Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Africa History, Philosophy, Theology / Philosophy Highly Cited Researchers 409 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
African Philosophy
African Metaphysics
African Bioethics
African Traditional Religion
African Cultural Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,387
4,236
0.663
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,723
1,858
0.325
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
African Philosophy
Philosophy of Education
Global Citizenship Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,672
2,781
0.490
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Philosophy of Science
Addiction
Self-control
Physicalism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,082
1,540
0.377
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
social-ecological research
complex adaptive systems
philosophy
transformative change toward sustainable futures
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,704
3,106
0.839
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Neurodegenerative Diseases
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,637
1,941
0.736
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Philosophy of Education
Higher Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,230
796
0.357
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
African Philosophy
Logic
Decoloniality
Racism
Ethics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,817
1,423
0.783
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Exercise physiology
risk factors for non-communicable disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,734
1,045
0.603
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Philosophy of epidemiology
philosophy of medicine
philosophy of science
causation
prediction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,656
963
0.582
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Hermeneutics
Investment
Humanities
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,517
610
0.402
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Philosophy
Ibuanyidanda (Complementarity)
African Philosophy.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,413
748
0.529
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Design philosophy and theory
design futures
urban environments
visual culture
photographic history
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,444
612
0.424
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Technology Education
Philosophy of Technology
Attitudes towards Technology
Continuing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,302
592
0.455
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Geometrization Philosophy
Geometric Field Theories and Applications.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,213
225
0.185
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
African philosophy
race and racism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,222
853
0.698
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Early Christianity
Philosophy
Disability Studies
Classics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,074
249
0.232
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Formulation
Functional Dyes
Photodynamic Therapy
Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Nanomedicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,028
721
0.701
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Epistemology
Ethics and African Philosophy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
979
385
0.393
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Pathology
Biotechnology
Horticulture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
996
614
0.616
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Islamic Philosophy
Ethics
Arabic language
Translations
Islamic Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
970
369
0.380
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Materials technology
design and manufacturing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,012
812
0.802
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Practical Theology
Empirical Research in Theology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
897
298
0.332
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Phylosophy of Science and Epistemology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
880
452
0.514
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
ancient philosophy
New Testament Studies
early Christianity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
864
389
0.450
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
166,686
115
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Kanu Ikechukwu Anthony
Tansian University
Umunya, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,387
4,236
0.663
African Philosophy
African Metaphysics
African Bioethics
African Traditional Religion
African Cultural Studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
182,787
748
95
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Lucy Allais
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,723
1,858
0.325
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
184,263
755
101
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Yusef Waghid
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,672
2,781
0.490
African Philosophy
Philosophy of Education
Global Citizenship Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
253,355
1,083
93
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
David Spurrett
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,082
1,540
0.377
Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Philosophy of Science
Addiction
Self-control
Physicalism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
283,833
1,234
163
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Rika Preiser
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,704
3,106
0.839
social-ecological research
complex adaptive systems
philosophy
transformative change toward sustainable futures
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
405,899
1,250
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Mohamed Salama
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,637
1,941
0.736
Neurodegenerative Diseases
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
409,010
1,918
55
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Philip Higgs
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,230
796
0.357
Philosophy of Education
Higher Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
484,472
2,306
223
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Jonathan Okeke Chimakonam
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,817
1,423
0.783
African Philosophy
Logic
Decoloniality
Racism
Ethics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
499,271
2,410
114
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Sarah J Moss|Hanlie Moss
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,734
1,045
0.603
Exercise physiology
risk factors for non-communicable disease
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
508,844
2,464
163
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Alex Broadbent
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,656
963
0.582
Philosophy of epidemiology
philosophy of medicine
philosophy of science
causation
prediction
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
543,636
352
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Cherif Zerroukhi
Université de Sétif 2
Sétif, Algeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,517
610
0.402
Hermeneutics
Investment
Humanities
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
560,934
1,350
41
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Innocent Asouzu
University of Calabar
Calabar, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,413
748
0.529
Philosophy
Ibuanyidanda (Complementarity)
African Philosophy.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
562,390
2,308
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Anne Marie Willis
German University in Cairo
Cairo, Egypt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,444
612
0.424
Design philosophy and theory
design futures
urban environments
visual culture
photographic history
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
593,446
2,966
198
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Piet Ankiewicz
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,302
592
0.455
Technology Education
Philosophy of Technology
Attitudes towards Technology
Continuing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
614,570
2,766
295
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Mi Wanas
Cairo University
Giza, Egypt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,213
225
0.185
Geometrization Philosophy
Geometric Field Theories and Applications.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
619,653
3,123
257
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Bernard Matolino
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,222
853
0.698
African philosophy
race and racism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
633,621
3,190
118
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Pieter Botha
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,074
249
0.232
Early Christianity
Philosophy
Disability Studies
Classics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
679,473
3,455
99
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
David O. Oluwole
Rhodes University
Grahamstown, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,028
721
0.701
Formulation
Functional Dyes
Photodynamic Therapy
Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Nanomedicine
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
693,549
2,357
74
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Ozumba Godfrey Okechukwu
University of Calabar
Calabar, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
979
385
0.393
Epistemology
Ethics and African Philosophy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
695,653
203
104
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Mildred Ochwo-Ssemakula
Makerere University
Kampala, Uganda
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
996
614
0.616
Pathology
Biotechnology
Horticulture
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
696,868
3,567
123
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Yasien Mohamed
University of the Western Cape
Bellville, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
970
369
0.380
Islamic Philosophy
Ethics
Arabic language
Translations
Islamic Psychology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
704,368
2,489
66
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Christian Emeka Okafor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,012
812
0.802
Materials technology
design and manufacturing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
722,220
3,706
144
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Jaco Dreyer
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
897
298
0.332
Practical Theology
Empirical Research in Theology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
727,190
2,800
260
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Christian Onuorah Agbo
University of Nigeria
Nsukka, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
880
452
0.514
Phylosophy of Science and Epistemology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
730,049
3,752
446
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Johan C. Thom
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
864
389
0.450
ancient philosophy
New Testament Studies
early Christianity
