i10 Productivity
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Africa University ScientistsSocial Sciences / Linguistics and Literature i10 Productivity Rankings 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
reading
additional language learning
vocabulary
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
29
0.725
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Language planning and development
Language in education
Language contact
Translation and Literacy.
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
9
0.643
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Swahili literature
Culture
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
13
1.000
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
literary and linguistic pragmatics
multilingualism
students engagement theory
language assessment
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
9
0.818
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
African American and African Literature
South African Literature
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10
10
1.000
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Psycholinguistics
Applied Linguistics
Cognitive Linguistics
Quantitative research methodology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10
6
0.600
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
TESOL
English Language Teaching
English Literature
Applied Linguistics
Editing & Proofreading
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9
8
0.889
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Language planning and policy
Language management
Sociolinguistics
Corpus Linguistics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9
6
0.667
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Language in the early years
Transitions in the early years
Leadership in the early years
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9
5
0.556
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Bilingualism
Multilingualism
Literacy
Additional Language learning
Linguistic social justice
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
7
1.000
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Literature
Theatre
Higher Education
Languages
Decoloniality
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
4
0.571
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Francophone studies
African literature
Education in Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
6
1.000
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Applied Linguistics
English and African Studies
Academic Literacies
Critical Discourse Analysis
Multilingualism in ODeL
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
6
1.000
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Literary Theory
Postcolonial Literature
Identity Politics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
1
0.200
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Feminist science fiction
Fantasy
Childrens Literature
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4
4
1.000
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Gender and Sexuality Studies
Postcolonial English Literature and Global South Studies.
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4
2
0.500
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Applied English Language Studies
Mobile learning
ODL
Sociolinguistics
blended learning
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
3
1.000
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
linguistics
discourse analysis
appraisal theory
forensic linguistics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
3
1.000
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Language and Literature
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
2
0.667
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Academic Writing
Applied English Language Studies
e-Learning
Artificial Intelligence
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
2
0.667
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Gender Studies
African Womens' Writing
Muslim Womens' Writing
English Education
Graphic Literature
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
2
0.667
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
sociolinguistics
document design
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
1
0.333
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
General linguistics
semantics
Forensic Linguistics
Translation Studies
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
2
1.000
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Owé Language Revitilization
Preservation and Documentation
Syntax of English as a Second Language
Onomastic
Sociolinguistic
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
2
1.000
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Literacy Education
collaboration in education
teacher education and curriculum studies
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
2
1.000
Lilli Pretorius
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
29
0.725
reading
additional language learning
vocabulary
Muthwii, Margaret Jepkirui
Pan Africa Christian University
Nairobi, Kenya
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
9
0.643
Language planning and development
Language in education
Language contact
Translation and Literacy.
Lina Akaka
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
13
1.000
Swahili literature
Culture
Nomsa Zindela
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
9
0.818
literary and linguistic pragmatics
multilingualism
students engagement theory
language assessment
Mzukisi Lento
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10
10
1.000
African American and African Literature
South African Literature
Carien Wilsenach
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10
6
0.600
Psycholinguistics
Applied Linguistics
Cognitive Linguistics
Quantitative research methodology
Amanda Bowen
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9
8
0.889
TESOL
English Language Teaching
English Literature
Applied Linguistics
Editing & Proofreading
Mtholeni Ngcobo
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9
6
0.667
Language planning and policy
Language management
Sociolinguistics
Corpus Linguistics
Nkidi Phatudi
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9
5
0.556
Language in the early years
Transitions in the early years
Leadership in the early years
Dumisile Mkhize
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
7
1.000
Bilingualism
Multilingualism
Literacy
Additional Language learning
Linguistic social justice
Zodwa Motsa
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
4
0.571
Literature
Theatre
Higher Education
Languages
Decoloniality
Wandia M Njoya
Africa International University
Nairobi, Kenya
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
6
1.000
Francophone studies
African literature
Education in Africa
Sibusiso Cliff Ndlangamandla
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
6
1.000
Applied Linguistics
English and African Studies
Academic Literacies
Critical Discourse Analysis
Multilingualism in ODeL
Fetson Kalua
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
1
0.200
Literary Theory
Postcolonial Literature
Identity Politics
Eileen Donaldson
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4
4
1.000
Feminist science fiction
Fantasy
Childrens Literature
Christopher Babatunde Ogunyemi,
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4
2
0.500
Gender and Sexuality Studies
Postcolonial English Literature and Global South Studies.
Shandu-Phetla Thulile Pearl
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
3
1.000
Applied English Language Studies
Mobile learning
ODL
Sociolinguistics
blended learning
Lezandra Grundlingh
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
3
1.000
linguistics
discourse analysis
appraisal theory
forensic linguistics
Mlamli Diko
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
2
0.667
Zuleika Suliman
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
2
0.667
Academic Writing
Applied English Language Studies
e-Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Rizwana Habib Latha
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
2
0.667
Gender Studies
African Womens' Writing
Muslim Womens' Writing
English Education
Graphic Literature
Elvis Saal
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
1
0.333
sociolinguistics
document design
Stanley Madonsela
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
2
1.000
General linguistics
semantics
Forensic Linguistics
Translation Studies
Josephine Olufunmilayo Alexander
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
2
1.000
Owé Language Revitilization
Preservation and Documentation
Syntax of English as a Second Language
Onomastic
Sociolinguistic
Malatji Makwalete
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
2
1.000
Literacy Education
collaboration in education
teacher education and curriculum studies