H-Index
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South Africa Scientists H-Index Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature 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
Linguistics
Sociolinguistics
English language
Language in South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
24
0.522
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :2
linguistics
multilingualism
anthroplogy
philosophy
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
27
0.643
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :3
Sociolinguistics
linguistic anthropology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
23
0.767
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :4
Academic literacy
Language testing
Language assessment
Theory of applied linguistics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
18
0.621
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :5
reading
additional language learning
vocabulary
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27
18
0.667
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :6
Languages and Literacies (Reading Literacy
Multilingualism
translanguaging
World Englishes
Language Policy & Planning)
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
22
0.880
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :7
Multilingualism
Sociolinguistics
Bantu linguistics
Multimodality
Language Policy
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
19
0.760
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :8
Syntax
Bantu grammar
Psycholinguistics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
16
0.640
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :9
African Studies
anthropological linguistics
politics of language
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
17
0.708
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :10
Literacy
language
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
16
0.667
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :11
orality performance and literature
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
14
0.583
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :12
Education
Multilingual Education
Applied Linguistics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
15
0.652
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :13
Lexicography
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
11
0.478
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :14
social semiotics
multimodal communication
academic literacies
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
16
0.727
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :15
Children's subjective well-being
Child Quality of Life
Quantitative and Qualitative Research
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
20
0.952
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :16
Acculturation
diversity
leadership
employee attitudes
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
15
0.750
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :17
South African literature
Poetry
Theory
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
9
0.450
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :18
South African literature
translation
whiteness studies
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
11
0.579
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :19
Chronicles
Persian period biblical literature
Ezra-Nehemiah
Multilingualism in Achaemenid Persia
Levite discourse
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
10
0.526
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :20
Premodern Hebrew linguistics
Bible translation
Religious translation
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
12
0.667
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :21
Linguistic Typology
African languages
Semitic languages
Cognitive linguistics
Anthrozoology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
12
0.667
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :22
Sociolinguistics
Discourse Analysis
Critical Discourse Analysis
Bilingualism
Mulitlingualism
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
11
0.647
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :23
Postco
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
11
0.647
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :24
plasma technology
combustion
mineral processing
CFD in multiphase flows
nanotechnology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
15
0.938
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :25
Multilingualism
Afrikaans-English bilingualism
language and identity
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
13
0.813
Rajend Mesthrie
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
24
0.522
Linguistics
Sociolinguistics
English language
Language in South Africa
Christopher Stroud
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
27
0.643
linguistics
multilingualism
anthroplogy
philosophy
Ana Deumert
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
23
0.767
Sociolinguistics
linguistic anthropology
Albert Weideman
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
18
0.621
Academic literacy
Language testing
Language assessment
Theory of applied linguistics
Lilli Pretorius
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27
18
0.667
reading
additional language learning
vocabulary
Leketi Makalela
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
22
0.880
Languages and Literacies (Reading Literacy
Multilingualism
translanguaging
World Englishes
Language Policy & Planning)
Felix Banda
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
19
0.760
Multilingualism
Sociolinguistics
Bantu linguistics
Multimodality
Language Policy
Jochen Zeller
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
16
0.640
Syntax
Bantu grammar
Psycholinguistics
Stephanie Rudwick
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
17
0.708
African Studies
anthropological linguistics
politics of language
Mastin Prinsloo
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
16
0.667
Elizabeth Gunner
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
14
0.583
orality performance and literature
Christa Van Der Walt
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
15
0.652
Education
Multilingual Education
Applied Linguistics
Dj Prinsloo
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
11
0.478
Arlene Hillary Archer
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
16
0.727
social semiotics
multimodal communication
academic literacies
Sabirah Adams
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
20
0.952
Children's subjective well-being
Child Quality of Life
Quantitative and Qualitative Research
Leon Jackson
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
15
0.750
Acculturation
diversity
leadership
employee attitudes
Michael Chapman
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
9
0.450
South African literature
Poetry
Theory
Leon De Kock
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
11
0.579
South African literature
translation
whiteness studies
Louis C. Jonker|Louis Jonker, L.C. Jonker
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
10
0.526
Chronicles
Persian period biblical literature
Ezra-Nehemiah
Multilingualism in Achaemenid Persia
Levite discourse
Jacobus Naude
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
12
0.667
Premodern Hebrew linguistics
Bible translation
Religious translation
Alexander Andrason
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
12
0.667
Linguistic Typology
African languages
Semitic languages
Cognitive linguistics
Anthrozoology
Christine Anthonissen
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
11
0.647
Sociolinguistics
Discourse Analysis
Critical Discourse Analysis
Bilingualism
Mulitlingualism
Harry Garuba
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
11
0.647
Andrei Kolesnikov
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
15
0.938
plasma technology
combustion
mineral processing
CFD in multiphase flows
nanotechnology
Susan Coetzee-Van Rooy
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
13
0.813
Multilingualism
Afrikaans-English bilingualism
language and identity