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
African Philosophy
Logic
Decoloniality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,696
1,443
0.851
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :27
Exercise physiology
risk factors for non-communicable disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,661
1,126
0.678
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :28
Religious Urbanism
African Pentecostalism
Religion and Media
African Religions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,660
817
0.492
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :29
Philosophy of epidemiology
philosophy of medicine
philosophy of science
causation
prediction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,613
1,037
0.643
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :30
Biblical hermeneutics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,562
615
0.394
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :31
history
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,547
704
0.455
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :32
History of Christianity
Oral History
Memory Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,528
418
0.274
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :33
Business History
Insurance History
History of Business in Africa.nting History
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,491
841
0.564
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :34
New Testament
Parables
Social-scientific criticism
Sexuality in the ancient world
Narrative criticism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,474
496
0.336
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :35
Old Testament Wisdom literature
African biblical hermeneutics
Hebrew Bible and gender
Bible in African context
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,396
656
0.470
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :36
Theology and Development
Religion and Development
Diaconal Studies
Religious and Social Change
Post-apartheid South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,382
782
0.566
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :37
Congregational Studies
Youth Ministry
Christian Education
Evangelism
Leadership
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,379
638
0.463
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :38
Septuagint studies
Philo
Hebrews
Luke-Acts
Matthew
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,364
380
0.279
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :39
Liturgy
Ritual
Homiletics
Practical Theology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,362
603
0.443
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :40
Roman history and historiography
Roman religion and ruler cult
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,318
527
0.400
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :41
gender
South African history
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,272
715
0.562
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :42
Religion
Islam
Method and Theory in the study of Modern Islam
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,271
444
0.349
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :43
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,253
344
0.275
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :44
Technology Education
Philosophy of Technology
Attitudes towards Technology
Continuing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,240
612
0.494
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :45
Missiology
missional ecclesiology
missional leadership
theology of mission.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,210
736
0.608
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :46
War studies
Memory Studies
Public History
Social and Cultural History
Urban History
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,190
424
0.356
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :47
African philosophy
race and racism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,159
906
0.782
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :48
Early Christianity
Philosophy
Disability Studies
Classics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,156
301
0.260
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :49
New Testament
Rhetoric
Narratology
Galatians
Gospel of John
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,121
447
0.399
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :50
History
Social Change
Photography
Sound
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,086
349
0.321
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
493,983
2,373
233
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Jonathan Okeke Chimakonam
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,696
1,443
0.851
African Philosophy
Logic
Decoloniality
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
501,073
2,421
113
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Sarah J Moss|Hanlie Moss
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,661
1,126
0.678
Exercise physiology
risk factors for non-communicable disease
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
501,333
2,425
437
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Asonzeh Ukah
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,660
817
0.492
Religious Urbanism
African Pentecostalism
Religion and Media
African Religions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
510,949
2,470
162
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Alex Broadbent
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,613
1,037
0.643
Philosophy of epidemiology
philosophy of medicine
philosophy of science
causation
prediction
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
521,886
2,540
316
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Jeremy Punt
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,562
615
0.394
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
525,099
2,560
318
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Sandra Swart
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,547
704
0.455
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
529,345
2,584
222
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Philippe Denis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,528
418
0.274
History of Christianity
Oral History
Memory Studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
537,513
2,626
177
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Grietjie Verhoef
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,491
841
0.564
Business History
Insurance History
History of Business in Africa.nting History
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
541,432
2,649
261
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Ernest Van Eck
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,474
496
0.336
New Testament
Parables
Social-scientific criticism
Sexuality in the ancient world
Narrative criticism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
560,097
2,763
95
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Madipoane Masenya
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,396
656
0.470
Old Testament Wisdom literature
African biblical hermeneutics
Hebrew Bible and gender
Bible in African context
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
563,549
2,787
95
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Ignatius Swart
University of the Western Cape
Bellville, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,382
782
0.566
Theology and Development
Religion and Development
Diaconal Studies
Religious and Social Change
Post-apartheid South Africa
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
564,353
2,794
273
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Malan Nel
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,379
638
0.463
Congregational Studies
Youth Ministry
Christian Education
Evangelism
Leadership
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
568,191
2,818
277
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Gert J Steyn
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,364
380
0.279
Septuagint studies
Philo
Hebrews
Luke-Acts
Matthew
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
568,673
2,823
350
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Cas Wepener|Casparus J. Wepener, C.J. Wepener, Casparus Wepener
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,362
603
0.443
Liturgy
Ritual
Homiletics
Practical Theology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
580,104
2,888
499
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
David Wardle
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,318
527
0.400
Roman history and historiography
Roman religion and ruler cult
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
592,527
2,963
103
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Lindsay Clowes
University of the Western Cape
Bellville, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,272
715
0.562
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
592,864
2,966
508
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Abdulkader Tayob
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,271
444
0.349
Religion
Islam
Method and Theory in the study of Modern Islam
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
597,790
2,989
514
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Shamil Jeppie
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,253
344
0.275
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
601,373
3,017
198
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Piet Ankiewicz
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,240
612
0.494
Technology Education
Philosophy of Technology
Attitudes towards Technology
Continuing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
610,072
3,076
310
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
CJP (Nelus) Niemandt
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,210
736
0.608
Missiology
missional ecclesiology
missional leadership
theology of mission.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
616,038
3,101
92
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Gary Baines
Rhodes University
Grahamstown, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,190
424
0.356
War studies
Memory Studies
Public History
Social and Cultural History
Urban History
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
625,336
3,147
258
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Bernard Matolino
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,159
906
0.782
African philosophy
race and racism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
626,421
3,150
111
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Pieter Botha
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,156
301
0.260
Early Christianity
Philosophy
Disability Studies
Classics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
637,532
3,210
77
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Francois Tolmie
University of the Free State
Bloemfontein, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,121
447
0.399
New Testament
Rhetoric
Narratology
Galatians
Gospel of John
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
648,903
3,274
45
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Gary Minkley
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,086
349
0.321
History
Social Change
Photography
Sound