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
onomastics
indigenous knowledge
African languages and Literature
memory and history
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
996
522
0.524
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
African philosophy
epistemic (in)justice
knowledge production
Philosophy of liberation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
828
479
0.579
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Philosophy: Environmental Ethics
African Philosophy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
595
418
0.703
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Biblical Studies
Religion and Religious Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
591
357
0.604
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
political science
conflicts and war
social history
ethnicity
oral tradition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
587
96
0.164
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Practical application of philosophy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
238
142
0.597
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Conflict & Peace
Gender
Human Rights
Community Development
Social Sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
237
132
0.557
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Religion
ethics
health and wellbeing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
162
96
0.593
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
History of Christianity in Africa
Religion and Development
Religion and Human Rights
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
160
122
0.763
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Religion
Pentecostalism
Anthropology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
134
112
0.836
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Religious Studies
African Indigenous Religion
Health and Life Skills
HIV & AIDS
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96
60
0.625
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
History Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76
46
0.605
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Resource conservation in colonial Zimbabwe
natural resources management
commodity history
agricultural history of Africa
Cli
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56
21
0.375
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Gender issues in education
guidance & counselling in schools
quality assurance in education
corporate governance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54
48
0.889
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
wastwe management
educational management
history of fashion and clothing fashion design
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
35
0.673
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Philosophy of Education
Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS)
Teaching and Learning and Teaching with Technology (eLearning).
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
7
0.212
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Indigenous Knowledge systems
Virtual Archives Systems
Oral History
Electronic Records Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
24
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Ethnicity
liberation history
electoral history
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
18
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
New Testament
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
12
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Research
Textile Designing
Assessment and evaluation
Technology education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
11
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Politics and Religion
New Religious Movements
Children and Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
11
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Religious Studies
Theology
Church History
Gender and Community Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
5
0.833
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Christian History and thought
Christianity in Africa and interreligious dialogue
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
0
0.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
689,652
62
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Jacob Mapara
Chinhoyi University of Technology
Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
996
522
0.524
onomastics
indigenous knowledge
African languages and Literature
memory and history
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
755,820
84
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Dennis Masaka
Great Zimbabwe University
Masvingo, Zimbabwe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
828
479
0.579
African philosophy
epistemic (in)justice
knowledge production
Philosophy of liberation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
868,131
128
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Munamato Chemhuru
Great Zimbabwe University
Masvingo, Zimbabwe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
595
418
0.703
Philosophy: Environmental Ethics
African Philosophy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
870,339
131
52
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Francis Machingura
University of Zimbabwe
Harare, Zimbabwe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
591
357
0.604
Biblical Studies
Religion and Religious Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
872,866
134
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Aaron Rwodzi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
587
96
0.164
political science
conflicts and war
social history
ethnicity
oral tradition
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,239,933
353
97
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Oswell Hapanyengwi
University of Zimbabwe
Harare, Zimbabwe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
238
142
0.597
Practical application of philosophy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,241,761
355
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
John Mbwirire
Zimbabwe Open University
Harare, Zimbabwe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
237
132
0.557
Conflict & Peace
Gender
Human Rights
Community Development
Social Sciences
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,406,147
460
119
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Godfrey Museka
University of Zimbabwe
Harare, Zimbabwe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
162
96
0.593
Religion
ethics
health and wellbeing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,411,012
462
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Philip Musoni
Zimbabwe Ezekiel Guti University
Bindura, Zimbabwe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
160
122
0.763
History of Christianity in Africa
Religion and Development
Religion and Human Rights
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,486,740
523
43
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Josiah Taru
Great Zimbabwe University
Masvingo, Zimbabwe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
134
112
0.836
Religion
Pentecostalism
Anthropology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,623,493
618
55
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Joel Marashe
Great Zimbabwe University
Masvingo, Zimbabwe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96
60
0.625
Religious Studies
African Indigenous Religion
Health and Life Skills
HIV & AIDS
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,711,610
679
156
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
H Chitate
University of Zimbabwe
Harare, Zimbabwe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76
46
0.605
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,816,654
780
73
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Simeon Maravanyika
Great Zimbabwe University
Masvingo, Zimbabwe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56
21
0.375
Resource conservation in colonial Zimbabwe
natural resources management
commodity history
agricultural history of Africa
Cli
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,825,857
787
71
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Pinias Chikuvadze
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54
48
0.889
Gender issues in education
guidance & counselling in schools
quality assurance in education
corporate governance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,839,136
799
65
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Edlight Mutungwe
Chinhoyi University of Technology
Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
35
0.673
wastwe management
educational management
history of fashion and clothing fashion design
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,973,113
906
83
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Viola Machingura
Great Zimbabwe University
Masvingo, Zimbabwe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
7
0.212
Philosophy of Education
Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS)
Teaching and Learning and Teaching with Technology (eLearning).
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,044,792
974
174
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Obert Wutete
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
24
1.000
Indigenous Knowledge systems
Virtual Archives Systems
Oral History
Electronic Records Management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,107,578
1,032
157
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Owen Mangiza
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
18
1.000
Ethnicity
liberation history
electoral history
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,179,638
1,097
40
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Lovejoy Chabata
Africa University
Mutare, Zimbabwe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
12
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,192,709
1,115
236
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Rumbidzayi Masina
University of Zimbabwe
Harare, Zimbabwe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
11
1.000
Research
Textile Designing
Assessment and evaluation
Technology education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,192,709
1,115
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Paul Goronga
Zimbabwe Ezekiel Guti University
Bindura, Zimbabwe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
11
1.000
Politics and Religion
New Religious Movements
Children and Development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,277,436
1,210
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Simbarashe Munamati
Reformed Church University
Masvingo, Zimbabwe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
5
0.833
Religious Studies
Theology
Church History
Gender and Community Development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,341,994
1,273
277
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Munetsi Ruzivo
University of Zimbabwe
Harare, Zimbabwe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
0
0.000
Christian History and thought
Christianity in Africa and interreligious dialogue