Top 100 scientists can be ranked globally or specific to the following regions including Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Latin America, Oceania, Arab League, ASEAN, EECA, and BRICS based on total H-index scores without any breakdown by subject areas. Top 100 rankings in the world, in a continent, or a region include standardized subjects areas of Agriculture & Forestry, Arts, Design and Architecture, Business & Management, Economics & Econometrics, Education, Engineering & Technology, History, Philosophy, Theology, Law/Law and Legal Studies, Medical and Health Sciences, Natural Sciences, Social Sciences, Art and Humanities Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Rankings BETA VERSION. Subject field ranking in world, region, country and university is beta version since subject field "others" (870,053 scientists profile whose branch cannot be determined, not yet edited or determined) is excluded, so the ranking will change as the others fields are edited. Please note that. Subjects indicated as “ * others ” will not be included in the ranking by regions and subjects.
Microbial Ecology
Soil Metagenomics
Plant-Microbe Interactions
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
76
273
26,210
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
51
124
8,582
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
46
74
6,699
biodiversity
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
43
123
7,363
Soil fertility
waste management
Vermicomposting
Agronomy
climate smart agriculture
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
40
78
4,510
Root biology
Nitrogen
Phosphorous
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
35
74
3,330
Microbiology
mycorrhizal
bioremediation
plant and soil health
renewable energy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
32
69
3,432
Ethnobotany
Ethnopharmacology
Plant Science
Phylogenetics
Evolution
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
32
45
4,226
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 9
Plant Physiology
Plant Biochemistry
Molecular Biology
Weed Science
Herbicide resistance
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
26
41
2,771
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 10
beta diversity
Collembola
taxonomy
soil fauna diversity
soil ecology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
24
42
5,807
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* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 11
Earthworms
Soil ecotoxicology
Ecotoxicology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
24
50
2,170
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 12
Crop and soil science
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
23
39
1,416
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 13
Ecophysiology
Plant nutrition
soil fertility
climate change
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
23
42
1,663
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 14
soil science
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
23
39
3,503
Soil Science
Plant nutrition
Agronomy
Composting
Farming System & intercropping
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
22
33
1,381
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 16
soil science
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
21
27
1,392
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 17
Smallholder farming systems
soil fertility management
water and sanitation
water governance
indigenous knowledge
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
19
29
1,930
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 18
Solute Transport in Soils
Population Dynamics
Heat Transfer
Lie Symmertry Techniques
Differential Equations
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
19
31
1,071
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 19
Environmental Soil Science
Pedology
Clay Mineralogy
Environmental Geochemistry
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
18
32
1,295
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 20
Soil Science
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
17
28
819
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 21
Soil erosion
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
16
21
1,098
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 22
Mycotoxins
seed pathology
biopesticides
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
16
19
696
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 23
Agricultural systems modelling
Soil physics
Irrigation management
wastewater sludge recycling in agricultural lands
Nutrient
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
16
27
986
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 24
soil science
soil genesis
soil classification
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
15
31
912
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 25
Soil quality
Soil health
Soil carbon
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
14
20
727
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 26
Soil Science
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
12
13
1,041
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 27
Soil
Landscapes
Biogeochemistry
Carbon
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
12
14
573
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 28
Soil Science
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
11
14
619
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 29
Soil science
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
10
10
422
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 30
LULUCF
carbon
soil science
water
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
9
9
278
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 31
Soil Science
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
8
8
188
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 32
Biological Soil Crusts
Soil Carbon
Invasion Biology
Land Degradation
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
8
8
666
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 33
Soil science
Soil microbial ecology
Soil fertility
Agronomy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
7
7
277
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 34
Cropping systems and Plant Nutrition
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
7
4
225
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 35
Legume symbioses
Plant nutrition
Agronomy
Crop physiology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
5
146
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 36
soil science
ecotoxicology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
4
98
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 37
Soil science
Soil fertility
soil carbon
phosphorus
conservation agriculture
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
3
84
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 38
Soil science
smallholder farming systems
cereal grains
water resources
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
1
45
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 39
Soil science
Agronomy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
3
2
30
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 40
Plant and soil sciences
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
3
1
35
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 41
Geographical Information Systems
Remote Sensing
Soil Science
Geostatistics
Statistics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
3
1
28
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 42
Soil Health
Water Quality for Irrigation
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
3
0
22
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 43
Soil fertility
Applied microbial technology
Plant Nutrition
Phylogenetic diversity
Bacterial inoculants
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
2
53
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 44
Applied Geography
Environmental Science
Soil Science
GIS
Cartography
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
2
30
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 45
Soil fertility
plant nutrition
soil quality
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
0
16
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 46
Soil Science
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
0
10
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 47
: hydropedology
environmental soil science
soil physics
pedology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
1
1
59
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 48
Soil Science
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
1
1
38
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 49
Soil Science
Water Science
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
1
1
15
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 50
Soil Science
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
1
0
9
* Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 51
soil erosion
heavy metal contamination
sediments
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
1
0
5
Olubukola Oluranti Babalola
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
76
273
26,210
Microbial Ecology
Soil Metagenomics
Plant-Microbe Interactions
Servaas Van Der Berg
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
51
124
8,582
Jacobus Johannes Marion Meyer
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
46
74
6,699
Nigel Barker
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
43
123
7,363
Pearson Nyari Stephano Mnkeni
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
40
78
4,510
Soil fertility
waste management
Vermicomposting
Agronomy
climate smart agriculture
Alex Valentine
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
35
74
3,330
Root biology
Nitrogen
Phosphorous
Rasheed Adegbola Adeleke
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
32
69
3,432
Microbiology
mycorrhizal
bioremediation
plant and soil health
renewable energy
Gary I Stafford
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
32
45
4,226
Ethnobotany
Ethnopharmacology
Plant Science
Phylogenetics
Evolution
Juan Vorster
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
26
41
2,771
Plant Physiology
Plant Biochemistry
Molecular Biology
Weed Science
Herbicide resistance
Charlene Janion-Scheepers
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
24
42
5,807
beta diversity
Collembola
taxonomy
soil fauna diversity
soil ecology
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Mark Maboeta
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
24
50
2,170
Earthworms
Soil ecotoxicology
Ecotoxicology
Michael Van Der Laan
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
23
39
1,416
Crop and soil science
Samson Chimphango
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
23
42
1,663
Ecophysiology
Plant nutrition
soil fertility
climate change
Simeon Materechera
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
23
39
3,503
Kutu FR
University of Mpumalanga
Mbombela, South Africa
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
22
33
1,381
Soil Science
Plant nutrition
Agronomy
Composting
Farming System & intercropping
Andrei Borisovich Rozanov
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
21
27
1,392
Bongani Ncube
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
29
1,930
Smallholder farming systems
soil fertility management
water and sanitation
water governance
indigenous knowledge
Raseelo J. Moitsheki
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
31
1,071
Solute Transport in Soils
Population Dynamics
Heat Transfer
Lie Symmertry Techniques
Differential Equations
Peter N. Eze
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
32
1,295
Environmental Soil Science
Pedology
Clay Mineralogy
Environmental Geochemistry
Cathy Clarke (Nee Dowding)
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
28
819
JJ Le Roux
University of the Free State
Bloemfontein, South Africa
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
21
1,098
Quenton Kritzinger
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
19
696
Mycotoxins
seed pathology
biopesticides
Eyob Tesfamariam
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
27
986
Agricultural systems modelling
Soil physics
Irrigation management
wastewater sludge recycling in agricultural lands
Nutrient
Cornie Van Huyssteen
University of the Free State
Bloemfontein, South Africa
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
31
912
soil science
soil genesis
soil classification
Elmarie Kotze
University of the Free State
Bloemfontein, South Africa
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
20
727
Soil quality
Soil health
Soil carbon
Phesheya Dlamini
University of Limpopo
Mankweng, South Africa
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
13
1,041
Lesego Khomo
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
14
573
Soil
Landscapes
Biogeochemistry
Carbon
Corrie Swanepoel
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
14
619
Alen Manyevere
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
10
422
Michele Louise Francis
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
9
278
LULUCF
carbon
soil science
water
Lawrence Munjonji
University of Limpopo
Mankweng, South Africa
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
8
188
Denise M. Mager
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
8
666
Biological Soil Crusts
Soil Carbon
Invasion Biology
Land Degradation
Esther K. Muema
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
7
277
Soil science
Soil microbial ecology
Soil fertility
Agronomy
Sebetha Erick
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
4
225
Cropping systems and Plant Nutrition
Cynthia Gyogluu Wardjomto
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
5
146
Legume symbioses
Plant nutrition
Agronomy
Crop physiology
Tanya Fouche
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
4
98
soil science
ecotoxicology
Nondumiso Zanele Sosibo
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
3
84
Soil science
Soil fertility
soil carbon
phosphorus
conservation agriculture
Neo Mathinya
University of the Free State
Bloemfontein, South Africa
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
1
45
Soil science
smallholder farming systems
cereal grains
water resources
Caroline Mubekaphi
Nelson Mandela University
Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
2
30
Soil science
Agronomy
Babalwa Mtshawu
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
1
28
Geographical Information Systems
Remote Sensing
Soil Science
Geostatistics
Statistics
Pholosho Mmateko Kgopa
University of Limpopo
Mankweng, South Africa
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
0
22
Soil Health
Water Quality for Irrigation
Grace Kanonge-Mafaune
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
2
53
Soil fertility
Applied microbial technology
Plant Nutrition
Phylogenetic diversity
Bacterial inoculants
Ce Potgieter, Arina
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
2
30
Applied Geography
Environmental Science
Soil Science
GIS
Cartography
Dimakatso Ramphisa
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
16
Soil fertility
plant nutrition
soil quality
Seome Michael Swafo
University of Limpopo
Mankweng, South Africa
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
10
Thembalethu Taeni
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
1
59
: hydropedology
environmental soil science
soil physics
pedology
Morufane Phasha
University of Mpumalanga
Mbombela, South Africa
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
1
38
Leushantha Mudaly
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
1
15
Soil Science
Water Science
Gd Cooper
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
9
Marike Stander
University of the Free State
Bloemfontein, South Africa
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
5
soil erosion
heavy metal contamination
sediments