Top researchers in South Africa

1. 1André Pascal Kengne#120 worldwide4.5k citations · 130 works
2. 2Aletta E. Schutte#385 worldwide4.6k citations · 105 works
3. 3Aristotle #590 worldwide659 citations · 155 works
4. 4Charles Shey Wiysonge#1,242 worldwide4.2k citations · 85 works
5. 5Dan J. Stein#1,863 worldwide7.7k citations · 620 works
6. 6Robert J. Scholes#1,985 worldwide1.7k citations · 134 works
7. 7Shabir A. Madhi#3,410 worldwide1.5k citations · 126 works
8. 8David M. Richardson#3,615 worldwide2.3k citations · 131 works
9. 9Bongani M. Mayosi#4,541 worldwide1.2k citations · 68 works
10. 10Guy F. Midgley#5,582 worldwide1.8k citations · 60 works
11. 11Charles Parry#6,521 worldwide3.4k citations · 54 works
12. 12Wolfgang Preiser#6,784 worldwide735 citations · 61 works
13. 13G Justus Hofmeyr#7,078 worldwide683 citations · 67 works
14. 14Simon Lewin#7,622 worldwide5.1k citations · 51 works
15. 15Soraya Seedat#8,042 worldwide1.4k citations · 133 works
16. 16Cheryl Cohen#8,057 worldwide789 citations · 76 works
17. 17Heather J. Zar#12,192 worldwide1.1k citations · 114 works
18. 18J. Cleymans#14,238 worldwide2.3k citations · 175 works
19. 19William J. Bond#14,279 worldwide1.3k citations · 85 works
20. 20Gerhard P. Hancke#14,286 worldwide559 citations · 51 works
21. 21Keertan Dheda#14,838 worldwide432 citations · 71 works
22. 22Eric D. Bateman#15,100 worldwide639 citations · 44 works
23. 23Richard Horton#15,120 worldwide261 citations · 55 works
24. 24Ivan Turok#18,702 worldwide519 citations · 88 works
25. 25R. W. Fearick#19,505 worldwide720 citations · 41 works
26. 26S. Razzaque#20,218 worldwide914 citations · 94 works
27. 27O. Smirnov#20,221 worldwide593 citations · 59 works
28. 28Jean Allain#20,365 worldwide175 citations · 61 works
29. 29John R. Wilson#20,389 worldwide672 citations · 88 works
30. 30Mark P. Nicol#22,399 worldwide621 citations · 40 works
31. 31Rashid Hassan#22,692 worldwide555 citations · 46 works
32. 32Gina Ziervogel#23,572 worldwide502 citations · 45 works
33. 33Frank Brombacher#23,620 worldwide419 citations · 42 works
34. 34Amandeep Dhir#23,923 worldwide1.1k citations · 70 works
35. 35Lionel H. Opie#24,226 worldwide939 citations · 131 works
36. 36Mark Watson#25,598 worldwide588 citations · 41 works
37. 37J Terblanche#25,815 worldwide251 citations · 62 works
38. 38David Donald#26,416 worldwide226 citations · 42 works
39. 39Sabelo J. Ndlovu‐Gatsheni#26,999 worldwide193 citations · 54 works
40. 40Achille Mbembé#27,686 worldwide198 citations · 44 works
41. 41Tivani P. Mashamba-Thompson#28,583 worldwide1.6k citations · 34 works
42. 42CL Griffiths#28,816 worldwide149 citations · 100 works
43. 43Belinda Reyers#29,429 worldwide877 citations · 36 works
44. 44Mark New#29,814 worldwide560 citations · 53 works
45. 45I. N. Marks#29,983 worldwide341 citations · 48 works
46. 46Michael C. Kew#30,465 worldwide348 citations · 51 works
47. 47Susan Parnell#30,558 worldwide238 citations · 43 works
48. 48Alexander Walker#31,405 worldwide280 citations · 56 works
49. 49Yin-Zhe Ma#32,210 worldwide765 citations · 53 works
50. 50Lyn Wadley#33,085 worldwide456 citations · 46 works
51. 51Donald Meltzer#34,443 worldwide239 citations · 40 works
52. 52Willem Visser#34,921 worldwide484 citations · 47 works
53. 53Michael Cross#34,952 worldwide427 citations · 45 works
54. 54Darren P. Martin#37,650 worldwide475 citations · 43 works
55. 55Rossouw von Solms#37,788 worldwide339 citations · 51 works
56. 56Karen Hofman#39,170 worldwide308 citations · 51 works
57. 57Xiaohua Xia#39,522 worldwide1.2k citations · 117 works
58. 58David Chidester#39,632 worldwide262 citations · 35 works
59. 59Walter F. O. Marasas#40,039 worldwide536 citations · 33 works
60. 60Peter S. Nyasulu#40,119 worldwide2.6k citations · 30 works
61. 61Mark Colvin#40,501 worldwide219 citations · 39 works
62. 62Matt Hilton#40,556 worldwide584 citations · 95 works
63. 63Liesl Zühlke#40,892 worldwide1.4k citations · 30 works
64. 64Nicola Mulder#41,129 worldwide492 citations · 43 works
65. 65Romeel Davé#41,421 worldwide1.2k citations · 120 works
66. 66Lynn Morris#41,740 worldwide462 citations · 55 works
67. 67Charlie M. Shackleton#42,069 worldwide799 citations · 104 works
68. 68Reza Malekian#42,472 worldwide420 citations · 59 works
69. 69Paul Ruff#42,728 worldwide440 citations · 34 works
70. 70Thaddeus Metz#43,385 worldwide275 citations · 86 works
71. 71Peter Zilla#44,066 worldwide273 citations · 48 works
72. 72Ana Deumert#44,147 worldwide242 citations · 46 works
73. 73Túlio de Oliveira#44,865 worldwide370 citations · 49 works
74. 74Lawrence Edwards#45,102 worldwide328 citations · 36 works
75. 75Mark Hatherill#45,251 worldwide285 citations · 35 works
76. 76J. Michael Lazarus#45,307 worldwide337 citations · 53 works
77. 77Mpiko Ntsekhe#45,612 worldwide405 citations · 31 works
78. 78Rachel Jewkes#45,621 worldwide483 citations · 54 works
79. 79Andy Gray#45,624 worldwide206 citations · 36 works
80. 80Willem A. Hanekom#46,600 worldwide274 citations · 35 works
81. 81I. F. H. Purchase#46,867 worldwide308 citations · 41 works
82. 82Robert Vleggaar#47,634 worldwide343 citations · 47 works
83. 83Richard M. Cowling#47,658 worldwide759 citations · 78 works
84. 84Solomon R. Benatar#47,869 worldwide259 citations · 39 works
85. 85Nicolas J. Beukes#48,457 worldwide490 citations · 40 works
86. 86Sally Archibald#51,145 worldwide553 citations · 43 works
87. 87Anne von Gottberg#51,634 worldwide627 citations · 81 works
88. 88Clifford Shearing#51,640 worldwide238 citations · 78 works
89. 89Judith Bruce#51,721 worldwide264 citations · 35 works
90. 90Geoffrey Falkson#52,132 worldwide311 citations · 71 works
91. 91Taryn Young#53,026 worldwide289 citations · 38 works
92. 92Abebe Zegeye#53,240 worldwide3.6k citations · 27 works
93. 93Olubukola Oluranti Babalola#53,726 worldwide775 citations · 94 works
94. 94Ralf Henkel#53,745 worldwide358 citations · 55 works
95. 95Bill Freund#53,836 worldwide183 citations · 87 works
96. 96Clive Rosendorff#54,898 worldwide227 citations · 55 works
97. 97D. A. H. Taylor#55,025 worldwide232 citations · 52 works
98. 98Anneke C. Hesseling#55,462 worldwide226 citations · 41 works
99. 99Ladislav Mucina#55,625 worldwide528 citations · 103 works
100. 100Michael S. Pepper#55,779 worldwide346 citations · 43 works
101. 101Absalom E. Ezugwu#56,570 worldwide505 citations · 49 works
102. 102Elizabeth Joubert#56,754 worldwide265 citations · 47 works
103. 103Robin Wood#57,462 worldwide296 citations · 63 works
104. 104T. H. Bothwell#57,799 worldwide232 citations · 31 works
105. 105R Harris#58,537 worldwide221 citations · 37 works
106. 106Jimmy Volmink#59,597 worldwide298 citations · 31 works
107. 107Mykhaylo Lototskyy#59,731 worldwide742 citations · 32 works
108. 108J. D. Lewis‐Williams#60,105 worldwide262 citations · 31 works
109. 109Eno E. Ebenso#60,574 worldwide1.4k citations · 140 works
110. 110John Μ. Pettifor#60,714 worldwide414 citations · 83 works
111. 111J. D. Clemens#61,391 worldwide531 citations · 47 works
112. 112A. Polson#62,662 worldwide202 citations · 40 works
113. 113Lynne Shannon#62,857 worldwide509 citations · 38 works
114. 114Ashley Chin#63,118 worldwide309 citations · 29 works
115. 115P. Berjak#63,830 worldwide289 citations · 50 works
116. 116Karen Sliwa#64,196 worldwide323 citations · 83 works
117. 117Debra Roberts#64,626 worldwide299 citations · 32 works
118. 118Isabel Hofmeyr#64,937 worldwide120 citations · 49 works
119. 119Nicola J. Bidwell#65,086 worldwide180 citations · 43 works
120. 120Olanrewaju Oladimeji#66,237 worldwide2.8k citations · 25 works
121. 121David Lack#66,414 worldwide262 citations · 35 works
122. 122Richard Matzopoulos#66,830 worldwide1.9k citations · 25 works
123. 123Francis B. Nyamnjoh#67,275 worldwide146 citations · 35 works
124. 124Adnan M. Abu‐Mahfouz#67,308 worldwide369 citations · 58 works
125. 125Bruce Hewitson#67,594 worldwide660 citations · 28 works
126. 126Kavilan Moodley#67,885 worldwide584 citations · 61 works
127. 127Samuel Decalo#67,961 worldwide71 citations · 43 works
128. 128Janusz T. Pawęska#68,306 worldwide360 citations · 47 works
129. 129Bernardo L. Rapoport#69,264 worldwide265 citations · 58 works
130. 130J. D. L. Hansen#69,329 worldwide220 citations · 37 works
131. 131Derek Yach#71,778 worldwide184 citations · 47 works
132. 132Stella M. Nkomo#71,849 worldwide245 citations · 28 works
133. 133Genene Tessema Mola#72,344 worldwide429 citations · 30 works
134. 134Ian Phimister#72,499 worldwide137 citations · 32 works
135. 135Thomas J. Scriba#74,225 worldwide222 citations · 33 works
136. 136Igor Yadroitsev#74,299 worldwide435 citations · 31 works
137. 137Brian W. van Wilgen#74,543 worldwide407 citations · 72 works
138. 138Seithuti P. Moshokoa#74,563 worldwide580 citations · 77 works
139. 139John Parkington#74,706 worldwide287 citations · 44 works
140. 140Bernard Slippers#74,776 worldwide483 citations · 72 works
141. 141Alan K. Whitfield#76,125 worldwide433 citations · 53 works
142. 142De Wet#76,156 worldwide83 citations · 39 works
143. 143J.F. Finnie#76,313 worldwide186 citations · 45 works
144. 144Obasanjo Afolabi Bolarinwa#76,332 worldwide450 citations · 25 works
145. 145Edward Webster#77,649 worldwide210 citations · 54 works
146. 146Lee R. Berger#77,699 worldwide276 citations · 49 works
147. 147T. Hecht#78,903 worldwide265 citations · 39 works
148. 148Jonathan Ipser#78,962 worldwide204 citations · 31 works
149. 149Robin Palmer#79,359 worldwide127 citations · 32 works
150. 150Puneet Kaur#79,427 worldwide459 citations · 33 works
151. 151Thomas N. Huffman#80,185 worldwide187 citations · 32 works
152. 152Reinette Biggs#80,533 worldwide701 citations · 24 works
153. 153Catherine E. Draper#80,595 worldwide156 citations · 43 works
154. 154Sheona Shackleton#80,730 worldwide400 citations · 34 works
155. 155I. A. W. Macdonald#81,202 worldwide208 citations · 34 works
156. 156John R.N. Taylor#81,865 worldwide382 citations · 56 works
157. 157Petra Brysiewicz#82,053 worldwide311 citations · 27 works
158. 158André du Toit#82,121 worldwide335 citations · 26 works
159. 159Anne Uhlmann#82,345 worldwide398 citations · 25 works
160. 160F. G. Bell#83,015 worldwide398 citations · 51 works
161. 161Helen Cox#83,564 worldwide173 citations · 35 works
162. 162Jan H. P. Eloff#84,090 worldwide219 citations · 46 works
163. 163Lee‐Anne McKinnell#84,181 worldwide196 citations · 34 works
164. 164É. Depagne#84,349 worldwide401 citations · 30 works
165. 165Isak S. Pretorius#84,357 worldwide376 citations · 59 works
166. 166Mark Kramer#84,379 worldwide1.4k citations · 23 works
167. 167Anna K. Jäger#84,889 worldwide258 citations · 44 works
168. 168W. R. Dean#85,420 worldwide303 citations · 38 works
169. 169Timothy D. Noakes#85,631 worldwide502 citations · 116 works
170. 170Dirk Blom#85,783 worldwide247 citations · 45 works
171. 171G. Bernardi#86,862 worldwide703 citations · 83 works
172. 172Johan Schalkwyk#87,540 worldwide453 citations · 24 works
173. 173Surajit Bag#87,632 worldwide308 citations · 38 works
174. 174Jocelyn Moyes#87,801 worldwide529 citations · 24 works
175. 175K. H. Barnard#88,688 worldwide202 citations · 28 works
176. 176Clare Cutland#88,875 worldwide277 citations · 26 works
177. 177Phillip V. Tobias#89,053 worldwide128 citations · 55 works
178. 178Jacques Lukenze Tamuzi#89,841 worldwide738 citations · 23 works
179. 179Louis H. Nel#90,447 worldwide274 citations · 39 works
180. 180Judith Sealy#90,600 worldwide268 citations · 27 works
181. 181Mary J. Rathbun#91,110 worldwide203 citations · 30 works
182. 182Lisé Korsten#91,273 worldwide309 citations · 53 works
183. 183The Lancet#91,316 worldwide118 citations · 52 works
184. 184Anthony Jide Afolayan#91,588 worldwide500 citations · 82 works
185. 185Trevor M. Letcher#91,770 worldwide386 citations · 97 works
186. 186Martin Hall#92,138 worldwide90 citations · 38 works
187. 187Bram Büscher#92,988 worldwide181 citations · 33 works
188. 188Andrew Whitelaw#93,180 worldwide128 citations · 40 works
189. 189R. Elsdon‐Dew#93,653 worldwide74 citations · 35 works
190. 190I. Schapera#94,281 worldwide132 citations · 54 works
191. 191V. C. Moran#94,558 worldwide279 citations · 29 works
192. 192Tanja Bosch#94,601 worldwide193 citations · 28 works
193. 193Jennifer Case#95,751 worldwide202 citations · 48 works
194. 194Terence J. Robinson#96,108 worldwide297 citations · 27 works
195. 195Steve Twomlow#96,978 worldwide235 citations · 25 works
196. 196Robert J. Wilkinson#97,061 worldwide348 citations · 84 works
197. 197Christine Löchner#97,251 worldwide332 citations · 48 works
198. 198Pascal Bessong#97,410 worldwide225 citations · 35 works
199. 199Anton McLachlan#97,644 worldwide243 citations · 26 works
200. 200Lorenzo Fioramonti#97,763 worldwide139 citations · 37 works

Researchers whose main institution is in South Africa, ranked on field-normalised excellence, output and citations over their whole record.