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 :51
South Africa
Robin M Warren
Tuberculosis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,038
14,176
0.416
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :52
South Africa
Carl Lombard
Biostatistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,157
11,183
0.337
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :53
South Africa
Landon Myer
epidemiology
biostatistics
HIV
maternal & child health
women's health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,709
14,175
0.433
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :54
South Africa
Lynn Morris
Vaccines
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,600
12,820
0.393
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :55
South Africa
Mattia Vaccari
Astrophysics
Observational Optical/Infrared/Radio Galaxy Evolution
Cloud Computing
Machine Learning
Statistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,503
15,434
0.475
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :56
South Africa
Andries Engelbrecht
Swarm Intelligence
Evolutionary Computation
Neural Networks
Optimization
Data Analytics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,980
11,016
0.344
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :57
South Africa
Bruce Hewitson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,924
8,815
0.276
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :59
South Africa
Tandi Matsha
Health Sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,219
25,538
0.818
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :60
South Africa
Tulio De Oliveira
Bioinformatics
Genomics
Phylogenetics
Viruses
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,940
26,045
0.842
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :61
South Africa
Hans P. Binswanger-Mkhize
Agricultural and Rural Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,309
5,289
0.175
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :62
South Africa
Alisha Wade
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,941
24,483
0.818
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :63
South Africa
Francesco Petruccione
Open quantum systems
quantum information processing and communication
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,561
17,968
0.608
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :64
South Africa
Steven Michael Crawford
astronomy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,395
25,310
0.861
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :65
South Africa
Jan Kramers
isotope geochemistry
geochronology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,360
8,085
0.275
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :66
South Africa
Themba Ginindza
Epidemiology
Cancer Epidemiology
HPV Infection
STIs including HIV and HPV/HIV/EBV co-infection
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,339
27,716
0.945
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :67
South Africa
Lucy Gilson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,163
11,552
0.396
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :68
South Africa
Roy Maartens
Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,787
10,348
0.359
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :69
South Africa
OD Makinde
Fluid Mechanics
Thermal Science
Applied Mathematics
Modelling and Computations
BioMathematics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,114
17,756
0.632
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :70
South Africa
David L. Tabb
Proteomics
Bioinformatics
Mass Spectrometry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,506
12,874
0.468
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :71
South Africa
Anthony I Okoh
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Water Quality
Antimicrobial Resistance.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,444
18,871
0.688
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :73
South Africa
Tivani Phosa Mashamba-Thompson
point-of-care
diagnostics
testing
scoping review
implementation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,941
25,552
0.948
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :74
South Africa
Dirk Blom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,919
14,988
0.557
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :75
South Africa
Xifeng Ruan
particle physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,965
9,461
0.364
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,291
South Africa
52
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 51
Robin M Warren
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,038
14,176
0.416
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,039
South Africa
53
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 52
Carl Lombard
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,157
11,183
0.337
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,440
South Africa
54
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 53
Landon Myer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,709
14,175
0.433
epidemiology
biostatistics
HIV
maternal & child health
women's health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,542
South Africa
55
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 54
Lynn Morris
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,600
12,820
0.393
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,653
South Africa
56
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 55
Mattia Vaccari
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,503
15,434
0.475
Astrophysics
Observational Optical/Infrared/Radio Galaxy Evolution
Cloud Computing
Machine Learning
Statistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,194
South Africa
58
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 56
Andries Engelbrecht
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,980
11,016
0.344
Swarm Intelligence
Evolutionary Computation
Neural Networks
Optimization
Data Analytics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,249
South Africa
59
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 57
Bruce Hewitson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,924
8,815
0.276
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,799
South Africa
61
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 58
Nelia Patricia Steyn
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,401
13,359
0.425
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,984
South Africa
62
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 59
Tandi Matsha
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,219
25,538
0.818
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,248
South Africa
63
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 60
Tulio De Oliveira
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,940
26,045
0.842
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,900
South Africa
64
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 61
Hans P. Binswanger-Mkhize
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,309
5,289
0.175
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,357
South Africa
65
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 62
Alisha Wade
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,941
24,483
0.818
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,849
South Africa
66
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 63
Francesco Petruccione
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,561
17,968
0.608
Open quantum systems
quantum information processing and communication
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,058
South Africa
67
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 64
Steven Michael Crawford
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,395
25,310
0.861
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,108
South Africa
68
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 65
Jan Kramers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,360
8,085
0.275
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,139
South Africa
69
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 66
Themba Ginindza
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,339
27,716
0.945
Epidemiology
Cancer Epidemiology
HPV Infection
STIs including HIV and HPV/HIV/EBV co-infection
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,339
South Africa
70
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 67
Lucy Gilson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,163
11,552
0.396
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,789
South Africa
71
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 68
Roy Maartens
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,787
10,348
0.359
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,678
South Africa
72
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 69
OD Makinde
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,114
17,756
0.632
Fluid Mechanics
Thermal Science
Applied Mathematics
Modelling and Computations
BioMathematics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,479
South Africa
73
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 70
David L. Tabb
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,506
12,874
0.468
Proteomics
Bioinformatics
Mass Spectrometry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,547
South Africa
74
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 71
Anthony I Okoh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,444
18,871
0.688
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Water Quality
Antimicrobial Resistance.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,248
South Africa
75
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 72
Ehimario U. Igumbor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,969
23,952
0.888
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,286
South Africa
76
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 73
Tivani Phosa Mashamba-Thompson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,941
25,552
0.948
point-of-care
diagnostics
testing
scoping review
implementation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,324
South Africa
77
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 74
Dirk Blom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,919
14,988
0.557
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,772
South Africa
78
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 75
Xifeng Ruan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,965
9,461
0.364