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Africa Social Sciences / Social Sciences / Archeology 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
Stone Age archaeology
human behavioural and cognitive evolution
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98
86
0.878
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98
77
0.786
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
African archaeology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95
51
0.537
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Egyptology
zooarchaeology
rock art
archaeology
experimental archaeology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92
64
0.696
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
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 :6
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 :7
Paleolithic archaeology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56
46
0.821
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
archaeology
taphonomy
ethnoarchaeology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54
46
0.852
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
archaeology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
25
0.490
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Archaeozoology
Zooarchaeology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
31
0.689
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Southern African Iron Age
Historical Archaeology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
30
0.667
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Archaeology and History of Science
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
36
0.857
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Archaeology
Palaeoanthropology
Sedimentology
Geomorphology
Stratigraphy
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
37
0.902
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
septuagint studies
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
6
0.154
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
archaeology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
29
0.935
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
archaeology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
28
0.903
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
World prehistory
archaeology of farming communities
eastern and southern Africa
archaeological theory
heritage management
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
17
0.548
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Archeozoology
Taphonomy
Plio-Pleistocene
East Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
27
0.964
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Stable Isotopes
Climate Change
Tree Rings
Charcoal
Stable Isotope Ecology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
19
0.731
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Rock art
Heritage
Cognitive Archaeology
Colonial History
African History
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
24
0.960
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Gender
African Archaeology
Archaeology of food
foodways and farming
Ki Tama
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
16
0.640
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Archaeology
Prehistory
Archaeobotany
Paleoecology
South African Stone Age
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
21
0.913
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Palaeolithic archaeology
taphonomy
South Africa
Middle Stone Age
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
21
0.913
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Archaeology and Heritage Management
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
19
0.826
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Archaeology
Human Behavioural Ecology
Ethnobotany
Marine Biology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
22
1.000
Marlize Lombard
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98
86
0.878
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
98
77
0.786
TN Huffman
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95
51
0.537
Salima Ikram
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92
64
0.696
Egyptology
zooarchaeology
rock art
archaeology
experimental archaeology
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
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
Sarah Wurz
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56
46
0.821
Lucinda Backwell
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54
46
0.852
Karim Sadr
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
25
0.490
Shaw Badenhorst
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
31
0.689
Simon Hall
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
30
0.667
Southern African Iron Age
Historical Archaeology
Paloma de la Peña
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
36
0.857
Dominic Stratford|Dominic J Stratford
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
37
0.902
Archaeology
Palaeoanthropology
Sedimentology
Geomorphology
Stratigraphy
Johann Cook
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
6
0.154
Wadley
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
29
0.935
Justin Bradfield
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
28
0.903
Gilbert Pwiti
University of Zimbabwe
Harare, Zimbabwe
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
17
0.548
World prehistory
archaeology of farming communities
eastern and southern Africa
archaeological theory
heritage management
Mari Carmen Arriaza
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
27
0.964
Archeozoology
Taphonomy
Plio-Pleistocene
East Africa
Grant Hall
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
19
0.731
Stable Isotopes
Climate Change
Tree Rings
Charcoal
Stable Isotope Ecology
Sam Challis
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
24
0.960
Rock art
Heritage
Cognitive Archaeology
Colonial History
African History
MH Alex Schoeman
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
16
0.640
Gender
African Archaeology
Archaeology of food
foodways and farming
Ki Tama
Irene Esteban
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
21
0.913
Archaeology
Prehistory
Archaeobotany
Paleoecology
South African Stone Age
Aurore Val
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
21
0.913
Palaeolithic archaeology
taphonomy
South Africa
Middle Stone Age
Manyanga Munyaradzi
Great Zimbabwe University
Masvingo, Zimbabwe
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
19
0.826
Jan De Vynck
Nelson Mandela University
Port Elizabeth, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
22
1.000
Archaeology
Human Behavioural Ecology
Ethnobotany
Marine Biology