Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Africa Social Sciences and Humanities 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
Open
distance and elearning
Global Burden of Diseases
Ecology and environmental conservatin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100,497
88,503
0.881
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
African politics
history
colonialism
race
enlightenment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,006
40,446
0.613
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Medical and Health Science
Health Economics
Economic Evaluations in Healthcare
Health Policy
Public Health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,624
37,356
0.967
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Macroecomomics
forecasting
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,589
29,221
0.777
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Medical Sociology
Social gerontology with bias in nutrition and mental health
Social Demography
Bioethics
Qualitative data
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,557
29,029
0.794
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Marketing
Cons Behavior
Int Business & Sys Lit Review
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,863
31,164
0.948
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Maternal and child health
life course development
child and adolescent development
global mental health
global health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,102
16,105
0.617
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Infectious Diseases
HIV
Tuberculosis
Health Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,490
9,198
0.361
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Tourism and Development
Local Economic Development
Small Enterprise Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,990
10,520
0.421
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Social psychology
race and ethnic studies
research methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,458
8,781
0.391
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Water resources management
Water accounting
Water Footprint
Food
Irrigation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,297
9,098
0.408
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
E - Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,691
13,626
0.628
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Environmental Economics
climate change impacts
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,650
11,136
0.514
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Disability studies
public mental health
cultural aspects of health care
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,396
10,797
0.505
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Public Health
Noncommunicable Diseases
Reproductive Health
Mental Health
HIV
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,419
19,303
0.994
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Philosophy and methodology of the social sciences
higher education knowledge production
sociology of science
scientometrics a
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,308
6,051
0.313
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Positive Organizations
Capabilities
Engagement
Flourishing
Well-being
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,303
9,891
0.512
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Applied micro-econometrics
multiple technologica innovaiton bundles adoption and impact assessment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,548
13,302
0.717
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Social change in post conflict countries
social response to zoonotic diseases
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,241
3,841
0.211
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
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: 21
Financial Economics: Banking and finance
development finance
financial market development
monetary policy
corporate finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,032
9,703
0.570
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,950
6,434
0.380
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
political economy
political ecology
geography
social movements
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,799
5,196
0.309
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Informetrics
Sociology of knowledge
Statistical modeling
Tourism
Research Methodology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,769
13,089
0.781
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
communication
marketing
science sociale
management
digital media
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,761
3,818
0.228
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,077
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Peter N. Keiyoro
University of Nairobi
Nairobi, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100,497
88,503
0.881
Open
distance and elearning
Global Burden of Diseases
Ecology and environmental conservatin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,396
19
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Achille Mbembe
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,006
40,446
0.613
African politics
history
colonialism
race
enlightenment
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,102
4
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Martin Amogre Ayanore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,624
37,356
0.967
Medical and Health Science
Health Economics
Economic Evaluations in Healthcare
Health Policy
Public Health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,751
44
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Rangan Gupta
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,589
29,221
0.777
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,469
12
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Isaac Akinkunmi Adedeji
Olabisi Onabanjo University
Ago Iwoye, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,557
29,029
0.794
Medical Sociology
Social gerontology with bias in nutrition and mental health
Social Demography
Bioethics
Qualitative data
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,400
13
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Justin Paul
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,863
31,164
0.948
Marketing
Cons Behavior
Int Business & Sys Lit Review
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,691
77
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Mark Tomlinson
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,102
16,105
0.617
Maternal and child health
life course development
child and adolescent development
global mental health
global health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,667
84
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Ian Sanne
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,490
9,198
0.361
Infectious Diseases
HIV
Tuberculosis
Health Economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,510
90
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Christian Rogerson
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,990
10,520
0.421
Tourism and Development
Local Economic Development
Small Enterprise Development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,427
105
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Kevin Durrheim
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,458
8,781
0.391
Social psychology
race and ethnic studies
research methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,770
107
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Ashok Chapagain
University of the Free State
Bloemfontein, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,297
9,098
0.408
Water resources management
Water accounting
Water Footprint
Food
Irrigation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
36,168
44
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Ahmed Nour
El Shorouk Academy
Cairo, Egypt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,691
13,626
0.628
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
36,261
45
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Mohamed Abdrabo
Alexandria University
Alexandria, Egypt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,650
11,136
0.514
Environmental Economics
climate change impacts
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
36,871
110
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Leslie Swartz
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,396
10,797
0.505
Disability studies
public mental health
cultural aspects of health care
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
42,211
9
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Hubert Amu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,419
19,303
0.994
Public Health
Noncommunicable Diseases
Reproductive Health
Mental Health
HIV
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
42,523
132
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Johann Mouton
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,308
6,051
0.313
Philosophy and methodology of the social sciences
higher education knowledge production
sociology of science
scientometrics a
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
42,533
133
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Sebastiaan Rothmann
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,303
9,891
0.512
Positive Organizations
Capabilities
Engagement
Flourishing
Well-being
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
44,854
11
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Menale Kassie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,548
13,302
0.717
Applied micro-econometrics
multiple technologica innovaiton bundles adoption and impact assessment
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
45,988
2
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Paul Richards
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,241
3,841
0.211
Social change in post conflict countries
social response to zoonotic diseases
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
48,841
156
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
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
50,444
12
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Joshua Yindenaba Abor
University of Ghana
Legon, Ghana
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,032
9,703
0.570
Financial Economics: Banking and finance
development finance
financial market development
monetary policy
corporate finance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
50,769
13
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
George Dei
University of Education Winneba
Winneba, Ghana
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,950
6,434
0.380
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
51,354
165
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Patrick Bond
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,799
5,196
0.309
political economy
political ecology
geography
social movements
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
51,466
2
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Robin Nunkoo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,769
13,089
0.781
Informetrics
Sociology of knowledge
Statistical modeling
Tourism
Research Methodology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
51,491
6
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Karim Belkaci
Université d'Alger 3
Algiers, Algeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,761
3,818
0.228
communication
marketing
science sociale
management
digital media