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Discover the world’s highly cited researchers through the AD Scientific Index 2025 Citation Rankings.
These rankings evaluate scientists based on their total and recent citation counts, capturing the breadth and real-time currency of academic recognition. Citation data reveals how widely a scholar’s work is referenced, applied, and extended across diverse disciplines. The rankings are routinely updated to reflect ongoing citation growth, while eliminating distortions from excessive co-authorship and institutional inflation. Premium tools provide access to detailed citation dynamics, unethical citation behavior detection, and field-normalized benchmarking.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Criminology
Regulation
Climate Change
Cybersecurity
Policin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,181
4,061
0.236
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
General Relativity
Dark Energy
Modified theories of gravity
Cosmology
Integrabilit
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,413
7,675
0.815
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Salmonella
tuberculosis
campylobacter
Lawsoni
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,327
2,346
0.371
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Systems analysi
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,019
1,591
0.264
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Bioethic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,798
2,198
0.579
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
International Human Rights Law
Regional Human Rights System
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,480
1,123
0.323
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
criminolgy
urban studies
ethnography
urban safety
security governanc
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,823
998
0.354
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Refugee and Immigration La
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,655
2,449
0.922
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
القانون العا�
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,535
668
0.264
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Criminology
policing
democratic elections
conflic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,521
984
0.390
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Legal anthropology
Human rights
Family law
property la
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,496
675
0.270
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
La
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,406
963
0.400
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Human Rights
Land Policies
Climate Chang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,401
422
0.176
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Public International Law
African Union Law
Human Rights
Transitional Justicice
Legal Writin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,108
401
0.190
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
LA
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,429
1,399
0.576
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
law and social change
courts and the poor
socio-economic rights including land
gender-based harm on campu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,900
703
0.370
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
rights & regulation
competition policy
legal profession
migration & citizenship
South & Southern Afric
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,810
654
0.361
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
critical pedagogy
critical ecopedagogy
transformative learning
social justice education
global citizenship educatio
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,766
1,241
0.703
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Chldren's rights
family law
human rights
equalit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,672
555
0.332
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
federalism
multilevel government
local governmen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,597
745
0.466
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
droit pèna
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,535
1,084
0.706
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
gera
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,496
617
0.412
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Law. health research
HIVm childre
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,469
597
0.406
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Pharmacy
Health Economics
Pharmacy-related Policy
Quality of Pharmaceutical
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,443
1,358
0.941
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
International children's rights
restorative justic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,440
483
0.335
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
53,343
179
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Clifford Shearing
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,181
4,061
0.236
Criminology
Regulation
Climate Change
Cybersecurity
Policin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
112,323
417
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Andronikos Paliathanasis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,413
7,675
0.815
General Relativity
Dark Energy
Modified theories of gravity
Cosmology
Integrabilit
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
172,320
692
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Ml Van Der Walt Swanepoel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,327
2,346
0.371
Salmonella
tuberculosis
campylobacter
Lawsoni
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
181,285
746
93
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Mary Scholes
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,019
1,591
0.264
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
279,334
1,214
161
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Keymanthri Moodley
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,798
2,198
0.579
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
301,156
1,320
118
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Frans Viljoen
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,480
1,123
0.323
International Human Rights Law
Regional Human Rights System
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
357,748
1,618
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Monique Michal Marks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,823
998
0.354
criminolgy
urban studies
ethnography
urban safety
security governanc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
375,487
1,706
338
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Fatima Khan
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,655
2,449
0.922
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
389,282
154
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
وادي عماد الدين
Université d'Alger 1
Algiers, Algeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,535
668
0.264
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
390,923
613
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Etannibi Alemika
University of Jos
Jos, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,521
984
0.390
Criminology
policing
democratic elections
conflic
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
393,843
226
70
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Celestine Nyamu Musembi
University of Nairobi
Nairobi, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,496
675
0.270
Legal anthropology
Human rights
Family law
property la
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
404,826
108
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Mathew Ngaga
University of Dar Es Salaam
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,406
963
0.400
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
405,491
236
73
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Ogendo Hastings Okoth
University of Nairobi
Nairobi, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,401
422
0.176
Human Rights
Land Policies
Climate Chang
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
445,934
814
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Nsongurua J. Udombana
Topfaith University
Makurdi, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,108
401
0.190
Public International Law
African Union Law
Human Rights
Transitional Justicice
Legal Writin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
402,022
645
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Khalilah Abdulkareem
Baze University Kuchigoro
Abuja, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,429
1,399
0.576
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
479,740
2,280
245
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Jackie Dugard
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,900
703
0.370
law and social change
courts and the poor
socio-economic rights including land
gender-based harm on campu
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
495,971
2,381
258
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Jonathan Klaaren
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,810
654
0.361
rights & regulation
competition policy
legal profession
migration & citizenship
South & Southern Afric
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
504,318
112
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Dave Monk
Gulu University
Gulu, Uganda
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,766
1,241
0.703
critical pedagogy
critical ecopedagogy
transformative learning
social justice education
global citizenship educatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
522,891
2,545
84
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Julia Sloth-Nielsen
University of the Western Cape
Bellville, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,672
555
0.332
Chldren's rights
family law
human rights
equalit
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
538,292
2,617
87
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Nicolaas Steytler
University of the Western Cape
Bellville, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,597
745
0.466
federalism
multilevel government
local governmen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
551,914
374
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Abid Halima
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,535
1,084
0.706
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
561,003
2
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Rodrigues Raimundo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,496
617
0.412
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
567,256
2,798
235
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Ann Strode
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,469
597
0.406
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
573,348
27
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Felix Khuluza
Kamuzu University of Health Sciences
Blantyre, Malawi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,443
1,358
0.941
Pharmacy
Health Economics
Pharmacy-related Policy
Quality of Pharmaceutical
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
574,265
2,844
278
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Ann Skelton
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,440
483
0.335
International children's rights
restorative justic