i10 Productivity
Rankings
Africa Art & Humanities 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
African politics
history
colonialism
race
enlightenment
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
275
188
0.684
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
rock art
shell middens
human evolution
South African Prehistory
San hunter gatherers
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
136
84
0.618
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
African Philosophy
Philosophy of Education
Global Citizenship Education
Higher Education
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
135
81
0.600
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Linguistics
Sociolinguistics
English language
Language in South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121
68
0.562
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
118
36
0.305
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
African Philosophy
African Metaphysics
African Bioethics
African Traditional Religion
African Cultural Studies
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111
104
0.937
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
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 :8
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99
79
0.798
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
African archaeology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95
54
0.568
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Egyptology
zooarchaeology
rock art
archaeology
experimental archaeology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94
66
0.702
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Systematic theology
ecotheology
ecumenical theology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92
49
0.533
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
linguistics
multilingualism
anthroplogy
philosophy
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83
59
0.711
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
arqueología biomolecular
evolución humana
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79
70
0.886
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71
29
0.408
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Indian Diaspora
Islam in South Africa
Sports History
Citizenship
Transnationalism
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67
28
0.418
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Lexicography
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65
17
0.262
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Academic literacy
Language testing
Language assessment
Theory of applied linguistics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63
38
0.603
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Oriental Languages
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
41
0.661
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Postcolonial literary studies
print culture
book history
oceanic studies
Indian Ocean studies
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
33
0.532
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Social Complexity
Great Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe Tradition
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
43
0.705
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Sociolinguistics
linguistic anthropology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
41
0.672
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Premodern Hebrew linguistics
Bible translation
Religious translation
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
22
0.367
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Biblical hermeneutics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
13
0.224
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Neurodegenerative Diseases
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57
52
0.912
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Paleolithic archaeology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57
48
0.842
Achille Mbembe
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
275
188
0.684
African politics
history
colonialism
race
enlightenment
John Parkington
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
136
84
0.618
rock art
shell middens
human evolution
South African Prehistory
San hunter gatherers
Yusef Waghid
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
135
81
0.600
African Philosophy
Philosophy of Education
Global Citizenship Education
Higher Education
Rajend Mesthrie
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121
68
0.562
Linguistics
Sociolinguistics
English language
Language in South Africa
Gerald West
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
118
36
0.305
Kanu Ikechukwu Anthony
Tansian University
Umunya, Nigeria
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111
104
0.937
African Philosophy
African Metaphysics
African Bioethics
African Traditional Religion
African Cultural Studies
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
TN Huffman
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95
54
0.568
Salima Ikram
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94
66
0.702
Egyptology
zooarchaeology
rock art
archaeology
experimental archaeology
Ernst M. Conradie
University of the Western Cape
Bellville, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92
49
0.533
Systematic theology
ecotheology
ecumenical theology
Christopher Stroud
University of the Western Cape
Bellville, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83
59
0.711
linguistics
multilingualism
anthroplogy
philosophy
Domingo Carlos Salazar-García
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79
70
0.886
arqueología biomolecular
evolución humana
Ogbu Kalu
University of Nigeria
Nsukka, Nigeria
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71
29
0.408
Goolam Vahed
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67
28
0.418
Indian Diaspora
Islam in South Africa
Sports History
Citizenship
Transnationalism
Dj Prinsloo
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65
17
0.262
Albert Weideman
University of the Free State
Bloemfontein, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63
38
0.603
Academic literacy
Language testing
Language assessment
Theory of applied linguistics
Mohamed Saleh 2
Assiut University
Asyut, Egypt
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
41
0.661
Isabel Hofmeyr
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
33
0.532
Postcolonial literary studies
print culture
book history
oceanic studies
Indian Ocean studies
Innocent Pikirayi
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
43
0.705
Social Complexity
Great Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe Tradition
Ana Deumert
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
41
0.672
Sociolinguistics
linguistic anthropology
Jacobus Naude
University of the Free State
Bloemfontein, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
22
0.367
Premodern Hebrew linguistics
Bible translation
Religious translation
Jeremy Punt
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
13
0.224
Mohamed Salama
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57
52
0.912
Sarah Wurz
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57
48
0.842