Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Africa Social Sciences and Humanities Highly Cited Researchers 2.492 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
Water resources management
Water accounting
Water Footprint
Food
Irrigation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,641
7,766
0.343
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Energy Finance
Risk Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,490
9,741
0.848
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Finance et comptabilité
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,504
5,382
0.827
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Corporate governance
auditing
accountability
financial reporting
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,385
4,697
0.736
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Applied Financial Econometrics
Public Economics
Development Finance
Emerging Market Economies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,274
3,686
0.699
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Accounting and Finance: Accounting information quality
tax policy
governance
banking
sustainability and inclusive finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,051
2,896
0.573
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Construction Management
Procurement Management
Construction Finance
Business Consulting
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,837
3,860
0.798
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Entrepreneurship
Management
Finance
Supply Chain Management
Monitoring and Evaluation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,644
2,790
0.601
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Finance
Applied Financial Econometrics
Financial Markets and Institutions
Financial Literacy
Economic Integration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,588
3,672
0.800
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING
ENVIRONMENTAL ACCOUNTING
CORPORATE GOVENANCE &
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,004
2,512
0.627
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
evidence microfinance agriculture consumer involvement
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,932
1,694
0.431
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Entrepreneurship Finance
Fintech
MSME and PFM Consultant.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,597
2,266
0.630
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Political economy
macroeconomics
development
finance and banking
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,364
796
0.237
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Corporate Finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,188
2,247
0.705
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
corporate finance
banking
accounting
investment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,109
1,064
0.342
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
IFRS
Internal Control
Audit Committees
Disclosure
Corporate Governance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,078
1,540
0.500
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Entrepreneurship
SMEs
intellectual capital management
SMEs finance
Business management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,002
2,424
0.807
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Agricultural Development Economics
Environmental Economics
Food Security
Natural Resource Use
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,938
2,433
0.828
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
ابحاث السرطان
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,897
943
0.326
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Droit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,885
1,994
0.691
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Development Finance
Sustainability
Capital Market Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,868
2,061
0.719
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Microfinance
Economics
Health
Poverty
Inequality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,775
1,408
0.507
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Bank Lending and Performance
Capital Structure and Corporate Performance
Corporate Finance
Development Finance
Employment Dy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,714
1,905
0.702
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
corporate governance
internet financial reporting
accounting
business education
auditing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,698
1,915
0.710
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
financial intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,693
916
0.340
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,933
108
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Ashok Chapagain
University of the Free State
Bloemfontein, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,641
7,766
0.343
Water resources management
Water accounting
Water Footprint
Food
Irrigation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
85,605
7
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Walid Mensi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,490
9,741
0.848
Energy Finance
Risk Management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
161,307
24
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Anis Jarboui
Université de Sfax
Sfax, Tunisia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,504
5,382
0.827
Finance et comptabilité
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
164,474
652
82
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Warren Maroun
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,385
4,697
0.736
Corporate governance
auditing
accountability
financial reporting
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
198,734
825
106
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Imhotep P. Alagidede
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,274
3,686
0.699
Applied Financial Econometrics
Public Economics
Development Finance
Emerging Market Economies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
207,308
69
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Mohammed Amidu
University of Ghana
Legon, Ghana
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,051
2,896
0.573
Accounting and Finance: Accounting information quality
tax policy
governance
banking
sustainability and inclusive finance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
216,103
71
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
De Graft Owusu Manu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,837
3,860
0.798
Construction Management
Procurement Management
Construction Finance
Business Consulting
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
224,471
94
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Gregory Namusonge
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,644
2,790
0.601
Entrepreneurship
Management
Finance
Supply Chain Management
Monitoring and Evaluation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
226,994
79
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Anokye M Adam
University of Cape Coast
Cape Coast, Ghana
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,588
3,672
0.800
Finance
Applied Financial Econometrics
Financial Markets and Institutions
Financial Literacy
Economic Integration
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
257,443
249
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Uwuigbe, Uwalomwa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,004
2,512
0.627
FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING
ENVIRONMENTAL ACCOUNTING
CORPORATE GOVENANCE &
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
261,630
1,118
75
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Ruth Stewart
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,932
1,694
0.431
evidence microfinance agriculture consumer involvement
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
282,640
142
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Ambrose Jagongo
Kenyatta University
Nairobi, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,597
2,266
0.630
Entrepreneurship Finance
Fintech
MSME and PFM Consultant.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
299,413
1,323
154
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Vishnu Padayachee
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,364
796
0.237
Political economy
macroeconomics
development
finance and banking
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
313,045
1,389
129
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
John Henry Hall
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,188
2,247
0.705
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
319,736
19
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Abuzar MA Eljelly
University of Khartoum
Khartoum, Sudan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,109
1,064
0.342
corporate finance
banking
accounting
investment
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
322,424
851
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Khaled Samaha
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,078
1,540
0.500
IFRS
Internal Control
Audit Committees
Disclosure
Corporate Governance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
329,105
418
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Eniola, Anthony Abiodun,
Landmark University
Omu-Aran, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,002
2,424
0.807
Entrepreneurship
SMEs
intellectual capital management
SMEs finance
Business management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
334,834
1,507
129
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Ljs Baiyegunhi.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,938
2,433
0.828
Agricultural Development Economics
Environmental Economics
Food Security
Natural Resource Use
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
338,645
944
101
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Moneim Osman
Cairo University
Giza, Egypt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,897
943
0.326
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
339,775
107
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Leila Mehdid
Université de Bouira
Bouïra, Algeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,885
1,994
0.691
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
341,389
444
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Abiola Babajide
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,868
2,061
0.719
Development Finance
Sustainability
Capital Market Development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
350,746
157
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Samuel Kobina Annim
University of Cape Coast
Cape Coast, Ghana
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,775
1,408
0.507
Microfinance
Economics
Health
Poverty
Inequality
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
356,982
494
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Felicia Olokoyo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,714
1,905
0.702
Bank Lending and Performance
Capital Structure and Corporate Performance
Corporate Finance
Development Finance
Employment Dy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
358,672
1,027
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Ehab KA Mohamed
German University in Cairo
Cairo, Egypt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,698
1,915
0.710
corporate governance
internet financial reporting
accounting
business education
auditing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
359,270
167
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Isaac Hagan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,693
916
0.340
financial intelligence