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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
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 :2
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99
79
0.798
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
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
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
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
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
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
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
archaeology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
27
0.509
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
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
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
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
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
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
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
archaeology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
28
0.875
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
archaeology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
29
0.935
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Archaeology and Heritage Management
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
19
0.826
Marlize Lombard
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101
89
0.881
Stone Age archaeology
human behavioural and cognitive evolution
Judith Sealy
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99
79
0.798
Salima Ikram
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95
67
0.705
Egyptology
zooarchaeology
rock art
archaeology
experimental archaeology
TN Huffman
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95
54
0.568
Domingo Carlos Salazar-García
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80
71
0.888
arqueología biomolecular
evolución humana
Innocent Pikirayi
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
44
0.721
Social Complexity
Great Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe Tradition
Sarah Wurz
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57
48
0.842
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
27
0.509
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
Paloma de la Peña
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
37
0.860
Dominic Stratford|Dominic J Stratford
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
38
0.905
Archaeology
Palaeoanthropology
Sedimentology
Geomorphology
Stratigraphy
Grant Hall
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
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
Johann Cook
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
6
0.154
Justin Bradfield
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
28
0.875
Wadley
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
29
0.935
Gilbert Pwiti
University of Zimbabwe
Harare, Zimbabwe
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
Mari Carmen Arriaza
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
27
0.964
Archeozoology
Taphonomy
Plio-Pleistocene
East Africa
MH Alex Schoeman
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
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
Sam Challis
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
24
0.960
Rock art
Heritage
Cognitive Archaeology
Colonial History
African History
Jan De Vynck
Nelson Mandela University
Port Elizabeth, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
24
1.000
Archaeology
Human Behavioural Ecology
Ethnobotany
Marine Biology
Irene Esteban
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
22
0.917
Archaeology
Prehistory
Archaeobotany
Paleoecology
South African Stone Age
Aurore Val
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
21
0.913
Palaeolithic archaeology
taphonomy
South Africa
Middle Stone Age
Manyanga Munyaradzi
Great Zimbabwe University
Masvingo, Zimbabwe
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
19
0.826