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South Africa 563 Scientists H-Index Law / Law and Legal Studies Rankings - 2025
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* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 1
Criminology
policing
environmental security
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56
31
0.554
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 2
General Relativity
Dark Energy
Modified theories of gravity
Cosmology
Integrability
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
38
0.792
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 3
Systems analysis
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
19
0.475
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 4
Salmonella
tuberculosis
campylobacter
Lawsonia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
25
0.676
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 5
Bioethics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
24
0.727
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 6
criminolgy
urban studies
ethnography
urban safety
security governance
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
17
0.586
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 7
International Human Rights Law
Regional Human Rights Systems
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
14
0.583
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 8
law and social change
courts and the poor
socio-economic rights including land
gender-based harm on campus
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
12
0.522
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 9
Law. health research
HIVm children
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
13
0.591
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 10
rights & regulation
competition policy
legal profession
migration & citizenship
South & Southern Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
12
0.545
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 11
International children's rights
restorative justice
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
11
0.500
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 12
federalism
multilevel government
local government
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
14
0.667
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 13
health
disability
race
culture. sexualities
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
10
0.476
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 14
Chldren's rights
family law
human rights
equality
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
11
0.550
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 15
Local Government
Decentralisation
Federalism
intergovernmental relations
development planning
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
14
0.824
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 16
Cities
Urban Law & Governance
Sustainability
Climate Change Law & Governance
Sub-Saharan Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
13
0.765
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 17
Medical Law
Bioethics
Human Rights
Neuropathology
Public Health
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
11
0.647
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 18
Legal pluralism
cultural diversity
law of succession
mixed jurisdictions
comparative judicialism
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
11
0.688
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 19
criminal justice
police
policing
identity
South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
11
0.688
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 20
Feminist qualitative research
sexual and reproductive health and rights
reproductive justice
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
14
0.933
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 21
Social justice
Critical pedagogy
Educational Technology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
13
0.867
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 22
Public Procurement
Open Government
Integrity & Anti-Corruption
WTO Law
Development Law
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
12
0.800
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 23
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
10
0.667
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 24
gender
family law
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
8
0.533
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 25
Criminology
Theory
Methodology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
8
0.533
Clifford Shearing
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56
31
0.554
Criminology
policing
environmental security
Andronikos Paliathanasis
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
38
0.792
General Relativity
Dark Energy
Modified theories of gravity
Cosmology
Integrability
Mary Scholes
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
19
0.475
Ml Van Der Walt Swanepoel
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
25
0.676
Salmonella
tuberculosis
campylobacter
Lawsonia
Keymanthri Moodley
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
24
0.727
Monique Michal Marks
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
17
0.586
criminolgy
urban studies
ethnography
urban safety
security governance
Frans Viljoen
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
14
0.583
International Human Rights Law
Regional Human Rights Systems
Jackie Dugard
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
12
0.522
law and social change
courts and the poor
socio-economic rights including land
gender-based harm on campus
Ann Strode
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
13
0.591
Jonathan Klaaren
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
12
0.545
rights & regulation
competition policy
legal profession
migration & citizenship
South & Southern Africa
Ann Skelton
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
11
0.500
International children's rights
restorative justice
Nicolaas Steytler
University of the Western Cape
Bellville, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
14
0.667
federalism
multilevel government
local government
Charles Ngwena
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
10
0.476
health
disability
race
culture. sexualities
Julia Sloth-Nielsen
University of the Western Cape
Bellville, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
11
0.550
Chldren's rights
family law
human rights
equality
Jaap De Visser
University of the Western Cape
Bellville, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
14
0.824
Local Government
Decentralisation
Federalism
intergovernmental relations
development planning
Anel Du Plessis
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
13
0.765
Cities
Urban Law & Governance
Sustainability
Climate Change Law & Governance
Sub-Saharan Africa
Sylvester Chima|Sylvester C Chima, MD, Chima S C
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
11
0.647
Medical Law
Bioethics
Human Rights
Neuropathology
Public Health
Christa Rautenbach
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
11
0.688
Legal pluralism
cultural diversity
law of succession
mixed jurisdictions
comparative judicialism
Andrew Faull
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
11
0.688
criminal justice
police
policing
identity
South Africa
Ingrid Lynch
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
14
0.933
Feminist qualitative research
sexual and reproductive health and rights
reproductive justice
Zayd Waghid
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
13
0.867
Social justice
Critical pedagogy
Educational Technology
Sope Williams-Elegbe
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
12
0.800
Public Procurement
Open Government
Integrity & Anti-Corruption
WTO Law
Development Law
Lilian Chenwi
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
10
0.667
Elsje Bonthuys
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
8
0.533
Francois Steyn
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
8
0.533