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World 120 Scientists H-Index Social Sciences / Regional Studies Rankings - 2025
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* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 1
African Population History
Genetic Variation
Disease Susceptibility
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76
51
0.671
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 2
Southeast Asian Politics
Indonesian Politics
ethnic conflict
clientelism
comparative politics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57
42
0.737
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 3
African and African American Studies
race and ethnicity
politics
social inequality
social psychology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56
33
0.589
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 4
Southeast Asian History
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55
27
0.491
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 5
African Gifting
Philanthropy
Civil Society
Governance
NGOs
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
21
0.488
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 6
South Asia
gender and development
Artisanal and Small-scale Mining (ASM)
ASM
Gender and water
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
28
0.700
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 7
African archaeology
foodways
pastoralism
zooarchaeology
ancient DNA
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
28
0.737
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 8
African Linguistics
Bantu
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
24
0.667
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 9
Africa
Migration
Urbanization
Affordable housing
Land tenure
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
20
0.571
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 10
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
19
0.543
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 11
China: economy
public finance
public services
fiscal decentralization
reformFirst interest
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
17
0.486
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 12
African Christianity
African diaspora
indigenous religions
new religious movements
migration and transnationalism
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
16
0.500
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 13
African Studies
African Language Literatures
Linguistics
Regional Studies
Humanities
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
21
0.700
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 14
African Higher Education
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
19
0.679
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 15
China studies
international relations
anthropology of knowledge
cultural studies
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
16
0.615
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 16
Southeast Asian Politics and security.
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
13
0.500
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 17
Chinese in Southeast Asia
Economic Sociology
Comparative Religion
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
12
0.462
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 18
African Studies
African Art
Anthopology
Social Occupational Therapy
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
14
0.560
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 19
African Politics
Comparative Politics
Ethnic Politics
International Development
Nationalism
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
19
0.792
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 20
African cities
Urban governance
Healthy cities
Urban food systems
Informal settlements
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
18
0.818
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 21
African literature
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
14
0.636
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 22
Bölgesel ve Yerel Kalkınma
Yenilik
İktisat Felsefesi
Kuantum Teorisi ve İktisat
Post-Modernizm ve İktisat
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
12
0.571
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 23
Indonesia
Malaysia
Southeast Asia
Media
Digital Technologies
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
17
0.850
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 24
Economics
Regional Economics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
11
0.550
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 25
african feminist theory
gender based violence
queer
sexualities
pedagogies
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
11
0.550
Sarah Tishkoff
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76
51
0.671
African Population History
Genetic Variation
Disease Susceptibility
Edward Aspinall
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57
42
0.737
Southeast Asian Politics
Indonesian Politics
ethnic conflict
clientelism
comparative politics
Lawrence Bobo
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56
33
0.589
African and African American Studies
race and ethnicity
politics
social inequality
social psychology
anthony reid
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55
27
0.491
Alan Fowler
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
21
0.488
African Gifting
Philanthropy
Civil Society
Governance
NGOs
Kuntala Lahiri Dutt
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
28
0.700
South Asia
gender and development
Artisanal and Small-scale Mining (ASM)
ASM
Gender and water
Mary Prendergast
Rice University
Houston, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
28
0.737
African archaeology
foodways
pastoralism
zooarchaeology
ancient DNA
Koen Bostoen
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
24
0.667
Deborah Potts
King's College London
London, United Kingdom
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
20
0.571
Africa
Migration
Urbanization
Affordable housing
Land tenure
Henning Melber
Uppsala University
Uppsala, Sweden
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
19
0.543
Christine Wong
National University of Singapore
Queenstown, Singapore
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
17
0.486
China: economy
public finance
public services
fiscal decentralization
reformFirst interest
Afe Adogame
Princeton Theological Seminary
Princeton, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
16
0.500
African Christianity
African diaspora
indigenous religions
new religious movements
migration and transnationalism
Adams Bodomo
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
21
0.700
African Studies
African Language Literatures
Linguistics
Regional Studies
Humanities
Damtew Teferra
Boston College
Chestnut Hill, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
19
0.679
Chih Yu Shih|石 之瑜, Zhiyu Shi
National Taiwan University
Taipei, Taiwan
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
16
0.615
China studies
international relations
anthropology of knowledge
cultural studies
Damien Kingsbury
Deakin University
Geelong, Australia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
13
0.500
Southeast Asian Politics and security.
Chee Kiong Tong
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
12
0.462
Chinese in Southeast Asia
Economic Sociology
Comparative Religion
Denise Dias Barros
Universidade de São Paulo USP
São Paulo, Brazil
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
14
0.560
African Studies
African Art
Anthopology
Social Occupational Therapy
Elliott Green
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
19
0.792
African Politics
Comparative Politics
Ethnic Politics
International Development
Nationalism
Warren Smit
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
18
0.818
African cities
Urban governance
Healthy cities
Urban food systems
Informal settlements
Tydskrif Vir Letterkunde
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
14
0.636
Murat Ali Dulupçu
Süleyman Demirel University
Isparta, Türkiye
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
12
0.571
Bölgesel ve Yerel Kalkınma
Yenilik
İktisat Felsefesi
Kuantum Teorisi ve İktisat
Post-Modernizm ve İktisat
Ross Tapsell
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
17
0.850
Indonesia
Malaysia
Southeast Asia
Media
Digital Technologies
Emine Sedef Akgüngör
Dokuz Eylül University
İzmir, Türkiye
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
11
0.550
Jane Bennett
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
11
0.550
african feminist theory
gender based violence
queer
sexualities
pedagogies