Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
History, Philosophy, Theology Highly Cited Researchers 349 Scientists Citation in South Africa Rankings - 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) list 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
African politics
history
colonialism
race
enlightenment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,083
37,325
0.548
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
rock art
shell middens
human evolution
South African Prehistory
San hunter gatherers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,472
2,740
0.262
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,737
1,802
0.314
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
African Philosophy
Philosophy of Education
Global Citizenship
Democratic Citizenship Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,690
2,763
0.486
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Postcolonial literary studies
print culture
book history
oceanic studies
Indian Ocean studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,880
1,696
0.348
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,725
1,363
0.288
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Philosophy of Science
Addiction
Self-control
Physicalism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,069
1,509
0.371
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
18th and early 19th century Cape history
early modern Indian Ocean history
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,839
853
0.222
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
African History
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,601
824
0.229
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
social-ecological research
complex adaptive systems
philosophy
transformative change toward sustainable futures
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,572
2,965
0.830
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Systematic theology
ecotheology
ecumenical theology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,566
1,594
0.447
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Social and political change
African studies
comparative labour history
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,536
1,205
0.341
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
History
Critical Archival Theory
Methodology and Archives
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,968
727
0.245
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
South African History
Ethnicity and Nationalism
Film and History
Urban History
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,918
662
0.227
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Contemporary islam
Qur'an
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,916
1,004
0.344
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Indian Diaspora
Islam in South Africa
Sports History
Citizenship
Transnationalism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,684
1,035
0.386
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
African history
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,623
1,112
0.424
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Philosophy of Education
Higher Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,267
812
0.358
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
History
South Africa
Biometrics
States
Gold Mining
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,158
971
0.450
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Environmental History
19th and 20th Century South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,935
551
0.285
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
historical information
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,902
1,095
0.576
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
History of Medicine
History of South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,835
1,047
0.571
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Theology
Aesthetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,796
543
0.302
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
modern South African history
immigration
sexuality
youth
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,788
410
0.229
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
African Philosophy
Logic
Decoloniality
Racism
Ethics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,787
1,376
0.770
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,273
19
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Achille Mbembe
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,083
37,325
0.548
African politics
history
colonialism
race
enlightenment
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
95,320
337
81
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
John Parkington
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,472
2,740
0.262
rock art
shell middens
human evolution
South African Prehistory
San hunter gatherers
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
182,716
749
95
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Lucy Allais
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,737
1,802
0.314
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
184,191
756
101
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Yusef Waghid
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,690
2,763
0.486
African Philosophy
Philosophy of Education
Global Citizenship
Democratic Citizenship Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
213,824
895
113
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Isabel Hofmeyr
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,880
1,696
0.348
Postcolonial literary studies
print culture
book history
oceanic studies
Indian Ocean studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
220,513
928
78
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Gerald West
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,725
1,363
0.288
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
253,260
1,084
93
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
David Spurrett
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,069
1,509
0.371
Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Philosophy of Science
Addiction
Self-control
Physicalism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
266,606
1,141
249
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Nigel Worden
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,839
853
0.222
18th and early 19th century Cape history
early modern Indian Ocean history
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
281,832
1,223
148
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Peter Delius
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,601
824
0.229
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
283,725
1,235
163
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Rika Preiser
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,572
2,965
0.830
social-ecological research
complex adaptive systems
philosophy
transformative change toward sustainable futures
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
284,159
1,241
40
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Ernst M. Conradie
University of the Western Cape
Bellville, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,566
1,594
0.447
Systematic theology
ecotheology
ecumenical theology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
286,191
1,249
84
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Peter Alexander
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,536
1,205
0.341
Social and political change
African studies
comparative labour history
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
331,492
1,485
312
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Carolyn Hamilton
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,968
727
0.245
History
Critical Archival Theory
Methodology and Archives
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
336,033
1,515
318
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Vivian Bickford-Smith
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,918
662
0.227
South African History
Ethnicity and Nationalism
Film and History
Urban History
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
336,203
1,516
102
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Farid Esack
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,916
1,004
0.344
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
359,502
1,640
142
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Goolam Vahed
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,684
1,035
0.386
Indian Diaspora
Islam in South Africa
Sports History
Citizenship
Transnationalism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
365,983
1,666
165
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Alois Mlambo
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,623
1,112
0.424
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
408,859
1,919
55
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Philip Higgs
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,267
812
0.358
Philosophy of Education
Higher Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
424,036
2,012
213
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Keith Breckenridge
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,158
971
0.450
History
South Africa
Biometrics
States
Gold Mining
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
458,575
2,176
400
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Lance Van Sittert
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,935
551
0.285
Environmental History
19th and 20th Century South Africa
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
464,024
2,215
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Sive Masawe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,902
1,095
0.576
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
475,587
2,270
412
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Rebecca Hodes
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,835
1,047
0.571
History of Medicine
History of South Africa
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
482,734
2,300
291
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Johan Cilliers
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,796
543
0.302
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
484,247
2,306
251
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Clive Glaser
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,788
410
0.229
modern South African history
immigration
sexuality
youth
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
484,293
2,307
223
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Jonathan Okeke Chimakonam
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,787
1,376
0.770
African Philosophy
Logic
Decoloniality
Racism
Ethics