| AD Scientific Index – Scientist Productivity Rankings – 2021 | |||||||
| University | Country | Region | World | Name | Country | University | Subject |
| 2 | 11 | 17 | 4289 | Christian Rogerson | South Africa |
University of Johannesburg | Social Sciences / Tourism & Hospitality Tourism and Development|Local Economic Development|Small Enterprise Development| |
| 2 | 23 | 36 | 8391 | Lenore Manderson | South Africa |
University of the Witwatersrand | Social Sciences / Anthropology anthropology|medical anthropology|social history of medicine|public health| |
| 5 | 33 | 47 | 9943 | Leslie Swartz | South Africa |
Stellenbosch University | Social Sciences / Sociology Disability studies|public mental health|cultural aspects of health care| |
| 4 | 40 | 54 | 10521 | Shanta B Singh | South Africa |
University of Kwazulu Natal | Social Sciences / Sociology Criminology|Sociology|Anthropology| |
| 10 | 73 | 105 | 18664 | Mark Tomlinson | South Africa |
Stellenbosch University | Social Sciences / Sociology Maternal and child health|life course development|child and adolescent development|global mental health|global health| |
| 3 | 82 | 111 | 19440 | Patrick Bond | South Africa |
University of the Western Cape | Social Sciences / Political Science political economy|political ecology|geography|social movements| |
| 1 | 1 | 165 | 24975 | Paul Richards | Sierra Leone |
Njala University Sierra Leone | Social Sciences / Sociology Social change in post conflict countries|social response to zoonotic diseases| |
| 4 | 113 | 166 | 25167 | Sebastiaan Rothmann | South Africa |
North West University | Social Sciences / Psychology Positive Organizations|Capabilities|Engagement|Flourishing|Well-being| |
| 1 | 2 | 167 | 25524 | George Dei | Ghana |
University of Education Winneba | Social Sciences / Anthropology |
| 32 | 119 | 174 | 26372 | Mark Solms | South Africa |
University of Cape Town | Social Sciences / Psychology Neuropsychology|Psychoanalysis| |
| 2 | 123 | 182 | 27658 | Melinde Coetzee | South Africa |
University of South Africa | Social Sciences / Psychology Career and Human Capacity Development| |
| 11 | 127 | 193 | 29896 | Keyan Tomaselli | South Africa |
University of Kwazulu Natal | Social Sciences / Anthropology Cultural and Media Studies|critical indigenous methodologies|film| |
| 14 | 129 | 197 | 30190 | Kobus Maree | South Africa |
University of Pretoria | Social Sciences / Psychology Career counselling|Emotional-social intelligence|Psychology of Mathematics| |
| 2 | 34 | 204 | 31534 | Ahmed M Abdel Khalek | Egypt |
Alexandria University | Social Sciences / Psychology Mental Illness|Personality Assessment|Cross Cultural Psychology|Personality Inventory|Positive Psychology| |
| 47 | 174 | 258 | 38782 | Jeremy Seekings | South Africa |
University of Cape Town | Social Sciences / Sociology africa|class|inequality|protest|comparative social policy| |
| 32 | 184 | 273 | 40222 | Ashraf Kagee | South Africa |
Stellenbosch University | Social Sciences / Psychology HIV/ AIDS|adherence|mental health| |
| 32 | 217 | 349 | 48020 | Lee Berger | South Africa |
University of the Witwatersrand | Social Sciences / Anthropology palaeoanthropology|archaeology|taphonomy|exploration| |
| 65 | 235 | 382 | 50907 | Francis B. Nyamnjoh | South Africa |
University of Cape Town | Social Sciences / Anthropology anthropology|African studies|media and communication studies|identities|citizenship| |
| 23 | 239 | 387 | 51318 | Kevin Durrheim | South Africa |
University of Kwazulu Natal | Social Sciences / Psychology Social psychology|race and ethnic studies|research methods| |
| 75 | 277 | 453 | 57703 | Rajend Mesthrie | South Africa |
University of Cape Town | Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature Linguistics|Sociolinguistics|English language|Language in South Africa| |
| 6 | 278 | 454 | 57706 | Melanie Walker | South Africa |
University of the Free State | Social Sciences / Higher Education Studies higher education and development|social justice|development ethics|capability approach| |
| 77 | 280 | 469 | 59248 | Robert Morrell | South Africa |
University of Cape Town | Social Sciences / Sociology Gender|Masculinities|Violence|Schooling|Fatherhood| |
| 11 | 290 | 499 | 61416 | Tamara Shefer | South Africa |
University of the Western Cape | Social Sciences / Sociology Heterosexualities|critical masculinities|racialisation of sexuality and gender|gender-based violence| |
| 1 | 20 | 523 | 63528 | Amine Elbar | Algeria |
Université de Tébessa | Social Sciences / Political Science political stadies| |
| 92 | 331 | 529 | 64467 | Herman Wasserman | South Africa |
University of Cape Town | Social Sciences / Regional Studies Media ethics|global media|media in Africa|disinformation| |
| 37 | 328 | 561 | 67321 | Maryna Steyn | South Africa |
University of the Witwatersrand | Social Sciences / Anthropology Forensic anthropology|biological anthropology|skeletal biology| |
| 12 | 329 | 562 | 67352 | Vivienne Bozalek | South Africa |
University of the Western Cape | Social Sciences / Sociology Social Justice and Ethics of Care|Participatory Learning|Feminist New Materialism|Critical Posthumanism|Slow scholarship| |
| 38 | 346 | 614 | 71517 | Christian Pirk | South Africa |
University of Pretoria | Social Sciences / Sociology Social Insects| |
| 1 | 1 | 635 | 72724 | Robert Serpell | Zambia |
University of Zambia | Social Sciences / Psychology cultural psychology|child development|intelligence|multilingualism|literacy| |
| 45 | 372 | 640 | 73091 | Neville Pillay | South Africa |
University of the Witwatersrand | Social Sciences / Psychology Animal Behaviour|Behavioural Ecology|Psychology|Ecology| |
| 12 | 374 | 671 | 76509 | Valerie Moller | South Africa |
Rhodes University | Social Sciences / Social Work Quality of life|well-being| |
| 48 | 391 | 702 | 78775 | TN Huffman | South Africa |
University of the Witwatersrand | Social Sciences / Archeology African archaeology| |
| 4 | 14 | 701 | 78742 | Margaret Gyapong | Ghana |
University of Health and Allied Sciences | Social Sciences / Sociology Social Science|Implementation Research|Gender and Neglected tropical diseases|Malaria|Demographic Surveillance Systems| |
| 35 | 427 | 706 | 79028 | Deevia Bhana | South Africa |
University of Kwazulu Natal | Social Sciences / Sociology Gender and Childhood Sexuality| |
| 29 | 441 | 751 | 81821 | Gert Roodt | South Africa |
University of Johannesburg | Social Sciences / Psychology Organisational Behaviour|Psychology assessment|Research methodology|Organisational development|Social sciences| |
| 47 | 426 | 748 | 81592 | Linda C. Theron | South Africa |
University of Pretoria | Social Sciences / Psychology Youth resilience|Social Ecology of Resilience Theory|Culture & resilience|African youths’ resilience processes| |
| 116 | 435 | 758 | 82322 | Judith Sealy | South Africa |
University of Cape Town | Social Sciences / Archeology |
| 51 | 412 | 761 | 82656 | Alan Fowler | South Africa |
University of the Witwatersrand | Social Sciences / Regional Studies African Gifting|Philanthropy|Civil Society|Governance|NGOs| |
| 114 | 424 | 779 | 84070 | Johan Muller | South Africa |
University of Cape Town | Social Sciences / Sociology sociology of knowledge|curriculum| |
| 128 | 476 | 853 | 89566 | Colin Tredoux | South Africa |
University of Cape Town | Social Sciences / Psychology Psychology and law|eyewitness identification|social psychology|segregation|contact| |
| 107 | 393 | 858 | 90303 | Catherine Ward | South Africa |
University of Cape Town | Social Sciences / Psychology psychology|violence| |
| 74 | 492 | 876 | 91963 | Johann Mouton | South Africa |
Stellenbosch University | Social Sciences / Sociology Philosophy and methodology of the social sciences|higher education knowledge production|sociology of science|scientometrics a| |
| 1 | 4 | 900 | 93731 | Musa W Dube | Botswana |
University of Botswana | Social Sciences / Sociology Biblical|postcolonial|translation|gender and HIV&AIDS Studies| |
| 33 | 522 | 944 | 96951 | Chris Landsberg | South Africa |
University of Johannesburg | Social Sciences / International Relations International relations|African Diplomacy and Foreign Policy|African Leadership| |
| 66 | 567 | 988 | 100869 | Clifford Obby Odimegwu | South Africa |
University of the Witwatersrand | Social Sciences / Population Studies Demography|Social Statistics and Population Health| |
| 40 | 596 | 995 | 101169 | CPH Myburgh | South Africa |
University of Johannesburg | Social Sciences / Psychology |
| 22 | 562 | 1006 | 102058 | Christopher Stroud | South Africa |
University of the Western Cape | Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature linguistics|multilingualism|anthroplogy|philosophy| |
| 4 | 26 | 1016 | 102902 | Jean-Noël Ferrié | Morocco |
Université Internationale de Rabat | Social Sciences / Political Science Politiques publiques| |
| 44 | 635 | 1019 | 103004 | Clinton Aigbavboa | South Africa |
University of Johannesburg | Social Sciences / Housing Building|Construction Digitalisation|Value Management|Quantity Surveying|Construction Industry Development| |
| 9 | 212 | 1043 | 104734 | Salima Ikram | Egypt |
American University in Cairo | Social Sciences / Archeology Egyptology|zooarchaeology|rock art|archaeology|experimental archaeology| |
