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Africa Social Sciences / Psychology i10 Productivity Rankings - 2025

Total 2,444,186 scientists, country 221, and institutions 24,477 are evaluated in the Productivity Rankings, an exclusive service provided by AD Scientific Index. This ranking measures and highlights the scientific productivity of researchers based on the i10 index (number of publications with at least 10 citations). This system identifies highly productive scientists across disciplines, institutions, and regions, contributing to the development of evidence-based academic policies and effective incentive mechanisms. The rankings include global, regional, and institutional analyses, along with specialized rankings such as Scientists' Last 6 Years' i10 Index and Universities' i10 Index Rankings 2025. With Premium Membership, you can:

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* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
South Africa
Sebastiaan Rothmann
Positive Organizations
Capabilities
Engagement
Flourishing
Well-being
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
225
172
0.764
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
South Africa
Kobus Maree
Career (construction) counselling
narrative career counselling
life designing
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
189
109
0.577
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Egypt
Ahmed M Abdel Khalek
Mental Illness
Personality Assessment
Cross Cultural Psychology
Personality Inventory
Positive Psychology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
188
109
0.580
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
South Africa
Mark Solms
Neuropsychology
Psychoanalysis
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
173
104
0.601
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
South Africa
Ashraf Kagee
HIV/ AIDS
adherence
mental health
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
169
119
0.704
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
South Africa
Melinde Coetzee
Career and Human Capacity Development
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
146
103
0.705
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
South Africa
Kevin Durrheim
Social psychology
race and ethnic studies
research methods
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
134
91
0.679
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
South Africa
Linda C. Theron
Youth resilience
Social Ecology of Resilience Theory
Culture & resilience
African youths' resilience processes
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121
95
0.785
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
South Africa
Catherine Ward
psychology
violence
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113
87
0.770
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Zambia
Robert Serpell
cultural psychology
child development
intelligence
multilingualism
literacy
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103
45
0.437

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* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
South Africa
Wilfred Isioma Ukpere
Globalisation
Organisational behaviour
Industrial Relations
HR
Business
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102
63
0.618
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
South Africa
Andrew Gibbs
social psychology
interventions
masculinity
violence
gender
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100
88
0.880
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
South Africa
Kevin Thomas
Neuropsychology
Clinical Psychology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97
72
0.742
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
South Africa
Kevin GF Thomas
Neuropsychology (cross-cultural
HIV
FASD
sleep)
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95
71
0.747
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
South Africa
Colin Tredoux
Psychology and law
eyewitness identification
social psychology
segregation
contact
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92
60
0.652
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
South Africa
Marie Wissing
positive psychology
meaning
relational well-being
cultures of positivity
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87
60
0.690
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
South Africa
Gert Roodt
Organisational Behaviour
Psychology assessment
Research methodology
Organisational development
Social sciences
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86
37
0.430
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
South Africa
Catriona Macleod
Feminist Psychology
Critical Health Psychology
critical studies in sexualities and reproduction
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85
62
0.729
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Ghana
Kwaku Oppong Asante
Adolescent mental health
Substance use
Suicide
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84
78
0.929
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
South Africa
Kaymarlin Govender
psychosocial and behavioural aspects of HIV
adolescents
young people and vulnerable populations
masculinities
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82
66
0.805
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
South Africa
Nompumelelo Zungu
Research
Public Health
Psychology
Gender
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78
51
0.654
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
South Africa
Frans Cilliers
Systems Psychodynamics
Positive Psychology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78
28
0.359
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Ghana
John Elvis Hagan Jr
Sport and Exercise Psychology
Health Psychology
Adolescents-Women's Health
Health Education and Promotion
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74
73
0.986
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Sebastiaan Rothmann
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
225
172
0.764
Positive Organizations
Capabilities
Engagement
Flourishing
Well-being
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Kobus Maree
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
189
109
0.577
Career (construction) counselling
narrative career counselling
life designing
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Ahmed M Abdel Khalek
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
188
109
0.580
Mental Illness
Personality Assessment
Cross Cultural Psychology
Personality Inventory
Positive Psychology
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Mark Solms
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
173
104
0.601
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Ashraf Kagee
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
169
119
0.704
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Melinde Coetzee
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
146
103
0.705
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Kevin Durrheim
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
134
91
0.679
Social psychology
race and ethnic studies
research methods
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Linda C. Theron
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121
95
0.785
Youth resilience
Social Ecology of Resilience Theory
Culture & resilience
African youths' resilience processes
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Catherine Ward
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113
87
0.770
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Robert Serpell
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103
45
0.437
cultural psychology
child development
intelligence
multilingualism
literacy

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* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Wilfred Isioma Ukpere
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102
63
0.618
Globalisation
Organisational behaviour
Industrial Relations
HR
Business
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Andrew Gibbs
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100
88
0.880
social psychology
interventions
masculinity
violence
gender
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Kevin Thomas
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97
72
0.742
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Kevin GF Thomas
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95
71
0.747
Neuropsychology (cross-cultural
HIV
FASD
sleep)
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
CPH Myburgh
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94
39
0.415
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Colin Tredoux
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92
60
0.652
Psychology and law
eyewitness identification
social psychology
segregation
contact
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Marie Wissing
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87
60
0.690
positive psychology
meaning
relational well-being
cultures of positivity
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Gert Roodt
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86
37
0.430
Organisational Behaviour
Psychology assessment
Research methodology
Organisational development
Social sciences
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Catriona Macleod
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85
62
0.729
Feminist Psychology
Critical Health Psychology
critical studies in sexualities and reproduction
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Kwaku Oppong Asante
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84
78
0.929
Adolescent mental health
Substance use
Suicide
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Kaymarlin Govender
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82
66
0.805
psychosocial and behavioural aspects of HIV
adolescents
young people and vulnerable populations
masculinities
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Chris Myburgh
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80
36
0.450
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Nompumelelo Zungu
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78
51
0.654
Research
Public Health
Psychology
Gender
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Frans Cilliers
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78
28
0.359
Systems Psychodynamics
Positive Psychology
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
John Elvis Hagan Jr
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74
73
0.986
Sport and Exercise Psychology
Health Psychology
Adolescents-Women's Health
Health Education and Promotion
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