Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
BRICS History, Philosophy, Theology / Theology Highly Cited Researchers 272 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
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,725
1,363
0.288
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Systematic theology
ecotheology
ecumenical theology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,566
1,594
0.447
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Contemporary islam
Qur'an
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,916
1,004
0.344
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
ciências da religião
teologia
teologia e economia
ética social
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,171
494
0.228
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Theology
Aesthetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,796
543
0.302
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Religious Urbanism
African Pentecostalism
Religion and Media
African Religions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,705
756
0.443
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
theology
Christian Origins
Analytical Philosophy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,602
450
0.281
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Biblical hermeneutics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,583
543
0.343
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
New Testament
Parables
Social-scientific criticism
Sexuality in the ancient world
Narrative criticism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,491
441
0.296
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
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
1,431
614
0.429
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
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
1,418
696
0.491
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Congregational Studies
Youth Ministry
Christian Education
Evangelism
Leadership
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,400
565
0.404
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Liturgy
Ritual
Homiletics
Practical Theology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,381
505
0.366
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Septuagint studies
Philo
Hebrews
Luke-Acts
Matthew
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,370
343
0.250
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Ambedkar
Indian Political Thought
Hegel
Political Theology
Plato
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,338
643
0.481
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Religion
Islam
Method and Theory in the study of Modern Islam
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,293
409
0.316
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Missiology
missional ecclesiology
missional leadership
theology of mission.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,246
652
0.523
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Ciências da Religião
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,179
782
0.663
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Teologia
Ciências da Religião
Teologia Sistemática
Teologia Pastoral
Teologia Bíblica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,170
650
0.556
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
New Testament
Rhetoric
Narratology
Galatians
Gospel of John
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,146
403
0.352
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Pentecostal Theology Apocalypticism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,128
733
0.650
* 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
1,106
763
0.690
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Public Theology
Systematic Theology
Christian Ethics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,096
383
0.349
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Teologia e Bioética
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,083
579
0.535
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Old Testament
Gender and Sexuality
Feminist Interpretation
Trauma Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,069
606
0.567
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
220,975
930
78
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Gerald West
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,725
1,363
0.288
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
284,744
1,245
40
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Ernst M. Conradie
University of the Western Cape
Bellville, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,566
1,594
0.447
Systematic theology
ecotheology
ecumenical theology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
336,896
1,521
102
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Farid Esack
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,916
1,004
0.344
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
423,032
12,235
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Jung Mo Sung
Universidade Metodista de São Paulo
Sao Bernardo do Campo, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,171
494
0.228
ciências da religião
teologia
teologia e economia
ética social
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
483,720
2,305
291
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Johan Cilliers
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,796
543
0.302
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
501,101
2,420
436
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Asonzeh Ukah
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,705
756
0.443
Religious Urbanism
African Pentecostalism
Religion and Media
African Religions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
522,326
3,723
314
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Basil Lourié|B Lourié, В. М. Лурье
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,602
450
0.281
theology
Christian Origins
Analytical Philosophy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
526,251
2,566
320
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Jeremy Punt
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,583
543
0.343
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
546,646
2,675
261
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Ernest Van Eck
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,491
441
0.296
New Testament
Parables
Social-scientific criticism
Sexuality in the ancient world
Narrative criticism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
560,760
2,768
94
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Madipoane Masenya
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,431
614
0.429
Old Testament Wisdom literature
African biblical hermeneutics
Hebrew Bible and gender
Bible in African context
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
563,853
2,788
96
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Ignatius Swart
University of the Western Cape
Bellville, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,418
696
0.491
Theology and Development
Religion and Development
Diaconal Studies
Religious and Social Change
Post-apartheid South Africa
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
568,355
2,817
276
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Malan Nel
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,400
565
0.404
Congregational Studies
Youth Ministry
Christian Education
Evangelism
Leadership
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
573,194
2,843
354
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
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
1,381
505
0.366
Liturgy
Ritual
Homiletics
Practical Theology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
575,992
2,852
280
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Gert J Steyn
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,370
343
0.250
Septuagint studies
Philo
Hebrews
Luke-Acts
Matthew
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
584,189
17,051
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Aakash Singh Rathore
O P Jindal Global University
Sonipat, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,338
643
0.481
Ambedkar
Indian Political Thought
Hegel
Political Theology
Plato
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
596,190
2,985
512
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Abdulkader Tayob
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,293
409
0.316
Religion
Islam
Method and Theory in the study of Modern Islam
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
609,197
3,071
308
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
CJP (Nelus) Niemandt
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,246
652
0.523
Missiology
missional ecclesiology
missional leadership
theology of mission.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
628,942
20,702
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Caminhos Puc Goias
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,179
782
0.663
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
631,809
20,838
151
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Atualidade Teológica
Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro PUC-RIO
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,170
650
0.556
Teologia
Ciências da Religião
Teologia Sistemática
Teologia Pastoral
Teologia Bíblica
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
639,434
3,233
80
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Francois Tolmie
University of the Free State
Bloemfontein, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,146
403
0.352
New Testament
Rhetoric
Narratology
Galatians
Gospel of John
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
644,970
3,264
169
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Marius Nel
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,128
733
0.650
Pentecostal Theology Apocalypticism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
651,926
3,306
175
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Vhumani Magezi
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,106
763
0.690
Theology
Pastoral care
Spirituality
Development
Religious Health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
655,320
3,321
404
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Nico Koopman
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,096
383
0.349
Public Theology
Systematic Theology
Christian Ethics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
659,519
22,072
90
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Waldir Souza
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,083
579
0.535
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
664,129
3,376
408
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Juliana Claassens
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,069
606
0.567
Old Testament
Gender and Sexuality
Feminist Interpretation
Trauma Studies