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South Africa 1,903 Scientists H-Index Social Sciences Rankings - 2025
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* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 1
Maternal and child health
life course development
child and adolescent development
global mental health
global health
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82
59
0.720
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 2
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: 3
Positive Organizations
Capabilities
Engagement
Flourishing
Well-being
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76
47
0.618
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 4
Disability studies
public mental health
cultural aspects of health care
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70
44
0.629
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 5
Social psychology
race and ethnic studies
research methods
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
38
0.633
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 6
Neuropsychology
Psychoanalysis
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
35
0.583
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 7
palaeoanthropology
archaeology
taphonomy
exploration
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
31
0.534
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 8
Gender gender-based violence rape HIV
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55
39
0.709
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 9
Masculinities
Violence
Fatherhood
Southern Theory
Academic Staff Support
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55
36
0.655
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 10
Building
Construction Digitalisation
Value Management
Quantity Surveying
Construction Industry Development
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54
49
0.907
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 11
higher education and development
social justice
development ethics
capability approach
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
37
0.698
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 12
HIV/ AIDS
adherence
mental health
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
35
0.660
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 13
political economy
political ecology
geography
social movements
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
28
0.528
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 14
gender
violence
sexual health
social epidemiology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
40
0.769
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 15
Career (construction) counselling
narrative career counselling
life designing
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
34
0.667
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 16
Career and Human Capacity Development
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
33
0.647
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 17
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
28
0.560
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 18
Psychology and law
eyewitness identification
social psychology
segregation
contact
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
26
0.520
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 19
anthropology
African studies
media and communication studies
identities
citizenship
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
30
0.625
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 20
Research
Public Health
Psychology
Gender
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
27
0.563
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 21
Posthumanism
Feminist New Materialism
Post-qualitative inquiry
Social Justice and Ethics of Care
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
35
0.745
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 22
Heterosexualities
critical masculinities
racialisation of sexuality and gender
gender-based violence
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
32
0.681
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 23
africa
class
inequality
protest
comparative social policy
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
26
0.553
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 24
Stone Age archaeology
human behavioural and cognitive evolution
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
37
0.804
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 25
Youth resilience
Social Ecology of Resilience Theory
Culture & resilience
African youths' resilience processes
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
35
0.761
Mark Tomlinson
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82
59
0.720
Maternal and child health
life course development
child and adolescent development
global mental health
global health
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
Sebastiaan Rothmann
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76
47
0.618
Positive Organizations
Capabilities
Engagement
Flourishing
Well-being
Leslie Swartz
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70
44
0.629
Disability studies
public mental health
cultural aspects of health care
Kevin Durrheim
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
38
0.633
Social psychology
race and ethnic studies
research methods
Mark Solms
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
35
0.583
Lee Berger
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
31
0.534
palaeoanthropology
archaeology
taphonomy
exploration
Naeemah Abrahams
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55
39
0.709
Robert Morrell
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55
36
0.655
Masculinities
Violence
Fatherhood
Southern Theory
Academic Staff Support
Clinton Aigbavboa
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54
49
0.907
Building
Construction Digitalisation
Value Management
Quantity Surveying
Construction Industry Development
Melanie Walker
University of the Free State
Bloemfontein, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
37
0.698
higher education and development
social justice
development ethics
capability approach
Ashraf Kagee
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
35
0.660
Patrick Bond
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
28
0.528
political economy
political ecology
geography
social movements
Kristin L Dunkle
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
40
0.769
gender
violence
sexual health
social epidemiology
Kobus Maree
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
34
0.667
Career (construction) counselling
narrative career counselling
life designing
Melinde Coetzee
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
33
0.647
Judith Sealy
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
28
0.560
Colin Tredoux
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
26
0.520
Psychology and law
eyewitness identification
social psychology
segregation
contact
Francis B. Nyamnjoh
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
30
0.625
anthropology
African studies
media and communication studies
identities
citizenship
Nompumelelo Zungu
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
27
0.563
Vivienne Bozalek
University of the Western Cape
Bellville, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
35
0.745
Posthumanism
Feminist New Materialism
Post-qualitative inquiry
Social Justice and Ethics of Care
Tamara Shefer
University of the Western Cape
Bellville, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
32
0.681
Heterosexualities
critical masculinities
racialisation of sexuality and gender
gender-based violence
Jeremy Seekings
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
26
0.553
africa
class
inequality
protest
comparative social policy
Marlize Lombard
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
37
0.804
Stone Age archaeology
human behavioural and cognitive evolution
Linda C. Theron
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
35
0.761
Youth resilience
Social Ecology of Resilience Theory
Culture & resilience
African youths' resilience processes