i10 Productivity
Rankings
University of the Witwatersrand Scientists i10 Productivity Rankings 2025
Productivity Rankings is a unique service offered only by “AD Scientific Index”. This is a ranking system derived from the i10 index in order to show the productivity of the scientist in publishing scientific articles of value. Productivity Rankings is an instrument that lists productive scientists in a given area, discipline, university, and country and can guide the development of meaningful incentives and academic policies. The world rankings, regional rankings, and university rankings of scientists in this table are developed based on the total i10 index. Additionally, click to view the special rankings based on Productivity Rankings: last 6 years' i10 index", Universities Rankings 2024 (Sort by : Total i10 Index), Universities Rankings 2024 (Sort by : Last 6 Years i10 Index) "Art and Humanities i10 Productivity Rankings" and "Social Sciences and Humanities i10 Productivity Rankings".
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
Particle Physics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
729
526
0.722
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
First interest
Second interest
Vaccinology
Respiratory pathogens
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
540
474
0.878
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
High Energy Physics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
429
428
0.998
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
High Energy physics
Grid Computing
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
362
339
0.936
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
child development
adolescent development
HIV
AIDS
public health
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
333
220
0.661
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
carbon cycle
savannas
earth observation
biodiversity
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
314
206
0.656
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Astrophysics
Cosmology
Astro-Particle Physics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
301
179
0.595
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
African politics
history
colonialism
race
enlightenment
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
273
184
0.674
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Mathematics
Number Theory
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
269
108
0.401
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
community-acquired pneumonia
pneumococcus
respiratory tract infections
virulence factors
human ciliated epithelium
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
264
151
0.572
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Particle Physics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
256
254
0.992
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Biomaterials
Advanced Drug Delivery
Atomistic Simulations
Implant
Neurotherapeutics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
255
186
0.729
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Astrophysics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
253
184
0.727
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
laser resonators
laser beam shaping
orbital angular momentum
structured light
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
243
204
0.840
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Targeted Drug Delivery
Nanomedicines
Stimuli-Responsive Biomaterials
Molecular Pharma-Engineered Regenerative Medicines
Drug
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
243
188
0.774
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Sustainable Biomaterials
Neuromaterials
Pharmaceutical Sciences
Nanomedicine
Neurotrauma
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
231
185
0.801
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
HIV TB COVID HAEMATOLOFY
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
231
150
0.649
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
electric machines
motors
renewable energy
power systems
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
229
159
0.694
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
gamma-ray astronomy
Cosmic Rays
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
222
195
0.878
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Electrochemistry
Batteries
Fuel Cells
Electrolyzers
Sensors
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
217
158
0.728
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Infectious Diseases
HIV
Tuberculosis
Health Economics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
217
153
0.705
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Conservation physiology
thermal physiology
pain physiology
fever physiology
sleep physiology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
216
97
0.449
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Phosphors
Materials Science
Solid State Physics
Solar Cells
Chemistry
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
215
151
0.702
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Control Theory
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
209
138
0.660
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Plant ecology
plant ecophysiology
conservation biology
invasion biology
ethnoecology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
207
139
0.671
Bruce Mellado
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
729
526
0.722
Shabir A. Madhi
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
540
474
0.878
Joyful Mdhluli
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
429
428
0.998
Zeblon Vilakazi
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
362
339
0.936
Linda Richter
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
333
220
0.661
child development
adolescent development
HIV
AIDS
public health
Robert J Scholes
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
314
206
0.656
carbon cycle
savannas
earth observation
biodiversity
Sergio Colafrancesco
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
301
179
0.595
Astrophysics
Cosmology
Astro-Particle Physics
Achille Mbembe
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
273
184
0.674
African politics
history
colonialism
race
enlightenment
Florian Luca
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
269
108
0.401
Charles Feldman
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
264
151
0.572
community-acquired pneumonia
pneumococcus
respiratory tract infections
virulence factors
human ciliated epithelium
Tasnuva Chowdhury
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
256
254
0.992
Viness Pillay
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
255
186
0.729
Biomaterials
Advanced Drug Delivery
Atomistic Simulations
Implant
Neurotherapeutics
Andrew Chen
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
253
184
0.727
Andrew Forbes
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
243
204
0.840
laser resonators
laser beam shaping
orbital angular momentum
structured light
Yahya E. Choonara
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
243
188
0.774
Targeted Drug Delivery
Nanomedicines
Stimuli-Responsive Biomaterials
Molecular Pharma-Engineered Regenerative Medicines
Drug
Pradeep Kumar
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
231
185
0.801
Sustainable Biomaterials
Neuromaterials
Pharmaceutical Sciences
Nanomedicine
Neurotrauma
Wendy Stevens|Stevens Wendy S, Stevens W, StevensW.S.
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
231
150
0.649
David Dorrell
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
229
159
0.694
electric machines
motors
renewable energy
power systems
Nukri Komin
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
222
195
0.878
Kenneth Ikechukwu Ozoemena
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
217
158
0.728
Electrochemistry
Batteries
Fuel Cells
Electrolyzers
Sensors
Ian Sanne
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
217
153
0.705
Infectious Diseases
HIV
Tuberculosis
Health Economics
Duncan Mitchell
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
216
97
0.449
Conservation physiology
thermal physiology
pain physiology
fever physiology
sleep physiology
Martin Ntwaeaborwa
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
215
151
0.702
Phosphors
Materials Science
Solid State Physics
Solar Cells
Chemistry
Bao-Zhu Guo
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
209
138
0.660
ETF Witkowski
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
207
139
0.671
Plant ecology
plant ecophysiology
conservation biology
invasion biology
ethnoecology