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Researchers at University of the Witwatersrand

Shabir A. Madhi, G Justus Hofmeyr and Cheryl Cohen rank highest among 605 ranked researchers whose main affiliation is University of the Witwatersrand.

The ranking

  1. 1 Shabir A. MadhiSouth Africa · #3,410 worldwide1.5k citations · 126 works
  2. 2 G Justus HofmeyrSouth Africa · #7,078 worldwide683 citations · 67 works
  3. 3 Cheryl CohenSouth Africa · #8,057 worldwide789 citations · 76 works
  4. 4 Achille MbembéSouth Africa · #27,686 worldwide198 citations · 44 works
  5. 5 Michael C. KewSouth Africa · #30,465 worldwide348 citations · 51 works
  6. 6 Lyn WadleySouth Africa · #33,085 worldwide456 citations · 46 works
  7. 7 Michael CrossSouth Africa · #34,952 worldwide427 citations · 45 works
  8. 8 Karen HofmanSouth Africa · #39,170 worldwide308 citations · 51 works
  9. 9 Lynn MorrisSouth Africa · #41,740 worldwide462 citations · 55 works
  10. 10 Paul RuffSouth Africa · #42,728 worldwide440 citations · 34 works
  11. 11 Sally ArchibaldSouth Africa · #51,145 worldwide553 citations · 43 works
  12. 12 Judith BruceSouth Africa · #51,721 worldwide264 citations · 35 works
  13. 13 Clive RosendorffSouth Africa · #54,898 worldwide227 citations · 55 works
  14. 14 T. H. BothwellSouth Africa · #57,799 worldwide232 citations · 31 works
  15. 15 J. D. Lewis‐WilliamsSouth Africa · #60,105 worldwide262 citations · 31 works
  16. 16 John Μ. PettiforSouth Africa · #60,714 worldwide414 citations · 83 works
  17. 17 Isabel HofmeyrSouth Africa · #64,937 worldwide120 citations · 49 works
  18. 18 Edward WebsterSouth Africa · #77,649 worldwide210 citations · 54 works
  19. 19 Lee R. BergerSouth Africa · #77,699 worldwide276 citations · 49 works
  20. 20 Thomas N. HuffmanSouth Africa · #80,185 worldwide187 citations · 32 works
  21. 21 Catherine E. DraperSouth Africa · #80,595 worldwide156 citations · 43 works
  22. 22 Jocelyn MoyesSouth Africa · #87,801 worldwide529 citations · 24 works
  23. 23 Clare CutlandSouth Africa · #88,875 worldwide277 citations · 26 works
  24. 24 Phillip V. TobiasSouth Africa · #89,053 worldwide128 citations · 55 works
  25. 25 Patrick BondSouth Africa · #100,102 worldwide251 citations · 126 works
  26. 26 Johan F. PrinsSouth Africa · #100,354 worldwide257 citations · 29 works
  27. 27 Deborah PoselSouth Africa · #100,422 worldwide198 citations · 24 works
  28. 28 Sibongile WalazaSouth Africa · #101,613 worldwide299 citations · 27 works
  29. 29 Frederick J. RaalSouth Africa · #103,703 worldwide436 citations · 87 works
  30. 30 Louis SolomonSouth Africa · #105,882 worldwide189 citations · 35 works
  31. 31 Mike MüllerSouth Africa · #109,996 worldwide160 citations · 39 works
  32. 32 Loren B. LandauSouth Africa · #110,332 worldwide148 citations · 52 works
  33. 33 Turgay ÇelikSouth Africa · #110,993 worldwide228 citations · 41 works
  34. 34 Mignon du PlessisSouth Africa · #112,199 worldwide361 citations · 47 works
  35. 35 Christian M. RogersonSouth Africa · #113,523 worldwide538 citations · 156 works
  36. 36 Roger SouthallSouth Africa · #114,673 worldwide112 citations · 101 works
  37. 37 Felix MaringeSouth Africa · #116,343 worldwide196 citations · 34 works
  38. 38 Saraladevi NaickerSouth Africa · #116,461 worldwide131 citations · 37 works
  39. 39 Francesca ConradieSouth Africa · #117,255 worldwide180 citations · 26 works
  40. 40 John DugardSouth Africa · #117,331 worldwide55 citations · 45 works
  41. 41 Sarah WurzSouth Africa · #126,736 worldwide213 citations · 26 works
  42. 42 Russell AbrattSouth Africa · #127,854 worldwide249 citations · 44 works
  43. 43 T.S. McCarthySouth Africa · #128,791 worldwide310 citations · 38 works
  44. 44 Lisa C. du ToitSouth Africa · #134,229 worldwide154 citations · 23 works
  45. 45 John M. PrattSouth Africa · #140,074 worldwide216 citations · 42 works
  46. 46 Raymond A. DartSouth Africa · #142,871 worldwide196 citations · 39 works
  47. 47 Mags BeksinskaSouth Africa · #144,824 worldwide143 citations · 25 works
  48. 48 Lucy AllaisSouth Africa · #148,184 worldwide103 citations · 25 works
  49. 49 Karim SadrSouth Africa · #148,271 worldwide154 citations · 24 works
  50. 50 Sarah NuttallSouth Africa · #149,523 worldwide119 citations · 27 works
  51. 51 Ian CouperSouth Africa · #151,266 worldwide117 citations · 49 works
  52. 52 Norman Owen‐SmithSouth Africa · #152,831 worldwide341 citations · 49 works
  53. 53 Aijaz AhmadSouth Africa · #158,136 worldwide165 citations · 31 works
  54. 54 Deborah JamesSouth Africa · #159,749 worldwide80 citations · 41 works
  55. 55 Bruce S. RubidgeSouth Africa · #160,972 worldwide167 citations · 36 works
  56. 56 Viness PillaySouth Africa · #162,691 worldwide219 citations · 41 works
  57. 57 David StephensonSouth Africa · #164,346 worldwide166 citations · 31 works
  58. 58 L. H. WellsSouth Africa · #165,759 worldwide65 citations · 26 works
  59. 59 Gilbert M. KhadiagalaSouth Africa · #166,259 worldwide89 citations · 37 works
  60. 60 Sithembiso VelaphiSouth Africa · #168,155 worldwide138 citations · 26 works
  61. 61 Charles SimkinsSouth Africa · #171,714 worldwide51 citations · 29 works
  62. 62 T. KimSouth Africa · #173,050 worldwide233 citations · 25 works
  63. 63 Maureen CoetzeeSouth Africa · #182,774 worldwide104 citations · 36 works
  64. 64 Sandy van VuurenSouth Africa · #184,293 worldwide188 citations · 47 works
  65. 65 M.H. MoysSouth Africa · #184,311 worldwide151 citations · 27 works
  66. 66 Michèle RamsaySouth Africa · #187,728 worldwide210 citations · 57 works
  67. 67 Marissa RollnickSouth Africa · #188,354 worldwide122 citations · 30 works
  68. 68 John B. BarlowSouth Africa · #189,249 worldwide213 citations · 19 works
  69. 69 J. W. MatthewsSouth Africa · #191,041 worldwide242 citations · 25 works
  70. 70 Yahya E. ChoonaraSouth Africa · #192,626 worldwide180 citations · 43 works
  71. 71 Mike WellsSouth Africa · #192,851 worldwide89 citations · 27 works
  72. 72 Joseph P. MichaelSouth Africa · #193,010 worldwide208 citations · 50 works
  73. 73 R. H. LemmerSouth Africa · #195,528 worldwide185 citations · 22 works
  74. 74 E.T.F. WitkowskiSouth Africa · #198,784 worldwide301 citations · 62 works
  75. 75 Hilda KuperSouth Africa · #198,917 worldwide55 citations · 26 works
  76. 76 T.G. O’ConnorSouth Africa · #205,274 worldwide210 citations · 24 works
  77. 77 W. D. HeissSouth Africa · #205,390 worldwide185 citations · 31 works
  78. 78 P MarchandSouth Africa · #205,911 worldwide133 citations · 21 works
  79. 79 Stephen TollmanSouth Africa · #211,094 worldwide176 citations · 63 works
  80. 80 Jill AdlerSouth Africa · #213,111 worldwide178 citations · 42 works
  81. 81 S. Herbert FrankelSouth Africa · #214,252 worldwide51 citations · 29 works
  82. 82 Lewis D. AshwalSouth Africa · #215,021 worldwide339 citations · 46 works
  83. 83 Osman SankohSouth Africa · #215,303 worldwide1.2k citations · 16 works
  84. 84 T. C. PartridgeSouth Africa · #219,450 worldwide239 citations · 17 works
  85. 85 Jonathan KlaarenSouth Africa · #222,575 worldwide26 citations · 42 works
  86. 86 F. Xavier Gómez‐OlivéSouth Africa · #229,329 worldwide116 citations · 36 works
  87. 87 Florette K. TreurnichtSouth Africa · #230,171 worldwide108 citations · 24 works
  88. 88 Andrew ForbesSouth Africa · #231,534 worldwide551 citations · 156 works
  89. 89 Charles van OnselenSouth Africa · #234,088 worldwide164 citations · 17 works
  90. 90 Alane IzuSouth Africa · #234,255 worldwide150 citations · 20 works
  91. 91 Paul LaneSouth Africa · #236,927 worldwide76 citations · 32 works
  92. 92 Sehliselo NdlovuSouth Africa · #239,473 worldwide124 citations · 28 works
  93. 93 Michelle J. GroomeSouth Africa · #243,783 worldwide291 citations · 16 works
  94. 94 P. John HancoxSouth Africa · #244,122 worldwide209 citations · 22 works
  95. 95 R. W. CharltonSouth Africa · #247,504 worldwide105 citations · 18 works
  96. 96 M. D. W. JeffreysSouth Africa · #247,783 worldwide48 citations · 40 works
  97. 97 Elhadi AdamSouth Africa · #250,490 worldwide136 citations · 27 works
  98. 98 Frank NeumannSouth Africa · #250,996 worldwide64 citations · 30 works
  99. 99 Barend ErasmusSouth Africa · #254,232 worldwide1.3k citations · 15 works
  100. 100 Willem A. L. van OtterloSouth Africa · #255,132 worldwide214 citations · 32 works

Output against citations per work

A long record and a heavily-cited one are not the same career, and a list ordered by either buries the other. The upper left is a small body of work that travelled a long way.

050100mean 7.5195works (log) →citations per work →Shabir A. Madhi: 126, 11.8G Justus Hofmeyr: 67, 10.2Cheryl Cohen: 76, 10.4Achille Mbembé: 44, 4.5Michael C. Kew: 51, 6.8Lyn Wadley: 46, 9.9Michael Cross: 45, 9.5Karen Hofman: 51, 6.0Lynn Morris: 55, 8.4Paul Ruff: 34, 12.9Sally Archibald: 43, 12.9Judith Bruce: 35, 7.5Clive Rosendorff: 55, 4.1T. H. Bothwell: 31, 7.5J. D. Lewis‐Williams: 31, 8.5John Μ. Pettifor: 83, 5.0Isabel Hofmeyr: 49, 2.4Edward Webster: 54, 3.9Lee R. Berger: 49, 5.6Thomas N. Huffman: 32, 5.8Catherine E. Draper: 43, 3.6Jocelyn Moyes: 24, 22.0Clare Cutland: 26, 10.7Phillip V. Tobias: 55, 2.3Patrick Bond: 126, 2.0Johan F. Prins: 29, 8.9Deborah Posel: 24, 8.2Sibongile Walaza: 27, 11.1Frederick J. Raal: 87, 5.0Louis Solomon: 35, 5.4Mike Müller: 39, 4.1Loren B. Landau: 52, 2.8Turgay Çelik: 41, 5.6Mignon du Plessis: 47, 7.7Christian M. Rogerson: 156, 3.4Roger Southall: 101, 1.1Felix Maringe: 34, 5.8Saraladevi Naicker: 37, 3.5Francesca Conradie: 26, 6.9John Dugard: 45, 1.2Sarah Wurz: 26, 8.2Russell Abratt: 44, 5.7T.S. McCarthy: 38, 8.2Lisa C. du Toit: 23, 6.7John M. Pratt: 42, 5.1Raymond A. Dart: 39, 5.0Mags Beksinska: 25, 5.7Lucy Allais: 25, 4.1Karim Sadr: 24, 6.4Sarah Nuttall: 27, 4.4Ian Couper: 49, 2.4Norman Owen‐Smith: 49, 7.0Aijaz Ahmad: 31, 5.3Deborah James: 41, 2.0Bruce S. Rubidge: 36, 4.6Viness Pillay: 41, 5.3David Stephenson: 31, 5.4L. H. Wells: 26, 2.5Gilbert M. Khadiagala: 37, 2.4Sithembiso Velaphi: 26, 5.3Charles Simkins: 29, 1.8T. Kim: 25, 9.3Maureen Coetzee: 36, 2.9Sandy van Vuuren: 47, 4.0M.H. Moys: 27, 5.6Michèle Ramsay: 57, 3.7Marissa Rollnick: 30, 4.1John B. Barlow: 19, 11.2J. W. Matthews: 25, 9.7Yahya E. Choonara: 43, 4.2Mike Wells: 27, 3.3Joseph P. Michael: 50, 4.2R. H. Lemmer: 22, 8.4E.T.F. Witkowski: 62, 4.9Hilda Kuper: 26, 2.1T.G. O’Connor: 24, 8.8W. D. Heiss: 31, 6.0P Marchand: 21, 6.3Stephen Tollman: 63, 2.8Jill Adler: 42, 4.2S. Herbert Frankel: 29, 1.8Lewis D. Ashwal: 46, 7.4Osman Sankoh: 16, 75.9T. C. Partridge: 17, 14.1Jonathan Klaaren: 42, 0.6F. Xavier Gómez‐Olivé: 36, 3.2Florette K. Treurnicht: 24, 4.5Andrew Forbes: 156, 3.5Charles van Onselen: 17, 9.6Alane Izu: 20, 7.5Paul Lane: 32, 2.4Sehliselo Ndlovu: 28, 4.4Michelle J. Groome: 16, 18.2P. John Hancox: 22, 9.5R. W. Charlton: 18, 5.8M. D. W. Jeffreys: 40, 1.2Elhadi Adam: 27, 5.0Frank Neumann: 30, 2.1Barend Erasmus: 15, 84.3Willem A. L. van Otterlo: 32, 6.7Shabir A. MadhiCheryl CohenG Justus HofmeyrAchille Mbembé
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Ranked on the composite of field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Affiliation is the institution a researcher publishes from most; identities come from OpenAlex author disambiguation.