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South Africa 349 Scientists H-Index History, Philosophy, Theology / History Rankings - 2025
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* Total H Index Rankings
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On Selection: 1
African politics
history
colonialism
race
enlightenment
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79
58
0.734
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 2
rock art
shell middens
human evolution
South African Prehistory
San hunter gatherers
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59
25
0.424
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 3
African Philosophy
Philosophy of Education
Global Citizenship
Democratic Citizenship Education
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
24
0.667
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 4
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
16
0.485
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 5
African History
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
18
0.581
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 6
Systematic theology
ecotheology
ecumenical theology
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
19
0.679
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 7
Postcolonial literary studies
print culture
book history
oceanic studies
Indian Ocean studies
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27
18
0.667
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 8
18th and early 19th century Cape history
early modern Indian Ocean history
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
13
0.500
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 9
historical information
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
21
0.840
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 10
Indian Diaspora
Islam in South Africa
Sports History
Citizenship
Transnationalism
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
15
0.600
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 11
South African History
Ethnicity and Nationalism
Film and History
Urban History
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
14
0.560
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 12
social-ecological research
complex adaptive systems
philosophy
transformative change toward sustainable futures
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
22
0.917
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 13
Social and political change
African studies
comparative labour history
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
15
0.625
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 14
African history
photography
visual studies
gender studies
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
13
0.542
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 15
Environmental History
19th and 20th Century South Africa
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
12
0.500
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 16
African history
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
17
0.739
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 17
Philosophy of Education
Higher Education
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
15
0.652
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 18
History
South Africa
Biometrics
States
Gold Mining
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
15
0.652
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 19
New Testament
Parables
Social-scientific criticism
Sexuality in the ancient world
Narrative criticism
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
11
0.478
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 20
History of Medicine
History of South Africa
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
20
0.909
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 21
African Philosophy
Logic
Decoloniality
Racism
Ethics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
19
0.864
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 22
Religious Urbanism
African Pentecostalism
Religion and Media
African Religions
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
16
0.727
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 23
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
15
0.682
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 24
Old Testament Wisdom literature
African biblical hermeneutics
Hebrew Bible and gender
Bible in African context
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
13
0.591
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 25
History
Critical Archival Theory
Methodology and Archives
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
13
0.591
Achille Mbembe
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79
58
0.734
African politics
history
colonialism
race
enlightenment
John Parkington
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59
25
0.424
rock art
shell middens
human evolution
South African Prehistory
San hunter gatherers
Yusef Waghid
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
24
0.667
African Philosophy
Philosophy of Education
Global Citizenship
Democratic Citizenship Education
Gerald West
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
16
0.485
Peter Delius
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
18
0.581
Ernst M. Conradie
University of the Western Cape
Bellville, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
19
0.679
Systematic theology
ecotheology
ecumenical theology
Isabel Hofmeyr
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27
18
0.667
Postcolonial literary studies
print culture
book history
oceanic studies
Indian Ocean studies
Nigel Worden
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
13
0.500
18th and early 19th century Cape history
early modern Indian Ocean history
Sive Masawe
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
21
0.840
Goolam Vahed
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
15
0.600
Indian Diaspora
Islam in South Africa
Sports History
Citizenship
Transnationalism
Vivian Bickford-Smith
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
14
0.560
South African History
Ethnicity and Nationalism
Film and History
Urban History
Rika Preiser
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
22
0.917
social-ecological research
complex adaptive systems
philosophy
transformative change toward sustainable futures
Peter Alexander
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
15
0.625
Social and political change
African studies
comparative labour history
Patricia Hayes
University of the Western Cape
Bellville, South Africa
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
13
0.542
African history
photography
visual studies
gender studies
Lance Van Sittert
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
12
0.500
Environmental History
19th and 20th Century South Africa
Alois Mlambo
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
17
0.739
Philip Higgs
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
15
0.652
Philosophy of Education
Higher Education
Keith Breckenridge
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
15
0.652
History
South Africa
Biometrics
States
Gold Mining
Ernest Van Eck
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
11
0.478
New Testament
Parables
Social-scientific criticism
Sexuality in the ancient world
Narrative criticism
Rebecca Hodes
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
20
0.909
History of Medicine
History of South Africa
Jonathan Okeke Chimakonam
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
19
0.864
African Philosophy
Logic
Decoloniality
Racism
Ethics
Asonzeh Ukah
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
16
0.727
Religious Urbanism
African Pentecostalism
Religion and Media
African Religions
Lucy Allais
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
15
0.682
Madipoane Masenya
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
13
0.591
Old Testament Wisdom literature
African biblical hermeneutics
Hebrew Bible and gender
Bible in African context
Carolyn Hamilton
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
13
0.591
History
Critical Archival Theory
Methodology and Archives