i10 Productivity
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North West University/ 1,286 Scientists i10 Productivity Rankings - 2025
Total 2,384,784 scientists, country 221, and institutions 24,461 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
Astrophysics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
282
191
0.677
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Microbial Ecology
Soil Metagenomics
Plant-Microbe Interactions
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
273
258
0.945
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
270
113
0.419
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Pulsars
gamma-ray astronomy
globular clusters
cosmic rays
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
263
219
0.833
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
16S rRNA gene
bacterial diversity
insect gut bacteria
microbial community
Metagenomics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
237
103
0.435
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Positive Organizations
Capabilities
Engagement
Flourishing
Well-being
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
225
172
0.764
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Materials Chemistry
Green Chemistry
Chemical Engineering
Water Treatment
Environmental Analysis
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
179
167
0.933
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Differential Equations
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
176
118
0.670
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Thermodynamics of solution
DESs
Ionic Liquids
Corrosion
Separation Technology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
173
150
0.867
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Agricultural Entomology
Environmental Sciences
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
163
87
0.534
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* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Aquatic Parasitology
Ecosystem Health
Aquatic Ecology
Marine Parasitology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
162
115
0.710
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
membranes
hydrogen
fuel cells
electrolysis
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
141
104
0.738
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Botany
IKS
Plant Science
Ethnopharmacology
Ethnobotany
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
140
130
0.929
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Animal models
Psychopharmacology
Neuroscience
Behavior
Psychiatry
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
138
89
0.645
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Astrophysics
Astronomy
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
130
111
0.854
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Ecotoxicology
Ecological Risk Assessment
Aquatic Toxicology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
128
99
0.773
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Comparative and International Education
Education
Higher Education
History of Education
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125
57
0.456
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Ecotoxicology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121
69
0.570
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Speech technology
pattern recognition
machine learning
deep neural networks
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121
27
0.223
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Parasitology
Herpetology
Batrachology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120
68
0.567
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Neurogenic Hypertension
Endothelial Function
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111
45
0.405
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Coal
Gasification
Minerals
Mössbauer
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
104
47
0.452
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Atmospheric Science / Geography
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103
67
0.650
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
coal
UCG
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97
61
0.629
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Air Quality
Climate Change
Atmospheric Chemistry
Metallurgy
Pyrometallurgy
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94
75
0.798
Markus Boettcher
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
282
191
0.677
Olubukola Oluranti Babalola
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
273
258
0.945
Microbial Ecology
Soil Metagenomics
Plant-Microbe Interactions
Donald Kurtz
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
270
113
0.419
Christo Venter
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
263
219
0.833
Pulsars
gamma-ray astronomy
globular clusters
cosmic rays
Arvind Kumar Gupta
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
237
103
0.435
16S rRNA gene
bacterial diversity
insect gut bacteria
microbial community
Metagenomics
Sebastiaan Rothmann
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
225
172
0.764
Positive Organizations
Capabilities
Engagement
Flourishing
Well-being
Damian C. Onwudiwe
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
179
167
0.933
Materials Chemistry
Green Chemistry
Chemical Engineering
Water Treatment
Environmental Analysis
Masood Khalique
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
176
118
0.670
Indra Bahadur
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
173
150
0.867
Thermodynamics of solution
DESs
Ionic Liquids
Corrosion
Separation Technology
Van Den Berg, J. Johnnie
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
163
87
0.534
Agricultural Entomology
Environmental Sciences
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Nico J Smit
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
162
115
0.710
Aquatic Parasitology
Ecosystem Health
Aquatic Ecology
Marine Parasitology
Dmitri Bessarabov
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
141
104
0.738
membranes
hydrogen
fuel cells
electrolysis
Adeyemi Oladapo Aremu
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
140
130
0.929
Botany
IKS
Plant Science
Ethnopharmacology
Ethnobotany
BH Harvey
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
138
89
0.645
Animal models
Psychopharmacology
Neuroscience
Behavior
Psychiatry
Iurii Sushch
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
130
111
0.854
Astrophysics
Astronomy
Victor Wepener
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
128
99
0.773
Ecotoxicology
Ecological Risk Assessment
Aquatic Toxicology
CC Wolhuter
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125
57
0.456
Comparative and International Education
Education
Higher Education
History of Education
H Bouwman
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121
69
0.570
Etienne Barnard
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121
27
0.223
Speech technology
pattern recognition
machine learning
deep neural networks
Louis Du Preez
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120
68
0.567
Parasitology
Herpetology
Batrachology
Leoné Malan
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111
45
0.405
Neurogenic Hypertension
Endothelial Function
Frans Waanders
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
104
47
0.452
Stuart Piketh
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103
67
0.650
Atmospheric Science / Geography
Christien Strydom
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97
61
0.629
Johan Paul Beukes
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94
75
0.798
Air Quality
Climate Change
Atmospheric Chemistry
Metallurgy
Pyrometallurgy