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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
Quality of life
well-being
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98
37
0.378
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Social Work
Social Work Research
Social Development
Social Policy
Social Security
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80
50
0.625
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
resilience
care-leaving
youth transitions
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
46
0.754
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
emancipatory social work
globalisation
human rights
social justice
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55
31
0.564
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
poverty
informal economy
day labourers
street waste pickers
landfill waste pickers.
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
44
0.846
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
social work
disability
culture
traditional healing
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
33
0.647
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
social development
developmental social work
sustainable development
environmental justice
social justice
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
35
0.700
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Social Work
Social Development
Supervision and management of social workers
social work education
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34
30
0.882
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
social development
social work
gender
development
feminist theory
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34
24
0.706
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Social protection
hunger vulnerability and livelihood
gender
HIV/AIDS
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
18
0.621
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Social Work
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
24
0.923
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Social Work
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
13
0.619
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Mortality
Women's Work
Educational Attainment
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
8
0.381
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Psychocriminology
Youth Misbehaviour and Delinquency
Criminal Justice
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
8
0.400
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Social work
community engagement
spirituality
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
16
0.842
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Child and Family Welfare
Social Protection
Social Welfare
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
14
0.778
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Post-conflict
Disability
Education
Community Development
Policy Analysis and Civil Society
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
14
0.824
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Sociology and Social Work
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
7
0.438
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Children rights
Social development
project planning and management
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
8
0.533
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Child Welfare
Religion & Spirituality
Climate change
IKS
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
12
0.857
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Industrial Social Work
Industrial Social Welfare
Labour-Management Relation
Employees Well-being
Organisational Well-being
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
11
0.846
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Community development
social development
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
9
0.750
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Social Gerontology
Gerontological Social Work
Substance Misuse
Internet Addiction
Social Work
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
9
0.750
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Social Work Theory and Practice
HBSE
Mental health
Intervention design
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
5
0.417
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Climate change
environmental sustainability
gender dynamics
disaster and climate resilience
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
11
1.000
Valerie Moller
Rhodes University
Grahamstown, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98
37
0.378
Leila Patel
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80
50
0.625
Social Work
Social Work Research
Social Development
Social Policy
Social Security
Adrian Van Breda
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
46
0.754
resilience
care-leaving
youth transitions
Vishanthie Sewpaul
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55
31
0.564
emancipatory social work
globalisation
human rights
social justice
Catherina (Rinie) Schenck
University of the Western Cape
Bellville, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
44
0.846
poverty
informal economy
day labourers
street waste pickers
landfill waste pickers.
Eleanor Ross
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
33
0.647
social work
disability
culture
traditional healing
Antoinette Lombard
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
35
0.700
social development
developmental social work
sustainable development
environmental justice
social justice
Lambert K Engelbrecht
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34
30
0.882
Social Work
Social Development
Supervision and management of social workers
social work education
Tessa Hochfeld
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34
24
0.706
social development
social work
gender
development
feminist theory
Pius T. Tanga
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
18
0.621
Social protection
hunger vulnerability and livelihood
gender
HIV/AIDS
Ayman Yosry
Cairo University
Giza, Egypt
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
24
0.923
Joe Magocha
Zimbabwe Ezekiel Guti University
Bindura, Zimbabwe
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
13
0.619
Ray Langsten
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
8
0.381
Mortality
Women's Work
Educational Attainment
Christiaan Bezuidenhout
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
8
0.400
Psychocriminology
Youth Misbehaviour and Delinquency
Criminal Justice
Raisuyah Bhagwan
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
16
0.842
Social work
community engagement
spirituality
Esmeranda Manful
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
14
0.778
Child and Family Welfare
Social Protection
Social Welfare
Julius Omona
Makerere University
Kampala, Uganda
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
14
0.824
Post-conflict
Disability
Education
Community Development
Policy Analysis and Civil Society
Chitere Preston
University of Nairobi
Nairobi, Kenya
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
7
0.438
Eric Awich Ochen
Makerere University
Kampala, Uganda
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
8
0.533
Children rights
Social development
project planning and management
Vincent Mabvurira
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
12
0.857
Child Welfare
Religion & Spirituality
Climate change
IKS
Ajala Emmanuel Majekodunmi
University of Ibadan
Ibadan, Nigeria
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
11
0.846
Industrial Social Work
Industrial Social Welfare
Labour-Management Relation
Employees Well-being
Organisational Well-being
Hanna Nel
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
9
0.750
Community development
social development
Stephan Geyer
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
9
0.750
Social Gerontology
Gerontological Social Work
Substance Misuse
Internet Addiction
Social Work
Tirelo Modie-Moroka
University of Botswana
Gaborone, Botswana
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
5
0.417
Social Work Theory and Practice
HBSE
Mental health
Intervention design
Louis Nyahunda
University of Limpopo
Mankweng, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
11
1.000
Climate change
environmental sustainability
gender dynamics
disaster and climate resilience