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South Africa 440 Scientists H-Index Engineering & Technology / Computer Science Rankings - 2026

This real-time ranking measures researchers’ academic productivity and impact at global, continental, national, and institutional levels using total and recent 5-year H-index data. Comparative analysis is available across 13 main fields and 221 academic disciplines.

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Total 440 scientist, 1 country, 32 institution , Updates every 3 days
* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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22,499
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
    80
  • Last 5 Years
    42
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.525
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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46,903
World Rank
South Africa
146
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
    63
  • Last 5 Years
    44
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.698
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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67,772
World Rank
South Africa
224
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
    55
  • Last 5 Years
    49
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.891
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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80,329
World Rank
South Africa
287
Country Rank
University of Johannesburg Logo
17
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
    52
  • Last 5 Years
    35
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.673
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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95,915
World Rank
South Africa
357
Country Rank
Stellenbosch University Logo
53
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
5
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
    23
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.469
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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96,419
World Rank
South Africa
359
Country Rank
University of Kwazulu Natal Logo
32
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
6
Houriiyah Tegally
University of Kwazulu Natal Durban, South Africa
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Bioinformatics | Viral Genomics | Molecular Epidemiology | Genomic Surveillanc

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    48
  • Last 5 Years
    48
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    1.000
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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107,438
World Rank
South Africa
419
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 | quantum algorithms | remote sensin

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    46
  • Last 5 Years
    39
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.848
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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118,092
World Rank
South Africa
470
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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134,400
World Rank
South Africa
559
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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153,259
World Rank
South Africa
644
Country Rank
University of Pretoria Logo
57
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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164,089
World Rank
South Africa
708
Country Rank
University of South Africa Logo
20
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
    38
  • Last 5 Years
    35
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.921
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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165,612
World Rank
South Africa
712
Country Rank
University of Pretoria Logo
63
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
    38
  • Last 5 Years
    31
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.816
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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168,632
World Rank
South Africa
733
Country Rank
University of Cape Town Logo
171
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
    26
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.684
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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179,070
World Rank
South Africa
793
Country Rank
University of Johannesburg Logo
57
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
    24
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.649
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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181,188
World Rank
South Africa
809
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
    20
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.541
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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190,384
World Rank
South Africa
848
Country Rank
University of the Witwatersrand Logo
96
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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203,677
World Rank
South Africa
926
Country Rank
University of Cape Town Logo
204
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
17
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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205,290
World Rank
South Africa
935
Country Rank
University of Kwazulu Natal Logo
78
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
    34
  • Last 5 Years
    32
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.941
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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220,449
World Rank
South Africa
1,014
Country Rank
University of Kwazulu Natal Logo
86
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
19
Temesgen Zewotir
University of Kwazulu Natal Durban, South Africa
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Data Science | Applied Statistics | Biostatistic

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    33
  • Last 5 Years
    27
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.818
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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228,858
World Rank
South Africa
1,071
Country Rank
Stellenbosch University Logo
142
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
20
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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229,253
World Rank
South Africa
1,076
Country Rank
University of Cape Town Logo
238
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
    33
  • Last 5 Years
    15
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.455
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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230,211
World Rank
South Africa
1,078
Country Rank
University of Fort Hare Logo
9
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
22
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
    32
  • Last 5 Years
    32
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    1.000
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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244,227
World Rank
South Africa
1,162
Country Rank
Stellenbosch University Logo
151
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
23
Herman Kamper
Stellenbosch University Stellenbosch, South Africa
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Speech Recognition | Machine Learnin

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    31
  • Last 5 Years
    30
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.968
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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249,657
World Rank
South Africa
1,195
Country Rank
Rhodes University Logo
30
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
24
Stephen V. Flowerday
Rhodes University Grahamstown, South Africa
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Cybersecurity Management | Cybercrime | Information System

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    31
  • Last 5 Years
    24
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.774
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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256,947
World Rank
South Africa
1,249
Country Rank
University of Cape Town Logo
260
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
25
Edwin Blake
University of Cape Town Cape Town, South Africa
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Information and Communications Technology for Development | User Experience in Games and Virtual Environment

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    31
  • Last 5 Years
    16
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.516
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