Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
South Africa Highly Cited Researchers CitationNatural Sciences / Chemical Sciences 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
medicinal chemistry
peptides
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,729
25,958
0.474
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
corrosion
corrosion inhibition
corrosion of metals
adsorption
quantum chemical calculations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,952
25,688
0.659
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Photophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,581
13,636
0.383
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Proteomics
Bioinformatics
Mass Spectrometry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,759
13,112
0.472
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Nanotechnology for Water Treatment
Membrane Technology
Water Treatment Technologies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,093
15,235
0.758
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
supramolecular chemistry
crystal engineering
materials chemistry
solid-state chemistry
porous materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,209
4,990
0.260
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Organic synthesis
Cage chemistry
TB drugs
HIV PR inhibitors
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,566
12,361
0.704
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Medicinal Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,607
11,556
0.740
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Catalysis
ozone
oxidation
green chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,634
10,112
0.691
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,774
6,998
0.508
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Nanoscience/nanotechnology
Materials science
Composite/nanocomposite
Water Research & Inorg. Chem
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,959
8,165
0.630
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Conducting Polymers
Electroanalysis
Electrochemical Energy
Nanomaterials
Sensors
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,243
6,357
0.519
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Electrochemistry
Batteries
Fuel Cells
Electrolyzers
Sensors
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,795
5,851
0.496
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
radical polymerization
RAFT
ATRP
nanomedicine
drug delivery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,757
3,452
0.294
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Thermodynamics of solution
DESs
Ionic Liquids
Corrosion
Separation Technology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,195
8,640
0.772
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Malaria
inorganic chemistry
iron
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,558
3,299
0.312
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,373
5,017
0.484
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Catalysis
transmission electron microscopy
materials science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,904
3,200
0.323
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
membranes
hydrogen
fuel cells
electrolysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,889
7,682
0.777
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Chemical Thermodynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,781
4,944
0.505
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Analytical Chemistry
Aquatic Toxicology
Chromatography
Mass spectrometry
Food Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,479
7,495
0.791
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Nanomaterials
Catalysis
Environmental Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,444
6,358
0.673
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
all
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,300
2,719
0.292
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,542
5,162
0.604
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Electrochemistry
electrochemical biosensors
electrochemical sensors
photoelectrochemistry
water treatment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,896
6,006
0.761
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,671
25
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Fernando Albericio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,729
25,958
0.474
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,910
43
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Eno E. Ebenso
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,952
25,688
0.659
corrosion
corrosion inhibition
corrosion of metals
adsorption
quantum chemical calculations
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,164
48
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Tebello Nyokong
Rhodes University
Grahamstown, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,581
13,636
0.383
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,223
70
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
David L. Tabb
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,759
13,112
0.472
Proteomics
Bioinformatics
Mass Spectrometry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
40,335
123
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Bhekie Mamba
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,093
15,235
0.758
Nanotechnology for Water Treatment
Membrane Technology
Water Treatment Technologies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
42,809
135
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Len Barbour
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,209
4,990
0.260
supramolecular chemistry
crystal engineering
materials chemistry
solid-state chemistry
porous materials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
48,411
155
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Gert (Hg) Kruger|Hendrik Gerhardus Kruger
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,566
12,361
0.704
Organic synthesis
Cage chemistry
TB drugs
HIV PR inhibitors
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
56,692
189
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Beatriz G. De La Torre
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,607
11,556
0.740
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
61,703
206
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Jonnalagadda, SB
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,634
10,112
0.691
Catalysis
ozone
oxidation
green chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
66,857
228
47
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Kelly Chibale
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,774
6,998
0.508
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
72,223
241
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Ajay Kumar Mishra
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,959
8,165
0.630
Nanoscience/nanotechnology
Materials science
Composite/nanocomposite
Water Research & Inorg. Chem
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
77,409
263
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Emmanuel Iwuoha
University of the Western Cape
Bellville, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,243
6,357
0.519
Conducting Polymers
Electroanalysis
Electrochemical Energy
Nanomaterials
Sensors
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
81,009
276
40
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Kenneth Ikechukwu Ozoemena
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,795
5,851
0.496
Electrochemistry
Batteries
Fuel Cells
Electrolyzers
Sensors
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
81,318
277
43
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Bert Klumperman
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,757
3,452
0.294
radical polymerization
RAFT
ATRP
nanomedicine
drug delivery
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
86,312
297
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Indra Bahadur
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,195
8,640
0.772
Thermodynamics of solution
DESs
Ionic Liquids
Corrosion
Separation Technology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
92,568
320
75
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Timothy J Egan
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,558
3,299
0.312
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
94,470
332
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
John Mack
Rhodes University
Grahamstown, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,373
5,017
0.484
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
99,586
349
87
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Patricia Kooyman
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,904
3,200
0.323
Catalysis
transmission electron microscopy
materials science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
99,763
351
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Dmitri Bessarabov
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,889
7,682
0.777
membranes
hydrogen
fuel cells
electrolysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
100,996
361
55
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Deresh Ramjugernath
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,781
4,944
0.505
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
104,670
374
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Titus AM Msagati
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,479
7,495
0.791
Analytical Chemistry
Aquatic Toxicology
Chromatography
Mass spectrometry
Food Chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
105,098
376
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Leslie Petrik
University of the Western Cape
Bellville, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,444
6,358
0.673
Nanomaterials
Catalysis
Environmental Chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
107,045
383
96
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Mino Caira
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,300
2,719
0.292
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
117,776
442
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Jeanet Conradie
University of the Free State
Bloemfontein, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,542
5,162
0.604
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
128,550
493
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Omotayo Arotiba
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,896
6,006
0.761
Electrochemistry
electrochemical biosensors
electrochemical sensors
photoelectrochemistry
water treatment