University of the Witwatersrand is a
prestigious public university
established in 1922 in South Africa. It is represented
by 1,809 scientists in the AD Scientific Index. The
university’s scientists are particularly concentrated in
Social Sciences and Humanities (467 scientists), Medical and Health Sciences (206 scientists), and Natural Sciences (198 scientists).
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :1
Particle Physics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
165
119
0.721
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :2
High Energy physics
Grid Computing
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
130
108
0.831
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :3
High Energy Physics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125
121
0.968
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :4
First interest
Second interest
Vaccinology
Respiratory pathogens
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112
84
0.750
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :5
carbon cycle
savannas
earth observation
biodiversity
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112
73
0.652
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :6
gamma-ray astronomy
Cosmic Rays
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95
57
0.600
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :7
child development
adolescent development
HIV
AIDS
public health
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88
59
0.670
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :8
Astrophysics
Cosmology
Astro-Particle Physics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83
55
0.663
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :9
Particle Physics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79
76
0.962
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :10
African politics
history
colonialism
race
enlightenment
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77
61
0.792
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :11
Astrophysics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77
60
0.779
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :12
laser resonators
laser beam shaping
orbital angular momentum
structured light
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75
66
0.880
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :13
HIV TB COVID HAEMATOLOFY
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73
45
0.616
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :14
community-acquired pneumonia
pneumococcus
respiratory tract infections
virulence factors
human ciliated epithelium
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73
44
0.603
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :15
malaria
mosquitoes
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72
45
0.625
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :16
Wildlife Ecology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70
42
0.600
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :17
Infectious Diseases
HIV
Tuberculosis
Health Economics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70
40
0.571
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :18
Earth Observation
Global Change
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69
33
0.478
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :19
Biomaterials
Advanced Drug Delivery
Atomistic Simulations
Implant
Neurotherapeutics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66
48
0.727
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :20
sleep
thermoregulation
brain
alcohol
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67
55
0.821
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :21
Electrochemistry
Batteries
Fuel Cells
Electrolyzers
Sensors
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63
42
0.667
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :22
electric machines
motors
renewable energy
power systems
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
44
0.710
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :23
Plant ecology
plant ecophysiology
conservation biology
invasion biology
ethnoecology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
36
0.581
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :24
sedimentology
vertebrate palaeontology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63
40
0.635
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :25
Control Theory
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
45
0.738
Bruce Mellado
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
165
119
0.721
Zeblon Vilakazi
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
130
108
0.831
Joyful Mdhluli
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125
121
0.968
Shabir A. Madhi
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112
84
0.750
First interest
Second interest
Vaccinology
Respiratory pathogens
Robert J Scholes
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112
73
0.652
carbon cycle
savannas
earth observation
biodiversity
Nukri Komin
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95
57
0.600
Linda Richter
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88
59
0.670
child development
adolescent development
HIV
AIDS
public health
Sergio Colafrancesco
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83
55
0.663
Astrophysics
Cosmology
Astro-Particle Physics
Tasnuva Chowdhury
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79
76
0.962
Achille Mbembe
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77
61
0.792
African politics
history
colonialism
race
enlightenment
Andrew Chen
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77
60
0.779
Andrew Forbes
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75
66
0.880
laser resonators
laser beam shaping
orbital angular momentum
structured light
Wendy Stevens|Stevens Wendy S, Stevens W, StevensW.S.
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73
45
0.616
Charles Feldman
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73
44
0.603
community-acquired pneumonia
pneumococcus
respiratory tract infections
virulence factors
human ciliated epithelium
Maureen Coetzee
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72
45
0.625
Norman Owen-Smith
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70
42
0.600
Ian Sanne
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70
40
0.571
Infectious Diseases
HIV
Tuberculosis
Health Economics
Michel Verstraete
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69
33
0.478
Earth Observation
Global Change
Viness Pillay
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66
48
0.727
Biomaterials
Advanced Drug Delivery
Atomistic Simulations
Implant
Neurotherapeutics
Fiona Baker
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67
55
0.821
Kenneth Ikechukwu Ozoemena
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63
42
0.667
Electrochemistry
Batteries
Fuel Cells
Electrolyzers
Sensors
David Dorrell
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
44
0.710
electric machines
motors
renewable energy
power systems
ETF Witkowski
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
36
0.581
Plant ecology
plant ecophysiology
conservation biology
invasion biology
ethnoecology
Roger MH Smith
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63
40
0.635
sedimentology
vertebrate palaeontology
Bao-Zhu Guo
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
45
0.738