Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Africa Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) highlight the most cited and influential researchers across a vast range of scientific fields, covering 197 main and sub-disciplines, including the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings. This service, offered exclusively by AD Scientific Index, aims to provide a balanced perspective by excluding data from CERN and other statistical sources that disproportionately favor certain researchers, particularly in the social sciences and humanities. This unique approach addresses the advantages researchers with multi-author publications and CERN involvement hold over others. Furthermore, citation rankings help uncover rule violations and unethical practices within the research community. For more detailed citation analyses, explore the Scientists Last 6 Years Citation Index, Universities Total Citations Rankings 2025, and Universities Last 6 Years Citations Rankings 2025.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :151
community based resource management
environmental valuation
environmental economics
resource economics
agricultural economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,283
1,571
0.688
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :152
Macroeconomic Dynamics
Environmental and Resource Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,278
1,830
0.803
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :153
Forensic Accounting
Public Financial Management
Financial Markets and Institutions Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,254
2,004
0.889
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :154
Corporate Governance
Ethics and Financial Accounting
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,245
1,630
0.726
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :155
Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,242
1,036
0.462
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :156
process control
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,231
1,268
0.568
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :157
Resource and Environmental Economics
Political Economy
Economic Growth
Agricultural Economics
International Trade
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,213
1,035
0.468
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :158
Labour Relations
Diversity management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,188
1,418
0.648
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :159
Development Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,178
1,645
0.755
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :160
Rural Finance
Climate Change
Agrarian Change and Rural Livelihoods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,178
1,553
0.713
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :161
Health Economics
Economics of Education
Social Protection
Poverty and welfare analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,174
1,359
0.625
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :162
Economic modelling (Energy and Finance)
Macroeconomics
Mineral and Commodity Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,171
1,669
0.769
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :163
Banking and financial inclusion
emerging markets
migration economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,170
1,441
0.664
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :164
accounting
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,160
1,324
0.613
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :165
Economics & Econometrics/Econ. Pol & Plan
Energy Economics
Macroeconomics
Environmental Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,156
1,415
0.656
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :166
Development Macroeconomics
Natural Resource economics
Energy economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,150
1,690
0.786
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :167
Labour Economics
Gender Issues
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,149
2,033
0.946
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :168
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,146
1,036
0.483
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :169
Construction Economics & Management
PPP
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,143
1,066
0.497
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :170
poverty
impact evaluation
macroeconomics of aid
land and rural transformation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,125
1,290
0.607
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :171
entrepreneurial finance
managerial finance
marketing
Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,109
1,600
0.759
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :172
International Finance
Development Finance and Management of Financial Institution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,095
1,297
0.619
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :173
Insurance Finance
Development Finance
Industrial Organization of Financial Institutions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,092
1,731
0.827
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :174
CORPORATE FINANCE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE
FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,086
1,235
0.592
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :175
Environmental economics
agricultural economics
sports economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,059
1,061
0.515
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
401,992
1,921
361
Ranking Based On Selection: 151
Edwin Muchapondwa
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,283
1,571
0.688
community based resource management
environmental valuation
environmental economics
resource economics
agricultural economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
402,626
900
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 152
Ogundipe Adeyemi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,278
1,830
0.803
Macroeconomic Dynamics
Environmental and Resource Economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
405,683
219
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 153
Stephen Kwadwo Antwi
Tamale Technical University
Tamale, Ghana
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,254
2,004
0.889
Forensic Accounting
Public Financial Management
Financial Markets and Institutions Management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
406,907
913
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 154
Uwuigbe Olubukola
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,245
1,630
0.726
Corporate Governance
Ethics and Financial Accounting
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
407,394
1,950
47
Ranking Based On Selection: 155
Philippe Burger
University of the Free State
Bloemfontein, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,242
1,036
0.462
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
408,841
1,389
103
Ranking Based On Selection: 156
Emad Ali
Ain Shams University
Cairo, Egypt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,231
1,268
0.568
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
411,347
227
76
Ranking Based On Selection: 157
Kwabena Asomanin Anaman
University of Ghana
Legon, Ghana
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,213
1,035
0.468
Resource and Environmental Economics
Political Economy
Economic Growth
Agricultural Economics
International Trade
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
414,788
1,993
94
Ranking Based On Selection: 158
Leon Moolman
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,188
1,418
0.648
Labour Relations
Diversity management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
416,114
2,002
58
Ranking Based On Selection: 159
Michael Rogan
Rhodes University
Grahamstown, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,178
1,645
0.755
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
416,121
232
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 160
Mamudu Akudugu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,178
1,553
0.713
Rural Finance
Climate Change
Agrarian Change and Rural Livelihoods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
416,688
949
89
Ranking Based On Selection: 161
Olanrewaju Olaniyan
University of Ibadan
Ibadan, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,174
1,359
0.625
Health Economics
Economics of Education
Social Protection
Poverty and welfare analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
417,104
2,005
217
Ranking Based On Selection: 162
Ismail Fasanya
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,171
1,669
0.769
Economic modelling (Energy and Finance)
Macroeconomics
Mineral and Commodity Economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
417,251
2,006
65
Ranking Based On Selection: 163
Daniel Makina
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,170
1,441
0.664
Banking and financial inclusion
emerging markets
migration economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
418,699
1,454
82
Ranking Based On Selection: 164
Ibrahim Ebaid
Tanta University
Tanta, Egypt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,160
1,324
0.613
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
419,247
76
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 165
Geoffrey Ssebabi Mutumba
Kyambogo University
Kampala, Uganda
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,156
1,415
0.656
Economics & Econometrics/Econ. Pol & Plan
Energy Economics
Macroeconomics
Environmental Economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
420,037
238
55
Ranking Based On Selection: 166
George Adu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,150
1,690
0.786
Development Macroeconomics
Natural Resource economics
Energy economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
420,167
961
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 167
Abiola John Asaleye
Landmark University
Omu-Aran, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,149
2,033
0.946
Labour Economics
Gender Issues
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
420,677
2,036
266
Ranking Based On Selection: 168
Nico De Koker
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,146
1,036
0.483
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
421,125
965
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 169
Godwin Onajite Jagboro
Obafemi Awolowo University
Ile-Ife, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,143
1,066
0.497
Construction Economics & Management
PPP
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
423,837
233
65
Ranking Based On Selection: 170
Getnet Alemu
Addis Ababa University
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,125
1,290
0.607
poverty
impact evaluation
macroeconomics of aid
land and rural transformation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
426,174
246
29
Ranking Based On Selection: 171
Daniel Agyapong
University of Cape Coast
Cape Coast, Ghana
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,109
1,600
0.759
entrepreneurial finance
managerial finance
marketing
Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
428,313
993
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 172
Oke Michael Ojo
Ekiti State University Ado Ekiti
Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,095
1,297
0.619
International Finance
Development Finance and Management of Financial Institution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
428,731
2,076
373
Ranking Based On Selection: 173
Abdul Latif Alhassan|LATIF ALHASSAN
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,092
1,731
0.827
Insurance Finance
Development Finance
Industrial Organization of Financial Institutions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
429,627
306
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 174
Tobias Olweny
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,086
1,235
0.592
CORPORATE FINANCE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE
FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
433,840
2,101
61
Ranking Based On Selection: 175
Gavin Fraser
Rhodes University
Grahamstown, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,059
1,061
0.515
Environmental economics
agricultural economics
sports economics