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 rankings in world, region, country, and university are in Beta version and are subject to real-time updates, since the subject field “Others” (1,121,299 scientists profile whose branch cannot be determined, not yet edited or determined) is excluded. These rankings will dynamically evolve in real time as the “Others” profiles are revised and classified. Please note that. Subjects indicated as “ * others ” will not be included in the ranking by regions and subjects.

South Africa

* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

23,169

World Rank

Country Rank

University

Ranking Based On Selection:

Achille Mbembe

University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg, South Africa

History, Philosophy, Theology / History
African politics | history | colonialism | race | enlightenmen

H-Index Metrics

H-Index

78
i10 Index

299
Citation Counts

71,140

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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

51,540

World Rank

167

Country Rank

University

Ranking Based On Selection:

John Parkington

University of Cape Town Cape Town, South Africa

History, Philosophy, Theology / History
rock art | shell middens | human evolution | South African Prehistory | San hunter gatherer

H-Index Metrics

H-Index

61
i10 Index

138
Citation Counts

10,877

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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

173,682

World Rank

745

Country Rank

University

Ranking Based On Selection:

Yusef Waghid

Stellenbosch University Stellenbosch, South Africa

History, Philosophy, Theology / Philosophy
African Philosophy | Philosophy of Education | Global Citizenship Educatio

H-Index Metrics

H-Index

37
i10 Index

146
Citation Counts

5,843

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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

236,661

World Rank

1,091

Country Rank

University

Ranking Based On Selection:

Gerald West

University of Kwazulu Natal Durban, South Africa

History, Philosophy, Theology / Theology

H-Index Metrics

H-Index

32
i10 Index

116
Citation Counts

4,619

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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

249,915

World Rank

1,169

Country Rank

131

University

Ranking Based On Selection:

Peter Delius

University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg, South Africa

History, Philosophy, Theology / History
African Histor

H-Index Metrics

H-Index

31
i10 Index

48
Citation Counts

3,645

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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

278,876

World Rank

1,357

Country Rank

University

Ranking Based On Selection:

Ernst M. Conradie

University of the Western Cape Bellville, South Africa

History, Philosophy, Theology / Theology
Systematic theology | ecotheology | ecumenical theolog

H-Index Metrics

H-Index

29
i10 Index

93
Citation Counts

3,639

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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

294,150

World Rank

1,443

Country Rank

157

University

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Isabel Hofmeyr

University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg, South Africa

History, Philosophy, Theology / History
Postcolonial literary studies | print culture | book history | oceanic studies | Indian Ocean studie

H-Index Metrics

H-Index

28
i10 Index

62
Citation Counts

4,942

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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

327,357

World Rank

1,607

Country Rank

University

Ranking Based On Selection:

Sive Masawe

University of Fort Hare Alice, South Africa

History, Philosophy, Theology / History
historical informatio

H-Index Metrics

H-Index

26
i10 Index

52
Citation Counts

1,970

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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

340,489

World Rank

1,690

Country Rank

315

University

Ranking Based On Selection:

Nigel Worden

University of Cape Town Cape Town, South Africa

History, Philosophy, Theology / History
18th and early 19th century Cape history | early modern Indian Ocean histor

H-Index Metrics

H-Index

26
i10 Index

44
Citation Counts

3,865

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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

363,055

World Rank

1,827

Country Rank

336

University

Ranking Based On Selection:

Lance Van Sittert

University of Cape Town Cape Town, South Africa

History, Philosophy, Theology / History
Environmental History | 19th and 20th Century South Afric

H-Index Metrics

H-Index

25
i10 Index

42
Citation Counts

1,962

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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

368,586

World Rank

1,854

Country Rank

230

University

Ranking Based On Selection:

Rika Preiser

Stellenbosch University Stellenbosch, South Africa

History, Philosophy, Theology / Philosophy
social-ecological research | complex adaptive systems | philosophy | transformative change toward sustainable future