i10 Productivity
Rankings
University of the Free State 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
nanophosphors
luminescence
cathodoluminescence
surface characterization
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
599
471
0.786
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Chemistry
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
222
153
0.689
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Pollen analysis
palaeoscience
palynology
palaeoecology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
151
105
0.695
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
coordination chemistry
reaction mechanisms
crystallography
catalysis
radiopharmacy models
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
147
34
0.231
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Reliability theory-stochastic modeling
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
139
85
0.612
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Physics
Astrophysics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
137
104
0.759
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
higher education and development
social justice
development ethics
capability approach
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
124
93
0.750
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
housing
small towns
mining towns
public health
children
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
116
79
0.681
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Perovskite solar cell
Organic solar cell
DSSC
Gas Sensors
Materials for Energy
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112
101
0.902
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Food Science
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109
77
0.706
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Condensed Matter Physics
Renewable Energy
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103
83
0.806
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Stable isotope ecology
Wildlife ecology
Evolutionary ecology
Palaeoecology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98
84
0.857
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
ferrocene
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89
39
0.438
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Physics
Semiconductors
Phosphors
Solar Cells
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87
58
0.667
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Arachnology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85
41
0.482
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Biostatistics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85
31
0.365
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Phytomedicine
Phytopharmacology
Bioactivity
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81
69
0.852
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78
60
0.769
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Limnology
Ecotoxicology
Integrated Water Resource Management
Water Ecosystem Services
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78
52
0.667
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Organic Chemistry
Nano Science
Clinical Biochemistry
Exosomes
Extracellular Vesicles
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75
72
0.960
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74
61
0.824
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Agricultural Development Economics and Policy
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74
53
0.716
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Pathogenic yeasts
Bioactive lipids
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72
45
0.625
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Water resources management
Water accounting
Water Footprint
Food
Irrigation
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70
54
0.771
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Plant Pathology
soil ecology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69
24
0.348
HC Swart
University of the Free State
Bloemfontein, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
599
471
0.786
nanophosphors
luminescence
cathodoluminescence
surface characterization
Jeanet Conradie
University of the Free State
Bloemfontein, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
222
153
0.689
Louis Scott
University of the Free State
Bloemfontein, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
151
105
0.695
Pollen analysis
palaeoscience
palynology
palaeoecology
Andreas Roodt
University of the Free State
Bloemfontein, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
147
34
0.231
coordination chemistry
reaction mechanisms
crystallography
catalysis
radiopharmacy models
Maxim Finkelstein
University of the Free State
Bloemfontein, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
139
85
0.612
Reliability theory-stochastic modeling
Petrus Johannes Meintjes
University of the Free State
Bloemfontein, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
137
104
0.759
Melanie Walker
University of the Free State
Bloemfontein, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
124
93
0.750
higher education and development
social justice
development ethics
capability approach
Lochner Marais
University of the Free State
Bloemfontein, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
116
79
0.681
housing
small towns
mining towns
public health
children
Vinod Kumar
University of the Free State
Bloemfontein, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112
101
0.902
Perovskite solar cell
Organic solar cell
DSSC
Gas Sensors
Materials for Energy
Arno Hugo
University of the Free State
Bloemfontein, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109
77
0.706
Francis Birhanu Dejene
University of the Free State
Bloemfontein, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103
83
0.806
Daryl Codron
University of the Free State
Bloemfontein, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98
84
0.857
Stable isotope ecology
Wildlife ecology
Evolutionary ecology
Palaeoecology
Jannie Swarts
University of the Free State
Bloemfontein, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89
39
0.438
Elizabeth Coetsee
University of the Free State
Bloemfontein, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87
58
0.667
Physics
Semiconductors
Phosphors
Solar Cells
Charles Haddad
University of the Free State
Bloemfontein, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85
41
0.482
Robert Schall
University of the Free State
Bloemfontein, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85
31
0.365
Tom Ashafa
University of the Free State
Bloemfontein, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81
69
0.852
Phytomedicine
Phytopharmacology
Bioactivity
M Gryzenhout
University of the Free State
Bloemfontein, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78
60
0.769
Paul J Oberholster
University of the Free State
Bloemfontein, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78
52
0.667
Limnology
Ecotoxicology
Integrated Water Resource Management
Water Ecosystem Services
Anand Krishnan
University of the Free State
Bloemfontein, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75
72
0.960
Organic Chemistry
Nano Science
Clinical Biochemistry
Exosomes
Extracellular Vesicles
Felicity Burt
University of the Free State
Bloemfontein, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74
61
0.824
Edilegnaw Wale
University of the Free State
Bloemfontein, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74
53
0.716
Agricultural Development Economics and Policy
Carolina Pohl
University of the Free State
Bloemfontein, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72
45
0.625
Pathogenic yeasts
Bioactive lipids
Ashok Chapagain
University of the Free State
Bloemfontein, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70
54
0.771
Water resources management
Water accounting
Water Footprint
Food
Irrigation
Wijnand Swart
University of the Free State
Bloemfontein, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69
24
0.348