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University of Johannesburg 24 Scientists Social Sciences / Political Science and International Relations 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
South Africa
Patrick Bond
political economy
political ecology
geography
social movements
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
237
98
0.414
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
South Africa
Chris Landsberg
International relations
African Diplomacy and Foreign Policy
African Leadership
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79
32
0.405
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
South Africa
Peter Vale
International relations
social theory
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55
13
0.236
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
South Africa
Deon Geldenhuys
International Relations
Deviant conduct by states
Ethno-Politics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
10
0.244
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
South Africa
Adeoye O. Akinola
Globalization
African Political Economy
Development Studies
Peace & Conflict Studies
Migration
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
30
0.833
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
South Africa
Legend Asuelime
African Security
International Development
African International Relations
Political Economy
South African Nuclear History
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
17
0.708
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
South Africa
Marianne S Ulriksen
comparative politics
social protection policies
poverty
inequality
Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
15
0.682
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
South Africa
Sam Ashman
political economy
financialization
the state and development
combined and uneven development
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
8
0.364
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
South Africa
Lyal White
International Business
Strategy
Political Economy
International Relations
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
8
0.444
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
South Africa
Thembisa Waetjen
South Africa
cultural politics
drugs and medicines
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
7
0.412

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* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
South Africa
Mcebisi Ndletyana
voting
public institutions
parties
democracy
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
6
0.375
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
South Africa
Fritz Nganje
Paradiplomacy
Decentralized Cooperation
City-to-City Cooperation
Local Peacebuilding in Africa
South African Foreign Policy
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
9
0.818
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
South Africa
Yolanda Kemp Spies
diplomacy
africa
foreign policy
ethics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
7
0.636
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
South Africa
Lisa Otto
Maritime Security
Ocean Politics
African Security
Diplomacy and Foreign Policy
Climate Change
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9
6
0.667
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
South Africa
Bhaso Ndzendze
Sovereignty
Territorial disputes
Military tech
African international relations
Executive power
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
5
1.000
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
South Africa
Graham Dampier
Political philosophy
Liberal Egalitarianism
Ubuntu
Institutional Research
The Poetry of W.B. Yeats
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
1
0.333
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
South Africa
Costa Andre Georghiou
International Relations
International Politics
Foreign Policy
Diplomacy
Methodology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
1
0.333
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
South Africa
Bongani Ngqulunga
political identities
political history
biography
African political thought
African nationalism
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
2
1.000
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
South Africa
Joseph Makanda
Climate Change
Security
Migration and international politics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1
1
1.000
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
South Africa
Morillas Cindy
science politique
études africaines
sociologie des mouvements sociaux
Cameroun
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1
0
0.000
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
South Africa
Camila Andrade|Camila Santos Andrade
International Relations
African Studies
Rwanda
Global South
Black Feminisms
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
0
0
0
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
South Africa
Sarah Setlaelo
Political Philosophy
Social Philosophy
Feminist Philosophy
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
0
0
0
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
South Africa
Ndzalama C. Mathebula
Political Risk
Political Economy and African Intellectualism
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
0
0
0
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
South Africa
Blessing Vava
Communication
Social Media
Journalism
Media
Politics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
0
0
0
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Patrick Bond
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
237
98
0.414
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Chris Landsberg
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79
32
0.405
International relations
African Diplomacy and Foreign Policy
African Leadership
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Peter Vale
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55
13
0.236
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Deon Geldenhuys
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
10
0.244
International Relations
Deviant conduct by states
Ethno-Politics
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Adeoye O. Akinola
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
30
0.833
Globalization
African Political Economy
Development Studies
Peace & Conflict Studies
Migration
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Legend Asuelime
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
17
0.708
African Security
International Development
African International Relations
Political Economy
South African Nuclear History
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Marianne S Ulriksen
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
15
0.682
comparative politics
social protection policies
poverty
inequality
Africa
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Sam Ashman
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
8
0.364
political economy
financialization
the state and development
combined and uneven development
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Lyal White
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
8
0.444
International Business
Strategy
Political Economy
International Relations
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Thembisa Waetjen
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
7
0.412

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* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Mcebisi Ndletyana
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
6
0.375
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Fritz Nganje
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
9
0.818
Paradiplomacy
Decentralized Cooperation
City-to-City Cooperation
Local Peacebuilding in Africa
South African Foreign Policy
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Yolanda Kemp Spies
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
7
0.636
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Lisa Otto
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9
6
0.667
Maritime Security
Ocean Politics
African Security
Diplomacy and Foreign Policy
Climate Change
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Bhaso Ndzendze
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
5
1.000
Sovereignty
Territorial disputes
Military tech
African international relations
Executive power
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Graham Dampier
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
1
0.333
Political philosophy
Liberal Egalitarianism
Ubuntu
Institutional Research
The Poetry of W.B. Yeats
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Costa Andre Georghiou
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
1
0.333
International Relations
International Politics
Foreign Policy
Diplomacy
Methodology
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Bongani Ngqulunga
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
2
1.000
political identities
political history
biography
African political thought
African nationalism
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Joseph Makanda
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1
1
1.000
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Morillas Cindy
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1
0
0.000
science politique
études africaines
sociologie des mouvements sociaux
Cameroun
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Camila Andrade|Camila Santos Andrade
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
0
0
0
International Relations
African Studies
Rwanda
Global South
Black Feminisms
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Sarah Setlaelo
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
0
0
0
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Ndzalama C. Mathebula
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
0
0
0
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Blessing Vava
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
0
0
0