University of the Witwatersrand is a
prestigious public university
established in 1922 in South Africa. It is represented
by 1,794 scientists in the AD Scientific Index. The
university’s scientists are particularly concentrated in
Social Sciences and Humanities (480 scientists), Medical and Health Sciences (213 scientists), and Social Sciences (200 scientists).
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 1
African politics
history
colonialism
race
enlightenment
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77
60
0.779
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* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 2
African History
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
18
0.581
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 3
Postcolonial literary studies
print culture
book history
oceanic studies
Indian Ocean studies
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
19
0.655
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 4
History
South Africa
Biometrics
States
Gold Mining
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
14
0.636
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 5
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
17
0.739
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 6
modern South African history
immigration
sexuality
youth
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
11
0.579
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 7
South Asian History
Caste
Communism
Social Theory
Transnational History
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
13
0.765
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 8
Environmental and Water History
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
11
0.688
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 9
Radio
Ndebele ethnicity
nationalism
popular struggles
oral history
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
8
0.667
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 10
Ethics
aesthetics
race
privilege
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10
7
0.700
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* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 11
History
heritage
memory studies
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
6
0.500
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 12
South African political and social history
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9
6
0.667
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 13
African history
popular culture
print cultures
transnational anti-apartheid solidarities
life history writing
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
6
0.750
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 14
adoption
foster care
christianity
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
5
0.833
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 15
History
Education
Decolonisation
Pedagogy
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
5
0.714
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 16
South African Jazz
Music History
Jazz
Popular Music
Cultural Studies
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
4
0.667
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 17
Architectural history and criticism
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
2
0.333
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 18
Philosophy
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4
2
0.500
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 19
Loango
West Central Africa
Cross-Cultural Exchange
African History
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
2
0.667
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 20
History of Economic Thought
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
3
1.000
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 21
Early Modern History
History of Political Thought
History of Ideas
Renaissance Studies
History of Architecture
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
2
0.667
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 22
Logic
Philosophical Logics
Metaphysics and Ethics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
2
1.000
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 23
History
Queer History
LGBTQIA+ History
Southern Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
2
1.000
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 24
Library Science
theatre
liberation movements
popular culture
South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
1
0.500
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 25
Composite materials
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1
1
1.000
Achille Mbembe
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77
60
0.779
African politics
history
colonialism
race
enlightenment
Peter Delius
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
18
0.581
Isabel Hofmeyr
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
19
0.655
Postcolonial literary studies
print culture
book history
oceanic studies
Indian Ocean studies
Keith Breckenridge
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
14
0.636
History
South Africa
Biometrics
States
Gold Mining
Lucy Allais
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
17
0.739
Clive Glaser
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
11
0.579
modern South African history
immigration
sexuality
youth
Dilip Menon
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
13
0.765
South Asian History
Caste
Communism
Social Theory
Transnational History
Muchaparara Musemwa
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
11
0.688
Environmental and Water History
Sekibakiba Peter Lekgoathi
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
8
0.667
Radio
Ndebele ethnicity
nationalism
popular struggles
oral history
Samantha Vice
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10
7
0.700
Ethics
aesthetics
race
privilege
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Cynthia Kros
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
6
0.500
History
heritage
memory studies
Arianna Lissoni
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9
6
0.667
South African political and social history
Maria Suriano
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
6
0.750
African history
popular culture
print cultures
transnational anti-apartheid solidarities
life history writing
Priscilla Gerrand
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
5
0.833
adoption
foster care
christianity
Sarah Godsell
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
5
0.714
History
Education
Decolonisation
Pedagogy
Lindelwa Dalamba
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
4
0.667
South African Jazz
Music History
Jazz
Popular Music
Cultural Studies
Jonathan Noble
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
2
0.333
Architectural history and criticism
Robert Kowalenko
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4
2
0.500
Stacey Sommerdyk
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
2
0.667
Loango
West Central Africa
Cross-Cultural Exchange
African History
Caro C Janse Van Rensburg
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
3
1.000
Luigi Robuschi
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
2
0.667
Early Modern History
History of Political Thought
History of Ideas
Renaissance Studies
History of Architecture
Keanu K Mabalane
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
2
1.000
Logic
Philosophical Logics
Metaphysics and Ethics
Jonathan Botes
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
2
1.000
History
Queer History
LGBTQIA+ History
Southern Africa
Kasonde Mukonde
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
1
0.500
Library Science
theatre
liberation movements
popular culture
South Africa
Mahlatse Rabothata
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1
1
1.000
