Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

Africa History, Philosophy, Theology / Theology Highly Cited Researchers 466 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
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: 2
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: 3
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: 4
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: 5
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
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
South Africa
Johan Cilliers
Theology
Aesthetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,781
785
0.441
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Algeria
Benrabah Mahmoud
recherche scientifique
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,764
983
0.557
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
South Africa
Asonzeh Ukah
Religious Urbanism
African Pentecostalism
Religion and Media
African Religions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,660
817
0.492
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
South Africa
Jeremy Punt
Biblical hermeneutics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,562
615
0.394
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
South Africa
Ernest Van Eck
New Testament
Parables
Social-scientific criticism
Sexuality in the ancient world
Narrative criticism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,474
496
0.336
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Egypt
Raghdh Mahmoud
the institutions of family and childhood management
resource management
home mangement
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,413
923
0.653
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
South Africa
Madipoane Masenya
Old Testament Wisdom literature
African biblical hermeneutics
Hebrew Bible and gender
Bible in African context
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,396
656
0.470
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
South Africa
Ignatius Swart
Theology and Development
Religion and Development
Diaconal Studies
Religious and Social Change
Post-apartheid South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,382
782
0.566
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
South Africa
Malan Nel
Congregational Studies
Youth Ministry
Christian Education
Evangelism
Leadership
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,379
638
0.463
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
South Africa
Gert J Steyn
Septuagint studies
Philo
Hebrews
Luke-Acts
Matthew
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,364
380
0.279
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
South Africa
Cas Wepener|Casparus J. Wepener, C.J. Wepener, Casparus Wepener
Liturgy
Ritual
Homiletics
Practical Theology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,362
603
0.443
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
South Africa
Abdulkader Tayob
Religion
Islam
Method and Theory in the study of Modern Islam
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,271
444
0.349
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
South Africa
CJP (Nelus) Niemandt
Missiology
missional ecclesiology
missional leadership
theology of mission.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,210
736
0.608
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
South Africa
Francois Tolmie
New Testament
Rhetoric
Narratology
Galatians
Gospel of John
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,121
447
0.399
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
South Africa
Nico Koopman
Public Theology
Systematic Theology
Christian Ethics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,078
422
0.391
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
South Africa
Marius Nel
Pentecostal Theology Apocalypticism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,067
770
0.722
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
South Africa
Vhumani Magezi
Theology
Pastoral care
Spirituality
Development
Religious Health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,059
821
0.775
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
South Africa
Juliana Claassens
Old Testament
Gender and Sexuality
Feminist Interpretation
Trauma Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,037
642
0.619
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
South Africa
Yolanda Dreyer
pastoral care
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,012
504
0.498
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Nigeria
Ngozi N. Iheanacho
Religion and Society
Gender Studies
Social Ethics
African Religion
and Pentecostalism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
956
869
0.909
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
219,615
South Africa
922
78
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Gerald West
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,650
1,508
0.324
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
239,669
Nigeria
212
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Ogbu Kalu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,232
1,468
0.347
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
281,195
South Africa
1,212
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
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
335,548
South Africa
1,503
100
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Farid Esack
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,860
1,130
0.395
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
469,633
Nigeria
898
86
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
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.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
477,801
South Africa
2,278
289
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Johan Cilliers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,781
785
0.441
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
480,920
Algeria
260
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Benrabah Mahmoud
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,764
983
0.557
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
501,363
South Africa
2,424
437
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Asonzeh Ukah
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,660
817
0.492
Religious Urbanism
African Pentecostalism
Religion and Media
African Religions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
521,916
South Africa
2,539
316
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Jeremy Punt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,562
615
0.394
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
541,465
South Africa
2,648
261
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Ernest Van Eck
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,474
496
0.336
New Testament
Parables
Social-scientific criticism
Sexuality in the ancient world
Narrative criticism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
555,986
Egypt
2,241
47
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Raghdh Mahmoud
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,413
923
0.653
the institutions of family and childhood management
resource management
home mangement
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
560,131
South Africa
2,762
95
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Madipoane Masenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,396
656
0.470
Old Testament Wisdom literature
African biblical hermeneutics
Hebrew Bible and gender
Bible in African context
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
563,583
South Africa
2,786
95
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Ignatius Swart
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,382
782
0.566
Theology and Development
Religion and Development
Diaconal Studies
Religious and Social Change
Post-apartheid South Africa
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
564,386
South Africa
2,793
273
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Malan Nel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,379
638
0.463
Congregational Studies
Youth Ministry
Christian Education
Evangelism
Leadership
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
568,224
South Africa
2,817
277
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Gert J Steyn
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,364
380
0.279
Septuagint studies
Philo
Hebrews
Luke-Acts
Matthew
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
568,706
South Africa
2,822
350
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Cas Wepener|Casparus J. Wepener, C.J. Wepener, Casparus Wepener
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,362
603
0.443
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
592,900
South Africa
2,965
508
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Abdulkader Tayob
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,271
444
0.349
Religion
Islam
Method and Theory in the study of Modern Islam
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
610,109
South Africa
3,075
310
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
CJP (Nelus) Niemandt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,210
736
0.608
Missiology
missional ecclesiology
missional leadership
theology of mission.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
637,570
South Africa
3,209
76
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Francois Tolmie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,121
447
0.399
New Testament
Rhetoric
Narratology
Galatians
Gospel of John
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
651,625
South Africa
3,290
399
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Nico Koopman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,078
422
0.391
Public Theology
Systematic Theology
Christian Ethics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
655,094
South Africa
3,311
173
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Marius Nel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,067
770
0.722
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
657,755
South Africa
3,327
175
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Vhumani Magezi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,059
821
0.775
Theology
Pastoral care
Spirituality
Development
Religious Health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
665,323
South Africa
3,371
410
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Juliana Claassens
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,037
642
0.619
Old Testament
Gender and Sexuality
Feminist Interpretation
Trauma Studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
674,318
South Africa
3,413
345
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Yolanda Dreyer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,012
504
0.498
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
694,486
Nigeria
2,340
45
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Ngozi N. Iheanacho
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
956
869
0.909
Religion and Society
Gender Studies
Social Ethics
African Religion
and Pentecostalism
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