i10 Productivity
Rankings

North West University 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
Silvia Helena Koller
Psychology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
338
239
0.707
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
South Africa
Donald Kurtz
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
270
125
0.463
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
South Africa
Christo Venter
Pulsars
gamma-ray astronomy
globular clusters
cosmic rays
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
256
222
0.867
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
South Africa
Olubukola Oluranti Babalola
Microbial Ecology
Soil Metagenomics
Plant-Microbe Interactions
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
254
242
0.953
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
South Africa
Arvind Kumar Gupta
16S rRNA gene
bacterial diversity
insect gut bacteria
microbial community
Metagenomics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
226
101
0.447
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
South Africa
Sebastiaan Rothmann
Positive Organizations
Capabilities
Engagement
Flourishing
Well-being
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
216
176
0.815
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
South Africa
Masood Khalique
Differential Equations
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
168
119
0.708
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
South Africa
Damian C. Onwudiwe
Materials Chemistry
Green Chemistry
Chemical Engineering
Water Treatment
Environmental Analysis
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
165
156
0.945
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
South Africa
Indra Bahadur
Thermodynamics of solution
DESs
Ionic Liquids
Corrosion
Separation Technology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
160
143
0.894
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
South Africa
Van Den Berg, J. Johnnie
Agricultural Entomology
Environmental Sciences
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
160
94
0.588
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
South Africa
Nico J Smit
Aquatic Parasitology
Ecosystem Health
Aquatic Ecology
Marine Parasitology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
158
120
0.759
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
South Africa
Adeyemi Oladapo Aremu
Botany
IKS
Plant Science
Ethnopharmacology
Ethnobotany
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
136
128
0.941
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
South Africa
Dmitri Bessarabov
membranes
hydrogen
fuel cells
electrolysis
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
136
102
0.750
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
South Africa
BH Harvey
Animal models
Psychopharmacology
Neuroscience
Behavior
Psychiatry
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
134
99
0.739
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
South Africa
Iurii Sushch
Astrophysics
Astronomy
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
128
115
0.898
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
South Africa
Victor Wepener
Ecotoxicology
Ecological Risk Assessment
Aquatic Toxicology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127
103
0.811
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
South Africa
H Bouwman
Ecotoxicology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120
72
0.600
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
South Africa
Etienne Barnard
Speech technology
pattern recognition
machine learning
deep neural networks
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119
30
0.252
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
South Africa
CC Wolhuter
Comparative and International Education
Education
Higher Education
History of Education
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
118
64
0.542
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
South Africa
Louis Du Preez
Parasitology
Herpetology
Batrachology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
116
78
0.672
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
South Africa
Leoné Malan
Neurogenic Hypertension
Endothelial Function
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107
59
0.551
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
South Africa
Stuart Piketh
Atmospheric Science / Geography
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101
70
0.693
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
South Africa
Frans Waanders
Coal
Gasification
Minerals
Mössbauer
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99
50
0.505
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Silvia Helena Koller
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
338
239
0.707
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Markus Boettcher
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
279
207
0.742
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Donald Kurtz
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
270
125
0.463
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Christo Venter
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
256
222
0.867
Pulsars
gamma-ray astronomy
globular clusters
cosmic rays
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Olubukola Oluranti Babalola
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
254
242
0.953
Microbial Ecology
Soil Metagenomics
Plant-Microbe Interactions
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Arvind Kumar Gupta
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
226
101
0.447
16S rRNA gene
bacterial diversity
insect gut bacteria
microbial community
Metagenomics
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Sebastiaan Rothmann
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
216
176
0.815
Positive Organizations
Capabilities
Engagement
Flourishing
Well-being
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Masood Khalique
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
168
119
0.708
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Damian C. Onwudiwe
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
165
156
0.945
Materials Chemistry
Green Chemistry
Chemical Engineering
Water Treatment
Environmental Analysis
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Indra Bahadur
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
160
143
0.894
Thermodynamics of solution
DESs
Ionic Liquids
Corrosion
Separation Technology
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Van Den Berg, J. Johnnie
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
160
94
0.588
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Nico J Smit
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
158
120
0.759
Aquatic Parasitology
Ecosystem Health
Aquatic Ecology
Marine Parasitology
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Adeyemi Oladapo Aremu
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
136
128
0.941
Botany
IKS
Plant Science
Ethnopharmacology
Ethnobotany
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Dmitri Bessarabov
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
136
102
0.750
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
BH Harvey
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
134
99
0.739
Animal models
Psychopharmacology
Neuroscience
Behavior
Psychiatry
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Iurii Sushch
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
128
115
0.898
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Victor Wepener
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127
103
0.811
Ecotoxicology
Ecological Risk Assessment
Aquatic Toxicology
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
H Bouwman
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120
72
0.600
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Etienne Barnard
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119
30
0.252
Speech technology
pattern recognition
machine learning
deep neural networks
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
CC Wolhuter
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
118
64
0.542
Comparative and International Education
Education
Higher Education
History of Education
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Louis Du Preez
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
116
78
0.672
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Leoné Malan
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107
59
0.551
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Stuart Piketh
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101
70
0.693
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Frans Waanders
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99
50
0.505
Coal
Gasification
Minerals
Mössbauer
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Christien Strydom
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95
63
0.663