University of the Witwatersrand Faculty of Health Sciences 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).
27
researchers on the list
18
rank in South Africa
2,081
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madhi, Shabir A. | Microbiology | 635 / 232,186 | 294 / 232,186 |
| Raal, Frederick Johan | Cardiovascular System & Hematology | 1,439 / 249,410 | 711 / 249,410 |
| Ripamonti, Ugo | Dentistry | 127 / 101,728 | 1,294 / 101,728 |
| van Vuuren, Sandy Freda | Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry | 206 / 120,621 | 115 / 120,621 |
| Feldman, Charles | Respiratory System | 411 / 71,926 | 464 / 71,926 |
| Pettifor, John M. | Endocrinology & Metabolism | 971 / 100,693 | 1,827 / 100,693 |
| Coetzee, Maureen | Tropical Medicine | 104 / 39,335 | 42 / 39,335 |
| Choonara, Yahya E. | Pharmacology & Pharmacy | 2,668 / 166,116 | 313 / 166,116 |
| Manger, Paul Robert | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 3,647 / 379,830 | 5,672 / 379,830 |
| Bor, Jacob H. | Public Health | 1,237 / 82,273 | 623 / 82,273 |
| Ramsay, Michèle | Genetics & Heredity | 530 / 42,273 | 133 / 42,273 |
| Pillay, Viness | Pharmacology & Pharmacy | 1,528 / 166,116 | 462 / 166,116 |
| Venter, Willem Daniel François | General & Internal Medicine | 1,782 / 360,081 | 1,154 / 360,081 |
| Chersich, Matthew Francis | Public Health | — | 867 / 82,273 |
| Elizabeth Draper, Catherine Elizabeth | Public Health | — | 941 / 82,273 |
| Berger, Lee R. | Anthropology | 120 / 10,039 | — |
| Naicker, Saraladevi | Urology & Nephrology | 1,015 / 96,288 | 990 / 96,288 |
| Patricios, Jon Speridon | Sport Sciences | — | 482 / 41,112 |
| Ali, Aus Tariq | Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine | — | 836 / 105,735 |
| Du Toit, Lisa Claire | Pharmacology & Pharmacy | — | 1,837 / 166,116 |
| Rosen, Sydney B. | Virology | — | 926 / 79,508 |
| Brooke, Basil D. | Tropical Medicine | 604 / 39,335 | — |
| Richards, Guy Antony | General & Internal Medicine | 3,742 / 360,081 | 5,722 / 360,081 |
| Isaäcson, Margaretha | General & Internal Medicine | 4,845 / 360,081 | — |
| Iacovides, Stella | Anesthesiology | — | 1,165 / 59,383 |
| Kramer, Beverley B. | Anatomy & Morphology | 128 / 8,297 | 133 / 8,297 |
| Rochat, Tamsen Jean | General & Internal Medicine | — | 7,332 / 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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