Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
South Africa Highly Cited Researchers Citation Education / Elemantary Teacher Education 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
Early childhood Education
Multicultural education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,702
924
0.543
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE AND EDUCATION
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
782
472
0.604
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Teacher Education
Science classroom discourse & language
Biology
Ornithology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
501
376
0.750
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
teaching and learning
curriculum
leadership
decoloniality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
351
325
0.926
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Teacher Education
Social Science Education
Geography Education
Practicum
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
271
242
0.893
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Teaching English
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
248
217
0.875
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Teaching and Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
216
118
0.546
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Teaching and learning in higher education
the culture of post-school and workplace learning
applied language studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
211
162
0.768
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Citizenship
Social Cohesion and Social Justice
Teaching and Learning
Higher Education
AI
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
185
180
0.973
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
teacher education
mentoring
chemistry education
pedagogical content knowledge
teaching sequence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
159
140
0.881
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Teaching and Learning
Educational Technologies
Game-based learning
Health Professions Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
158
138
0.873
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Teacher Education and Development
Curriculum Studies
Mathematics Education
and Early Childhood Educatiom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
153
137
0.895
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
teaching and learning of mathematics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
152
151
0.993
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Teacher development
teacher learning
teacher identities
teacher emotions
HIV & AIDS education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
149
138
0.926
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Teacher education
Teaching schools
Service learning in elementary school teacher education
Social justice and care in teacher
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
142
96
0.676
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Teaching and learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
141
140
0.993
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Teacher education
assessment
teaching and learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
129
96
0.744
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
teaching and learning in ODeL
indigenous psychology
psychotherapy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117
75
0.641
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Teacher professional learning
ICT integration to enhance learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113
96
0.850
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Teacher professional development
culturally relevant teaching
internationalisation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110
95
0.864
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Teacher Education
Curriculum
School Leadership
Use of data to improve teaching & learning
Development of PLC
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101
54
0.535
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Teacher collaboration
errors and misconceptions
problem solving
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74
56
0.757
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Teaching with technology
Gamification
Human Computer Interaction
Scaffolding
Game-based learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57
48
0.842
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Teacher Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
36
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
492,853
2,364
73
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Corinne Meier
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,702
924
0.543
Early childhood Education
Multicultural education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
766,300
3,981
158
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Hasina Banu Ebrahim
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
782
472
0.604
EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE AND EDUCATION
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
917,089
4,940
477
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Audrey Msimanga
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
501
376
0.750
Teacher Education
Science classroom discourse & language
Biology
Ornithology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,060,368
6,132
842
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Kasturi Behari-Leak
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
351
325
0.926
teaching and learning
curriculum
leadership
decoloniality
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,166,644
7,043
548
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Sarita Ramsaroop
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
271
242
0.893
Teacher Education
Social Science Education
Geography Education
Practicum
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,203,864
7,389
88
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Hlaviso Motlhaka
University of Limpopo
Mankweng, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
248
217
0.875
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,263,092
7,921
744
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Willem Rauscher
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
216
118
0.546
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,272,499
7,993
638
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
George Mavunga
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
211
162
0.768
Teaching and learning in higher education
the culture of post-school and workplace learning
applied language studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,327,717
8,478
144
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Marcina Singh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
185
180
0.973
Citizenship
Social Cohesion and Social Justice
Teaching and Learning
Higher Education
AI
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,393,201
9,067
703
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Doras Sibanda
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
159
140
0.881
teacher education
mentoring
chemistry education
pedagogical content knowledge
teaching sequence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,395,919
9,094
297
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Simone Titus
University of the Western Cape
Bellville, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
158
138
0.873
Teaching and Learning
Educational Technologies
Game-based learning
Health Professions Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,409,720
9,209
150
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Kemi O. Adu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
153
137
0.895
Teacher Education and Development
Curriculum Studies
Mathematics Education
and Early Childhood Educatiom
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,411,661
9,222
751
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Ubah, Ifunanya Julie Adaobi
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
152
151
0.993
teaching and learning of mathematics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,420,808
9,310
725
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Jaqueline Naidoo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
149
138
0.926
Teacher development
teacher learning
teacher identities
teacher emotions
HIV & AIDS education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,442,341
9,523
787
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Gadija Petker
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
142
96
0.676
Teacher education
Teaching schools
Service learning in elementary school teacher education
Social justice and care in teacher
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,443,704
9,534
854
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Elzette Korkie
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
141
140
0.993
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,482,768
9,901
817
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Karen Du Toit (Steenekamp)
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
129
96
0.744
Teacher education
assessment
teaching and learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,523,411
10,270
716
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Matshepo Matoane
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117
75
0.641
teaching and learning in ODeL
indigenous psychology
psychotherapy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,536,897
10,379
1,056
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Pauline Wilna Hanekom
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113
96
0.850
Teacher professional learning
ICT integration to enhance learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,547,778
10,473
864
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Loïse Jeannin
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110
95
0.864
Teacher professional development
culturally relevant teaching
internationalisation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,583,022
10,773
1,053
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Mathakga Botha
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101
54
0.535
Teacher Education
Curriculum
School Leadership
Use of data to improve teaching & learning
Development of PLC
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,701,120
11,829
879
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Tšhegofatšo Makgakga|Tšhegofatšo Phuti Makgakga
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74
56
0.757
Teacher collaboration
errors and misconceptions
problem solving
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,790,431
12,664
1,050
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Bernice Beukes
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57
48
0.842
Teaching with technology
Gamification
Human Computer Interaction
Scaffolding
Game-based learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,927,304
14,003
66
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Lindiwe Jiyane
University of Mpumalanga
Mbombela, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
36
1.000