Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Africa Economics & Econometrics Highly Cited Researchers 5.711 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
Medical and Health Science
Health Economics
Economic Evaluations in Healthcare
Health Policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,538
40,050
0.942
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Macroecomomics
forecasting
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,326
28,004
0.712
* 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
25,681
7,630
0.297
* 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
22,525
7,829
0.348
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Environmental Economics
climate change impacts
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,983
11,749
0.435
* 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
23,569
23,350
0.991
* 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
19,376
12,523
0.646
* 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
17,365
8,423
0.485
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Macroeconomic Policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,228
11,081
0.683
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Environmental
Health
& Development Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,058
10,560
0.658
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Energy Finance
Risk Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,854
10,085
0.851
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Development Economics
Trade
Entrepreneurship and Governance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,103
4,571
0.378
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Economics
political science
development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,340
3,973
0.350
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Poverty
Inequality
Social Mobility
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,955
3,564
0.358
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Politics
Philosophy and Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,752
9,833
0.915
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Poverty
inequality
unemployment
social assistance
impact evaluation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,900
2,408
0.271
* 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
8,678
3,248
0.374
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Development Economics
focus: Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,524
2,963
0.348
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
development economics poverty land
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,884
1,598
0.203
* 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
7,960
2,854
0.359
* 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
7,524
2,003
0.266
* 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
7,513
4,164
0.554
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Tobacco Control
NCD prevention
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,472
2,456
0.329
* 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
7,402
3,260
0.440
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Health Economics
Health Policy
Monitoring and Evaluation
Human Resource for Health
Health Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,324
3,178
0.434
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,982
4
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Martin Amogre Ayanore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,538
40,050
0.942
Medical and Health Science
Health Economics
Economic Evaluations in Healthcare
Health Policy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,478
45
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Rangan Gupta
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,326
28,004
0.712
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,015
88
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
25,681
7,630
0.297
Infectious Diseases
HIV
Tuberculosis
Health Economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,859
108
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
22,525
7,829
0.348
Water resources management
Water accounting
Water Footprint
Food
Irrigation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35,958
43
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Mohamed Abdrabo
Alexandria University
Alexandria, Egypt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,983
11,749
0.435
Environmental Economics
climate change impacts
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,361
7
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Hubert Amu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,569
23,350
0.991
Public Health
Noncommunicable Diseases
Reproductive Health
Mental Health
HIV
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
44,072
11
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Menale Kassie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,376
12,523
0.646
Applied micro-econometrics
multiple technologica innovaiton bundles adoption and impact assessment
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
50,140
11
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Joshua Yindenaba Abor
University of Ghana
Legon, Ghana
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,365
8,423
0.485
Financial Economics: Banking and finance
development finance
financial market development
monetary policy
corporate finance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
55,978
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
16,228
11,081
0.683
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
57,980
195
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
AS Oyekale
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,058
10,560
0.658
Environmental
Health
& Development Economics
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
85,436
9
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Walid Mensi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,854
10,085
0.851
Energy Finance
Risk Management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
85,875
21
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Paul Kamau
University of Nairobi
Nairobi, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,103
4,571
0.378
Development Economics
Trade
Entrepreneurship and Governance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
87,274
300
66
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
J Paul Dunne
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,340
3,973
0.350
Economics
political science
development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
100,470
358
87
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
9,955
3,564
0.358
Poverty
Inequality
Social Mobility
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
111,315
404
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Smanga Hlongwa
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,752
9,833
0.915
Politics
Philosophy and Economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
112,779
414
60
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Ingrid Woolard
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,900
2,408
0.271
Poverty
inequality
unemployment
social assistance
impact evaluation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
118,184
441
108
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
8,678
3,248
0.374
Labour Economics
Poverty and Income Distribution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
120,985
29
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Augustin Fosu
University of Ghana
Legon, Ghana
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,524
2,963
0.348
Development Economics
focus: Africa
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
128,824
498
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
7,884
1,598
0.203
development economics poverty land
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
129,467
501
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
7,960
2,854
0.359
Economic Methodology
Game Theory
Philosophy of Science
Experimental Economics
Addiction
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
135,671
41
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Mwabu, G
University of Nairobi
Nairobi, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,524
2,003
0.266
Health Economics
Development Economics
Microeconometrics and Poverty Analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
138,801
4
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Boopen Seetanah
University of Mauritius
Réduit, Mauritius
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,513
4,164
0.554
International Trade and Finance
Tourism economics
Development economics
Financial economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
140,198
555
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
7,472
2,456
0.329
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
140,810
557
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
7,402
3,260
0.440
Economic demography
Gender
Labour economics
Well-being
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
142,328
38
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Moses Aikins
University of Ghana
Legon, Ghana
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,324
3,178
0.434
Health Economics
Health Policy
Monitoring and Evaluation
Human Resource for Health
Health Systems
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