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South Africa 68 Scientists H-Index Social Sciences / Anthropology Rankings - 2025
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* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 1
palaeoanthropology
archaeology
taphonomy
exploration
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
31
0.534
* 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
30
0.625
* 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
28
0.667
* 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
37
20
0.541
* 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
20
0.625
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 6
Medical Anthropology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
17
0.531
* 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
19
0.633
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 8
evidentiary practices
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
14
0.583
* 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
Social and Cultural Anthropology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
13
0.591
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 11
Africa
HIV & AIDS
sex & sexuality
Artisanal mining
traditional healing
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
12
0.545
* 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
22
12
0.545
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 13
rural connectivity
white spaces
mesh networks
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
11
0.524
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 14
Science careers
Scientometrics
Social research methodology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
17
0.850
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 15
Anthropology African studies materiality landscape bodies urban
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
15
0.750
* 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
Social Problems
Social Control
Civic Protection Social Protection
Social Order
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
13
0.684
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 18
Archaeology
heritage
anthropology
biology
education
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
9
0.474
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 19
ecological 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
11
0.647
* 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
Critical Military Studies
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
teenage pregnancy
reproductive health
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
13
0.813
Lee Berger
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
31
0.534
palaeoanthropology
archaeology
taphonomy
exploration
Francis B. Nyamnjoh
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
30
0.625
anthropology
African studies
media and communication studies
identities
citizenship
Maryna Steyn
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
28
0.667
Forensic anthropology
biological anthropology
skeletal biology
Keyan Tomaselli
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
20
0.541
Cultural and Media Studies
critical indigenous methodologies
film
Thea De Wet
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
20
0.625
Higher education
public health
children
poverty and livelihoods
Jonathan Stadler
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
17
0.531
Lynne A. Schepartz
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
19
0.633
Mammalian paleontology
Biological anthropology
Skeletal biology
Paleoanthropology
Richard Rottenburg
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
14
0.583
Bernhard Zipfel
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
19
0.864
Fiona C. Ross
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
13
0.591
Robert J Thornton
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
12
0.545
Africa
HIV & AIDS
sex & sexuality
Artisanal mining
traditional healing
Deano Stynder
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
12
0.545
Palaeoenvironments
faunal analysis
Palaeontology
Palaeoanthropology
Palaeoecology
David Johnson
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
11
0.524
rural connectivity
white spaces
mesh networks
Heidi Prozesky
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
17
0.850
Science careers
Scientometrics
Social research methodology
Joost Fontein
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
15
0.750
Anthropology African studies materiality landscape bodies urban
Nelius Boshoff
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
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
Emeka E Obioha
Walter Sisulu University
Mthatha, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
13
0.684
Social Problems
Social Control
Civic Protection Social Protection
Social Order
Esterhuysen AB
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
9
0.474
Archaeology
heritage
anthropology
biology
education
Lesley Green
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
12
0.667
ecological knowledge
environmental humanities
Susan L. Levine
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
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
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
11
0.647
Palaeozoology
Palaeoecology
Ecology
Palaeoanthropology
Conservation biology
James R Cochrane
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
9
0.529
religion
public health
philosophical anthropology
social ethics
theology
Godfrey Maringira
Sol Plaatje University
Kimberley, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
14
0.875
Shahed Nalla
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
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
Nolwazi Mkhwanazi
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
13
0.813