Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Africa History, Philosophy, Theology Highly Cited Researchers 1.614 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
African politics
history
colonialism
race
enlightenment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,541
38,105
0.556
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
rock art
shell middens
human evolution
South African Prehistory
San hunter gatherers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,690
2,857
0.267
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
African Philosophy
African Metaphysics
African Bioethics
African Traditional Religion
African Cultural Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,387
4,236
0.663
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,723
1,858
0.325
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
African Philosophy
Philosophy of Education
Global Citizenship Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,672
2,781
0.490
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Postcolonial literary studies
print culture
book history
oceanic studies
Indian Ocean studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,847
1,729
0.357
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,544
1,334
0.294
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,174
1,239
0.297
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Philosophy of Science
Addiction
Self-control
Physicalism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,082
1,540
0.377
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
18th and early 19th century Cape history
early modern Indian Ocean history
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,781
857
0.227
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
African History
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,574
833
0.233
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
social-ecological research
complex adaptive systems
philosophy
transformative change toward sustainable futures
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,704
3,106
0.839
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Systematic theology
ecotheology
ecumenical theology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,471
1,579
0.455
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Social and political change
African studies
comparative labour history
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,496
1,195
0.342
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
History
Critical Archival Theory
Methodology and Archives
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,858
728
0.255
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
South African History
Ethnicity and Nationalism
Film and History
Urban History
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,848
657
0.231
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Contemporary islam
Qur'an
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,858
1,006
0.352
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Indian Diaspora
Islam in South Africa
Sports History
Citizenship
Transnationalism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,636
1,021
0.387
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
African history
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,561
1,119
0.437
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Neurodegenerative Diseases
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,637
1,941
0.736
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Philosophy of Education
Higher Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,230
796
0.357
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
History
South Africa
Biometrics
States
Gold Mining
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,911
867
0.454
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Environmental History
19th and 20th Century South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,929
551
0.286
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
historical information
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,919
1,117
0.582
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
New Testament Theology
African Christology
Greek
Social Justice
Contemporary Ethical Issues.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,633
494
0.303
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,274
19
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Achille Mbembe
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,541
38,105
0.556
African politics
history
colonialism
race
enlightenment
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
95,355
337
81
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
John Parkington
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,690
2,857
0.267
rock art
shell middens
human evolution
South African Prehistory
San hunter gatherers
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
166,686
115
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Kanu Ikechukwu Anthony
Tansian University
Umunya, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,387
4,236
0.663
African Philosophy
African Metaphysics
African Bioethics
African Traditional Religion
African Cultural Studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
182,787
748
95
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Lucy Allais
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,723
1,858
0.325
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
184,263
755
101
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Yusef Waghid
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,672
2,781
0.490
African Philosophy
Philosophy of Education
Global Citizenship Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
213,904
894
113
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Isabel Hofmeyr
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,847
1,729
0.357
Postcolonial literary studies
print culture
book history
oceanic studies
Indian Ocean studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
220,594
927
78
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Gerald West
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,544
1,334
0.294
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
240,153
221
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Ogbu Kalu
University of Nigeria
Nsukka, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,174
1,239
0.297
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
253,355
1,083
93
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
David Spurrett
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,082
1,540
0.377
Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Philosophy of Science
Addiction
Self-control
Physicalism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
266,709
1,140
249
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Nigel Worden
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,781
857
0.227
18th and early 19th century Cape history
early modern Indian Ocean history
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
281,940
1,222
148
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Peter Delius
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,574
833
0.233
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
283,833
1,234
163
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Rika Preiser
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,704
3,106
0.839
social-ecological research
complex adaptive systems
philosophy
transformative change toward sustainable futures
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
284,267
1,240
40
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Ernst M. Conradie
University of the Western Cape
Bellville, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,471
1,579
0.455
Systematic theology
ecotheology
ecumenical theology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
286,300
1,248
84
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Peter Alexander
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,496
1,195
0.342
Social and political change
African studies
comparative labour history
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
331,614
1,484
312
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Carolyn Hamilton
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,858
728
0.255
History
Critical Archival Theory
Methodology and Archives
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
336,157
1,514
318
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Vivian Bickford-Smith
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,848
657
0.231
South African History
Ethnicity and Nationalism
Film and History
Urban History
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
336,327
1,515
102
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Farid Esack
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,858
1,006
0.352
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
359,635
1,639
142
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Goolam Vahed
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,636
1,021
0.387
Indian Diaspora
Islam in South Africa
Sports History
Citizenship
Transnationalism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
366,122
1,665
165
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Alois Mlambo
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,561
1,119
0.437
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
405,899
1,250
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Mohamed Salama
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,637
1,941
0.736
Neurodegenerative Diseases
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
409,010
1,918
55
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Philip Higgs
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,230
796
0.357
Philosophy of Education
Higher Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
424,191
2,011
213
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Keith Breckenridge
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,911
867
0.454
History
South Africa
Biometrics
States
Gold Mining
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
458,742
2,175
400
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Lance Van Sittert
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,929
551
0.286
Environmental History
19th and 20th Century South Africa
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
464,194
2,214
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Sive Masawe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,919
1,117
0.582
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
473,173
924
90
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Chinwokwu Emmanuel Nlenanya
University of Nigeria
Nsukka, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,633
494
0.303
New Testament Theology
African Christology
Greek
Social Justice
Contemporary Ethical Issues.
