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Highly Cited Researchers 19.725 Scientists Citation in South Africa Rankings - 2025
Discover the world’s highly cited researchers through the AD Scientific Index 2025 Citation Rankings.
These rankings evaluate scientists based on their total and recent citation counts, capturing the breadth and real-time currency of academic recognition. Citation data reveals how widely a scholar’s work is referenced, applied, and extended across diverse disciplines. The rankings are routinely updated to reflect ongoing citation growth, while eliminating distortions from excessive co-authorship and institutional inflation. Premium tools provide access to detailed citation dynamics, unethical citation behavior detection, and field-normalized benchmarking.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19,076
Inclusion of all learners for epistemological access
particularly from disadvantaged background
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19,077
Clinical Anatomy
Neurosurgery
Gross Anatom
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Ranking Based On Selection: 19,078
civil procedure
alternative dispute resolution
mediatio
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19,079
Economic
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19,080
Corporate Governance and Sustainabilit
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19,081
Water
statistics
Environment
GIS and Remote Sensin
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19,082
Archaeology
Archaeometry
Material Science
Nuclear Imagin
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19,083
Statistics
biostatistics
machine learning
data scienc
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19,084
RISK MANAGEMEN
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19,085
Nursing Educatio
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19,086
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19,087
Public Economics
International Economics
Power Economics
Enviromental Economic
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19,088
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19,089
Chiropracti
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19,090
Entomology
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19,091
Tax
corporate law
resignation
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19,092
Critical Security Studies
Governance
traditional rulers
Global South
Afric
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19,093
Engineering Graphics Design and Communication. Technology Education. TPACK. Educational Technolog
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19,094
Human physiology
immunometabolism
obesity
preeclampsia
nephrotic syndrom
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19,095
Forensic Genetic
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19,096
time use
time poverty
gender inequalit
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19,097
International Relations
democratisation
democracy and development dynamics in Afric
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19,098
Maritime economics
ports
International trade
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19,099
Financial accounting
taxation
corporate governance
Accounting educatio
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19,100
Zoology
Biodiversity
Systematics
Ecolog
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,550,155
18,970
1,435
Ranking Based On Selection: 19,076
Nokuthula N Dewa
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
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Inclusion of all learners for epistemological access
particularly from disadvantaged background
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,550,155
18,970
617
Ranking Based On Selection: 19,077
Ezra Earl Anirudh
University of the Free State
Bloemfontein, South Africa
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Clinical Anatomy
Neurosurgery
Gross Anatom
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,550,155
18,970
617
Ranking Based On Selection: 19,078
Errol Cedric Muller
University of the Free State
Bloemfontein, South Africa
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2,550,155
18,970
1,768
Ranking Based On Selection: 19,079
Mixo Sweetness Sithole
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
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2,550,155
18,970
1,768
Ranking Based On Selection: 19,080
Bright Mupedzi
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
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Corporate Governance and Sustainabilit
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
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2,550,155
18,970
1,768
Ranking Based On Selection: 19,081
Kasongo Benjamin Malunda
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
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2,550,155
18,970
1,768
Ranking Based On Selection: 19,082
Mariette Harcombe
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
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Archaeology
Archaeometry
Material Science
Nuclear Imagin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,550,155
18,970
1,768
Ranking Based On Selection: 19,083
Retang Mashabela
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
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2,550,155
18,970
1,768
Ranking Based On Selection: 19,084
Phathiswa Bam
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
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2,550,155
18,970
1,768
Ranking Based On Selection: 19,085
Matildah Tshabalala
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,550,155
18,970
1,768
Ranking Based On Selection: 19,086
Flavia Masubelele
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
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2,550,155
18,970
1,768
Ranking Based On Selection: 19,087
Sayeed Milanzi
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
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Public Economics
International Economics
Power Economics
Enviromental Economic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,550,155
18,970
1,768
Ranking Based On Selection: 19,088
Rika Dry
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
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Rankings
2,550,155
18,970
1,729
Ranking Based On Selection: 19,089
Sharné Naidoo
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
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3
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2,550,155
18,970
1,435
Ranking Based On Selection: 19,090
Elmarie Van Der Merwe
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
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2,550,155
18,970
1,435
Ranking Based On Selection: 19,091
Khodani Sengwane
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
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2,550,155
18,970
1,435
Ranking Based On Selection: 19,092
Mellissa Simbisai Mlambo
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
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Critical Security Studies
Governance
traditional rulers
Global South
Afric
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,550,155
18,970
398
Ranking Based On Selection: 19,093
Mlondi T Sibiya
University of Limpopo
Mankweng, South Africa
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1.000
Engineering Graphics Design and Communication. Technology Education. TPACK. Educational Technolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,550,155
18,970
1,449
Ranking Based On Selection: 19,094
Saieshni Pillay
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Human physiology
immunometabolism
obesity
preeclampsia
nephrotic syndrom
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,550,155
18,970
1,449
Ranking Based On Selection: 19,095
Sthabile Shabalala
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2,550,155
18,970
1,449
Ranking Based On Selection: 19,096
Priyanka Harrichurran
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2,550,155
18,970
1,449
Ranking Based On Selection: 19,097
Fabrice Nshimirimana
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3
1.000
International Relations
democratisation
democracy and development dynamics in Afric
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,550,155
18,970
1,449
Ranking Based On Selection: 19,098
Nyandu Kabongo, Dieudonne
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3
1.000
Maritime economics
ports
International trade
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,550,155
18,970
1,449
Ranking Based On Selection: 19,099
Aarthi Algu
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Financial accounting
taxation
corporate governance
Accounting educatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,550,155
18,970
1,729
Ranking Based On Selection: 19,100
Julian Alexander Nieto Lawrence
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
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3
3
1.000