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South Africa Scientists H-Index Social Sciences / Social Science Rankings in South Africa 2025
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* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 1
substance use
brief interventions
adolescents
gender
externalising behaviour
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
21
0.724
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 2
Survey statistical analysis
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
17
0.680
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 3
HIV Prevention
Sexuality
Gender
Risk Behaviours
Health Rights and Access
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
21
0.955
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 4
Social policy
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
18
0.900
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 5
mental health
well-being
public health
social sciences
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
17
0.850
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 6
Social Sciences
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
15
0.750
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 7
Road Safety
Sustainable and Just Transport
Gender and Transport
Transport Modelling
Transport Assessment
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
15
0.789
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 8
Migration Policy
Public Policy
Regional Integration
Local Governance
Xenophobia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
13
0.684
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 9
child well-being
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
13
0.684
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 10
Fertility
Mortality
Migration
Reproductive Health Health
and Population Policy
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
16
0.889
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 11
Child rights
child protection
child participation
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
12
0.706
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 12
Media policy and regulation
new media and democracy
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
11
0.647
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 13
social policy
development
gender
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
9
0.529
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 14
Conflict & Migration Studies
Political Geography
Regionalism
Security Studies
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
15
0.938
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 15
Social Policy
Social Development
Comparative Social Policy in Africa
Public Policy
Indigenous
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
13
0.867
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 16
Migration
ethnography
gender
livelihoods
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
10
0.769
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 17
HIV/tuberculosis
gender
sub-Saharan Africa
stigma
community
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
11
0.917
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 18
STEM
Gender
Curriculum
Design
Science and technology education
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
11
0.917
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 19
Work-family
Breastfeeding at work
Gender
Care work
Motherhood
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
11
0.917
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 20
Philanthropy
social investment
civil society
development studies and governance
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
9
0.750
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 21
climate change
social policy
development studies
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
7
0.583
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 22
Science fiction
Ursula K Le Guin
feminism
gender theory
women's poetry
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
8
0.727
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 23
Youth issues
Youth work practice
Youth engagement
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10
10
1.000
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 24
decoloniality
African feminisms
womanhood
sexuality
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10
10
1.000
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 25
Public Policy
Rural and Urban Resilience
Project Planning and Management.
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10
9
0.900
Tara Carney
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
21
0.724
substance use
brief interventions
adolescents
gender
externalising behaviour
Mark Orkin
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
17
0.680
Zoe Duby
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
21
0.955
HIV Prevention
Sexuality
Gender
Risk Behaviours
Health Rights and Access
Sophie Plagerson
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
18
0.900
Sara Cooper
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
17
0.850
mental health
well-being
public health
social sciences
Makandwe Nyirenda
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
15
0.750
Marianne Vanderschuren
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
15
0.789
Road Safety
Sustainable and Just Transport
Gender and Transport
Transport Modelling
Transport Assessment
Aurelia Segatti
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
13
0.684
Migration Policy
Public Policy
Regional Integration
Local Governance
Xenophobia
Mokhantšo Makoae
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
13
0.684
A Sathiya Susuman
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
16
0.889
Fertility
Mortality
Migration
Reproductive Health Health
and Population Policy
Lucy Jamieson
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
12
0.706
Child rights
child protection
child participation
Dumisani Moyo
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
11
0.647
Media policy and regulation
new media and democracy
Viviene Taylor
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
9
0.529
Victor H Mlambo
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
15
0.938
Conflict & Migration Studies
Political Geography
Regionalism
Security Studies
Ndangwa Noyoo
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
13
0.867
Social Policy
Social Development
Comparative Social Policy in Africa
Public Policy
Indigenous
Zaheera Jinnah
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
10
0.769
Migration
ethnography
gender
livelihoods
Lario Viljoen
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
11
0.917
HIV/tuberculosis
gender
sub-Saharan Africa
stigma
community
Asheena Singh-Pillay
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
11
0.917
STEM
Gender
Curriculum
Design
Science and technology education
Ameeta Jaga
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
11
0.917
Work-family
Breastfeeding at work
Gender
Care work
Motherhood
Bhekinkosi Moyo
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
9
0.750
Philanthropy
social investment
civil society
development studies and governance
Nina Hunter
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
7
0.583
climate change
social policy
development studies
Deirdre C Byrne
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
8
0.727
Science fiction
Ursula K Le Guin
feminism
gender theory
women's poetry
Thulani Andrew Chauke
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10
10
1.000
Youth issues
Youth work practice
Youth engagement
Neo Mohlabane
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10
10
1.000
decoloniality
African feminisms
womanhood
sexuality
Leonard Chitongo
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10
9
0.900
Public Policy
Rural and Urban Resilience
Project Planning and Management.