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Education i10 Productivity Rankings in South Africa - 2025
Track ongoing research productivity with the 2025 i10 Index Productivity Rankings.
By counting the number of publications with at least 10 citations, the i10 index highlights steady scholarly output and publishing consistency. These rankings offer insight into researchers’ contribution frequency, beyond cumulative impact. The system is regularly refreshed to reflect current performance trends, enabling up-to-date comparisons across fields, institutions, and regions. Premium access includes productivity heatmaps, time-based output trends, and in-depth author benchmarks.
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
education
curriculum
polic
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
141
65
0.461
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* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Physical activity
bone health
body composition
metabolic diseas
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
140
109
0.779
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Environmental Education
Curriculum Studies
Sustainability Education
Research Methodolog
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
124
72
0.581
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Comparative and International Education
Education
Higher Education
History of Educatio
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
118
53
0.449
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114
100
0.877
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
education
race
south afric
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107
46
0.430
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Educatio
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99
55
0.556
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
educational technology
higher education
learning analytics
student succes
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87
76
0.874
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Educatio
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86
35
0.407
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Sport Chiropracti
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84
36
0.429
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* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Educational technology
ICTs in education
forms of teaching & learning provision: higher education transformation
inequality
equit
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83
57
0.687
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Sport science
Physical Education
Epidemiology
Public Healt
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83
39
0.470
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
HIV and AIDS in education
action research
psycho-social wellnes
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80
46
0.575
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
resilience in low-&-middle-income countries
educational psychology
wellbeing
Africa
Global Sout
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79
45
0.570
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Teacher Education
Curriculum Studies
Social Sciences Education and Education Researc
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78
60
0.769
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77
54
0.701
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Professional learning
Poetic inquiry
Self-study research
Arts-based research
Autoethnograph
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75
50
0.667
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Wellbeing
Positive Psychology
Sustainable development goals
Quality of Lif
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72
44
0.611
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Facilitation of learning
research as active involvement
researcher accountabilitie
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72
41
0.569
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Language education
literacy education
critical literacy
discourse analysi
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69
40
0.580
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Educatio
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67
43
0.642
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Critical and liberatory pedagogies
social justice
anti-racism
curriculum issues
education rights
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66
38
0.576
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Didache
John's Gospel
Orality
Africa
Colens
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66
15
0.227
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
educational leadership and management
financial and human resource management in educatio
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
50
0.833
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
sexuality education
gender and sexuality diversity
homophobia
queer theor
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
37
0.617
Jonathan Jansen
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
141
65
0.461
Lisa Micklesfield
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
140
109
0.779
Physical activity
bone health
body composition
metabolic diseas
Lesley Le Grange
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
124
72
0.581
Environmental Education
Curriculum Studies
Sustainability Education
Research Methodolog
CC Wolhuter
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
118
53
0.449
Comparative and International Education
Education
Higher Education
History of Educatio
Catherine Draper
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114
100
0.877
Crain Soudien
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107
46
0.430
Relebohile Moletsane
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99
55
0.556
Paul Prinsloo
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87
76
0.874
educational technology
higher education
learning analytics
student succes
Linda Chisholm
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86
35
0.407
Henry Pollard
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84
36
0.429
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Laura Czerniewicz
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83
57
0.687
Educational technology
ICTs in education
forms of teaching & learning provision: higher education transformation
inequality
equit
Abel Toriola
Tshwane University of Technology
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83
39
0.470
Sport science
Physical Education
Epidemiology
Public Healt
Lesley Wood
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80
46
0.575
HIV and AIDS in education
action research
psycho-social wellnes
Liesel Ebersöhn
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79
45
0.570
resilience in low-&-middle-income countries
educational psychology
wellbeing
Africa
Global Sout
Emmanuel O. Adu
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78
60
0.769
Teacher Education
Curriculum Studies
Social Sciences Education and Education Researc
Mellony Graven
Rhodes University
Grahamstown, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77
54
0.701
Kathleen Pithouse-Morgan
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75
50
0.667
Professional learning
Poetic inquiry
Self-study research
Arts-based research
Autoethnograph
Irma Eloff
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72
44
0.611
Wellbeing
Positive Psychology
Sustainable development goals
Quality of Lif
Norma Romm
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72
41
0.569
Facilitation of learning
research as active involvement
researcher accountabilitie
Hilary Janks
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69
40
0.580
Language education
literacy education
critical literacy
discourse analysi
Pam Christie
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67
43
0.642
Salim Vally
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66
38
0.576
Critical and liberatory pedagogies
social justice
anti-racism
curriculum issues
education rights
Jonathan A. Draper
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66
15
0.227
Didache
John's Gospel
Orality
Africa
Colens
Raj Mestry
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
50
0.833
educational leadership and management
financial and human resource management in educatio
Dennis Francis
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
37
0.617
sexuality education
gender and sexuality diversity
homophobia
queer theor