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
37,589
29,221
0.777
* 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
25,490
9,198
0.361
* 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
22,297
9,098
0.408
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Macroeconomic Policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,572
11,479
0.737
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Environmental
Health
& Development Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,261
11,693
0.766
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Economics
political science
development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,138
4,583
0.411
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Poverty
Inequality
Social Mobility
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,864
4,168
0.423
* 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
8,942
2,906
0.325
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Politics
Philosophy and Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,727
8,190
0.938
* 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
8,552
3,589
0.420
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
development economics poverty land
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,955
1,879
0.236
* 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
7,897
3,306
0.419
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Tobacco Control
NCD prevention
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,325
2,827
0.386
* 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
7,291
3,551
0.487
* 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
6,970
5,491
0.788
* 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
6,685
3,116
0.466
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Development Economics
Health Economics
Microeconomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,151
4,138
0.673
* 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
6,112
4,992
0.817
* 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
5,886
2,134
0.363
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Education
Poverty
Literacy
Reading
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,723
3,795
0.663
* 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
5,110
3,937
0.770
* 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
4,730
1,906
0.403
* 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
4,312
2,906
0.674
* 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
4,144
2,142
0.517
* 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
3,861
2,205
0.571
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,751
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
37,589
29,221
0.777
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,667
84
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
25,490
9,198
0.361
Infectious Diseases
HIV
Tuberculosis
Health Economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,770
107
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
22,297
9,098
0.408
Water resources management
Water accounting
Water Footprint
Food
Irrigation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
56,869
190
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
15,572
11,479
0.737
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
58,390
194
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
AS Oyekale
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,261
11,693
0.766
Environmental
Health
& Development Economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
86,857
300
66
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
11,138
4,583
0.411
Economics
political science
development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
100,040
355
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
9,864
4,168
0.423
Poverty
Inequality
Social Mobility
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
111,874
409
60
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Ingrid Woolard
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,942
2,906
0.325
Poverty
inequality
unemployment
social assistance
impact evaluation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
114,996
426
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Smanga Hlongwa
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,727
8,190
0.938
Politics
Philosophy and Economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
117,623
440
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
8,552
3,589
0.420
Labour Economics
Poverty and Income Distribution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
127,497
480
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
7,955
1,879
0.236
development economics poverty land
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
128,542
492
119
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
7,897
3,306
0.419
Economic Methodology
Game Theory
Philosophy of Science
Experimental Economics
Addiction
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
139,461
549
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
7,325
2,827
0.386
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
140,155
551
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
7,291
3,551
0.487
Economic demography
Gender
Labour economics
Well-being
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
146,972
581
50
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Roula Inglesi-Lotz
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,970
5,491
0.788
Energy economics and policy
environmental economics
applied economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
153,461
605
146
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
6,685
3,116
0.466
Construction_industry
HIV_AIDS
Workplace_stress and construction management
HIV/AIDS and prevention
Workplace stress work-fa
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
167,201
665
159
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
6,151
4,138
0.673
Development Economics
Health Economics
Microeconomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
168,285
673
82
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Warren Maroun
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,112
4,992
0.817
Corporate governance
auditing
accountability
financial reporting
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
174,661
702
170
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
5,886
2,134
0.363
philosophy of social science philosophy of science
experimental economics
causality
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
179,635
732
100
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Nic Spaull
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,723
3,795
0.663
Education
Poverty
Literacy
Reading
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
200,501
831
105
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
5,110
3,937
0.770
Applied Financial Econometrics
Public Economics
Development Finance
Emerging Market Economies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
216,147
904
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
4,730
1,906
0.403
health inequalities
access to healthcare
health-related behaviours
mental health and well-being
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
235,501
985
223
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
4,312
2,906
0.674
Behavioral and Experimental Economics
Environmental Economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
244,360
1,033
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Andrea Saayman
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,144
2,142
0.517
Economics
Tourism Economics
Applied Econometrics
Forecasting
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
260,384
1,111
141
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Ronelle Burger
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,861
2,205
0.571
Development Economics
Health Economics
Policy Research