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University of South Africa Scientists Social Sciences / Psychology i10 Productivity Rankings (Sort by last 6 years i10 Index) 2025

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* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
South Africa
Melinde Coetzee
Career and Human Capacity Development
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
145
111
0.766
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
South Africa
Frans Cilliers
Systems Psychodynamics
Positive Psychology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78
32
0.410
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
South Africa
Renier Steyn
Psychology
Industrial Psychology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
32
0.889
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
South Africa
Juan A Nel
Hate victimisation
LGBT+ well-being
gay mental health
sexual and gender diversity
affirmative
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
29
0.763
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
South Africa
Ingrid Potgieter
Employability
Career development
Employee well-being
Personal attributes
Retention
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
28
0.966
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
South Africa
Rudolf M Oosthuizen
Career Psychology
Positive Psychology
Employment Relations
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
27
0.871
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
South Africa
Antoni Barnard
psychological wellbeing and adjustment
qualitative research
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
17
0.850
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
South Africa
Kitty Dumont
Social Psychology
Intergroup Relations
Leadership
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
16
0.727
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
South Africa
Sanet Van Der Westhuizen
Teaching of Research Methodology
Sense of Coherence
Work-related Sense of Coherence
Student Success
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
15
0.714
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
South Africa
Monika Dos Santos
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
10
0.714

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* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
South Africa
Nisha Harry
Sense of coherence
burnout
Career adaptability
hardiness
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10
7
0.700
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
South Africa
Alda Deas
Employee retention
generational diversity
psychological contract
employee relations
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
7
1.000
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
South Africa
Sonja Grobler
Industrial and Organisational Psychology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
6
0.750
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
South Africa
Prem Heeralal
Psychology of Education
Science Education and Educational Management
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
6
0.857
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
South Africa
Leona Ungerer
Technology-enhanced teaching and learning
consumer psychology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
6
0.857
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
South Africa
Rebecca Tladinyane
Career Psychology
Personnel Psychology
Organisational Psychology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9
5
0.556
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
South Africa
Bianca Rochelle Parry
Psychology
Gender
Activism
Education
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
5
1.000
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
South Africa
Louise Tonelli
Industrial and Organisational Psychology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
5
1.000
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
South Africa
Rene Van Eeden
Psychological assessment
Psychometrics
Leadership
Organisational dynamics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
4
0.200
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
South Africa
Elzabe Nel
Wellbeing
stress
workplace bullying
psychological resources
emotional intelligence
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
4
0.667
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
South Africa
Catherine Govender
neuropsychology
chronic pain
post-TBI intervention
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
3
0.500
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
South Africa
Masefako Gumani
Gender-based violence
Victim empowerment
Coping and resilience
Police and corrections research
Christianity and mental healt
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4
3
0.750
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
South Africa
Cebile Tebele
Career psychology
generational research
graduateness
Psychological learning capabilities
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4
3
0.750
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
South Africa
Mbongiseni Mdakane
Psychology of incarceration
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
3
1.000
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
South Africa
Annelize Van Niekerk
Organisational Psychology
Personnel Psychology
Risk Management
Leadership
Integrity
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
3
1.000
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Melinde Coetzee
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
145
111
0.766
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Frans Cilliers
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78
32
0.410
Systems Psychodynamics
Positive Psychology
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Renier Steyn
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
32
0.889
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Juan A Nel
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
29
0.763
Hate victimisation
LGBT+ well-being
gay mental health
sexual and gender diversity
affirmative
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Ingrid Potgieter
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
28
0.966
Employability
Career development
Employee well-being
Personal attributes
Retention
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Rudolf M Oosthuizen
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
27
0.871
Career Psychology
Positive Psychology
Employment Relations
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Antoni Barnard
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
17
0.850
psychological wellbeing and adjustment
qualitative research
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Kitty Dumont
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
16
0.727
Social Psychology
Intergroup Relations
Leadership
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Sanet Van Der Westhuizen
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
15
0.714
Teaching of Research Methodology
Sense of Coherence
Work-related Sense of Coherence
Student Success
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Monika Dos Santos
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
10
0.714

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* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Nisha Harry
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10
7
0.700
Sense of coherence
burnout
Career adaptability
hardiness
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Alda Deas
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
7
1.000
Employee retention
generational diversity
psychological contract
employee relations
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Sonja Grobler
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
6
0.750
Industrial and Organisational Psychology
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Prem Heeralal
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
6
0.857
Psychology of Education
Science Education and Educational Management
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Leona Ungerer
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
6
0.857
Technology-enhanced teaching and learning
consumer psychology
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Rebecca Tladinyane
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9
5
0.556
Career Psychology
Personnel Psychology
Organisational Psychology
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Bianca Rochelle Parry
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
5
1.000
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Louise Tonelli
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
5
1.000
Industrial and Organisational Psychology
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Rene Van Eeden
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
4
0.200
Psychological assessment
Psychometrics
Leadership
Organisational dynamics
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Elzabe Nel
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
4
0.667
Wellbeing
stress
workplace bullying
psychological resources
emotional intelligence
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Catherine Govender
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
3
0.500
neuropsychology
chronic pain
post-TBI intervention
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Masefako Gumani
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4
3
0.750
Gender-based violence
Victim empowerment
Coping and resilience
Police and corrections research
Christianity and mental healt
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Cebile Tebele
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4
3
0.750
Career psychology
generational research
graduateness
Psychological learning capabilities
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Mbongiseni Mdakane
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
3
1.000
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Annelize Van Niekerk
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
3
1.000
Organisational Psychology
Personnel Psychology
Risk Management
Leadership
Integrity