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South Africa 456 Scientists H-Index Engineering & Technology / Computer Science Rankings - 2026

Track the real-time academic impact of 2.6 million scientists across 221 countries. The H-Index Rankings evaluate both total and last 5 years’ H-index values, offering the most transparent measure of scholarly recognition. Compare global, continental, national, and institutional performance across 13 major fields and 221 disciplines.

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Total 456 scientist , 74 institution , Updates every 3 days
* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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22,996
World Rank
South Africa
72
Country Rank
Stellenbosch University Logo
11
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
1
Gerard Tromp
Stellenbosch University Stellenbosch, South Africa
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Bioinformatics | statistic

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    81
  • Last 5 Years
    44
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.543
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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47,526
World Rank
South Africa
151
Country Rank
University of the Witwatersrand Logo
25
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
2
Bao-Zhu Guo
University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg, South Africa
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Control Theor

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    64
  • Last 5 Years
    44
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.688
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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64,991
World Rank
South Africa
217
Country Rank
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, South Africa Logo
2
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
3
Adnan M. Abu-Mahfouz
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, South Africa Pretoria, South Africa
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Internet of Things | Wireless sensor networks | software-defined networking | Low-power wide area networks | Network securit

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    57
  • Last 5 Years
    50
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.877
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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76,685
World Rank
South Africa
271
Country Rank
University of Johannesburg Logo
15
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
4
Tshilidzi Marwala
University of Johannesburg Johannesburg, South Africa
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Artificial Intelligence | AI Governance | Polic

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    54
  • Last 5 Years
    37
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.685
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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91,745
World Rank
South Africa
337
Country Rank
University of Kwazulu Natal Logo
28
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
5
Houriiyah Tegally
University of Kwazulu Natal Durban, South Africa
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Bioinformatics | Viral Genomics | Molecular Epidemiology | Genomic Surveillanc

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    50
  • Last 5 Years
    50
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    1.000
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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100,886
World Rank
South Africa
392
Country Rank
Stellenbosch University Logo
55
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
6
Willem Visser
Stellenbosch University Stellenbosch, South Africa
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Testing | Symbolic Execution | Software Engineering | Model Checin

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    49
  • Last 5 Years
    24
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.490
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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107,287
World Rank
South Africa
422
Country Rank
University of the Witwatersrand Logo
47
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
7
Turgay Celik
University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg, South Africa
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
arficial intelligence | computer vision | cybersecurity | energy | remote sensin

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    47
  • Last 5 Years
    41
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.872
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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124,199
World Rank
South Africa
504
Country Rank
North West University Logo
15
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
8
Etienne Barnard
North West University Potchefstroom, South Africa
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Speech technology | pattern recognition | machine learning | deep neural network

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    45
  • Last 5 Years
    16
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.356
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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141,507
World Rank
South Africa
587
Country Rank
University of South Africa Logo
14
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
9
Mkhulu Mathe
University of South Africa Pretoria, South Africa
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Electrochemistry | Electrocatalysis | Energy Storage devices | Electrodepositio

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    42
  • Last 5 Years
    31
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.738
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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161,134
World Rank
South Africa
692
Country Rank
University of Pretoria Logo
59
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
10
Jan Eloff
University of Pretoria Pretoria, South Africa
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Cybersecurity and AI/Data Scienc

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    40
  • Last 5 Years
    22
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.550
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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163,547
World Rank
South Africa
706
Country Rank
University of South Africa Logo
19
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
11
Zenghui Wang
University of South Africa Pretoria, South Africa
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
AI and Data Science | Industry 4.0/5.0 | Optimization and Control | Intelligent Optimizatio

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    39
  • Last 5 Years
    35
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.897
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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164,269
World Rank
South Africa
709
Country Rank
University of Pretoria Logo
62
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
12
HS Venter
University of Pretoria Pretoria, South Africa
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
digital forensics | cyber security | information security | network security | privac

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    39
  • Last 5 Years
    33
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.846
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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176,780
World Rank
South Africa
775
Country Rank
University of Cape Town Logo
176
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
13
Irwin Brown
University of Cape Town Cape Town, South Africa
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Information System

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    38
  • Last 5 Years
    27
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.711
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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186,895
World Rank
South Africa
824
Country Rank
University of Johannesburg Logo
56
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
14
SH Basie B Von Solms
University of Johannesburg Johannesburg, South Africa
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Information Cyber Securit

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    37
  • Last 5 Years
    26
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.703
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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189,826
World Rank
South Africa
849
Country Rank
University of Zululand Logo
3
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
15
Dennis N Ocholla
University of Zululand Kwadlangezwa, South Africa
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
LIS Education | Information Seeking | Knowledge Management | Applied Bibliometrics&ICT4D | Information Ethic

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    37
  • Last 5 Years
    21
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.568
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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200,015
World Rank
South Africa
905
Country Rank
University of the Witwatersrand Logo
98
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
16
Montaz Ali
University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg, South Africa
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Global Optimization | Operations Research | Optimal Control Theorey | MINLP | Optimization in Big-Dat

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    36
  • Last 5 Years
    22
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.611
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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202,924
World Rank
South Africa
915
Country Rank
University of Fort Hare Logo
9
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
17
Temitope Ekundayo
University of Fort Hare Alice, South Africa
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Microbiolology | Antimicrobial resistance | Research Synthesis | ML | Public Healt

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    35
  • Last 5 Years
    35
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    1.000
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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203,060
World Rank
South Africa
916
Country Rank
University of Kwazulu Natal Logo
73
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
18
Serestina Viriri
University of Kwazulu Natal Durban, South Africa
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Computer Vision | Medical Image Analysis | Machine Learning | Image Processin

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    35
  • Last 5 Years
    34
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.971
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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213,687
World Rank
South Africa
976
Country Rank
University of Cape Town Logo
210
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
19
Gary Marsden
University of Cape Town Cape Town, South Africa
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Mobile Computing | ICT4D | Interaction Design | HC

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    35
  • Last 5 Years
    17
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.486
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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217,194
World Rank
South Africa
998
Country Rank
University of Kwazulu Natal Logo
82
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
20
Temesgen Zewotir
University of Kwazulu Natal Durban, South Africa
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Data Science | Applied Statistics | Biostatistic

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    34
  • Last 5 Years
    29
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.853
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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226,585
World Rank
South Africa
1,056
Country Rank
University of Cape Town Logo
229
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
21
Thomas Meyer
University of Cape Town Cape Town, South Africa
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Artificial Intelligence | Knowledge Representatio

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    34
  • Last 5 Years
    16
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.471
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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239,800
World Rank
South Africa
1,142
Country Rank
Stellenbosch University Logo
150
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
22
Bernd Fischer
Stellenbosch University Stellenbosch, South Africa
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
software engineering | program generation | program verification | formal method

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    33
  • Last 5 Years
    16
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.485
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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241,833
World Rank
South Africa
1,149
Country Rank
Tshwane University of Technology Logo
16
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
23
Popoola Olawale M
Tshwane University of Technology Pretoria, South Africa
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Energy | Power System | Power Electronics | Artificial Intelligence | Qualit

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    32
  • Last 5 Years
    30
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.938
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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242,053
World Rank
South Africa
1,153
Country Rank
Stellenbosch University Logo
151
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
24
Herman Kamper
Stellenbosch University Stellenbosch, South Africa
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Speech Recognition | Machine Learnin

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    32
  • Last 5 Years
    30
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.938
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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247,792
World Rank
South Africa
1,187
Country Rank
Rhodes University Logo
29
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
25
Stephen V. Flowerday
Rhodes University Grahamstown, South Africa
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Cybersecurity Management | Cybercrime | Behavioral Information Security | Human-Centric Cybersecurit

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    32
  • Last 5 Years
    24
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.750
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