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 :126
Taxation. Finance. Auditing. Research
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,045
761
0.728
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :127
monetary theory & practice
banking instability
deposit insurance
indigenous finance
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,029
761
0.740
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :128
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,011
430
0.425
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :129
Development Economics
Experimental Economics
Behavioural Economics
Applied Microeconomics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
999
897
0.898
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :130
Labour Economics
Survey Data
Applied Microeconometrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
987
721
0.730
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :131
asset pricing
investment portfolio risk
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
976
242
0.248
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :132
Sociolinguistics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
971
664
0.684
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :133
energy
economics
economy-wide modelling
linked modelling
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
968
735
0.759
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :134
Financial Economics
CGE modelling
Econometrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
963
695
0.722
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :135
Financial Accounting
Financial Reporting
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
958
505
0.527
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :136
Quantitative Finance
Risk Management
Stochastic Processes
Functional Analysis
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
934
380
0.407
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :137
Applied mathematical programming
Irrigation economics
Risk
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
912
369
0.405
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :138
Applied econometrics
Environmental economics
CGE modelling
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
894
754
0.843
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :139
International trade
Export promotion
Gravity models
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
875
407
0.465
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :140
Industrial Economics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
862
538
0.624
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :141
urban economics
development economics
labour economics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
856
689
0.805
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :142
Auditing
Corporate Governance
Risk Management
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
847
545
0.643
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :143
Poverty Studies
Socio-economic Studies
Development Economics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
841
495
0.589
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :144
Economics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
831
706
0.850
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :145
Development Economics
Education
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
818
382
0.467
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :146
Africa
health
sexuality
HIV
urban
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
815
422
0.518
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :147
Macroeconomics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
813
296
0.364
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :148
Monetary theory and policy
Financial Economics
Banking
Efficiency and Productivity Analysis
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
804
611
0.760
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :149
Accounting Education
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
784
478
0.610
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :150
Macroeconomics
Applied Development Economics
Environmental and Resource Economics
Health Economics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
779
651
0.836
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
662,592
3,439
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 126
Emmanuel Oseifuah
University of Venda
Thohoyandou, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,045
761
0.728
Taxation. Finance. Auditing. Research
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
668,066
3,469
283
Ranking Based On Selection: 127
Harold Ngalawa
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,029
761
0.740
monetary theory & practice
banking instability
deposit insurance
indigenous finance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
674,700
3,502
352
Ranking Based On Selection: 128
Chris Cloete
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,011
430
0.425
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
678,756
3,520
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 129
Syden Mishi
Nelson Mandela University
Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
999
897
0.898
Development Economics
Experimental Economics
Behavioural Economics
Applied Microeconomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
683,217
3,555
571
Ranking Based On Selection: 130
Andrew Kerr
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
987
721
0.730
Labour Economics
Survey Data
Applied Microeconometrics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
687,460
3,583
576
Ranking Based On Selection: 131
Paul Van Rensburg
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
976
242
0.248
asset pricing
investment portfolio risk
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
689,088
3,595
579
Ranking Based On Selection: 132
Ellen Hurst|Ellen Hurst, Ellen Hurst Harosh
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
971
664
0.684
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
690,157
3,606
582
Ranking Based On Selection: 133
Faaiqa Hartley
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
968
735
0.759
energy
economics
economy-wide modelling
linked modelling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
692,054
3,620
236
Ranking Based On Selection: 134
Lumengo Bonga-Bonga
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
963
695
0.722
Financial Economics
CGE modelling
Econometrics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
694,115
3,636
291
Ranking Based On Selection: 135
Lesley Stainbank
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
958
505
0.527
Financial Accounting
Financial Reporting
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
703,193
3,688
242
Ranking Based On Selection: 136
Coenraad Ca Labuschagne
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
934
380
0.407
Quantitative Finance
Risk Management
Stochastic Processes
Functional Analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
711,878
3,730
98
Ranking Based On Selection: 137
Bennie Grove
University of the Free State
Bloemfontein, South Africa
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
912
369
0.405
Applied mathematical programming
Irrigation economics
Risk
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
718,861
3,756
392
Ranking Based On Selection: 138
Clement Kweku Kyei
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
894
754
0.843
Applied econometrics
Environmental economics
CGE modelling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
726,813
3,799
400
Ranking Based On Selection: 139
André Jordaan
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
875
407
0.465
International trade
Export promotion
Gravity models
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
732,169
3,839
207
Ranking Based On Selection: 140
Ewert Kleynhans
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
862
538
0.624
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
734,588
3,855
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 141
Justin Visagie
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
856
689
0.805
urban economics
development economics
labour economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
738,500
3,885
258
Ranking Based On Selection: 142
Ben Marx
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
847
545
0.643
Auditing
Corporate Governance
Risk Management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
741,044
3,898
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 143
Tshediso Joseph Sekhampu
Milpark Business School
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
841
495
0.589
Poverty Studies
Socio-economic Studies
Development Economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
745,147
3,918
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 144
Courage Mlambo
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
831
706
0.850
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
751,131
3,962
400
Ranking Based On Selection: 145
Volker Schöer
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
818
382
0.467
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
752,387
3,968
623
Ranking Based On Selection: 146
Andrew Tucker
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
815
422
0.518
Africa
health
sexuality
HIV
urban
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
753,342
3,975
264
Ranking Based On Selection: 147
Kevin Nell
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
813
296
0.364
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
757,029
4,007
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 148
Andrew Maredza
University of Mpumalanga
Mbombela, South Africa
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
804
611
0.760
Monetary theory and policy
Financial Economics
Banking
Efficiency and Productivity Analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
766,104
4,070
421
Ranking Based On Selection: 149
Stephen Coetzee
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
784
478
0.610
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
768,064
4,085
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 150
Kin Sibanda
Walter Sisulu University
Mthatha, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
779
651
0.836
Macroeconomics
Applied Development Economics
Environmental and Resource Economics
Health Economics