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Africa 204 Scientists H-Index Social Sciences / Anthropology Rankings - 2025
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* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 1
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66
39
0.591
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 2
palaeoanthropology
archaeology
taphonomy
exploration
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
31
0.534
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 3
anthropology
African studies
media and communication studies
identities
citizenship
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
30
0.625
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 4
Forensic anthropology
biological anthropology
skeletal biology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
28
0.667
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 5
Cultural and Media Studies
critical indigenous methodologies
film
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
20
0.541
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 6
Higher education
public health
children
poverty and livelihoods
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
20
0.625
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 7
Medical Anthropology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
17
0.531
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 8
Mammalian paleontology
Biological anthropology
Skeletal biology
Paleoanthropology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
19
0.633
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 9
anthropology
science and technology studies
climate change adaptation and mitigation
agropastoralism
rural development
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
25
0.893
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 10
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
21
0.750
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 11
Social and behavioural research
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27
25
0.926
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 12
Sociology
public health
anthropology
bioethics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
16
0.615
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 13
physical and forensic anthropology and neuroanatomy
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
14
0.583
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 14
evidentiary practices
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
14
0.583
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 15
Medical Anthropology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
13
0.542
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 16
Cultural Anthropology
Biodiversity Conservation
Education
Art History
Research and Academic
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
21
0.913
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 17
Palaeontology
palaeoanthropology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
19
0.864
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 18
Social and Cultural Anthropology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
13
0.591
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 19
Africa
HIV & AIDS
sex & sexuality
Artisanal mining
traditional healing
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
12
0.545
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 20
Palaeoenvironments
faunal analysis
Palaeontology
Palaeoanthropology
Palaeoecology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
12
0.545
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 21
rural connectivity
white spaces
mesh networks
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
11
0.524
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 22
Science careers
Scientometrics
Social research methodology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
17
0.850
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 23
Anthropology African studies materiality landscape bodies urban
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
15
0.750
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 24
Research evaluation
Research collaboration
Research impact
Bibliometrics
Science in Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
14
0.737
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 25
Social Problems
Social Control
Civic Protection Social Protection
Social Order
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
13
0.684
George Dei
University of Education Winneba
Winneba, Ghana
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66
39
0.591
Lee Berger
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
31
0.534
palaeoanthropology
archaeology
taphonomy
exploration
Francis B. Nyamnjoh
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
30
0.625
anthropology
African studies
media and communication studies
identities
citizenship
Maryna Steyn
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
28
0.667
Forensic anthropology
biological anthropology
skeletal biology
Keyan Tomaselli
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
20
0.541
Cultural and Media Studies
critical indigenous methodologies
film
Thea De Wet
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
20
0.625
Higher education
public health
children
poverty and livelihoods
Jonathan Stadler
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
17
0.531
Lynne A. Schepartz
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
19
0.633
Mammalian paleontology
Biological anthropology
Skeletal biology
Paleoanthropology
Todd A Crane
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)
Addis Ababa, Kenya
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
25
0.893
anthropology
science and technology studies
climate change adaptation and mitigation
agropastoralism
rural development
Isaac K. Nyamongo
Co-operative University of Kenya
Nairobi, Kenya
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
21
0.750
Salome Ra Bukachi
University of Nairobi
Nairobi, Kenya
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27
25
0.926
Ayodele Samuel Jegede
University of Ibadan
Ibadan, Nigeria
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
16
0.615
Sociology
public health
anthropology
bioethics
Patrick Igbigbi
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
14
0.583
physical and forensic anthropology and neuroanatomy
Richard Rottenburg
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
14
0.583
W. Onyango-Ouma
University of Nairobi
Nairobi, Kenya
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
13
0.542
Dickson Adom
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
21
0.913
Cultural Anthropology
Biodiversity Conservation
Education
Art History
Research and Academic
Bernhard Zipfel
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
19
0.864
Fiona C. Ross
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
13
0.591
Robert J Thornton
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
12
0.545
Africa
HIV & AIDS
sex & sexuality
Artisanal mining
traditional healing
Deano Stynder
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
12
0.545
Palaeoenvironments
faunal analysis
Palaeontology
Palaeoanthropology
Palaeoecology
David Johnson
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
11
0.524
rural connectivity
white spaces
mesh networks
Heidi Prozesky
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
17
0.850
Science careers
Scientometrics
Social research methodology
Joost Fontein
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
15
0.750
Anthropology African studies materiality landscape bodies urban
Nelius Boshoff
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
14
0.737
Research evaluation
Research collaboration
Research impact
Bibliometrics
Science in Africa
Emeka E Obioha
Walter Sisulu University
Mthatha, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
13
0.684
Social Problems
Social Control
Civic Protection Social Protection
Social Order