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Business & Management / Business & Management / Human Resource Management i10 Productivity Rankings in South Africa 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
Health workforce
human resources for health
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86
62
0.721
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
gender and diversity
postcolonial
management in Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86
54
0.628
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Human Resource Management
Talent Management
Work Wellness
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
40
0.656
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Health systems development and research
Human resource development in the health sector
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
36
0.679
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Organisational commitment
career adaptability
job embeddedness
retention
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
24
0.828
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Organisational psychology
Positive psychology
Change management
Research methodology
Career development
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
26
0.929
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Project Management
Organisational Behaviour
Strategic HRM
Systems Theory
Talent Management
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
22
0.786
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Management -Human Resource/Organizational behavior
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
19
0.679
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Human resources
Labour relations
Talent management
Training and development
Student success
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
17
0.607
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Human Resources Management
Change management
Strategic Leadership
Talent Management
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
17
0.708
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Supply Chain Management
Logistics
Human Resources Management
Operations Management
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
19
0.826
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Future of work
Future of HR
Strategic HR
Leadership
Organisational behaviour
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
19
0.864
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Public Health education
Human Resources for Health
Reproductive Health
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
15
0.682
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Labour
sociology of work
seafarers
human resources management
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
14
0.737
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
HRM/Human & Computer interaction
Online learning
Knowledge Management
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
17
0.944
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Human Resource Management
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
10
0.556
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Human Resource Management
Organisational Behavior
Leadership
Talent Management
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
10
0.625
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Work identity
identity work
organizational behavior
moral reasoning
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
5
0.333
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Public health
pharmacy
education
human resources
pharmaceutical public health
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
13
0.929
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Labour Relations
Employee health and wellness
diversity
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
8
0.571
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Health services management
quality of worklife
human resources in health
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
9
0.692
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
human resources
ethics
talent management
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
9
0.750
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Organisational behaviour
organisational culture
human resources management
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10
6
0.600
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Financial Management
Standardisation of matric results
Education Law and Policy
Examinations and Assessment
Human Resource Man
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10
4
0.400
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Human Resource Management
Construction Management
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9
9
1.000
Laetitia Rispel
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86
62
0.721
Health workforce
human resources for health
Stella M Nkomo
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86
54
0.628
gender and diversity
postcolonial
management in Africa
Nicolene Barkhuizen
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
40
0.656
Human Resource Management
Talent Management
Work Wellness
Uta Lehmann
University of the Western Cape
Bellville, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
36
0.679
Health systems development and research
Human resource development in the health sector
Nadia Ferreira
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
24
0.828
Organisational commitment
career adaptability
job embeddedness
retention
Hlanganipai Ngirande
University of Venda
Thohoyandou, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
26
0.929
Organisational psychology
Positive psychology
Change management
Research methodology
Career development
Yvonne Du Plessis
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
22
0.786
Project Management
Organisational Behaviour
Strategic HRM
Systems Theory
Talent Management
Sunday Samson Babalola
Walter Sisulu University
Mthatha, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
19
0.679
Management -Human Resource/Organizational behavior
Barney Erasmus
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
17
0.607
Human resources
Labour relations
Talent management
Training and development
Student success
Nico Schutte
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
17
0.708
Human Resources Management
Change management
Strategic Leadership
Talent Management
Elizabeth Chinomona
Vaal University of Technology
Vanderbijlpark, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
19
0.826
Supply Chain Management
Logistics
Human Resources Management
Operations Management
Cecile Schultz
Tshwane University of Technology
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
19
0.864
Future of work
Future of HR
Strategic HR
Leadership
Organisational behaviour
Virginia Zweigenthal
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
15
0.682
Public Health education
Human Resources for Health
Reproductive Health
Shaun Ruggunan
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
14
0.737
Labour
sociology of work
seafarers
human resources management
Melanie Lourens
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
17
0.944
HRM/Human & Computer interaction
Online learning
Knowledge Management
Marius Meyer
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
10
0.556
Human Resource Management
Karel Stanz
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
10
0.625
Human Resource Management
Organisational Behavior
Leadership
Talent Management
Anne Hugo Crafford
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
5
0.333
Work identity
identity work
organizational behavior
moral reasoning
Hazel Bradley
University of the Western Cape
Bellville, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
13
0.929
Public health
pharmacy
education
human resources
pharmaceutical public health
Yvonne Joubert
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
8
0.571
Labour Relations
Employee health and wellness
diversity
Janetta Roos
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
9
0.692
Health services management
quality of worklife
human resources in health
Michelle Mey
Nelson Mandela University
Port Elizabeth, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
9
0.750
human resources
ethics
talent management
Desere Kokt
Central University of Technology
Bloemfontein, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10
6
0.600
Organisational behaviour
organisational culture
human resources management
Coert Loock
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10
4
0.400
Financial Management
Standardisation of matric results
Education Law and Policy
Examinations and Assessment
Human Resource Man
Lerato Millicent Aghimien
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9
9
1.000
Human Resource Management
Construction Management