South African Journal of Science

3.1k papers and 35.7k indexed citations i.

About

The 3.1k papers published in South African Journal of Science in the last decades have received a total of 35.7k indexed citations. Papers published in South African Journal of Science usually cover Ecology (364 papers), Plant Science (356 papers) and Global and Planetary Change (298 papers) specifically the topics of Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (211 papers), Evolution and Paleontology Studies (131 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (127 papers). The most active scholars publishing in South African Journal of Science are Brian W. van Wilgen, J. C. Vogel, Elisabeth S. Vrba, H. E. Paterson, David M. Richardson, Charlie M. Shackleton, T.S. McCarthy, Sheona Shackleton, Suzanne J. Milton and Nikolaas J. van der Merwe.

In The Last Decade

Fields of papers published in South African Journal of Science

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers published in South African Journal of Science. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers published in South African Journal of Science.

Countries where authors publish in South African Journal of Science

Since Specialization
Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of research published in South African Journal of Science. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by papers published in South African Journal of Science with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites South African Journal of Science more than expected).

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar’s output or impact.

Explore journals with similar magnitude of impact

Rankless by CCL
2025