Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Social Sciences and Humanities Highly Cited Researchers 441 Scientists Citation in Zimbabwe Rankings - 2025
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
Environmental Systems
Urbanisation
Resilience
Leadershi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,949
2,095
0.710
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Taxation
Development Finance
Digital Finance
Auditin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,831
1,787
0.976
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Physical Activity
Kinanthropometry
ICT Pedagog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,478
1,268
0.858
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
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: 6
Solar Energy Materials
Materials Science
Nanotechnology
Optoelectronics
Semiconductor Material
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,220
991
0.812
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Sociology of everyday life
football
agrarian question
livelihoods
gende
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,205
900
0.747
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Mathematics
Curriculum and Instruction
Educationa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,064
895
0.841
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Creativity and innovation
Business startups and strategic managemen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,059
220
0.208
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Entrepreneurship
Consumer behaviour
General managemen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,018
955
0.938
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
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: 12
Water studies
gender studies
development studies
governanc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,008
692
0.687
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Agricultural water management and land reclamation and remediatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
922
582
0.631
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Higher education
quality assurance
strategic management
Agriculture and Sustainabilit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
874
692
0.792
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Marketing and Managemen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
865
811
0.938
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
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: 17
sustainable tourism
wildlife resource conservation
community-based tourism
nature tourism
wildlife based tourism experience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
843
685
0.813
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Diseases modelling
Ecological modelling
Disaster epidemiology
Risk and vulnerability & resilience modellin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
794
670
0.844
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Health Economics
Development Economic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
770
208
0.270
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Plant Disease Epidemiology and Managemen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
766
411
0.537
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Financial reporting
taxatioin and Cost and Management Accountin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
705
85
0.121
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Staff Retention
Educational Management
Educational Leadership
Educational Supervision
Educational Polic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
688
415
0.603
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Social Wor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
668
353
0.528
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Climate change adaptation
food security
agricultural markets
technology uptake
rural developmen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
655
469
0.716
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Sociology of everyday life-gender
feminist and intersectionality studies
land
livelihoods and social justice
sociology an
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
646
530
0.820
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
346,195
15
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Innocent Chirisa
University of Zimbabwe
Harare, Zimbabwe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,949
2,095
0.710
Environmental Systems
Urbanisation
Resilience
Leadershi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
415,639
23
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
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
492,888
39
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Favourate Sebele
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,831
1,787
0.976
Taxation
Development Finance
Digital Finance
Auditin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
565,983
45
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Daga Makaza
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,478
1,268
0.858
Physical Activity
Kinanthropometry
ICT Pedagog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
603,992
50
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
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
633,897
52
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Edigar Muchuweni
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,220
991
0.812
Solar Energy Materials
Materials Science
Nanotechnology
Optoelectronics
Semiconductor Material
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
638,389
53
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Manase Chiweshe
University of Zimbabwe
Harare, Zimbabwe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,205
900
0.747
Sociology of everyday life
football
agrarian question
livelihoods
gende
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
682,932
57
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Norman Rudhumbu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,064
895
0.841
Mathematics
Curriculum and Instruction
Educationa
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
684,929
60
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Tanaka Mutero
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,059
220
0.208
Creativity and innovation
Business startups and strategic managemen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
698,999
66
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Takawira Ndofirepi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,018
955
0.938
Entrepreneurship
Consumer behaviour
General managemen
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
700,922
67
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
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
702,631
70
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Maxwell Musingafi
Zimbabwe Open University
Harare, Zimbabwe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,008
692
0.687
Water studies
gender studies
development studies
governanc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
734,867
81
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
IW Nyakudya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
922
582
0.631
Agricultural water management and land reclamation and remediatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
753,869
83
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Evelyn Chiyevo Garwe|Evelyn Garwe
Zimbabwe Ezekiel Guti University
Bindura, Zimbabwe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
874
692
0.792
Higher education
quality assurance
strategic management
Agriculture and Sustainabilit
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
757,532
86
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Lovemore Chikazhe
Chinhoyi University of Technology
Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
865
811
0.938
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
760,466
87
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
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
766,604
89
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Chiedza Ngonidzashe Mutanga
Chinhoyi University of Technology
Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
843
685
0.813
sustainable tourism
wildlife resource conservation
community-based tourism
nature tourism
wildlife based tourism experience
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
787,648
95
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Tawanda Manyangadze
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
794
670
0.844
Diseases modelling
Ecological modelling
Disaster epidemiology
Risk and vulnerability & resilience modellin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
798,835
96
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Lazarus Muchabaiwa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
770
208
0.270
Health Economics
Development Economic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
800,434
98
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Charles Karavina
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
766
411
0.537
Plant Disease Epidemiology and Managemen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
829,442
108
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Gift Manhimanzi
Zimbabwe Ezekiel Guti University
Bindura, Zimbabwe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
705
85
0.121
Financial reporting
taxatioin and Cost and Management Accountin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
837,746
112
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Tichaona Mapolisa
Zimbabwe Open University
Harare, Zimbabwe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
688
415
0.603
Staff Retention
Educational Management
Educational Leadership
Educational Supervision
Educational Polic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
848,174
118
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Joe Magocha
Zimbabwe Ezekiel Guti University
Bindura, Zimbabwe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
668
353
0.528
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
854,812
121
46
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Byron Zamasiya
University of Zimbabwe
Harare, Zimbabwe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
655
469
0.716
Climate change adaptation
food security
agricultural markets
technology uptake
rural developmen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
859,570
127
50
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Sandra Bhatasara
University of Zimbabwe
Harare, Zimbabwe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
646
530
0.820
Sociology of everyday life-gender
feminist and intersectionality studies
land
livelihoods and social justice
sociology an