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* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
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
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
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: 4
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
118
38
0.322
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
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
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
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71
29
0.408
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Achille Mbembe
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
276
189
0.685
African politics
history
colonialism
race
enlightenment
Yusef Waghid
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
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
John Parkington
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
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
Gerald West
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
118
38
0.322
Kanu Ikechukwu Anthony
Tansian University
Umunya, Nigeria
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
Ernst M. Conradie
University of the Western Cape
Bellville, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93
50
0.538
Systematic theology
ecotheology
ecumenical theology
Ogbu Kalu
University of Nigeria
Nsukka, Nigeria
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71
29
0.408
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
Mohamed Salama
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
57
0.919
Isabel Hofmeyr
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
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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Jeremy Punt
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
14
0.241
Johan Cilliers
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54
21
0.389
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
Sive Masawe
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
42
0.840
Ernest Van Eck
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
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
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
18
0.375
Liturgy
Ritual
Homiletics
Practical Theology
Jonathan Okeke Chimakonam
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
41
0.872
African Philosophy
Logic
Decoloniality
Peter Delius
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
29
0.617
Madipoane Masenya
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
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
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
5
0.109
Septuagint studies
Philo
Hebrews
Luke-Acts
Matthew
Peter Alexander
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
22
0.489
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
45
13
0.289
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
44
22
0.500
African history
photography
visual studies
gender studies
Grietjie Verhoef
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
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