Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
South Africa Highly Cited Researchers CitationMedical and Health Sciences / Epidemiology and Public Health 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
Molecular epidemiology of viruses
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,597
1,620
0.624
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :52
environmental epidemiology
biostatistics
machine learning
air pollution
climate change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,589
1,272
0.491
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :53
Epidemiology
Biostatistics
Public Health
Health Leadership
Women's Health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,587
1,620
0.626
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :54
Psychosocial and digital health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,526
1,820
0.721
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :55
Physical Activity and Public Health
Health Behaviour Change
Non-Communicable Disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,488
1,513
0.608
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :56
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,469
1,805
0.731
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :57
Public health
Molecular epidemiology
Infectious diseases
Genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,414
1,982
0.821
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :58
Global health
child and adolescent health and development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,398
1,934
0.807
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :59
Epidemiology
Public Health
Biostatistics
Spatial and Temporal Modelling
Statistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,306
1,397
0.606
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :60
HIV prevention
perinatal HIV
disclosure interventions
adolescents wellbeing and mental health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,231
1,731
0.776
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :61
infectious disease epidemiology
biostatistics
health analytics
applied data science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,141
955
0.446
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :62
Health promotion
community participation
school health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,025
781
0.386
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :63
Epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,024
944
0.466
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :64
Public health
health systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,001
1,414
0.707
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :65
public mental health policy
public mental health service development
recovery
service user participation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,927
926
0.481
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :66
Public Health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,888
1,349
0.715
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :67
Public Health
Tuberculosis
HIV
Men's Health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,852
1,221
0.659
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :68
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,833
1,019
0.556
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :69
Health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,812
1,169
0.645
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :70
Immunology
AIDS-related Mycoses
Tuberculosis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,799
1,073
0.596
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :71
maternal and child health
pharmacovigilance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,720
1,192
0.693
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :72
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,706
623
0.365
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :73
Epidemiology and prevention of HIV
TB and STIs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,690
1,511
0.894
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :74
priority setting for health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,690
1,285
0.760
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :75
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,686
1,264
0.750
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
361,943
1,691
52
Ranking Based On Selection: 51
Gordon Harkins
University of the Western Cape
Bellville, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,597
1,620
0.624
Molecular epidemiology of viruses
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
362,841
1,694
170
Ranking Based On Selection: 52
Janine Wichmann
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,589
1,272
0.491
environmental epidemiology
biostatistics
machine learning
air pollution
climate change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
363,042
1,696
144
Ranking Based On Selection: 53
Muhammad Ehsanul Hoque
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,587
1,620
0.626
Epidemiology
Biostatistics
Public Health
Health Leadership
Women's Health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
369,769
1,733
54
Ranking Based On Selection: 54
Jennifer Chipps
University of the Western Cape
Bellville, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,526
1,820
0.721
Psychosocial and digital health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
374,175
1,757
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 55
Ina Shaw|I Shaw
University of Zululand
Kwadlangezwa, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,488
1,513
0.608
Physical Activity and Public Health
Health Behaviour Change
Non-Communicable Disease
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
376,317
1,773
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 56
Satyajit Tripathy
University of the Free State
Bloemfontein, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,469
1,805
0.731
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
382,858
1,815
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 57
Rindidzani Magobo
National Institute for Communicable Diseases
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,414
1,982
0.821
Public health
Molecular epidemiology
Infectious diseases
Genomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
384,810
1,822
238
Ranking Based On Selection: 58
Sarah Skeen
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,398
1,934
0.807
Global health
child and adolescent health and development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
396,418
1,893
209
Ranking Based On Selection: 59
Eustasius Musenge
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,306
1,397
0.606
Epidemiology
Public Health
Biostatistics
Spatial and Temporal Modelling
Statistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
406,159
1,942
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 60
Sphiwe Madiba
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,231
1,731
0.776
HIV prevention
perinatal HIV
disclosure interventions
adolescents wellbeing and mental health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
418,649
2,017
262
Ranking Based On Selection: 61
Wim Delva
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,141
955
0.446
infectious disease epidemiology
biostatistics
health analytics
applied data science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
436,264
2,110
187
Ranking Based On Selection: 62
Olagoke Akintola
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,025
781
0.386
Health promotion
community participation
school health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
436,371
2,112
229
Ranking Based On Selection: 63
Gill Nelson
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,024
944
0.466
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
439,871
2,144
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 64
Natalie Leon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,001
1,414
0.707
Public health
health systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
451,930
2,204
397
Ranking Based On Selection: 65
Sharon Kleintjes
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,927
926
0.481
public mental health policy
public mental health service development
recovery
service user participation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
458,408
2,241
197
Ranking Based On Selection: 66
Saloshni Naidoo
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,888
1,349
0.715
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
464,716
2,275
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 67
Andrew Medina-Marino
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,852
1,221
0.659
Public Health
Tuberculosis
HIV
Men's Health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
467,948
2,295
72
Ranking Based On Selection: 68
Tyrone Pretorius
University of the Western Cape
Bellville, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,833
1,019
0.556
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
471,655
2,307
203
Ranking Based On Selection: 69
Gugu Mchunu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,812
1,169
0.645
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
473,936
2,316
411
Ranking Based On Selection: 70
Jennifer Claire Hoving
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,799
1,073
0.596
Immunology
AIDS-related Mycoses
Tuberculosis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
488,653
2,387
426
Ranking Based On Selection: 71
Emma Kalk
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,720
1,192
0.693
maternal and child health
pharmacovigilance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
491,511
2,410
265
Ranking Based On Selection: 72
Judith Mwansa
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,706
623
0.365
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
494,466
2,429
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 73
Tendesayi Kufa
National Institute for Communicable Diseases
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,690
1,511
0.894
Epidemiology and prevention of HIV
TB and STIs
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
494,492
2,430
269
Ranking Based On Selection: 74
Aviva Tugendhaft
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,690
1,285
0.760
priority setting for health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
495,346
2,433
208
Ranking Based On Selection: 75
Rashmi Venugopala
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,686
1,264
0.750