University of the Witwatersrand

Johannesburg - Public 1922- AD Scientific Index 2025

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RANKING AND ANALYSIS: SUBJECT RANKINGS, RANKING ANALYSIS OF SCIENTISTS, BEST SCIENTISTS

University of the Witwatersrand Ranking According to	# in 18,540 All Universities in World	# in 1,247 All Universities in Africa	# in 37 All Universities in South Africa
H index (Total)	398	3	3
H index (Last 6 Years)	???	???	???
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Citations (Total)	363	3	3
Citations (Last 6 years)	???	???	???

University of the Witwatersrand Ranking According to	# in 10,266 Public Universities in World	# in 803 Public Universities in Africa	# in 28 Public Universities in South Africa
H index (Total)	349	3	3
H index (Last 6 Years)	???	???	???
i10 index (Total)	???	???	???
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Citations (Total)	312	3	3
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University of the Witwatersrand Ranking According to	# in 24,351 all type institutions in World	# in 1,518 all type institutions in Africa	# in 74 all type institutions in South Africa
H index (Total)	442	3	3

University of the Witwatersrand Subject Rankings (According to Total H Index) (Number of scientists in subject)	World Rank # Position (Institution count)	Africa Rank # Position (Institution count)	South Africa Rank # Position (Institution count)
Engineering & Technology Ranking (172)	# ??? (of 14,981)	# ??? (of 970)	# 3 (of 43)
Medical and Health Sciences Ranking (174)	# ??? (of 10,003)	# ??? (of 775)	# 4 (of 37)
Natural Sciences Ranking (154)	# ??? (of 14,026)	# ??? (of 909)	# 5 (of 43)
Architecture and Design Ranking (11)	# ??? (of 3,080)	# ??? (of 181)	# 1 (of 17)
Agriculture & Forestry Ranking (6)	# ??? (of 5,732)	# ??? (of 565)	# 8 (of 30)
Business & Management Ranking (43)	# ??? (of 10,113)	# ??? (of 675)	# 3 (of 33)
Economics & Econometrics Ranking (57)	# ??? (of 8,771)	# ??? (of 731)	# 2 (of 31)
Education Ranking (37)	# ??? (of 7,572)	# ??? (of 461)	# 1 (of 27)
Social Sciences Ranking (175)	# ??? (of 11,396)	# ??? (of 743)	# 2 (of 34)
History, Philosophy, Theology Ranking (25)	# ??? (of 5,315)	# ??? (of 314)	# 2 (of 28)
Law Ranking (37)	# ??? (of 4,978)	# ??? (of 279)	# 1 (of 26)
Social Sciences and Humanities Ranking ** (374)	# ??? (of 16,278)	# ??? (of 1,065)	# 2 (of 44)
Art & Humanities Ranking *** (75)	# ??? (of 8,645)	# ??? (of 514)	# 2 (of 34)
Others Ranking (911)	# ??? (of 20,250)	# ??? (of 1,316)	# 2 (of 61)

* Sep 21, 2024 According to Total H Index. BETA VERSION. Subject field ranking in world, region, country and university is beta version since subject field 'others' (1,014,186) scientists profile whose branch cannot be determined, not yet edited or determined) is excluded, so the ranking will change as the others fields are edited. Please note that. ** Social Sciences & Humanities Ranking: Business & Management, Economics & Econometrics, Education, History, Philosophy, Theology, Law and Social Sciences *** Art & Humanities Ranking: History, Philosophy, Theology, Linguistics and Literature, Archeology, Arts

Analysis of scientists at University of the Witwatersrand	Total scientists	Engineering & Technology	Medical and Health Sciences	Natural Sciences	Architecture and Design	Agriculture & Forestry	Business & Management	Economics & Econometrics	Education	Social Sciences	History, Philosophy, Theology	Law	Social Sciences and Humanities	Art & Humanities	Others
Top 3% Scientists *	36	8	10	11	-	1	-	1	-	1	1	-	3	1	2
Top 10% Scientists *	127	24	34	23	2	3	2	7	4	13	1	1	28	4	11
Top 20% Scientists *	276	50	66	57	5	3	7	13	6	43	5	3	77	15	16
Top 30% Scientists *	402	71	90	74	5	4	11	20	13	69	8	7	128	25	28
Top 40% Scientists *	546	86	105	87	5	5	15	30	19	90	11	8	173	30	82
Top 50% Scientists *	738	90	120	95	7	5	18	33	22	100	12	10	195	34	222
Top 60% Scientists *	921	107	134	103	7	5	18	37	24	118	16	14	227	42	333
Top 70% Scientists *	1,115	121	146	121	8	5	19	39	28	129	16	19	250	47	459
Top 80% Scientists *	1,313	137	155	133	8	5	25	42	31	140	19	25	282	55	586
Top 90% Scientists *	1,537	157	165	144	9	6	34	49	34	159	22	33	331	66	717
Total Scientists in Index	1,810	172	174	154	11	6	43	57	37	175	25	37	374	75	911

Top 10 Scientists in University of the Witwatersrand World Rank

1

Bruce Mellado ^{Top 3%}
Natural Sciences / Physics

#1,285

729 Publications * - 128,757 Citations
Most Popular Article : The ATLAS experiment at the CERN large hadron colliderG Aad, E Abat, J Abdallah, AA Abdelalim, A ...
2

Zeblon Vilakazi ^{Top 3%}
Natural Sciences / Physics

#3,262

362 Publications * - 72,488 Citations
Most Popular Article : The ALICE experiment at the CERN LHCK Aamodt, AA Quintana, R Achenbach, S Acounis, D Adamová, C A...
3

Joyful Mdhluli ^{Top 3%}
Natural Sciences / Physics

#4,055

429 Publications * - 49,957 Citations
Most Popular Article : Electron and photon performance measurements with the ATLAS detector using the 2015–2017 LHC prot...
4

Shabir A. Madhi ^{Top 3%}

#5,754

540 Publications * - 63,752 Citations
Most Popular Article : Safety and efficacy of the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine (AZD1222) against SARS-CoV-2: an interim analy...
5

Robert J Scholes ^{Top 3%}
Natural Sciences / Biological Science

#6,203

314 Publications * - 178,840 Citations
Most Popular Article : Climate change 2013: the physical science basisD Qin, GK Plattner, M Tignor, SK Allen, J Boschung...
6

Nukri Komin ^{Top 3%}
Natural Sciences / Physics

#10,957

222 Publications * - 46,085 Citations
Most Popular Article : The large area telescope on the Fermi gamma-ray space telescope missionWB Atwood, AA Abdo, M Acke...
7

Linda Richter ^{Top 3%}
Medical and Health Sciences / Epidemiology and Public Health

#14,367

333 Publications * - 42,873 Citations
Most Popular Article : Maternal and child undernutrition: consequences for adult health and human capitalCG Victora, L A...
8

Sergio Colafrancesco ^{Top 3%}
Natural Sciences / Physics

#17,035

301 Publications * - 61,902 Citations
Most Popular Article : Planck 2015 results-xiii. cosmological parameters PAR Ade, N Aghanim, M Arnaud, M Ashdown, J Aumo...
9

Tasnuva Chowdhury ^{Top 3%}
Natural Sciences / Physics

#22,565

256 Publications * - 17,895 Citations
Most Popular Article : Luminosity determination in collisions at TeV using the ATLAS detector at the LHCAtlas Collabor...
10

Andrew Chen ^{Top 3%}
Natural Sciences / Physics

#22,697

253 Publications * - 33,846 Citations
Most Popular Article : Multi-messenger observations of a binary neutron star mergerBP Abbott31552017