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 :401
South Africa
Paramu Mafongoya
Agronomy
Climate Science
Soil Science and Agroforestry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,980
4,482
0.499
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :402
South Africa
Lizette L Koekemoer
Malaria Vector Control
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,964
3,840
0.428
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :403
South Africa
Eduard Jonas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,949
7,232
0.808
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :404
South Africa
Axel Hofmann
Archaean geology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,931
5,418
0.607
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :405
South Africa
Nikodem V Cheryl
Maternal and child health and indigenous knowledge and medicinal plants
law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,904
2,049
0.230
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :406
South Africa
Jan-Hendrik Hofmeyr
Biochemistry
Systems Biology
Code Biology
Relational Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,902
2,282
0.256
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :407
South Africa
Martin Ntwaeaborwa
Phosphors
Materials Science
Solid State Physics
Solar Cells
Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,900
5,015
0.563
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :408
South Africa
Colin Tredoux
Psychology and law
eyewitness identification
social psychology
segregation
contact
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,897
3,514
0.395
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :409
South Africa
Mohsen Sharifpur
Convective Nanofluids
Computational Heat Transfer
Multiphase
Energy Optimization
Solar-Thermal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,890
8,243
0.927
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :410
South Africa
Johan Muller
sociology of knowledge
curriculum
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,888
3,413
0.384
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :411
South Africa
Ingrid Woolard
Poverty
inequality
unemployment
social assistance
impact evaluation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,888
2,868
0.323
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :412
South Africa
Zephne Van Der Spuy
Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Reproductive Medicine
PCOS
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,882
5,400
0.608
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :413
South Africa
Florian F Bauer
Yeast
wine
microbial ecology
cellular and molecular biology
sensory science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,877
3,827
0.431
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :414
South Africa
Florian Luca
Mathematics
Number Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,872
4,360
0.491
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :415
South Africa
Leslie, Jacquie Greenberg
Human Genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,847
2,375
0.268
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :416
South Africa
Brian Rayner
Nephrology and hypertension
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,841
5,413
0.612
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :417
South Africa
Terence John Robinson
Evolutionary genetics
Molecular cytogenetics
Mammalian systematics
Phylogenomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,835
2,200
0.249
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :418
South Africa
Makgoba Mw
Immunology
HIV
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,805
828
0.094
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :419
South Africa
Dian Spear
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,796
4,236
0.482
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :420
South Africa
Mark G. Alexander
Construction materials
concrete durabilty
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,771
4,594
0.524
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :421
South Africa
Ian Dubery
Biochemistry and Molecular biology
Plant-microbe interactions
Innate immunity
Metabolomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,769
4,734
0.540
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :422
South Africa
Mario G. Santos
Cosmology
Radio telescopes
SKA
MeerKAT
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,760
5,474
0.625
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :423
South Africa
Himla Soodyall
human genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,701
2,933
0.337
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :424
South Africa
Eileen Hoal
Infectious disease genetics
Tuberculosis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,698
3,198
0.368
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :425
South Africa
Kathleen Kahn
Public Health
Epidemiology
Child Mortality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,677
2,584
0.298
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
111,055
South Africa
415
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 401
Paramu Mafongoya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,980
4,482
0.499
Agronomy
Climate Science
Soil Science and Agroforestry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
111,278
South Africa
416
53
Ranking Based On Selection: 402
Lizette L Koekemoer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,964
3,840
0.428
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
111,468
South Africa
417
100
Ranking Based On Selection: 403
Eduard Jonas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,949
7,232
0.808
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
111,692
South Africa
418
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 404
Axel Hofmann
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,931
5,418
0.607
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
112,101
South Africa
419
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 405
Nikodem V Cheryl
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,904
2,049
0.230
Maternal and child health and indigenous knowledge and medicinal plants
law
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
112,118
South Africa
420
62
Ranking Based On Selection: 406
Jan-Hendrik Hofmeyr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,902
2,282
0.256
Biochemistry
Systems Biology
Code Biology
Relational Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
112,139
South Africa
421
54
Ranking Based On Selection: 407
Martin Ntwaeaborwa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,900
5,015
0.563
Phosphors
Materials Science
Solid State Physics
Solar Cells
Chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
112,192
South Africa
422
101
Ranking Based On Selection: 408
Colin Tredoux
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,897
3,514
0.395
Psychology and law
eyewitness identification
social psychology
segregation
contact
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
112,280
South Africa
423
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 409
Mohsen Sharifpur
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,890
8,243
0.927
Convective Nanofluids
Computational Heat Transfer
Multiphase
Energy Optimization
Solar-Thermal
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
112,322
South Africa
424
102
Ranking Based On Selection: 410
Johan Muller
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,888
3,413
0.384
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
112,325
South Africa
425
63
Ranking Based On Selection: 411
Ingrid Woolard
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,888
2,868
0.323
Poverty
inequality
unemployment
social assistance
impact evaluation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
112,407
South Africa
426
103
Ranking Based On Selection: 412
Zephne Van Der Spuy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,882
5,400
0.608
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
112,474
South Africa
427
64
Ranking Based On Selection: 413
Florian F Bauer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,877
3,827
0.431
Yeast
wine
microbial ecology
cellular and molecular biology
sensory science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
112,531
South Africa
428
55
Ranking Based On Selection: 414
Florian Luca
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,872
4,360
0.491
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
112,894
South Africa
429
104
Ranking Based On Selection: 415
Leslie, Jacquie Greenberg
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,847
2,375
0.268
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
112,978
South Africa
430
105
Ranking Based On Selection: 416
Brian Rayner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,841
5,413
0.612
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
113,078
South Africa
431
65
Ranking Based On Selection: 417
Terence John Robinson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,835
2,200
0.249
Evolutionary genetics
Molecular cytogenetics
Mammalian systematics
Phylogenomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
113,511
South Africa
432
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 418
Makgoba Mw
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,805
828
0.094
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
113,648
South Africa
433
66
Ranking Based On Selection: 419
Dian Spear
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,796
4,236
0.482
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
114,037
South Africa
434
106
Ranking Based On Selection: 420
Mark G. Alexander
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,771
4,594
0.524
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
114,063
South Africa
435
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 421
Ian Dubery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,769
4,734
0.540
Biochemistry and Molecular biology
Plant-microbe interactions
Innate immunity
Metabolomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
114,220
South Africa
436
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 422
Mario G. Santos
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,760
5,474
0.625
Cosmology
Radio telescopes
SKA
MeerKAT
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
115,084
South Africa
437
56
Ranking Based On Selection: 423
Himla Soodyall
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,701
2,933
0.337
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
115,122
South Africa
438
67
Ranking Based On Selection: 424
Eileen Hoal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,698
3,198
0.368
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
115,443
South Africa
439
57
Ranking Based On Selection: 425
Kathleen Kahn
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,677
2,584
0.298