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Africa Education Highly Cited Researchers 4.128 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025
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
educational Psychology ( Measurement
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,220
10,905
0.825
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Basic Education
Science Education
Gender and Development
Quality Educatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,909
4,364
0.366
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
education
curriculum
polic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,122
3,110
0.280
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Language education
literacy education
critical literacy
discourse analysi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,100
4,588
0.454
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
music
education
compute
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,317
6,694
0.718
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Physical activity
exercise
non-communicable diseases
social determinants of health
health promotio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,121
5,791
0.713
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Educatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,631
1,942
0.254
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Physical activity
bone health
body composition
metabolic diseas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,311
4,397
0.601
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,304
6,163
0.844
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Sports Science
Exercise Physiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,072
3,780
0.535
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
educational technology
higher education
learning analytics
student succes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,784
4,758
0.701
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,580
5,123
0.779
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Educational technology
ICTs in education
forms of teaching & learning provision: higher education transformation
inequality
equit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,354
3,749
0.590
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Environmental Education
Curriculum Studies
Sustainability Education
Research Methodolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,098
3,690
0.605
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Educational Management
Institutional Leadership
Educational Planning
ICT Education
Schoo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,932
3,250
0.548
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Educatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,622
1,223
0.218
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
education
race
south afric
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,249
1,655
0.315
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Sport Chiropracti
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,201
1,331
0.256
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Educatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,039
2,194
0.435
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
صناعة المناهج الدراسية وتصميمهاوادارتها واستراتيجيات التعليم الجغر�
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,013
645
0.129
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
learning improvement
ICT use in education
evaluation of education programmes
education management
researc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,885
2,212
0.453
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
educational leadership and management
financial and human resource management in educatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,667
2,798
0.600
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Facilitation of learning
research as active involvement
researcher accountabilitie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,517
1,495
0.331
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Science Educatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,470
2,093
0.468
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Exercise Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,446
2,265
0.509
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
73,672
98
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Mohamed Ibrahim Mohamed
Minia University
Minya, Egypt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,220
10,905
0.825
educational Psychology ( Measurement
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
83,742
21
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
John Orodho
Kenyatta University
Nairobi, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,909
4,364
0.366
Basic Education
Science Education
Gender and Development
Quality Educatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
90,932
310
47
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Jonathan Jansen
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,122
3,110
0.280
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
101,762
359
47
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Hilary Janks
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,100
4,588
0.454
Language education
literacy education
critical literacy
discourse analysi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
111,563
163
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Marwa Ibrahim Elsayed
Helwan University
Cairo, Egypt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,317
6,694
0.718
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
130,118
66
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Adewale L Oyeyemi
University of Maiduguri
Maiduguri, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,121
5,791
0.713
Physical activity
exercise
non-communicable diseases
social determinants of health
health promotio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
139,288
554
129
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Pam Christie
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,631
1,942
0.254
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
145,733
580
73
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Lisa Micklesfield
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,311
4,397
0.601
Physical activity
bone health
body composition
metabolic diseas
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
145,878
581
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Diederik J Opperman
University of the Free State
Bloemfontein, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,304
6,163
0.844
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
150,868
86
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Tomohiro Yasuda
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,072
3,780
0.535
Sports Science
Exercise Physiolog
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
157,574
616
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Paul Prinsloo
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,784
4,758
0.701
educational technology
higher education
learning analytics
student succes
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
162,631
647
79
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Catherine Draper
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,580
5,123
0.779
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
168,618
673
161
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Laura Czerniewicz
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,354
3,749
0.590
Educational technology
ICTs in education
forms of teaching & learning provision: higher education transformation
inequality
equit
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
175,772
709
93
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Lesley Le Grange
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,098
3,690
0.605
Environmental Education
Curriculum Studies
Sustainability Education
Research Methodolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
180,665
129
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Prince Nwachukwu Ololube
Ignatius Ajuru University of Education
Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,932
3,250
0.548
Educational Management
Institutional Leadership
Educational Planning
ICT Education
Schoo
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
190,559
794
43
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Linda Chisholm
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,622
1,223
0.218
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
203,770
851
196
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Crain Soudien
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,249
1,655
0.315
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
205,544
858
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Henry Pollard
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,201
1,331
0.256
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
212,022
885
75
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Relebohile Moletsane
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,039
2,194
0.435
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
213,082
434
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Najla Majd Majd Al Nahas
Alexandria University
Alexandria, Egypt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,013
645
0.129
صناعة المناهج الدراسية وتصميمهاوادارتها واستراتيجيات التعليم الجغر�
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
218,439
188
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Peter James Kpolovie
University of Port Harcourt
Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,885
2,212
0.453
learning improvement
ICT use in education
evaluation of education programmes
education management
researc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
227,908
957
64
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Raj Mestry
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,667
2,798
0.600
educational leadership and management
financial and human resource management in educatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
235,027
985
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Norma Romm
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,517
1,495
0.331
Facilitation of learning
research as active involvement
researcher accountabilitie
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
237,292
993
124
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Marissa Rollnick
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,470
2,093
0.468
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
238,453
4
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
António Prista
Universidade Pedagógica
Maputo, Mozambique
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,446
2,265
0.509