Top 100 Scientists

Top 100 Scientists in South Africa 2025

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" (873,690 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.

* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Keertan Dheda
pulmonary infections
tuberculosis
diseases of poverty
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
104
313
49,277
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Charles Feldman
community-acquired pneumonia
pneumococcus
respiratory tract infections
virulence factors
human ciliated epithelium
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
74
272
19,403
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Gerald Maarman
mitochondrial function
pulmonary hypertension
cardiovascular disease
TB
novel therapeutic targets.
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
16
21
901
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Eric Bateman
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
111
319
69,664
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Keertan Dheda
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
104
313
49,277
pulmonary infections
tuberculosis
diseases of poverty
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Charles Feldman
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
74
272
19,403
community-acquired pneumonia
pneumococcus
respiratory tract infections
virulence factors
human ciliated epithelium
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Richard Van Zyl-Smit
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
44
67
7,467
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Coenraad Fn Koegelenberg
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
39
109
7,322
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Elvis Irusen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
31
65
4,128
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Gerald Maarman
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
21
901
mitochondrial function
pulmonary hypertension
cardiovascular disease
TB
novel therapeutic targets.
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Margaretha Prins
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
7
410
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Donald Simon
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
2
118