Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
South Africa Highly Cited Researchers Citation in South Africa 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
High Energy Particle Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
293,071
132,402
0.452
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Anxiety disorders
Psychiatry in Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
275,732
186,905
0.678
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
carbon cycle
savannas
earth observation
biodiversity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
185,599
74,331
0.400
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
cardiology
heart failure
Africa
peripartum
covid
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
145,841
92,903
0.637
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
HEP
LHC
ATLAS
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
138,607
96,600
0.697
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Particle Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
134,288
62,160
0.463
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133,729
77,601
0.580
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
invasion ecology
invasion biology
invasion science
conservation biology
biological invasions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99,670
43,373
0.435
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99,182
58,390
0.589
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Physics
Thermal Models
particle Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84,069
41,717
0.496
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
forest protection
mycology
entomology
biotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,656
36,489
0.458
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Nuclear Physics
Particle Physics
Diamond Physics
Quantum Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,483
41,470
0.522
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Condensed Matter
Density Functional Theory
Electronic Structure
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,848
42,131
0.534
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
High Energy physics
Grid Computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,241
41,263
0.548
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Paediatric Cardiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,423
61,793
0.853
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Respiratory medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,652
26,019
0.379
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Global Health
Evidence synthesis
Infectious Disease Epidemiology
Vaccinology
HIV
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,560
65,452
0.955
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Ecology
evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,416
30,058
0.439
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
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 :20
First interest
Second interest
Vaccinology
Respiratory pathogens
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,164
43,067
0.661
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Running
Nutrition
Exercise Physiology
Insulin Resistance
Diabetes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,790
15,068
0.233
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Astrophysics
Cosmology
Astro-Particle Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,251
30,617
0.484
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,382
37,894
0.607
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
astronomy and astrophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,187
22,316
0.397
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
medicinal chemistry
peptides
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,729
25,958
0.474
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
233
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Sahal Yacoob
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
293,071
132,402
0.452
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
304
2
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Dan J Stein
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
275,732
186,905
0.678
Anxiety disorders
Psychiatry in Africa
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
956
3
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Robert J Scholes
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
185,599
74,331
0.400
carbon cycle
savannas
earth observation
biodiversity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,509
4
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Karen Sliwa
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
145,841
92,903
0.637
cardiology
heart failure
Africa
peripartum
covid
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,659
5
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Loan Truong
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
138,607
96,600
0.697
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,764
6
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Bruce Mellado
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
134,288
62,160
0.463
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,776
7
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Bongani M Mayosi
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133,729
77,601
0.580
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,133
8
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
David M. Richardson
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99,670
43,373
0.435
invasion ecology
invasion biology
invasion science
conservation biology
biological invasions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,163
9
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Naomi Sharlene Levitt
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99,182
58,390
0.589
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,254
10
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Jean Cleymans
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84,069
41,717
0.496
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,678
11
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Mike Wingfield
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,656
36,489
0.458
forest protection
mycology
entomology
biotechnology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,695
12
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Simon Connell
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,483
41,470
0.522
Nuclear Physics
Particle Physics
Diamond Physics
Quantum Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,762
13
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Daniel Joubert
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,848
42,131
0.534
Condensed Matter
Density Functional Theory
Electronic Structure
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,190
14
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Zeblon Vilakazi
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,241
41,263
0.548
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,501
15
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Liesl Zuhlke
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,423
61,793
0.853
Paediatric Cardiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,002
16
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Eric Bateman
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,652
26,019
0.379
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,016
17
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Ola Adetokunboh Md
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,560
65,452
0.955
Global Health
Evidence synthesis
Infectious Disease Epidemiology
Vaccinology
HIV
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,037
18
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
William Bond
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,416
30,058
0.439
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,396
19
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
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
6,518
20
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Shabir A. Madhi
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,164
43,067
0.661
First interest
Second interest
Vaccinology
Respiratory pathogens
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,590
21
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Timothy D Noakes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,790
15,068
0.233
Running
Nutrition
Exercise Physiology
Insulin Resistance
Diabetes
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,860
22
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Sergio Colafrancesco
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,251
30,617
0.484
Astrophysics
Cosmology
Astro-Particle Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,019
23
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Heather Zar
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,382
37,894
0.607
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,292
24
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
TH Jarrett
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,187
22,316
0.397
astronomy and astrophysics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,671
25
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Fernando Albericio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,729
25,958
0.474