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 :176
labour economics
economics of inequality
development economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
640
419
0.655
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :177
Poverty Studies
Housing insecurity
Education Economics
Development economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
634
553
0.872
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :178
Labour Economics
Impact Evaluation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
634
375
0.591
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :179
economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
628
370
0.589
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :180
International trade law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
626
184
0.294
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :181
Distribution policy
Dividend policy
Capital structure
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
620
378
0.610
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :182
Accounting
Taxation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
617
321
0.520
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :183
Macroeconomics
Applied Econometrics
International Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
605
581
0.960
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :184
Development Economics
Poverty Measurement
Social Policy
Impact Evaluation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
574
386
0.672
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :185
Quantitative Risk Management
Statistics
Economics
Finance ...
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
570
236
0.414
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :186
Economics
Education
Health
FDI
Trade Facilitation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
562
267
0.475
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :187
Corporate social responsibilty
Small and Medium sized enterprises
Trade Liberalisation
Innovation
Economic Policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
561
350
0.624
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :188
labour markets
part time work
immigration
social networks
wage gaps
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
560
265
0.473
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :189
Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
559
338
0.605
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :190
Financial Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
556
515
0.926
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :191
Taxation
crowdfunding
small businesses
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
551
434
0.788
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :192
Quantitative finance
Financial Engineering
Active investment management
Derivatives
Biostatistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
550
94
0.171
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :193
Behavioural finance
Financial Data Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
549
443
0.807
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :194
Development Economics
Health Outcome & Economics
Macroeconomic Analysis
Agricultural Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
541
494
0.913
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :195
African economic development
Emerging markets
Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneural finance
Philantropy and the third sector
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
538
100
0.186
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :196
Economics
Tobacco Control
Alcohol
Cannabis
NCD prevention
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
536
497
0.927
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :197
Sustainable Finance
Risk Management
Cryptocurrencies
Economic Growth
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
536
480
0.896
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :198
Development economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
528
522
0.989
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :199
institutional economics
macroeconomics
applied econometrics
financial economics
gender economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
525
499
0.950
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :200
Applied Economics
Econometrics
Development Finance
Economics of Blockchain Technology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
521
427
0.820
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
835,552
4,501
447
Ranking Based On Selection: 176
Miracle Ntuli
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
640
419
0.655
labour economics
economics of inequality
development economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
838,536
4,520
258
Ranking Based On Selection: 177
Steven Henry Dunga
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
634
553
0.872
Poverty Studies
Housing insecurity
Education Economics
Development economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
838,744
4,522
450
Ranking Based On Selection: 178
Gareth Roberts
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
634
375
0.591
Labour Economics
Impact Evaluation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
841,855
4,540
192
Ranking Based On Selection: 179
Leshoro Tla
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
628
370
0.589
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
843,032
4,546
194
Ranking Based On Selection: 180
Sieg Eiselen
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
626
184
0.294
International trade law
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
846,043
4,563
477
Ranking Based On Selection: 181
Hendrik Wolmarans
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
620
378
0.610
Distribution policy
Dividend policy
Capital structure
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
847,776
4,578
479
Ranking Based On Selection: 182
Madeleine Stiglingh
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
617
321
0.520
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
853,845
4,626
56
Ranking Based On Selection: 183
Clement Moyo
Nelson Mandela University
Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
605
581
0.960
Macroeconomics
Applied Econometrics
International Economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
870,915
4,739
553
Ranking Based On Selection: 184
Marisa Von Fintel
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
574
386
0.672
Development Economics
Poverty Measurement
Social Policy
Impact Evaluation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
873,298
4,761
275
Ranking Based On Selection: 185
Riaan (Pj) De Jongh
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
570
236
0.414
Quantitative Risk Management
Statistics
Economics
Finance ...
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
877,724
4,790
465
Ranking Based On Selection: 186
Oluyele Akinkugbe
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
562
267
0.475
Economics
Education
Health
FDI
Trade Facilitation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
878,173
4,794
331
Ranking Based On Selection: 187
Lawrence Ogechukwu Obokoh
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
561
350
0.624
Corporate social responsibilty
Small and Medium sized enterprises
Trade Liberalisation
Innovation
Economic Policy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
878,883
4,803
365
Ranking Based On Selection: 188
Colette Muller
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
560
265
0.473
labour markets
part time work
immigration
social networks
wage gaps
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
879,313
4,806
562
Ranking Based On Selection: 189
Ada Jansen
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
559
338
0.605
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
880,735
4,820
155
Ranking Based On Selection: 190
Adefemi A. Obalade
University of the Western Cape
Bellville, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
556
515
0.926
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
883,693
4,841
136
Ranking Based On Selection: 191
Annelize Oosthuizen
University of the Free State
Bloemfontein, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
551
434
0.788
Taxation
crowdfunding
small businesses
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
884,628
4,844
716
Ranking Based On Selection: 192
Daniel Polakow
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
550
94
0.171
Quantitative finance
Financial Engineering
Active investment management
Derivatives
Biostatistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
884,798
4,846
470
Ranking Based On Selection: 193
Yudhvir Seetharam
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
549
443
0.807
Behavioural finance
Financial Data Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
889,420
4,874
61
Ranking Based On Selection: 194
Ebenezer Megbowon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
541
494
0.913
Development Economics
Health Outcome & Economics
Macroeconomic Analysis
Agricultural Development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
891,603
4,891
473
Ranking Based On Selection: 195
Frederick Ahwireng-Obeng
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
538
100
0.186
African economic development
Emerging markets
Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneural finance
Philantropy and the third sector
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
892,282
4,898
727
Ranking Based On Selection: 196
Nicole Vellios
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
536
497
0.927
Economics
Tobacco Control
Alcohol
Cannabis
NCD prevention
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
892,306
4,900
475
Ranking Based On Selection: 197
Jones Odei-Mensah
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
536
480
0.896
Sustainable Finance
Risk Management
Cryptocurrencies
Economic Growth
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
896,876
4,927
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 198
Rufaro Garidzirai
Walter Sisulu University
Mthatha, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
528
522
0.989
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
898,762
4,941
478
Ranking Based On Selection: 199
Mthokozisi Mlilo
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
525
499
0.950
institutional economics
macroeconomics
applied econometrics
financial economics
gender economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
901,416
4,956
578
Ranking Based On Selection: 200
Nyankomo Marwa
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
521
427
0.820
Applied Economics
Econometrics
Development Finance
Economics of Blockchain Technology