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Nelson Mandela University 315 Scientists i10 Productivity Rankings (Sort by last 6 years i10 Index) - 2025

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* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
South Africa
Richard M. Cowling
Plant diversity and evolution
palaeovegetation science
conservation science
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
384
243
0.633
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
South Africa
Graham Ih Kerley
Conservation biology
megaherbivore ecology
predator prey interactions
ecological history
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
222
133
0.599
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
South Africa
Pierre Pistorius
marine top predators - behavioural ecology - population ecology - conservation biology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106
70
0.660
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
South Africa
Rajesh Anandjiwala
nonwoven
textiles
fibre reinforced compoistes
technical textiles
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75
46
0.613
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
South Africa
Chijioke Olisah
Analytical Chemistry/Environmental modelling
Ecotoxicology
Persistent organic pollutants
phytoremediation
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
40
1.000
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
South Africa
David Bell
Mantle Geochemistry
Cosmochemistry
Geology of southern Africa and western North America
Natural philosophy
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
35
0.714
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
South Africa
Alastair Potts
Greater Cape Evoscapes: phylogeography
molecular ecology
distribution modelling
subtropical thicket ecology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
35
0.875
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
South Africa
Tim Downing
Ecotoxicology
Cyanotoxinology and Cyanotoxicology
Fresh water quality
Phytoremediation
Bio-fertilizers
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
34
0.739
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
South Africa
K. Abou-El-Hossein
Manufacturing
Hydrogen
Renewable Energy
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66
32
0.485

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* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
South Africa
Syden Mishi
Development Economics
Experimental Economics
Behavioural Economics
Applied Microeconomics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
32
0.865
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
South Africa
Andre Calitz
IT
CS
IS
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57
31
0.544
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
South Africa
Tineke Kraaij
Vegetation ecology
Fire ecology
Invasive plant biology
Conservation management
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
30
0.714
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
South Africa
Arno Janse Van Vuuren
electron microscopy
swift heavy ions
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
30
0.857
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
South Africa
DG Hattingh
Fatigue and solid state welding
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
29
0.690
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
South Africa
Winston Shakantu
Construction Management
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
28
0.651
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
South Africa
Jacques O'connell
Electron microscopy
SHI irradiation effects in solids
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
28
0.737
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
South Africa
Gavin Rishworth
microbialites
macrozoobenthos
geobiology
evolutionary ecology
bioturbation
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
27
0.771
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
South Africa
Pumla Dineo Gqola
Literary & Cultural Studies
feminisms
postcolonial theory
slave memory
Female Fear Factory
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
26
0.667
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
South Africa
Lynne J. Quick
Palaeoecology
Palynology
Palaeoclimatology
Palaeoenvironments
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
25
0.962
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
South Africa
Jan De Vynck
Archaeology
Human Behavioural Ecology
Ethnobotany
Marine Biology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
25
1.000
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
South Africa
EE Van Dyk
Semiconductor Physics
Photovoltaics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
23
0.511
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
South Africa
Savania Nagiah
Biochemistry
Medical Science
Toxicology
Metabolic Disorders
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
23
0.920
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
South Africa
Zenixole Tshentu
Inorganic chemistry
materials
catalysis
hydrometallurgy
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57
22
0.386
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
South Africa
Jacqueline L Raw
Blue Carbon
Nature-Based Solutions
Climate Mitigation & Adaptation
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27
22
0.815
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Richard M. Cowling
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
384
243
0.633
Plant diversity and evolution
palaeovegetation science
conservation science
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Graham Ih Kerley
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
222
133
0.599
Conservation biology
megaherbivore ecology
predator prey interactions
ecological history
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Pierre Pistorius
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106
70
0.660
marine top predators - behavioural ecology - population ecology - conservation biology
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Maryna Van De Venter
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81
64
0.790
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Rajesh Anandjiwala
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75
46
0.613
nonwoven
textiles
fibre reinforced compoistes
technical textiles
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Chijioke Olisah
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
40
1.000
Analytical Chemistry/Environmental modelling
Ecotoxicology
Persistent organic pollutants
phytoremediation
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
David Bell
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
35
0.714
Mantle Geochemistry
Cosmochemistry
Geology of southern Africa and western North America
Natural philosophy
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Alastair Potts
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
35
0.875
Greater Cape Evoscapes: phylogeography
molecular ecology
distribution modelling
subtropical thicket ecology
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Tim Downing
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
34
0.739
Ecotoxicology
Cyanotoxinology and Cyanotoxicology
Fresh water quality
Phytoremediation
Bio-fertilizers
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
K. Abou-El-Hossein
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66
32
0.485

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* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Syden Mishi
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
32
0.865
Development Economics
Experimental Economics
Behavioural Economics
Applied Microeconomics
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Andre Calitz
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57
31
0.544
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Tineke Kraaij
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
30
0.714
Vegetation ecology
Fire ecology
Invasive plant biology
Conservation management
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Arno Janse Van Vuuren
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
30
0.857
electron microscopy
swift heavy ions
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
DG Hattingh
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
29
0.690
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Winston Shakantu
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
28
0.651
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Jacques O'connell
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
28
0.737
Electron microscopy
SHI irradiation effects in solids
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Gavin Rishworth
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
27
0.771
microbialites
macrozoobenthos
geobiology
evolutionary ecology
bioturbation
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Pumla Dineo Gqola
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
26
0.667
Literary & Cultural Studies
feminisms
postcolonial theory
slave memory
Female Fear Factory
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Lynne J. Quick
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
25
0.962
Palaeoecology
Palynology
Palaeoclimatology
Palaeoenvironments
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Jan De Vynck
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
25
1.000
Archaeology
Human Behavioural Ecology
Ethnobotany
Marine Biology
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
EE Van Dyk
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
23
0.511
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Savania Nagiah
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
23
0.920
Biochemistry
Medical Science
Toxicology
Metabolic Disorders
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Zenixole Tshentu
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57
22
0.386
Inorganic chemistry
materials
catalysis
hydrometallurgy
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Jacqueline L Raw
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27
22
0.815
Blue Carbon
Nature-Based Solutions
Climate Mitigation & Adaptation