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Africa Economics & Econometrics Highly Cited Researchers 5.459 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Medical and Health Science
Health Economics
Economic Evaluations in Healthcare
Health Polic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,229
42,724
0.945
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Macroecomomics
forecastin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,467
29,040
0.718
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Environmental Economics
climate change impact
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,497
12,162
0.442
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Public Health
Noncommunicable Diseases
Reproductive Health
Mental Health
HI
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,446
27,223
0.992
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Infectious Diseases
HIV
Tuberculosis
Health Economic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,033
7,918
0.304
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Water resources management
Water accounting
Water Footprint
Food
Irrigatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,918
8,151
0.356
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Applied micro-econometrics
multiple technologica innovaiton bundles adoption and impact assessmen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,122
13,225
0.657
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Financial Economics: Banking and finance
development finance
financial market development
monetary policy
corporate financ
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,844
8,871
0.497
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Macroeconomic Polic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,813
11,648
0.693
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Environmental
Health
& Development Economic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,519
10,987
0.665
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Energy Finance
Risk Managemen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,348
10,566
0.856
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Development Economics
Trade
Entrepreneurship and Governanc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,279
4,717
0.384
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Politics
Philosophy and Economic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,548
10,602
0.918
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Economics
political science
developmen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,523
4,136
0.359
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Poverty
Inequality
Social Mobilit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,150
3,727
0.367
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Health Economics
Global Health
Development Economics
Fiscal Policy for Healt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,731
9,601
0.987
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Poverty
inequality
unemployment
social assistance
impact evaluatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,029
2,504
0.277
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Labour Economics
Poverty and Income Distributio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,881
3,412
0.384
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Development Economics
focus: Afric
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,640
3,059
0.354
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Economic Methodology
Game Theory
Philosophy of Science
Experimental Economics
Addictio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,106
2,990
0.369
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
development economics poverty lan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,005
1,688
0.211
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
International Trade and Finance
Tourism economics
Development economics
Financial economic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,908
4,489
0.568
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Health Economics
Development Economics
Microeconometrics and Poverty Analysi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,616
2,083
0.274
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Tobacco Control
NCD preventio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,578
2,551
0.337
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Economic demography
Gender
Labour economics
Well-bein
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,570
3,417
0.451
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,653
4
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Martin Amogre Ayanore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,229
42,724
0.945
Medical and Health Science
Health Economics
Economic Evaluations in Healthcare
Health Polic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,184
46
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Rangan Gupta
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,467
29,040
0.718
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,531
39
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Mohamed Abdrabo
Alexandria University
Alexandria, Egypt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,497
12,162
0.442
Environmental Economics
climate change impact
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,617
7
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Hubert Amu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,446
27,223
0.992
Public Health
Noncommunicable Diseases
Reproductive Health
Mental Health
HI
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,883
93
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Ian Sanne
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,033
7,918
0.304
Infectious Diseases
HIV
Tuberculosis
Health Economic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35,875
112
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Ashok Chapagain
University of the Free State
Bloemfontein, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,918
8,151
0.356
Water resources management
Water accounting
Water Footprint
Food
Irrigatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43,086
11
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Menale Kassie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,122
13,225
0.657
Applied micro-econometrics
multiple technologica innovaiton bundles adoption and impact assessmen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
50,757
13
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Joshua Yindenaba Abor
University of Ghana
Legon, Ghana
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,844
8,871
0.497
Financial Economics: Banking and finance
development finance
financial market development
monetary policy
corporate financ
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
54,963
186
3
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
16,813
11,648
0.693
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
56,261
191
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
AS Oyekale
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,519
10,987
0.665
Environmental
Health
& Development Economic
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
81,612
9
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Walid Mensi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,348
10,566
0.856
Energy Finance
Risk Managemen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
82,171
20
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Paul Kamau
University of Nairobi
Nairobi, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,279
4,717
0.384
Development Economics
Trade
Entrepreneurship and Governanc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
88,630
302
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Smanga Hlongwa
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,548
10,602
0.918
Politics
Philosophy and Economic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
88,875
303
71
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
J Paul Dunne
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,523
4,136
0.359
Economics
political science
developmen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
103,107
368
89
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Murray Leibbrandt
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,150
3,727
0.367
Poverty
Inequality
Social Mobilit
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
108,118
27
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Mustapha Immurana
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,731
9,601
0.987
Health Economics
Global Health
Development Economics
Fiscal Policy for Healt
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
117,736
437
65
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Ingrid Woolard
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,029
2,504
0.277
Poverty
inequality
unemployment
social assistance
impact evaluatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
119,936
451
113
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Haroon Bhorat
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,881
3,412
0.384
Labour Economics
Poverty and Income Distributio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
123,684
32
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Augustin Fosu
University of Ghana
Legon, Ghana
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,640
3,059
0.354
Development Economics
focus: Afric
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
132,710
519
121
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
8,106
2,990
0.369
Economic Methodology
Game Theory
Philosophy of Science
Experimental Economics
Addictio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
134,573
529
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Julian May
University of the Western Cape
Bellville, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,005
1,688
0.211
development economics poverty lan
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
136,357
4
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Boopen Seetanah
University of Mauritius
Réduit, Mauritius
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,908
4,489
0.568
International Trade and Finance
Tourism economics
Development economics
Financial economic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
142,074
46
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Mwabu, G
University of Nairobi
Nairobi, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,616
2,083
0.274
Health Economics
Development Economics
Microeconometrics and Poverty Analysi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
142,843
565
132
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Hana Ross
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,578
2,551
0.337
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
142,964
567
71
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Dorrit Posel|D.R.Posel, Dori Posel
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,570
3,417
0.451
Economic demography
Gender
Labour economics
Well-bein