i10 Productivity
Rankings
Human Sciences Research Council of South Africa 36 Scientists Others i10 Productivity Rankings - 2025
Total 2,384,773 scientists, country 221, and institutions 24,456 are evaluated in the Productivity Rankings, an exclusive service provided by AD Scientific Index. This ranking measures and highlights the scientific productivity of researchers based on the i10 index (number of publications with at least 10 citations). This system identifies highly productive scientists across disciplines, institutions, and regions, contributing to the development of evidence-based academic policies and effective incentive mechanisms. The rankings include global, regional, and institutional analyses, along with specialized rankings such as Scientists' Last 6 Years' i10 Index and Universities' i10 Index Rankings 2025. With Premium Membership, you can:
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* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
HIV/AIDS surveillance
HIV-related stigma and discrimination
behavioural interventions
implementation research
Orphaned and
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
150
85
0.567
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
HIV
epidemiology
sexually transmitted infections
statistics
surveys
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84
61
0.726
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
HIV research
testing and counselling
Tuberculosis
GBMSM
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77
64
0.831
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Social change
Attitudinal measurement
Quality of Life Studies
Inequality beliefs and redress preferences
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73
28
0.384
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
mHealth
Community Intervention Research
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
41
0.932
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
intergroup relations
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34
29
0.853
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Health care seeking
Masculinity
adolescence
social aspects of HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis
sexual
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
21
0.677
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Research ethics
human and social development
HIV
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
23
0.767
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Survey Research and Public Opinion
Citizen Engagement and Public Participation
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
14
0.609
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Spatial Statistics
Spatial Analysis
Data Analysis
Small Area Estimation
Accessibility Modelling
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
18
0.857
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* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Universities and development
Graduate employability
HE policy
knowledge transfer
and community engagement.
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
13
0.650
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
14
0.737
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Adolescents
innovative methodologies
family support
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
13
0.929
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Community Operational Research
Evaluation Research
Systems Thinking
Rural & Urban Livelihoods
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
11
0.917
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Social Protection
Public Employment Programmes
Labour markets
inclusive development
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
4
0.364
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Substantive Democratization
non-Western political development
citizen experiences in post-authoritarian socio-political contex
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10
5
0.500
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Human development
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10
4
0.400
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
GIS
place attachment. environmental attitudes
environmental perceptions
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
8
1.000
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Spatial Planning
Urban Development
Development Planning and Management
Planning and Governance
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
5
0.625
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Disaster Risk Reduction
Indigenous Knowledge for Disaster Risk Reduction
Resilience
Climate
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
6
0.857
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Intersectionality
Race
Youth
Identity
Education
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
6
1.000
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
community organisation development
arts centre development
local government
traditional leadership
project management
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
3
0.500
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Digital Inclusion
Financial Inclusion
FinTech
Future of Work
Digital Skills
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4
3
0.750
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
racism
critical race theory
ethnicity
academic success
language in education
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4
2
0.500
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Higher Education
Public Policy
Governance
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
3
1.000
Leickness Chisamu Simbayi
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
150
85
0.567
HIV/AIDS surveillance
HIV-related stigma and discrimination
behavioural interventions
implementation research
Orphaned and
Khangelani Zuma
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84
61
0.726
HIV
epidemiology
sexually transmitted infections
statistics
surveys
Heidi van Rooyen
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77
64
0.831
Benjamin Roberts
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73
28
0.384
Social change
Attitudinal measurement
Quality of Life Studies
Inequality beliefs and redress preferences
Alastair Van Heerden
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
41
0.932
Steven Lawrence Gordon
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34
29
0.853
Jeremiah Chikovore
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
21
0.677
Health care seeking
Masculinity
adolescence
social aspects of HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis
sexual
Zaynab Essack
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
23
0.767
Yul Davids
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
14
0.609
Survey Research and Public Opinion
Citizen Engagement and Public Participation
Tholang Mokhele,
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
18
0.857
Spatial Statistics
Spatial Analysis
Data Analysis
Small Area Estimation
Accessibility Modelling
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Samuel Fongwa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
13
0.650
Universities and development
Graduate employability
HE policy
knowledge transfer
and community engagement.
Modimowabarwa Kanyane
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
14
0.737
Candice Groenewald
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
13
0.929
Precious Tirivanhu
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
11
0.917
Community Operational Research
Evaluation Research
Systems Thinking
Rural & Urban Livelihoods
Shirin Motala
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
4
0.364
Social Protection
Public Employment Programmes
Labour markets
inclusive development
Joleen Steyn-Kotze
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10
5
0.500
Substantive Democratization
non-Western political development
citizen experiences in post-authoritarian socio-political contex
Ntombizodumo B. Mkwanazi
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10
4
0.400
Simangele Dlamini
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
8
1.000
GIS
place attachment. environmental attitudes
environmental perceptions
Tlou Millicent Ramoroka
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
5
0.625
Spatial Planning
Urban Development
Development Planning and Management
Planning and Governance
Wilfred Lunga
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
6
0.857
Disaster Risk Reduction
Indigenous Knowledge for Disaster Risk Reduction
Resilience
Climate
Alude Mahali
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
6
1.000
Gerard Hagg
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
3
0.500
community organisation development
arts centre development
local government
traditional leadership
project management
Krish Chetty
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4
3
0.750
Digital Inclusion
Financial Inclusion
FinTech
Future of Work
Digital Skills
Tsholofelo Angela Thomas
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4
2
0.500
racism
critical race theory
ethnicity
academic success
language in education
Zama Mabel Mthombeni
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
3
1.000