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Africa 176 Scientists H-Index Social Sciences / Archeology 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
50
28
0.560
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 2
Stone Age archaeology
human behavioural and cognitive evolution
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
37
0.804
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 3
African archaeology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
20
0.488
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 4
arqueología biomolecular
evolución humana
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
29
0.744
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 5
Paleolithic archaeology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
24
0.727
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 6
Egyptology
zooarchaeology
rock art
archaeology
experimental archaeology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
21
0.656
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 7
archaeology
taphonomy
ethnoarchaeology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
22
0.710
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 8
Social Complexity
Great Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe Tradition
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
20
0.667
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 9
archaeology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
21
0.724
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 10
archaeology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27
17
0.630
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 11
Southern African Iron Age
Historical Archaeology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
13
0.500
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 12
Stable Isotopes
Climate Change
Tree Rings
Charcoal
Stable Isotope Ecology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
21
0.875
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 13
Archaeology and History of Science
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
20
0.833
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 14
Archeozoology
Taphonomy
Plio-Pleistocene
East Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
19
0.826
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 15
Archaeozoology
Zooarchaeology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
16
0.696
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 16
Archaeology
Palaeoanthropology
Sedimentology
Geomorphology
Stratigraphy
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
19
0.864
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 17
World prehistory
archaeology of farming communities
eastern and southern Africa
archaeological theory
heritage management
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
13
0.619
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 18
Rock art
Heritage
Cognitive Archaeology
Colonial History
African History
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
16
0.800
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 19
archaeology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
16
0.842
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 20
Palaeolithic archaeology
taphonomy
South Africa
Middle Stone Age
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
16
0.889
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 21
Archaeology
Prehistory
Archaeobotany
Paleoecology
South African Stone Age
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
15
0.833
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 22
Archaeology
Human Behavioural Ecology
Ethnobotany
Marine Biology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
16
0.941
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 23
Gender
African Archaeology
Archaeology of food
foodways and farming
Ki Tama
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
14
0.824
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 24
Archaeology and Heritage Management
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
13
0.765
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 25
Rock art
archaeology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
11
0.647
Judith Sealy
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
28
0.560
Marlize Lombard
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
37
0.804
Stone Age archaeology
human behavioural and cognitive evolution
TN Huffman
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
20
0.488
Domingo Carlos Salazar-García
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
29
0.744
arqueología biomolecular
evolución humana
Sarah Wurz
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
24
0.727
Salima Ikram
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
21
0.656
Egyptology
zooarchaeology
rock art
archaeology
experimental archaeology
Lucinda Backwell
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
22
0.710
Innocent Pikirayi
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
20
0.667
Social Complexity
Great Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe Tradition
Wadley
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
21
0.724
Karim Sadr
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27
17
0.630
Simon Hall
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
13
0.500
Southern African Iron Age
Historical Archaeology
Grant Hall
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
21
0.875
Stable Isotopes
Climate Change
Tree Rings
Charcoal
Stable Isotope Ecology
Paloma de la Peña
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
20
0.833
Mari Carmen Arriaza
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
19
0.826
Archeozoology
Taphonomy
Plio-Pleistocene
East Africa
Shaw Badenhorst
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
16
0.696
Dominic Stratford|Dominic J Stratford
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
19
0.864
Archaeology
Palaeoanthropology
Sedimentology
Geomorphology
Stratigraphy
Gilbert Pwiti
University of Zimbabwe
Harare, Zimbabwe
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
13
0.619
World prehistory
archaeology of farming communities
eastern and southern Africa
archaeological theory
heritage management
Sam Challis
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
16
0.800
Rock art
Heritage
Cognitive Archaeology
Colonial History
African History
Justin Bradfield
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
16
0.842
Aurore Val
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
16
0.889
Palaeolithic archaeology
taphonomy
South Africa
Middle Stone Age
Irene Esteban
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
15
0.833
Archaeology
Prehistory
Archaeobotany
Paleoecology
South African Stone Age
Jan De Vynck
Nelson Mandela University
Port Elizabeth, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
16
0.941
Archaeology
Human Behavioural Ecology
Ethnobotany
Marine Biology
MH Alex Schoeman
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
14
0.824
Gender
African Archaeology
Archaeology of food
foodways and farming
Ki Tama
Manyanga Munyaradzi
Great Zimbabwe University
Masvingo, Zimbabwe
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
13
0.765
Jeremy C. Hollmann
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
11
0.647