Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
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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
Taxation
fraud
corruption
economic crime
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,503
2,333
0.932
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :52
Financial economics
financial markets
international finance
capital structure
venture capital
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,497
1,218
0.488
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :53
Agricultural Economics and Environmental and Resource Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,472
1,220
0.494
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :54
Monetary policy
macroeconomics
international finance
optimal control
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,448
448
0.183
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :55
Financial markets
Forecasting
Econometric
Entrepreneurship
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,398
831
0.347
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :56
Local Economic Development
Entrepreneurship
Female entrepreneurship
Tourism studies
South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,347
2,153
0.917
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :57
Education
Economics of Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,242
1,350
0.602
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :58
community based resource management
environmental valuation
environmental economics
resource economics
agricultural economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,236
1,527
0.683
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :59
Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,228
1,024
0.460
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :60
Labour Relations
Diversity management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,188
1,418
0.648
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :61
Development Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,144
1,613
0.752
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :62
Economic modelling (Energy and Finance)
Macroeconomics
Mineral and Commodity Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,143
1,642
0.766
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :63
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,130
1,020
0.479
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :64
Banking and financial inclusion
emerging markets
migration economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,129
1,402
0.659
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :65
Environmental economics
agricultural economics
sports economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,045
1,049
0.513
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :66
Insurance Finance
Development Finance
Industrial Organization of Financial Institutions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,038
1,682
0.825
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :67
economics
labour econmics
informal labour markets
day labourers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,031
1,477
0.727
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :68
Health Econometric
Social determinants of health
Household Economics
Non-communicable diseases
Malaria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,023
1,238
0.612
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :69
Economic Demography
Labour Markets
Poverty
Inequality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,019
978
0.484
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :70
Labour economics
Education
Inequality
Discrimination
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,971
1,186
0.602
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :71
Applied Microeconomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,967
1,130
0.574
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :72
Labour Economics
Microeconometrics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,908
944
0.495
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :73
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,895
1,335
0.704
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :74
financial reporting
sustainability reporting
integrated reporting
non-GAAP earnings
capital market research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,859
1,579
0.849
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :75
Macroeconomics
monetary economics
business cycles
economic growth
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,847
599
0.324
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
372,392
1,748
50
Ranking Based On Selection: 51
Andries Swanepoel
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,503
2,333
0.932
Taxation
fraud
corruption
economic crime
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
373,130
1,751
199
Ranking Based On Selection: 52
Kalu Ojah
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,497
1,218
0.488
Financial economics
financial markets
international finance
capital structure
venture capital
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
376,018
1,771
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 53
Willem J De Lange
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,472
1,220
0.494
Agricultural Economics and Environmental and Resource Economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
378,854
1,790
201
Ranking Based On Selection: 54
Eric Schaling
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,448
448
0.183
Monetary policy
macroeconomics
international finance
optimal control
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
384,904
1,823
239
Ranking Based On Selection: 55
Eon Smit
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,398
831
0.347
Financial markets
Forecasting
Econometric
Entrepreneurship
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
391,095
1,859
126
Ranking Based On Selection: 56
Natanya Meyer
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,347
2,153
0.917
Local Economic Development
Entrepreneurship
Female entrepreneurship
Tourism studies
South Africa
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
404,673
1,933
251
Ranking Based On Selection: 57
Stephen Taylor
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,242
1,350
0.602
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
405,515
1,939
361
Ranking Based On Selection: 58
Edwin Muchapondwa
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,236
1,527
0.683
community based resource management
environmental valuation
environmental economics
resource economics
agricultural economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
406,607
1,947
48
Ranking Based On Selection: 59
Philippe Burger
University of the Free State
Bloemfontein, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,228
1,024
0.460
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
412,065
1,973
94
Ranking Based On Selection: 60
Leon Moolman
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,188
1,418
0.648
Labour Relations
Diversity management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
418,100
2,012
58
Ranking Based On Selection: 61
Michael Rogan
Rhodes University
Grahamstown, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,144
1,613
0.752
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
418,239
2,015
217
Ranking Based On Selection: 62
Ismail Fasanya
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,143
1,642
0.766
Economic modelling (Energy and Finance)
Macroeconomics
Mineral and Commodity Economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
420,265
2,030
265
Ranking Based On Selection: 63
Nico De Koker
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,130
1,020
0.479
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
420,366
2,031
65
Ranking Based On Selection: 64
Daniel Makina
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,129
1,402
0.659
Banking and financial inclusion
emerging markets
migration economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
433,065
2,094
61
Ranking Based On Selection: 65
Gavin Fraser
Rhodes University
Grahamstown, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,045
1,049
0.513
Environmental economics
agricultural economics
sports economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
434,064
2,100
375
Ranking Based On Selection: 66
Abdul Latif Alhassan|LATIF ALHASSAN
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,038
1,682
0.825
Insurance Finance
Development Finance
Industrial Organization of Financial Institutions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
435,262
2,106
99
Ranking Based On Selection: 67
Derick Blaauw
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,031
1,477
0.727
economics
labour econmics
informal labour markets
day labourers
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
436,529
2,114
377
Ranking Based On Selection: 68
Olufunke A. Alaba
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,023
1,238
0.612
Health Econometric
Social determinants of health
Household Economics
Non-communicable diseases
Malaria
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
437,151
2,120
380
Ranking Based On Selection: 69
Morné Oosthuizen
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,019
978
0.484
Economic Demography
Labour Markets
Poverty
Inequality
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
444,544
2,162
388
Ranking Based On Selection: 70
Vimal Ranchhod
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,971
1,186
0.602
Labour economics
Education
Inequality
Discrimination
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
445,260
2,167
212
Ranking Based On Selection: 71
SF Koch
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,967
1,130
0.574
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
455,158
2,217
398
Ranking Based On Selection: 72
Martin Wittenberg
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,908
944
0.495
Labour Economics
Microeconometrics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
457,251
2,230
149
Ranking Based On Selection: 73
Erika Kraemer-Mbula
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,895
1,335
0.704
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
463,476
2,267
221
Ranking Based On Selection: 74
Elmar R. Venter
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,859
1,579
0.849
financial reporting
sustainability reporting
integrated reporting
non-GAAP earnings
capital market research
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
465,655
2,281
289
Ranking Based On Selection: 75
Stan Du Plessis
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,847
599
0.324
Macroeconomics
monetary economics
business cycles
economic growth