Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town in the Stanford/Elsevier 2026 list
The Stanford/Elsevier list covers the top 2% most-cited scientists in each subfield. These are the people from this institution on at least one of its two rankings: career-long and single-year (citations from 2025).
28
researchers on the list
17
rank in South Africa
2,020
rank worldwide, of 38,384
Ranks by number of people on the list; we calculate them from the same data.
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| Name | Subfield | Career | Single-year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egger, Matthias | General & Internal Medicine | 8 / 360,081 | 12 / 360,081 |
| Sliwa, Karen S. | Cardiovascular System & Hematology | 818 / 249,410 | 274 / 249,410 |
| Shapiro, Samuel M. | General & Internal Medicine | 153 / 360,081 | 4,741 / 360,081 |
| Kew, Michael Charles | Gastroenterology & Hepatology | 209 / 113,536 | 547 / 113,536 |
| Millar, Robert P. | Endocrinology & Metabolism | 467 / 100,693 | 1,883 / 100,693 |
| Wood, Robin Y. | Virology | 188 / 79,508 | 1,091 / 79,508 |
| Denny, Lynette A. | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | 1,788 / 377,791 | 1,581 / 377,791 |
| Brombacher, Frank | Immunology | 1,555 / 176,292 | — |
| Brink, Adrian John | Microbiology | 3,099 / 232,186 | 1,144 / 232,186 |
| Wonkam, Ambroise A. | Genetics & Heredity | — | 139 / 42,273 |
| Köhler, Georges J.F. | Immunology | 1,876 / 176,292 | — |
| Marais, Adrian David | Cardiovascular System & Hematology | 3,228 / 249,410 | 1,993 / 249,410 |
| Dyer, Silke J. | Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine | 1,688 / 105,735 | 429 / 105,735 |
| Spearman, Catherine Wendy N. | Gastroenterology & Hepatology | — | 860 / 113,536 |
| Ntsekhe, Mpiko | Cardiovascular System & Hematology | — | 2,266 / 249,410 |
| Lecour, Sandrine C. | Cardiovascular System & Hematology | 3,019 / 249,410 | 3,557 / 249,410 |
| Hussey, Gregory Gd | General & Internal Medicine | 1,539 / 360,081 | 6,014 / 360,081 |
| Peter, Jonathan Grant | Allergy | — | 307 / 19,768 |
| Steyn, Nelia Patricia | Nutrition & Dietetics | 1,134 / 59,506 | — |
| Warner, Digby F. | Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry | 997 / 120,621 | 833 / 120,621 |
| Levin, Michael E. | Allergy | — | 355 / 19,768 |
| Khumalo, N. P. | Dermatology & Venereal Diseases | 1,196 / 64,751 | 1,060 / 64,751 |
| Tiffin, Nicki T. | General & Internal Medicine | 4,040 / 360,081 | 2,600 / 360,081 |
| McKenzie, Judith Anne | Rehabilitation | — | 585 / 31,889 |
| Louw, Jan H. | General & Internal Medicine | 3,612 / 360,081 | — |
| Bornman, Philippus C. | Surgery | 2,858 / 146,713 | — |
| Swingler, George H. | General & Internal Medicine | 4,008 / 360,081 | — |
| Moodley, Jennifer R. | General & Internal Medicine | — | 5,483 / 360,081 |
Source: Ioannidis JPA, Elsevier (2026). August 2026 data-update for "Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators". Mendeley Data, version 9. Licence CC BY-NC 3.0. doi:10.17632/btchxktzyw.9
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