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South Africa Scientists H-Index Social Sciences / Anthropology Rankings in South Africa 2025
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* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 1
palaeoanthropology
archaeology
taphonomy
exploration
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57
35
0.614
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 2
anthropology
African studies
media and communication studies
identities
citizenship
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
33
0.688
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 3
Forensic anthropology
biological anthropology
skeletal biology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
30
0.714
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 4
Cultural and Media Studies
critical indigenous methodologies
film
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
22
0.579
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 5
Higher education
public health
children
poverty and livelihoods
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
22
0.688
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 6
Medical Anthropology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
19
0.594
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 7
Mammalian paleontology
Biological anthropology
Skeletal biology
Paleoanthropology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
20
0.667
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 8
evidentiary practices
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
15
0.625
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 9
Palaeontology
palaeoanthropology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
19
0.864
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 10
Africa
HIV & AIDS
sex & sexuality
Artisanal mining
traditional healing
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
14
0.636
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 11
Social and Cultural Anthropology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
14
0.636
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 12
Palaeoenvironments
faunal analysis
Palaeontology
Palaeoanthropology
Palaeoecology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
14
0.667
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 13
Anthropology African studies materiality landscape bodies urban
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
16
0.800
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 14
rural connectivity
white spaces
mesh networks
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
12
0.600
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 15
Science careers
Scientometrics
Social research methodology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
17
0.895
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 16
Research evaluation
Research collaboration
Research impact
Bibliometrics
Science in Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
14
0.737
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 17
Archaeology
heritage
anthropology
biology
education
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
11
0.579
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 18
Social Problems
Social Control
Civic Protection Social Protection
Social Order
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
14
0.778
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 19
anthropology of knowledge
environmental humanities
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
12
0.667
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 20
medical anthropology
anthropology of childhood and child labour
visual anthropology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
11
0.611
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 21
Palaeozoology
Palaeoecology
Ecology
Palaeoanthropology
Conservation biology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
12
0.706
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 22
religion
public health
philosophical anthropology
social ethics
theology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
9
0.529
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 23
teenage pregnancy
reproductive health
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
14
0.875
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 24
Applied Human Anatomy
Hominin thoracic morphology
Vertebral variation and abnormalities
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
14
0.875
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 25
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
10
0.625
Lee Berger
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57
35
0.614
palaeoanthropology
archaeology
taphonomy
exploration
Francis B. Nyamnjoh
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
33
0.688
anthropology
African studies
media and communication studies
identities
citizenship
Maryna Steyn
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
30
0.714
Forensic anthropology
biological anthropology
skeletal biology
Keyan Tomaselli
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
22
0.579
Cultural and Media Studies
critical indigenous methodologies
film
Thea De Wet
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
22
0.688
Higher education
public health
children
poverty and livelihoods
Jonathan Stadler
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
19
0.594
Lynne A. Schepartz
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
20
0.667
Mammalian paleontology
Biological anthropology
Skeletal biology
Paleoanthropology
Richard Rottenburg
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
15
0.625
Bernhard Zipfel
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
19
0.864
Robert J Thornton
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
14
0.636
Africa
HIV & AIDS
sex & sexuality
Artisanal mining
traditional healing
Fiona C. Ross
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
14
0.636
Deano Stynder
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
14
0.667
Palaeoenvironments
faunal analysis
Palaeontology
Palaeoanthropology
Palaeoecology
Joost Fontein
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
16
0.800
Anthropology African studies materiality landscape bodies urban
David Johnson
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
12
0.600
rural connectivity
white spaces
mesh networks
Heidi Prozesky
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
17
0.895
Science careers
Scientometrics
Social research methodology
Nelius Boshoff
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
14
0.737
Research evaluation
Research collaboration
Research impact
Bibliometrics
Science in Africa
Esterhuysen AB
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
11
0.579
Archaeology
heritage
anthropology
biology
education
Emeka E Obioha
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
14
0.778
Social Problems
Social Control
Civic Protection Social Protection
Social Order
Lesley Green
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
12
0.667
anthropology of knowledge
environmental humanities
Susan L. Levine
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
11
0.611
medical anthropology
anthropology of childhood and child labour
visual anthropology
Brian F Kuhn
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
12
0.706
Palaeozoology
Palaeoecology
Ecology
Palaeoanthropology
Conservation biology
James R Cochrane
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
9
0.529
religion
public health
philosophical anthropology
social ethics
theology
Nolwazi Mkhwanazi
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
14
0.875
Shahed Nalla
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
14
0.875
Applied Human Anatomy
Hominin thoracic morphology
Vertebral variation and abnormalities
Pamila Gupta
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
10
0.625