Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
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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 :101
Monetary Economics
Macroeconomics
Political Economy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,388
573
0.413
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :102
development studies
community development
local development
community protests
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,388
432
0.311
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :103
Applied macroeconomics
Panel data econometrics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,360
947
0.696
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :104
CGE modelling
Public Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,350
584
0.433
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :105
Economics
public policy
economic development
micro-econometrics
survey methodology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,349
858
0.636
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :106
Health systems research
Health economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,349
590
0.437
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :107
industrial economics
managerial economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,323
97
0.073
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :108
Construction Management
construction procurement
design management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,320
482
0.365
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :109
Financial Accounting
Auditing
Management Accounting
Taxation
Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,285
774
0.602
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :110
Development and Financial economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,283
928
0.723
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :111
Development Economics
Spatial inequality
Regional Economics
Economic History
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,259
745
0.592
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :112
Economics
Land
Liberation Theology
Old Testament
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,255
279
0.222
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :113
work family career success
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,223
830
0.679
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :114
Professional competence
professions
skills development
internal audit practice
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,217
824
0.677
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :115
Taxation
Accounting Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,216
763
0.627
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :116
Political Economy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,213
428
0.353
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :117
Finance and Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,204
1,080
0.897
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :118
Computable General Equilibrium Modelling
Economic Impact Assessment
International Trade and Development
Decision Support Syst
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,143
609
0.533
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :119
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,139
942
0.827
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :120
Business Research Methods
Labour relations
Entrepreneurial learning
Strategic Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,116
705
0.632
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :121
Labour economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,113
592
0.532
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :122
Leadership
Finance
Investments
Strategy
Project Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,113
341
0.306
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :123
microfinance
poverty
entrepreneurship
technology acceptance
consumer behaviour
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,091
745
0.683
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :124
Applied Microeconometrics
Identity Economics
Economics of Education
Labour Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,056
712
0.674
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :125
Entrepreneurship
Business and Finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,056
638
0.604
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
561,734
2,830
280
Ranking Based On Selection: 101
Nicola Viegi
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,388
573
0.413
Monetary Economics
Macroeconomics
Political Economy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
561,754
2,831
149
Ranking Based On Selection: 102
Lucius Botes
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,388
432
0.311
development studies
community development
local development
community protests
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
568,767
2,880
285
Ranking Based On Selection: 103
Renee Van Eyden
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,360
947
0.696
Applied macroeconomics
Panel data econometrics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
571,402
2,900
288
Ranking Based On Selection: 104
Jan Van Heerden
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,350
584
0.433
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
571,574
2,901
496
Ranking Based On Selection: 105
Reza Che Daniels
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,349
858
0.636
Economics
public policy
economic development
micro-econometrics
survey methodology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
571,659
2,902
357
Ranking Based On Selection: 106
Lungiswa Nkonki
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,349
590
0.437
Health systems research
Health economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
578,450
2,940
308
Ranking Based On Selection: 107
William Duncan Reekie
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,323
97
0.073
industrial economics
managerial economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
579,177
2,947
310
Ranking Based On Selection: 108
David Root
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,320
482
0.365
Construction Management
construction procurement
design management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
588,703
2,998
111
Ranking Based On Selection: 109
Munyaradzi Marufu
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,285
774
0.602
Financial Accounting
Auditing
Management Accounting
Taxation
Economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
589,185
3,002
197
Ranking Based On Selection: 110
Beatrice D. Simo-Kengne
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,283
928
0.723
Development and Financial economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
595,879
3,050
378
Ranking Based On Selection: 111
Dieter Von Fintel
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,259
745
0.592
Development Economics
Spatial inequality
Regional Economics
Economic History
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
597,096
3,059
306
Ranking Based On Selection: 112
Itumeleng Mosala
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,255
279
0.222
Economics
Land
Liberation Theology
Old Testament
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
605,975
3,109
311
Ranking Based On Selection: 113
Eileen Koekemoer
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,223
830
0.679
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
607,695
3,125
313
Ranking Based On Selection: 114
Karin Barac
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,217
824
0.677
Professional competence
professions
skills development
internal audit practice
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
608,032
3,126
163
Ranking Based On Selection: 115
Herman Viviers
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,216
763
0.627
Taxation
Accounting Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
609,011
3,132
46
Ranking Based On Selection: 116
Rasigan Maharajh
Tshwane University of Technology
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,213
428
0.353
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
611,481
3,156
258
Ranking Based On Selection: 117
Paul-Francois Muzindutsi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,204
1,080
0.897
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
630,373
3,254
173
Ranking Based On Selection: 118
Riaan Rossouw
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,143
609
0.533
Computable General Equilibrium Modelling
Economic Impact Assessment
International Trade and Development
Decision Support Syst
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
631,493
3,260
331
Ranking Based On Selection: 119
Elda Du Toit
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,139
942
0.827
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
638,971
3,293
112
Ranking Based On Selection: 120
Philip Hirschsohn
University of the Western Cape
Bellville, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,116
705
0.632
Business Research Methods
Labour relations
Entrepreneurial learning
Strategic Management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
639,991
3,301
542
Ranking Based On Selection: 121
Cecil Mlatsheni
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,113
592
0.532
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
640,067
3,303
125
Ranking Based On Selection: 122
Tersia Botha
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,113
341
0.306
Leadership
Finance
Investments
Strategy
Project Management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
647,083
3,341
115
Ranking Based On Selection: 123
Richard Shambare
University of the Western Cape
Bellville, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,091
745
0.683
microfinance
poverty
entrepreneurship
technology acceptance
consumer behaviour
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
658,902
3,407
412
Ranking Based On Selection: 124
Debra Shepherd
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,056
712
0.674
Applied Microeconometrics
Identity Economics
Economics of Education
Labour Economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
658,934
3,408
116
Ranking Based On Selection: 125
Pradeep Brijlal
University of the Western Cape
Bellville, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,056
638
0.604
Entrepreneurship
Business and Finance