Subject Rankings

South Africa Law 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 Dec 12, 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 (873.899) 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
Clifford Shearing
Criminology
policing
environmental security
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
57
151
17,457
* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Andronikos Paliathanasis
General Relativity
Dark Energy
Modified theories of gravity
Cosmology
Integrability
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
48
145
8,300
* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Ml Van Der Walt Swanepoel
Salmonella
tuberculosis
campylobacter
Lawsonia
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
36
64
6,058
* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Louis J. Kotzé
Environmental law
environmental rights
environmental constitutionalism
Anthropocene
earth system
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
35
76
3,844
* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Monique Michal Marks
criminolgy
urban studies
ethnography
urban safety
security governance
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
28
60
2,692
* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Charles Manga Fombad
comparative law
comparative constitutional law
legal history
media law
international law
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
24
75
2,135
* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Frans Viljoen
International Human Rights Law
Regional Human Rights Systems
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
24
49
3,346
* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Jackie Dugard
law and social change
courts and the poor
socio-economic rights including land
gender-based harm on campus
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
23
42
1,866
* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Sandra Liebenberg
Constitutional law
International Human Rights Law
Social Rights
Equality
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
22
44
2,132
* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Ann Strode
Law. health research
HIVm children
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
22
44
1,435
* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Ann Skelton
International children's rights
restorative justice
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
22
39
1,356
* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Jonathan Klaaren
rights & regulation
competition policy
legal profession
migration & citizenship
South & Southern Africa
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
22
44
1,752
* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Nicolaas Steytler
federalism
multilevel government
local government
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
21
45
1,548
* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Charles Ngwena
health
disability
race
culture. sexualities
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
21
45
1,304
* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Julia Sloth-Nielsen
Chldren's rights
family law
human rights
equality
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
57
1,618
* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Catherine Albertyn
Constitutional Law
human rights
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
36
1,739
* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Danwood Chirwa
Human Rights
Constitutional Law
Administrative Law
International Law
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
28
1,430
* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Marius Pieterse
Urban law and governance
socio-economic rights
constitutional law
law and urban space
right to health
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
31
1,357
* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Dire Tladi
International law
International criminal law
JUS COGENS
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
29
1,189
* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Jaap De Visser
Local Government
Decentralisation
Federalism
intergovernmental relations
development planning
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
27
1,247
* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
John Mubangizi
Human rights law
Constitutional law
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
31
931
* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Anel Du Plessis
Cities
Urban Law & Governance
Sustainability
Climate Change Law & Governance
Sub-Saharan Africa
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
23
736
* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Sylvester Chima|Sylvester C Chima, MD, Chima S C
Medical Law
Bioethics
Human Rights
Neuropathology
Public Health
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
27
1,130
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Clifford Shearing
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
57
151
17,457
Criminology
policing
environmental security
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Andronikos Paliathanasis
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
48
145
8,300
General Relativity
Dark Energy
Modified theories of gravity
Cosmology
Integrability
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Mary Scholes
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
40
86
5,811
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Ml Van Der Walt Swanepoel
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
36
64
6,058
Salmonella
tuberculosis
campylobacter
Lawsonia
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Louis J. Kotzé
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
35
76
3,844
Environmental law
environmental rights
environmental constitutionalism
Anthropocene
earth system
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Keymanthri Moodley
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
32
69
3,575
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Monique Michal Marks
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
28
60
2,692
criminolgy
urban studies
ethnography
urban safety
security governance
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Charles Manga Fombad
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
24
75
2,135
comparative law
comparative constitutional law
legal history
media law
international law
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Frans Viljoen
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
24
49
3,346
International Human Rights Law
Regional Human Rights Systems
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Jackie Dugard
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
23
42
1,866
law and social change
courts and the poor
socio-economic rights including land
gender-based harm on campus
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Sandra Liebenberg
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
22
44
2,132
Constitutional law
International Human Rights Law
Social Rights
Equality
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Ann Strode
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
22
44
1,435
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Ann Skelton
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
22
39
1,356
International children's rights
restorative justice
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Jonathan Klaaren
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
22
44
1,752
rights & regulation
competition policy
legal profession
migration & citizenship
South & Southern Africa
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Nicolaas Steytler
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
21
45
1,548
federalism
multilevel government
local government
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Charles Ngwena
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
21
45
1,304
health
disability
race
culture. sexualities
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Julia Sloth-Nielsen
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
20
57
1,618
Chldren's rights
family law
human rights
equality
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Catherine Albertyn
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
20
36
1,739
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Danwood Chirwa
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
19
28
1,430
Human Rights
Constitutional Law
Administrative Law
International Law
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Marius Pieterse
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
18
31
1,357
Urban law and governance
socio-economic rights
constitutional law
law and urban space
right to health
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Dire Tladi
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
17
29
1,189
International law
International criminal law
JUS COGENS
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Jaap De Visser
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
17
27
1,247
Local Government
Decentralisation
Federalism
intergovernmental relations
development planning
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
John Mubangizi
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
17
31
931
Human rights law
Constitutional law
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Anel Du Plessis
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
17
23
736
Cities
Urban Law & Governance
Sustainability
Climate Change Law & Governance
Sub-Saharan Africa
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Sylvester Chima|Sylvester C Chima, MD, Chima S C
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
17
27
1,130
Medical Law
Bioethics
Human Rights
Neuropathology
Public Health