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South Africa 333 Scientists H-Index Economics & Econometrics / Economics Rankings - 2025
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* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 1
Macroecomomics
forecasting
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92
75
0.815
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 2
Infectious Diseases
HIV
Tuberculosis
Health Economics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71
36
0.507
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 3
Macroeconomic Policy
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67
53
0.791
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 4
Economics
political science
development
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
32
0.604
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 5
Poverty
Inequality
Social Mobility
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
31
0.585
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 6
Labour Economics
Poverty and Income Distribution
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
28
0.528
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 7
Economic demography
Gender
Labour economics
Well-being
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
31
0.705
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 8
Poverty
inequality
unemployment
social assistance
impact evaluation
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
26
0.605
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 9
development economics poverty land
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
22
0.524
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 10
Tobacco Control
NCD prevention
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
27
0.659
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 11
Economic Methodology
Game Theory
Philosophy of Science
Experimental Economics
Addiction
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
24
0.585
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 12
Development Economics
Health Economics
Microeconomics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
32
0.800
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 13
Construction_industry
HIV_AIDS
Workplace_stress and construction management
HIV/AIDS and prevention
Workplace stress work-fa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
27
0.675
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 14
philosophy of social science philosophy of science
experimental economics
causality
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
23
0.605
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 15
health inequalities
access to healthcare
health-related behaviours
mental health and well-being
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
21
0.600
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 16
System Dynamics
Energy Transition
Resource Economics
Technology Assessment
Africa Cities
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34
27
0.794
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 17
Economics
Tourism Economics
Applied Econometrics
Forecasting
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34
26
0.765
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 18
HIV
AIDS
Health
Economics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34
25
0.735
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 19
feminist economics
gender
labour
education
household economics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
25
0.758
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 20
Economic Evaluation and Health Technology Assessment in LMIC
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
20
0.606
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 21
Development Economics
Health Economics
Policy Research
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
24
0.750
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 22
Economic history
Africa
Development economics
South African history
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
22
0.688
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 23
Development Economics. Local economic development
entrepreneurship
good governance
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
27
0.871
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 24
Education
Poverty
Literacy
Reading
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
25
0.806
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 25
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
18
0.581
Rangan Gupta
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92
75
0.815
Ian Sanne
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71
36
0.507
Infectious Diseases
HIV
Tuberculosis
Health Economics
Nicholas M Odhiambo
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67
53
0.791
J Paul Dunne
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
32
0.604
Economics
political science
development
Murray Leibbrandt
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
31
0.585
Poverty
Inequality
Social Mobility
Haroon Bhorat
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
28
0.528
Labour Economics
Poverty and Income Distribution
Dorrit Posel|D.R.Posel, Dori Posel
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
31
0.705
Economic demography
Gender
Labour economics
Well-being
Ingrid Woolard
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
26
0.605
Poverty
inequality
unemployment
social assistance
impact evaluation
Julian May
University of the Western Cape
Bellville, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
22
0.524
development economics poverty land
Hana Ross
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
27
0.659
Don Ross
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
24
0.585
Economic Methodology
Game Theory
Philosophy of Science
Experimental Economics
Addiction
John Ele-Ojo Ataguba
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
32
0.800
Development Economics
Health Economics
Microeconomics
Paul Bowen
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
27
0.675
Construction_industry
HIV_AIDS
Workplace_stress and construction management
HIV/AIDS and prevention
Workplace stress work-fa
Harold Kincaid
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
23
0.605
philosophy of social science philosophy of science
experimental economics
causality
Frederik Booysen
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
21
0.600
health inequalities
access to healthcare
health-related behaviours
mental health and well-being
Josephine Kaviti Musango
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34
27
0.794
System Dynamics
Energy Transition
Resource Economics
Technology Assessment
Africa Cities
Andrea Saayman
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34
26
0.765
Economics
Tourism Economics
Applied Econometrics
Forecasting
Gavin George
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34
25
0.735
Daniela Casale
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
25
0.758
feminist economics
gender
labour
education
household economics
Susan Cleary
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
20
0.606
Economic Evaluation and Health Technology Assessment in LMIC
Ronelle Burger
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
24
0.750
Development Economics
Health Economics
Policy Research
Johan Fourie
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
22
0.688
Economic history
Africa
Development economics
South African history
Daniel Meyer
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
27
0.871
Development Economics. Local economic development
entrepreneurship
good governance
Nic Spaull
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
25
0.806
Education
Poverty
Literacy
Reading
Pranitha Maharaj
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
18
0.581