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: 2
Edward Webster
work
labour
inequality
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
21
0.636
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Felix Maringe
Leadership
Marketing
Internationalisation and Higher Education
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
25
0.758
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Sarah Nuttall
South Africa
cultural theory
cities
visual culture
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
17
0.607
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Melissa Steyn
Whiteness
Critical Diversity Studies
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
16
0.552
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Brett Bowman
violence
violence studies
racism
Foucault
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
16
0.640
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Srila Roy
Gender
Feminism
Postcolonial and Transnational Studies
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
18
0.818
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Zimitri Erasmus
Race
Racism
Creolisation
Affirmative Action
post-apartheid
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
13
0.650
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Joel Quirk
slavery
human rights
international
migration
africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
14
0.700
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Erin Mccandless
Social Contracts
Peace/Statebuilding
Peace processes & agreements
Just transitions
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
13
0.684

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* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Bridget Kenny
labour
labor
service work
retail
gender
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
10
0.556
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Paul Chappell
Disability
Gender and Sexuality
HIV/AIDS
Youth Studies
Intersectionality
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
15
0.833
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Nataly Woollett
mental health
HIV
gender based violence
qualitative research
creative art therapies
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
15
0.882
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Ian Goldman
Evaluation
evidence use
rural development
community-driven development
action learning
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
11
0.688
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Crispen Chinguno
Labour Studies
Mining
Digital capitalism
Platform Economy
Data Colonialism
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
8
0.667
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
David W. Olivier
Sociology
Water governance
Narratives
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
10
0.909
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Ben Scully
Labor
Trade Unions
Households
Welfare States
Land
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
9
0.818
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Obvious Katsaura
Urban Violence
Transnational Urbanism
Pentecostal Urbanism
Urban Politics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
7
0.875
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Ruth Castel-Branco
Social welfare
labour rights
agrarian studies
minimum wages
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
6
0.750
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Tatenda Mukwedeya
Political Sociology
urban sociology
development
governance
the post-colonial state
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
5
0.833
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Nyaradzo Mutanha
Social Anthropology
Sociology
Development
Monitoring and Evaluation
Education
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
2
1.000
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Erin Hazan
gender
South Africa
history
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
Chodziwadziwa Kabudula
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
29
0.879
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Edward Webster
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
21
0.636
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Felix Maringe
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
25
0.758
Leadership
Marketing
Internationalisation and Higher Education
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Sarah Nuttall
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
17
0.607
South Africa
cultural theory
cities
visual culture
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Melissa Steyn
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
16
0.552
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Brett Bowman
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
16
0.640
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Srila Roy
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
18
0.818
Gender
Feminism
Postcolonial and Transnational Studies
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Zimitri Erasmus
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
13
0.650
Race
Racism
Creolisation
Affirmative Action
post-apartheid
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Joel Quirk
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
14
0.700
slavery
human rights
international
migration
africa
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Erin Mccandless
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
13
0.684
Social Contracts
Peace/Statebuilding
Peace processes & agreements
Just transitions

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* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Bridget Kenny
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
10
0.556
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Paul Chappell
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
15
0.833
Disability
Gender and Sexuality
HIV/AIDS
Youth Studies
Intersectionality
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Nataly Woollett
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
15
0.882
mental health
HIV
gender based violence
qualitative research
creative art therapies
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Ian Goldman
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
11
0.688
Evaluation
evidence use
rural development
community-driven development
action learning
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Crispen Chinguno
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
8
0.667
Labour Studies
Mining
Digital capitalism
Platform Economy
Data Colonialism
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Prishani Naidoo
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
6
0.462
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
David W. Olivier
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
10
0.909
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Ben Scully
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
9
0.818
Labor
Trade Unions
Households
Welfare States
Land
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Obvious Katsaura
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
7
0.875
Urban Violence
Transnational Urbanism
Pentecostal Urbanism
Urban Politics
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Ruth Castel-Branco
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
6
0.750
Social welfare
labour rights
agrarian studies
minimum wages
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Tatenda Mukwedeya
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
5
0.833
Political Sociology
urban sociology
development
governance
the post-colonial state
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Nyaradzo Mutanha
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
2
1.000
Social Anthropology
Sociology
Development
Monitoring and Evaluation
Education
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Koki Kapa
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1
1
1.000
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Erin Hazan
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1
1
1.000