| Global rainfall erosivity assessment based on high-temporal resolution rainfall records Scientific Reports 7, 2017 | 513 | 2017 |
| A community-based geological reconstruction of Antarctic Ice Sheet deglaciation since the Last Glacial Maximum MJ Bentley, CO Cofaigh, JB Anderson, H Conway, B Davies, ... Quaternary Science Reviews 100, 1-9, 2014 | 196 | 2014 |
| The effect of rock moisture on Schmidt hammer rebound: tests on rock samples from Marion Island and South Africa P Sumner, W Nel Earth Surface Processes and Landforms: The Journal of the British …, 2002 | 163 | 2002 |
| COVID-19 and the academe in South Africa: Not business as usual DW Hedding, M Greve, GD Breetzke, W Nel, BJ Van Vuuren South African Journal of Science 116 (7-8), 1-3, 2020 | 156 | 2020 |
| Geospatial analysis of wetland dynamics: Wetland depletion and biodiversity conservation of Isimangaliso Wetland, South Africa IR Orimoloye, AM Kalumba, SP Mazinyo, W Nel Journal of King Saud University-Science 32 (1), 90-96, 2020 | 121 | 2020 |
| Terrestrial and submarine evidence for the extent and timing of the Last Glacial Maximum and the onset of deglaciation on the maritime-Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands DA Hodgson, AGC Graham, SJ Roberts, MJ Bentley, CÓ Cofaigh, ... Quaternary Science Reviews 100, 137-158, 2014 | 108 | 2014 |
| Spatiotemporal monitoring of land surface temperature and estimated radiation using remote sensing: human health implications for East London, South Africa IR Orimoloye, SP Mazinyo, W Nel, AM Kalumba Environmental earth sciences 77, 1-10, 2018 | 103 | 2018 |
| Rainfall trends in the KwaZulu-Natal Drakensberg region of South Africa during the twentieth century W Nel International Journal of Climatology 29 (11), 1634-1641, 2009 | 103 | 2009 |
| Implications of climate variability and change on urban and human health: A review IR Orimoloye, SP Mazinyo, AM Kalumba, OY Ekundayo, W Nel Cities 91, 213-223, 2019 | 91 | 2019 |
| The impact of natural weathering and mining on heavy metal accumulation in the karst areas of the Pearl River Basin, China W Wu, S Qu, W Nel, J Ji Science of The Total Environment 734, 139480, 2020 | 85 | 2020 |
| Spatial assessment of drought severity in Cape Town area, South Africa IR Orimoloye, OO Ololade, SP Mazinyo, AM Kalumba, OY Ekundayo, ... Heliyon 5 (7), 2019 | 75 | 2019 |
| Geochemical behavior and potential health risk of heavy metals in basalt-derived agricultural soil and crops: A case study from Xuyi County, eastern China H Wang, X Li, Y Chen, Z Li, DW Hedding, W Nel, J Ji, J Chen Science of the Total Environment 729, 139058, 2020 | 65 | 2020 |
| Wetland shift monitoring using remote sensing and GIS techniques: landscape dynamics and its implications on Isimangaliso Wetland Park, South Africa IR Orimoloye, SP Mazinyo, AM Kalumba, W Nel, AI Adigun, OO Ololade Earth Science Informatics 12, 553-563, 2019 | 62 | 2019 |
| Rainfall and temperature attributes on the Lesotho–Drakensberg escarpment edge, southern Africa W Nel, P Sumner Geografiska Annaler: Series A, Physical Geography 90 (1), 97-108, 2008 | 61 | 2008 |
| The behavior of metals/metalloids during natural weathering: A systematic study of the mono-lithological watersheds in the upper Pearl River Basin, China S Qu, W Wu, W Nel, J Ji Science of the Total Environment 708, 134572, 2020 | 57 | 2020 |
| Trends in rainfall total and variability (1970–2000) along the KwaZulu-Natal Drakensberg foothills W Nel, PD Sumner South African Geographical Journal 88 (2), 130-137, 2006 | 52 | 2006 |
| Global rainfall erosivity assessment based on high-temporal resolution rainfall records. Sci. Rep. 7, 4175 P Panagos, P Borrelli, K Meusburger, B Yu, A Klik, K Jae Lim, JE Yang, ... | 42 | 2017 |
| Climate variability and heat stress index have increasing potential ill-health and environmental impacts in the East London, South Africa OI Ropo, MS Perez, N Werner, TI Enoch International Journal of Applied Engineering Research 12 (17), 6910-6918, 2017 | 40 | 2017 |
| Intensity, energy and erosivity attributes of rainstorms in the KwaZulu-Natal Drakensberg, South Africa W Nel, PD Sumner South African Journal of Science 103 (9), 398-402, 2007 | 37 | 2007 |
| Short communication First rainfall data from the KZN Drakensberg escarpment edge (2002 and 2003) W Nel, PD Sumner Water SA 31 (3), 399-402, 2005 | 37 | 2005 |
