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South Africa 117 Scientists H-Index Social Sciences / Tourism & Hospitality Rankings - 2025
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* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 1
Tourism and Development
Local Economic Development
Small Enterprise Development
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81
46
0.568
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 2
Market segmentation within a tourism context
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
22
0.667
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 3
South Africa
commemoration
heritage
tourism
memory
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
20
0.645
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 4
Tourism
Community-based tourism
Food tourism
Food
Sport event tourism
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
28
0.933
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 5
Tourism
Sport mega-events
Hospitality
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
26
0.897
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 6
local development
karoo
south africa
land reform
tourism
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
11
0.458
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 7
sport
leisure
and tourism marketing
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
15
0.682
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 8
Adventure tourism
higher education
geography of education
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
18
0.900
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 9
Tourism Management
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
14
0.700
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 10
Strategic Tourism Management
Strategic Tourism Marketing
Rural Tourism
Tourism Entrepreneurship
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
17
0.895
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 11
Tourism & Environmental management
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
16
0.889
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 12
Sport tourism
legacy
mega-events
nation branding
sport development
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
15
0.938
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 13
Tourism
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
13
0.867
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 14
corporate and business travel
tourism distribution
incentive travel
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
11
0.733
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 15
Consumer Behaviour
Culinary Tourism
Hospitality
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
12
0.857
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 16
Tourism
social impact
travel motives
marketing
social media
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
12
0.923
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 17
Social media marketing
consumer behaviour in tourism
digital marketing
eco tourism
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
12
0.923
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 18
Tourism
sustainable tourism
community development
heritage
event management
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
8
0.615
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 19
Tourism and local economic development
Community based tourism
Rural tourism
Tourism SMMEs
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
10
0.833
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 20
Tourism Management
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
10
0.833
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 21
Cultural tourism
transmodernism
authenticity
tourist experience
South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
10
0.833
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 22
Development Communication
Participatory Communication
Cultural Tourism and Identity
Critical Indigenous Methodologies
South
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
8
0.667
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 23
Local Economic Development
Rural tourism product development
Tourism Development
Sport Tourism Events
Tourism Marketing
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
11
1.000
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 24
Mobility
Human geography
Urban studies
Critical pedagogies
Tourism
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
11
1.000
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 25
Hospitality & Tourism
Social Entrepreneurship
Organisational Change
Corporate Strategy
Service Marketing
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
10
0.909
Christian Rogerson
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81
46
0.568
Tourism and Development
Local Economic Development
Small Enterprise Development
Martinette Kruger
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
22
0.667
Market segmentation within a tourism context
Sabine Marschall
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
20
0.645
South Africa
commemoration
heritage
tourism
memory
Andrea Giampiccoli
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
28
0.933
Tourism
Community-based tourism
Food tourism
Food
Sport event tourism
Tembi Tichaawa
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
26
0.897
Tourism
Sport mega-events
Hospitality
Doreen Atkinson
University of Limpopo
Mankweng, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
11
0.458
local development
karoo
south africa
land reform
tourism
Neels Van Heerden
Tshwane University of Technology
Pretoria, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
15
0.682
sport
leisure
and tourism marketing
Tracey Mckay|Tracey Morton McKay
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
18
0.900
Adventure tourism
higher education
geography of education
Berendien Lubbe
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
14
0.700
Ikechukwu O. Ezeuduji
University of Zululand
Kwadlangezwa, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
17
0.895
Strategic Tourism Management
Strategic Tourism Marketing
Rural Tourism
Tourism Entrepreneurship
Kevin Mearns
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
16
0.889
Tourism & Environmental management
Brendon Knott.
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
15
0.938
Sport tourism
legacy
mega-events
nation branding
sport development
Acha-Anyi Paul Nkemngu
Walter Sisulu University
Mthatha, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
13
0.867
Anneli Douglas
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
11
0.733
corporate and business travel
tourism distribution
incentive travel
Gerrie Du Rand
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
12
0.857
Consumer Behaviour
Culinary Tourism
Hospitality
Marco Scholtz
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
12
0.923
Tourism
social impact
travel motives
marketing
social media
Rosemary Matikiti-Manyevere
Nelson Mandela University
Port Elizabeth, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
12
0.923
Social media marketing
consumer behaviour in tourism
digital marketing
eco tourism
Felicite Fairer-Wessels
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
8
0.615
Tourism
sustainable tourism
community development
heritage
event management
Takalani Ramukumba
Walter Sisulu University
Mthatha, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
10
0.833
Tourism and local economic development
Community based tourism
Rural tourism
Tourism SMMEs
Adam Viljoen
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
10
0.833
Milena Ivanovic
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
10
0.833
Cultural tourism
transmodernism
authenticity
tourist experience
South Africa
Lauren Dyll
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
8
0.667
Development Communication
Participatory Communication
Cultural Tourism and Identity
Critical Indigenous Methodologies
South
Siyabulela Nyikana
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
11
1.000
Local Economic Development
Rural tourism product development
Tourism Development
Sport Tourism Events
Tourism Marketing
Bradley Rink
University of the Western Cape
Bellville, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
11
1.000
Mobility
Human geography
Urban studies
Critical pedagogies
Tourism
Orthodox Tefera
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
10
0.909
Hospitality & Tourism
Social Entrepreneurship
Organisational Change
Corporate Strategy
Service Marketing