Africa Scientist and University Rankings 2025

Africa Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature 3.236 Scientists Subject Rankings - 2025

The AD Scientific Index (Alper-Doger Scientific Index) provides the most comprehensive analysis across 13 main fields and 211 sub-branches at global, national, and regional levels. These analyses are based on indicators such as the H-index, i10-index, and citation count, including their values from the last 6 years. As of Jun 19, 2025, the rankings are determined according to the Total H Index. BETA VERSION: The subject field rankings for the world, regions, countries, and universities are currently in their Beta phase. This is due to the exclusion of (1.121.299) scientists categorized under ‘Others’, whose profiles have yet to be determined, edited, or classified. As updates are made to these fields, the rankings will be adjusted accordingly. Note: Please keep this in mind while reviewing the rankings. For further details, explore our [University Subject Rankings].

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Total 3.236 scientists, 168 country, 6.791 institution

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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

108,385

World Rank

418

Country Rank

107

University

Ranking Based On Selection:

Rajend Mesthrie

University of Cape Town Cape Town, South Africa

Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature
Linguistics | Sociolinguistics | English language | Language in South Afric

H-Index Metrics

H-Index

46
i10 Index

121
Citation Counts

9,843

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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

133,020

World Rank

543

Country Rank

University

Ranking Based On Selection:

Christopher Stroud

University of the Western Cape Bellville, South Africa

Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature
linguistics | multilingualism | anthroplogy | philosoph

H-Index Metrics

H-Index

42
i10 Index

83
Citation Counts

6,180

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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

230,230

World Rank

653

Country Rank

University

Ranking Based On Selection:

Mohamed Saleh 2

Assiut University Asyut, Egypt

Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature
Oriental Language

H-Index Metrics

H-Index

32
i10 Index

83
Citation Counts

3,886

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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

243,790

World Rank

1,135

Country Rank

248

University

Ranking Based On Selection:

Ana Deumert

University of Cape Town Cape Town, South Africa

Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature
Sociolinguistics | linguistic anthropolog

H-Index Metrics

H-Index

31
i10 Index

64
Citation Counts

6,715

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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

280,498

World Rank

1,372

Country Rank

University

Ranking Based On Selection:

Albert Weideman

University of the Free State Bloemfontein, South Africa

Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature
Academic literacy | Language testing | Language assessment | Theory of applied linguistic

H-Index Metrics

H-Index

29
i10 Index

63
Citation Counts

2,587

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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

282,067

World Rank

1,382

Country Rank

University

Ranking Based On Selection:

Lilli Pretorius

University of South Africa Pretoria, South Africa

Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature
reading | additional language learning | vocabular

H-Index Metrics

H-Index

29
i10 Index

39
Citation Counts

2,640

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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

285,089

World Rank

Country Rank

University

Ranking Based On Selection:

Abdelghani Dahou

Université Ahmed Draia d'Adrar Adrar, Algeria

Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature
Computer science | deep learning | computer vision | natural language processing | human activity recognitio

H-Index Metrics

H-Index

28
i10 Index

48
Citation Counts

2,957

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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

312,078

World Rank

1,530

Country Rank

University

Ranking Based On Selection:

Felix Banda

University of the Western Cape Bellville, South Africa

Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature
Multilingualism | Bantu linguistics | Multimodality | Language Policy | Translanguagin

H-Index Metrics

H-Index

27
i10 Index

62
Citation Counts

2,492

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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

328,007

World Rank

1,618

Country Rank

179

University

Ranking Based On Selection:

Leketi Makalela

University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg, South Africa

Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature
Languages and Literacies (Reading Literacy | Multilingualism | translanguaging | World Englishes | Language Policy & Planning

H-Index Metrics

H-Index

26
i10 Index

44
Citation Counts

2,975

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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

345,264

World Rank

1,265

Country Rank

University

Ranking Based On Selection:

Mohamed Abdel Nasser

Aswan University Aswan, Egypt

Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature
Informatics | Telecommunication

H-Index Metrics

H-Index

25
i10 Index

55
Citation Counts

2,852

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