Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Agriculture & Forestry / Forestry 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 :1
forest protection
mycology
entomology
biotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,656
36,489
0.458
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Agricultural and Rural Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,418
5,345
0.176
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Evolutionary biology
pollination biology
plant reproduction
chemical ecology
invasion biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,523
10,414
0.408
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Microbial Ecology
Soil Metagenomics
Plant-Microbe Interactions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,660
22,370
0.907
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Postharvest Technology
Food Science and Technology
Biosystems Engineering
Horticultural Science
Pomegranate
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,970
14,263
0.752
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Climate Change
Forestry
Carbon
Drylands
Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,374
10,879
0.664
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Andrology
Oxidative stress
Medicinal Plants
reactive oxygen species
male infertility
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,914
10,900
0.685
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Marine ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,095
5,338
0.354
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
fisheries
marine
Benguela
indicators
ecosystem
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,918
5,419
0.389
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Plant ecology
vegetation-environmental relations
biogeography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,896
4,885
0.352
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Evolutionary physiology - insect physiology - physiological plasticity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,628
7,382
0.542
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Plant ecology
plant ecophysiology
conservation biology
invasion biology
ethnoecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,431
4,725
0.352
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Plant Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,132
4,178
0.318
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Plant Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,844
3,580
0.279
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
microbiology
plant pathology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,636
5,227
0.414
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Epidemiology
climate change
health
biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,417
7,792
0.628
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Marine invertebrate biodiversity
marine alien species
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,356
3,807
0.308
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Plant systematics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,827
3,641
0.308
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Plant Breeding
Plant Genetics
Quantitative Genetics
Crop Science
Agricultural Plant Sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,188
9,537
0.852
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Pollen analysis
palaeoscience
palynology
palaeoecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,795
3,606
0.334
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Conservation biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,719
6,333
0.591
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Plant Physiology (Legume/Rhizobium Symbiosis)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,631
4,691
0.441
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
plant ecophysiology
plant desiccation tolerance
seed biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,472
2,524
0.241
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Plant ecophysiology and ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,404
4,818
0.463
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Historical Ecology
Conservation Biology
Arid Lands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,179
3,624
0.356
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,678
11
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Mike Wingfield
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,656
36,489
0.458
forest protection
mycology
entomology
biotechnology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,882
61
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Hans P. Binswanger-Mkhize
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,418
5,345
0.176
Agricultural and Rural Development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,619
83
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Steven D. Johnson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,523
10,414
0.408
Evolutionary biology
pollination biology
plant reproduction
chemical ecology
invasion biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,127
92
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Olubukola Oluranti Babalola
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,660
22,370
0.907
Microbial Ecology
Soil Metagenomics
Plant-Microbe Interactions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43,520
136
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Umezuruike Linus Opara
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,970
14,263
0.752
Postharvest Technology
Food Science and Technology
Biosystems Engineering
Horticultural Science
Pomegranate
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
53,149
173
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Cheikh Mbow
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,374
10,879
0.664
Climate Change
Forestry
Carbon
Drylands
Africa
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
55,318
183
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Ralf Henkel
University of the Western Cape
Bellville, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,914
10,900
0.685
Andrology
Oxidative stress
Medicinal Plants
reactive oxygen species
male infertility
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
59,279
197
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Christopher Mcquaid
Rhodes University
Grahamstown, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,095
5,338
0.354
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
65,957
225
46
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Lynne Shannon
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,918
5,419
0.389
fisheries
marine
Benguela
indicators
ecosystem
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
66,113
226
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Michael Rutherford
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,896
4,885
0.352
Plant ecology
vegetation-environmental relations
biogeography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
67,770
229
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
John S. Terblanche
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,628
7,382
0.542
Evolutionary physiology - insect physiology - physiological plasticity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
69,000
235
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
ETF Witkowski
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,431
4,725
0.352
Plant ecology
plant ecophysiology
conservation biology
invasion biology
ethnoecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
71,073
239
49
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Jill M. Farrant
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,132
4,178
0.318
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
73,047
242
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Karl Kunert
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,844
3,580
0.279
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
74,584
248
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Teresa Coutinho
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,636
5,227
0.414
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
76,151
255
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Marlies Craig
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,417
7,792
0.628
Epidemiology
climate change
health
biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
76,557
258
53
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Charles Griffiths
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,356
3,807
0.308
Marine invertebrate biodiversity
marine alien species
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
80,734
275
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
John Manning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,827
3,641
0.308
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
86,386
298
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Hussien Shimelis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,188
9,537
0.852
Plant Breeding
Plant Genetics
Quantitative Genetics
Crop Science
Agricultural Plant Sciences
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
90,151
311
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Louis Scott
University of the Free State
Bloemfontein, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,795
3,606
0.334
Pollen analysis
palaeoscience
palynology
palaeoecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
90,898
315
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Peter Lindsey
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,719
6,333
0.591
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
91,829
318
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Felix Dapare Dakora
Tshwane University of Technology
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,631
4,691
0.441
Plant Physiology (Legume/Rhizobium Symbiosis)
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
93,417
324
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Norman Pammenter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,472
2,524
0.241
plant ecophysiology
plant desiccation tolerance
seed biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
94,103
331
79
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Michael Denis Cramer
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,404
4,818
0.463
Plant ecophysiology and ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
96,563
343
86
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
M. Timm Hoffman
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,179
3,624
0.356
Historical Ecology
Conservation Biology
Arid Lands