H-Index
Rankings
South Africa Scientists H-Index Social Sciences / Sociology 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
media
democracy & citizenship
new and alternative media
policy studies
and social movements
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
16
0.842
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :52
reproductive labour
globalization and the intimate
fertility industry
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
16
0.889
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :53
Queer health
sexual and reproductive health and rights
feminist health sciences education
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
15
0.833
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :54
Social Contracts
Peace/Statebuilding
Peace processes & agreements
Just transitions
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
14
0.778
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :55
Social movements
Working class mobilisation
Precarious labour
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
14
0.778
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :56
Gender Studies
Self-study
Dress & Indigenous Knowledges
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
13
0.722
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :57
social movements
trade unions
ethnography
participatory governance.
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
12
0.667
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :58
labour
labor
service work
retail
gender
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
10
0.556
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :59
mental health
HIV
gender based violence
qualitative research
creative art therapies
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
16
0.941
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :60
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
15
0.882
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :61
Disability
Gender and Sexuality
HIV/AIDS
Youth Studies
Intersectionality
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
15
0.882
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :62
population studies
social ecology
people and protected areas
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
13
0.765
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :63
Gender
social justice and children's geographies
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
13
0.765
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :64
sociology of education
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
12
0.706
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :65
Radicalisation
terrorism in africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
11
0.647
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :66
Social Movements
Participation
Health Policy
Gender Justice
HIV & World of Work
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
14
0.875
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :67
Social movements
political economy
insurgent democracy
anti-capitalist alternatives
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
12
0.750
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :68
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
11
0.688
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :69
Clinical sociology
whistleblowing
sociology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
11
0.688
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :70
Evaluation
evidence use
rural development
community-driven development
action learning
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
11
0.688
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :71
Social geography urban studies
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
8
0.500
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :72
trade unions
collective bargaining
worker participation
labour relations
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
7
0.438
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :73
sociology
sociology of education
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
13
0.867
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :74
Volunteerism
philanthropy
social movements
Civil society
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
12
0.800
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :75
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
9
0.600
Sarah Chiumbu
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
16
0.842
media
democracy & citizenship
new and alternative media
policy studies
and social movements
Amrita Pande
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
16
0.889
reproductive labour
globalization and the intimate
fertility industry
Alex Müller
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
15
0.833
Queer health
sexual and reproductive health and rights
feminist health sciences education
Erin Mccandless
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
14
0.778
Social Contracts
Peace/Statebuilding
Peace processes & agreements
Just transitions
Carin Runciman
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
14
0.778
Social movements
Working class mobilisation
Precarious labour
Thenjiwe Meyiwa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
13
0.722
Gender Studies
Self-study
Dress & Indigenous Knowledges
Luke Sinwell
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
12
0.667
social movements
trade unions
ethnography
participatory governance.
Bridget Kenny
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
10
0.556
Nataly Woollett
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
16
0.941
mental health
HIV
gender based violence
qualitative research
creative art therapies
Rajen Govender
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
15
0.882
Paul Chappell
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
15
0.882
Disability
Gender and Sexuality
HIV/AIDS
Youth Studies
Intersectionality
Andre Pelser
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
13
0.765
population studies
social ecology
people and protected areas
Pholoho Morojele
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
13
0.765
Gender
social justice and children's geographies
Jeanne Gamble
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
12
0.706
Anneli Botha
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
11
0.647
Vuyiseka Dubula|Vuyiseka Dubula
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
14
0.875
Social Movements
Participation
Health Policy
Gender Justice
HIV & World of Work
Trevor Ngwane
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
12
0.750
Social movements
political economy
insurgent democracy
anti-capitalist alternatives
Lucien Van Der Walt
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
11
0.688
Tina Uys|Josephine Marthina Uys
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
11
0.688
Clinical sociology
whistleblowing
sociology
Ian Goldman
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
11
0.688
Evaluation
evidence use
rural development
community-driven development
action learning
Andre Carl Horn
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
8
0.500
Johann Maree
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
7
0.438
trade unions
collective bargaining
worker participation
labour relations
Fhulu Nekhwevha
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
13
0.867
Jacob Mati
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
12
0.800
Volunteerism
philanthropy
social movements
Civil society
Xolela Mangcu
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
9
0.600