i10 Productivity
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University of the Witwatersrand 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
Bruce Mellado
Particle Physics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
772
564
0.731
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
South Africa
Shabir A. Madhi
First interest
Second interest
Vaccinology
Respiratory pathogens
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
544
478
0.879
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
South Africa
Joyful Mdhluli
High Energy Physics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
450
448
0.996
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
South Africa
Zeblon Vilakazi
High Energy physics
Grid Computing
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
379
354
0.934
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
South Africa
Linda Richter
child development
adolescent development
HIV
AIDS
public health
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
344
230
0.669
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
South Africa
Robert J Scholes
carbon cycle
savannas
earth observation
biodiversity
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
317
211
0.666
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
South Africa
Sergio Colafrancesco
Astrophysics
Cosmology
Astro-Particle Physics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
303
182
0.601
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
South Africa
Tasnuva Chowdhury
Particle Physics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
277
274
0.989
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
South Africa
Florian Luca
Mathematics
Number Theory
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
277
119
0.430
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
South Africa
Achille Mbembe
African politics
history
colonialism
race
enlightenment
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
276
189
0.685
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
South Africa
Charles Feldman
community-acquired pneumonia
pneumococcus
respiratory tract infections
virulence factors
human ciliated epithelium
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
267
158
0.592
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
South Africa
Andrew Chen
Astrophysics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
259
191
0.737
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
South Africa
Viness Pillay
Biomaterials
Advanced Drug Delivery
Atomistic Simulations
Implant
Neurotherapeutics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
255
186
0.729
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
South Africa
Andrew Forbes
laser resonators
laser beam shaping
orbital angular momentum
structured light
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
246
210
0.854
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
South Africa
Yahya E. Choonara
Targeted Drug Delivery
Nanomedicines
Stimuli-Responsive Biomaterials
Molecular Pharma-Engineered Regenerative Medicines
Drug
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
246
191
0.776
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
South Africa
Pradeep Kumar
Biomaterials
Neuromaterials
Pharmaceutical Sciences
Regenerative Medicine
Neurotrauma
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
235
191
0.813
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
South Africa
David Dorrell
electric machines
motors
renewable energy
power systems
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
233
162
0.695
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
South Africa
Wendy Stevens|Stevens Wendy S, Stevens W, StevensW.S.
HIV TB COVID HAEMATOLOFY
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
233
152
0.652
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
South Africa
Nukri Komin
gamma-ray astronomy
Cosmic Rays
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
226
200
0.885
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
South Africa
Kenneth Ikechukwu Ozoemena
Electrochemistry
Batteries
Fuel Cells
Electrolyzers
Sensors
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
222
164
0.739
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
South Africa
Ian Sanne
Infectious Diseases
HIV
Tuberculosis
Health Economics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
219
159
0.726
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
South Africa
Martin Ntwaeaborwa
Phosphors
Materials Science
Solid State Physics
Solar Cells
Chemistry
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
218
155
0.711
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
South Africa
Duncan Mitchell
Conservation physiology
thermal physiology
pain physiology
fever physiology
sleep physiology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
216
97
0.449
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
South Africa
Bao-Zhu Guo
Control Theory
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
214
144
0.673
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
South Africa
ETF Witkowski
Plant ecology
plant ecophysiology
conservation biology
invasion biology
ethnoecology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
210
142
0.676
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Bruce Mellado
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
772
564
0.731
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Shabir A. Madhi
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
544
478
0.879
First interest
Second interest
Vaccinology
Respiratory pathogens
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Joyful Mdhluli
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
450
448
0.996
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Zeblon Vilakazi
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
379
354
0.934
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Linda Richter
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
344
230
0.669
child development
adolescent development
HIV
AIDS
public health
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Robert J Scholes
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
317
211
0.666
carbon cycle
savannas
earth observation
biodiversity
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Sergio Colafrancesco
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
303
182
0.601
Astrophysics
Cosmology
Astro-Particle Physics
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Tasnuva Chowdhury
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
277
274
0.989
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Florian Luca
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
277
119
0.430
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Achille Mbembe
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
276
189
0.685
African politics
history
colonialism
race
enlightenment
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Charles Feldman
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
267
158
0.592
community-acquired pneumonia
pneumococcus
respiratory tract infections
virulence factors
human ciliated epithelium
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Andrew Chen
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
259
191
0.737
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Viness Pillay
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
255
186
0.729
Biomaterials
Advanced Drug Delivery
Atomistic Simulations
Implant
Neurotherapeutics
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Andrew Forbes
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
246
210
0.854
laser resonators
laser beam shaping
orbital angular momentum
structured light
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Yahya E. Choonara
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
246
191
0.776
Targeted Drug Delivery
Nanomedicines
Stimuli-Responsive Biomaterials
Molecular Pharma-Engineered Regenerative Medicines
Drug
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Pradeep Kumar
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
235
191
0.813
Biomaterials
Neuromaterials
Pharmaceutical Sciences
Regenerative Medicine
Neurotrauma
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
David Dorrell
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
233
162
0.695
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Wendy Stevens|Stevens Wendy S, Stevens W, StevensW.S.
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
233
152
0.652
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Nukri Komin
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
226
200
0.885
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Kenneth Ikechukwu Ozoemena
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
222
164
0.739
Electrochemistry
Batteries
Fuel Cells
Electrolyzers
Sensors
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Ian Sanne
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
219
159
0.726
Infectious Diseases
HIV
Tuberculosis
Health Economics
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Martin Ntwaeaborwa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
218
155
0.711
Phosphors
Materials Science
Solid State Physics
Solar Cells
Chemistry
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Duncan Mitchell
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
216
97
0.449
Conservation physiology
thermal physiology
pain physiology
fever physiology
sleep physiology
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Bao-Zhu Guo
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
214
144
0.673
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
ETF Witkowski
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
210
142
0.676
Plant ecology
plant ecophysiology
conservation biology
invasion biology
ethnoecology