Top 100 Scientists

Top 100 Scientists in South Africa 2025

Top 100 scientists can be ranked globally or specific to the following regions including Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Latin America, Oceania, Arab League, ASEAN, EECA, and BRICS based on total H-index scores without any breakdown by subject areas. Top 100 rankings in the world, in a continent, or a region include standardized subjects areas of Agriculture & Forestry, Arts, Design and Architecture, Business & Management, Economics & Econometrics, Education, Engineering & Technology, History, Philosophy, Theology, Law/Law and Legal Studies, Medical and Health Sciences, Natural Sciences, Social Sciences, Art and Humanities Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Rankings BETA VERSION. Subject field ranking in world, region, country and university is beta version since subject field "others" (873,864 scientists profile whose branch cannot be determined, not yet edited or determined) is excluded, so the ranking will change as the others fields are edited. Please note that. Subjects indicated as “ * others ” will not be included in the ranking by regions and subjects.

* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
Hilary Janks
Language education
literacy education
critical literacy
discourse analysis
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
36
67
9,778
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Rajendra Chetty
English literature
language and literacy
teacher education
class and race studies
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
20
34
1,581
Robert J. Balfour
Language Education
Postcolonial Literature
Language Policy
Rural Education
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
18
28
1,328
Margie Probyn
language and education
bilingualism
language policy in education...
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
13
15
1,624
Ina Joubert
Early Childhood
Democratic Citizenship
Language Education
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
13
15
552
JC Roux
Language and speech technologies
African languages
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
12
14
554
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Nhlanhla Mpofu
Second Language Teacher Education
English Across the Curriculum
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
10
10
302
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Ana Ferreira
critical multimodal literacies
decolonising English education
critical dialogic pedagogy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
10
11
736
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Ken Barris
Literature
South African fiction in English
academic literacy
higher education
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
10
10
256
Visvaganthie Moodley
English Language education
visual literacy
language and style
assessment
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
7
7
314
Sindiso Zhou
English language pedagogy
language contact and multilingualism
translanguaging
decoloniality in classroom practice
discourse
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
4
292
Nchindila Bernard
English language
humanities and social sciences
education
Linguistics
morphology and phonology of southern African languages
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
5
1
66
Wilfred Molotja
English Language Teaching
Academic Literacy
Academic Reading
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
2
75
André Steenkamp
Second language teaching
task-based language teaching
African languages teaching
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
2
27
Natasha Engelbrecht
Foreign language teaching and learning
German Studies in (South) Africa
Translation in foreign language acquisition
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
2
0
7
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Hilary Janks
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
36
67
9,778
Language education
literacy education
critical literacy
discourse analysis
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Rajendra Chetty
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
34
1,581
English literature
language and literacy
teacher education
class and race studies
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Robert J. Balfour
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
28
1,328
Language Education
Postcolonial Literature
Language Policy
Rural Education
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Rochelle Kapp
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
19
946
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Mbulungeni Madiba
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
18
779
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Carole Bloch
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
27
830
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Margie Probyn
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
15
1,624
language and education
bilingualism
language policy in education...
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Ina Joubert
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
15
552
Early Childhood
Democratic Citizenship
Language Education
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
JC Roux
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
14
554
Language and speech technologies
African languages
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Nhlanhla Mpofu
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
10
302
Second Language Teacher Education
English Across the Curriculum
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Ana Ferreira
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
11
736
critical multimodal literacies
decolonising English education
critical dialogic pedagogy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Ken Barris
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
10
256
Literature
South African fiction in English
academic literacy
higher education
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Alta Engelbrecht
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
5
223
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Visvaganthie Moodley
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
7
314
English Language education
visual literacy
language and style
assessment
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Sindiso Zhou
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
4
292
English language pedagogy
language contact and multilingualism
translanguaging
decoloniality in classroom practice
discourse
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Kotie Kaiser
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
3
278
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Nchindila Bernard
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
1
66
English language
humanities and social sciences
education
Linguistics
morphology and phonology of southern African languages
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Wilfred Molotja
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
2
75
English Language Teaching
Academic Literacy
Academic Reading
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
André Steenkamp
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
2
27
Second language teaching
task-based language teaching
African languages teaching
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Natasha Engelbrecht
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
7
Foreign language teaching and learning
German Studies in (South) Africa
Translation in foreign language acquisition