Discover the world’s highly cited researchers through the AD Scientific Index 2025 Citation Rankings.
These rankings evaluate scientists based on their total and recent citation counts, capturing the breadth and real-time currency of academic recognition. Citation data reveals how widely a scholar’s work is referenced, applied, and extended across diverse disciplines. The rankings are routinely updated to reflect ongoing citation growth, while eliminating distortions from excessive co-authorship and institutional inflation. Premium tools provide access to detailed citation dynamics, unethical citation behavior detection, and field-normalized benchmarking.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
World prehistory
archaeology of farming communities
eastern and southern Africa
archaeological theory
heritage managemen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,329
850
0.365
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Archaeology and Heritage Managemen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,327
672
0.506
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
onomastics
indigenous knowledge
African languages and Literature
memory and histor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,013
550
0.543
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
African philosophy
epistemic (in)justice
knowledge production
Philosophy of liberatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
858
513
0.598
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Biblical Studies
Religion and Religious Educatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
626
395
0.631
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Philosophy: Environmental Ethics
African Philosoph
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
619
442
0.714
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
political science
conflicts and war
social history
ethnicity
oral traditio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
581
99
0.170
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
linguistics
onomastics
cultural studie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
430
307
0.714
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Gender in Literary and Cultural studies
Indigenous Knowledge systems and SDGs
Children’s Literature
African Literature
Socio-linguistic issue
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
404
215
0.532
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
African Literary and cultural studie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
373
264
0.708
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Language politics
language policy
online communities
African language medi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
344
287
0.834
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Postcolonial literature
Dance representations
Pedagog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
263
174
0.662
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Archaeology
Heritage
Conservation
Research and Innovatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
262
185
0.706
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Conflict & Peace
Gender
Human Rights
Community Development
Social Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
259
153
0.591
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Practical application of philosoph
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
248
155
0.625
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Archaeology
Archaeometallurgy
Museology
Heritage Studie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
233
151
0.648
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Language Planning and Policy
Language & Identity
Language and Social Justice
Sociolinguistic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
226
198
0.876
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Anglophone African and Transnational literatures
Applied linguistics
English
gender
politics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
225
225
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
World Heritage Management Studies
Archaeological Heritage Management Studies
Heritage Studie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
192
110
0.573
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Zimbabwean Literature
literature and gender studies
sexualities
popular culture
musi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
183
141
0.770
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Archaeology
Cultural Heritage Management
Environment and Climate Change
GIS
Applied Archaeolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
175
108
0.617
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Religion
ethics
health and wellbein
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
167
102
0.611
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Drama for development
Oral Literature
Culture and heritage
Onomastics
Critical Discourse Analysi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
164
120
0.732
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
History of Christianity in Africa
Religion and Development
Religion and Human Right
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
160
128
0.800
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Semiotics
Applied Communication
Cultural Studies
Applied Linguistic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
159
143
0.899
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
414,712
23
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Gilbert Pwiti
University of Zimbabwe
Harare, Zimbabwe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,329
850
0.365
World prehistory
archaeology of farming communities
eastern and southern Africa
archaeological theory
heritage managemen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
602,987
50
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Manyanga Munyaradzi
Great Zimbabwe University
Masvingo, Zimbabwe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,327
672
0.506
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
700,015
67
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Jacob Mapara
Chinhoyi University of Technology
Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,013
550
0.543
onomastics
indigenous knowledge
African languages and Literature
memory and histor
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
759,580
87
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Dennis Masaka
Great Zimbabwe University
Masvingo, Zimbabwe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
858
513
0.598
African philosophy
epistemic (in)justice
knowledge production
Philosophy of liberatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
869,777
130
51
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Francis Machingura
University of Zimbabwe
Harare, Zimbabwe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
626
395
0.631
Biblical Studies
Religion and Religious Educatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
873,628
134
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Munamato Chemhuru
Great Zimbabwe University
Masvingo, Zimbabwe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
619
442
0.714
Philosophy: Environmental Ethics
African Philosoph
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
896,789
142
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Aaron Rwodzi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
581
99
0.170
political science
conflicts and war
social history
ethnicity
oral traditio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,019,757
189
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Sambulo Ndlovu
Great Zimbabwe University
Masvingo, Zimbabwe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
430
307
0.714
linguistics
onomastics
cultural studie
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,045,885
202
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Enna Sukutai Gudhlanga
Zimbabwe Open University
Harare, Zimbabwe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
404
215
0.532
Gender in Literary and Cultural studies
Indigenous Knowledge systems and SDGs
Children’s Literature
African Literature
Socio-linguistic issue
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,078,847
230
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Tendai Mangena
Great Zimbabwe University
Masvingo, Zimbabwe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
373
264
0.708
African Literary and cultural studie
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,112,486
251
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Phillip Mpofu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
344
287
0.834
Language politics
language policy
online communities
African language medi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,233,072
331
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Jairos Gonye
Great Zimbabwe University
Masvingo, Zimbabwe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
263
174
0.662
Postcolonial literature
Dance representations
Pedagog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,234,782
332
94
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Ancila Nhamo Katsamudanga
University of Zimbabwe
Harare, Zimbabwe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
262
185
0.706
Archaeology
Heritage
Conservation
Research and Innovatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,240,393
337
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
John Mbwirire
Zimbabwe Open University
Harare, Zimbabwe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
259
153
0.591
Conflict & Peace
Gender
Human Rights
Community Development
Social Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,260,609
356
100
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Oswell Hapanyengwi
University of Zimbabwe
Harare, Zimbabwe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
248
155
0.625
Practical application of philosoph
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,290,719
375
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Thomas Panganayi Thondhlana
Great Zimbabwe University
Masvingo, Zimbabwe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
233
151
0.648
Archaeology
Archaeometallurgy
Museology
Heritage Studie
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,305,067
384
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Busani Maseko
Lupane State University
Lupane, Zimbabwe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
226
198
0.876
Language Planning and Policy
Language & Identity
Language and Social Justice
Sociolinguistic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,306,538
386
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Esther Mavengano
Great Zimbabwe University
Masvingo, Zimbabwe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
225
225
1.000
Anglophone African and Transnational literatures
Applied linguistics
English
gender
politics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,387,702
439
68
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Simon Makuvaza
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
192
110
0.573
World Heritage Management Studies
Archaeological Heritage Management Studies
Heritage Studie
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,412,385
460
121
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Pauline Mateveke
University of Zimbabwe
Harare, Zimbabwe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
183
141
0.770
Zimbabwean Literature
literature and gender studies
sexualities
popular culture
musi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,436,258
471
124
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Seke Katsamudanga
University of Zimbabwe
Harare, Zimbabwe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
175
108
0.617
Archaeology
Cultural Heritage Management
Environment and Climate Change
GIS
Applied Archaeolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,460,770
487
129
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Godfrey Museka
University of Zimbabwe
Harare, Zimbabwe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
167
102
0.611
Religion
ethics
health and wellbein
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,469,940
491
67
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Vimbai Moreblessing Matiza
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
164
120
0.732
Drama for development
Oral Literature
Culture and heritage
Onomastics
Critical Discourse Analysi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,482,494
496
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Philip Musoni
Zimbabwe Ezekiel Guti University
Bindura, Zimbabwe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
160
128
0.800
History of Christianity in Africa
Religion and Development
Religion and Human Right
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,485,330
498
68
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Umali Saidi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
159
143
0.899
Semiotics
Applied Communication
Cultural Studies
Applied Linguistic