Social Sciences

World Scientist and University Rankings 2024

South Africa Scientists Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature Rankings in South Africa 2024

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Total 246 scientist, 1 country, 28 institution

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Rajend Mesthrie

University of Cape Town

South Africa

Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature

Linguistics

Sociolinguistics

English language

Language in South Africa

H-Index Rankings

University / Institution:

# 106

Country:

# 408

Region:

# 793

World:

# 106,354

H-Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.545

i10 Index

Total:

113

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.531

Citation

Total:

8,876

Last 6 Year:

2,932

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.330

Christopher Stroud

University of the Western Cape

South Africa

Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature

linguistics

multilingualism

anthroplogy

philosophy

H-Index Rankings

University / Institution:

# 15

Country:

# 463

Region:

# 920

World:

# 117,640

H-Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.619

i10 Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.671

Citation

Total:

5,439

Last 6 Year:

2,338

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.430

Ana Deumert

University of Cape Town

South Africa

Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature

Sociolinguistics

linguistic anthropology

H-Index Rankings

University / Institution:

# 249

Country:

# 1,160

Region:

# 2,900

World:

# 246,800

H-Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.759

i10 Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.672

Citation

Total:

6,101

Last 6 Year:

2,443

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.400

Lilli Pretorius

University of South Africa

South Africa

Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature

reading

additional language learning

vocabulary

H-Index Rankings

University / Institution:

# 35

Country:

# 1,385

Region:

# 3,616

World:

# 285,270

H-Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.630

i10 Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.718

Citation

Total:

2,451

Last 6 Year:

920

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.375

Albert Weideman

University of the Free State

South Africa

Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature

Academic literacy

Language testing

Language assessment

Theory of applied linguistics

H-Index Rankings

University / Institution:

# 29

Country:

# 1,396

Region:

# 3,649

World:

# 287,583

H-Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.519

i10 Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.509

Citation

Total:

2,123

Last 6 Year:

644

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.303

Leketi Makalela

University of the Witwatersrand

South Africa

Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature

Languages and Literacies (Reading Literacy

Multilingualism

translanguaging

World Englishes

Language Policy & Planning)

H-Index Rankings

University / Institution:

# 177

Country:

# 1,568

Region:

# 4,270

World:

# 316,989

H-Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.800

i10 Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.795

Citation

Total:

2,390

Last 6 Year:

1,677

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.702

Jochen Zeller

University of Kwazulu Natal

South Africa

Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature

Syntax

Bantu grammar

Psycholinguistics

H-Index Rankings

University / Institution:

# 146

Country:

# 1,611

Region:

# 4,418

World:

# 324,164

H-Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.640

i10 Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.605

Citation

Total:

1,942

Last 6 Year:

772

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.398

Felix Banda

University of the Western Cape

South Africa

Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature

Multilingualism

Sociolinguistics

Bantu linguistics

Multimodality

Language Policy

H-Index Rankings

University / Institution:

# 59

Country:

# 1,715

Region:

# 4,798

World:

# 342,606

H-Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.708

i10 Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.686

Citation

Total:

1,967

Last 6 Year:

1,072

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.545

Elizabeth Gunner

University of Johannesburg

South Africa

Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature

orality performance and literature

H-Index Rankings

University / Institution:

# 122

Country:

# 1,760

Region:

# 4,922

World:

# 348,929

H-Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.542

i10 Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.308

Citation

Total:

2,533

Last 6 Year:

614

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.242

Stephanie Rudwick

University of Kwazulu Natal

South Africa

Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature

African Studies

anthropological linguistics

politics of language

H-Index Rankings

University / Institution:

# 169

Country:

# 1,868

Region:

# 5,357

World:

# 368,252

H-Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.696

i10 Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.806

Citation

Total:

1,438

Last 6 Year:

765

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.532

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Mastin Prinsloo

University of Cape Town

South Africa

Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature

Literacy

language

H-Index Rankings

University / Institution:

# 350

Country:

# 1,878

Region:

# 5,384

World:

# 369,421

H-Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.652

i10 Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.538

Citation

Total:

2,427

Last 6 Year:

725

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.299

Dj Prinsloo

University of Pretoria

South Africa

Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature

Lexicography

H-Index Rankings

University / Institution:

# 204

Country:

# 1,914

Region:

# 5,498

World:

# 374,779

H-Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.435

i10 Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.203

Citation

Total:

2,009

Last 6 Year:

540

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.269

Arlene Hillary Archer

University of Cape Town

South Africa

Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature

social semiotics

multimodal communication

academic literacies

H-Index Rankings

University / Institution:

# 363

Country:

# 2,016

Region:

# 5,985

World:

# 393,514

H-Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.682

i10 Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.690

Citation

Total:

1,775

Last 6 Year:

852

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.480

Christa Van Der Walt

Stellenbosch University

South Africa

Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature

Education

Multilingual Education

Applied Linguistics

H-Index Rankings

University / Institution:

# 256

Country:

# 2,044

Region:

# 6,051

World:

# 396,293

H-Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.636

i10 Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.600

Citation

Total:

1,533

Last 6 Year:

668

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.436

Sabirah Adams

University of Cape Town

South Africa

Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature

Children's subjective well-being

Child Quality of Life

Quantitative and Qualitative Research

H-Index Rankings

University / Institution:

# 403

Country:

# 2,256

Region:

# 7,036

World:

# 434,404

H-Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.950

i10 Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

1.000

Citation

Total:

1,321

Last 6 Year:

1,161

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.879

Leon De Kock

Stellenbosch University

South Africa

Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature

South African literature

translation

whiteness studies

H-Index Rankings

University / Institution:

# 290

Country:

# 2,405

Region:

# 7,665

World:

# 457,419

H-Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.550

i10 Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.333

Citation

Total:

1,874

Last 6 Year:

520

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.277

Leon Jackson

North West University

South Africa

Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature

Acculturation

diversity

leadership

employee attitudes

H-Index Rankings

University / Institution:

# 126

Country:

# 2,560

Region:

# 8,357

World:

# 482,454

H-Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.737

i10 Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.750

Citation

Total:

1,602

Last 6 Year:

793

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.495

Michael Chapman

Durban University of Technology

South Africa

Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature

South African literature

Poetry

Theory

H-Index Rankings

University / Institution:

# 36

Country:

# 2,609

Region:

# 8,587

World:

# 491,878

H-Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.474

i10 Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.257

Citation

Total:

1,971

Last 6 Year:

402

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.204

Alexander Andrason

Stellenbosch University

South Africa

Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature

Linguistic Typology

African languages

Semitic languages

Cognitive linguistics

Anthrozoology

H-Index Rankings

University / Institution:

# 336

Country:

# 2,760

Region:

# 9,429

World:

# 519,748

H-Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.667

i10 Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.419

Citation

Total:

1,303

Last 6 Year:

636

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.488

Jacobus Naude

University of the Free State

South Africa

Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature

Premodern Hebrew linguistics

Bible translation

Religious translation

H-Index Rankings

University / Institution:

# 71

Country:

# 2,777

Region:

# 9,524

World:

# 522,803

H-Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.611

i10 Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.309

Citation

Total:

2,032

Last 6 Year:

912

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.449

Louis C. Jonker|Louis Jonker, L.C. Jonker

Stellenbosch University

South Africa

Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature

Chronicles

Persian period biblical literature

Ezra-Nehemiah

Multilingualism in Achaemenid Persia

Levite discourse

H-Index Rankings

University / Institution:

# 340

Country:

# 2,788

Region:

# 9,587

World:

# 525,331

H-Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.556

i10 Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.300

Citation

Total:

1,239

Last 6 Year:

458

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.370

Andrei Kolesnikov

Tshwane University of Technology

South Africa

Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature

plasma technology

combustion

mineral processing

CFD in multiphase flows

nanotechnology

H-Index Rankings

University / Institution:

# 43

Country:

# 3,066

Region:

# 11,169

World:

# 575,344

H-Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.938

i10 Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.818

Citation

Total:

1,037

Last 6 Year:

691

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.666

Susan Coetzee-Van Rooy

North West University

South Africa

Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature

Multilingualism

Afrikaans-English bilingualism

language and identity

H-Index Rankings

University / Institution:

# 171

Country:

# 3,179

Region:

# 11,816

World:

# 594,598

H-Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.750

i10 Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.682

Citation

Total:

1,004

Last 6 Year:

460

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.458

Christine Anthonissen

Stellenbosch University

South Africa

Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature

Sociolinguistics

Discourse Analysis

Critical Discourse Analysis

Bilingualism

Mulitlingualism

H-Index Rankings

University / Institution:

# 390

Country:

# 3,206

Region:

# 11,957

World:

# 598,619

H-Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.688

i10 Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.480

Citation

Total:

892

Last 6 Year:

353

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.396

Maxwell Kadenge

University of the Witwatersrand

South Africa

Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature

phonology

african languages

world englishes

H-Index Rankings

University / Institution:

# 342

Country:

# 3,226

Region:

# 12,066

World:

# 602,046

H-Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.625

i10 Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.323

Citation

Total:

737

Last 6 Year:

348

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.472

Bassey E. Antia

University of the Western Cape

South Africa

Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature

Terminology

Multilingualism

Health Communicatiion

H-Index Rankings

University / Institution:

# 115

Country:

# 3,429

Region:

# 13,260

World:

# 637,877

H-Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.733

i10 Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.500

Citation

Total:

928

Last 6 Year:

441

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.475

Harry Garuba

University of Cape Town

South Africa

Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature

Postco

H-Index Rankings

University / Institution:

# 559

Country:

# 3,475

Region:

# 13,492

World:

# 643,728

H-Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.667

i10 Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.458

Citation

Total:

1,145

Last 6 Year:

562

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.491

Cheryl Stobie

University of Kwazulu Natal

South Africa

Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature

South/African literature

postcolonialism

gender studies

sexuality

religion and spirituality in texts

H-Index Rankings

University / Institution:

# 282

Country:

# 3,481

Region:

# 13,533

World:

# 644,979

H-Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.667

i10 Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.476

Citation

Total:

617

Last 6 Year:

267

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.433

Quentin Williams

University of the Western Cape

South Africa

Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature

Sociolinguistics - Linguistic Anthropology - Popular Culture - Multilingualism - Linguistic Citizenship - Race and Ethnicity

H-Index Rankings

University / Institution:

# 119

Country:

# 3,653

Region:

# 14,506

World:

# 671,892

H-Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.857

i10 Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.850

Citation

Total:

719

Last 6 Year:

526

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.732

Ian Bekker

North West University

South Africa

Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature

sociophonetics

south african english

language attitudes

bakhtin

critical discourse analysis

H-Index Rankings

University / Institution:

# 206

Country:

# 3,773

Region:

# 15,184

World:

# 688,204

H-Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.714

i10 Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.526

Citation

Total:

513

Last 6 Year:

226

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.441

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Gert Prinsloo

University of Pretoria

South Africa

Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature

Literary conventions (including ancient scribal practices) in Ancient Near Eastern literature

Contextualized interpretation (including intertextuality and social-scientific criticism) of Ancient Near Eastern literature

Space and spatial orientation in Ancient Near Eastern literature and iconography with special emphasis on Ancient Near Eastern worldview(s) and spatial orientation

H-Index Rankings

University / Institution:

# 402

Country:

# 3,829

Region:

# 15,500

World:

# 696,623

H-Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.571

i10 Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.227

Citation

Total:

578

Last 6 Year:

239

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.413

Alphonso Groenewald

University of Pretoria

South Africa

Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature

Prophetic literature

Isaiah

Trauma Studies

H-Index Rankings

University / Institution:

# 404

Country:

# 3,837

Region:

# 15,525

World:

# 697,362

H-Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.571

i10 Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.105

Citation

Total:

577

Last 6 Year:

216

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.374

Gerhard B Van Huyssteen

North West University

South Africa

Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature

Morphology

Cognitive Grammar

Construction Grammar

Taboo Language

Afrikaans

H-Index Rankings

University / Institution:

# 212

Country:

# 3,851

Region:

# 15,593

World:

# 699,179

H-Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.500

i10 Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.120

Citation

Total:

657

Last 6 Year:

220

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.335

Thabisile Buthelezi

University of Kwazulu Natal

South Africa

Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature

H-Index Rankings

University / Institution:

# 295

Country:

# 3,866

Region:

# 15,665

World:

# 701,670

H-Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.429

i10 Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.267

Citation

Total:

668

Last 6 Year:

205

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.307

Kerryn Dixon

University of the Witwatersrand

South Africa

Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature

Critical Literacy

Early Literacy

Foucault

Spatio-temporal analyses

H-Index Rankings

University / Institution:

# 405

Country:

# 3,988

Region:

# 16,412

World:

# 721,597

H-Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.846

i10 Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.722

Citation

Total:

935

Last 6 Year:

588

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.629

Yasin Dutton

University of Cape Town

South Africa

Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature

Arabic and Islamic Studies

H-Index Rankings

University / Institution:

# 630

Country:

# 3,989

Region:

# 16,413

World:

# 721,622

H-Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.846

i10 Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.667

Citation

Total:

879

Last 6 Year:

329

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.374

Vuyokazi Nomlomo

University of the Western Cape

South Africa

Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature

Language Education

Early Literacy

Intellectulaization of African Languages

Teacher Education

Gender Equality in Education

H-Index Rankings

University / Institution:

# 140

Country:

# 4,045

Region:

# 16,750

World:

# 730,122

H-Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.769

i10 Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.632

Citation

Total:

516

Last 6 Year:

303

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.587

Kobus Marais

University of the Free State

South Africa

Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature

translation studies

semiotics

biosemiotics

development studies

H-Index Rankings

University / Institution:

# 116

Country:

# 4,083

Region:

# 16,965

World:

# 734,789

H-Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.769

i10 Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.786

Citation

Total:

980

Last 6 Year:

757

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.772

Laurence Wright

Rhodes University

South Africa

Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature

Literature and language

H-Index Rankings

University / Institution:

# 118

Country:

# 4,176

Region:

# 17,510

World:

# 750,186

H-Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.462

i10 Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.188

Citation

Total:

723

Last 6 Year:

168

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.232

Gibson Ncube

Stellenbosch University

South Africa

Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature

Queer and Gender Studies

Onomastics

Cultural Studies

Comparative Literature

H-Index Rankings

University / Institution:

# 505

Country:

# 4,341

Region:

# 18,611

World:

# 777,920

H-Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.833

i10 Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.857

Citation

Total:

450

Last 6 Year:

363

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.807

Anna Wium

Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University

South Africa

Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature

Language and literacy

teacher support

teaching and learning

service-learning

AAC

H-Index Rankings

University / Institution:

# 20

Country:

# 4,413

Region:

# 19,077

World:

# 789,056

H-Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.750

i10 Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.692

Citation

Total:

352

Last 6 Year:

235

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.668

Anne-Marie Beukes

University of Johannesburg

South Africa

Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature

Language policy and Planning

Sociology of translation

Translation Studies

H-Index Rankings

University / Institution:

# 307

Country:

# 4,432

Region:

# 19,180

World:

# 791,755

H-Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.667

i10 Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.313

Citation

Total:

591

Last 6 Year:

208

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.352

Elsabe Taljard

University of Pretoria

South Africa

Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature

Corpus linguistics

lexicography

terminology

H-Index Rankings

University / Institution:

# 463

Country:

# 4,441

Region:

# 19,225

World:

# 792,709

H-Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.667

i10 Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.267

Citation

Total:

483

Last 6 Year:

182

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.377

Nobuhle Ndimande-Hlongwa

University of Kwazulu Natal

South Africa

Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature

Sociolinguistics and Onomastics

H-Index Rankings

University / Institution:

# 345

Country:

# 4,473

Region:

# 19,422

World:

# 798,052

H-Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.583

i10 Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.400

Citation

Total:

439

Last 6 Year:

247

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.563

Zannie Bock

University of the Western Cape

South Africa

Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature

Linguistics

Sociolinguistics

Applied Linguistics

Decolonial theory

H-Index Rankings

University / Institution:

# 161

Country:

# 4,481

Region:

# 19,470

World:

# 799,679

H-Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.583

i10 Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.462

Citation

Total:

435

Last 6 Year:

213

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.490

Crizelle Els

North West University

South Africa

Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature

H-Index Rankings

University / Institution:

# 266

Country:

# 4,639

Region:

# 20,636

World:

# 826,492

H-Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.909

i10 Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.909

Citation

Total:

703

Last 6 Year:

481

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.684

Ronit Frenkel (Fainman)

University of Johannesburg

South Africa

Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature

South African Literature

Cultural Studies

African Literature

Indian Ocean Studies

H-Index Rankings

University / Institution:

# 318

Country:

# 4,667

Region:

# 20,876

World:

# 831,051

H-Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.818

i10 Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.692

Citation

Total:

545

Last 6 Year:

248

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.455

Bongi Bangeni

University of Cape Town

South Africa

Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature

Academic Literacies

Access to Higher Education

Language Development

Writing and Identity

Genre & Discourse Analysis

H-Index Rankings

University / Institution:

# 725

Country:

# 4,754

Region:

# 21,482

World:

# 844,719

H-Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.727

i10 Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.636

Citation

Total:

652

Last 6 Year:

300

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.460

Liesel Hibbert

Stellenbosch University

South Africa

Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature

bilingual education language education

literature

translanguaging

sociolinguistics

visual

H-Index Rankings

University / Institution:

# 544

Country:

# 4,781

Region:

# 21,636

World:

# 848,164

H-Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.636

i10 Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.462

Citation

Total:

416

Last 6 Year:

179

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.430

Oliver Nyambi

University of the Free State

South Africa

Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature

Crisis/humanitarian literature

indigenous environmentalisms

African liberations

H-Index Rankings

University / Institution:

# 148

Country:

# 4,935

Region:

# 22,623

World:

# 873,186

H-Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.900

i10 Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.538

Citation

Total:

375

Last 6 Year:

276

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.736

				AD Scientific Index - World Scientists Rankings - 2024				H INDEX			i10 INDEX			CITATION
University / Institution	Country	Region	World	Name	Country	University / Institution	Subject	Total	Last 6 year	Last 6 year/total	Total	Last 6 year	Last 6 year/total	Total	Last 6 year	Last 6 year/total
106	408	793	106,354	Rajend Mesthrie	South Africa	University of Cape Town	Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature Linguistics \| Sociolinguistics \| English language \| Language in South Africa \|	44	24	0.545	113	60	0.531	8,876	2,932	0.330
15	463	920	117,640	Christopher Stroud	South Africa	University of the Western Cape	Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature linguistics \| multilingualism \| anthroplogy \| philosophy \|	42	26	0.619	82	55	0.671	5,439	2,338	0.430
249	1,160	2,900	246,800	Ana Deumert	South Africa	University of Cape Town	Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature Sociolinguistics \| linguistic anthropology \|	29	22	0.759	58	39	0.672	6,101	2,443	0.400
35	1,385	3,616	285,270	Lilli Pretorius	South Africa	University of South Africa	Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature reading \| additional language learning \| vocabulary \|	27	17	0.630	39	28	0.718	2,451	920	0.375
29	1,396	3,649	287,583	Albert Weideman	South Africa	University of the Free State	Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature Academic literacy \| Language testing \| Language assessment \| Theory of applied linguistics \|	27	14	0.519	55	28	0.509	2,123	644	0.303
177	1,568	4,270	316,989	Leketi Makalela	South Africa	University of the Witwatersrand	Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature Languages and Literacies (Reading Literacy \| Multilingualism \| translanguaging \| World Englishes \| Language Policy & Planning) \|	25	20	0.800	39	31	0.795	2,390	1,677	0.702
146	1,611	4,418	324,164	Jochen Zeller	South Africa	University of Kwazulu Natal	Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature Syntax \| Bantu grammar \| Psycholinguistics \|	25	16	0.640	38	23	0.605	1,942	772	0.398
59	1,715	4,798	342,606	Felix Banda	South Africa	University of the Western Cape	Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature Multilingualism \| Sociolinguistics \| Bantu linguistics \| Multimodality \| Language Policy \|	24	17	0.708	51	35	0.686	1,967	1,072	0.545
122	1,760	4,922	348,929	Elizabeth Gunner	South Africa	University of Johannesburg	Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature orality performance and literature \|	24	13	0.542	52	16	0.308	2,533	614	0.242
169	1,868	5,357	368,252	Stephanie Rudwick	South Africa	University of Kwazulu Natal	Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature African Studies \| anthropological linguistics \| politics of language \|	23	16	0.696	31	25	0.806	1,438	765	0.532
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350	1,878	5,384	369,421	Mastin Prinsloo	South Africa	University of Cape Town	Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature Literacy \| language \|	23	15	0.652	39	21	0.538	2,427	725	0.299
204	1,914	5,498	374,779	Dj Prinsloo	South Africa	University of Pretoria	Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature Lexicography \|	23	10	0.435	64	13	0.203	2,009	540	0.269
363	2,016	5,985	393,514	Arlene Hillary Archer	South Africa	University of Cape Town	Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature social semiotics \| multimodal communication \| academic literacies \|	22	15	0.682	42	29	0.690	1,775	852	0.480
256	2,044	6,051	396,293	Christa Van Der Walt	South Africa	Stellenbosch University	Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature Education \| Multilingual Education \| Applied Linguistics \|	22	14	0.636	35	21	0.600	1,533	668	0.436
403	2,256	7,036	434,404	Sabirah Adams	South Africa	University of Cape Town	Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature Children's subjective well-being \| Child Quality of Life \| Quantitative and Qualitative Research \|	20	19	0.950	26	26	1.000	1,321	1,161	0.879
290	2,405	7,665	457,419	Leon De Kock	South Africa	Stellenbosch University	Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature South African literature \| translation \| whiteness studies \|	20	11	0.550	36	12	0.333	1,874	520	0.277
126	2,560	8,357	482,454	Leon Jackson	South Africa	North West University	Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature Acculturation \| diversity \| leadership \| employee attitudes \|	19	14	0.737	24	18	0.750	1,602	793	0.495
36	2,609	8,587	491,878	Michael Chapman	South Africa	Durban University of Technology	Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature South African literature \| Poetry \| Theory \|	19	9	0.474	35	9	0.257	1,971	402	0.204
336	2,760	9,429	519,748	Alexander Andrason	South Africa	Stellenbosch University	Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature Linguistic Typology \| African languages \| Semitic languages \| Cognitive linguistics \| Anthrozoology \|	18	12	0.667	43	18	0.419	1,303	636	0.488
71	2,777	9,524	522,803	Jacobus Naude	South Africa	University of the Free State	Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature Premodern Hebrew linguistics \| Bible translation \| Religious translation \|	18	11	0.611	55	17	0.309	2,032	912	0.449
340	2,788	9,587	525,331	Louis C. Jonker\|Louis Jonker, L.C. Jonker	South Africa	Stellenbosch University	Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature Chronicles \| Persian period biblical literature \| Ezra-Nehemiah \| Multilingualism in Achaemenid Persia \| Levite discourse \|	18	10	0.556	40	12	0.300	1,239	458	0.370
43	3,066	11,169	575,344	Andrei Kolesnikov	South Africa	Tshwane University of Technology	Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature plasma technology \| combustion \| mineral processing \| CFD in multiphase flows \| nanotechnology \|	16	15	0.938	22	18	0.818	1,037	691	0.666
171	3,179	11,816	594,598	Susan Coetzee-Van Rooy	South Africa	North West University	Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature Multilingualism \| Afrikaans-English bilingualism \| language and identity \|	16	12	0.750	22	15	0.682	1,004	460	0.458
390	3,206	11,957	598,619	Christine Anthonissen	South Africa	Stellenbosch University	Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature Sociolinguistics \| Discourse Analysis \| Critical Discourse Analysis \| Bilingualism \| Mulitlingualism \|	16	11	0.688	25	12	0.480	892	353	0.396
342	3,226	12,066	602,046	Maxwell Kadenge	South Africa	University of the Witwatersrand	Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature phonology \| african languages \| world englishes \|	16	10	0.625	31	10	0.323	737	348	0.472
115	3,429	13,260	637,877	Bassey E. Antia	South Africa	University of the Western Cape	Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature Terminology \| Multilingualism \| Health Communicatiion \|	15	11	0.733	26	13	0.500	928	441	0.475
559	3,475	13,492	643,728	Harry Garuba	South Africa	University of Cape Town	Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature Postco \|	15	10	0.667	24	11	0.458	1,145	562	0.491
282	3,481	13,533	644,979	Cheryl Stobie	South Africa	University of Kwazulu Natal	Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature South/African literature \| postcolonialism \| gender studies \| sexuality \| religion and spirituality in texts \|	15	10	0.667	21	10	0.476	617	267	0.433
119	3,653	14,506	671,892	Quentin Williams	South Africa	University of the Western Cape	Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature Sociolinguistics - Linguistic Anthropology - Popular Culture - Multilingualism - Linguistic Citizenship - Race and Ethnicity \|	14	12	0.857	20	17	0.850	719	526	0.732
206	3,773	15,184	688,204	Ian Bekker	South Africa	North West University	Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature sociophonetics \| south african english \| language attitudes \| bakhtin \| critical discourse analysis \|	14	10	0.714	19	10	0.526	513	226	0.441
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402	3,829	15,500	696,623	Gert Prinsloo	South Africa	University of Pretoria	Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature Literary conventions (including ancient scribal practices) in Ancient Near Eastern literature \| Contextualized interpretation (including intertextuality and social-scientific criticism) of Ancient Near Eastern literature \| Space and spatial orientation in Ancient Near Eastern literature and iconography with special emphasis on Ancient Near Eastern worldview(s) and spatial orientation \|	14	8	0.571	22	5	0.227	578	239	0.413
404	3,837	15,525	697,362	Alphonso Groenewald	South Africa	University of Pretoria	Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature Prophetic literature \| Isaiah \| Trauma Studies \|	14	8	0.571	19	2	0.105	577	216	0.374
212	3,851	15,593	699,179	Gerhard B Van Huyssteen	South Africa	North West University	Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature Morphology \| Cognitive Grammar \| Construction Grammar \| Taboo Language \| Afrikaans \|	14	7	0.500	25	3	0.120	657	220	0.335
295	3,866	15,665	701,670	Thabisile Buthelezi	South Africa	University of Kwazulu Natal	Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature	14	6	0.429	15	4	0.267	668	205	0.307
405	3,988	16,412	721,597	Kerryn Dixon	South Africa	University of the Witwatersrand	Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature Critical Literacy \| Early Literacy \| Foucault \| Spatio-temporal analyses \|	13	11	0.846	18	13	0.722	935	588	0.629
630	3,989	16,413	721,622	Yasin Dutton	South Africa	University of Cape Town	Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature Arabic and Islamic Studies \|	13	11	0.846	18	12	0.667	879	329	0.374
140	4,045	16,750	730,122	Vuyokazi Nomlomo	South Africa	University of the Western Cape	Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature Language Education \| Early Literacy \| Intellectulaization of African Languages \| Teacher Education \| Gender Equality in Education \|	13	10	0.769	19	12	0.632	516	303	0.587
116	4,083	16,965	734,789	Kobus Marais	South Africa	University of the Free State	Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature translation studies \| semiotics \| biosemiotics \| development studies \|	13	10	0.769	14	11	0.786	980	757	0.772
118	4,176	17,510	750,186	Laurence Wright	South Africa	Rhodes University	Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature Literature and language \|	13	6	0.462	16	3	0.188	723	168	0.232
505	4,341	18,611	777,920	Gibson Ncube	South Africa	Stellenbosch University	Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature Queer and Gender Studies \| Onomastics \| Cultural Studies \| Comparative Literature \|	12	10	0.833	14	12	0.857	450	363	0.807
20	4,413	19,077	789,056	Anna Wium	South Africa	Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University	Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature Language and literacy \| teacher support \| teaching and learning \| service-learning \| AAC \|	12	9	0.750	13	9	0.692	352	235	0.668
307	4,432	19,180	791,755	Anne-Marie Beukes	South Africa	University of Johannesburg	Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature Language policy and Planning \| Sociology of translation \| Translation Studies \|	12	8	0.667	16	5	0.313	591	208	0.352
463	4,441	19,225	792,709	Elsabe Taljard	South Africa	University of Pretoria	Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature Corpus linguistics \| lexicography \| terminology \|	12	8	0.667	15	4	0.267	483	182	0.377
345	4,473	19,422	798,052	Nobuhle Ndimande-Hlongwa	South Africa	University of Kwazulu Natal	Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature Sociolinguistics and Onomastics \|	12	7	0.583	15	6	0.400	439	247	0.563
161	4,481	19,470	799,679	Zannie Bock	South Africa	University of the Western Cape	Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature Linguistics \| Sociolinguistics \| Applied Linguistics \| Decolonial theory \|	12	7	0.583	13	6	0.462	435	213	0.490
266	4,639	20,636	826,492	Crizelle Els	South Africa	North West University	Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature	11	10	0.909	11	10	0.909	703	481	0.684
318	4,667	20,876	831,051	Ronit Frenkel (Fainman)	South Africa	University of Johannesburg	Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature South African Literature \| Cultural Studies \| African Literature \| Indian Ocean Studies \|	11	9	0.818	13	9	0.692	545	248	0.455
725	4,754	21,482	844,719	Bongi Bangeni	South Africa	University of Cape Town	Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature Academic Literacies \| Access to Higher Education \| Language Development \| Writing and Identity \| Genre & Discourse Analysis \|	11	8	0.727	11	7	0.636	652	300	0.460
544	4,781	21,636	848,164	Liesel Hibbert	South Africa	Stellenbosch University	Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature bilingual education language education \| literature \| translanguaging \| sociolinguistics \| visual \|	11	7	0.636	13	6	0.462	416	179	0.430
148	4,935	22,623	873,186	Oliver Nyambi	South Africa	University of the Free State	Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature Crisis/humanitarian literature \| indigenous environmentalisms \| African liberations \|	10	9	0.900	13	7	0.538	375	276	0.736