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Africa Social Sciences / Social Sciences / Sociology 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
Disability studies
public mental health
cultural aspects of health care
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
312
214
0.686
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Maternal and child health
life course development
child and adolescent development
global mental health
global health
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
288
256
0.889
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Social change in post conflict countries
social response to zoonotic diseases
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
182
75
0.412
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
africa
class
inequality
protest
comparative social policy
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
158
82
0.519
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Posthumanism
Feminist New Materialism
Post-qualitative inquiry
Social Justice and Ethics of Care
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123
98
0.797
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Social Insects
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
118
90
0.763
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Social Science
Implementation Research
Gender and Neglected tropical diseases
Malaria
Demographic Surveillance Systems
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114
99
0.868
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Masculinities
Violence
Fatherhood
Southern Theory
Academic Staff Support
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114
76
0.667
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Gender and Childhood Sexuality
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111
84
0.757
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Heterosexualities
critical masculinities
racialisation of sexuality and gender
gender-based violence
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106
80
0.755
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
sociology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105
84
0.800
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Criminology
Sociology
Anthropology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103
40
0.388
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Gender gender-based violence rape HIV
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98
87
0.888
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
gender
violence
sexual health
social epidemiology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92
89
0.967
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Philosophy and methodology of the social sciences
higher education knowledge production
sociology of science
scientometrics a
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90
54
0.600
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Biblical
postcolonial
translation
gender and HIV&AIDS Studies
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89
49
0.551
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
sociology of knowledge
curriculum
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89
44
0.494
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
work
labour
inequality
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81
45
0.556
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Family-centred care
Child and family well-being
Parenting
family capability
human capabilities
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69
62
0.899
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67
47
0.701
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Population and Health
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66
60
0.909
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
land reform
gender
women's history
south africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66
34
0.515
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Full Professor of Educational Management
Gender and Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64
45
0.703
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Gender
Femininities
Gender Based Violence
Interventions
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
55
0.902
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Agrarian change
informal work
gender issues in development
social policy
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
38
0.623
Leslie Swartz
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
312
214
0.686
Disability studies
public mental health
cultural aspects of health care
Mark Tomlinson
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
288
256
0.889
Maternal and child health
life course development
child and adolescent development
global mental health
global health
Paul Richards
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
182
75
0.412
Social change in post conflict countries
social response to zoonotic diseases
Jeremy Seekings
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
158
82
0.519
africa
class
inequality
protest
comparative social policy
Vivienne Bozalek
University of the Western Cape
Bellville, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123
98
0.797
Posthumanism
Feminist New Materialism
Post-qualitative inquiry
Social Justice and Ethics of Care
Christian Pirk
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
118
90
0.763
Margaret Gyapong
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114
99
0.868
Social Science
Implementation Research
Gender and Neglected tropical diseases
Malaria
Demographic Surveillance Systems
Robert Morrell
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114
76
0.667
Masculinities
Violence
Fatherhood
Southern Theory
Academic Staff Support
Deevia Bhana
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111
84
0.757
Tamara Shefer
University of the Western Cape
Bellville, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106
80
0.755
Heterosexualities
critical masculinities
racialisation of sexuality and gender
gender-based violence
Aliaa Shokry
Ain Shams University
Cairo, Egypt
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105
84
0.800
Shanta B Singh
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103
40
0.388
Naeemah Abrahams
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98
87
0.888
Kristin L Dunkle
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92
89
0.967
gender
violence
sexual health
social epidemiology
Johann Mouton
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90
54
0.600
Philosophy and methodology of the social sciences
higher education knowledge production
sociology of science
scientometrics a
Musa W Dube
University of Botswana
Gaborone, Botswana
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89
49
0.551
Biblical
postcolonial
translation
gender and HIV&AIDS Studies
Johan Muller
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89
44
0.494
Edward Webster
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81
45
0.556
Nicolette V Roman
University of the Western Cape
Bellville, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69
62
0.899
Family-centred care
Child and family well-being
Parenting
family capability
human capabilities
Gabriel Ademola Olatunji
University of Ilorin
Ilorin, Nigeria
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67
47
0.701
Chodziwadziwa Kabudula
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66
60
0.909
Cherryl Walker
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66
34
0.515
land reform
gender
women's history
south africa
Newman Wadesango
University of Limpopo
Mankweng, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64
45
0.703
Full Professor of Educational Management
Gender and Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Nwabisa Jama Shai
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
55
0.902
Gender
Femininities
Gender Based Violence
Interventions
Dzodzi Tsikata
University of Ghana
Legon, Ghana
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
38
0.623
Agrarian change
informal work
gender issues in development
social policy