Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
AfricaBusiness & Management / Business Administration Highly Cited Researchers 2.908 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) list 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: 1
Marketing
Cons Behavior
Int Business & Sys Lit Review
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,989
32,241
0.921
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
sustainable development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,026
5,675
0.472
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Marketing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,963
3,268
0.273
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Land-use change
Ecosystem Services
Nature-based Infrastructure
Resource Nexus
Plural valuation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,273
6,964
0.618
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
financial management
entrepreneurship
strategic management
business ethics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,404
5,354
0.569
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,127
7,230
0.792
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Business sustainability
cross-sector collaboration
governance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,358
2,210
0.412
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Business
education
History
Technology.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,297
725
0.137
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Entrepreneurship
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,203
3,065
0.589
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
ICT4D
E-business
Resource-based Theory
Social media
Big Data
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,803
2,901
0.604
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Business and Development
Small Enterprise Development
Public Transport
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,491
931
0.207
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
HR Management
Industrial Relations
Management
Organizational Behavior
Organizational Culture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,471
3,093
0.692
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Monney
Macroeconomics
Finance
Econometrics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,324
3,369
0.779
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Business Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,018
2,648
0.659
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Start-ups
Fintech
Financial Inclusion
Entrepreneurial Universities
Entrepreneurial Orientation &
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,931
2,976
0.757
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Leadership
CSR
Oil and Gas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,844
2,525
0.657
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Leadership
Diversity & Inclusion
Gender
Culture
Narrative & Dialogue
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,683
1,282
0.348
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Digital & tech entrepreneurship
digital innovation & social media
tech startups
tech incubation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,517
2,198
0.625
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Socioeconomic issues of emerging economies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,244
2,498
0.770
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
SCM
OM
Resilience
sustainability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,139
2,888
0.920
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,069
1,036
0.338
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
public administration
fiscal federalism
polilitical science
cost of governance
budget
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,909
1,617
0.556
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Public Governance
Project Management
Performance Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,905
1,312
0.452
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Business Administartion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,720
181
0.067
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Entrepreneurship
Business Management
Corporate Financ Operations management
Business polices and problems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,699
2,167
0.803
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,147
13
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Justin Paul
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,989
32,241
0.921
Marketing
Cons Behavior
Int Business & Sys Lit Review
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
80,991
275
43
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Mark Swilling
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,026
5,675
0.472
sustainable development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
81,557
279
44
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Christo Boshoff
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,963
3,268
0.273
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
87,618
303
68
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Patrick O'farrell
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,273
6,964
0.618
Land-use change
Ecosystem Services
Nature-based Infrastructure
Resource Nexus
Plural valuation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
108,106
390
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Olawale Fatoki
University of Limpopo
Mankweng, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,404
5,354
0.569
financial management
entrepreneurship
strategic management
business ethics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
111,824
27
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Samuel Adams
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,127
7,230
0.792
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
195,725
815
193
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Ralph Hamann
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,358
2,210
0.412
Business sustainability
cross-sector collaboration
governance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
197,909
74
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Davis Kb
University of Nairobi
Nairobi, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,297
725
0.137
Business
education
History
Technology.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
201,348
838
107
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Boris Urban
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,203
3,065
0.589
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
217,553
72
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Richard Boateng
University of Ghana
Legon, Ghana
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,803
2,901
0.604
ICT4D
E-business
Resource-based Theory
Social media
Big Data
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
231,690
98
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Dorothy Mccormick
University of Nairobi
Nairobi, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,491
931
0.207
Business and Development
Small Enterprise Development
Public Transport
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
232,611
204
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Osibanjo Adewale Omotayo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,471
3,093
0.692
HR Management
Industrial Relations
Management
Organizational Behavior
Organizational Culture
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
239,915
57
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Zied Ftiti
Université de Tunis
Tunis, Tunisia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,324
3,369
0.779
Monney
Macroeconomics
Finance
Econometrics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
256,650
1,098
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Richard Chinomona
Walter Sisulu University
Mthatha, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,018
2,648
0.659
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
261,662
132
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Stephen Muathe|Muathe Makau
Kenyatta University
Nairobi, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,931
2,976
0.757
Start-ups
Fintech
Financial Inclusion
Entrepreneurial Universities
Entrepreneurial Orientation &
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
266,802
107
45
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Kwasi Dartey Baah
University of Ghana
Legon, Ghana
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,844
2,525
0.657
Leadership
CSR
Oil and Gas
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
276,891
1,198
259
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Kurt April
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,683
1,282
0.348
Leadership
Diversity & Inclusion
Gender
Culture
Narrative & Dialogue
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
288,101
1,258
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Patient Rambe
Central University of Technology
Bloemfontein, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,517
2,198
0.625
Digital & tech entrepreneurship
digital innovation & social media
tech startups
tech incubation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
308,555
1,367
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Chux Gervase Iwu|Chux Iwu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,244
2,498
0.770
Socioeconomic issues of emerging economies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
317,138
147
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Elbaz Jamal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,139
2,888
0.920
SCM
OM
Resilience
sustainability
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
323,184
858
83
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
N El Enany
Mansoura University
Mansoura, Egypt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,069
1,036
0.338
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
337,503
436
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Okechukwu Eme
University of Nigeria
Nsukka, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,909
1,617
0.556
public administration
fiscal federalism
polilitical science
cost of governance
budget
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
337,875
1,525
76
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Gerrit Van Der Waldt
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,905
1,312
0.452
Public Governance
Project Management
Performance Management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
356,447
1,617
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Crystal Meek
Eskom
Sunninghill, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,720
181
0.067
Business Administartion
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
358,544
1,629
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Neneh Brownhilder
University of the Free State
Bloemfontein, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,699
2,167
0.803
Entrepreneurship
Business Management
Corporate Financ Operations management
Business polices and problems