Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
South Africa Highly Cited Researchers CitationSocial Sciences / Archeology in South Africa Rankings 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) highlight the most cited and influential researchers across a vast range of scientific fields, covering 197 main and sub-disciplines, including the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings. This service, offered exclusively by AD Scientific Index, aims to provide a balanced perspective by excluding data from CERN and other statistical sources that disproportionately favor certain researchers, particularly in the social sciences and humanities. This unique approach addresses the advantages researchers with multi-author publications and CERN involvement hold over others. Furthermore, citation rankings help uncover rule violations and unethical practices within the research community. For more detailed citation analyses, explore the Scientists Last 6 Years Citation Index, Universities Total Citations Rankings 2025, and Universities Last 6 Years Citations Rankings 2025.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,014
3,962
0.330
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Stone Age archaeology
human behavioural and cognitive evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,953
4,166
0.524
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
African archaeology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,929
2,280
0.288
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
arqueología biomolecular
evolución humana
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,614
4,568
0.691
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
archaeology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,355
2,011
0.316
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Stable Isotopes
Climate Change
Tree Rings
Charcoal
Stable Isotope Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,346
4,663
0.872
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
archaeology
taphonomy
ethnoarchaeology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,224
2,449
0.469
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Paleolithic archaeology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,802
1,977
0.520
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Social Complexity
Great Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe Tradition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,183
1,417
0.445
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
archaeology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,035
918
0.302
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Southern African Iron Age
Historical Archaeology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,862
647
0.347
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Archaeozoology
Zooarchaeology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,670
851
0.510
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Archaeology and History of Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,625
1,153
0.710
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Archeozoology
Taphonomy
Plio-Pleistocene
East Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,447
1,022
0.706
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Archaeology
archaeobotany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,313
684
0.521
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Rock art
Heritage
Cognitive Archaeology
Colonial History
African History
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,251
688
0.550
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Archaeology
Palaeoanthropology
Sedimentology
Geomorphology
Stratigraphy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,243
1,076
0.866
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
septuagint studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,156
324
0.280
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
archaeology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,138
846
0.743
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Archaeology
Ochre use
Museums
Human behaviour and cognition
Interpretations of the past
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,040
528
0.508
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Gender
African Archaeology
Archaeology of food
foodways and farming
Ki Tama
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
912
429
0.470
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Archaeology
Human Behavioural Ecology
Ethnobotany
Marine Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
874
769
0.880
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Archaeology
Prehistory
Archaeobotany
Paleoecology
South African Stone Age
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
806
668
0.829
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Rock art
archaeology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
755
332
0.440
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Palaeolithic archaeology
taphonomy
South Africa
Middle Stone Age
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
752
582
0.774
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
79,022
276
56
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Judith Sealy
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,014
3,962
0.330
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
127,189
491
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Marlize Lombard
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,953
4,166
0.524
Stone Age archaeology
human behavioural and cognitive evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
127,630
492
65
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
TN Huffman
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,929
2,280
0.288
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
154,806
629
146
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Domingo Carlos Salazar-García
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,614
4,568
0.691
arqueología biomolecular
evolución humana
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
161,286
656
82
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Wadley
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,355
2,011
0.316
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
191,442
817
72
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Grant Hall
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,346
4,663
0.872
Stable Isotopes
Climate Change
Tree Rings
Charcoal
Stable Isotope Ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
195,847
839
108
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Lucinda Backwell
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,224
2,449
0.469
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
263,442
1,160
140
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Sarah Wurz
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,802
1,977
0.520
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
306,734
1,398
131
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Innocent Pikirayi
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,183
1,417
0.445
Social Complexity
Great Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe Tradition
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
319,197
1,466
170
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Karim Sadr
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,035
918
0.302
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
463,035
2,266
403
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Simon Hall
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,862
647
0.347
Southern African Iron Age
Historical Archaeology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
498,668
2,455
271
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Shaw Badenhorst
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,670
851
0.510
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
507,792
2,512
277
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Paloma de la Peña
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,625
1,153
0.710
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
547,096
2,744
290
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Mari Carmen Arriaza
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,447
1,022
0.706
Archeozoology
Taphonomy
Plio-Pleistocene
East Africa
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
581,030
2,959
311
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Christine Sievers
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,313
684
0.521
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
598,137
3,063
319
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Sam Challis
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,251
688
0.550
Rock art
Heritage
Cognitive Archaeology
Colonial History
African History
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
600,270
3,073
322
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Dominic Stratford|Dominic J Stratford
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,243
1,076
0.866
Archaeology
Palaeoanthropology
Sedimentology
Geomorphology
Stratigraphy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
626,305
3,236
400
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Johann Cook
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,156
324
0.280
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
631,831
3,262
213
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Justin Bradfield
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,138
846
0.743
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
664,402
3,455
353
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Tammy Hodgskiss (Reynard)
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,040
528
0.508
Archaeology
Ochre use
Museums
Human behaviour and cognition
Interpretations of the past
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
711,841
3,729
376
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
MH Alex Schoeman
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
912
429
0.470
Gender
African Archaeology
Archaeology of food
foodways and farming
Ki Tama
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
726,945
3,801
43
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Jan De Vynck
Nelson Mandela University
Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
874
769
0.880
Archaeology
Human Behavioural Ecology
Ethnobotany
Marine Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
756,125
3,998
406
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Irene Esteban
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
806
668
0.829
Archaeology
Prehistory
Archaeobotany
Paleoecology
South African Stone Age
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
779,163
4,147
423
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Jeremy C. Hollmann
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
755
332
0.440
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
780,320
4,152
425
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Aurore Val
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
752
582
0.774
Palaeolithic archaeology
taphonomy
South Africa
Middle Stone Age