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South Africa 113 Scientists H-Index History, Philosophy, Theology / Theology Rankings - 2025
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* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 1
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
16
0.485
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 2
Systematic theology
ecotheology
ecumenical theology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
19
0.679
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 3
New Testament
Parables
Social-scientific criticism
Sexuality in the ancient world
Narrative criticism
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
11
0.478
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 4
Religious Urbanism
African Pentecostalism
Religion and Media
African Religions
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
16
0.727
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 5
Old Testament Wisdom literature
African biblical hermeneutics
Hebrew Bible and gender
Bible in African context
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
13
0.591
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 6
Congregational Studies
Youth Ministry
Christian Education
Evangelism
Leadership
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
14
0.667
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 7
Theology
Pastoral care
Spirituality
Development
Religious Health
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
16
0.800
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 8
Theology and Development
Religion and Development
Diaconal Studies
Religious and Social Change
Post-apartheid South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
12
0.600
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 9
Theology
Aesthetics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
11
0.550
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 10
Biblical hermeneutics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
10
0.500
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 11
Septuagint studies
Philo
Hebrews
Luke-Acts
Matthew
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
8
0.400
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 12
Missiology
missional ecclesiology
missional leadership
theology of mission.
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
14
0.737
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 13
Pentecostal Theology Apocalypticism
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
14
0.778
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 14
Contemporary islam
Qur'an
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
13
0.722
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 15
Liturgy
Ritual
Homiletics
Practical Theology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
11
0.611
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 16
Public Theology
Systematic Theology
Christian Ethics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
8
0.444
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 17
Old Testament
Gender and Sexuality
Feminist Interpretation
Trauma Studies
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
13
0.765
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 18
New Testament
Rhetoric
Narratology
Galatians
Gospel of John
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
10
0.588
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 19
Systematic Theology
Public Theology
Theological Ethics
Wesleyan Theology
Empirical Theology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
13
0.813
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 20
pastoral care
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
11
0.688
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 21
Religion
Islam
Method and Theory in the study of Modern Islam
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
9
0.563
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 22
Spirituality
Biblical Spirituality
Pentateuch
Old Testament
Journalism
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
8
0.500
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 23
science and religion
consciousness studies
metaphysics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
7
0.467
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 24
Hermeneutics
Bible Translation
Socio-historic context of the New Testament
1 Peter
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
7
0.467
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 25
Practical theology
missiology
fatherhood
community engagement
father absence
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
11
0.786
Gerald West
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
16
0.485
Ernst M. Conradie
University of the Western Cape
Bellville, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
19
0.679
Systematic theology
ecotheology
ecumenical theology
Ernest Van Eck
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
11
0.478
New Testament
Parables
Social-scientific criticism
Sexuality in the ancient world
Narrative criticism
Asonzeh Ukah
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
16
0.727
Religious Urbanism
African Pentecostalism
Religion and Media
African Religions
Madipoane Masenya
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
13
0.591
Old Testament Wisdom literature
African biblical hermeneutics
Hebrew Bible and gender
Bible in African context
Malan Nel
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
14
0.667
Congregational Studies
Youth Ministry
Christian Education
Evangelism
Leadership
Vhumani Magezi
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
16
0.800
Theology
Pastoral care
Spirituality
Development
Religious Health
Ignatius Swart
University of the Western Cape
Bellville, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
12
0.600
Theology and Development
Religion and Development
Diaconal Studies
Religious and Social Change
Post-apartheid South Africa
Johan Cilliers
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
11
0.550
Jeremy Punt
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
10
0.500
Gert J Steyn
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
8
0.400
Septuagint studies
Philo
Hebrews
Luke-Acts
Matthew
CJP (Nelus) Niemandt
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
14
0.737
Missiology
missional ecclesiology
missional leadership
theology of mission.
Marius Nel
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
14
0.778
Pentecostal Theology Apocalypticism
Farid Esack
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
13
0.722
Cas Wepener|Casparus J. Wepener, C.J. Wepener, Casparus Wepener
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
11
0.611
Liturgy
Ritual
Homiletics
Practical Theology
Nico Koopman
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
8
0.444
Public Theology
Systematic Theology
Christian Ethics
Juliana Claassens
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
13
0.765
Old Testament
Gender and Sexuality
Feminist Interpretation
Trauma Studies
Francois Tolmie
University of the Free State
Bloemfontein, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
10
0.588
New Testament
Rhetoric
Narratology
Galatians
Gospel of John
Dion Forster
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
13
0.813
Systematic Theology
Public Theology
Theological Ethics
Wesleyan Theology
Empirical Theology
Yolanda Dreyer
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
11
0.688
Abdulkader Tayob
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
9
0.563
Religion
Islam
Method and Theory in the study of Modern Islam
CJS Lombaard
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
8
0.500
Spirituality
Biblical Spirituality
Pentateuch
Old Testament
Journalism
Cornel Du Toit
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
7
0.467
science and religion
consciousness studies
metaphysics
Fika Janse Van Rensburg
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
7
0.467
Hermeneutics
Bible Translation
Socio-historic context of the New Testament
1 Peter
Fazel Ebrihiam Freeks
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
11
0.786
Practical theology
missiology
fatherhood
community engagement
father absence