i10 Productivity
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University of Venda 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
Pascal O. Bessong, Massaf
HIV/AIDS
Antimicrobial Resistance
Child Health
Global Health
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
150
121
0.807
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
South Africa
Amidou Samie
Infectious diseases epidemiology and control
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
118
104
0.881
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
South Africa
John Odiyo
water resources analysis and modelling
water quality analysis and remediation
surface and groundwater hydrology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95
91
0.958
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
South Africa
Afam Io Jideani
Cereal science
Cereal chemistry
Fruits
Underutilised grains from sub-Saharan Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90
76
0.844
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
South Africa
Wilson Gitari
Water Treatment
Nanomaterials
Waste Volarization
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63
54
0.857
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
South Africa
GE Ekosse
Applied Clay Mineralogy
Environmental Geology
Soil Mineralogy
Environmental Health
Extraction Metallurgy
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
32
0.516
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
South Africa
Nikita Tavengwa
Analytical environmental chemistry
sensors
paper devices
imprinted polymers
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
59
0.967
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
South Africa
Mwadham.M. Kabanda
Computational and Theoretical Chemistry
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
54
0.900
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
South Africa
Natasha Potgieter
One Health
Global Health
virology
diarrhoea
water quality
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59
41
0.695
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
South Africa
Teunis Van Ree
Organic Chemistry
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
38
0.745
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
South Africa
Yoshan Moodley
Evolutionary genomics
Conservation Genomics
Wildlife Genetic Management
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
40
0.800
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
South Africa
A. Shonhai
Heat shock proteins
molecular chaperones
cell stress
malaria
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
40
0.909
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
South Africa
Isaac Oluwatayo|Isaac B Oluwatayo, Oluwatayo IB, Isaac Busayo Oluwatayo
Agricultural Economics
Climate change
Poverty
Food security
Livelihood and Social Protection
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
33
0.750
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
South Africa
Winston Garira
Multiscale Modelling of Living Systems
Mathematical Biology
Multiscale Modelling of Complex System
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
32
0.744
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
South Africa
Gumbo Jr
cyanobacteria
dyes & wastewater
metals & wastewater
mine water
water and sanitation
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
29
0.806
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
South Africa
Maria Sonto Maputle
MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH AND HIV IN MATERNAL HEALTH
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
29
0.806
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
South Africa
Irene Barnhoorn
Aquatic Toxicology
Environmental Endocrine Disruption
Eco-physiology
Limnology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34
19
0.559
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
South Africa
Caston Sigauke
Energy modelling
Forecasting
Statistics of Extremes
Time series
Exploratory Data Analysis
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
25
0.758
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
South Africa
Nixon Ochara
Information Systems
Information Infrastructure
E-Government
E-Business
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
12
0.400
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
South Africa
James Chakwizira
Transportation Planning
Infrastructure and Services
Sustainable Human Settlements
Planning Law
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
22
0.759
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
South Africa
Jan Crafford
sub-Antarctic insect ecology conservation biology Antarctic biology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
10
0.345
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
South Africa
Hlanganipai Ngirande
Organisational psychology
Positive psychology
Change management
Research methodology
Career development
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
26
0.929
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Pascal O. Bessong, Massaf
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
150
121
0.807
HIV/AIDS
Antimicrobial Resistance
Child Health
Global Health
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Amidou Samie
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
118
104
0.881
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
John Odiyo
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95
91
0.958
water resources analysis and modelling
water quality analysis and remediation
surface and groundwater hydrology
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Afam Io Jideani
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90
76
0.844
Cereal science
Cereal chemistry
Fruits
Underutilised grains from sub-Saharan Africa
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Wilson Gitari
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63
54
0.857
Water Treatment
Nanomaterials
Waste Volarization
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
GE Ekosse
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
32
0.516
Applied Clay Mineralogy
Environmental Geology
Soil Mineralogy
Environmental Health
Extraction Metallurgy
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Nikita Tavengwa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
59
0.967
Analytical environmental chemistry
sensors
paper devices
imprinted polymers
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Mwadham.M. Kabanda
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
54
0.900
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Natasha Potgieter
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59
41
0.695
One Health
Global Health
virology
diarrhoea
water quality
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Edokpayi Joshua
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56
56
1.000
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Teunis Van Ree
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
38
0.745
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Yoshan Moodley
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
40
0.800
Evolutionary genomics
Conservation Genomics
Wildlife Genetic Management
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
A. Shonhai
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
40
0.909
Heat shock proteins
molecular chaperones
cell stress
malaria
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Isaac Oluwatayo|Isaac B Oluwatayo, Oluwatayo IB, Isaac Busayo Oluwatayo
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
33
0.750
Agricultural Economics
Climate change
Poverty
Food security
Livelihood and Social Protection
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Winston Garira
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
32
0.744
Multiscale Modelling of Living Systems
Mathematical Biology
Multiscale Modelling of Complex System
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Lourens Swanepoel
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
34
0.919
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Gumbo Jr
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
29
0.806
cyanobacteria
dyes & wastewater
metals & wastewater
mine water
water and sanitation
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Maria Sonto Maputle
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
29
0.806
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Irene Barnhoorn
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34
19
0.559
Aquatic Toxicology
Environmental Endocrine Disruption
Eco-physiology
Limnology
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Caston Sigauke
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
25
0.758
Energy modelling
Forecasting
Statistics of Extremes
Time series
Exploratory Data Analysis
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Marizvikuru Mwale|Marizvikuru Manjoro
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
21
0.636
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Nixon Ochara
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
12
0.400
Information Systems
Information Infrastructure
E-Government
E-Business
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
James Chakwizira
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
22
0.759
Transportation Planning
Infrastructure and Services
Sustainable Human Settlements
Planning Law
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Jan Crafford
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
10
0.345
sub-Antarctic insect ecology conservation biology Antarctic biology
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Hlanganipai Ngirande
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
26
0.929
Organisational psychology
Positive psychology
Change management
Research methodology
Career development