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Africa 2,837 Scientists H-Index Social Sciences / Social Science Rankings - 2025
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* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 1
political economy
political ecology
geography
social movements
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
28
0.528
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* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 2
Library and Information Science
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
28
0.700
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 3
Democratic Governance
Politics of Economic Development
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
22
0.550
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 4
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
31
0.795
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 5
political science
public policy
governance
leadership
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
20
0.526
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 6
Governance and political economy of development
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
20
0.526
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 7
Political Violence
Terrorism
Violent Extremism
Transnational Threats and Maritime Security
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
25
0.714
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 8
Sustainability
Wellbeing
Governance
Political Economy
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34
23
0.676
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 9
International relations
African Diplomacy and Foreign Policy
African Leadership
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34
16
0.471
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 10
Highway Engineering
Pavement Performance
Pavement Materials
Civil Engineering
Pavement Design
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
31
0.939
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* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 11
Transport
travel
mobility
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
16
0.500
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 12
transport planning
traffic engineering
transport geography
transport-related social exclusion
choice modelling
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
24
0.774
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 13
Informetrics
Information and Knowledge management
Information retrieval
Information literacy
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
21
0.700
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 14
Structural Drivers of Illness
Gender Inequality
Intimate Partner Violence
Alcohol
Evaluation of Public Heath Interventions
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
22
0.733
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 15
South African politics
Gender politics
Public Opinion Analysis
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
19
0.633
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 16
Bioenergy
Natural Resource Management (NRM)
Gender
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
23
0.767
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 17
behavioral social sciences in health
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
21
0.700
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 18
substance use
brief interventions
adolescents
gender
externalising behaviour
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
20
0.714
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 19
Public Health
social determinants of health
health systems
epidemics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
20
0.667
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 20
comparative African democratisation
election studies
oil and environmental politics in the Niger Delta
identity politics
pea
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
17
0.586
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 21
archives
records management
libraries
languages
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
25
0.862
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 22
information literacy
digital library
institutional repositories
social media
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
22
0.759
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 23
Comparative Politics
Security and Conflict Studies
Public Policy
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27
20
0.741
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 24
Libraries and social inclusion
information behaviour
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
18
0.643
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 25
Goverannce
instituions and policy
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27
15
0.556
Patrick Bond
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
28
0.528
political economy
political ecology
geography
social movements
Adeyinka Tella
University of Ilorin
Ilorin, Nigeria
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
28
0.700
Library and Information Science
E Gyimah-Boadi
University of Ghana
Legon, Ghana
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
22
0.550
Democratic Governance
Politics of Economic Development
V Naidoo
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
31
0.795
Joseph Ra Ayee
University of Ghana
Legon, Ghana
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
20
0.526
political science
public policy
governance
leadership
Karuti Kanyinga|Henry Karuti Kanyinga, HK Kanyinga, k karuti
University of Nairobi
Nairobi, Kenya
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
20
0.526
Governance and political economy of development
Freedom C. Onuoha
University of Nigeria
Nsukka, Nigeria
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
25
0.714
Political Violence
Terrorism
Violent Extremism
Transnational Threats and Maritime Security
Lorenzo Fioramonti
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34
23
0.676
Sustainability
Wellbeing
Governance
Political Economy
Chris Landsberg
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34
16
0.471
International relations
African Diplomacy and Foreign Policy
African Leadership
Sherif M El Badawy
Mansoura University
Mansoura, Egypt
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
31
0.939
Highway Engineering
Pavement Performance
Pavement Materials
Civil Engineering
Pavement Design
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Gordon Pirie
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
16
0.500
Transport
travel
mobility
Mark Zuidgeest
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
24
0.774
transport planning
traffic engineering
transport geography
transport-related social exclusion
choice modelling
Omwoyo Bosire Onyancha
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
21
0.700
Informetrics
Information and Knowledge management
Information retrieval
Information literacy
Gerry Mshana
National Institute for Medical Research, Tanzania
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
22
0.733
Structural Drivers of Illness
Gender Inequality
Intimate Partner Violence
Alcohol
Evaluation of Public Heath Interventions
Amanda Gouws
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
19
0.633
South African politics
Gender politics
Public Opinion Analysis
Mary Njenga
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)
Nairobi, Kenya
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
23
0.767
Bioenergy
Natural Resource Management (NRM)
Gender
Anne Ruhweza Katahoire
Makerere University
Kampala, Uganda
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
21
0.700
behavioral social sciences in health
Tara Carney
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
20
0.714
substance use
brief interventions
adolescents
gender
externalising behaviour
Elizabeth Shayo
National Institute for Medical Research, Tanzania
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
20
0.667
Public Health
social determinants of health
health systems
epidemics
J. Shola Omotola
Federal University Oye Ekiti Ekiti State
Oye-Ekiti, Nigeria
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
17
0.586
comparative African democratisation
election studies
oil and environmental politics in the Niger Delta
identity politics
pea
Mpho Ngoepe
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
25
0.862
archives
records management
libraries
languages
Ebikabowei Emmanuel Baro
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
22
0.759
information literacy
digital library
institutional repositories
social media
Augustine Ikelegbe
University of Benin
Benin City, Nigeria
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27
20
0.741
Comparative Politics
Security and Conflict Studies
Public Policy
Christine Stilwell
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
18
0.643
Libraries and social inclusion
information behaviour
Winnie Mitullah
University of Nairobi
Nairobi, Kenya
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27
15
0.556
