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Africa Social Sciences / Psychology 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
Sebastiaan Rothmann
Positive Organizations
Capabilities
Engagement
Flourishing
Well-being
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
219
178
0.813
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
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
186
119
0.640
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
South Africa
Kobus Maree
Career (construction) counselling
narrative career counselling
life designing
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
183
118
0.645
* 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
114
0.659
* 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
163
124
0.761
* 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
145
111
0.766
* 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
133
97
0.729
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
South Africa
Neville Pillay
Animal Behaviour
Behavioural Ecology
Psychology
Ecology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120
71
0.592
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
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
118
101
0.856
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
South Africa
Catherine Ward
psychology
violence
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111
89
0.802
* 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
103
70
0.680
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Zambia
Robert Serpell
cultural psychology
child development
intelligence
multilingualism
literacy
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102
51
0.500
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
South Africa
Andrew Gibbs
social psychology
interventions
masculinity
violence
gender
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97
88
0.907
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
South Africa
Kevin Thomas
Neuropsychology
Clinical Psychology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97
79
0.814
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
South Africa
Kevin GF Thomas
Neuropsychology (cross-cultural
HIV
FASD
sleep)
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95
78
0.821
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
South Africa
Colin Tredoux
Psychology and law
eyewitness identification
social psychology
segregation
contact
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91
61
0.670
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
South Africa
Marie Wissing
positive psychology
meaning
relational well-being
cultures of positivity
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86
62
0.721
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
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
41
0.477
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
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
83
66
0.795
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Ghana
Kwaku Oppong Asante
Adolescent mental health
Substance use
Suicide
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82
75
0.915
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
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
69
0.841
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
South Africa
Nompumelelo Zungu
Research
Public Health
Psychology
Gender
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78
53
0.679
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
South Africa
Frans Cilliers
Systems Psychodynamics
Positive Psychology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78
32
0.410
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Sebastiaan Rothmann
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
219
178
0.813
Positive Organizations
Capabilities
Engagement
Flourishing
Well-being
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Ahmed M Abdel Khalek
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
186
119
0.640
Mental Illness
Personality Assessment
Cross Cultural Psychology
Personality Inventory
Positive Psychology
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Kobus Maree
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
183
118
0.645
Career (construction) counselling
narrative career counselling
life designing
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Mark Solms
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
173
114
0.659
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Ashraf Kagee
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
163
124
0.761
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Melinde Coetzee
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
145
111
0.766
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Kevin Durrheim
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133
97
0.729
Social psychology
race and ethnic studies
research methods
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Neville Pillay
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120
71
0.592
Animal Behaviour
Behavioural Ecology
Psychology
Ecology
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Linda C. Theron
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
118
101
0.856
Youth resilience
Social Ecology of Resilience Theory
Culture & resilience
African youths' resilience processes
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Catherine Ward
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111
89
0.802
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Wilfred Isioma Ukpere
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103
70
0.680
Globalisation
Organisational behaviour
Industrial Relations
HR
Business
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Robert Serpell
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102
51
0.500
cultural psychology
child development
intelligence
multilingualism
literacy
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Andrew Gibbs
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97
88
0.907
social psychology
interventions
masculinity
violence
gender
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Kevin Thomas
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97
79
0.814
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Kevin GF Thomas
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95
78
0.821
Neuropsychology (cross-cultural
HIV
FASD
sleep)
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
CPH Myburgh
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93
46
0.495
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Colin Tredoux
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91
61
0.670
Psychology and law
eyewitness identification
social psychology
segregation
contact
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Marie Wissing
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86
62
0.721
positive psychology
meaning
relational well-being
cultures of positivity
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Gert Roodt
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86
41
0.477
Organisational Behaviour
Psychology assessment
Research methodology
Organisational development
Social sciences
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Catriona Macleod
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83
66
0.795
Feminist Psychology
Critical Health Psychology
critical studies in sexualities and reproduction
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Kwaku Oppong Asante
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82
75
0.915
Adolescent mental health
Substance use
Suicide
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Kaymarlin Govender
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82
69
0.841
psychosocial and behavioural aspects of HIV
adolescents
young people and vulnerable populations
masculinities
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Chris Myburgh
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80
42
0.525
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Nompumelelo Zungu
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78
53
0.679
Research
Public Health
Psychology
Gender
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Frans Cilliers
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78
32
0.410
Systems Psychodynamics
Positive Psychology