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Africa 1,071 Scientists H-Index Social Sciences / Sociology Rankings - 2025
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* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 1
Maternal and child health
life course development
child and adolescent development
global mental health
global health
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82
59
0.720
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 2
Disability studies
public mental health
cultural aspects of health care
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70
44
0.629
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 3
Social change in post conflict countries
social response to zoonotic diseases
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
27
0.466
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 4
Gender gender-based violence rape HIV
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55
39
0.709
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 5
Masculinities
Violence
Fatherhood
Southern Theory
Academic Staff Support
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55
36
0.655
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 6
Social Science
Implementation Research
Gender and Neglected tropical diseases
Malaria
Demographic Surveillance Systems
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
36
0.679
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 7
gender
violence
sexual health
social epidemiology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
40
0.769
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 8
Posthumanism
Feminist New Materialism
Post-qualitative inquiry
Social Justice and Ethics of Care
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
35
0.745
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 9
Heterosexualities
critical masculinities
racialisation of sexuality and gender
gender-based violence
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
32
0.681
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 10
africa
class
inequality
protest
comparative social policy
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
26
0.553
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 11
Social Insects
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
35
0.761
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 12
Gender and Childhood Sexuality
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
28
0.636
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 13
sociology of knowledge
curriculum
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
25
0.595
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 14
Gender
Femininities
Gender Based Violence
Interventions
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
34
0.850
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 15
Demography of Ageing
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
33
0.846
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 16
Philosophy and methodology of the social sciences
higher education knowledge production
sociology of science
scientometrics a
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
25
0.641
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 17
gender
masculinities
research ethics
social aspects of HIV
gender violence
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
27
0.750
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 18
rural sociology
land reform
poverty
discourse analysis
development studies
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
20
0.556
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 19
Biblical
postcolonial
translation
gender and HIV&AIDS Studies
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34
21
0.618
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 20
Agrarian change
informal work
gender issues in development
social policy
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34
21
0.618
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 21
Population and Health
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
28
0.848
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 22
sociology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
27
0.818
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 23
work
labour
inequality
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
22
0.667
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 24
land reform
gender
women's history
south africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
17
0.515
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 25
Leadership
Marketing
Internationalisation and Higher Education
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
25
0.781
Mark Tomlinson
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82
59
0.720
Maternal and child health
life course development
child and adolescent development
global mental health
global health
Leslie Swartz
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70
44
0.629
Disability studies
public mental health
cultural aspects of health care
Paul Richards
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
27
0.466
Social change in post conflict countries
social response to zoonotic diseases
Naeemah Abrahams
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55
39
0.709
Robert Morrell
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55
36
0.655
Masculinities
Violence
Fatherhood
Southern Theory
Academic Staff Support
Margaret Gyapong
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
36
0.679
Social Science
Implementation Research
Gender and Neglected tropical diseases
Malaria
Demographic Surveillance Systems
Kristin L Dunkle
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
40
0.769
gender
violence
sexual health
social epidemiology
Vivienne Bozalek
University of the Western Cape
Bellville, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
35
0.745
Posthumanism
Feminist New Materialism
Post-qualitative inquiry
Social Justice and Ethics of Care
Tamara Shefer
University of the Western Cape
Bellville, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
32
0.681
Heterosexualities
critical masculinities
racialisation of sexuality and gender
gender-based violence
Jeremy Seekings
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
26
0.553
africa
class
inequality
protest
comparative social policy
Christian Pirk
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
35
0.761
Deevia Bhana
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
28
0.636
Johan Muller
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
25
0.595
Nwabisa Jama Shai
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
34
0.850
Gender
Femininities
Gender Based Violence
Interventions
Elias Olukorede Wahab
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
33
0.846
Johann Mouton
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
25
0.641
Philosophy and methodology of the social sciences
higher education knowledge production
sociology of science
scientometrics a
Yandisa Sikweyiya
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
27
0.750
gender
masculinities
research ethics
social aspects of HIV
gender violence
Andries du Toit
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
20
0.556
rural sociology
land reform
poverty
discourse analysis
development studies
Musa W Dube
University of Botswana
Gaborone, Botswana
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34
21
0.618
Biblical
postcolonial
translation
gender and HIV&AIDS Studies
Dzodzi Tsikata
University of Ghana
Legon, Ghana
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34
21
0.618
Agrarian change
informal work
gender issues in development
social policy
Chodziwadziwa Kabudula
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
28
0.848
Aliaa Shokry
Ain Shams University
Cairo, Egypt
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
27
0.818
Edward Webster
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
22
0.667
Cherryl Walker
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
17
0.515
land reform
gender
women's history
south africa
Felix Maringe
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
25
0.781
Leadership
Marketing
Internationalisation and Higher Education