Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
South Africa 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
Macroecomomics
forecasting
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,086
28,745
0.775
* 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
25,357
9,073
0.358
* 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
22,168
8,987
0.405
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Macroeconomic Policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,316
11,238
0.734
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Environmental
Health
& Development Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,090
11,538
0.765
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Economics
political science
development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,051
4,498
0.407
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Poverty
Inequality
Social Mobility
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,778
4,094
0.419
* 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
8,888
2,868
0.323
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Politics
Philosophy and Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,535
8,001
0.937
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Labour Economics
Poverty and Income Distribution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,479
3,528
0.416
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
development economics poverty land
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,908
1,845
0.233
* 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
7,835
3,255
0.415
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Tobacco Control
NCD prevention
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,271
2,772
0.381
* 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
7,208
3,476
0.482
* 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
6,871
5,391
0.785
* 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
6,625
3,061
0.462
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Development Economics
Health Economics
Microeconomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,072
4,057
0.668
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Corporate governance
auditing
accountability
financial reporting
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,995
4,879
0.814
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
philosophy of social science philosophy of science
experimental economics
causality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,866
2,119
0.361
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Education
Poverty
Literacy
Reading
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,645
3,722
0.659
* 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
5,028
3,862
0.768
* 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
4,696
1,875
0.399
* 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
4,265
2,860
0.671
* 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
4,115
2,114
0.514
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Development Economics
Health Economics
Policy Research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,828
2,178
0.569
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,023
47
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Rangan Gupta
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,086
28,745
0.775
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,773
86
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
25,357
9,073
0.358
Infectious Diseases
HIV
Tuberculosis
Health Economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,950
110
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
22,168
8,987
0.405
Water resources management
Water accounting
Water Footprint
Food
Irrigation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
57,935
198
6
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
15,316
11,238
0.734
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
59,064
201
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
AS Oyekale
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,090
11,538
0.765
Environmental
Health
& Development Economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
87,414
312
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
11,051
4,498
0.407
Economics
political science
development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
100,788
368
88
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
9,778
4,094
0.419
Poverty
Inequality
Social Mobility
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
112,328
425
63
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Ingrid Woolard
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,888
2,868
0.323
Poverty
inequality
unemployment
social assistance
impact evaluation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
117,580
453
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Smanga Hlongwa
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,535
8,001
0.937
Politics
Philosophy and Economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
118,454
458
109
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Haroon Bhorat
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,479
3,528
0.416
Labour Economics
Poverty and Income Distribution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
128,004
493
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
7,908
1,845
0.233
development economics poverty land
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
129,326
506
117
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
7,835
3,255
0.415
Economic Methodology
Game Theory
Philosophy of Science
Experimental Economics
Addiction
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
140,188
567
130
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
7,271
2,772
0.381
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
141,462
575
76
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
7,208
3,476
0.482
Economic demography
Gender
Labour economics
Well-being
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
148,836
604
54
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Roula Inglesi-Lotz
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,871
5,391
0.785
Energy economics and policy
environmental economics
applied economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
154,540
627
145
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
6,625
3,061
0.462
Construction_industry
HIV_AIDS
Workplace_stress and construction management
HIV/AIDS and prevention
Workplace stress work-fa
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
168,985
695
160
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
6,072
4,057
0.668
Development Economics
Health Economics
Microeconomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
171,072
709
86
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Warren Maroun
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,995
4,879
0.814
Corporate governance
auditing
accountability
financial reporting
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
174,831
728
168
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Harold Kincaid
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,866
2,119
0.361
philosophy of social science philosophy of science
experimental economics
causality
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
181,652
763
105
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Nic Spaull
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,645
3,722
0.659
Education
Poverty
Literacy
Reading
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
203,229
869
109
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
5,028
3,862
0.768
Applied Financial Econometrics
Public Economics
Development Finance
Emerging Market Economies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
217,193
937
119
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Frederik Booysen
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,696
1,875
0.399
health inequalities
access to healthcare
health-related behaviours
mental health and well-being
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
237,397
1,031
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
4,265
2,860
0.671
Behavioral and Experimental Economics
Environmental Economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
245,398
1,067
49
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Andrea Saayman
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,115
2,114
0.514
Economics
Tourism Economics
Applied Econometrics
Forecasting
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
261,852
1,149
145
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Ronelle Burger
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,828
2,178
0.569
Development Economics
Health Economics
Policy Research