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 :26
evidence microfinance agriculture consumer involvement
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,839
1,890
0.492
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :27
System Dynamics
Energy Transition
Resource Economics
Technology Assessment
Africa Cities
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,826
2,692
0.704
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :28
feminist economics
gender
labour
education
household economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,757
2,060
0.548
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :29
Economic Evaluation and Health Technology Assessment in LMIC
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,731
2,052
0.550
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :30
Economic history
Africa
Development economics
South African history
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,643
2,183
0.599
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :31
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,516
2,612
0.743
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :32
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,356
1,413
0.421
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :33
Political economy
macroeconomics
development
finance and banking
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,339
928
0.278
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :34
Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,289
2,064
0.628
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :35
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,238
1,292
0.399
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :36
Epidemiology
Health economics
HIV/TB
wellbeing
youth
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,186
1,520
0.477
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :37
HIV
AIDS
Health
Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,176
2,121
0.668
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :38
International trade
development
poverty
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,111
1,014
0.326
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :39
Corporate Finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,061
2,373
0.775
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :40
Environmental Governance
Environmental and Ecological Economics
Ecosystems
Energy Economics
Sustainability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,923
1,085
0.371
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :41
Development Economics. Local economic development
entrepreneurship
good governance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,859
2,552
0.893
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :42
economic development
gender
informal economy
industrialisation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,859
872
0.305
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :43
Production Economics
Technology Adoption
Poverty
Food Security
Natural Resource Use
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,801
2,457
0.877
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :44
Competition Economics
Industrial Development
Competition Policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,777
1,408
0.507
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :45
Environmental economics
Cultural economics
non-market valuation
teaching and learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,719
1,419
0.522
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :46
Financial economics
financial markets
international finance
capital structure
venture capital
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,533
1,251
0.494
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :47
Agricultural Economics and Environmental and Resource Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,515
1,239
0.493
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :48
Monetary policy
macroeconomics
international finance
optimal control
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,462
463
0.188
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :49
Financial markets
Forecasting
Econometric
Entrepreneurship
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,416
848
0.351
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :50
Local Economic Development
Entrepreneurship
Female entrepreneurship
Tourism studies
South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,402
2,209
0.920
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
261,759
1,118
73
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Ruth Stewart
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,839
1,890
0.492
evidence microfinance agriculture consumer involvement
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
262,478
1,123
143
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Josephine Kaviti Musango
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,826
2,692
0.704
System Dynamics
Energy Transition
Resource Economics
Technology Assessment
Africa Cities
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
266,701
1,145
140
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Daniela Casale
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,757
2,060
0.548
feminist economics
gender
labour
education
household economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
268,268
1,155
253
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Susan Cleary
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,731
2,052
0.550
Economic Evaluation and Health Technology Assessment in LMIC
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
273,815
1,181
152
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Johan Fourie
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,643
2,183
0.599
Economic history
Africa
Development economics
South African history
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
282,340
1,221
162
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Corne Coetzee
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,516
2,612
0.743
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
293,962
1,289
282
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Cally Ardington
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,356
1,413
0.421
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
295,299
1,296
153
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Vishnu Padayachee
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,339
928
0.278
Political economy
macroeconomics
development
finance and banking
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
298,964
1,323
89
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Fiona Tregenna
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,289
2,064
0.628
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
302,985
1,344
114
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Pranitha Maharaj
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,238
1,292
0.399
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
307,035
1,359
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Darshini Govindasamy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,186
1,520
0.477
Epidemiology
Health economics
HIV/TB
wellbeing
youth
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
307,823
1,364
116
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Gavin George
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,176
2,121
0.668
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
313,202
1,390
297
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Lawrence Edwards
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,111
1,014
0.326
International trade
development
poverty
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
317,402
1,414
136
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
John Henry Hall
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,061
2,373
0.775
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
329,721
1,475
187
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Martin De Wit
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,923
1,085
0.371
Environmental Governance
Environmental and Ecological Economics
Ecosystems
Energy Economics
Sustainability
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
335,558
1,505
101
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Daniel Meyer
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,859
2,552
0.893
Development Economics. Local economic development
entrepreneurship
good governance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
335,641
1,507
176
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Imraan Valodia
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,859
872
0.305
economic development
gender
informal economy
industrialisation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
341,166
1,542
133
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Ljs Baiyegunhi.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,801
2,457
0.877
Production Economics
Technology Adoption
Poverty
Food Security
Natural Resource Use
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
343,584
1,551
103
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Simon Roberts
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,777
1,408
0.507
Competition Economics
Industrial Development
Competition Policy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
349,534
1,588
40
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Jen Snowball
Rhodes University
Grahamstown, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,719
1,419
0.522
Environmental economics
Cultural economics
non-market valuation
teaching and learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
369,635
1,694
193
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Kalu Ojah
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,533
1,251
0.494
Financial economics
financial markets
international finance
capital structure
venture capital
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
371,698
1,700
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Willem J De Lange
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,515
1,239
0.493
Agricultural Economics and Environmental and Resource Economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
377,780
1,742
196
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Eric Schaling
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,462
463
0.188
Monetary policy
macroeconomics
international finance
optimal control
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
383,266
1,772
232
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Eon Smit
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,416
848
0.351
Financial markets
Forecasting
Econometric
Entrepreneurship
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
384,881
1,784
122
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Natanya Meyer
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,402
2,209
0.920
Local Economic Development
Entrepreneurship
Female entrepreneurship
Tourism studies
South Africa