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Africa 1,051 Scientists H-Index Social Sciences / Psychology Rankings - 2025
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* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 1
Positive Organizations
Capabilities
Engagement
Flourishing
Well-being
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76
47
0.618
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 2
Social psychology
race and ethnic studies
research methods
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
38
0.633
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 3
Neuropsychology
Psychoanalysis
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
35
0.583
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 4
Mental Illness
Personality Assessment
Cross Cultural Psychology
Personality Inventory
Positive Psychology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59
36
0.610
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 5
HIV/ AIDS
adherence
mental health
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
35
0.660
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 6
Career (construction) counselling
narrative career counselling
life designing
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
34
0.667
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 7
Career and Human Capacity Development
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
33
0.647
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 8
Psychology and law
eyewitness identification
social psychology
segregation
contact
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
26
0.520
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 9
Research
Public Health
Psychology
Gender
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
27
0.563
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 10
Youth resilience
Social Ecology of Resilience Theory
Culture & resilience
African youths' resilience processes
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
35
0.761
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 11
psychology
violence
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
34
0.773
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 12
cultural psychology
child development
intelligence
multilingualism
literacy
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
20
0.455
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 13
social psychology
interventions
masculinity
violence
gender
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
38
0.884
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 14
Developmental Psychology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
35
0.814
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 15
Adolescent mental health
Substance use
Suicide
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
38
0.950
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 16
Neuropsychology
Clinical Psychology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
26
0.684
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 17
Neuropsychology (cross-cultural
HIV
FASD
sleep)
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
26
0.684
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 18
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
Neuropsychology
Child development
CNS disorders
Mental health disorders
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
27
0.730
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 20
positive psychology
meaning
relational well-being
cultures of positivity
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
26
0.703
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 21
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
24
0.649
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 22
Feminist Psychology
Critical Health Psychology
critical studies in sexualities and reproduction
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
23
0.622
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 23
Organisational behaviour
extra-role behaviour
wellbeing and health
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
33
0.917
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 24
psychosocial and behavioural aspects of HIV
adolescents
young people and vulnerable populations
masculinities
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
29
0.806
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 25
Animal Behaviour
Behavioural Ecology
Psychology
Ecology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
23
0.639
Sebastiaan Rothmann
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76
47
0.618
Positive Organizations
Capabilities
Engagement
Flourishing
Well-being
Kevin Durrheim
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
38
0.633
Social psychology
race and ethnic studies
research methods
Mark Solms
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
35
0.583
Ahmed M Abdel Khalek
Alexandria University
Alexandria, Egypt
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59
36
0.610
Mental Illness
Personality Assessment
Cross Cultural Psychology
Personality Inventory
Positive Psychology
Ashraf Kagee
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
35
0.660
Kobus Maree
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
34
0.667
Career (construction) counselling
narrative career counselling
life designing
Melinde Coetzee
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
33
0.647
Colin Tredoux
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
26
0.520
Psychology and law
eyewitness identification
social psychology
segregation
contact
Nompumelelo Zungu
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
27
0.563
Linda C. Theron
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
35
0.761
Youth resilience
Social Ecology of Resilience Theory
Culture & resilience
African youths' resilience processes
Catherine Ward
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
34
0.773
Robert Serpell
University of Zambia
Lusaka, Zambia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
20
0.455
cultural psychology
child development
intelligence
multilingualism
literacy
Andrew Gibbs
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
38
0.884
social psychology
interventions
masculinity
violence
gender
Paul Oburu
Maseno University
Maseno, Kenya
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
35
0.814
Kwaku Oppong Asante
University of Ghana
Legon, Ghana
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
38
0.950
Adolescent mental health
Substance use
Suicide
Kevin Thomas
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
26
0.684
Kevin GF Thomas
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
26
0.684
Neuropsychology (cross-cultural
HIV
FASD
sleep)
Nuworza Kugbey
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
37
1.000
Clinical Health Psychology
Psycho-oncology
Public Health
Paul Bangirana
Makerere University
Kampala, Uganda
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
27
0.730
Neuropsychology
Child development
CNS disorders
Mental health disorders
Marie Wissing
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
26
0.703
positive psychology
meaning
relational well-being
cultures of positivity
Karina Mostert
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
24
0.649
Catriona Macleod
Rhodes University
Grahamstown, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
23
0.622
Feminist Psychology
Critical Health Psychology
critical studies in sexualities and reproduction
Ike E. Onyishi
University of Nigeria
Nsukka, Nigeria
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
33
0.917
Organisational behaviour
extra-role behaviour
wellbeing and health
Kaymarlin Govender
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
29
0.806
psychosocial and behavioural aspects of HIV
adolescents
young people and vulnerable populations
masculinities
Neville Pillay
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
23
0.639
Animal Behaviour
Behavioural Ecology
Psychology
Ecology