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
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,650
1,508
0.324
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
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
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
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
New Testament Theology
African Christology
Greek
Social Justice
Contemporary Ethical Issues.
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,827
645
0.353
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
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
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
Religious Urbanism
African Pentecostalism
Religion and Media
African Religions
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,660
817
0.492
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
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
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
the institutions of family and childhood management
resource management
home mangement
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,413
923
0.653
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Public Theology
Systematic Theology
Christian Ethics
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,078
422
0.391
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
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
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
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
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
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
Gerald West
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,650
1,508
0.324
Ogbu Kalu
University of Nigeria
Nsukka, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,232
1,468
0.347
Ernst M. Conradie
University of the Western Cape
Bellville, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,533
1,739
0.492
Systematic theology
ecotheology
ecumenical theology
Farid Esack
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,860
1,130
0.395
Chinwokwu Emmanuel Nlenanya
University of Nigeria
Nsukka, Nigeria
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.
Johan Cilliers
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,781
785
0.441
Benrabah Mahmoud
Université des Frères Mentouri Constantine 1
Constantine, Algeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,764
983
0.557
Asonzeh Ukah
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,660
817
0.492
Religious Urbanism
African Pentecostalism
Religion and Media
African Religions
Jeremy Punt
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,562
615
0.394
Ernest Van Eck
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
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
Raghdh Mahmoud
Helwan University
Cairo, Egypt
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
Madipoane Masenya
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
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
Ignatius Swart
University of the Western Cape
Bellville, South Africa
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
Malan Nel
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,379
638
0.463
Congregational Studies
Youth Ministry
Christian Education
Evangelism
Leadership
Gert J Steyn
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,364
380
0.279
Septuagint studies
Philo
Hebrews
Luke-Acts
Matthew
Cas Wepener|Casparus J. Wepener, C.J. Wepener, Casparus Wepener
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,362
603
0.443
Liturgy
Ritual
Homiletics
Practical Theology
Abdulkader Tayob
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
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
CJP (Nelus) Niemandt
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,210
736
0.608
Missiology
missional ecclesiology
missional leadership
theology of mission.
Francois Tolmie
University of the Free State
Bloemfontein, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,121
447
0.399
New Testament
Rhetoric
Narratology
Galatians
Gospel of John
Nico Koopman
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,078
422
0.391
Public Theology
Systematic Theology
Christian Ethics
Marius Nel
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,067
770
0.722
Pentecostal Theology Apocalypticism
Vhumani Magezi
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,059
821
0.775
Theology
Pastoral care
Spirituality
Development
Religious Health
Juliana Claassens
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,037
642
0.619
Old Testament
Gender and Sexuality
Feminist Interpretation
Trauma Studies
Yolanda Dreyer
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,012
504
0.498
Ngozi N. Iheanacho
University of Port Harcourt
Port Harcourt, Nigeria
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