University of the Western Cape 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).
41
researchers on the list
13
rank in South Africa
1,457
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maartens, Roy | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 123 / 164,120 | 288 / 164,120 |
| Henkel, Ralf Reinhold | Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine | 306 / 105,735 | 39 / 105,735 |
| Bauder, Harald S. | Geography | 217 / 21,559 | 111 / 21,559 |
| Mishra, Ajay Kumar | Polymers | 890 / 133,253 | 187 / 133,253 |
| Lototskyy, Mykhaylo V. | Energy | 1,728 / 371,959 | 1,056 / 371,959 |
| Devereux, Stephen | Development Studies | 45 / 5,287 | 41 / 5,287 |
| Benzian, Habib M. | Dentistry | 1,352 / 101,728 | 254 / 101,728 |
| Dube, Timothy I. | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | 1,612 / 82,760 | 683 / 82,760 |
| Hall, Ruth | Development Studies | — | 62 / 5,287 |
| George, Asha S. | Health Policy & Services | 286 / 23,941 | 139 / 23,941 |
| Clarkson, Chris A. | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 1,686 / 164,120 | 1,278 / 164,120 |
| Stroud, Christopher | Languages & Linguistics | 378 / 25,930 | 433 / 25,930 |
| Koen, Chris | Astronomy & Astrophysics | 1,509 / 58,202 | — |
| Leisegang, Kristian | Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine | — | 497 / 105,735 |
| Barham, Peter J. | Polymers | 950 / 133,253 | — |
| Liu, Dedi | Environmental Engineering | — | 585 / 68,664 |
| Greiner, Clemens | Cultural Studies | 109 / 8,723 | 36 / 8,723 |
| Shear, Mervyn | Dentistry | 550 / 101,728 | 1,970 / 101,728 |
| Petrik, Leslie Felicia | Environmental Sciences | 2,222 / 140,934 | 2,610 / 140,934 |
| Padmanabhanunni, Anita | Psychiatry | — | 1,772 / 90,846 |
| Somefun, Oluwaseyi Dolapo | Public Health | — | 1,166 / 82,273 |
| Schneider, Helen | Health Policy & Services | 313 / 23,941 | 377 / 23,941 |
| Shefer, Tamara | Public Health | — | 1,213 / 82,273 |
| Swanepoel, Ryno | Applied Physics | 3,434 / 323,282 | 3,789 / 323,282 |
| Dinda, Bikash R. | Nuclear & Particle Physics | — | 2,041 / 164,120 |
| Garrett, Paul E. | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 2,611 / 164,120 | 2,985 / 164,120 |
| Smit, Albertus J. | Marine Biology & Hydrobiology | — | 1,045 / 54,545 |
| Laing, Richard Ogilvie | General & Internal Medicine | 2,496 / 360,081 | 6,479 / 360,081 |
| Iwuoha, Emmanuel Iheanyichukwu | Analytical Chemistry | 2,127 / 137,328 | 1,625 / 137,328 |
| van der Horst, Gerhard | Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine | — | 1,186 / 105,735 |
| Shaw, Megan L. | Virology | 1,739 / 79,508 | 832 / 79,508 |
| Salanterä, Sanna | Nursing | 814 / 73,697 | — |
| Naidoo, Sudeshni | Dentistry | 1,612 / 101,728 | — |
| Mickenautsch, Steffen | Dentistry | 1,645 / 101,728 | — |
| Kinney, Mary V. | General & Internal Medicine | — | 3,366 / 360,081 |
| Sanders, David M. | General & Internal Medicine | 3,737 / 360,081 | — |
| van Wyk, Brian Eduard | General & Internal Medicine | — | 3,572 / 360,081 |
| Linkov, Vladimir M. | Energy | 5,896 / 371,959 | — |
| Bagula, Antoine | Networking & Telecommunications | 4,350 / 228,312 | — |
| Okonji, Osaretin Christabel | General & Internal Medicine | — | 5,915 / 360,081 |
| Chetty, Rajendra | Literary Studies | — | 391 / 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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