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Africa History, Philosophy, Theology i10 Productivity Rankings 2025

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* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
South Africa
Achille Mbembe
African politics
history
colonialism
race
enlightenment
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
276
189
0.685
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
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: 3
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: 5
Nigeria
Kanu Ikechukwu Anthony
African Philosophy
African Metaphysics
African Bioethics
African Traditional Religion
African Cultural Studies
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112
105
0.938
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
South Africa
Ernst M. Conradie
Systematic theology
ecotheology
ecumenical theology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93
50
0.538
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Nigeria
Ogbu Kalu
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71
29
0.408
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
South Africa
Goolam Vahed
Indian Diaspora
Islam in South Africa
Sports History
Citizenship
Transnationalism
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67
28
0.418
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Egypt
Mohamed Salama
Neurodegenerative Diseases
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
57
0.919
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
South Africa
Isabel Hofmeyr
Postcolonial literary studies
print culture
book history
oceanic studies
Indian Ocean studies
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
33
0.532

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* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
South Africa
Jeremy Punt
Biblical hermeneutics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
14
0.241
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
South Africa
Johan Cilliers
Theology
Aesthetics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54
21
0.389
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
South Africa
Philip Higgs
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: 14
South Africa
Sive Masawe
historical information
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
42
0.840
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
South Africa
Ernest Van Eck
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
13
0.265
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
South Africa
Cas Wepener|Casparus J. Wepener, C.J. Wepener, Casparus Wepener
Liturgy
Ritual
Homiletics
Practical Theology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
18
0.375
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
South Africa
Jonathan Okeke Chimakonam
African Philosophy
Logic
Decoloniality
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
41
0.872
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
South Africa
Peter Delius
African History
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
29
0.617
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
South Africa
Madipoane Masenya
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
47
22
0.468
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Kenya
Julius Gathogo
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: 21
South Africa
Gert J Steyn
Septuagint studies
Philo
Hebrews
Luke-Acts
Matthew
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
5
0.109
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
South Africa
Peter Alexander
Social and political change
African studies
comparative labour history
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
22
0.489
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Nigeria
Ayodeji Olukoju.
Maritime History
Economic History
Social History
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
13
0.289
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
South Africa
Patricia Hayes
African history
photography
visual studies
gender studies
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
22
0.500
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
South Africa
Grietjie Verhoef
Business History
Insurance History
History of Business in Africa.nting History
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
24
0.558
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Achille Mbembe
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
276
189
0.685
African politics
history
colonialism
race
enlightenment
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
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: 3
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: 4
Gerald West
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
118
38
0.322
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Kanu Ikechukwu Anthony
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112
105
0.938
African Philosophy
African Metaphysics
African Bioethics
African Traditional Religion
African Cultural Studies
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Ernst M. Conradie
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93
50
0.538
Systematic theology
ecotheology
ecumenical theology
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Ogbu Kalu
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71
29
0.408
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Goolam Vahed
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67
28
0.418
Indian Diaspora
Islam in South Africa
Sports History
Citizenship
Transnationalism
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Mohamed Salama
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
57
0.919
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Isabel Hofmeyr
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
33
0.532
Postcolonial literary studies
print culture
book history
oceanic studies
Indian Ocean studies

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* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Jeremy Punt
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
14
0.241
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Johan Cilliers
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54
21
0.389
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Philip Higgs
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
21
0.404
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Sive Masawe
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
42
0.840
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Ernest Van Eck
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
13
0.265
New Testament
Parables
Social-scientific criticism
Sexuality in the ancient world
Narrative criticism
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Cas Wepener|Casparus J. Wepener, C.J. Wepener, Casparus Wepener
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
18
0.375
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Jonathan Okeke Chimakonam
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
41
0.872
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Peter Delius
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
29
0.617
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Madipoane Masenya
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
22
0.468
Old Testament Wisdom literature
African biblical hermeneutics
Hebrew Bible and gender
Bible in African context
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Julius Gathogo
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
31
0.674
Oral histories
indigenous studies
theology
education
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Gert J Steyn
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
5
0.109
Septuagint studies
Philo
Hebrews
Luke-Acts
Matthew
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Peter Alexander
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
22
0.489
Social and political change
African studies
comparative labour history
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Ayodeji Olukoju.
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
13
0.289
Maritime History
Economic History
Social History
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Patricia Hayes
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
22
0.500
African history
photography
visual studies
gender studies
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Grietjie Verhoef
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
24
0.558
Business History
Insurance History
History of Business in Africa.nting History