| Rank | Score | W.Rank | Author | Affiliated with (in this region) |
| 1. | 1.02 | [1] | Stephen George Hall | Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria |
| 2. | 2.64 | [2] | Eric Schaling | Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria |
| 3. | 3.33 | [3] | Johannes Wolfgang Fedderke | School of Economics, University of Cape Town, Cape Town |
| 4. | 5.17 | [7] | Nicola Viegi | School of Economics, University of Cape Town, Cape Town Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA), Cape Town |
| 5. | 5.75 | [6] | Murray Leibbrandt | School of Economics, University of Cape Town, Cape Town Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit (SALDRU), School of Economics, University of Cape Town, Cape Town |
| 6. | 6.51 | [5] | Servaas van der Berg | Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch |
| 7. | 7.5 | [9] | Ingrid D Woolard | Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit (SALDRU), School of Economics, University of Cape Town, Cape Town School of Economics, University of Cape Town, Cape Town |
| 8. | 7.82 | [4] | Rangan Gupta | Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria |
| 9. | 7.85 | [8] | Haroon Bhorat Prof | Development Policy Research Unit, University of Cape Town, Cape Town |
| 10. | 9.75 | [10] | Stan Du Plessis | Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch |