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Africa History, Philosophy, Theology Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings 2025

The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) 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
South Africa
Achille Mbembe
African politics
history
colonialism
race
enlightenment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,006
40,446
0.613
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
South Africa
John Parkington
rock art
shell middens
human evolution
South African Prehistory
San hunter gatherers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,364
3,152
0.304
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Nigeria
Kanu Ikechukwu Anthony
African Philosophy
African Metaphysics
African Bioethics
African Traditional Religion
African Cultural Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,199
5,300
0.855
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
South Africa
Lucy Allais
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,616
2,011
0.358
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
South Africa
Yusef Waghid
African Philosophy
Philosophy of Education
Global Citizenship Education
Higher Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,566
3,094
0.556
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
South Africa
Isabel Hofmeyr
Postcolonial literary studies
print culture
book history
oceanic studies
Indian Ocean studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,765
1,930
0.405
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
South Africa
Gerald West
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,650
1,508
0.324
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Nigeria
Ogbu Kalu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,232
1,468
0.347
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
South Africa
David Spurrett
Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Philosophy of Science
Addiction
Self-control
Physicalism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,011
1,748
0.436
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
South Africa
Nigel Worden
18th and early 19th century Cape history
early modern Indian Ocean history
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,785
984
0.260
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
South Africa
Peter Delius
African History
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,541
919
0.260
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
South Africa
Ernst M. Conradie
Systematic theology
ecotheology
ecumenical theology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,533
1,739
0.492
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
South Africa
Peter Alexander
Social and political change
African studies
comparative labour history
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,498
1,476
0.422
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
South Africa
Rika Preiser
social-ecological research
complex adaptive systems
philosophy
transformative change toward sustainable futures
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,415
3,035
0.889
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
South Africa
Carolyn Hamilton
History
Critical Archival Theory
Methodology and Archives
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,917
833
0.286
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
South Africa
Vivian Bickford-Smith
South African History
Ethnicity and Nationalism
Film and History
Urban History
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,882
770
0.267
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
South Africa
Farid Esack
Contemporary islam
Qur'an
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,860
1,130
0.395
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
South Africa
Goolam Vahed
Indian Diaspora
Islam in South Africa
Sports History
Citizenship
Transnationalism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,614
1,123
0.430
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
South Africa
Alois Mlambo
African history
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,585
1,283
0.496
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
South Africa
Philip Higgs
Philosophy of Education
Higher Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,226
913
0.410
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Egypt
Mohamed Salama
Neurodegenerative Diseases
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,173
1,724
0.793
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
South Africa
Keith Breckenridge
History
South Africa
Biometrics
States
Gold Mining
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,113
1,076
0.509
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
South Africa
Lance Van Sittert
Environmental History
19th and 20th Century South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,913
647
0.338
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
South Africa
Sive Masawe
historical information
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,855
1,155
0.623
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Nigeria
Chinwokwu Emmanuel Nlenanya
New Testament Theology
African Christology
Greek
Social Justice
Contemporary Ethical Issues.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,827
645
0.353
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,396
South Africa
19
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Achille Mbembe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,006
40,446
0.613
African politics
history
colonialism
race
enlightenment
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
94,577
South Africa
333
80
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
John Parkington
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,364
3,152
0.304
rock art
shell middens
human evolution
South African Prehistory
San hunter gatherers
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
165,898
Nigeria
110
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Kanu Ikechukwu Anthony
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,199
5,300
0.855
African Philosophy
African Metaphysics
African Bioethics
African Traditional Religion
African Cultural Studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
183,074
South Africa
751
95
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Lucy Allais
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,616
2,011
0.358
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
184,585
South Africa
761
102
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Yusef Waghid
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,566
3,094
0.556
African Philosophy
Philosophy of Education
Global Citizenship Education
Higher Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
214,629
South Africa
899
113
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Isabel Hofmeyr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,765
1,930
0.405
Postcolonial literary studies
print culture
book history
oceanic studies
Indian Ocean studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
219,607
South Africa
923
78
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Gerald West
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,650
1,508
0.324
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
239,664
Nigeria
212
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Ogbu Kalu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,232
1,468
0.347
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
251,810
South Africa
1,073
90
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
David Spurrett
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,011
1,748
0.436
Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Philosophy of Science
Addiction
Self-control
Physicalism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
265,055
South Africa
1,137
252
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Nigel Worden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,785
984
0.260
18th and early 19th century Cape history
early modern Indian Ocean history
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
280,684
South Africa
1,210
147
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Peter Delius
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,541
919
0.260
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
281,188
South Africa
1,213
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Ernst M. Conradie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,533
1,739
0.492
Systematic theology
ecotheology
ecumenical theology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
283,678
South Africa
1,231
83
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Peter Alexander
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,498
1,476
0.422
Social and political change
African studies
comparative labour history
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
289,518
South Africa
1,262
168
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Rika Preiser
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,415
3,035
0.889
social-ecological research
complex adaptive systems
philosophy
transformative change toward sustainable futures
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
330,319
South Africa
1,477
312
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Carolyn Hamilton
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,917
833
0.286
History
Critical Archival Theory
Methodology and Archives
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
333,437
South Africa
1,497
316
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Vivian Bickford-Smith
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,882
770
0.267
South African History
Ethnicity and Nationalism
Film and History
Urban History
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
335,540
South Africa
1,504
100
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Farid Esack
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,860
1,130
0.395
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
360,757
South Africa
1,643
142
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Goolam Vahed
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,614
1,123
0.430
Indian Diaspora
Islam in South Africa
Sports History
Citizenship
Transnationalism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
363,861
South Africa
1,660
164
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Alois Mlambo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,585
1,283
0.496
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
407,526
South Africa
1,908
53
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Philip Higgs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,226
913
0.410
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
414,654
Egypt
1,292
40
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Mohamed Salama
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,173
1,724
0.793
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
423,484
South Africa
2,010
213
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Keith Breckenridge
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,113
1,076
0.509
History
South Africa
Biometrics
States
Gold Mining
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
454,876
South Africa
2,168
399
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Lance Van Sittert
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,913
647
0.338
Environmental History
19th and 20th Century South Africa
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
464,705
South Africa
2,216
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Sive Masawe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,855
1,155
0.623
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
469,627
Nigeria
898
86
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Chinwokwu Emmanuel Nlenanya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,827
645
0.353
New Testament Theology
African Christology
Greek
Social Justice
Contemporary Ethical Issues.