i10 Productivity
Rankings
Business & Management / Communications and Media Studies 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
Journalism
Indigenous/Minority Language Media
Development Communication
Media/Cultural Studies
New Media
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66
49
0.742
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Disability
Human Rights
AAC
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65
51
0.785
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Media
corporate and government discourse
BEE
and corporate comms
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
33
0.569
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Ion beam analysis
surfaces
ion beam modification of materials
diamond
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57
9
0.158
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
42
0.792
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Augmentative and Alternative Communication
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
38
0.844
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
media
freedom of expression
journalism
internet
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
17
0.378
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Journalism & Civic Engagement
Digital Cultures
Participatory Media
Community Radio
Global Media
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
24
0.615
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
media policy
journalism
human rights
freedom of expression
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
16
0.410
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
augmentative and alternative communication
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
25
0.862
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
communication
science
environment
consumption
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
18
0.783
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Public communication of science
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
18
0.818
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Media policy
political communication
journalism and transition
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
17
0.773
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Journalism
social media
media ethics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
9
0.450
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Digital inequalities
disability
mobile communication
African languages
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
12
0.632
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
hip-hop
copyright law
political economy of media
race & representation
gender politics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
9
0.500
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Media Studies
Journalism
Communication
Cultural Studies
Popular Culture
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
11
0.647
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
digital media
digital rights
big data and surveillance practices
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
15
1.000
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Digital Politics
Journalism
Social Data
Protest Cultures
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
14
0.933
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Corporate Communication
Public Relations
Corporate Social Responsibility
Media Studies
SMEs
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
14
0.933
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Journalism
Homophobia
Climate Change
Specialist Reporting
Corrective Rape
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
13
0.929
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
children and youth
cultural studies
misinformation
southern digitalities
generative AI
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
13
0.929
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Communications
Protocols
Antennas
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
7
0.500
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Digital journalism
alternative media
political economy
critical discourse analysis
ethnographies of production
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
10
0.769
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
media policy
new media technologies
social media
democracy
broadcasting
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
10
0.833
Abiodun Salawu
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66
49
0.742
Journalism
Indigenous/Minority Language Media
Development Communication
Media/Cultural Studies
New Media
Juan Bornman
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65
51
0.785
Disability
Human Rights
AAC
Metji Makgoba
University of Limpopo
Mankweng, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
33
0.569
Media
corporate and government discourse
BEE
and corporate comms
Trevor E.Derry
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57
9
0.158
Ion beam analysis
surfaces
ion beam modification of materials
diamond
Tanja Bosch
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
42
0.792
Shakila Dada
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
38
0.844
Augmentative and Alternative Communication
Guy Berger
Rhodes University
Grahamstown, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
17
0.378
media
freedom of expression
journalism
internet
Manfred Kofi Antwi Asuman
Nelson Mandela University
Port Elizabeth, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
24
0.615
Journalism & Civic Engagement
Digital Cultures
Participatory Media
Community Radio
Global Media
Jane Duncan
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
16
0.410
media policy
journalism
human rights
freedom of expression
Kerstin Tönsing
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
25
0.862
augmentative and alternative communication
Mehita Iqani
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
18
0.783
communication
science
environment
consumption
Marina Joubert
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
18
0.818
Public communication of science
Wallace Chuma.
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
17
0.773
Media policy
political communication
journalism and transition
Nicola Jones
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
9
0.450
Journalism
social media
media ethics
Lorenzo Dalvit
Rhodes University
Grahamstown, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
12
0.632
Digital inequalities
disability
mobile communication
African languages
Adam Haupt
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
9
0.500
hip-hop
copyright law
political economy of media
race & representation
gender politics
Tendai Chari
University of Venda
Thohoyandou, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
11
0.647
Media Studies
Journalism
Communication
Cultural Studies
Popular Culture
Allen Munoriyarwa
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
15
1.000
digital media
digital rights
big data and surveillance practices
Trust Matsilele
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
14
0.933
Digital Politics
Journalism
Social Data
Protest Cultures
Eyitayo Francis Adanlawo
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
14
0.933
Corporate Communication
Public Relations
Corporate Social Responsibility
Media Studies
SMEs
Charles King
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
13
0.929
Journalism
Homophobia
Climate Change
Specialist Reporting
Corrective Rape
Chikezie E. Uzuegbunam|Chikezie Emmanuel Uzuegbunam, Uzuegbunam, Chikezie, Chikezie Uzuegbunam
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
13
0.929
children and youth
cultural studies
misinformation
southern digitalities
generative AI
Riaan Wolhuter
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
7
0.500
Communications
Protocols
Antennas
Thulani Tshabangu
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
10
0.769
Digital journalism
alternative media
political economy
critical discourse analysis
ethnographies of production
Ufuoma Akpojivi
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
10
0.833
media policy
new media technologies
social media
democracy
broadcasting