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Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) and the list of the most cited and influential researchers cover a wide range of scientific fields, spanning 197 main and sub-disciplines, as well as the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings, offering a unique service. Additionally, the list without CERN, Statistical Data, etc., provided exclusively by “AD Scientific Index”, is part of our effort to balance the situation created by CERN and researchers with statistical data, who have an advantage over others, especially those in the social and humanities fields. There should be new regulations for multi-author and CERN papers. Citation lists also reveal many rule violations and unethical practices. See also for more specific citation analyses: 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 :76
Sustainability Accounting
Integrated Reporting
Sustainable Investments
Green Finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,572
1,494
0.950
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :77
Industrial economics
microeconomics
international trade
economic development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,539
1,320
0.858
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :78
Economics of Education
Micro Finance and Entrepreneurship
BRICS and African Economy
Globalisation and Developing world
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,531
719
0.470
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :79
Labour Economics
Microeconometrics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,526
731
0.479
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :80
Economics of education
development economics
data quality
consequences of teenage childbearing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,524
823
0.540
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :81
Macroeconomic modelling
applied econometrics. financial markets
international trade and finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,521
845
0.556
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :82
International trade
Export promotion
Economic development
Global Value Chains
Trade Facilitation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,494
531
0.355
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :83
applied microeconomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,491
604
0.405
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :84
Economics
South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,486
527
0.355
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :85
Economics
economic development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,485
611
0.411
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :86
Environmental Economics
Taxation Economics
Econometrics
Agricultural Economics
Health Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,478
1,475
0.998
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :87
Evidence-informed policy-making
evidence synthesis
systematic reviews
evidence maps
responsive evidence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,446
1,167
0.807
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :88
Financial management
supply chain management
ethics
good governance
accountability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,444
980
0.679
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :89
Financial Innovation
Networks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,439
711
0.494
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :90
Land rights
customary law
gender
law and society
power relations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,432
442
0.309
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :91
Functional Analysis
Spectral theory of differential operators
inverse problems
stochastic processes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,400
500
0.357
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :92
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,390
1,244
0.895
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :93
development studies
community development
local development
community protests
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,369
415
0.303
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :94
Monetary Economics
Macroeconomics
Political Economy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,366
552
0.404
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :95
macroeconomics
climate change and central banking
fiscal policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,351
1,081
0.800
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :96
CGE modelling
Public Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,336
568
0.425
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :97
Applied macroeconomics
Panel data econometrics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,321
914
0.692
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :98
Economics
micro-econometrics
survey methodology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,320
831
0.630
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :99
Health systems research
Health economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,319
568
0.431
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :100
industrial economics
managerial economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,314
93
0.071
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
508,393
2,457
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 76
Fortune Ganda
Walter Sisulu University
Mthatha, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,572
1,494
0.950
Sustainability Accounting
Integrated Reporting
Sustainable Investments
Green Finance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
515,644
2,496
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 77
Witness Simbanegavi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,539
1,320
0.858
Industrial economics
microeconomics
international trade
economic development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
517,568
2,513
120
Ranking Based On Selection: 78
Ravinder Rena
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,531
719
0.470
Economics of Education
Micro Finance and Entrepreneurship
BRICS and African Economy
Globalisation and Developing world
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
518,638
2,519
314
Ranking Based On Selection: 79
Rulof Burger
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,526
731
0.479
Labour Economics
Microeconometrics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
519,075
2,522
457
Ranking Based On Selection: 80
Nicola Branson
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,524
823
0.540
Economics of education
development economics
data quality
consequences of teenage childbearing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
519,718
2,526
161
Ranking Based On Selection: 81
Joel Hinaunye Eita
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,521
845
0.556
Macroeconomic modelling
applied econometrics. financial markets
international trade and finance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
525,820
2,558
123
Ranking Based On Selection: 82
Wilma Viviers
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,494
531
0.355
International trade
Export promotion
Economic development
Global Value Chains
Trade Facilitation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
526,464
2,565
318
Ranking Based On Selection: 83
Neil Rankin
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,491
604
0.405
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
527,621
2,573
125
Ranking Based On Selection: 84
Waldo Krugell
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,486
527
0.355
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
527,838
2,575
462
Ranking Based On Selection: 85
Anthony Black
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,485
611
0.411
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
529,223
2,580
166
Ranking Based On Selection: 86
Maxwell Chukwudi Udeagha
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,478
1,475
0.998
Environmental Economics
Taxation Economics
Econometrics
Agricultural Economics
Health Economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
536,643
2,614
172
Ranking Based On Selection: 87
Laurenz Langer|Laurenz Mahlanza-Langer
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,446
1,167
0.807
Evidence-informed policy-making
evidence synthesis
systematic reviews
evidence maps
responsive evidence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
537,122
2,617
262
Ranking Based On Selection: 88
David Fourie
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,444
980
0.679
Financial management
supply chain management
ethics
good governance
accountability
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
538,324
2,623
473
Ranking Based On Selection: 89
Co-Pierre Georg
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,439
711
0.494
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
539,995
2,634
475
Ranking Based On Selection: 90
Aninka Claassens
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,432
442
0.309
Land rights
customary law
gender
law and society
power relations
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
547,630
2,675
282
Ranking Based On Selection: 91
Bruce A Watson
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,400
500
0.357
Functional Analysis
Spectral theory of differential operators
inverse problems
stochastic processes
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
549,953
2,697
93
Ranking Based On Selection: 92
Sin-Yu Ho
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,390
1,244
0.895
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
555,369
2,724
134
Ranking Based On Selection: 93
Lucius Botes
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,369
415
0.303
development studies
community development
local development
community protests
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
556,141
2,728
270
Ranking Based On Selection: 94
Nicola Viegi
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,366
552
0.404
Monetary Economics
Macroeconomics
Political Economy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
559,768
2,747
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 95
Konstantin Makrelov
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,351
1,081
0.800
macroeconomics
climate change and central banking
fiscal policy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
563,812
2,779
279
Ranking Based On Selection: 96
Jan Van Heerden
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,336
568
0.425
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
567,649
2,805
281
Ranking Based On Selection: 97
Renee Van Eyden
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,321
914
0.692
Applied macroeconomics
Panel data econometrics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
567,910
2,808
494
Ranking Based On Selection: 98
Reza Che Daniels
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,320
831
0.630
Economics
micro-econometrics
survey methodology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
568,216
2,811
346
Ranking Based On Selection: 99
Lungiswa Nkonki
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,319
568
0.431
Health systems research
Health economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
569,630
2,820
297
Ranking Based On Selection: 100
William Duncan Reekie
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,314
93
0.071
industrial economics
managerial economics