Rhodes 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).
25
researchers on the list
19
rank in South Africa
2,195
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shackleton, Charlie M. | Ecology | 286 / 82,882 | 226 / 82,882 |
| Maton, Karl | Education | 331 / 115,687 | 531 / 115,687 |
| Grace Bozalek, Vivienne Grace | Education | 1,276 / 115,687 | 577 / 115,687 |
| McQuaid, Christopher David | Marine Biology & Hydrobiology | 394 / 54,545 | — |
| Froneman, Pierre William | Marine Biology & Hydrobiology | 444 / 54,545 | 915 / 54,545 |
| Hall, Kevin J. | Geography | 216 / 21,559 | — |
| Hughes, D. A. | Environmental Engineering | 288 / 68,664 | 1,073 / 68,664 |
| Mack, John | Organic Chemistry | 1,390 / 188,664 | 1,183 / 188,664 |
| Seuront, Laurent J.J. | Marine Biology & Hydrobiology | 621 / 54,545 | 496 / 54,545 |
| van der Vijgh, Wim J.F. | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | 3,869 / 377,791 | — |
| Ball, L. Andrew | Virology | 820 / 79,508 | — |
| Odume, Oghenekaro Nelson | Environmental Sciences | — | 2,578 / 140,934 |
| Hepburn, Howard Randall | Entomology | 470 / 40,595 | — |
| John Wasserman, Ryan John | Marine Biology & Hydrobiology | — | 810 / 54,545 |
| Hill, Martin P. | Entomology | 524 / 40,595 | 403 / 40,595 |
| Brown, Michael Ewart | Physical Chemistry | 559 / 44,088 | — |
| Cochrane, Kevern Laurence | Fisheries | 682 / 47,614 | 442 / 47,614 |
| Chithambo, Makaiko L. | Applied Physics | 5,124 / 323,282 | — |
| Hecht, Thomas | Fisheries | 621 / 47,614 | — |
| Whiteley, Christopher George | Biotechnology | 734 / 69,700 | — |
| Dowse, Ros | Pharmacology & Pharmacy | 3,332 / 166,116 | 2,124 / 166,116 |
| Britz, Peter J. | Fisheries | 964 / 47,614 | — |
| Eales, Hugh V. | Geology | — | 330 / 17,936 |
| McKinnell, Lee Anne | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 1,273 / 66,382 | — |
| Helgesson, Stefan | Literary Studies | 366 / 21,141 | 232 / 21,141 |
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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