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Africa Social Sciences / Archeology 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 :1
South Africa
Marlize Lombard
Stone Age archaeology
human behavioural and cognitive evolution
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101
89
0.881
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Egypt
Salima Ikram
Egyptology
zooarchaeology
rock art
archaeology
experimental archaeology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95
67
0.705
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
South Africa
TN Huffman
African archaeology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95
54
0.568
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
South Africa
Domingo Carlos Salazar-García
arqueología biomolecular
evolución humana
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80
71
0.888
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
South Africa
Innocent Pikirayi
Social Complexity
Great Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe Tradition
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
44
0.721
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
South Africa
Sarah Wurz
Paleolithic archaeology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57
48
0.842
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
South Africa
Lucinda Backwell
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 :9
South Africa
Karim Sadr
archaeology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
27
0.509
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
South Africa
Shaw Badenhorst
Archaeozoology
Zooarchaeology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
32
0.711
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
South Africa
Simon Hall
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 :12
South Africa
Paloma de la Peña
Archaeology and History of Science
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
37
0.860
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
South Africa
Dominic Stratford|Dominic J Stratford
Archaeology
Palaeoanthropology
Sedimentology
Geomorphology
Stratigraphy
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
38
0.905
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
South Africa
Grant Hall
Stable Isotopes
Climate Change
Tree Rings
Charcoal
Stable Isotope Ecology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
34
0.850
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
South Africa
Johann Cook
septuagint studies
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
6
0.154
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
South Africa
Justin Bradfield
archaeology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
28
0.875
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
South Africa
Wadley
archaeology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
29
0.935
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Zimbabwe
Gilbert Pwiti
World prehistory
archaeology of farming communities
eastern and southern Africa
archaeological theory
heritage management
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
17
0.548
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
South Africa
Mari Carmen Arriaza
Archeozoology
Taphonomy
Plio-Pleistocene
East Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
27
0.964
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
South Africa
MH Alex Schoeman
Gender
African Archaeology
Archaeology of food
foodways and farming
Ki Tama
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
17
0.654
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
South Africa
Sam Challis
Rock art
Heritage
Cognitive Archaeology
Colonial History
African History
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
24
0.960
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
South Africa
Jan De Vynck
Archaeology
Human Behavioural Ecology
Ethnobotany
Marine Biology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
24
1.000
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
South Africa
Irene Esteban
Archaeology
Prehistory
Archaeobotany
Paleoecology
South African Stone Age
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
22
0.917
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
South Africa
Aurore Val
Palaeolithic archaeology
taphonomy
South Africa
Middle Stone Age
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
21
0.913
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Zimbabwe
Manyanga Munyaradzi
Archaeology and Heritage Management
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
19
0.826
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Marlize Lombard
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101
89
0.881
Stone Age archaeology
human behavioural and cognitive evolution
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Judith Sealy
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99
79
0.798
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Salima Ikram
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95
67
0.705
Egyptology
zooarchaeology
rock art
archaeology
experimental archaeology
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
TN Huffman
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95
54
0.568
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Domingo Carlos Salazar-García
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80
71
0.888
arqueología biomolecular
evolución humana
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Innocent Pikirayi
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
44
0.721
Social Complexity
Great Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe Tradition
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Sarah Wurz
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57
48
0.842
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Lucinda Backwell
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54
46
0.852
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Karim Sadr
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
27
0.509
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Shaw Badenhorst
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
32
0.711
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Simon Hall
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
30
0.667
Southern African Iron Age
Historical Archaeology
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Paloma de la Peña
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
37
0.860
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Dominic Stratford|Dominic J Stratford
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
38
0.905
Archaeology
Palaeoanthropology
Sedimentology
Geomorphology
Stratigraphy
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Grant Hall
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
34
0.850
Stable Isotopes
Climate Change
Tree Rings
Charcoal
Stable Isotope Ecology
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Johann Cook
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
6
0.154
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Justin Bradfield
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
28
0.875
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Wadley
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
29
0.935
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Gilbert Pwiti
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
17
0.548
World prehistory
archaeology of farming communities
eastern and southern Africa
archaeological theory
heritage management
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Mari Carmen Arriaza
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
27
0.964
Archeozoology
Taphonomy
Plio-Pleistocene
East Africa
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
MH Alex Schoeman
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
17
0.654
Gender
African Archaeology
Archaeology of food
foodways and farming
Ki Tama
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Sam Challis
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
24
0.960
Rock art
Heritage
Cognitive Archaeology
Colonial History
African History
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Jan De Vynck
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
24
1.000
Archaeology
Human Behavioural Ecology
Ethnobotany
Marine Biology
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Irene Esteban
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
22
0.917
Archaeology
Prehistory
Archaeobotany
Paleoecology
South African Stone Age
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Aurore Val
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
21
0.913
Palaeolithic archaeology
taphonomy
South Africa
Middle Stone Age
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Manyanga Munyaradzi
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
19
0.826