AD Scientific Index 2021

Africa Scientist and University Rankings 2021

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Total 19.023 scientist, 53 country, 983 university

List without CERN etc (In Progress)

				AD Scientific Index - Scientist Rankings - 2021				H INDEX			i10 INDEX			CITATION
University	Country	Region	World	Name	Country	University	Subject	Total	Last 5 year	Last 5 year / total	Total	Last 5 year	Last 5 year / total	Total	Last 5 year	Last 5 year / total
1	1	1	103	Rajaâ Cherkaoui El Moursli *	Morocco	Université Mohammed V de Rabat	Natural Sciences / Physics Nuclear Physics|Medical Physics|High Energy Physics|	207	171	0.826	867	780	0.900	194612	130142	0.669
2	2	2	146	Farida Fassi *	Morocco	Université Mohammed V de Rabat	Natural Sciences / Physics High Energy Physics|Astronomy|Engineering|Grid Computing|	197	164	0.832	789	739	0.937	216086	141456	0.655
1	1	3	224	Sahal Yacoob *	South Africa	University of Cape Town	Natural Sciences / Physics High Energy Particle Physics|	186	139	0.747	904	732	0.810	187246	111601	0.596
1	1	4	371	Ahmed Ali Abdelalim *	Egypt	Zewail City of Science and Technology	Natural Sciences / Physics Physics and Astronomy|	174	137	0.787	538	496	0.922	158197	96743	0.612
2	2	5	528	Shaaban Khalil *	Egypt	Zewail City of Science and Technology	Natural Sciences / Physics High Energy Physics|	163	140	0.859	771	660	0.856	137985	93928	0.681
2	2	6	838	Dan J Stein *	South Africa	University of Cape Town	Medical and Health Sciences / Psychiatry Anxiety disorders|Psychiatry in Africa|	145	95	0.655	911	765	0.840	95690	56236	0.588
1	3	7	1012	Mohammed Attia Mahmoud *	Egypt	Fayoum University	Natural Sciences / Physics High Energy Physics|	138	115	0.833	381	360	0.945	106714	67308	0.631
1	3	8	1032	Loan Truong *	South Africa	University of Johannesburg	Natural Sciences / Physics HEP|LHC|ATLAS|	138	134	0.971	498	497	0.998	70875	66975	0.945
1	4	9	1324	David M. Richardson	South Africa	Stellenbosch University	Natural Sciences / Biological Science invasion ecology|invasion biology|invasion science|conservation biology|biological invasions|	130	96	0.738	432	378	0.875	72508	34545	0.476
3	5	10	2759	Jean Cleymans *	South Africa	University of Cape Town	Natural Sciences / Physics Physics|Thermal Models|particle Physics|	110	94	0.855	392	300	0.765	55098	33179	0.602
1	6	11	2843	Bruce Mellado *	South Africa	University of the Witwatersrand	Natural Sciences / Physics Particle Physics|	109	77	0.706	438	309	0.705	66819	33229	0.497
1	7	12	2867	Mike Wingfield	South Africa	University of Pretoria	Agriculture & Forestry / Forestry forest protection|mycology|entomology|biotechnology|	109	69	0.633	898	627	0.698	56637	28454	0.502
1	8	13	3059	Richard M. Cowling	South Africa	Nelson Mandela University	Natural Sciences / Biological Science Plant diversity and evolution|palaeovegetation science|conservation science|	108	52	0.481	359	244	0.680	38079	12211	0.321
2	9	14	3915	Robert J Scholes	South Africa	University of the Witwatersrand	Natural Sciences / Biological Science carbon cycle|savannas|earth observation|biodiversity|	101	66	0.653	274	194	0.708	74699	32578	0.436
4	10	15	4052	Dan Stein	South Africa	University of Cape Town	Medical and Health Sciences / Psychiatry Anxiety Disorders|Psychiatry research in Africa|	101	45	0.446	115	105	0.913	29245	9431	0.322
5	11	16	4274	Eric Bateman	South Africa	University of Cape Town	Medical and Health Sciences / Chest Diseases Respiratory medicine|	99	66	0.667	295	229	0.776	53257	24810	0.466
1	1	17	4415	Abdelouahed Tounsi	Algeria	Djillali Liabes University of Sidi Bel Abbes	Natural Sciences / Mathematics Nanocomposites|Mechanics of Nano-structures|Composite structures|Applied Mathematics|Plates and Shells|	99	94	0.949	330	297	0.900	30061	25928	0.863
6	12	18	4481	William Bond	South Africa	University of Cape Town	Natural Sciences / Biological Science Ecology|evolution|	98	67	0.684	279	212	0.760	49197	23105	0.470
2	13	19	4952	Josua Meyer	South Africa	University of Pretoria	Engineering & Technology / Mechanical Engineering Heat transfer|	96	74	0.771	480	387	0.806	34657	19800	0.571
3	14	20	5072	Zeblon Vilakazi *	South Africa	University of the Witwatersrand	Natural Sciences / Physics High Energy physics|Grid Computing|	95	89	0.937	263	246	0.935	45804	31141	0.680
2	15	21	5323	Simon Connell *	South Africa	University of Johannesburg	Natural Sciences / Physics Nuclear Physics|Particle Physics|Diamond Physics|Quantum Physics|	94	89	0.947	245	186	0.759	43801	35970	0.821
7	16	22	5965	Karen Sliwa	South Africa	University of Cape Town	Medical and Health Sciences / Cardiology cardiology|heart failure|Africa|peripartum|	91	76	0.835	255	227	0.890	81308	60779	0.748
1	4	23	6756	Ahmed M Hamed *	Egypt	American University in Cairo	Natural Sciences / Physics … High Energy Nuclear and Particle Physics|Cosmology|Nano-Physics|General Relativity|Computational Physics|	89	60	0.674	213	194	0.911	30188	12854	0.426
1	17	24	7024	Christo Venter	South Africa	North West University	Engineering & Technology / Civil Engineering Pulsars|gamma-ray astronomy|globular clusters|cosmic rays|	88	55	0.625	208	192	0.923	32235	12743	0.395
1	18	25	7309	Fernando Albericio	South Africa	University of Kwazulu Natal	Natural Sciences / Chemical Sciences medicinal chemistry|peptides|	87	52	0.598	588	334	0.568	35298	14673	0.416
2	19	26	7478	Robin M Warren	South Africa	Stellenbosch University	Medical and Health Sciences / Infectious Diseases Tuberculosis|	87	57	0.655	307	241	0.785	25798	12328	0.478
8	20	27	7521	Bongani M Mayosi	South Africa	University of Cape Town	Medical and Health Sciences / Medicine Medicine|	86	71	0.826	277	231	0.834	86877	67385	0.776
9	21	28	8270	George FR Ellis	South Africa	University of Cape Town	Natural Sciences / Mathematics Relativity|cosmology|complexity|	84	43	0.512	277	150	0.542	40663	10753	0.264
1	5	29	8290	MS El Naschie	Egypt	Alexandria University	Engineering & Technology / Civil Engineering Structural Egeneering|EM-DRIVE|Nano-Tech Casimir Reactors|… Physics and Cosmology-Dark Energy-Deter|	84	41	0.488	809	293	0.362	38445	10965	0.285
4	22	30	8302	Nukri Komin *	South Africa	University of the Witwatersrand	Natural Sciences / Physics gamma-ray astronomy|Cosmic Rays|	84	51	0.607	181	164	0.906	35222	14399	0.409
1	1	31	8374	Riaan Steenkamp *	Namibia	University of Namibia	Natural Sciences / Physics Physics|Astrophysics|Computational Physics|	84	51	0.607	174	158	0.908	29515	11546	0.391
10	23	32	8391	Keertan Dheda	South Africa	University of Cape Town	Medical and Health Sciences / Chest Diseases pulmonary infections|tuberculosis|diseases of poverty|	84	60	0.714	252	229	0.909	28356	16098	0.568
1	3	33	8813	Belkheir Hammouti	Morocco	Université Mohammed Premier Oujda	Natural Sciences / Chemical Sciences Chemistry & Environment & Electrochemistry|	83	57	0.687	461	372	0.807	25106	14137	0.563
2	24	34	8876	Eno E. Ebenso	South Africa	North West University	Natural Sciences / Chemical Sciences corrosion|corrosion inhibition|corrosion of metals|adsorption|quantum chemical calculations|	83	68	0.819	340	315	0.926	22556	15750	0.698
1	25	35	8878	Roy Maartens	South Africa	University of the Western Cape	Natural Sciences / Physics Physics|	83	45	0.542	227	155	0.683	22484	8017	0.357
11	26	36	9787	TH Jarrett	South Africa	University of Cape Town	Engineering & Technology / Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences astronomy and astrophysics|	80	54	0.675	209	165	0.789	44094	20497	0.465
2	6	37	10232	Elsayed Z Soliman	Egypt	American University in Cairo	Medical and Health Sciences / Cardiology Electrocardiography|Atrial fibrillation|Preventive cardiology|Cardiovascular epidemiology|Global health|	79	69	0.873	383	364	0.950	105935	63331	0.598
2	27	38	10360	Salim S. Abdool Karim	South Africa	University of Kwazulu Natal	Medical and Health Sciences / Epidemiology and Public Health HIV Prevention and Treatment|	79	61	0.772	326	226	0.693	31187	14651	0.470
12	28	39	10478	Estelle Lambert	South Africa	University of Cape Town	Medical and Health Sciences / Epidemiology and Public Health physical activity and public health|non-communicable diseases|health behavior change|global south and healthy cities|obesity|	79	56	0.709	270	215	0.796	25578	15337	0.600
1	29	40	10897	Tebello Nyokong	South Africa	Rhodes University	Natural Sciences / Chemical Sciences Photophysics|	78	40	0.513	577	402	0.697	27535	12495	0.454
13	30	41	10990	Landon Myer	South Africa	University of Cape Town	Medical and Health Sciences / Family Medicine epidemiology|biostatistics|HIV|maternal & child health|women's health|	78	55	0.705	309	257	0.832	24066	11774	0.489
14	31	42	12091	Lucy Gilson	South Africa	University of Cape Town	Medical and Health Sciences / Epidemiology and Public Health	76	52	0.684	204	149	0.730	21735	9559	0.440
1	7	43	12306	Ayman Mahrous *	Egypt	Egypt Japan University of Science & Technology	Natural Sciences / Physics Space weather|ionosphere|cosmic rays|solar physics|particle physics|	75	72	0.960	176	164	0.932	40830	28075	0.688
2	32	44	12541	Mattia Vaccari *	South Africa	University of the Western Cape	Natural Sciences / Physics Astrophysics|Observational Optical/Infrared/Radio Galaxy …|Cloud Computing|Machine Learning|Statistics|	75	51	0.680	179	153	0.855	23271	13173	0.566
3	33	45	12749	Steven D. Johnson	South Africa	University of Kwazulu Natal	Agriculture & Forestry / Plant Science Evolutionary biology|pollination biology|plant reproduction|chemical ecology|invasion biology|	75	47	0.627	276	219	0.793	19423	8699	0.448
15	34	46	12931	Heather Zar	South Africa	University of Cape Town	Medical and Health Sciences / Pediatrics and Child Health	74	58	0.784	269	225	0.836	34409	18447	0.536
5	35	47	12982	Linda Richter	South Africa	University of the Witwatersrand	Medical and Health Sciences / Epidemiology and Public Health child development|adolescent development|HIV|AIDS|public health|	74	51	0.689	287	191	0.666	29561	16456	0.557
16	36	48	13479	Graeme Meintjes	South Africa	University of Cape Town	Medical and Health Sciences / Infectious Diseases HIV|Tuberculosis|Cryptococcosis|Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory …|	74	58	0.784	232	197	0.849	16859	10434	0.619
3	37	49	13957	Brian W. Van Wilgen	South Africa	Stellenbosch University	Natural Sciences / Biological Science Applied ecology|fire ecology|invasion ecology|ecosystem management|	73	50	0.685	194	151	0.778	19207	8031	0.418
3	38	50	14032	Markus Boettcher	South Africa	North West University	Engineering & Technology / Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences Astrophysics|	73	48	0.658	253	201	0.794	17878	9380	0.525