Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) and the list of the most cited and influential researchers cover a wide range of scientific fields, spanning 197 main and sub-disciplines, as well as the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings, offering a unique service. Additionally, the list without CERN, Statistical Data, etc., provided exclusively by “AD Scientific Index”, is part of our effort to balance the situation created by CERN and researchers with statistical data, who have an advantage over others, especially those in the social and humanities fields. There should be new regulations for multi-author and CERN papers. Citation lists also reveal many rule violations and unethical practices. See also for more specific citation analyses: 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 :51
Agronomy
Climate change adaptation
nutrient cycling
soil fertility
farming systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,152
873
0.758
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :52
Biology and Biochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,067
492
0.461
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :53
Sociology of everyday life
football
agrarian question
livelihoods
gender
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,056
839
0.795
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :54
Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,025
485
0.473
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :55
Adsorption
wastewater remediation
nanotechnology
inorganic synthesis
drug delivery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,021
609
0.596
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :56
Creativity and innovation
Business startups and strategic management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,008
229
0.227
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :57
Solar Energy Materials
Materials Science
Nanotechnology
Optoelectronics
Semiconductor Materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
958
838
0.875
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :58
Organic synthesis
continuous flow synthesis
process chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
952
752
0.790
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :59
Mental Health
Medical education
Leadership
Ethics
Psychosis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
941
727
0.773
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :60
Water studies
gender studies
development studies
governance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
917
698
0.761
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :61
climate change
GIS & Remote Sensing
hydrology
Water Resources Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
916
648
0.707
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :62
onomastics
indigenous knowledge
African languages and Literature
memory and history
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
916
527
0.575
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :63
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
905
681
0.752
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :64
Nutritional biochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
895
708
0.791
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :65
power systems dynamics and control
renewable energy and distributed generation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
893
889
0.996
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :66
Adsorption of toxic and precious metals
Plasma Spectrochemistry
Drug Discovery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
885
454
0.513
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :67
Integrated Pest Management
Edible Insects
Pollinators
Insect Ecology and Modelling
Post harvest
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
883
763
0.864
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :68
Edible insects
Food safety
Indigenous food system
Food design
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
876
755
0.862
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :69
Metallurgy and Materials Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
874
679
0.777
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :70
Low back pain
Sports science
Physiotherapy
HIV and AIDS
adolescent health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
869
762
0.877
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :71
analytical chemistry and environmental chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
866
354
0.409
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :72
Mathematics
Curriculum and Instruction
Educational
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
856
755
0.882
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :73
Land and agrarian questions
Africa
labour
agriculture
food security
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
854
558
0.653
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :74
systematic botany
plant biodiversity
plant ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
846
469
0.554
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :75
Sustainable Livestock Systems : Nexus-Gender
IKS
Climate Change & Smallholder Animal Agriculture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
844
547
0.648
Obert Jiri
University of Zimbabwe
Harare, Zimbabwe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,152
873
0.758
Agronomy
Climate change adaptation
nutrient cycling
soil fertility
farming systems
Shadreck Dube
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,067
492
0.461
Manase Chiweshe
University of Zimbabwe
Harare, Zimbabwe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,056
839
0.795
Sociology of everyday life
football
agrarian question
livelihoods
gender
Tawanda Mugadza
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,025
485
0.473
Nharingo Tichaona
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,021
609
0.596
Adsorption
wastewater remediation
nanotechnology
inorganic synthesis
drug delivery
Tanaka Mutero
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,008
229
0.227
Creativity and innovation
Business startups and strategic management
Edigar Muchuweni
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
958
838
0.875
Solar Energy Materials
Materials Science
Nanotechnology
Optoelectronics
Semiconductor Materials
Fidelis Chigondo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
952
752
0.790
Organic synthesis
continuous flow synthesis
process chemistry
Walter Mangezi
University of Zimbabwe
Harare, Zimbabwe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
941
727
0.773
Mental Health
Medical education
Leadership
Ethics
Psychosis
Maxwell Musingafi
Zimbabwe Open University
Harare, Zimbabwe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
917
698
0.761
Water studies
gender studies
development studies
governance
Samuel Kusangaya
University of Zimbabwe
Harare, Zimbabwe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
916
648
0.707
climate change
GIS & Remote Sensing
hydrology
Water Resources Management
Jacob Mapara
Chinhoyi University of Technology
Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
916
527
0.575
onomastics
indigenous knowledge
African languages and Literature
memory and history
Edmore Gasura
University of Zimbabwe
Harare, Zimbabwe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
905
681
0.752
Cathrine Chidewe
University of Zimbabwe
Harare, Zimbabwe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
895
708
0.791
Takawira Cuthbert Njenda
University of Zimbabwe
Harare, Zimbabwe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
893
889
0.996
power systems dynamics and control
renewable energy and distributed generation
Courtie Mahamadi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
885
454
0.513
Adsorption of toxic and precious metals
Plasma Spectrochemistry
Drug Discovery
Robert Musundire
Chinhoyi University of Technology
Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
883
763
0.864
Integrated Pest Management
Edible Insects
Pollinators
Insect Ecology and Modelling
Post harvest
Faith Manditsera
Chinhoyi University of Technology
Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
876
755
0.862
Edible insects
Food safety
Indigenous food system
Food design
Simbarashe Fashu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
874
679
0.777
Metallurgy and Materials Engineering
Matthew Chiwaridzo
University of Zimbabwe
Harare, Zimbabwe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
869
762
0.877
Low back pain
Sports science
Physiotherapy
HIV and AIDS
adolescent health
Mathewmupa Mathew Mupa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
866
354
0.409
analytical chemistry and environmental chemistry
Norman Rudhumbu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
856
755
0.882
Mathematics
Curriculum and Instruction
Educational
Walter Chambati
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
854
558
0.653
Land and agrarian questions
Africa
labour
agriculture
food security
Shakkie Kativu
University of Zimbabwe
Harare, Zimbabwe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
846
469
0.554
systematic botany
plant biodiversity
plant ecology
Never Assan
Zimbabwe Open University
Harare, Zimbabwe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
844
547
0.648
Sustainable Livestock Systems : Nexus-Gender
IKS
Climate Change & Smallholder Animal Agriculture