H-Index
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South Africa Scientists H-Index Law / Law and Legal Studies Rankings in South Africa 2025
The "AD Scientific Index" analyses the academic work of scientists using the H-index, i10 index and number of citations, and provides results that can be used to evaluate the productivity and efficiency of individuals and institutions. In addition to ranking according to "total H-index" for individuals and institutions, you can also see the ranking and analyses according to "Scientists Last 6 years H-index" and Subject Rankings.
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :1
Criminology
policing
environmental security
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57
34
0.596
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :2
General Relativity
Dark Energy
Modified theories of gravity
Cosmology
Integrability
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
40
0.833
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :3
Systems analysis
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
20
0.500
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :4
Salmonella
tuberculosis
campylobacter
Lawsonia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
27
0.771
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :5
Bioethics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
24
0.750
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :6
criminolgy
urban studies
ethnography
urban safety
security governance
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
18
0.643
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :7
International Human Rights Law
Regional Human Rights Systems
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
16
0.667
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :8
law and social change
courts and the poor
socio-economic rights including land
gender-based harm on campus
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
15
0.652
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :9
Law. health research
HIVm children
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
13
0.591
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :10
International children's rights
restorative justice
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
12
0.545
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :11
rights & regulation
competition policy
legal profession
migration & citizenship
South & Southern Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
11
0.500
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :12
federalism
multilevel government
local government
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
15
0.714
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :13
health
disability
race
culture. sexualities
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
11
0.524
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :14
Chldren's rights
family law
human rights
equality
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
12
0.600
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :15
Local Government
Decentralisation
Federalism
intergovernmental relations
development planning
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
14
0.824
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :16
Cities
Urban Law & Governance
Sustainability
Climate Change Law & Governance
Sub-Saharan Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
13
0.765
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :17
Medical Law
Bioethics
Human Rights
Neuropathology
Public Health
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
12
0.706
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :18
criminal justice
police
policing
identity
South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
12
0.750
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :19
Legal pluralism
cultural diversity
law of succession
mixed jurisdictions
comparative judicialism
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
11
0.688
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :20
Public Procurement
Open Government
Integrity & Anti-Corruption
WTO Law
Development Law
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
12
0.800
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :21
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
10
0.667
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :22
gender
family law
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
8
0.533
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :23
Refugee and Immigration Law
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
13
0.929
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :24
Social justice
Critical pedagogy
Educational Technology
Teaching and learning
Teacher education
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
13
0.929
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :25
Feminist qualitative research
sexual and reproductive health and rights
reproductive justice
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
13
0.929
Clifford Shearing
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57
34
0.596
Criminology
policing
environmental security
Andronikos Paliathanasis
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
40
0.833
General Relativity
Dark Energy
Modified theories of gravity
Cosmology
Integrability
Mary Scholes
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
20
0.500
Ml Van Der Walt Swanepoel
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
27
0.771
Salmonella
tuberculosis
campylobacter
Lawsonia
Keymanthri Moodley
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
24
0.750
Monique Michal Marks
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
18
0.643
criminolgy
urban studies
ethnography
urban safety
security governance
Frans Viljoen
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
16
0.667
International Human Rights Law
Regional Human Rights Systems
Jackie Dugard
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
15
0.652
law and social change
courts and the poor
socio-economic rights including land
gender-based harm on campus
Ann Strode
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
13
0.591
Ann Skelton
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
12
0.545
International children's rights
restorative justice
Jonathan Klaaren
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
11
0.500
rights & regulation
competition policy
legal profession
migration & citizenship
South & Southern Africa
Nicolaas Steytler
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
15
0.714
federalism
multilevel government
local government
Charles Ngwena
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
11
0.524
health
disability
race
culture. sexualities
Julia Sloth-Nielsen
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
12
0.600
Chldren's rights
family law
human rights
equality
Jaap De Visser
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
14
0.824
Local Government
Decentralisation
Federalism
intergovernmental relations
development planning
Anel Du Plessis
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
13
0.765
Cities
Urban Law & Governance
Sustainability
Climate Change Law & Governance
Sub-Saharan Africa
Sylvester Chima|Sylvester C Chima, MD, Chima S C
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
12
0.706
Medical Law
Bioethics
Human Rights
Neuropathology
Public Health
Andrew Faull
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
12
0.750
criminal justice
police
policing
identity
South Africa
Christa Rautenbach
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
11
0.688
Legal pluralism
cultural diversity
law of succession
mixed jurisdictions
comparative judicialism
Sope Williams-Elegbe
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
12
0.800
Public Procurement
Open Government
Integrity & Anti-Corruption
WTO Law
Development Law
Lilian Chenwi
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
10
0.667
Elsje Bonthuys
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
8
0.533
Fatima Khan
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
13
0.929
Zayd Waghid
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
13
0.929
Social justice
Critical pedagogy
Educational Technology
Teaching and learning
Teacher education
Ingrid Lynch
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
13
0.929
Feminist qualitative research
sexual and reproductive health and rights
reproductive justice