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Africa 582 Scientists H-Index Social Sciences / Tourism & Hospitality Rankings - 2025
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* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 1
Tourism and Development
Local Economic Development
Small Enterprise Development
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81
46
0.568
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 2
Market segmentation within a tourism context
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
22
0.667
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 3
South Africa
commemoration
heritage
tourism
memory
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
20
0.645
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 4
Tourism
Community-based tourism
Food tourism
Food
Sport event tourism
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
28
0.933
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 5
Tourism
Sport mega-events
Hospitality
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
26
0.897
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 6
Sustainable Tourism
Climate Change Adaptation
Inclusive Leisure
Tourist Behaviour and Experience
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
23
0.821
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 7
Tourism and Hospitality
Climate Change
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
22
0.917
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 8
local development
karoo
south africa
land reform
tourism
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
11
0.458
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 9
travelling
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
10
0.435
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 10
Tourism environmental management
hospitality service quality
destination marketing
special events management
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
21
0.955
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 11
sport
leisure
and tourism marketing
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
15
0.682
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 12
Sustainable Tourism Development
Human Resources in Tourism
Poverty Reduction
Travel Agencies
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
20
1.000
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 13
Adventure tourism
higher education
geography of education
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
18
0.900
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 14
Tourism
marketing
Hospitality
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
18
0.900
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 15
Tourism Management
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
14
0.700
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 16
Strategic Tourism Management
Strategic Tourism Marketing
Rural Tourism
Tourism Entrepreneurship
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
17
0.895
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 17
Tourism & Environmental management
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
16
0.889
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 18
Hospitality innovation
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
16
0.889
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 19
LED/ Local democracy/ E-governance/ Food security
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
14
0.778
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 20
Development Economics
Tourism Economics and Gender Economics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
17
1.000
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 21
Hospitality and Tourism Education
Ecotourism
Sexual Harassment
Academic Dishonesty
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
16
0.941
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 22
Food Tourism
Ecotourism
Community and tourism development
Volunteer tourism
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
15
0.882
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 23
Tourism Safety and Security
Tourism Governance
Tourism-Development Nexus
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
12
0.706
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 24
HRM - Tourism Management - Leadership - Entrepreneurship - Tourism Marketing
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
16
1.000
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 25
Sport tourism
legacy
mega-events
nation branding
sport development
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
15
0.938
Christian Rogerson
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81
46
0.568
Tourism and Development
Local Economic Development
Small Enterprise Development
Martinette Kruger
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
22
0.667
Market segmentation within a tourism context
Sabine Marschall
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
20
0.645
South Africa
commemoration
heritage
tourism
memory
Andrea Giampiccoli
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
28
0.933
Tourism
Community-based tourism
Food tourism
Food
Sport event tourism
Tembi Tichaawa
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
26
0.897
Tourism
Sport mega-events
Hospitality
Issahaku Adam
University of Cape Coast
Cape Coast, Ghana
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
23
0.821
Sustainable Tourism
Climate Change Adaptation
Inclusive Leisure
Tourist Behaviour and Experience
Frederick Dayour
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
22
0.917
Tourism and Hospitality
Climate Change
Doreen Atkinson
University of Limpopo
Mankweng, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
11
0.458
local development
karoo
south africa
land reform
tourism
Samy Zalat
Suez Canal University
Ismailia, Egypt
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
10
0.435
Ishmael Mensah
University of Cape Coast
Cape Coast, Ghana
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
21
0.955
Tourism environmental management
hospitality service quality
destination marketing
special events management
Neels Van Heerden
Tshwane University of Technology
Pretoria, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
15
0.682
sport
leisure
and tourism marketing
Ahmed Mohamed Elbaz
University of Sadat City
Monufia, Egypt
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
20
1.000
Sustainable Tourism Development
Human Resources in Tourism
Poverty Reduction
Travel Agencies
Tracey Mckay|Tracey Morton McKay
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
18
0.900
Adventure tourism
higher education
geography of education
Dev Jani
University of Dar Es Salaam
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
18
0.900
Berendien Lubbe
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
14
0.700
Ikechukwu O. Ezeuduji
University of Zululand
Kwadlangezwa, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
17
0.895
Strategic Tourism Management
Strategic Tourism Marketing
Rural Tourism
Tourism Entrepreneurship
Kevin Mearns
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
16
0.889
Tourism & Environmental management
Osman Ahmed El Said
Alexandria University
Alexandria, Egypt
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
16
0.889
Mwesigwa David
Lira University
Lira, Uganda
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
14
0.778
LED/ Local democracy/ E-governance/ Food security
Tolulope Temilola Osinubi
Obafemi Awolowo University
Ile Ife, Nigeria
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
17
1.000
Development Economics
Tourism Economics and Gender Economics
Christopher Mensah
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
16
0.941
Hospitality and Tourism Education
Ecotourism
Sexual Harassment
Academic Dishonesty
Francis Eric Amuquandoh
University of Cape Coast
Cape Coast, Ghana
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
15
0.882
Food Tourism
Ecotourism
Community and tourism development
Volunteer tourism
Kwaku Boakye
University of Cape Coast
Cape Coast, Ghana
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
12
0.706
Tourism Safety and Security
Tourism Governance
Tourism-Development Nexus
Bassam Samir Alromeedy
University of Sadat City
Monufia, Egypt
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
16
1.000
HRM - Tourism Management - Leadership - Entrepreneurship - Tourism Marketing
Brendon Knott.
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
15
0.938
Sport tourism
legacy
mega-events
nation branding
sport development