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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Public Health
Epidemiology
Child Mortality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,677
2,584
0.298
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
Lizette L Koekemoer
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,964
3,840
0.428
Eduard Jonas
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,949
7,232
0.808
Axel Hofmann
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,931
5,418
0.607
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
Jan-Hendrik Hofmeyr
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,902
2,282
0.256
Biochemistry
Systems Biology
Code Biology
Relational Biology
Martin Ntwaeaborwa
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
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
Colin Tredoux
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
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
Mohsen Sharifpur
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
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
Johan Muller
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,888
3,413
0.384
Ingrid Woolard
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,888
2,868
0.323
Poverty
inequality
unemployment
social assistance
impact evaluation
Zephne Van Der Spuy
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,882
5,400
0.608
Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Reproductive Medicine
PCOS
Florian F Bauer
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
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
Florian Luca
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,872
4,360
0.491
Leslie, Jacquie Greenberg
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,847
2,375
0.268
Brian Rayner
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,841
5,413
0.612
Terence John Robinson
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,835
2,200
0.249
Evolutionary genetics
Molecular cytogenetics
Mammalian systematics
Phylogenomics
Makgoba Mw
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,805
828
0.094
Dian Spear
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,796
4,236
0.482
Mark G. Alexander
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,771
4,594
0.524
Construction materials
concrete durabilty
Ian Dubery
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
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
Mario G. Santos
University of the Western Cape
Bellville, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,760
5,474
0.625
Himla Soodyall
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,701
2,933
0.337
Eileen Hoal
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,698
3,198
0.368
Infectious disease genetics
Tuberculosis
Kathleen Kahn
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,677
2,584
0.298
Public Health
Epidemiology
Child Mortality