North-West University 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).
54
researchers on the list
10
rank in South Africa
1,159
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Babalola, Olubukola Oluranti | Microbiology | 377 / 232,186 | 18 / 232,186 |
| Steger, Michael F. | Social Psychology | 173 / 27,908 | 67 / 27,908 |
| Ezugwu, Absalom El Shamir | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 1,578 / 517,648 | 181 / 517,648 |
| Kaur, Puneet | Marketing | 275 / 15,920 | 74 / 15,920 |
| Boettcher, M. | Astronomy & Astrophysics | 354 / 58,202 | 392 / 58,202 |
| Hamman, Josias Hendrik | Pharmacology & Pharmacy | 595 / 166,116 | 219 / 166,116 |
| Bessarabov, Dmitri G. | Energy | 1,682 / 371,959 | 1,171 / 371,959 |
| Van den Broeck, Anja | Business & Management | — | 1,055 / 68,786 |
| Adeleke, Bartholomew Saanu | Plant Biology & Botany | — | 754 / 204,373 |
| Masood Khalique, Chaudry Masood | Applied Mathematics | 198 / 23,982 | 150 / 23,982 |
| Kebede Gurmessa, Seifu | Environmental Engineering | 1,027 / 68,664 | 331 / 68,664 |
| Howatson, Glyn | Sport Sciences | 309 / 41,112 | 309 / 41,112 |
| Fadiji, Ayomide Emmanuel | Microbiology | — | 1,223 / 232,186 |
| Ajiboye, Timothy Oladiran | Environmental Sciences | — | 1,789 / 140,934 |
| Aremu, Adeyemi Oladapo | Plant Biology & Botany | — | 1,314 / 204,373 |
| Bahadur, Indra | Chemical Physics | — | 985 / 121,889 |
| Seetanah, Boopen | Sport, Leisure & Tourism | — | 371 / 11,605 |
| Mente, Andrew | Cardiovascular System & Hematology | — | 2,121 / 249,410 |
| Ayangbenro, Ayansina Segun | Microbiology | — | 1,620 / 232,186 |
| de Jager, Ocker C. | Astronomy & Astrophysics | 1,527 / 58,202 | — |
| Kurtz, Donald Wayne | Astronomy & Astrophysics | 1,545 / 58,202 | — |
| Omotayo, A. O. | Agronomy & Agriculture | — | 712 / 95,377 |
| Kelders, Saskia Marion | Medical Informatics | 259 / 22,436 | 151 / 22,436 |
| van Zyl, Llewellyn E. | Experimental Psychology | — | 1,044 / 37,808 |
| Adeleke, Rasheed A. | Microbiology | — | 1,849 / 232,186 |
| Smits-Engelsman, Bouwien C.M. | Rehabilitation | 461 / 31,889 | 193 / 31,889 |
| Oyekale, Abayomi Samuel | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 5,023 / 517,648 | 4,854 / 517,648 |
| Ayilara, Modupe Stella | Plant Biology & Botany | — | 1,925 / 204,373 |
| Aigbe, Uyiosa Osagie | Environmental Sciences | — | 2,672 / 140,934 |
| Olanrewaju, Oluwaseyi Samuel | Microbiology | — | 2,223 / 232,186 |
| Engelbrecht, Petra | Education | — | 1,728 / 115,687 |
| Chen, Sufen | Education | 2,364 / 115,687 | 1,804 / 115,687 |
| Vorster, Hester Hendrina | Nutrition & Dietetics | 909 / 59,506 | — |
| Van den Berg, Johnnie | Entomology | 594 / 40,595 | 310 / 40,595 |
| Mawire, Ashmore | Energy | 5,262 / 371,959 | 4,688 / 371,959 |
| Dunsby, Peter K.S. | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 2,818 / 164,120 | 2,914 / 164,120 |
| Kruger, Herculina S. | Nutrition & Dietetics | — | 1,105 / 59,506 |
| Bouwman, Hindrik | Environmental Sciences | 1,641 / 140,934 | — |
| Barnard, Etienne | Speech-Language Pathology & Audiology | 224 / 13,500 | — |
| Sekoai, Patrick Thabang | Energy | — | 7,036 / 371,959 |
| Deb, Debabrata | Nuclear & Particle Physics | — | 2,952 / 164,120 |
| Z̀ywucka, Natalia | Nuclear & Particle Physics | — | 3,001 / 164,120 |
| Mason, Shayne | Analytical Chemistry | — | 1,958 / 137,328 |
| Zuber-Skerritt, Ortrun | Education | 2,151 / 115,687 | — |
| Lubbe, Welma | Nursing | — | 882 / 73,697 |
| Smit, Nico J. | Mycology & Parasitology | — | 444 / 29,175 |
| Hansen, Karen Tranberg | Cultural Studies | 118 / 8,723 | — |
| Van Niekerk, Dewald | Strategic, Defence & Security Studies | — | 517 / 32,161 |
| Gulumian, Mary | Toxicology | — | 1,097 / 69,049 |
| Materechera, Simeon Albert | Agronomy & Agriculture | 1,875 / 95,377 | — |
| N'da, David D. | Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry | 1,865 / 120,621 | 1,775 / 120,621 |
| Strydom, Christiena A. | Energy | 6,662 / 371,959 | — |
| Ziqubu, Khanyisani | Pharmacology & Pharmacy | — | 3,180 / 166,116 |
| van der Kooy, Frank | Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry | — | 2,134 / 120,621 |
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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