivity Rankings: last 6 years' i10 index", Universities Rankings 2024 (Sort by : Total i10 Index), Universities Rankings 2024 (Sort by : Last 6 Years i10 Index) "Art and Humanities Rankings" and "Social Sciences and Humanities Rankings"

* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
South Africa
Suprakas Sinha Ray
Polymer Physics and Polymer Nanocomposites
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
377
323
0.857
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
South Africa
Adnan M. Abu-Mahfouz
Internet of Things
Wireless sensor networks
software-defined networking
Low-power wide area networks
Network security
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
144
134
0.931
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
South Africa
Bruce Sithole
biorefinery technologies
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96
63
0.656
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
South Africa
Pedro MS Monteiro
Oceanography
Carbon
Climate
Oxygen
Productivity
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91
63
0.692
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
South Africa
Renaud Mathieu
remote sensing
agriculture
vegetation
environment
conservation
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85
62
0.729
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
South Africa
Maya Jacob and Maya John
natural fibres
rubber composites
polymer composites
agrowaste derived products
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80
69
0.863
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
South Africa
Bonex Wakufwa Mwakikunga
Nanoscale Physics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79
58
0.734
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
South Africa
Moses Azong Cho
Remote sensing
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74
61
0.824
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
South Africa
Marlien Herselman
Living Labs
User Experience
Mobile Education
Monitoring and evaluation
Mlearn
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74
45
0.608
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
South Africa
Nicholas M. Musyoka
Hydrogen Storage and production
CO2 capture
Green Fuels/Chemistry
MOFs
Zeolites
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69
63
0.913
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
South Africa
Adele Botha
MEX
UX
MHCI
HCI
HIS Education
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59
37
0.627
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
South Africa
Susan Taljaard
Coastal and estuarine water quality and management
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54
35
0.648
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
South Africa
Jan Van De Loosdrecht
Green chemistry
Advanced Materials
Catalysis
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
30
0.612
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
South Africa
Mark Gush
Agricultural and forest water use
water use efficiency
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
29
0.617
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
South Africa
Gugu Hlengiwe Mhlongo
sensing
luminescence
nanostructures
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
39
0.867
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
South Africa
Neeraj Kumar
2D Materials
Nanomaterials
Energy Storage
Sustainability
Environmental Remediation
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
41
0.953
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
South Africa
Debabrata Nandi
Nanomaterials
Energy storage
Water purification
sensing
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
27
0.628
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
South Africa
Frans van den Bergh
Machine Learning
Satellite Remote Sensing
Image Processing
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
27
0.643
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
South Africa
Vincent Ojijo
Polymer nanocomposites
polymer blends
water and wastewater treatment
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
38
0.927
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
South Africa
Rashi Gusain
Ionic Liquids
Nanotribology
Nanomaterials
Water Applications
Photocatalysis
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
39
0.975
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
South Africa
Mesfin Kebede
Energy storage
Solar cell
Photocatalysis
Phosphors
Nanostructured materials
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
30
0.769
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
South Africa
Linda Godfrey
waste
circular economy
green economy
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
25
0.641
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Suprakas Sinha Ray
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
377
323
0.857
Polymer Physics and Polymer Nanocomposites
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Adnan M. Abu-Mahfouz
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
144
134
0.931
Internet of Things
Wireless sensor networks
software-defined networking
Low-power wide area networks
Network security
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Bruce Sithole
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96
63
0.656
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Sisa Pityana
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94
70
0.745
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Pedro MS Monteiro
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91
63
0.692
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Renaud Mathieu
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85
62
0.729
remote sensing
agriculture
vegetation
environment
conservation
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Maya Jacob and Maya John
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80
69
0.863
natural fibres
rubber composites
polymer composites
agrowaste derived products
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Bonex Wakufwa Mwakikunga
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79
58
0.734
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Moses Azong Cho
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74
61
0.824
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Marlien Herselman
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74
45
0.608
Living Labs
User Experience
Mobile Education
Monitoring and evaluation
Mlearn
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Nicholas M. Musyoka
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69
63
0.913
Hydrogen Storage and production
CO2 capture
Green Fuels/Chemistry
MOFs
Zeolites
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Lara Van Niekerk
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
51
0.836
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Adele Botha
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59
37
0.627
MEX
UX
MHCI
HCI
HIS Education
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Rebecca Garland
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56
49
0.875
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Susan Taljaard
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54
35
0.648
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Jan Van De Loosdrecht
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
30
0.612
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Mark Gush
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
29
0.617
Agricultural and forest water use
water use efficiency
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Gugu Hlengiwe Mhlongo
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
39
0.867
sensing
luminescence
nanostructures
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Neeraj Kumar
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
41
0.953
2D Materials
Nanomaterials
Energy Storage
Sustainability
Environmental Remediation
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Debabrata Nandi
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
27
0.628
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Frans van den Bergh
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
27
0.643
Machine Learning
Satellite Remote Sensing
Image Processing
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Vincent Ojijo
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
38
0.927
Polymer nanocomposites
polymer blends
water and wastewater treatment
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Rashi Gusain
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
39
0.975
Ionic Liquids
Nanotribology
Nanomaterials
Water Applications
Photocatalysis
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Mesfin Kebede
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
30
0.769
Energy storage
Solar cell
Photocatalysis
Phosphors
Nanostructured materials
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Linda Godfrey
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
25
0.641
waste
circular economy
green economy