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South Africa 183 Scientists H-Index Social Sciences / Sociology Rankings - 2025
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* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 1
Maternal and child health
life course development
child and adolescent development
global mental health
global health
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82
59
0.720
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 2
Disability studies
public mental health
cultural aspects of health care
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70
44
0.629
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 3
Gender gender-based violence rape HIV
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55
39
0.709
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 4
Masculinities
Violence
Fatherhood
Southern Theory
Academic Staff Support
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55
36
0.655
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 5
gender
violence
sexual health
social epidemiology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
40
0.769
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 6
Posthumanism
Feminist New Materialism
Post-qualitative inquiry
Social Justice and Ethics of Care
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
35
0.745
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 7
Heterosexualities
critical masculinities
racialisation of sexuality and gender
gender-based violence
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
32
0.681
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 8
africa
class
inequality
protest
comparative social policy
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
26
0.553
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 9
Social Insects
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
35
0.761
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 10
Gender and Childhood Sexuality
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
28
0.636
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 11
sociology of knowledge
curriculum
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
25
0.595
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 12
Gender
Femininities
Gender Based Violence
Interventions
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
34
0.850
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 13
Philosophy and methodology of the social sciences
higher education knowledge production
sociology of science
scientometrics a
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
25
0.641
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 14
gender
masculinities
research ethics
social aspects of HIV
gender violence
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
27
0.750
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 15
rural sociology
land reform
poverty
discourse analysis
development studies
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
20
0.556
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 16
Population and Health
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
28
0.848
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 17
work
labour
inequality
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
22
0.667
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 18
land reform
gender
women's history
south africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
17
0.515
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 19
Leadership
Marketing
Internationalisation and Higher Education
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
25
0.781
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 20
disability vulnerable groups
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
19
0.594
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 21
sexual and reproductive health
HIV/AIDS
adolescents and youth
interventions
monitoring and evaluation
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
30
0.968
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 22
Family-centred care
Child and family well-being
Parenting
family capability
human capabilities
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
27
0.900
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 23
Maternal and child health and indigenous knowledge and medicinal plants
law
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
16
0.533
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 24
gender and diversity in organizations
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
24
0.828
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 25
Sociology of Youth & Education
Southern Knowledges
Methodologies
Youth Futures
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
20
0.690
Mark Tomlinson
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82
59
0.720
Maternal and child health
life course development
child and adolescent development
global mental health
global health
Leslie Swartz
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70
44
0.629
Disability studies
public mental health
cultural aspects of health care
Naeemah Abrahams
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55
39
0.709
Robert Morrell
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55
36
0.655
Masculinities
Violence
Fatherhood
Southern Theory
Academic Staff Support
Kristin L Dunkle
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
40
0.769
gender
violence
sexual health
social epidemiology
Vivienne Bozalek
University of the Western Cape
Bellville, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
35
0.745
Posthumanism
Feminist New Materialism
Post-qualitative inquiry
Social Justice and Ethics of Care
Tamara Shefer
University of the Western Cape
Bellville, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
32
0.681
Heterosexualities
critical masculinities
racialisation of sexuality and gender
gender-based violence
Jeremy Seekings
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
26
0.553
africa
class
inequality
protest
comparative social policy
Christian Pirk
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
35
0.761
Deevia Bhana
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
28
0.636
Johan Muller
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
25
0.595
Nwabisa Jama Shai
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
34
0.850
Gender
Femininities
Gender Based Violence
Interventions
Johann Mouton
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
25
0.641
Philosophy and methodology of the social sciences
higher education knowledge production
sociology of science
scientometrics a
Yandisa Sikweyiya
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
27
0.750
gender
masculinities
research ethics
social aspects of HIV
gender violence
Andries du Toit
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
20
0.556
rural sociology
land reform
poverty
discourse analysis
development studies
Chodziwadziwa Kabudula
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
28
0.848
Edward Webster
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
22
0.667
Cherryl Walker
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
17
0.515
land reform
gender
women's history
south africa
Felix Maringe
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
25
0.781
Leadership
Marketing
Internationalisation and Higher Education
Marguerite Schneider
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
19
0.594
Elona Toska
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
30
0.968
sexual and reproductive health
HIV/AIDS
adolescents and youth
interventions
monitoring and evaluation
Nicolette V Roman
University of the Western Cape
Bellville, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
27
0.900
Family-centred care
Child and family well-being
Parenting
family capability
human capabilities
Nikodem V Cheryl
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
16
0.533
Maternal and child health and indigenous knowledge and medicinal plants
law
Jenny M. Hoobler
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
24
0.828
Sharlene Swartz
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
20
0.690
Sociology of Youth & Education
Southern Knowledges
Methodologies
Youth Futures