Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Africa Business & Management / Human Resource Management Highly Cited Researchers 849 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
gender and diversity
postcolonial
management in Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,554
5,138
0.379
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Health systems development and research
Human resource development in the health sector
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,455
3,969
0.420
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Economics
finance
procurement
entreneurship
Human Resource Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,109
3,650
0.714
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Health workforce
human resources for health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,630
2,401
0.519
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Industrial Relations
Human Resource Management
Compensation Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,793
2,620
0.691
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Human resource management
Organizational behavior
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,689
2,290
0.621
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Human Resource Management
Strategic Human Resource Management
Industrial Relations
Entreprneurship
Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,545
2,572
0.726
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Human Resource Management
Talent Management
Work Wellness
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,168
1,746
0.551
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Human Resource Management
Industrial Relations
Talent Retention
Talent Management
Gender and
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,832
2,255
0.796
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Human resources
Labour relations
Talent management
Training and development
Student success
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,752
755
0.274
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Business Management
Project Management
Entrepreneurship
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,682
2,150
0.802
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Business Administration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,348
1,466
0.624
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Organisational psychology
Positive psychology
Change management
Research methodology
Career development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,230
1,415
0.635
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Honeycomb sandwich panel
Sandwich Structure
Human Resource Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,984
1,930
0.973
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Public Health education
Human Resources for Health
Reproductive Health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,973
1,046
0.530
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Organisational commitment
career adaptability
job embeddedness
retention
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,858
1,004
0.540
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Public health
pharmacy
education
human resources
pharmaceutical public health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,847
557
0.302
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Human Resource Management organization behavior and gender studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,788
1,126
0.630
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Human Resource Management
Entreperneurship and Finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,715
1,072
0.625
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Industrial Sociology
Human Resources and Development Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,705
949
0.557
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Employment relations
human resource management
labour markets analysis
labour economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,703
623
0.366
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Entrepreneurship
Project Management
Management
Human Resource Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,597
713
0.446
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Compensation Management
Human Resource Management
Management and Resource Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,554
1,054
0.678
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Strategic Human Resource Management
Organisational Behaviour
Leadership
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,528
1,353
0.885
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Management -Human Resource/Organizational behavior
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,497
826
0.552
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
69,919
238
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Stella M Nkomo
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,554
5,138
0.379
gender and diversity
postcolonial
management in Africa
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
107,433
385
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Uta Lehmann
University of the Western Cape
Bellville, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,455
3,969
0.420
Health systems development and research
Human resource development in the health sector
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
204,990
79
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Willy Muturi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,109
3,650
0.714
Economics
finance
procurement
entreneurship
Human Resource Management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
225,106
947
122
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Laetitia Rispel
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,630
2,401
0.519
Health workforce
human resources for health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
269,912
277
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Adeniji Anthonia Adenike
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,793
2,620
0.691
Industrial Relations
Human Resource Management
Compensation Management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
276,455
113
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Faridahwati Mohd. Shamsudin
Al Akhawayn University Ifrane
Ifrane, Morocco
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,689
2,290
0.621
Human resource management
Organizational behavior
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
286,133
315
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Hezekiah Olubusayo Falola
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,545
2,572
0.726
Human Resource Management
Strategic Human Resource Management
Industrial Relations
Entreprneurship
Management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
314,693
1,399
96
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Nicolene Barkhuizen
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,168
1,746
0.551
Human Resource Management
Talent Management
Work Wellness
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
344,922
454
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Salau, Odunayo Paul
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,832
2,255
0.796
Human Resource Management
Industrial Relations
Talent Retention
Talent Management
Gender and
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
353,095
1,600
39
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Barney Erasmus
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,752
755
0.274
Human resources
Labour relations
Talent management
Training and development
Student success
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
360,385
508
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Maxwell Ayodele Olokundun
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,682
2,150
0.802
Business Management
Project Management
Entrepreneurship
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
399,212
1,222
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Wageeh A Nafei
University of Sadat City
Monufia, Egypt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,348
1,466
0.624
Business Administration
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
414,700
1,955
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Hlanganipai Ngirande
University of Venda
Thohoyandou, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,230
1,415
0.635
Organisational psychology
Positive psychology
Change management
Research methodology
Career development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
451,327
246
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
S. RAJKUMAR
Hawassa University
Hawassa, Ethiopia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,984
1,930
0.973
Honeycomb sandwich panel
Sandwich Structure
Human Resource Management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
453,149
2,153
394
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Virginia Zweigenthal
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,973
1,046
0.530
Public Health education
Human Resources for Health
Reproductive Health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
472,523
2,253
68
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Nadia Ferreira
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,858
1,004
0.540
Organisational commitment
career adaptability
job embeddedness
retention
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
474,500
2,266
76
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Hazel Bradley
University of the Western Cape
Bellville, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,847
557
0.302
Public health
pharmacy
education
human resources
pharmaceutical public health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
485,129
978
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Tinuke M Fapohunda
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,788
1,126
0.630
Human Resource Management organization behavior and gender studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
499,126
1,026
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Sajuyigbe Ademola Samuel
Landmark University
Omu-Aran, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,715
1,072
0.625
Human Resource Management
Entreperneurship and Finance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
501,070
1,033
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Agba A. Ogaboh
University of Calabar
Calabar, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,705
949
0.557
Industrial Sociology
Human Resources and Development Studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
501,543
1,036
53
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Sola Fajana
University of Lagos
Lagos, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,703
623
0.366
Employment relations
human resource management
labour markets analysis
labour economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
523,283
400
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Roselyn Gakure
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,597
713
0.446
Entrepreneurship
Project Management
Management
Human Resource Management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
532,508
1,194
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Abayomi Olarewaju Adeoye
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,554
1,054
0.678
Compensation Management
Human Resource Management
Management and Resource Management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
538,115
25
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Sulaiman Olusegun Atiku|Olusegun Atiku, Sulaiman Atiku
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,528
1,353
0.885
Strategic Human Resource Management
Organisational Behaviour
Leadership
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
545,198
2,663
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Sunday Samson Babalola
Walter Sisulu University
Mthatha, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,497
826
0.552
Management -Human Resource/Organizational behavior