Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Social Sciences and Humanities Highly Cited Researchers 561 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
Criminology
policing
environmental security
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,035
3,891
0.228
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
General Relativity
Dark Energy
Modified theories of gravity
Cosmology
Integrability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,669
6,936
0.800
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Salmonella
tuberculosis
campylobacter
Lawsonia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,126
2,198
0.359
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Systems analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,888
1,476
0.251
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Bioethics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,679
2,064
0.561
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
International Human Rights Law
Regional Human Rights Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,402
1,041
0.306
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
criminolgy
urban studies
ethnography
urban safety
security governance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,743
924
0.337
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
law and social change
courts and the poor
socio-economic rights including land
gender-based harm on campus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,928
668
0.346
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
rights & regulation
competition policy
legal profession
migration & citizenship
South & Southern Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,794
645
0.360
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Chldren's rights
family law
human rights
equality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,657
517
0.312
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
federalism
multilevel government
local government
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,592
682
0.428
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Law. health research
HIVm children
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,446
566
0.391
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
International children's rights
restorative justice
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,379
435
0.315
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
health
disability
race
culture. sexualities
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,331
433
0.325
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Local Government
Decentralisation
Federalism
intergovernmental relations
development planning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,271
590
0.464
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Public Procurement
Open Government
Integrity & Anti-Corruption
WTO Law
Development Law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,165
484
0.415
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Medical Law
Bioethics
Human Rights
Neuropathology
Public Health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,154
505
0.438
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Refugee and Immigration Law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,072
931
0.868
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Law
human rights
women's rights and violence against women
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,035
498
0.481
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Feminist qualitative research
sexual and reproductive health and rights
reproductive justice
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
992
640
0.645
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Legal pluralism
cultural diversity
law of succession
mixed jurisdictions
comparative judicialism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
857
392
0.457
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Medical law
ethics
law and literature
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
801
458
0.572
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
criminal justice
police
policing
identity
South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
793
431
0.544
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Human rights
international law
social justice
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
778
504
0.648
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
gender
family law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
775
214
0.276
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
51,545
164
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Clifford Shearing
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,035
3,891
0.228
Criminology
policing
environmental security
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
118,244
442
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Andronikos Paliathanasis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,669
6,936
0.800
General Relativity
Dark Energy
Modified theories of gravity
Cosmology
Integrability
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
171,082
686
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Ml Van Der Walt Swanepoel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,126
2,198
0.359
Salmonella
tuberculosis
campylobacter
Lawsonia
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
178,038
724
92
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Mary Scholes
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,888
1,476
0.251
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
276,566
1,195
158
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Keymanthri Moodley
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,679
2,064
0.561
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
295,951
1,296
116
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Frans Viljoen
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,402
1,041
0.306
International Human Rights Law
Regional Human Rights Systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
353,313
1,603
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Monique Michal Marks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,743
924
0.337
criminolgy
urban studies
ethnography
urban safety
security governance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
459,740
2,185
236
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Jackie Dugard
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,928
668
0.346
law and social change
courts and the poor
socio-economic rights including land
gender-based harm on campus
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
483,081
2,301
250
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Jonathan Klaaren
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,794
645
0.360
rights & regulation
competition policy
legal profession
migration & citizenship
South & Southern Africa
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
509,828
2,470
84
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Julia Sloth-Nielsen
University of the Western Cape
Bellville, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,657
517
0.312
Chldren's rights
family law
human rights
equality
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
523,261
2,550
86
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Nicolaas Steytler
University of the Western Cape
Bellville, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,592
682
0.428
federalism
multilevel government
local government
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
556,031
2,732
233
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Ann Strode
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,446
566
0.391
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
572,492
2,836
277
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Ann Skelton
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,379
435
0.315
International children's rights
restorative justice
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
584,854
2,911
286
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Charles Ngwena
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,331
433
0.325
health
disability
race
culture. sexualities
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
601,000
3,022
108
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Jaap De Visser
University of the Western Cape
Bellville, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,271
590
0.464
Local Government
Decentralisation
Federalism
intergovernmental relations
development planning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
632,087
3,183
391
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Sope Williams-Elegbe
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,165
484
0.415
Public Procurement
Open Government
Integrity & Anti-Corruption
WTO Law
Development Law
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
635,567
3,205
263
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Sylvester Chima|Sylvester C Chima, MD, Chima S C
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,154
505
0.438
Medical Law
Bioethics
Human Rights
Neuropathology
Public Health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
661,569
3,353
556
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Fatima Khan
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,072
931
0.868
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
674,400
3,432
562
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Rashida Manjoo
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,035
498
0.481
Law
human rights
women's rights and violence against women
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
689,514
3,526
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Ingrid Lynch
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
992
640
0.645
Feminist qualitative research
sexual and reproductive health and rights
reproductive justice
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
742,115
3,833
201
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Christa Rautenbach
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
857
392
0.457
Legal pluralism
cultural diversity
law of succession
mixed jurisdictions
comparative judicialism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
765,798
3,990
159
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Melodie Slabbert|Melodie Slabbert, Melodie Nöthling-Slabbert
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
801
458
0.572
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
769,365
4,012
632
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Andrew Faull
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
793
431
0.544
criminal justice
police
policing
identity
South Africa
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
775,864
4,046
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Narnia Bohler-Muller
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
778
504
0.648
Human rights
international law
social justice
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
777,410
4,056
411
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Elsje Bonthuys
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
775
214
0.276