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South Africa 21 Scientists H-Index Education / Foreign Language Education Rankings - 2025
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* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 1
Language education
literacy education
critical literacy
discourse analysis
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
22
0.611
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 2
English literature
language and literacy
teacher education
class and race studies
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
17
0.810
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 3
Language Education
Postcolonial Literature
Language Policy
Rural Education
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
11
0.611
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 4
Language
Education
English
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
9
0.563
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 5
Language education
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
11
0.733
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 6
early childhood literacy
multilingualism
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
7
0.467
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 7
language and education
bilingualism
language policy in education...
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
10
0.714
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 8
Early Childhood
Democratic Citizenship
Language Education
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
10
0.769
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 9
Language and speech technologies
African languages
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
5
0.417
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 10
Second Language Teacher Education
English Across the Curriculum
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10
9
0.900
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 11
critical multimodal literacies
decolonising English education
critical dialogic pedagogy
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10
6
0.600
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 12
Literature
South African fiction in English
academic literacy
higher education
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10
5
0.500
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 13
Textbooks
multiliteracies
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
6
0.857
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 14
English Language education
visual literacy
language and style
assessment
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
5
0.714
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 15
English language pedagogy
language contact and multilingualism
translanguaging
decoloniality in classroom practice
discourse
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
6
1.000
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 16
English teaching and learning
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
5
1.000
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 17
English language
humanities and social sciences
education
Linguistics
morphology and phonology of southern African languages
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
3
0.600
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 18
English Language Teaching
Academic Literacy
Academic Reading
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4
4
1.000
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 19
Second language teaching
task-based language teaching
African languages teaching
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
2
1.000
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 20
Foreign language teaching and learning
German Studies in (South) Africa
Translation in foreign language acquisition
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
2
1.000
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 21
English
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1
1
1.000
Hilary Janks
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
22
0.611
Language education
literacy education
critical literacy
discourse analysis
Rajendra Chetty
University of the Western Cape
Bellville, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
17
0.810
English literature
language and literacy
teacher education
class and race studies
Robert J. Balfour
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
11
0.611
Language Education
Postcolonial Literature
Language Policy
Rural Education
Rochelle Kapp
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
9
0.563
Mbulungeni Madiba
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
11
0.733
Carole Bloch
University of the Western Cape
Bellville, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
7
0.467
early childhood literacy
multilingualism
Margie Probyn
University of the Western Cape
Bellville, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
10
0.714
language and education
bilingualism
language policy in education...
Ina Joubert
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
10
0.769
Early Childhood
Democratic Citizenship
Language Education
JC Roux
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
5
0.417
Language and speech technologies
African languages
Nhlanhla Mpofu
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10
9
0.900
Second Language Teacher Education
English Across the Curriculum
Ana Ferreira
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10
6
0.600
critical multimodal literacies
decolonising English education
critical dialogic pedagogy
Ken Barris
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10
5
0.500
Literature
South African fiction in English
academic literacy
higher education
Alta Engelbrecht
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
6
0.857
Visvaganthie Moodley
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
5
0.714
English Language education
visual literacy
language and style
assessment
Sindiso Zhou
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
6
1.000
English language pedagogy
language contact and multilingualism
translanguaging
decoloniality in classroom practice
discourse
Kotie Kaiser
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
5
1.000
Nchindila Bernard
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
3
0.600
English language
humanities and social sciences
education
Linguistics
morphology and phonology of southern African languages
Wilfred Molotja
University of Limpopo
Mankweng, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4
4
1.000
English Language Teaching
Academic Literacy
Academic Reading
André Steenkamp
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
2
1.000
Second language teaching
task-based language teaching
African languages teaching
Natasha Engelbrecht
Rhodes University
Grahamstown, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
2
1.000
Foreign language teaching and learning
German Studies in (South) Africa
Translation in foreign language acquisition
Mfanukhona Wonderboy Kunene
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1
1
1.000