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 (483 scientists), Medical and Health Sciences (213 scientists), and Social Sciences (200 scientists).

* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Lee Berger
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: 2
Maryna Steyn
Forensic anthropology
biological anthropology
skeletal biology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
28
0.667
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Lynne A. Schepartz
Mammalian paleontology
Biological anthropology
Skeletal biology
Paleoanthropology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
19
0.633
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Richard Rottenburg
evidentiary practices
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
14
0.583
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Bernhard Zipfel
Palaeontology
palaeoanthropology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
19
0.864
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Robert J Thornton
Africa
HIV & AIDS
sex & sexuality
Artisanal mining
traditional healing
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
12
0.545
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Esterhuysen AB
Archaeology
heritage
anthropology
biology
education
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
9
0.474
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Brian F Kuhn
Palaeozoology
Palaeoecology
Ecology
Palaeoanthropology
Conservation biology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
11
0.647
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Nolwazi Mkhwanazi
teenage pregnancy
reproductive health
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
13
0.813
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Julia Hornberger
Policing
Human Rights
Health
Intellectual Property
Pharmaceuticals
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
11
0.786
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Hylton White
Anthropology
Southern Africa
Social Theory
Value Theory
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
10
0.769
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Matthew Wilhelm-Solomon
urban anthropology
medical anthropology
non-fiction narrative and ethnographic writing
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
9
0.818
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Danai Mupotsa
Feminist Theory
Social Anthropology
Africana Studies
Queer Theory
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
8
0.727
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Stanford T. Mahati
Sociology/ Social Anthropology of Childhood
Migrant Children
Sexualities
Transnationalism
Research Methods
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9
7
0.778
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Nicholas Bacci
forensic anthropology
bone histology
trauma analysis
forensic facial identification
clinical anatomy.
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
8
1.000
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Anja Meyer
bioarchaeology
forensic anthropology
palaeopathology
anatomy
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
7
1.000
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Joshua Z. Walker
anthropology
Africa
Democratic Republic of Congo
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
3
1.000
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Kholeka Shange
archives
photography
princess magogo
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1
1
1.000
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Lee Berger
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
31
0.534
palaeoanthropology
archaeology
taphonomy
exploration
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Maryna Steyn
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
28
0.667
Forensic anthropology
biological anthropology
skeletal biology
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Lynne A. Schepartz
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
19
0.633
Mammalian paleontology
Biological anthropology
Skeletal biology
Paleoanthropology
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Richard Rottenburg
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
14
0.583
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Bernhard Zipfel
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
19
0.864
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Robert J Thornton
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
12
0.545
Africa
HIV & AIDS
sex & sexuality
Artisanal mining
traditional healing
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Esterhuysen AB
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
9
0.474
Archaeology
heritage
anthropology
biology
education
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Brian F Kuhn
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
11
0.647
Palaeozoology
Palaeoecology
Ecology
Palaeoanthropology
Conservation biology
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Nolwazi Mkhwanazi
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
13
0.813
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Pamila Gupta
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
9
0.563
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Eric Worby
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
9
0.563
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Julia Hornberger
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
11
0.786
Policing
Human Rights
Health
Intellectual Property
Pharmaceuticals
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Hylton White
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
10
0.769
Anthropology
Southern Africa
Social Theory
Value Theory
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Matthew Wilhelm-Solomon
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
9
0.818
urban anthropology
medical anthropology
non-fiction narrative and ethnographic writing
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Danai Mupotsa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
8
0.727
Feminist Theory
Social Anthropology
Africana Studies
Queer Theory
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Stanford T. Mahati
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9
7
0.778
Sociology/ Social Anthropology of Childhood
Migrant Children
Sexualities
Transnationalism
Research Methods
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Nicholas Bacci
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
8
1.000
forensic anthropology
bone histology
trauma analysis
forensic facial identification
clinical anatomy.
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Anja Meyer
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
7
1.000
bioarchaeology
forensic anthropology
palaeopathology
anatomy
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Joshua Z. Walker
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
3
1.000
anthropology
Africa
Democratic Republic of Congo
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Kholeka Shange
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1
1
1.000