University of Venda 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).
9
researchers on the list
29
rank in South Africa
4,872
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Musarurwa, Herbert | Analytical Chemistry | — | 235 / 137,328 |
| Ramaano, Azwindini Isaac | Business & Management | — | 1,992 / 68,786 |
| Edokpayi, J. N. | Environmental Sciences | — | 2,539 / 140,934 |
| Jideani, Afam Israel Obiefuna | Food Science | 1,820 / 107,913 | 1,809 / 107,913 |
| Mpandeli, Sylvester N. | Agronomy & Agriculture | — | 1,033 / 95,377 |
| Shateyi, Stanford | Applied Mathematics | — | 478 / 23,982 |
| Nyahunda, Louis | Social Work | — | 155 / 9,659 |
| Tavengwa, Nikita Tawanda | Analytical Chemistry | — | 2,106 / 137,328 |
| Bessong, Pascal Obong | Tropical Medicine | 683 / 39,335 | 794 / 39,335 |
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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