Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Economics & Econometrics / Accounting & Finance Highly Cited Researchers 283 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
Water resources management
Water accounting
Water Footprint
Food
Irrigation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,641
7,766
0.343
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Corporate governance
auditing
accountability
financial reporting
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,385
4,697
0.736
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Applied Financial Econometrics
Public Economics
Development Finance
Emerging Market Economies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,274
3,686
0.699
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
evidence microfinance agriculture consumer involvement
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,932
1,694
0.431
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Political economy
macroeconomics
development
finance and banking
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,364
796
0.237
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Corporate Finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,188
2,247
0.705
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Agricultural Development Economics
Environmental Economics
Food Security
Natural Resource Use
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,938
2,433
0.828
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Financial markets
Forecasting
Econometric
Entrepreneurship
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,456
731
0.298
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Economic modelling (Energy and Finance)
Macroeconomics
Mineral and Commodity Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,244
1,569
0.699
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Insurance Finance
Development Finance
Industrial Organization of Financial Institutions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,199
1,638
0.745
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
financial reporting
sustainability reporting
integrated reporting
non-GAAP earnings
capital market research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,970
1,492
0.757
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Sustainability Accounting
Integrated Reporting
Sustainable Investments
Green Finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,849
1,714
0.927
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
International Investments
Pricing of Risk
Capital Markets Development
Project and Infrastructure Finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,765
1,229
0.696
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Economics and Finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,739
837
0.481
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Land rights
customary law
gender
law and society
power relations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,476
374
0.253
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Financial Accounting
Auditing
Management Accounting
Taxation
Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,354
773
0.571
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Finance and Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,307
1,130
0.865
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Financial management
supply chain management
ethics
good governance
accountability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,235
745
0.603
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,207
911
0.755
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Business Research Methods
Labour relations
Entrepreneurial learning
Strategic Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,162
618
0.532
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Leadership
Finance
Investments
Strategy
Project Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,139
270
0.237
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
microfinance
poverty
entrepreneurship
technology acceptance
consumer behaviour
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,137
685
0.602
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Entrepreneurship
Business and Finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,093
582
0.532
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Taxation. Finance. Auditing. Research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,086
714
0.657
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
asset pricing
investment portfolio risk
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,005
199
0.198
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,931
108
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Ashok Chapagain
University of the Free State
Bloemfontein, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,641
7,766
0.343
Water resources management
Water accounting
Water Footprint
Food
Irrigation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
164,470
652
82
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Warren Maroun
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,385
4,697
0.736
Corporate governance
auditing
accountability
financial reporting
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
198,729
824
106
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Imhotep P. Alagidede
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,274
3,686
0.699
Applied Financial Econometrics
Public Economics
Development Finance
Emerging Market Economies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
261,626
1,117
75
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Ruth Stewart
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,932
1,694
0.431
evidence microfinance agriculture consumer involvement
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
299,408
1,322
154
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Vishnu Padayachee
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,364
796
0.237
Political economy
macroeconomics
development
finance and banking
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
313,037
1,388
129
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
John Henry Hall
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,188
2,247
0.705
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
334,817
1,505
129
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Ljs Baiyegunhi.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,938
2,433
0.828
Agricultural Development Economics
Environmental Economics
Food Security
Natural Resource Use
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
385,952
1,786
233
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Eon Smit
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,456
731
0.298
Financial markets
Forecasting
Econometric
Entrepreneurship
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
412,756
1,939
208
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Ismail Fasanya
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,244
1,569
0.699
Economic modelling (Energy and Finance)
Macroeconomics
Mineral and Commodity Economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
418,910
1,977
365
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Abdul Latif Alhassan|LATIF ALHASSAN
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,199
1,638
0.745
Insurance Finance
Development Finance
Industrial Organization of Financial Institutions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
453,583
2,156
209
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Elmar R. Venter
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,970
1,492
0.757
financial reporting
sustainability reporting
integrated reporting
non-GAAP earnings
capital market research
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
473,965
2,259
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Fortune Ganda
Walter Sisulu University
Mthatha, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,849
1,714
0.927
Sustainability Accounting
Integrated Reporting
Sustainable Investments
Green Finance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
489,488
2,340
257
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Odongo Kodongo
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,765
1,229
0.696
International Investments
Pricing of Risk
Capital Markets Development
Project and Infrastructure Finance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
494,507
2,384
301
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Meshach Aziakpono
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,739
837
0.481
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
550,113
2,699
481
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Aninka Claassens
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,476
374
0.253
Land rights
customary law
gender
law and society
power relations
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
579,983
2,882
98
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Munyaradzi Marufu
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,354
773
0.571
Financial Accounting
Auditing
Management Accounting
Taxation
Economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
592,243
2,955
247
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Paul-Francois Muzindutsi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,307
1,130
0.865
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
612,254
3,086
312
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
David Fourie
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,235
745
0.603
Financial management
supply chain management
ethics
good governance
accountability
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
620,418
3,127
316
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Elda Du Toit
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,207
911
0.755
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
634,309
3,196
111
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Philip Hirschsohn
University of the Western Cape
Bellville, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,162
618
0.532
Business Research Methods
Labour relations
Entrepreneurial learning
Strategic Management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
641,569
3,243
123
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Tersia Botha
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,139
270
0.237
Leadership
Finance
Investments
Strategy
Project Management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
642,072
3,248
112
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Richard Shambare
University of the Western Cape
Bellville, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,137
685
0.602
microfinance
poverty
entrepreneurship
technology acceptance
consumer behaviour
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
656,202
3,327
115
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Pradeep Brijlal
University of the Western Cape
Bellville, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,093
582
0.532
Entrepreneurship
Business and Finance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
658,419
3,336
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Emmanuel Oseifuah
University of Venda
Thohoyandou, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,086
714
0.657
Taxation. Finance. Auditing. Research
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
686,624
3,502
578
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Paul Van Rensburg
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,005
199
0.198
asset pricing
investment portfolio risk