Subject Rankings

Africa Subject Rankings 2025

AD Scientific Index (Alper-Doger Scientific Index) offers the broadest spectrum of branches, providing analysis in 13 main fields and 197 sub-branches at global, national, and regional levels. These analyses can be based on indicators such as the H-index, i10-index, and citation count, as well as their values from the last 6 years. As of Nov 11, 2024, rankings are according to the Total H Index. BETA VERSION: The subject field rankings for the world, regions, countries, and universities are currently in beta. This is due to the exclusion of (887.258) scientists categorized under 'others,' whose profiles cannot yet be determined, edited, or classified. As these fields are updated, the rankings will adjust accordingly. Please keep this in mind. See Also: [University Subject Rankings]

* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
Achille Mbembe
African politics
history
colonialism
race
enlightenment
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
77
276
66,006
* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
John Parkington
rock art
shell middens
human evolution
South African Prehistory
San hunter gatherers
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
59
136
10,364
* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Kanu Ikechukwu Anthony
African Philosophy
African Metaphysics
African Bioethics
African Traditional Religion
African Cultural Studies
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
38
112
6,199
* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Yusef Waghid
African Philosophy
Philosophy of Education
Global Citizenship Education
Higher Education
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
37
139
5,566
* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Ernst M. Conradie
Systematic theology
ecotheology
ecumenical theology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
28
93
3,533
* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Mohamed Salama
Neurodegenerative Diseases
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
27
62
2,173
* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Isabel Hofmeyr
Postcolonial literary studies
print culture
book history
oceanic studies
Indian Ocean studies
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
26
62
4,765
* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Nigel Worden
18th and early 19th century Cape history
early modern Indian Ocean history
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
26
43
3,785
* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Sive Masawe
historical information
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
25
50
1,855
* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Goolam Vahed
Indian Diaspora
Islam in South Africa
Sports History
Citizenship
Transnationalism
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
25
67
2,614
* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Vivian Bickford-Smith
South African History
Ethnicity and Nationalism
Film and History
Urban History
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
25
42
2,882
* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Rika Preiser
social-ecological research
complex adaptive systems
philosophy
transformative change toward sustainable futures
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
24
34
3,415
* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Peter Alexander
Social and political change
African studies
comparative labour history
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
24
45
3,498
* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Patricia Hayes
African history
photography
visual studies
gender studies
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
24
44
1,746
* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Lance Van Sittert
Environmental History
19th and 20th Century South Africa
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
24
41
1,913
* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Keith Breckenridge
History
South Africa
Biometrics
States
Gold Mining
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
23
32
2,113
* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Cherif Zerroukhi
Hermeneutics
Investment
Humanities
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
23
41
1,483
* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Jonathan Okeke Chimakonam
African Philosophy
Logic
Decoloniality
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
22
47
1,696
* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Rebecca Hodes
History of Medicine
History of South Africa
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
22
40
1,805
* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Philip Higgs
Philosophy of Education
Higher Education
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
22
52
2,226
* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Asonzeh Ukah
Religious Urbanism
African Pentecostalism
Religion and Media
African Religions
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
22
41
1,660
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Achille Mbembe
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
77
276
66,006
African politics
history
colonialism
race
enlightenment
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
John Parkington
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
59
136
10,364
rock art
shell middens
human evolution
South African Prehistory
San hunter gatherers
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Kanu Ikechukwu Anthony
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
38
112
6,199
African Philosophy
African Metaphysics
African Bioethics
African Traditional Religion
African Cultural Studies
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Yusef Waghid
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
37
139
5,566
African Philosophy
Philosophy of Education
Global Citizenship Education
Higher Education
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Gerald West
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
33
118
4,650
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Peter Delius
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
31
47
3,541
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Ogbu Kalu
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
29
71
4,232
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Ernst M. Conradie
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
28
93
3,533
Systematic theology
ecotheology
ecumenical theology
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Mohamed Salama
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
27
62
2,173
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Isabel Hofmeyr
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
26
62
4,765
Postcolonial literary studies
print culture
book history
oceanic studies
Indian Ocean studies
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Nigel Worden
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
26
43
3,785
18th and early 19th century Cape history
early modern Indian Ocean history
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Sive Masawe
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
25
50
1,855
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Goolam Vahed
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
25
67
2,614
Indian Diaspora
Islam in South Africa
Sports History
Citizenship
Transnationalism
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Vivian Bickford-Smith
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
25
42
2,882
South African History
Ethnicity and Nationalism
Film and History
Urban History
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Rika Preiser
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
24
34
3,415
social-ecological research
complex adaptive systems
philosophy
transformative change toward sustainable futures
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Peter Alexander
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
24
45
3,498
Social and political change
African studies
comparative labour history
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Patricia Hayes
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
24
44
1,746
African history
photography
visual studies
gender studies
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Lance Van Sittert
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
24
41
1,913
Environmental History
19th and 20th Century South Africa
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Alois Mlambo
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
23
41
2,585
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Keith Breckenridge
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
23
32
2,113
History
South Africa
Biometrics
States
Gold Mining
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Cherif Zerroukhi
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
23
41
1,483
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Jonathan Okeke Chimakonam
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
22
47
1,696
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Rebecca Hodes
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
22
40
1,805
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Philip Higgs
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
22
52
2,226
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Asonzeh Ukah
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
22
41
1,660
Religious Urbanism
African Pentecostalism
Religion and Media
African Religions