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Africa University/ 47 Scientists Social Sciences / Psychology i10 Productivity Rankings - 2025

Total 2,453,121 scientists, country 221, and institutions 24,478 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
Melinde Coetzee
Career and Human Capacity Development
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
146
103
0.705
* Total 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
28
0.359
* Total 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
38
34
0.895
* Total 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
25
0.658
* Total 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
31
29
0.935
* Total 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
25
0.806
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
South Africa
Kitty Dumont
Social Psychology
Intergroup Relations
Leadership
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
16
0.727
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
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
22
13
0.591
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
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
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
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

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* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
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
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
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
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
South Africa
Sonja Grobler
Industrial and Organisational Psychology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
5
0.625
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Zimbabwe
Mutanana Ngonidzashe
Psychological Counselling
Community Development and Indgenous Knowledge Systems
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
5
0.625
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
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
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
South Africa
Leona Ungerer
Technology-enhanced teaching and learning
consumer psychology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
5
0.714
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
South Africa
Prem Heeralal
Psychology of Education
Science Education and Educational Management
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
4
0.571
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
South Africa
Catherine Govender
neuropsychology
chronic pain
post-TBI intervention
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
3
0.429
* Total 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
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
South Africa
Bianca Rochelle Parry
Psychology
Gender
Activism
Education
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
5
1.000
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Kenya
Susan Muriungi
clinical psychology
adult psychopathology
work related psychological issues
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
4
0.800
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
South Africa
Louise Tonelli
Industrial and Organisational Psychology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
4
0.800
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
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
5
2
0.400
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Kenya
Margaret Mwenje
Counseling Psychology/Addiction & Rehabilitation Counseling/Trauma & Grief Counseling/Marriage &
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4
3
0.750
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Melinde Coetzee
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
146
103
0.705
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Frans Cilliers
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78
28
0.359
Systems Psychodynamics
Positive Psychology
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Renier Steyn
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
34
0.895
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Juan A Nel
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
25
0.658
Hate victimisation
LGBT+ well-being
gay mental health
sexual and gender diversity
affirmative
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Ingrid Potgieter
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
29
0.935
Employability
Career development
Employee well-being
Personal attributes
Retention
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Rudolf M Oosthuizen
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
25
0.806
Career Psychology
Positive Psychology
Employment Relations
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Kitty Dumont
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
16
0.727
Social Psychology
Intergroup Relations
Leadership
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Sanet Van Der Westhuizen
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
13
0.591
Teaching of Research Methodology
Sense of Coherence
Work-related Sense of Coherence
Student Success
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Antoni Barnard
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
17
0.850
psychological wellbeing and adjustment
qualitative research
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Rene Van Eeden
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
4
0.200
Psychological assessment
Psychometrics
Leadership
Organisational dynamics

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* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Monika Dos Santos
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
9
0.643
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Nisha Harry
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10
7
0.700
Sense of coherence
burnout
Career adaptability
hardiness
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Rebecca Tladinyane
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9
5
0.556
Career Psychology
Personnel Psychology
Organisational Psychology
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Sonja Grobler
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
5
0.625
Industrial and Organisational Psychology
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Mutanana Ngonidzashe
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
5
0.625
Psychological Counselling
Community Development and Indgenous Knowledge Systems
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
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
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Leona Ungerer
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
5
0.714
Technology-enhanced teaching and learning
consumer psychology
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Prem Heeralal
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
4
0.571
Psychology of Education
Science Education and Educational Management
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Catherine Govender
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
3
0.429
neuropsychology
chronic pain
post-TBI intervention
* Total 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
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Bianca Rochelle Parry
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
5
1.000
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Susan Muriungi
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
4
0.800
clinical psychology
adult psychopathology
work related psychological issues
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Louise Tonelli
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
4
0.800
Industrial and Organisational Psychology
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Masefako Gumani
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
2
0.400
Gender-based violence
Victim empowerment
Coping and resilience
Police and corrections research
Christianity and mental healt
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Margaret Mwenje
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4
3
0.750
Counseling Psychology/Addiction & Rehabilitation Counseling/Trauma & Grief Counseling/Marriage &
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