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 :19,126
Professional development mathematics education
pedagogy maths education
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
1
0.333
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19,127
Entrepreneurship
Monitoring and Evaluation
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Last 6 Years / Total
1
0
0.000
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Ranking Based On Selection :19,128
Life Sciences education
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0
0
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Ranking Based On Selection :19,129
Indigenous law (Customary Law)
Child law
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0
0
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Ranking Based On Selection :19,130
Cost control
construction economics
construction procurement
Engineering education
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0
0
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Ranking Based On Selection :19,131
Inclusive Education
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0
0
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19,132
infrastructure development
municipal amalgamation
public transport
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0
0
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19,133
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0
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19,134
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0
0
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19,135
Law
Politics
International Relations and Leadership
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0
0
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19,136
philosophy of science
theology
Biblical studies
hebrew
biomimesis
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0
0
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19,137
Psychology
Education
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0
0
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19,138
linguistics
syntactic theory
minimalism
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0
0
0
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19,139
Property Law
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0
0
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19,140
Human geography
urban and economic geography
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0
0
0
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19,141
Criminal Law
Legal Education
Property Law
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0
0
0
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19,142
Library and Information Science
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0
0
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19,143
Orthopaedic trauma
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0
0
0
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19,144
Animal production
rangeland management and Fodder conservation
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0
0
0
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
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2,339,479
18,417
1,736
Ranking Based On Selection: 19,126
Vasantha Moodley
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
1
0.333
Professional development mathematics education
pedagogy maths education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,390,916
19,058
1,800
Ranking Based On Selection: 19,127
Godiragetse Sithole
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1
0
0.000
Entrepreneurship
Monitoring and Evaluation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,395,983
19,123
1,844
Ranking Based On Selection: 19,128
Tshegofatso Taukobong
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
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0
0
0
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2,396,255
19,123
1,294
Ranking Based On Selection: 19,129
Mathabo Baase
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
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0
0
0
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2,395,983
19,123
379
Ranking Based On Selection: 19,130
Rudzani Glen Muthelo
Tshwane University of Technology
Pretoria, South Africa
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Last 6 Years / Total
0
0
0
Cost control
construction economics
construction procurement
Engineering education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,395,983
19,123
1,844
Ranking Based On Selection: 19,131
Nathan Ferreira
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
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0
0
0
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2,395,983
19,123
1,844
Ranking Based On Selection: 19,132
Sabelo Tshabalala
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
0
0
0
infrastructure development
municipal amalgamation
public transport
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,395,983
19,123
1,760
Ranking Based On Selection: 19,133
Rehema Abiyo
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
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0
0
0
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
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2,395,983
19,123
1,461
Ranking Based On Selection: 19,134
Myleen Oosthuizen
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
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Last 6 Years / Total
0
0
0
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2,395,983
19,123
214
Ranking Based On Selection: 19,135
Walter Bongumusa Ngema
University of Zululand
Kwadlangezwa, South Africa
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Last 6 Years / Total
0
0
0
Law
Politics
International Relations and Leadership
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,396,255
19,123
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 19,136
Mark Lloyd Dickson
George Whitefield College
Cape Town, South Africa
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0
0
0
philosophy of science
theology
Biblical studies
hebrew
biomimesis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,395,983
19,123
1,844
Ranking Based On Selection: 19,137
Thembelihle Gugulabasha Ndlovu|T. G. Ndlovu, Gugu Ndlovu, Gugu Ndlovu-Demoses
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
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0
0
0
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,396,255
19,123
402
Ranking Based On Selection: 19,138
Hamzah Ghammaz
Rhodes University
Grahamstown, South Africa
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0
0
0
linguistics
syntactic theory
minimalism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,395,983
19,123
1,844
Ranking Based On Selection: 19,139
Leigh-Ann Kiewitz
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
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0
0
0
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,395,983
19,123
1,844
Ranking Based On Selection: 19,140
Butholezwe Khanye
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
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Last 6 Years / Total
0
0
0
Human geography
urban and economic geography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,395,983
19,123
1,810
Ranking Based On Selection: 19,141
Alina Starosta
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
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Last 6 Years / Total
0
0
0
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,396,255
19,123
1,844
Ranking Based On Selection: 19,142
Sonto Annah Morudu
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
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Last 6 Years / Total
0
0
0
Library and Information Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,395,983
19,123
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 19,143
Nabeela Adam
Frere Hospital
Hefei, South Africa
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0
0
0
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Rankings
2,395,983
19,123
409
Ranking Based On Selection: 19,144
Nkosikho Madolo
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0
0
0
Animal production
rangeland management and Fodder conservation