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Africa 17 Scientists H-Index Social Sciences / Regional Studies Rankings - 2025
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* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 1
African Gifting
Philanthropy
Civil Society
Governance
NGOs
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
21
0.488
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 2
African cities
Urban governance
Healthy cities
Urban food systems
Informal settlements
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
18
0.818
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 3
African literature
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
14
0.636
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 4
african feminist theory
gender based violence
queer
sexualities
pedagogies
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
11
0.550
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 5
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
14
0.737
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 6
African ornithology
moult
Sturnidae
Ploceidae
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
10
0.526
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 7
African politics
Political Economy of Development
Democratic Theory
Qualitative Methods
African
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
15
0.833
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 8
Artificial Intelligence
Algorithm development
African Buffalo Optimization
Digital Humanities
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
13
0.813
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 9
Applied ethics
Bioethics
Environmental Ethics
African Philosophy
African ethics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
13
0.813
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 10
African Literature and Cultural Studies
Black Intellectual Tradition
African Cinema
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
9
0.563
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 11
Foreign Policy
International Organisation
African IR
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
8
0.533
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 12
African studies
Islamic studies
Arabic studies
education
bibliographic studies
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
7
0.538
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 13
Afrikaans and modern Dutch literature
Literary theory.
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
5
0.385
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 14
African literature
oral literature
postcolonial studies
Afrikaans literature
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
3
0.500
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 15
African Politics
Intergovernmental Relations
South African Politics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4
4
1.000
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 16
African Studies
Gender and Feminist Studies
Representation
Women in Peacebuilding.
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4
4
1.000
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 17
African Political Thought
Prison writing
African women's writings and narratives
Liberation Movements in Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1
1
1.000
Alan Fowler
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
21
0.488
African Gifting
Philanthropy
Civil Society
Governance
NGOs
Warren Smit
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
18
0.818
African cities
Urban governance
Healthy cities
Urban food systems
Informal settlements
Tydskrif Vir Letterkunde
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
14
0.636
Jane Bennett
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
11
0.550
african feminist theory
gender based violence
queer
sexualities
pedagogies
Vusi Gumede
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
14
0.737
A Craig
Rhodes University
Grahamstown, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
10
0.526
African ornithology
moult
Sturnidae
Ploceidae
George M Bob Milliar
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
15
0.833
African politics
Political Economy of Development
Democratic Theory
Qualitative Methods
African
Julius Beneoluchi Odili
Anchor University Lagos
Lagos, Nigeria
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
13
0.813
Artificial Intelligence
Algorithm development
African Buffalo Optimization
Digital Humanities
Kevin Gary Behrens
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
13
0.813
Applied ethics
Bioethics
Environmental Ethics
African Philosophy
African ethics
Bhekizizwe Peterson
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
9
0.563
African Literature and Cultural Studies
Black Intellectual Tradition
African Cinema
Paul-Henri Bischoff
Rhodes University
Grahamstown, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
8
0.533
Foreign Policy
International Organisation
African IR
Muhammed Haron
University of Botswana
Gaborone, Botswana
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
7
0.538
African studies
Islamic studies
Arabic studies
education
bibliographic studies
Hein Viljoen
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
5
0.385
Afrikaans and modern Dutch literature
Literary theory.
Jacomien Van Niekerk
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
3
0.500
African literature
oral literature
postcolonial studies
Afrikaans literature
Mlungisi Phakathi
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4
4
1.000
African Politics
Intergovernmental Relations
South African Politics
Zainab Monisola Olaitan
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4
4
1.000
African Studies
Gender and Feminist Studies
Representation
Women in Peacebuilding.
Lebohang Motsomotso
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1
1
1.000
African Political Thought
Prison writing
African women's writings and narratives
Liberation Movements in Africa