Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Africa Law / Law and Legal Studies Highly Cited Researchers 1.913 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
Criminology
Regulation
Climate Change
Cybersecurity
Policing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,006
3,911
0.230
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* 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
8,924
7,190
0.806
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Salmonella
tuberculosis
campylobacter
Lawsonia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,221
2,260
0.363
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Systems analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,926
1,508
0.254
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Bioethics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,698
2,102
0.568
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
International Human Rights Law
Regional Human Rights Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,390
1,074
0.317
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
criminolgy
urban studies
ethnography
urban safety
security governance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,774
955
0.344
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Legal anthropology
Human rights
Family law
property law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,459
647
0.263
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Criminology
policing
democratic elections
conflict
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,449
925
0.378
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
القانون العام
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,503
648
0.259
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Human Rights
Land Policies
Climate Change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,366
394
0.167
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,366
924
0.391
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Public International Law
African Union Law
Human Rights
Transitional Justicice
Legal Writing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,934
337
0.174
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
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
1,860
677
0.364
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
rights & regulation
competition policy
legal profession
migration & citizenship
South & Southern Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,760
631
0.359
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
critical pedagogy
critical ecopedagogy
transformative learning
social justice education
global citizenship education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,707
1,182
0.692
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Chldren's rights
family law
human rights
equality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,622
525
0.324
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
federalism
multilevel government
local government
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,545
712
0.461
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
geral
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,467
591
0.403
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
droit pènal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,476
1,024
0.694
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Law. health research
HIVm children
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,433
562
0.392
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
International children's rights
restorative justice
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,358
424
0.312
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
health
disability
race
culture. sexualities
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,314
432
0.329
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Pharmacy
Health Economics
Pharmacy-related Policy
Quality of Pharmaceuticals
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,341
1,256
0.937
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Local Government
Decentralisation
Federalism
intergovernmental relations
development planning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,286
625
0.486
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
51,560
164
34
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
17,006
3,911
0.230
Criminology
Regulation
Climate Change
Cybersecurity
Policing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
118,289
442
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Andronikos Paliathanasis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,924
7,190
0.806
General Relativity
Dark Energy
Modified theories of gravity
Cosmology
Integrability
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
171,147
686
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Ml Van Der Walt Swanepoel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,221
2,260
0.363
Salmonella
tuberculosis
campylobacter
Lawsonia
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
178,107
724
92
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Mary Scholes
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,926
1,508
0.254
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
276,670
1,195
158
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Keymanthri Moodley
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,698
2,102
0.568
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
296,061
1,296
116
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Frans Viljoen
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,390
1,074
0.317
International Human Rights Law
Regional Human Rights Systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
353,441
1,603
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Monique Michal Marks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,774
955
0.344
criminolgy
urban studies
ethnography
urban safety
security governance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
382,115
222
70
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Celestine Nyamu Musembi
University of Nairobi
Nairobi, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,459
647
0.263
Legal anthropology
Human rights
Family law
property law
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
383,226
582
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Etannibi Alemika
University of Jos
Jos, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,449
925
0.378
Criminology
policing
democratic elections
conflict
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
387,738
155
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
وادي عماد الدين
Université d'Alger 1
Algiers, Algeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,503
648
0.259
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
392,386
232
73
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Ogendo Hastings Okoth
University of Nairobi
Nairobi, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,366
394
0.167
Human Rights
Land Policies
Climate Change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
400,712
109
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Mathew Ngaga
University of Dar Es Salaam
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,366
924
0.391
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
452,810
836
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Nsongurua J. Udombana
Topfaith University
Makurdi, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,934
337
0.174
Public International Law
African Union Law
Human Rights
Transitional Justicice
Legal Writing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
459,903
2,185
236
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Jackie Dugard
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,860
677
0.364
law and social change
courts and the poor
socio-economic rights including land
gender-based harm on campus
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
483,253
2,301
250
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Jonathan Klaaren
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,760
631
0.359
rights & regulation
competition policy
legal profession
migration & citizenship
South & Southern Africa
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
509,683
112
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Dave Monk
Gulu University
Gulu, Uganda
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,707
1,182
0.692
critical pedagogy
critical ecopedagogy
transformative learning
social justice education
global citizenship education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
510,005
2,470
84
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Julia Sloth-Nielsen
University of the Western Cape
Bellville, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,622
525
0.324
Chldren's rights
family law
human rights
equality
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
523,442
2,550
86
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Nicolaas Steytler
University of the Western Cape
Bellville, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,545
712
0.461
federalism
multilevel government
local government
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
545,668
2
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Rodrigues Raimundo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,467
591
0.403
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
554,633
379
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Abid Halima
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,476
1,024
0.694
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
556,223
2,732
233
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Ann Strode
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,433
562
0.392
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
572,688
2,836
277
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Ann Skelton
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,358
424
0.312
International children's rights
restorative justice
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
585,054
2,911
286
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Charles Ngwena
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,314
432
0.329
health
disability
race
culture. sexualities
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
590,399
27
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Felix Khuluza
Kamuzu University of Health Sciences
Blantyre, Malawi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,341
1,256
0.937
Pharmacy
Health Economics
Pharmacy-related Policy
Quality of Pharmaceuticals
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
601,201
3,022
108
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Jaap De Visser
University of the Western Cape
Bellville, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,286
625
0.486
Local Government
Decentralisation
Federalism
intergovernmental relations
development planning
