i10 Productivity
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Africa Social Sciences and Humanities i10 Productivity Rankings 2025

Productivity Rankings is an exclusive service provided by AD Scientific Index. This ranking system, derived from the i10 index, highlights the productivity of scientists in publishing impactful scientific articles. Productivity Rankings serves as a tool to identify highly productive scientists across specific areas, disciplines, universities, and countries, and supports the creation of effective incentives and academic policies. The global, regional, and institutional rankings of scientists in this table are calculated based on their total i10 index. Moreover, you can explore special rankings derived from Productivity Rankings, such as 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 :26
South Africa
Andronikos Paliathanasis
General Relativity
Dark Energy
Modified theories of gravity
Cosmology
Integrability
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
145
140
0.966
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :27
South Africa
Melinde Coetzee
Career and Human Capacity Development
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
145
111
0.766
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :28
Kenya
Willy Muturi
Economics
finance
procurement
entreneurship
Human Resource Management
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
140
116
0.829
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :29
South Africa
Yusef Waghid
African Philosophy
Philosophy of Education
Global Citizenship Education
Higher Education
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
139
85
0.612
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :30
South Africa
Lee Berger
palaeoanthropology
archaeology
taphonomy
exploration
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
138
103
0.746
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :31
Kenya
Menale Kassie
Applied micro-econometrics
multiple technologica innovaiton bundles adoption and impact assessment
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
137
117
0.854
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :32
South Africa
John Parkington
rock art
shell middens
human evolution
South African Prehistory
San hunter gatherers
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
136
86
0.632
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :33
South Africa
J Paul Dunne
Economics
political science
development
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
135
81
0.600
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :34
Tunisia
Walid Mensi
Energy Finance
Risk Management
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
134
133
0.993
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :35
South Africa
Kevin Durrheim
Social psychology
race and ethnic studies
research methods
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133
97
0.729
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :36
South Africa
Jonathan Jansen
education
curriculum
policy
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133
71
0.534
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :37
South Africa
Lisa Micklesfield
Physical activity
bone health
body composition
metabolic disease
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
129
103
0.798
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :38
Ghana
Robert E Hinson
Marketing
Business Management
CSR and Sustainability
Communication Technology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127
102
0.803
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :39
South Africa
Maryna Steyn
Forensic anthropology
biological anthropology
skeletal biology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127
87
0.685
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :40
Egypt
Marwa Ibrahim Elsayed
music
education
computer
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
126
82
0.651
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :41
South Africa
Clifford Obby Odimegwu
Demography
Social Statistics and Population Health
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125
107
0.856
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :42
South Africa
Vivienne Bozalek
Posthumanism
Feminist New Materialism
Post-qualitative inquiry
Social Justice and Ethics of Care
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125
103
0.824
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :43
South Africa
Francis B. Nyamnjoh
anthropology
African studies
media and communication studies
identities
citizenship
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125
89
0.712
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :44
South Africa
Melanie Walker
higher education and development
social justice
development ethics
capability approach
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
124
94
0.758
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :45
South Africa
Lesley Le Grange
Environmental Education
Curriculum Studies
Sustainability Education
Research Methodology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122
77
0.631
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :46
South Africa
Rajend Mesthrie
Linguistics
Sociolinguistics
English language
Language in South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121
68
0.562
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :47
South Africa
CC Wolhuter
Comparative and International Education
Education
Higher Education
History of Education
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121
65
0.537
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :48
South Africa
Christian Pirk
Social Insects
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120
92
0.767
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :49
South Africa
Neville Pillay
Animal Behaviour
Behavioural Ecology
Psychology
Ecology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120
71
0.592
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :50
South Africa
Linda C. Theron
Youth resilience
Social Ecology of Resilience Theory
Culture & resilience
African youths' resilience processes
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
118
101
0.856
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Andronikos Paliathanasis
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
145
140
0.966
General Relativity
Dark Energy
Modified theories of gravity
Cosmology
Integrability
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Melinde Coetzee
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
145
111
0.766
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Willy Muturi
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
140
116
0.829
Economics
finance
procurement
entreneurship
Human Resource Management
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Yusef Waghid
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
139
85
0.612
African Philosophy
Philosophy of Education
Global Citizenship Education
Higher Education
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Lee Berger
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
138
103
0.746
palaeoanthropology
archaeology
taphonomy
exploration
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Menale Kassie
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
137
117
0.854
Applied micro-econometrics
multiple technologica innovaiton bundles adoption and impact assessment
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
John Parkington
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
136
86
0.632
rock art
shell middens
human evolution
South African Prehistory
San hunter gatherers
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
J Paul Dunne
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
135
81
0.600
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Walid Mensi
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
134
133
0.993
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Kevin Durrheim
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133
97
0.729
Social psychology
race and ethnic studies
research methods
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Jonathan Jansen
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133
71
0.534
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Lisa Micklesfield
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
129
103
0.798
Physical activity
bone health
body composition
metabolic disease
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Robert E Hinson
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127
102
0.803
Marketing
Business Management
CSR and Sustainability
Communication Technology
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Maryna Steyn
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127
87
0.685
Forensic anthropology
biological anthropology
skeletal biology
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Marwa Ibrahim Elsayed
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
126
82
0.651
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Clifford Obby Odimegwu
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125
107
0.856
Demography
Social Statistics and Population Health
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Vivienne Bozalek
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125
103
0.824
Posthumanism
Feminist New Materialism
Post-qualitative inquiry
Social Justice and Ethics of Care
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Francis B. Nyamnjoh
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125
89
0.712
anthropology
African studies
media and communication studies
identities
citizenship
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Melanie Walker
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
124
94
0.758
higher education and development
social justice
development ethics
capability approach
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Lesley Le Grange
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122
77
0.631
Environmental Education
Curriculum Studies
Sustainability Education
Research Methodology
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Rajend Mesthrie
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121
68
0.562
Linguistics
Sociolinguistics
English language
Language in South Africa
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
CC Wolhuter
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121
65
0.537
Comparative and International Education
Education
Higher Education
History of Education
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Christian Pirk
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120
92
0.767
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Neville Pillay
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120
71
0.592
Animal Behaviour
Behavioural Ecology
Psychology
Ecology
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Linda C. Theron
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
118
101
0.856
Youth resilience
Social Ecology of Resilience Theory
Culture & resilience
African youths' resilience processes