North West University is a prestigious public university established in 2004 in South Africa. It is represented by 1,283 scientists in the AD Scientific Index. The university’s scientists are particularly concentrated in Social Sciences and Humanities (388 scientists), Social Sciences (117 scientists), and Medical and Health Sciences (115 scientists).

* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Christo Venter
Pulsars
gamma-ray astronomy
globular clusters
cosmic rays
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101
50
0.495
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Olubukola Oluranti Babalola
Microbial Ecology
Soil Metagenomics
Plant-Microbe Interactions
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76
69
0.908
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Sebastiaan Rothmann
Positive Organizations
Capabilities
Engagement
Flourishing
Well-being
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76
47
0.618
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Donald Kurtz
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71
35
0.493
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Indra Bahadur
Thermodynamics of solution
DESs
Ionic Liquids
Corrosion
Separation Technology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
47
0.783
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
BH Harvey
Animal models
Psychopharmacology
Neuroscience
Behavior
Psychiatry
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
30
0.577
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Dmitri Bessarabov
membranes
hydrogen
fuel cells
electrolysis
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
42
0.894
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Damian C. Onwudiwe
Materials Chemistry
Green Chemistry
Chemical Engineering
Water Treatment
Environmental Analysis
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
39
0.830
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Arvind Kumar Gupta
16S rRNA gene
bacterial diversity
insect gut bacteria
microbial community
Metagenomics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
29
0.617
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Masood Khalique
Differential Equations
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
38
0.826
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Paulus Kruger
Low Noise Amplifiers
Gamma-ray astrophysics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
32
0.711
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Etienne Barnard
Speech technology
pattern recognition
machine learning
deep neural networks
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
15
0.333
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Adeyemi Oladapo Aremu
Botany
IKS
Plant Science
Ethnopharmacology
Ethnobotany
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
36
0.818
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
H Bouwman
Ecotoxicology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
30
0.682
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Stuart Piketh
Atmospheric Science / Geography
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
26
0.619
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Van Den Berg, J. Johnnie
Agricultural Entomology
Environmental Sciences
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
29
0.707
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Victor Wepener
Ecotoxicology
Ecological Risk Assessment
Aquatic Toxicology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
27
0.675
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Johann Jerling
Nutrition leadership
haemostasis
human nutrition
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
21
0.525
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Hein Neomagus
Coal Conversion Processes
Combustion
Gasification
Reaction Kinetics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
28
0.718
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Louis Du Preez
Parasitology
Herpetology
Batrachology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
24
0.615
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Natalia Zywucka
gamma-ray energy
blazars
active galaxies
AGN
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
33
0.868
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Johan Paul Beukes
Air Quality
Climate Change
Atmospheric Chemistry
Metallurgy
Pyrometallurgy
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
27
0.711
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Sarel Cilliers
Urban ecology
Vegetation science
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
27
0.711
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Christo Venter
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101
50
0.495
Pulsars
gamma-ray astronomy
globular clusters
cosmic rays
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Markus Boettcher
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85
47
0.553
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Olubukola Oluranti Babalola
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76
69
0.908
Microbial Ecology
Soil Metagenomics
Plant-Microbe Interactions
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Sebastiaan Rothmann
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76
47
0.618
Positive Organizations
Capabilities
Engagement
Flourishing
Well-being
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Donald Kurtz
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71
35
0.493
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Indra Bahadur
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
47
0.783
Thermodynamics of solution
DESs
Ionic Liquids
Corrosion
Separation Technology
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Iurii Sushch
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56
36
0.643
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
BH Harvey
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
30
0.577
Animal models
Psychopharmacology
Neuroscience
Behavior
Psychiatry
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Dmitri Bessarabov
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
42
0.894
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Damian C. Onwudiwe
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
39
0.830
Materials Chemistry
Green Chemistry
Chemical Engineering
Water Treatment
Environmental Analysis
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Arvind Kumar Gupta
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
29
0.617
16S rRNA gene
bacterial diversity
insect gut bacteria
microbial community
Metagenomics
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Masood Khalique
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
38
0.826
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Paulus Kruger
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
32
0.711
Low Noise Amplifiers
Gamma-ray astrophysics
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Etienne Barnard
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
15
0.333
Speech technology
pattern recognition
machine learning
deep neural networks
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Adeyemi Oladapo Aremu
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
36
0.818
Botany
IKS
Plant Science
Ethnopharmacology
Ethnobotany
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
H Bouwman
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
30
0.682
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Stuart Piketh
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
26
0.619
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Van Den Berg, J. Johnnie
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
29
0.707
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Victor Wepener
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
27
0.675
Ecotoxicology
Ecological Risk Assessment
Aquatic Toxicology
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Johann Jerling
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
21
0.525
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Hein Neomagus
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
28
0.718
Coal Conversion Processes
Combustion
Gasification
Reaction Kinetics
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Louis Du Preez
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
24
0.615
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Natalia Zywucka
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
33
0.868
gamma-ray energy
blazars
active galaxies
AGN
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Johan Paul Beukes
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
27
0.711
Air Quality
Climate Change
Atmospheric Chemistry
Metallurgy
Pyrometallurgy
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Sarel Cilliers
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
27
0.711