H-Index
Rankings
South Africa Scientists H-Index Social Sciences / Higher Education Studies Rankings in South Africa 2025
AD Scientific Index evaluates the academic productivity and efficiency of scientists and institutions based on the H-index, i10 index, and citation counts. In addition to total H-index rankings, you can also explore rankings and analyses by "Scientists Last 6 Years H-index" and by subject.
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :51
sustainable development
higher education internationalisation
private governance
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
6
1.000
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :52
Higher Education
H-Index Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
6
1.000
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :53
GIS
higher education
spatial thinking
geography
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
5
0.833
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :54
Higher education
student mentoring
disadvantaged students
higher education curriculum practices
academic development
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
5
0.833
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :55
Engineering education
professional education
philosophy of engineering
first-in-family students
higher education
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
5
0.833
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :56
Higher education
qualitative research
internationalization
policy
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
4
0.667
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :57
Labour Geography
Labour Process
Technology and Labour
Urban Studies
Higher Education
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
5
1.000
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :58
Critical leadership & management studies
Decolonial leadership
Education leadership
PM
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
5
1.000
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :59
postgraduate supervision
curriculum
critical theory
occupational therapy
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
4
0.800
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :60
higher education
hybrid learning
language education
science of reading
reading assessment
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4
4
1.000
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :61
Recreation
Leisure
Higher Education
SoTL
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4
4
1.000
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :62
Higher Education Transformation
Global Development
Institutional Change
Nonviolent Communication
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4
4
1.000
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :63
Transboundry Conservation Areas
Local Economic Development
Environmental Planning
Migration
Higher Education Policy
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4
4
1.000
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :64
Supervision
Doctoral Education
Higher Education
Culture
Identity development
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
3
1.000
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :65
higher education studies
english studies
academic development
social justice
critical and decolonial theories
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
3
1.000
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :66
Mental Health
Borderline Personality Disorder
couple relationships
trends in higher education
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
3
1.000
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :67
Spatiality
visual methodology
higher education
spatial justice
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
3
1.000
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :68
higher education
university governance
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
3
1.000
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :69
men who have sex with men
sexual health
higher education
gender-based violence
sexual harassment
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
2
0.667
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :70
Learning design. online learning
casualisation of higher education
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
2
0.667
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :71
social reconciliation
higher education governance
management
quality assurance
transformation
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
2
1.000
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :72
dental hygiene
higher education
curriculum
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
2
1.000
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :73
knowledge production in higher education
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
2
1.000
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :74
sociolinguistics
decoloniality
higher education
TVET
Afrikaans
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
2
1.000
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :75
Decolonisation of higher education
transformation in higher education
transformation communication in higher education
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1
1
1.000
Farai Kapfudzaruwa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
6
1.000
sustainable development
higher education internationalisation
private governance
Thembinkosi Mabila
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
6
1.000
Sanet Carow
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
5
0.833
GIS
higher education
spatial thinking
geography
Najwa Norodien-Fataar, Norodine Fataar
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
5
0.833
Higher education
student mentoring
disadvantaged students
higher education curriculum practices
academic development
Renee Smit
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
5
0.833
Engineering education
professional education
philosophy of engineering
first-in-family students
higher education
Lizl Steynberg
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
4
0.667
Higher education
qualitative research
internationalization
policy
John Mashayamombe
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
5
1.000
Labour Geography
Labour Process
Technology and Labour
Urban Studies
Higher Education
Sadi Seyama
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
5
1.000
Critical leadership & management studies
Decolonial leadership
Education leadership
PM
Tania Rauch Vd Merwe
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
4
0.800
postgraduate supervision
curriculum
critical theory
occupational therapy
Joyce West
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4
4
1.000
higher education
hybrid learning
language education
science of reading
reading assessment
Cornelia Schreck
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4
4
1.000
Recreation
Leisure
Higher Education
SoTL
Joseph Besigye Bazirake
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4
4
1.000
Higher Education Transformation
Global Development
Institutional Change
Nonviolent Communication
Martina Segage
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4
4
1.000
Transboundry Conservation Areas
Local Economic Development
Environmental Planning
Migration
Higher Education Policy
Puleng Motshoane
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
3
1.000
Supervision
Doctoral Education
Higher Education
Culture
Identity development
Nkosinathi Emmanuel Madondo
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
3
1.000
higher education studies
english studies
academic development
social justice
critical and decolonial theories
Andile Glodin Mokoena-De Beer
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
3
1.000
Mental Health
Borderline Personality Disorder
couple relationships
trends in higher education
Bridget Horner
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
3
1.000
Spatiality
visual methodology
higher education
spatial justice
Felix Omal
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
3
1.000
higher education
university governance
Jaco Greeff Brink
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
2
0.667
men who have sex with men
sexual health
higher education
gender-based violence
sexual harassment
Shanali C Govender
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
2
0.667
Learning design. online learning
casualisation of higher education
Mark Hay
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
2
1.000
social reconciliation
higher education governance
management
quality assurance
transformation
Glynnis Vergotine
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
2
1.000
dental hygiene
higher education
curriculum
Marthie Van Niekerk
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
2
1.000
knowledge production in higher education
Alexa Anthonie
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
2
1.000
sociolinguistics
decoloniality
higher education
TVET
Afrikaans
Awethu Fatyela
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1
1
1.000
Decolonisation of higher education
transformation in higher education
transformation communication in higher education