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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 :1
Evolutionary physiology - insect physiology - physiological plasticity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,242
7,006
0.529
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Epidemiology
climate change
health
biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,739
7,193
0.613
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Conservation biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,474
6,113
0.584
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Medical entomology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,088
2,133
0.264
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Biological Control
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,647
3,853
0.504
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Agricultural Entomology
Environmental Sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,983
3,926
0.562
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Invasion biology
distributions
distribution modelling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,651
3,610
0.543
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Entomology
Behaviour
Physiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,467
3,114
0.570
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Conservation Biology
Entomology
Landscape Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,451
3,419
0.768
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Forest entomology
invasive species
biological control
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,933
2,443
0.621
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Entomology
Systematics
Nomenclature
Evolutionary Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,767
1,384
0.367
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Conservation biology
ecology
mycology
entomology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,563
2,447
0.687
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Entomology
Ecology
Ecotoxicology
Limnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,075
1,319
0.429
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
conservation ecology
agricultural conservation
entomology
landscape ecology
invasive insect management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,139
1,916
0.896
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Insect behaviour
Chemical ecology
Analytical chemistry
Conservation
Edible Insects
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,467
1,151
0.785
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Entomology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,438
693
0.482
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
entomology
phylogenetics
systematics
biogeography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,355
911
0.672
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Herpetology
Mammalogy
Ornithology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,252
1,020
0.815
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Entomology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,234
666
0.540
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Entomology
Biological pest control
Microbiology
Plant health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,039
761
0.732
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Editing
Writing
Research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
809
218
0.269
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
entomology
Food Nutriceutical
Food product shelf-life
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
469
202
0.431
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Entomology
Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
445
310
0.697
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Applied entomology
Biodiversity Conservation
Ecology of Terrestrial & Freshwater Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
439
208
0.474
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Entomology
Ecology
Biocontrol
weeds
invasive
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
283
117
0.413
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
68,208
233
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
John S. Terblanche
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,242
7,006
0.529
Evolutionary physiology - insect physiology - physiological plasticity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
79,152
266
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Marlies Craig
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,739
7,193
0.613
Epidemiology
climate change
health
biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
90,761
316
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Peter Lindsey
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,474
6,113
0.584
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
121,726
452
60
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Richard H Hunt
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,088
2,133
0.264
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
129,559
494
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Martin P Hill
Rhodes University
Grahamstown, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,647
3,853
0.504
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
142,795
562
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Van Den Berg, J. Johnnie
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,983
3,926
0.562
Agricultural Entomology
Environmental Sciences
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
150,237
592
52
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Mark Robertson
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,651
3,610
0.543
Invasion biology
distributions
distribution modelling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
183,058
752
94
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Marcus Byrne
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,467
3,114
0.570
Entomology
Behaviour
Physiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
222,757
933
116
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
James Pryke
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,451
3,419
0.768
Conservation Biology
Entomology
Landscape Ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
249,840
1,059
96
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Brett Hurley
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,933
2,443
0.621
Forest entomology
invasive species
biological control
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
259,563
1,105
96
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Denis Brothers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,767
1,384
0.367
Entomology
Systematics
Nomenclature
Evolutionary Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
272,286
1,174
153
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Francois Roets
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,563
2,447
0.687
Conservation biology
ecology
mycology
entomology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
308,476
1,368
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Abraham Addo-Bediako
University of Limpopo
Mankweng, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,075
1,319
0.429
Entomology
Ecology
Ecotoxicology
Limnology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
409,804
1,917
249
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Rene Gaigher
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,139
1,916
0.896
conservation ecology
agricultural conservation
entomology
landscape ecology
invasive insect management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
531,805
2,594
257
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Abdullahi Ahmed Yusuf
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,467
1,151
0.785
Insect behaviour
Chemical ecology
Analytical chemistry
Conservation
Edible Insects
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
538,561
2,626
263
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Kerstin Krüger
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,438
693
0.482
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
558,792
2,740
273
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Catherine Sole
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,355
911
0.672
entomology
phylogenetics
systematics
biogeography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
586,286
2,917
296
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Darren W. Pietersen
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,252
1,020
0.815
Herpetology
Mammalogy
Ornithology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
591,452
2,946
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Aruna Manrakhan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,234
666
0.540
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
652,554
3,290
45
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Felix Nchu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,039
761
0.732
Entomology
Biological pest control
Microbiology
Plant health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
742,456
3,815
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Vicki Tolmay
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
809
218
0.269
Editing
Writing
Research
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
927,547
5,007
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Maboko Samuel Mphosi
University of Limpopo
Mankweng, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
469
202
0.431
entomology
Food Nutriceutical
Food product shelf-life
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
948,536
5,155
46
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Astrid Jankielsohn
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
445
310
0.697
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
954,209
5,204
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Augustine Suh Niba
Walter Sisulu University
Mthatha, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
439
208
0.474
Applied entomology
Biodiversity Conservation
Ecology of Terrestrial & Freshwater Systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,128,763
6,706
55
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Fritz Heystek
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
283
117
0.413
Entomology
Ecology
Biocontrol
weeds
invasive