i10 Productivity
Rankings

University of the Free State/ Scientists i10 Productivity Rankings 2025

Productivity Rankings is an exclusive service provided by AD Scientific Index. This ranking system, derived from the i10 index, highlights the productivity of scientists in publishing impactful scientific articles. Productivity Rankings serves as a tool to identify highly productive scientists across specific areas, disciplines, universities, and countries, and supports the creation of effective incentives and academic policies. The global, regional, and institutional rankings of scientists in this table are calculated based on their total i10 index. Moreover, you can explore special rankings derived from Productivity Rankings, such as Scientists Last 6 Years' i10 Index, Universities Total i10 Index Rankings 2025, Universities Last 6 Years' i10 Index Rankings 2025, Art and Humanities i10 Productivity Rankings, and Social Sciences and Humanities i10 Productivity Rankings.

* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
South Africa
HC Swart
nanophosphors
luminescence
cathodoluminescence
surface characterization
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
612
487
0.796
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
South Africa
Jeanet Conradie
Chemistry
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
227
159
0.700
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
South Africa
Louis Scott
Pollen analysis
palaeoscience
palynology
palaeoecology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
153
109
0.712
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
South Africa
Andreas Roodt
coordination chemistry
reaction mechanisms
crystallography
catalysis
radiopharmacy models
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
148
34
0.230
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
South Africa
Maxim Finkelstein
Reliability theory-stochastic modeling
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
141
90
0.638
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
South Africa
Petrus Johannes Meintjes
Physics
Astrophysics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
140
107
0.764
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
South Africa
Melanie Walker
higher education and development
social justice
development ethics
capability approach
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
124
94
0.758
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
South Africa
Lochner Marais
housing
small towns
mining towns
public health
children
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
118
81
0.686
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
South Africa
Vinod Kumar
Perovskite solar cell
Organic solar cell
DSSC
Gas Sensors
Materials for Energy
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112
103
0.920
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
South Africa
Francis Birhanu Dejene
Condensed Matter Physics
Renewable Energy
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106
86
0.811
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
South Africa
Daryl Codron
Stable isotope ecology
Wildlife ecology
Evolutionary ecology
Palaeoecology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99
86
0.869
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
South Africa
Elizabeth Coetsee
Physics
Semiconductors
Phosphors
Solar Cells
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90
60
0.667
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
South Africa
Paul J Oberholster
Limnology
Ecotoxicology
Integrated Water Resource Management
Water Ecosystem Services
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82
56
0.683
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
South Africa
Tom Ashafa
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 :19
South Africa
M Gryzenhout
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81
64
0.790
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
South Africa
Anand Krishnan
Organic Chemistry
Nano Science
Clinical Biochemistry
Exosomes
Extracellular Vesicles
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78
75
0.962
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
South Africa
Edilegnaw Wale
Agricultural Development Economics and Policy
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76
56
0.737
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
South Africa
Carolina Pohl
Pathogenic yeasts
Bioactive lipids
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73
46
0.630
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
South Africa
Ashok Chapagain
Water resources management
Water accounting
Water Footprint
Food
Irrigation
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70
56
0.800
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
South Africa
Wijnand Swart
Plant Pathology
soil ecology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70
25
0.357
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
HC Swart
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
612
487
0.796
nanophosphors
luminescence
cathodoluminescence
surface characterization
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Jeanet Conradie
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
227
159
0.700
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Louis Scott
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
153
109
0.712
Pollen analysis
palaeoscience
palynology
palaeoecology
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Andreas Roodt
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
148
34
0.230
coordination chemistry
reaction mechanisms
crystallography
catalysis
radiopharmacy models
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Maxim Finkelstein
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
141
90
0.638
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Petrus Johannes Meintjes
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
140
107
0.764
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Melanie Walker
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
124
94
0.758
higher education and development
social justice
development ethics
capability approach
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Lochner Marais
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
118
81
0.686
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Arno Hugo
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113
82
0.726
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Vinod Kumar
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112
103
0.920
Perovskite solar cell
Organic solar cell
DSSC
Gas Sensors
Materials for Energy
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Francis Birhanu Dejene
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106
86
0.811
Condensed Matter Physics
Renewable Energy
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Daryl Codron
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99
86
0.869
Stable isotope ecology
Wildlife ecology
Evolutionary ecology
Palaeoecology
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Elizabeth Coetsee
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90
60
0.667
Physics
Semiconductors
Phosphors
Solar Cells
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Jannie Swarts
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89
39
0.438
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Charles Haddad
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85
45
0.529
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Robert Schall
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85
31
0.365
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Paul J Oberholster
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82
56
0.683
Limnology
Ecotoxicology
Integrated Water Resource Management
Water Ecosystem Services
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Tom Ashafa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81
69
0.852
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
M Gryzenhout
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81
64
0.790
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Anand Krishnan
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78
75
0.962
Organic Chemistry
Nano Science
Clinical Biochemistry
Exosomes
Extracellular Vesicles
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Felicity Burt
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76
63
0.829
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Edilegnaw Wale
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76
56
0.737
Agricultural Development Economics and Policy
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Carolina Pohl
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73
46
0.630
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Ashok Chapagain
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70
56
0.800
Water resources management
Water accounting
Water Footprint
Food
Irrigation
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Wijnand Swart
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70
25
0.357