i10 Productivity
Rankings
Africa Social Sciences / Anthropology i10 Productivity Rankings 2025
Productivity Rankings is a unique service offered only by “AD Scientific Index”. This is a ranking system derived from the i10 index in order to show the productivity of the scientist in publishing scientific articles of value. Productivity Rankings is an instrument that lists productive scientists in a given area, discipline, university, and country and can guide the development of meaningful incentives and academic policies. The world rankings, regional rankings, and university rankings of scientists in this table are developed based on the total i10 index. Additionally, click to view the special rankings based on Productivity Rankings: Scientists Last 6 years' i10 Index", Universities Total i10 Index Rankings 2025, Universities Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings 2025 "Art and Humanities i10 Productivity Rankings" and "Social Sciences and Humanities i10 Productivity Rankings".
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
193
118
0.611
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Cultural and Media Studies
critical indigenous methodologies
film
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
191
63
0.330
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
palaeoanthropology
archaeology
taphonomy
exploration
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
137
102
0.745
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Forensic anthropology
biological anthropology
skeletal biology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
126
86
0.683
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
anthropology
African studies
media and communication studies
identities
citizenship
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125
88
0.704
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
physical and forensic anthropology and neuroanatomy
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55
24
0.436
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Mammalian paleontology
Biological anthropology
Skeletal biology
Paleoanthropology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
36
0.706
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Higher education
public health
children
poverty and livelihoods
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
30
0.588
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
evidentiary practices
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
21
0.412
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Sociology
public health
anthropology
bioethics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
39
0.780
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
anthropology
science and technology studies
climate change adaptation and mitigation
agropastoralism
rural development
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
38
0.776
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Medical Anthropology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
27
0.587
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
35
0.778
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Cultural Anthropology
Biodiversity Conservation
Education
Art History
Research and Academic Writing
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
40
0.952
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
rural connectivity
white spaces
mesh networks
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
20
0.500
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Social and behavioural research
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
38
0.950
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
religion
public health
philosophical anthropology
social ethics
theology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
8
0.216
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Palaeontology
palaeoanthropology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
29
0.829
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Africa
HIV & AIDS
sex & sexuality
Artisanal mining
traditional healing
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
16
0.444
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Palaeoenvironments
faunal analysis
Palaeontology
Palaeoanthropology
Palaeoecology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
24
0.727
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Medical Anthropology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
20
0.606
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Social and Cultural Anthropology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
15
0.455
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Science careers
Scientometrics
Social research methodology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
23
0.742
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Social Problems
Social Control
Civic Protection Social Protection
Social Order
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
18
0.563
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
SOCIOLOGY
ANTHROPOLOGY AND GENDER STUDIES
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
16
0.516
George Dei
University of Education Winneba
Winneba, Ghana
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
193
118
0.611
Keyan Tomaselli
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
191
63
0.330
Cultural and Media Studies
critical indigenous methodologies
film
Lee Berger
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
137
102
0.745
palaeoanthropology
archaeology
taphonomy
exploration
Maryna Steyn
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
126
86
0.683
Forensic anthropology
biological anthropology
skeletal biology
Francis B. Nyamnjoh
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125
88
0.704
anthropology
African studies
media and communication studies
identities
citizenship
Patrick Igbigbi
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55
24
0.436
physical and forensic anthropology and neuroanatomy
Lynne A. Schepartz
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
36
0.706
Mammalian paleontology
Biological anthropology
Skeletal biology
Paleoanthropology
Thea De Wet
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
30
0.588
Higher education
public health
children
poverty and livelihoods
Richard Rottenburg
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
21
0.412
Ayodele Samuel Jegede
University of Ibadan
Ibadan, Nigeria
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
39
0.780
Sociology
public health
anthropology
bioethics
Todd A Crane
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)
Addis Ababa, Kenya
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
38
0.776
anthropology
science and technology studies
climate change adaptation and mitigation
agropastoralism
rural development
Jonathan Stadler
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
27
0.587
Isaac K. Nyamongo
Co-operative University of Kenya
Nairobi, Kenya
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
35
0.778
Dickson Adom
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
40
0.952
Cultural Anthropology
Biodiversity Conservation
Education
Art History
Research and Academic Writing
David Johnson
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
20
0.500
rural connectivity
white spaces
mesh networks
Salome Ra Bukachi
University of Nairobi
Nairobi, Kenya
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
38
0.950
James R Cochrane
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
8
0.216
religion
public health
philosophical anthropology
social ethics
theology
Bernhard Zipfel
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
29
0.829
Robert J Thornton
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
16
0.444
Africa
HIV & AIDS
sex & sexuality
Artisanal mining
traditional healing
Deano Stynder
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
24
0.727
Palaeoenvironments
faunal analysis
Palaeontology
Palaeoanthropology
Palaeoecology
W. Onyango-Ouma
University of Nairobi
Nairobi, Kenya
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
20
0.606
Fiona C. Ross
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
15
0.455
Heidi Prozesky
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
23
0.742
Science careers
Scientometrics
Social research methodology
Emeka E Obioha
Walter Sisulu University
Mthatha, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
18
0.563
Social Problems
Social Control
Civic Protection Social Protection
Social Order
Olabisi Aina
Obafemi Awolowo University
Ile-Ife, Nigeria
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
16
0.516
SOCIOLOGY
ANTHROPOLOGY AND GENDER STUDIES