Scholarly Index

African cultural and philosophical studies

Lifetime World Top1000 Scholar ranking for African cultural and philosophical studies.

World rank	Scholar	Impact score	Total citations	Total publications
1	Thaddeus Metz	99.65	8,446	209
2	Sabelo J. Ndlovu‐Gatsheni	99.21	3,282	105
3	George J. Sefa Dei	98.91	3,928	94
4	Walter D. Mignolo	98.82	15,744	235
5	Lesley Le Grange	98.74	2,391	164
6	Francis B. Nyamnjoh	98.66	3,984	115
7	Michalinos Zembylas	98.65	16,847	411
8	Jean Comaroff	98.64	14,734	125
9	Paul Gifford	98.19	3,364	189
10	Yusef Waghid	98.19	1,539	184
11	Mahmood Mamdani	98.01	11,464	135
12	V. Y. Mudimbé	97.83	3,995	73
13	Alí A. Mazrui	97.76	4,673	326
14	Sjaak van der Geest	97.49	6,583	429
15	Polycarp Ikuenobe	97.41	875	52
16	Kwasi Wiredu	97.24	2,166	33
17	Kai Horsthemke	97.23	759	64
18	Philip Higgs	97.23	988	86
19	Edward Shizha	97.20	1,126	46
20	Terence Ranger	97.18	5,311	223
21	Motsamai Molefe	97.03	721	37
22	Jonathan O. Chimakonam	96.90	687	70
23	Lewis R. Gordon	96.89	1,580	116
24	Paul Tiyambe Železa	96.79	1,709	146
25	Bernard Matolino	96.76	605	34
26	Keyan G. Tomaselli	96.65	2,831	320
27	Achille Mbembé	96.64	13,469	167
28	Paulin J. Hountondji	96.27	1,829	53
29	Molefi Kete Asante	96.26	1,875	126
30	Vhumani Magezi	96.01	686	89
31	Moeketsi Letseka	96.00	1,456	53
32	Kopano Ratele	95.95	2,921	118
33	Mookgo Solomon Kgatle	95.84	741	125
34	Robin Horton	95.79	2,699	38
35	Bunmi Isaiah Omodan	95.72	747	109
36	Pascah Mungwini	95.61	277	33
37	Adriaan van Klinken	95.60	811	93
38	Ali A. Abdi	95.55	8,610	318
39	Ezra Chitando	95.42	729	80
40	Adá Agadá	95.38	347	41
41	Melanie Walker	95.32	1,432	64
42	Vuyani S. Vellem	95.30	326	26
43	T. C. McCaskie	95.29	1,259	93
44	Sharon Stein	95.17	3,646	82
45	Tinyiko Maluleke	94.98	377	52
46	Penny Enslin	94.78	1,184	89
47	Vuyisile Msila	94.78	1,031	124
48	Augustine Nwoye	94.66	685	42
49	M.B. Ramose	94.61	391	54
50	Munamato Chemhuru	94.60	328	22