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* 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
273
184
0.674
* 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
83
0.610
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
African Philosophy
Philosophy of Education
Political Philosophy
Critical Pedagogy
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
126
74
0.587
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117
33
0.282
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
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 :6
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 :7
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70
29
0.414
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Indian Diaspora
Islam in South Africa
Sports History
Citizenship
Transnationalism
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66
26
0.394
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
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 :10
Neurodegenerative Diseases
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
54
0.885
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Biblical hermeneutics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56
11
0.196
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Philosophy of Education
Higher Education
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
20
0.385
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Theology
Aesthetics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
20
0.385
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
historical information
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
42
0.857
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
New Testament
Parables
Social-scientific criticism
Sexuality in the ancient world
Narrative criticism
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
12
0.245
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Liturgy
Ritual
Homiletics
Practical Theology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
17
0.354
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
African History
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
27
0.574
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Septuagint studies
Philo
Hebrews
Luke-Acts
Matthew
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
4
0.085
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
African history
photography
visual studies
gender studies
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
19
0.413
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
African Philosophy
Logic
Decoloniality
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
38
0.844
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Geochemistry
Ore Deposits
Earth History
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
32
0.711
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Social and political change
African studies
comparative labour history
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
22
0.500
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Old Testament Wisdom literature
African biblical hermeneutics
Hebrew Bible and gender
Bible in African context
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
18
0.409
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Maritime History
Economic History
Social History
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
12
0.273
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
History
Critical Archival Theory
Methodology and Archives
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
20
0.476
Achille Mbembe
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
273
184
0.674
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
83
0.610
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
126
74
0.587
African Philosophy
Philosophy of Education
Political Philosophy
Critical Pedagogy
Gerald West
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117
33
0.282
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
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
Ogbu Kalu
University of Nigeria
Nsukka, Nigeria
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70
29
0.414
Goolam Vahed
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66
26
0.394
Indian Diaspora
Islam in South Africa
Sports History
Citizenship
Transnationalism
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
Mohamed Salama
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
54
0.885
Jeremy Punt
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56
11
0.196
Philip Higgs
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
20
0.385
Philosophy of Education
Higher Education
Johan Cilliers
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
20
0.385
Sive Masawe
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
42
0.857
Ernest Van Eck
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
12
0.245
New Testament
Parables
Social-scientific criticism
Sexuality in the ancient world
Narrative criticism
Cas Wepener|Casparus J. Wepener, C.J. Wepener, Casparus Wepener
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
17
0.354
Liturgy
Ritual
Homiletics
Practical Theology
Peter Delius
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
27
0.574
Gert J Steyn
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
4
0.085
Septuagint studies
Philo
Hebrews
Luke-Acts
Matthew
Patricia Hayes
University of the Western Cape
Bellville, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
19
0.413
African history
photography
visual studies
gender studies
Jonathan Okeke Chimakonam
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
38
0.844
African Philosophy
Logic
Decoloniality
Harilaos Tsikos
Rhodes University
Grahamstown, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
32
0.711
Geochemistry
Ore Deposits
Earth History
Peter Alexander
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
22
0.500
Social and political change
African studies
comparative labour history
Madipoane Masenya
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
18
0.409
Old Testament Wisdom literature
African biblical hermeneutics
Hebrew Bible and gender
Bible in African context
Ayodeji Olukoju.
University of Lagos
Lagos, Nigeria
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
12
0.273
Maritime History
Economic History
Social History
Carolyn Hamilton
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
20
0.476
History
Critical Archival Theory
Methodology and Archives