Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Africa Law 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
Criminology
policing
environmental security
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,457
4,702
0.269
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
General Relativity
Dark Energy
Modified theories of gravity
Cosmology
Integrability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,300
7,015
0.845
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Salmonella
tuberculosis
campylobacter
Lawsonia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,058
2,738
0.452
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Systems analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,811
1,718
0.296
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
public law
human rights
political economy
agrarian question
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,711
1,417
0.248
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Environmental law
environmental rights
environmental constitutionalism
Anthropocene
earth system
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,844
3,019
0.785
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Law
Environmental law
Property Law
Gender
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,699
1,289
0.348
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Bioethics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,575
2,215
0.620
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
International Human Rights Law
Regional Human Rights Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,346
1,238
0.370
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
criminolgy
urban studies
ethnography
urban safety
security governance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,692
1,033
0.384
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Constitutional Law
Human Rights
Refugee Law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,612
572
0.219
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Legal anthropology
Human rights
Family law
property law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,455
760
0.310
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Criminology
policing
democratic elections
conflict
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,433
1,104
0.454
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
القانون العام
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,410
727
0.302
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Human Rights
Land Policies
Climate Change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,379
490
0.206
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,295
1,056
0.460
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
comparative law
comparative constitutional law
legal history
media law
international law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,135
1,082
0.507
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Constitutional law
International Human Rights Law
Social Rights
Equality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,132
698
0.327
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Public International Law
African Union Law
Human Rights
Transitional Justicice
Legal Writing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,952
380
0.195
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
law and social change
courts and the poor
socio-economic rights including land
gender-based harm on campus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,866
761
0.408
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
rights & regulation
competition policy
legal profession
migration & citizenship
South & Southern Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,752
678
0.387
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Constitutional Law
human rights
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,739
549
0.316
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Chldren's rights
family law
human rights
equality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,618
583
0.360
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
critical pedagogy
critical ecopedagogy
transformative learning
social justice education
global citizenship education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,610
1,237
0.768
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
federalism
multilevel government
local government
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,548
755
0.488
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
48,841
156
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Clifford Shearing
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,457
4,702
0.269
Criminology
policing
environmental security
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
121,667
454
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Andronikos Paliathanasis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,300
7,015
0.845
General Relativity
Dark Energy
Modified theories of gravity
Cosmology
Integrability
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
169,748
679
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Ml Van Der Walt Swanepoel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,058
2,738
0.452
Salmonella
tuberculosis
campylobacter
Lawsonia
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
176,931
715
91
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Mary Scholes
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,811
1,718
0.296
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
180,054
21
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Issa G. Shivji
University of Dar Es Salaam
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,711
1,417
0.248
public law
human rights
political economy
agrarian question
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
261,439
1,115
47
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Louis J. Kotzé
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,844
3,019
0.785
Environmental law
environmental rights
environmental constitutionalism
Anthropocene
earth system
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
270,303
136
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Patricia Kameri-Mbote
University of Nairobi
Nairobi, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,699
1,289
0.348
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
278,312
1,197
159
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Keymanthri Moodley
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,575
2,215
0.620
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
294,724
1,294
112
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Frans Viljoen
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,346
1,238
0.370
International Human Rights Law
Regional Human Rights Systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
352,425
1,604
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Monique Michal Marks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,692
1,033
0.384
criminolgy
urban studies
ethnography
urban safety
security governance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
360,996
52
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
J Oloka-Onyango
Makerere University
Kampala, Uganda
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,612
572
0.219
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
378,628
219
69
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Celestine Nyamu Musembi
University of Nairobi
Nairobi, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,455
760
0.310
Legal anthropology
Human rights
Family law
property law
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
381,252
563
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Etannibi Alemika
University of Jos
Jos, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,433
1,104
0.454
Criminology
policing
democratic elections
conflict
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
384,045
147
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
وادي عماد الدين
Université d'Alger 1
Algiers, Algeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,410
727
0.302
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
387,913
231
73
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Ogendo Hastings Okoth
University of Nairobi
Nairobi, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,379
490
0.206
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
398,363
106
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Mathew Ngaga
University of Dar Es Salaam
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,295
1,056
0.460
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
420,219
1,992
196
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Charles Manga Fombad
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,135
1,082
0.507
comparative law
comparative constitutional law
legal history
media law
international law
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
420,684
1,998
260
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Sandra Liebenberg
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,132
698
0.327
Constitutional law
International Human Rights Law
Social Rights
Equality
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
448,479
810
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Nsongurua J. Udombana
Topfaith University
Makurdi, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,952
380
0.195
Public International Law
African Union Law
Human Rights
Transitional Justicice
Legal Writing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
462,925
2,209
239
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Jackie Dugard
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,866
761
0.408
law and social change
courts and the poor
socio-economic rights including land
gender-based harm on campus
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
483,216
2,296
249
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Jonathan Klaaren
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,752
678
0.387
rights & regulation
competition policy
legal profession
migration & citizenship
South & Southern Africa
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
485,791
2,313
252
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Catherine Albertyn
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,739
549
0.316
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
509,951
2,467
84
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Julia Sloth-Nielsen
University of the Western Cape
Bellville, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,618
583
0.360
Chldren's rights
family law
human rights
equality
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
511,598
111
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Dave Monk
Gulu University
Gulu, Uganda
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,610
1,237
0.768
critical pedagogy
critical ecopedagogy
transformative learning
social justice education
global citizenship education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
524,879
2,557
88
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Nicolaas Steytler
University of the Western Cape
Bellville, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,548
755
0.488
federalism
multilevel government
local government