i10 Productivity
Rankings
Social Sciences / Sociology i10 Productivity Rankings in South Africa 2025
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
Disability studies
public mental health
cultural aspects of health care
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
320
222
0.694
* 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
297
264
0.889
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
africa
class
inequality
protest
comparative social policy
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
159
83
0.522
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Posthumanism
Feminist New Materialism
Post-qualitative inquiry
Social Justice and Ethics of Care
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125
103
0.824
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Social Insects
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120
92
0.767
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Masculinities
Violence
Fatherhood
Southern Theory
Academic Staff Support
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114
79
0.693
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Gender and Childhood Sexuality
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112
86
0.768
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Heterosexualities
critical masculinities
racialisation of sexuality and gender
gender-based violence
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109
82
0.752
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Criminology
Sociology
Anthropology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
104
42
0.404
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Gender gender-based violence rape HIV
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96
86
0.896
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
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 :12
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
57
0.633
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
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 :14
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 :15
Family-centred care
Child and family well-being
Parenting
family capability
human capabilities
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73
66
0.904
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Population and Health
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70
64
0.914
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
land reform
gender
women's history
south africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66
35
0.530
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Full Professor of Educational Management
Gender and Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65
49
0.754
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Gender
Femininities
Gender Based Violence
Interventions
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
56
0.903
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
gender
masculinities
research ethics
social aspects of HIV
gender violence
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
55
0.948
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
rural sociology
land reform
poverty
discourse analysis
development studies
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
39
0.672
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Leadership
Marketing
Internationalisation and Higher Education
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57
43
0.754
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Sociology
Sociology of sport
Urbanisation
Race and ethnic relations
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57
28
0.491
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
disability vulnerable groups
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54
37
0.685
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
labour studies
african studies
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
16
0.302
Leslie Swartz
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
320
222
0.694
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
297
264
0.889
Maternal and child health
life course development
child and adolescent development
global mental health
global health
Jeremy Seekings
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
159
83
0.522
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
125
103
0.824
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
120
92
0.767
Robert Morrell
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114
79
0.693
Masculinities
Violence
Fatherhood
Southern Theory
Academic Staff Support
Deevia Bhana
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112
86
0.768
Tamara Shefer
University of the Western Cape
Bellville, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109
82
0.752
Heterosexualities
critical masculinities
racialisation of sexuality and gender
gender-based violence
Shanta B Singh
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
104
42
0.404
Naeemah Abrahams
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96
86
0.896
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
57
0.633
Philosophy and methodology of the social sciences
higher education knowledge production
sociology of science
scientometrics a
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
73
66
0.904
Family-centred care
Child and family well-being
Parenting
family capability
human capabilities
Chodziwadziwa Kabudula
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70
64
0.914
Cherryl Walker
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66
35
0.530
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
65
49
0.754
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
62
56
0.903
Gender
Femininities
Gender Based Violence
Interventions
Yandisa Sikweyiya
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
55
0.948
gender
masculinities
research ethics
social aspects of HIV
gender violence
Andries du Toit
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
39
0.672
rural sociology
land reform
poverty
discourse analysis
development studies
Felix Maringe
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57
43
0.754
Leadership
Marketing
Internationalisation and Higher Education
Ashwin Desai
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57
28
0.491
Sociology
Sociology of sport
Urbanisation
Race and ethnic relations
Marguerite Schneider
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54
37
0.685
Sakhela Buhlungu
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
16
0.302