i10 Productivity
Rankings
Africa Social Sciences / Political Science i10 Productivity Rankings 2025
Productivity Rankings is a unique service offered only by “AD Scientific Index”. This is a ranking system derived from the i10 index in order to show the productivity of the scientist in publishing scientific articles of value. Productivity Rankings is an instrument that lists productive scientists in a given area, discipline, university, and country and can guide the development of meaningful incentives and academic policies. The world rankings, regional rankings, and university rankings of scientists in this table are developed based on the total i10 index. Additionally, click to view the special rankings based on Productivity Rankings: 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
political economy
political ecology
geography
social movements
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
234
108
0.462
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Democratic Governance
Politics of Economic Development
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93
44
0.473
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92
78
0.848
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
political science
public policy
governance
leadership
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81
45
0.556
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Governance and political economy of development
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76
40
0.526
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
International relations
African Diplomacy and Foreign Policy
African Leadership
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76
38
0.500
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Sustainability
Wellbeing
Governance
Political Economy
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75
47
0.627
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Participatory democracy and governance to address complex challenges
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70
38
0.543
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Religion
Politics
Postcolonial Literature
African Spirituality
African Culture
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66
34
0.515
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Political Violence
Terrorism
Violent Extremism
Transnational Threats and Maritime Security
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
51
0.850
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
comparative African democratisation
election studies
oil and environmental politics in the Niger Delta
identity politics
pea
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
37
0.617
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
South African politics
Gender politics
Public Opinion Analysis
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
34
0.567
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Politiques publiques - Ecologie de la santé - Normativités - Epistémologie des sciences sociales
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55
9
0.164
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
International relations
social theory
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
13
0.245
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
International Relations
Diplomacy
Foreign Policy
Nuclear
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
22
0.468
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Comparative librarianship
International librarianship
Political economy of information
Information policy
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
19
0.404
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Health and Politics
Maternal Health & Sexuality Education
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
41
0.891
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Politics
Security
Environment
Human Rights
Elections
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
21
0.477
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Public Administration
Ethical Issues
Employee Retention
E-Governance
Gender Politics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
36
0.837
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Politics
sociology
religion
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
23
0.535
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Comparative Politics
Security and Conflict Studies
Public Policy
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
33
0.786
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
qualitative research
democratic theory
politics of the body
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
32
0.762
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Political Sociology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
14
0.341
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Governance and Democratic Development
Electoral Reform and Politics
Natural Resource Management
European Studies
and Maritim
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
36
0.900
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Liberal Political Ecology
Security Studies
Gender & Development
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
34
0.850
Patrick Bond
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
234
108
0.462
political economy
political ecology
geography
social movements
E Gyimah-Boadi
University of Ghana
Legon, Ghana
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93
44
0.473
Democratic Governance
Politics of Economic Development
V Naidoo
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92
78
0.848
Joseph Ra Ayee
University of Ghana
Legon, Ghana
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81
45
0.556
political science
public policy
governance
leadership
Karuti Kanyinga|Henry Karuti Kanyinga, HK Kanyinga, k karuti
University of Nairobi
Nairobi, Kenya
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76
40
0.526
Governance and political economy of development
Chris Landsberg
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76
38
0.500
International relations
African Diplomacy and Foreign Policy
African Leadership
Lorenzo Fioramonti
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75
47
0.627
Sustainability
Wellbeing
Governance
Political Economy
Janet Mcintyre-Mills
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70
38
0.543
Participatory democracy and governance to address complex challenges
Tinyiko Samuel Maluleke
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66
34
0.515
Religion
Politics
Postcolonial Literature
African Spirituality
African Culture
Freedom C. Onuoha
University of Nigeria
Nsukka, Nigeria
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
51
0.850
Political Violence
Terrorism
Violent Extremism
Transnational Threats and Maritime Security
J. Shola Omotola
Federal University Oye Ekiti Ekiti State
Oye-Ekiti, Nigeria
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
37
0.617
comparative African democratisation
election studies
oil and environmental politics in the Niger Delta
identity politics
pea
Amanda Gouws
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
34
0.567
South African politics
Gender politics
Public Opinion Analysis
Jean-Noël Ferrié
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55
9
0.164
Politiques publiques - Ecologie de la santé - Normativités - Epistémologie des sciences sociales
Peter Vale
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
13
0.245
International relations
social theory
Jo-Ansie Van Wyk
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
22
0.468
International Relations
Diplomacy
Foreign Policy
Nuclear
Peter J Lor
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
19
0.404
Comparative librarianship
International librarianship
Political economy of information
Information policy
Joshua Amo Adjei
University of Cape Coast
Cape Coast, Ghana
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
41
0.891
Health and Politics
Maternal Health & Sexuality Education
Okechukwu Ibeanu
University of Nigeria
Nsukka, Nigeria
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
21
0.477
Politics
Security
Environment
Human Rights
Elections
Daniel Eseme Gberevbie
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
36
0.837
Public Administration
Ethical Issues
Employee Retention
E-Governance
Gender Politics
Mariz Tadros
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
23
0.535
Politics
sociology
religion
Augustine Ikelegbe
University of Benin
Benin City, Nigeria
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
33
0.786
Comparative Politics
Security and Conflict Studies
Public Policy
Louise Vincent
Rhodes University
Grahamstown, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
32
0.762
qualitative research
democratic theory
politics of the body
Rupert Taylor
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
14
0.341
Ransford Gyampo
University of Ghana
Legon, Ghana
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
36
0.900
Governance and Democratic Development
Electoral Reform and Politics
Natural Resource Management
European Studies
and Maritim
Al Chukwuma Okoli
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
34
0.850
Liberal Political Ecology
Security Studies
Gender & Development