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Africa 3,299 Scientists H-Index Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature Rankings - 2025
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* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 1
Linguistics
Sociolinguistics
English language
Language in South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
23
0.500
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 2
linguistics
multilingualism
anthroplogy
philosophy
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
25
0.595
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 3
Sociolinguistics
linguistic anthropology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
23
0.767
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 4
Oriental Languages
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
21
0.700
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 5
Academic literacy
Language testing
Language assessment
Theory of applied linguistics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
17
0.567
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 6
reading
additional language learning
vocabulary
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
16
0.571
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 7
Computer science
deep learning
computer vision
natural language processing
human activity recognition
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27
27
1.000
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 8
Multilingualism
Bantu linguistics
Multimodality
Language Policy
Translanguaging
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27
20
0.741
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 9
Languages and Literacies (Reading Literacy
Multilingualism
translanguaging
World Englishes
Language Policy & Planning)
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
22
0.846
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 10
African Studies
anthropological linguistics
politics of language
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
17
0.680
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 11
Syntax
Bantu grammar
Psycholinguistics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
15
0.600
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 12
Literacy
language
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
14
0.560
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 13
orality performance and literature
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
11
0.440
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 14
AI
Deep Learning
Machine Learning
Smart Grid
Medical Image Analysis
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
23
0.958
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 15
recherche scientifique
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
11
0.458
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 16
Applied linguistics/ Language assessment
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
19
0.826
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 17
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
18
0.783
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 18
Education
Multilingual Education
Applied Linguistics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
13
0.565
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 19
Linguistics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
11
0.478
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 20
Lexicography
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
10
0.435
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 21
social semiotics
multimodal communication
academic literacies
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
15
0.682
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 22
littérature
critique littéraire
narratologie
cinéma
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
13
0.591
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 23
Children's subjective well-being
Child Quality of Life
Quantitative and Qualitative Research
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
20
0.952
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 24
Division of Linguistic Studies
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
16
0.762
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 25
Multilingual Education
Language Teaching Methodology
Teacher Education and Literacy Studies
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
18
0.900
Rajend Mesthrie
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
23
0.500
Linguistics
Sociolinguistics
English language
Language in South Africa
Christopher Stroud
University of the Western Cape
Bellville, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
25
0.595
linguistics
multilingualism
anthroplogy
philosophy
Ana Deumert
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
23
0.767
Sociolinguistics
linguistic anthropology
Mohamed Saleh 2
Assiut University
Asyut, Egypt
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
21
0.700
Albert Weideman
University of the Free State
Bloemfontein, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
17
0.567
Academic literacy
Language testing
Language assessment
Theory of applied linguistics
Lilli Pretorius
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
16
0.571
reading
additional language learning
vocabulary
Abdelghani Dahou
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27
27
1.000
Computer science
deep learning
computer vision
natural language processing
human activity recognition
Felix Banda
University of the Western Cape
Bellville, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27
20
0.741
Multilingualism
Bantu linguistics
Multimodality
Language Policy
Translanguaging
Leketi Makalela
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
22
0.846
Languages and Literacies (Reading Literacy
Multilingualism
translanguaging
World Englishes
Language Policy & Planning)
Stephanie Rudwick
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
17
0.680
African Studies
anthropological linguistics
politics of language
Jochen Zeller
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
15
0.600
Syntax
Bantu grammar
Psycholinguistics
Mastin Prinsloo
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
14
0.560
Elizabeth Gunner
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
11
0.440
orality performance and literature
Mohamed Abdel Nasser
Aswan University
Aswan, Egypt
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
23
0.958
AI
Deep Learning
Machine Learning
Smart Grid
Medical Image Analysis
Benalla Hocine
Université des Frères Mentouri Constantine 1
Constantine, Algeria
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
11
0.458
Asma Maaoui
Université de Tunis
Tunis, Tunisia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
19
0.826
Applied linguistics/ Language assessment
Rabah Ahmed
Ain Shams University
Cairo, Egypt
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
18
0.783
Christa Van Der Walt
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
13
0.565
Education
Multilingual Education
Applied Linguistics
Mary Esther Kropp Dakubu
University of Ghana
Legon, Ghana
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
11
0.478
Dj Prinsloo
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
10
0.435
Arlene Hillary Archer
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
15
0.682
social semiotics
multimodal communication
academic literacies
Hafedh Mnif
Université de Sfax
Sfax, Tunisia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
13
0.591
littérature
critique littéraire
narratologie
cinéma
Sabirah Adams
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
20
0.952
Children's subjective well-being
Child Quality of Life
Quantitative and Qualitative Research
Mona Said Mansour
Benha University
Qalyubia, Egypt
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
16
0.762
Division of Linguistic Studies
David Sani Mwanza
University of Zambia
Lusaka, Zambia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
18
0.900
Multilingual Education
Language Teaching Methodology
Teacher Education and Literacy Studies