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
African politics
history
colonialism
race
enlightenment
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
276
189
0.685
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
African Philosophy
Philosophy of Education
Global Citizenship Education
Higher Education
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
139
85
0.612
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
rock art
shell middens
human evolution
South African Prehistory
San hunter gatherers
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
136
86
0.632
* 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
38
0.322
* 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
112
105
0.938
* 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
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 :10
African archaeology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95
54
0.568
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Systematic theology
ecotheology
ecumenical theology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93
50
0.538
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
linguistics
multilingualism
anthroplogy
philosophy
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83
60
0.723
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
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 :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
Oriental Languages
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63
41
0.651
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
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 :19
Neurodegenerative Diseases
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
57
0.919
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
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 :21
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 :22
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 :23
Multilingualism
Sociolinguistics
Bantu linguistics
Multimodality
Language Policy
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
41
0.672
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Premodern Hebrew linguistics
Bible translation
Religious translation
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
22
0.361
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Biblical hermeneutics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
14
0.241
Achille Mbembe
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
276
189
0.685
African politics
history
colonialism
race
enlightenment
Yusef Waghid
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
139
85
0.612
African Philosophy
Philosophy of Education
Global Citizenship Education
Higher Education
John Parkington
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
136
86
0.632
rock art
shell middens
human evolution
South African Prehistory
San hunter gatherers
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
38
0.322
Kanu Ikechukwu Anthony
Tansian University
Umunya, Nigeria
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112
105
0.938
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
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
Ernst M. Conradie
University of the Western Cape
Bellville, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93
50
0.538
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
60
0.723
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
80
71
0.888
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
Mohamed Saleh 2
Assiut University
Asyut, Egypt
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63
41
0.651
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 Salama
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
57
0.919
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
44
0.721
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
Felix Banda
University of the Western Cape
Bellville, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
41
0.672
Multilingualism
Sociolinguistics
Bantu linguistics
Multimodality
Language Policy
Jacobus Naude
University of the Free State
Bloemfontein, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
22
0.361
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
14
0.241