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South Africa 1,794 Scientists H-Index Social Sciences Rankings - 2026

This real-time ranking measures researchers’ academic productivity and impact at global, continental, national, and institutional levels using total and recent 5-year H-index data. Comparative analysis is available across 13 main fields and 221 academic disciplines.

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Total 1.794 scientist, 1 country, 36 institution , Updates every 3 days
* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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17,847
World Rank
South Africa
56
Country Rank
Stellenbosch University Logo
6
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
1
Mark Tomlinson
Stellenbosch University Stellenbosch, South Africa
Social Sciences / Sociology
Maternal and child health | life course development | child and adolescent development | global mental health | global healt

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    85
  • Last 5 Years
    62
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.729
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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18,901
World Rank
South Africa
64
Country Rank
University of Johannesburg Logo
4
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
2
Christian Rogerson
University of Johannesburg Johannesburg, South Africa
Social Sciences / Tourism & Hospitality
Tourism and Development | Local Economic Development | Small Enterprise Developmen

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    84
  • Last 5 Years
    48
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.571
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Rankings

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22,203
World Rank
South Africa
71
Country Rank
North West University Logo
4
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
3
Sebastiaan Rothmann
North West University Potchefstroom, South Africa
Social Sciences / Psychology
Employability | Capabilities | Flourishing | Well-being | Positive Organisation

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    80
  • Last 5 Years
    52
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.650
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Rankings

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32,594
World Rank
South Africa
100
Country Rank
Stellenbosch University Logo
16
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
4
Leslie Swartz
Stellenbosch University Stellenbosch, South Africa
Social Sciences / Sociology
Disability studies | public mental health | cultural aspects of health car

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    71
  • Last 5 Years
    48
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.676
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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51,810
World Rank
South Africa
165
Country Rank
University of Johannesburg Logo
9
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
5
Kevin Durrheim
University of Johannesburg Johannesburg, South Africa
Social Sciences / Psychology
Social psychology | race and ethnic studies | research method

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    61
  • Last 5 Years
    41
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.672
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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54,606
World Rank
South Africa
175
Country Rank
University of Cape Town Logo
45
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
6
Mark Solms
University of Cape Town Cape Town, South Africa
Social Sciences / Psychology
Neuropsychology | Psychoanalysi

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    60
  • Last 5 Years
    37
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.617
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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55,825
World Rank
South Africa
179
Country Rank
University of Johannesburg Logo
10
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
7
Clinton Aigbavboa
University of Johannesburg Johannesburg, South Africa
Social Sciences / Housing
Building | Construction Digitalisation | Value Management | Quantity Surveying | Construction Industry Developmen

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    59
  • Last 5 Years
    54
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.915
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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60,295
World Rank
South Africa
197
Country Rank
University of the Witwatersrand Logo
31
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
8
Lee Berger
University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg, South Africa
Social Sciences / Anthropology
palaeoanthropology | archaeology | taphonomy | exploratio

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    58
  • Last 5 Years
    34
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.586
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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65,368
World Rank
South Africa
219
Country Rank
South African Medical Research Council Logo
4
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
9
Naeemah Abrahams
South African Medical Research Council Cape Town, South Africa
Social Sciences / Sociology
Gender gender-based violence rape HI

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    56
  • Last 5 Years
    41
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.732
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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65,895
World Rank
South Africa
221
Country Rank
University of Cape Town Logo
57
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
10
Robert Morrell
University of Cape Town Cape Town, South Africa
Social Sciences / Sociology
Masculinities | Violence | Fatherhood | Southern Theory | Academic Staff Suppor

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    56
  • Last 5 Years
    37
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.661
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Rankings

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68,619
World Rank
South Africa
229
Country Rank
University of the Free State Logo
3
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
11
Melanie Walker
University of the Free State Bloemfontein, South Africa
Social Sciences / Higher Education Studies
higher education and development | social justice | development ethics | capability approac

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    55
  • Last 5 Years
    40
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.727
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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68,886
World Rank
South Africa
233
Country Rank
University of South Africa Logo
6
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
12
Melinde Coetzee
University of South Africa Pretoria, South Africa
Social Sciences / Psychology
Career and Human Capacity Developmen

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    55
  • Last 5 Years
    38
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.691
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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71,859
World Rank
South Africa
252
Country Rank
South African Medical Research Council Logo
7
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
13
Kristin L Dunkle
South African Medical Research Council Cape Town, South Africa
Social Sciences / Sociology
gender | violence | sexual health | social epidemiolog

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    54
  • Last 5 Years
    42
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.778
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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72,341
World Rank
South Africa
257
Country Rank
Stellenbosch University Logo
34
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
14
Ashraf Kagee
Stellenbosch University Stellenbosch, South Africa
Social Sciences / Psychology
HIV/ AIDS | adherence | mental healt

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    54
  • Last 5 Years
    38
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.704
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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75,965
World Rank
South Africa
269
Country Rank
University of Pretoria Logo
26
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
15
Kobus Maree
University of Pretoria Pretoria, South Africa
Social Sciences / Psychology
Career (construction) counselling | narrative career counselling | life designin

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    53
  • Last 5 Years
    38
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.717
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Rankings

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77,664
World Rank
South Africa
280
Country Rank
University of Johannesburg Logo
16
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
16
Patrick Bond
University of Johannesburg Johannesburg, South Africa
Social Sciences / Political Science and International Relations
political economy | political ecology | geography | social movement

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    53
  • Last 5 Years
    28
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.528
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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81,183
World Rank
South Africa
297
Country Rank
University of Cape Town Logo
77
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
17
Judith Sealy
University of Cape Town Cape Town, South Africa
Social Sciences / Archeology

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    52
  • Last 5 Years
    31
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.596
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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90,458
World Rank
South Africa
337
Country Rank
University of Cape Town Logo
84
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
18
Colin Tredoux
University of Cape Town Cape Town, South Africa
Social Sciences / Psychology
Psychology and law | eyewitness identification | social psychology | segregation | contac

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    50
  • Last 5 Years
    28
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.560
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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92,499
World Rank
South Africa
343
Country Rank
University of Pretoria Logo
31
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
19
Linda C. Theron
University of Pretoria Pretoria, South Africa
Social Sciences / Psychology
Youth resilience | Social Ecology of Resilience Theory | Culture & resilience | African youths' resilience processe

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    49
  • Last 5 Years
    39
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.796
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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97,384
World Rank
South Africa
365
Country Rank
University of the Western Cape Logo
11
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
20
Vivienne Bozalek
University of the Western Cape Bellville, South Africa
Social Sciences / Sociology
Posthumanism | Feminist New Materialism | Post-qualitative inquiry | Social Justice and Ethics of Car

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    48
  • Last 5 Years
    38
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.792
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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97,627
World Rank
South Africa
369
Country Rank
University of Johannesburg Logo
23
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
21
Marlize Lombard
University of Johannesburg Johannesburg, South Africa
Social Sciences / Archeology
Stone Age archaeology | human behavioural and cognitive evolutio

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    48
  • Last 5 Years
    37
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.771
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Rankings

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98,784
World Rank
South Africa
378
Country Rank
University of Cape Town Logo
95
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
22
Francis B. Nyamnjoh
University of Cape Town Cape Town, South Africa
Social Sciences / Anthropology
anthropology | African studies | media and communication studies | identities | citizenshi

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    48
  • Last 5 Years
    32
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.667
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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99,490
World Rank
South Africa
382
Country Rank
University of Cape Town Logo
97
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
23
Jeremy Seekings
University of Cape Town Cape Town, South Africa
Social Sciences / Sociology
africa | political science | inequality | protest | comparative social polic

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    48
  • Last 5 Years
    29
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.604
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Rankings

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102,471
World Rank
South Africa
397
Country Rank
University of Pretoria Logo
34
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
24
Christian Pirk
University of Pretoria Pretoria, South Africa
Social Sciences / Sociology
Social Insect

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    47
  • Last 5 Years
    37
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.787
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Rankings

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102,724
World Rank
South Africa
398
Country Rank
University of Cape Town Logo
101
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
25
Catherine Ward
University of Cape Town Cape Town, South Africa
Social Sciences / Psychology
psychology | violenc

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    47
  • Last 5 Years
    36
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.766
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