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* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :26
Multilingualism
Sociolinguistics
Bantu linguistics
Multimodality
Language Policy
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55
38
0.691
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :27
archaeology
taphonomy
ethnoarchaeology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54
46
0.852
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :28
archaeology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
26
0.491
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :29
recherche scientifique
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
22
0.415
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :30
Theology
Aesthetics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
21
0.396
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :31
Textile Printing
Dyeing
and Finishing
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
51
0.981
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :32
Philosophy of Education
Higher Education
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
21
0.404
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :33
orality performance and literature
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
16
0.308
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :34
AI
Deep Learning
Machine Learning
Smart Grid
Medical Image Analysis
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
49
0.980
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :35
historical information
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
42
0.857
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :36
Linguistics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
19
0.388
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :37
New Testament
Parables
Social-scientific criticism
Sexuality in the ancient world
Narrative criticism
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
12
0.245
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :38
Old Testament Wisdom literature
African biblical hermeneutics
Hebrew Bible and gender
Bible in African context
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
20
0.417
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :39
Liturgy
Ritual
Homiletics
Practical Theology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
17
0.354
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :40
African History
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
29
0.617
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :41
Linguistic Typology
African languages
Semitic languages
Cognitive linguistics
Anthrozoology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
21
0.447
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :42
Geochemistry
Ore Deposits
Earth History
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
33
0.717
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :43
Oral histories
indigenous studies
theology
education
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
31
0.674
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :44
Septuagint studies
Philo
Hebrews
Luke-Acts
Matthew
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
4
0.087
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :45
African Philosophy
Logic
Decoloniality
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
38
0.844
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :46
Archaeozoology
Zooarchaeology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
32
0.711
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :47
Southern African Iron Age
Historical Archaeology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
30
0.667
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :48
Social and political change
African studies
comparative labour history
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
22
0.500
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :49
Maritime History
Economic History
Social History
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
13
0.295
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :50
African history
photography
visual studies
gender studies
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
20
0.465
Felix Banda
University of the Western Cape
Bellville, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55
38
0.691
Multilingualism
Sociolinguistics
Bantu linguistics
Multimodality
Language Policy
Lucinda Backwell
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54
46
0.852
Karim Sadr
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
26
0.491
Benalla Hocine
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
22
0.415
Johan Cilliers
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
21
0.396
Hanan A. Othman
National Research Center, Egypt
Cairo Governorate, Egypt
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
51
0.981
Philip Higgs
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
21
0.404
Philosophy of Education
Higher Education
Elizabeth Gunner
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
16
0.308
orality performance and literature
Mohamed Abdel Nasser
Aswan University
Aswan, Egypt
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
49
0.980
AI
Deep Learning
Machine Learning
Smart Grid
Medical Image Analysis
Sive Masawe
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
42
0.857
Mary Esther Kropp Dakubu
University of Ghana
Legon, Ghana
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
19
0.388
Ernest Van Eck
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
12
0.245
New Testament
Parables
Social-scientific criticism
Sexuality in the ancient world
Narrative criticism
Madipoane Masenya
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
20
0.417
Old Testament Wisdom literature
African biblical hermeneutics
Hebrew Bible and gender
Bible in African context
Cas Wepener|Casparus J. Wepener, C.J. Wepener, Casparus Wepener
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
17
0.354
Liturgy
Ritual
Homiletics
Practical Theology
Peter Delius
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
29
0.617
Alexander Andrason
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
21
0.447
Linguistic Typology
African languages
Semitic languages
Cognitive linguistics
Anthrozoology
Harilaos Tsikos
Rhodes University
Grahamstown, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
33
0.717
Geochemistry
Ore Deposits
Earth History
Julius Gathogo
Kenyatta University
Nairobi, Kenya
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
31
0.674
Oral histories
indigenous studies
theology
education
Gert J Steyn
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
4
0.087
Septuagint studies
Philo
Hebrews
Luke-Acts
Matthew
Jonathan Okeke Chimakonam
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
38
0.844
African Philosophy
Logic
Decoloniality
Shaw Badenhorst
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
32
0.711
Simon Hall
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
30
0.667
Southern African Iron Age
Historical Archaeology
Peter Alexander
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
22
0.500
Social and political change
African studies
comparative labour history
Ayodeji Olukoju.
University of Lagos
Lagos, Nigeria
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
13
0.295
Maritime History
Economic History
Social History
Patricia Hayes
University of the Western Cape
Bellville, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
20
0.465
African history
photography
visual studies
gender studies