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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
Macroecomomics
forecasting
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,126
27,819
0.770
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Infectious Diseases
HIV
Tuberculosis
Health Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,131
8,881
0.353
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Water resources management
Water accounting
Water Footprint
Food
Irrigation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,884
8,754
0.400
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Macroeconomic Policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,854
10,787
0.726
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Environmental
Health
& Development Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,793
11,260
0.761
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Economics
political science
development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,878
4,345
0.399
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Poverty
Inequality
Social Mobility
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,625
3,960
0.411
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Poverty
inequality
unemployment
social assistance
impact evaluation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,768
2,766
0.315
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Labour Economics
Poverty and Income Distribution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,287
3,366
0.406
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Politics
Philosophy and Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,160
7,636
0.936
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
development economics poverty land
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,813
1,777
0.227
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Economic Methodology
Game Theory
Philosophy of Science
Experimental Economics
Addiction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,745
3,190
0.412
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Tobacco Control
NCD prevention
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,144
2,661
0.372
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Economic demography
Gender
Labour economics
Well-being
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,030
3,324
0.473
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Energy economics and policy
environmental economics
applied economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,653
5,182
0.779
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Construction_industry
HIV_AIDS
Workplace_stress and construction management
HIV/AIDS and prevention
Workplace stress work-fa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,494
2,950
0.454
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Development Economics
Health Economics
Microeconomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,926
3,930
0.663
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
philosophy of social science philosophy of science
experimental economics
causality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,785
2,075
0.359
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Corporate governance
auditing
accountability
financial reporting
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,774
4,666
0.808
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Education
Poverty
Literacy
Reading
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,516
3,597
0.652
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Applied Financial Econometrics
Public Economics
Development Finance
Emerging Market Economies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,826
3,685
0.764
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
health inequalities
access to healthcare
health-related behaviours
mental health and well-being
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,626
1,812
0.392
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Behavioral and Experimental Economics
Environmental Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,162
2,765
0.664
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Economics
Tourism Economics
Applied Econometrics
Forecasting
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,042
2,049
0.507
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
evidence microfinance agriculture consumer involvement
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,746
1,813
0.484
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,211
44
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Rangan Gupta
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,126
27,819
0.770
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,347
82
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Ian Sanne
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,131
8,881
0.353
Infectious Diseases
HIV
Tuberculosis
Health Economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,607
106
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Ashok Chapagain
University of the Free State
Bloemfontein, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,884
8,754
0.400
Water resources management
Water accounting
Water Footprint
Food
Irrigation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
58,743
195
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Nicholas M Odhiambo
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,854
10,787
0.726
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
59,064
197
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
AS Oyekale
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,793
11,260
0.761
Environmental
Health
& Development Economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
86,817
300
67
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
J Paul Dunne
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,878
4,345
0.399
Economics
political science
development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
99,969
355
89
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Murray Leibbrandt
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,625
3,960
0.411
Poverty
Inequality
Social Mobility
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
111,186
403
62
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Ingrid Woolard
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,768
2,766
0.315
Poverty
inequality
unemployment
social assistance
impact evaluation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
118,517
440
110
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Haroon Bhorat
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,287
3,366
0.406
Labour Economics
Poverty and Income Distribution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
120,563
448
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Smanga Hlongwa
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,160
7,636
0.936
Politics
Philosophy and Economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
126,494
472
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Julian May
University of the Western Cape
Bellville, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,813
1,777
0.227
development economics poverty land
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
127,720
480
115
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Don Ross
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,745
3,190
0.412
Economic Methodology
Game Theory
Philosophy of Science
Experimental Economics
Addiction
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
139,367
543
129
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Hana Ross
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,144
2,661
0.372
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
141,751
555
73
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Dorrit Posel|D.R.Posel, Dori Posel
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,030
3,324
0.473
Economic demography
Gender
Labour economics
Well-being
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
150,187
590
51
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Roula Inglesi-Lotz
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,653
5,182
0.779
Energy economics and policy
environmental economics
applied economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
153,995
603
144
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Paul Bowen
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,494
2,950
0.454
Construction_industry
HIV_AIDS
Workplace_stress and construction management
HIV/AIDS and prevention
Workplace stress work-fa
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
169,004
676
163
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
John Ele-Ojo Ataguba
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,926
3,930
0.663
Development Economics
Health Economics
Microeconomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
173,144
695
168
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Harold Kincaid
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,785
2,075
0.359
philosophy of social science philosophy of science
experimental economics
causality
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
173,451
697
85
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Warren Maroun
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,774
4,666
0.808
Corporate governance
auditing
accountability
financial reporting
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
181,428
740
100
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Nic Spaull
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,516
3,597
0.652
Education
Poverty
Literacy
Reading
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
206,431
856
108
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Imhotep P. Alagidede
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,826
3,685
0.764
Applied Financial Econometrics
Public Economics
Development Finance
Emerging Market Economies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
215,007
897
115
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Frederik Booysen
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,626
1,812
0.392
health inequalities
access to healthcare
health-related behaviours
mental health and well-being
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
237,065
994
226
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Martine Visser
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,162
2,765
0.664
Behavioral and Experimental Economics
Environmental Economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
243,642
1,030
46
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Andrea Saayman
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,042
2,049
0.507
Economics
Tourism Economics
Applied Econometrics
Forecasting
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
260,757
1,115
72
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Ruth Stewart
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,746
1,813
0.484
evidence microfinance agriculture consumer involvement