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 rankings in world, region, country, and university are in Beta version and are subject to real-time updates, since the subject field “Others” (1,121,299 scientists profile whose branch cannot be determined, not yet edited or determined) is excluded. These rankings will dynamically evolve in real time as the “Others” profiles are revised and classified. Please note that. Subjects indicated as “ * others ” will not be included in the ranking by regions and subjects.

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Total 1.854 scientist
* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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453
World Rank
South Africa
2
Country Rank
University of Cape Town Logo
2
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
1
Medical and Health Sciences / Psychiatry
Anxiety disorders | Psychiatry in Afric

H-Index Metrics

  • H-Index
    217
  • i10 Index
    1,635
  • Citation Counts
    299,840
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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6,098
World Rank
South Africa
16
Country Rank
University of Cape Town Logo
5
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
2

H-Index Metrics

  • H-Index
    114
  • i10 Index
    325
  • Citation Counts
    71,008
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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6,226
World Rank
South Africa
17
Country Rank
University of Cape Town Logo
6
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
3
Medical and Health Sciences / Cardiology
cardiology | heart failure | Africa | peripartum | covi

H-Index Metrics

  • H-Index
    112
  • i10 Index
    346
  • Citation Counts
    159,206
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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6,912
World Rank
South Africa
19
Country Rank
University of Cape Town Logo
7
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
4
* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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8,040
World Rank
South Africa
21
Country Rank
University of Cape Town Logo
8
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
5
Medical and Health Sciences / Chest Diseases
pulmonary infections | tuberculosis | diseases of povert

H-Index Metrics

  • H-Index
    105
  • i10 Index
    318
  • Citation Counts
    50,441
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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8,951
World Rank
South Africa
22
Country Rank
University of Cape Town Logo
9
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
6
* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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9,723
World Rank
South Africa
25
Country Rank
Stellenbosch University Logo
2
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
7

H-Index Metrics

  • H-Index
    100
  • i10 Index
    372
  • Citation Counts
    35,688
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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10,204
World Rank
South Africa
26
Country Rank
South African Medical Research Council Logo
1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
8
* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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11,721
World Rank
South Africa
28
Country Rank
University of Cape Town Logo
11
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
9
Medical and Health Sciences / Epidemiology and Public Health
physical activity and public health | non-communicable diseases | health behavior change | global south and healthy cities | obesit

H-Index Metrics

  • H-Index
    95
  • i10 Index
    334
  • Citation Counts
    54,496
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Rankings

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11,747
World Rank
South Africa
29
Country Rank
University of Cape Town Logo
12
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
10
Medical and Health Sciences / Family Medicine
epidemiology | biostatistics | HIV | maternal & child health | women's healt

H-Index Metrics

  • H-Index
    95
  • i10 Index
    433
  • Citation Counts
    34,078
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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12,147
World Rank
South Africa
30
Country Rank
University of Kwazulu Natal Logo
2
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
11
* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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12,566
World Rank
South Africa
32
Country Rank
Human Sciences Research Council of South Africa Logo
1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
12
* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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14,160
World Rank
South Africa
37
Country Rank
University of Cape Town Logo
13
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
13
Medical and Health Sciences / Infectious Diseases
HIV | Tuberculosis | Cryptococcosis | Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrom

H-Index Metrics

  • H-Index
    91
  • i10 Index
    313
  • Citation Counts
    27,629
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Rankings

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14,790
World Rank
South Africa
38
Country Rank
University of Cape Town Logo
14
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
14
* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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14,887
World Rank
South Africa
40
Country Rank
University of the Witwatersrand Logo
7
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
15
Medical and Health Sciences / Epidemiology and Public Health
child development | adolescent development | HIV | AIDS | public healt

H-Index Metrics

  • H-Index
    89
  • i10 Index
    350
  • Citation Counts
    45,999
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Rankings

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16,782
World Rank
South Africa
52
Country Rank
University of Cape Town Logo
18
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
16
Medical and Health Sciences / Virology
Virology | virus evolution | genetic recombination | geminiviruses | sequence analysis softwar

H-Index Metrics

  • H-Index
    86
  • i10 Index
    263
  • Citation Counts
    39,404
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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17,282
World Rank
South Africa
54
Country Rank
University of Kwazulu Natal Logo
4
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
17
Medical and Health Sciences / Medical Genetics
Bioinformatics | Genomics | Phylogenetics | Viruse

H-Index Metrics

  • H-Index
    85
  • i10 Index
    277
  • Citation Counts
    34,226
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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18,780
World Rank
South Africa
57
Country Rank
University of Fort Hare Logo
2
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
18
Medical and Health Sciences / Microbiology
Applied and Environmental Microbiology | Water Quality | Antimicrobial Resistance

H-Index Metrics

  • H-Index
    83
  • i10 Index
    391
  • Citation Counts
    29,990
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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18,837
World Rank
South Africa
59
Country Rank
Stellenbosch University Logo
6
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
19
Medical and Health Sciences / Psychiatry
Compulsivity | impulsivity | behavioural addiction

H-Index Metrics

  • H-Index
    83
  • i10 Index
    196
  • Citation Counts
    25,868
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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19,110
World Rank
South Africa
61
Country Rank
University of Cape Town Logo
19
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
20
* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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19,771
World Rank
South Africa
62
Country Rank
Stellenbosch University Logo
8
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
21
Medical and Health Sciences / Infectious Diseases
Tuberculosis | Immunology | Biomarker

H-Index Metrics

  • H-Index
    82
  • i10 Index
    240
  • Citation Counts
    22,262
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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19,941
World Rank
South Africa
64
Country Rank
Stellenbosch University Logo
9
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
22
Medical and Health Sciences / Microbiology
Microbiology | lactic acid bacteria | antimicrobial peptides | bacteriocins | probiotic

H-Index Metrics

  • H-Index
    82
  • i10 Index
    259
  • Citation Counts
    20,432
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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20,191
World Rank
South Africa
66
Country Rank
Stellenbosch University Logo
10
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
23

H-Index Metrics

  • H-Index
    82
  • i10 Index
    205
  • Citation Counts
    21,048
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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20,526
World Rank
South Africa
68
Country Rank
University of Pretoria Logo
4
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
24

H-Index Metrics

  • H-Index
    81
  • i10 Index
    344
  • Citation Counts
    27,330
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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25,754
World Rank
South Africa
78
Country Rank
University of the Witwatersrand Logo
13
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
25
Medical and Health Sciences / Chest Diseases
community-acquired pneumonia | pneumococcus | respiratory tract infections | virulence factors | human ciliated epitheliu

H-Index Metrics

  • H-Index
    76
  • i10 Index
    275
  • Citation Counts
    19,886
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