University of the Free State 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).
39
researchers on the list
14
rank in South Africa
1,525
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atangana, Abdon | Applied Mathematics | 11 / 23,982 | 3 / 23,982 |
| Carranza, Emmanuel John M. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 133 / 108,013 | 36 / 108,013 |
| Conradie, Jeanet | Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry | 292 / 86,991 | 42 / 86,991 |
| van der Heijden, Béatrice Isabella Johanna Maria | Business & Management | 349 / 68,786 | 479 / 68,786 |
| Turok, Ivan Nicholas | Urban & Regional Planning | 34 / 15,338 | 76 / 15,338 |
| Orimoloye, I. R. | Environmental Sciences | 2,278 / 140,934 | 597 / 140,934 |
| Swart, Hendrik C. | Applied Physics | 1,414 / 323,282 | 554 / 323,282 |
| Khan, Muhammad Altaf | Applied Mathematics | 225 / 23,982 | 106 / 23,982 |
| Walker, Melanie | Education | 302 / 115,687 | 530 / 115,687 |
| Scott, Louis | Paleontology | 156 / 23,292 | 356 / 23,292 |
| Neneh, Brownhilder Ngek | Business & Management | — | 1,090 / 68,786 |
| Boardman, John | Geography | 160 / 21,559 | — |
| Johannsmann, Diethelm | Chemical Physics | 1,334 / 121,889 | — |
| Bercovitch, Fred B. | Behavioral Science & Comparative Psychology | 238 / 13,044 | — |
| Ghosh, Soumya | Microbiology | — | 1,302 / 232,186 |
| Snyman, Hennie A. | Ecology | 1,235 / 82,882 | — |
| Hölsä, Jorma P.K. | Applied Physics | 1,738 / 323,282 | 3,688 / 323,282 |
| Finkelstein, Maxim S. | Statistics & Probability | 302 / 24,695 | 328 / 24,695 |
| Ogundeji, Abiodun Akintunde | Agronomy & Agriculture | — | 591 / 95,377 |
| Grobbelaar, Johan U. | Marine Biology & Hydrobiology | 706 / 54,545 | — |
| Marston, Andrew | Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry | 322 / 120,621 | 1,989 / 120,621 |
| Tabe-Ojong, Martin Paul J.R. | Agricultural Economics & Policy | — | 112 / 6,741 |
| Schall, Robert | Pharmacology & Pharmacy | 938 / 166,116 | — |
| Labuschagne, Maryke Tine | Plant Biology & Botany | 2,651 / 204,373 | 2,094 / 204,373 |
| Bahta, Yonas T. | Agronomy & Agriculture | — | 911 / 95,377 |
| Anand, Krishnan | Pharmacology & Pharmacy | — | 1,022 / 166,116 |
| Frater, Robert William Mayo | Respiratory System | 1,315 / 71,926 | — |
| Motaung, David Edmond | Materials | 6,360 / 330,896 | 3,757 / 330,896 |
| Kroon, R. E. | Applied Physics | — | 3,062 / 323,282 |
| Visser, Johann N.J. | Geology | 275 / 17,936 | — |
| MacNeil, Michael D. | Dairy & Animal Science | 535 / 78,455 | — |
| Prior, Bernard Alexander | Biotechnology | 652 / 69,700 | — |
| Posel, Deborah | Cultural Studies | 70 / 8,723 | 139 / 8,723 |
| Pohl, Carolina H. | Microbiology | — | 3,955 / 232,186 |
| Du Preez, James C. | Biotechnology | 773 / 69,700 | — |
| Pretorius, Zacharias A. | Plant Biology & Botany | 4,072 / 204,373 | — |
| Haddad, Charles Richard | Zoology | 296 / 19,073 | 296 / 19,073 |
| Gryzenhout, Marieka | Mycology & Parasitology | — | 539 / 29,175 |
| Marusik, Yuri M. | Zoology | — | 246 / 19,073 |
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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