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Africa Scientists H-Index Social Sciences / Psychology Rankings 2025

AD Scientific Index evaluates the academic productivity and efficiency of scientists and institutions based on the H-index, i10 index, and citation counts. In addition to total H-index rankings, you can also explore rankings and analyses by "Scientists Last 6 Years H-index" and by subject.

Total 1.051 scientist
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
Sebastiaan Rothmann
Positive Organizations
Capabilities
Engagement
Flourishing
Well-being
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76
51
0.671
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Kevin Durrheim
Social psychology
race and ethnic studies
research methods
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
41
0.683
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Mark Solms
Neuropsychology
Psychoanalysis
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
37
0.617
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Ahmed M Abdel Khalek
Mental Illness
Personality Assessment
Cross Cultural Psychology
Personality Inventory
Positive Psychology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
39
0.672
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Ashraf Kagee
HIV/ AIDS
adherence
mental health
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
38
0.731
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Kobus Maree
Career (construction) counselling
narrative career counselling
life designing
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
36
0.720
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Melinde Coetzee
Career and Human Capacity Development
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
35
0.700
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Colin Tredoux
Psychology and law
eyewitness identification
social psychology
segregation
contact
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
31
0.633
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Nompumelelo Zungu
Research
Public Health
Psychology
Gender
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
28
0.596
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Linda C. Theron
Youth resilience
Social Ecology of Resilience Theory
Culture & resilience
African youths' resilience processes
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
38
0.844
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Robert Serpell
cultural psychology
child development
intelligence
multilingualism
literacy
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
22
0.500
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Catherine Ward
psychology
violence
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
36
0.837
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Andrew Gibbs
social psychology
interventions
masculinity
violence
gender
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
39
0.929
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Paul Oburu
Developmental Psychology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
36
0.857
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Kwaku Oppong Asante
Adolescent mental health
Substance use
Suicide
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
37
0.949
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Kevin Thomas
Neuropsychology
Clinical Psychology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
29
0.763
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Kevin GF Thomas
Neuropsychology (cross-cultural
HIV
FASD
sleep)
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
28
0.737
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Nuworza Kugbey
Clinical Health Psychology
Psycho-oncology
Public Health
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
37
1.000
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Marie Wissing
positive psychology
meaning
relational well-being
cultures of positivity
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
27
0.730
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Ike E. Onyishi
Organisational behaviour
extra-role behaviour
wellbeing and health
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
34
0.944
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Paul Bangirana
Neuropsychology
Child development
CNS disorders
Mental health disorders
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
30
0.833
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Catriona Macleod
Feminist Psychology
Critical Health Psychology
critical studies in sexualities and reproduction
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
27
0.750
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Gideon P. De Bruin
Psychometrics
Personality
Career Development
Stress
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
25
0.694
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Neville Pillay
Animal Behaviour
Behavioural Ecology
Psychology
Ecology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
23
0.639
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Sebastiaan Rothmann
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76
51
0.671
Positive Organizations
Capabilities
Engagement
Flourishing
Well-being
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Kevin Durrheim
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
41
0.683
Social psychology
race and ethnic studies
research methods
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Mark Solms
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
37
0.617
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Ahmed M Abdel Khalek
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
39
0.672
Mental Illness
Personality Assessment
Cross Cultural Psychology
Personality Inventory
Positive Psychology
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Ashraf Kagee
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
38
0.731
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Kobus Maree
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
36
0.720
Career (construction) counselling
narrative career counselling
life designing
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Melinde Coetzee
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
35
0.700
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Colin Tredoux
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
31
0.633
Psychology and law
eyewitness identification
social psychology
segregation
contact
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Nompumelelo Zungu
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
28
0.596
Research
Public Health
Psychology
Gender
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Linda C. Theron
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
38
0.844
Youth resilience
Social Ecology of Resilience Theory
Culture & resilience
African youths' resilience processes
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Robert Serpell
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
22
0.500
cultural psychology
child development
intelligence
multilingualism
literacy
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Catherine Ward
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
36
0.837
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Andrew Gibbs
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
39
0.929
social psychology
interventions
masculinity
violence
gender
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Paul Oburu
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
36
0.857
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Kwaku Oppong Asante
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
37
0.949
Adolescent mental health
Substance use
Suicide
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Kevin Thomas
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
29
0.763
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Kevin GF Thomas
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
28
0.737
Neuropsychology (cross-cultural
HIV
FASD
sleep)
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Nuworza Kugbey
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
37
1.000
Clinical Health Psychology
Psycho-oncology
Public Health
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Marie Wissing
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
27
0.730
positive psychology
meaning
relational well-being
cultures of positivity
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Karina Mostert
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
26
0.703
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Ike E. Onyishi
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
34
0.944
Organisational behaviour
extra-role behaviour
wellbeing and health
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Paul Bangirana
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
30
0.833
Neuropsychology
Child development
CNS disorders
Mental health disorders
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Catriona Macleod
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
27
0.750
Feminist Psychology
Critical Health Psychology
critical studies in sexualities and reproduction
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Gideon P. De Bruin
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
25
0.694
Psychometrics
Personality
Career Development
Stress
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Neville Pillay
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
23
0.639
Animal Behaviour
Behavioural Ecology
Psychology
Ecology