Human Sciences Research Council of South Africa is a prestigious institution university established in 1968 in South Africa. It is represented by 92 scientists in the AD Scientific Index. The university’s scientists are particularly concentrated in Social Sciences and Humanities (34 scientists), Social Sciences (21 scientists), and Engineering & Technology (8 scientists).

* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Leickness Chisamu Simbayi
HIV/AIDS surveillance
HIV-related stigma and discrimination
behavioural interventions
implementation research
Orphaned and
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
31
0.500
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Khangelani Zuma
HIV
epidemiology
sexually transmitted infections
statistics
surveys
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
31
0.689
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Heidi van Rooyen
HIV research
testing and counselling
Tuberculosis
GBMSM
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
30
0.750
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Alastair Van Heerden
mHealth
Community Intervention Research
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27
25
0.926
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Benjamin Roberts
Social change
Attitudinal measurement
Quality of Life Studies
Inequality beliefs and redress preferences
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
16
0.640
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Steven Lawrence Gordon
intergroup relations
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
17
0.895
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Jeremiah Chikovore
Health care seeking
Masculinity
adolescence
social aspects of HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis
sexual
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
15
0.789
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Zaynab Essack
Research ethics
human and social development
HIV
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
15
0.833
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Yul Davids
Survey Research and Public Opinion
Citizen Engagement and Public Participation
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
13
0.722
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Tholang Mokhele,
Spatial Statistics
Spatial Analysis
Data Analysis
Small Area Estimation
Accessibility Modelling
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
12
0.800
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Samuel Fongwa
Universities and development
Graduate employability
HE policy
knowledge transfer
and community engagement.
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
12
0.857
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Candice Groenewald
Adolescents
innovative methodologies
family support
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
12
1.000
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Precious Tirivanhu
Community Operational Research
Evaluation Research
Systems Thinking
Rural & Urban Livelihoods
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
10
0.909
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Ntombizodumo B. Mkwanazi
Human development
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10
7
0.700
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Joleen Steyn-Kotze
Substantive Democratization
non-Western political development
citizen experiences in post-authoritarian socio-political contex
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10
7
0.700
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Shirin Motala
Social Protection
Public Employment Programmes
Labour markets
inclusive development
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10
6
0.600
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Simangele Dlamini
GIS
place attachment. environmental attitudes
environmental perceptions
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
8
1.000
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Tlou Millicent Ramoroka
Spatial Planning
Urban Development
Development Planning and Management
Planning and Governance
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
7
0.875
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Wilfred Lunga
Disaster Risk Reduction
Indigenous Knowledge for Disaster Risk Reduction
Resilience
Climate
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
7
0.875
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Krish Chetty
Digital Inclusion
Financial Inclusion
FinTech
Future of Work
Digital Skills
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
7
1.000
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Alude Mahali
Intersectionality
Race
Youth
Identity
Education
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
6
0.857
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Gerard Hagg
community organisation development
arts centre development
local government
traditional leadership
project management
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
4
0.571
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Funeka Yazini April
China
Africa
Industrialisation
SEZ's
Mining
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
4
0.571
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Tsholofelo Angela Thomas
racism
critical race theory
ethnicity
academic success
language in education
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
4
0.667
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Leickness Chisamu Simbayi
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
31
0.500
HIV/AIDS surveillance
HIV-related stigma and discrimination
behavioural interventions
implementation research
Orphaned and
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Khangelani Zuma
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
31
0.689
HIV
epidemiology
sexually transmitted infections
statistics
surveys
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Heidi van Rooyen
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
30
0.750
HIV research
testing and counselling
Tuberculosis
GBMSM
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Alastair Van Heerden
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27
25
0.926
mHealth
Community Intervention Research
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Benjamin Roberts
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
16
0.640
Social change
Attitudinal measurement
Quality of Life Studies
Inequality beliefs and redress preferences
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Steven Lawrence Gordon
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
17
0.895
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Jeremiah Chikovore
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
15
0.789
Health care seeking
Masculinity
adolescence
social aspects of HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis
sexual
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Zaynab Essack
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
15
0.833
Research ethics
human and social development
HIV
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Yul Davids
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
13
0.722
Survey Research and Public Opinion
Citizen Engagement and Public Participation
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Tholang Mokhele,
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
12
0.800
Spatial Statistics
Spatial Analysis
Data Analysis
Small Area Estimation
Accessibility Modelling
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Modimowabarwa Kanyane
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
10
0.667
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Samuel Fongwa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
12
0.857
Universities and development
Graduate employability
HE policy
knowledge transfer
and community engagement.
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Candice Groenewald
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
12
1.000
Adolescents
innovative methodologies
family support
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Precious Tirivanhu
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
10
0.909
Community Operational Research
Evaluation Research
Systems Thinking
Rural & Urban Livelihoods
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Ntombizodumo B. Mkwanazi
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10
7
0.700
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Joleen Steyn-Kotze
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10
7
0.700
Substantive Democratization
non-Western political development
citizen experiences in post-authoritarian socio-political contex
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Shirin Motala
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10
6
0.600
Social Protection
Public Employment Programmes
Labour markets
inclusive development
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Simangele Dlamini
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
8
1.000
GIS
place attachment. environmental attitudes
environmental perceptions
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Tlou Millicent Ramoroka
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
7
0.875
Spatial Planning
Urban Development
Development Planning and Management
Planning and Governance
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Wilfred Lunga
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
7
0.875
Disaster Risk Reduction
Indigenous Knowledge for Disaster Risk Reduction
Resilience
Climate
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Krish Chetty
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
7
1.000
Digital Inclusion
Financial Inclusion
FinTech
Future of Work
Digital Skills
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Alude Mahali
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
6
0.857
Intersectionality
Race
Youth
Identity
Education
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Gerard Hagg
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
4
0.571
community organisation development
arts centre development
local government
traditional leadership
project management
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Funeka Yazini April
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
4
0.571
China
Africa
Industrialisation
SEZ's
Mining
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Tsholofelo Angela Thomas
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
4
0.667
racism
critical race theory
ethnicity
academic success
language in education