Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
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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: 1
Medical and Health Science
Health Economics
Economic Evaluations in Healthcare
Health Policy
Public Health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,624
37,356
0.967
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Macroecomomics
forecasting
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,589
29,221
0.777
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Infectious Diseases
HIV
Tuberculosis
Health Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,490
9,198
0.361
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Water resources management
Water accounting
Water Footprint
Food
Irrigation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,297
9,098
0.408
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Environmental Economics
climate change impacts
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,650
11,136
0.514
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Public Health
Noncommunicable Diseases
Reproductive Health
Mental Health
HIV
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,419
19,303
0.994
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Applied micro-econometrics
multiple technologica innovaiton bundles adoption and impact assessment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,548
13,302
0.717
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Financial Economics: Banking and finance
development finance
financial market development
monetary policy
corporate finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,032
9,703
0.570
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Macroeconomic Policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,572
11,479
0.737
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Environmental
Health
& Development Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,261
11,693
0.766
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Development Economics
Trade
Entrepreneurship and Governance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,287
5,268
0.467
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Economics
political science
development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,138
4,583
0.411
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Energy Finance
Risk Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,967
9,868
0.900
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Poverty
Inequality
Social Mobility
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,864
4,168
0.423
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Poverty
inequality
unemployment
social assistance
impact evaluation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,942
2,906
0.325
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Politics
Philosophy and Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,727
8,190
0.938
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Labour Economics
Poverty and Income Distribution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,552
3,589
0.420
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Development Economics
focus: Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,391
3,440
0.410
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
development economics poverty land
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,955
1,879
0.236
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Economic Methodology
Game Theory
Philosophy of Science
Experimental Economics
Addiction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,897
3,306
0.419
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Health Economics
Development Economics
Microeconometrics and Poverty Analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,577
2,344
0.309
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
International Trade and Finance
Tourism economics
Development economics
Financial economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,334
4,643
0.633
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Tobacco Control
NCD prevention
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,325
2,827
0.386
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Economic demography
Gender
Labour economics
Well-being
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,291
3,551
0.487
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Development Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,233
1,927
0.266
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,101
4
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Martin Amogre Ayanore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,624
37,356
0.967
Medical and Health Science
Health Economics
Economic Evaluations in Healthcare
Health Policy
Public Health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,750
44
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Rangan Gupta
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,589
29,221
0.777
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,666
84
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Ian Sanne
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,490
9,198
0.361
Infectious Diseases
HIV
Tuberculosis
Health Economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,770
107
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Ashok Chapagain
University of the Free State
Bloemfontein, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,297
9,098
0.408
Water resources management
Water accounting
Water Footprint
Food
Irrigation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
36,260
45
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Mohamed Abdrabo
Alexandria University
Alexandria, Egypt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,650
11,136
0.514
Environmental Economics
climate change impacts
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
42,211
9
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Hubert Amu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,419
19,303
0.994
Public Health
Noncommunicable Diseases
Reproductive Health
Mental Health
HIV
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
44,853
11
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Menale Kassie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,548
13,302
0.717
Applied micro-econometrics
multiple technologica innovaiton bundles adoption and impact assessment
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
50,444
12
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Joshua Yindenaba Abor
University of Ghana
Legon, Ghana
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,032
9,703
0.570
Financial Economics: Banking and finance
development finance
financial market development
monetary policy
corporate finance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
56,870
190
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Nicholas M Odhiambo
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,572
11,479
0.737
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
58,391
194
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
AS Oyekale
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,261
11,693
0.766
Environmental
Health
& Development Economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
85,478
21
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Paul Kamau
University of Nairobi
Nairobi, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,287
5,268
0.467
Development Economics
Trade
Entrepreneurship and Governance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
86,858
300
66
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
J Paul Dunne
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,138
4,583
0.411
Economics
political science
development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
88,459
7
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Walid Mensi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,967
9,868
0.900
Energy Finance
Risk Management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
100,042
355
88
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Murray Leibbrandt
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,864
4,168
0.423
Poverty
Inequality
Social Mobility
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
111,878
409
60
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Ingrid Woolard
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,942
2,906
0.325
Poverty
inequality
unemployment
social assistance
impact evaluation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
114,998
426
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Smanga Hlongwa
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,727
8,190
0.938
Politics
Philosophy and Economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
117,625
440
109
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Haroon Bhorat
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,552
3,589
0.420
Labour Economics
Poverty and Income Distribution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
120,217
29
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Augustin Fosu
University of Ghana
Legon, Ghana
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,391
3,440
0.410
Development Economics
focus: Africa
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
127,501
480
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Julian May
University of the Western Cape
Bellville, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,955
1,879
0.236
development economics poverty land
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
128,547
492
119
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Don Ross
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,897
3,306
0.419
Economic Methodology
Game Theory
Philosophy of Science
Experimental Economics
Addiction
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
134,461
39
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Mwabu, G
University of Nairobi
Nairobi, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,577
2,344
0.309
Health Economics
Development Economics
Microeconometrics and Poverty Analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
139,272
4
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Boopen Seetanah
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,334
4,643
0.633
International Trade and Finance
Tourism economics
Development economics
Financial economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
139,466
549
130
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Hana Ross
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,325
2,827
0.386
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
140,161
551
73
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Dorrit Posel|D.R.Posel, Dori Posel
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,291
3,551
0.487
Economic demography
Gender
Labour economics
Well-being
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
141,344
37
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Ernest Aryeetey
University of Ghana
Legon, Ghana
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,233
1,927
0.266