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University of Zululand Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings (Sort by last 6 years Citation Index) 2025
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
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
Drug Discovery
Synthetic Chemistry
Brain Diseases
Drug Resistant Bacteria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,911
10,250
0.737
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Nanoscience
Materials Chemistry
Semiconductors...
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,453
4,044
0.543
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Cytochrome P450
Annotation
Structure-function analysis
Evolution & Applications
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,623
3,479
0.619
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Hydrogeology
groundwater modelling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,319
2,207
0.952
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Materials Chemistry
Thin films
Inorganic materials
Semiconductors
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,850
1,663
0.899
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Physical activity and public health
Non-Communicable Disease
Healthy aging
Exercise physiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,824
1,602
0.567
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
LIS Education
Information Seeking
Knowledge Management
Applied Bibliometrics&ICT4D
Information Ethics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,809
1,539
0.404
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Physical Activity and Public Health
Health Behaviour Change
Non-Communicable Disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,458
1,485
0.604
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
General Relativity
Cosmology
Relativistic Astrophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,175
1,365
0.430
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Ruminant Nutrition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,615
1,278
0.791
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Medicinal plants
ethnobotany
ethnopharmacology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,823
1,063
0.583
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Neuro-Mathematics and Information Systems & Technology Risk
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,351
1,061
0.785
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Strategic Tourism Management
Strategic Tourism Marketing
Rural Tourism
Tourism Entrepreneurship
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,359
1,045
0.769
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Metal Oxides Semiconductors for Indoor and Outdoor Gas Sensing Monitoring
Photocatalysis and Energy Harvesting Applications
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,214
923
0.760
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Operations Research
Decision Science
Data Science
Metaheuristics
Applied and Computational Mathematics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,350
882
0.653
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Microbiology
Molecular Microbiology
Antimicrobial resistance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
973
770
0.791
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Software Engineering
Mobile Edge Computing Systems
Web intelligence
ICT4D
Security of Grid/Cloud Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,523
747
0.490
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Oxidation reactions
ozone
catalysis
nanomaterials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,232
620
0.503
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Experimental Condensed Matter Physics
Gas sensors
Ferromagnetic properties
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
842
523
0.621
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Governance
Local Economic Development
Service delivery
Public Policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
545
519
0.952
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Strategy
Innovation
Small Business Development
Performance Management
Business sustainability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
523
477
0.912
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Climatology
Climate modeling
Climate change
GIS
Sustainable Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,184
405
0.342
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Decoloniality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
460
400
0.870
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Digital Communication
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
429
353
0.823
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Curriculum Studies
Teacher Professional Development
Teaching
Learning & Assessment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
357
346
0.969
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,764
134
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Thavendran Govender
University of Zululand
Kwadlangezwa, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,911
10,250
0.737
Drug Discovery
Synthetic Chemistry
Brain Diseases
Drug Resistant Bacteria
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
115,088
484
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Neerish Revaprasadu
University of Zululand
Kwadlangezwa, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,453
4,044
0.543
Nanoscience
Materials Chemistry
Semiconductors...
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
137,524
586
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Khajamohiddin Syed
University of Zululand
Kwadlangezwa, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,623
3,479
0.619
Cytochrome P450
Annotation
Structure-function analysis
Evolution & Applications
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
226,983
998
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Elumalai Vetrimurugan
University of Zululand
Kwadlangezwa, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,319
2,207
0.952
Hydrogeology
groundwater modelling
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
299,805
1,361
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Malik Dilshad Khan
University of Zululand
Kwadlangezwa, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,850
1,663
0.899
Materials Chemistry
Thin films
Inorganic materials
Semiconductors
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
310,194
1,418
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Ina Shaw|Brandon Stuwart Shaw, B S Shaw, B Shaw
University of Zululand
Kwadlangezwa, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,824
1,602
0.567
Physical activity and public health
Non-Communicable Disease
Healthy aging
Exercise physiology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
321,686
1,477
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Dennis N Ocholla
University of Zululand
Kwadlangezwa, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,809
1,539
0.404
LIS Education
Information Seeking
Knowledge Management
Applied Bibliometrics&ICT4D
Information Ethics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
332,267
1,527
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Ina Shaw|I Shaw
University of Zululand
Kwadlangezwa, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,458
1,485
0.604
Physical Activity and Public Health
Health Behaviour Change
Non-Communicable Disease
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
357,953
1,659
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Beesham A
University of Zululand
Kwadlangezwa, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,175
1,365
0.430
General Relativity
Cosmology
Relativistic Astrophysics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
378,848
1,795
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Fabian Nde Fon
University of Zululand
Kwadlangezwa, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,615
1,278
0.791
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
439,325
2,083
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Helene De Wet
University of Zululand
Kwadlangezwa, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,823
1,063
0.583
Medicinal plants
ethnobotany
ethnopharmacology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
440,037
2,085
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Anass Bayaga
University of Zululand
Kwadlangezwa, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,351
1,061
0.785
Neuro-Mathematics and Information Systems & Technology Risk
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
445,199
2,113
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Ikechukwu O. Ezeuduji
University of Zululand
Kwadlangezwa, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,359
1,045
0.769
Strategic Tourism Management
Strategic Tourism Marketing
Rural Tourism
Tourism Entrepreneurship
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
488,114
2,365
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Ioannis Kortidis
University of Zululand
Kwadlangezwa, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,214
923
0.760
Metal Oxides Semiconductors for Indoor and Outdoor Gas Sensing Monitoring
Photocatalysis and Energy Harvesting Applications
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
504,159
2,466
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Surafel Luleseged Tilahun
University of Zululand
Kwadlangezwa, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,350
882
0.653
Operations Research
Decision Science
Data Science
Metaheuristics
Applied and Computational Mathematics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
552,911
2,748
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Evelyn Madoroba
University of Zululand
Kwadlangezwa, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
973
770
0.791
Microbiology
Molecular Microbiology
Antimicrobial resistance
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
563,605
2,802
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Matthew O. Adigun
University of Zululand
Kwadlangezwa, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,523
747
0.490
Software Engineering
Mobile Edge Computing Systems
Web intelligence
ICT4D
Security of Grid/Cloud Systems
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
631,143
3,222
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Rajasekhar Pullabhotla
University of Zululand
Kwadlangezwa, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,232
620
0.503
Oxidation reactions
ozone
catalysis
nanomaterials
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
693,253
3,606
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Steven Solethu Nkosi
University of Zululand
Kwadlangezwa, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
842
523
0.621
Experimental Condensed Matter Physics
Gas sensors
Ferromagnetic properties
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
696,283
3,623
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Nokukhanya Noqiniselo Jili
University of Zululand
Kwadlangezwa, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
545
519
0.952
Governance
Local Economic Development
Service delivery
Public Policy
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
728,043
3,842
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Ayansola Ayandibu
University of Zululand
Kwadlangezwa, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
523
477
0.912
Strategy
Innovation
Small Business Development
Performance Management
Business sustainability
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
792,702
4,249
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Marshall L. Mdoka
University of Zululand
Kwadlangezwa, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,184
405
0.342
Climatology
Climate modeling
Climate change
GIS
Sustainable Development
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
798,464
4,299
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Morgan Ndlovu
University of Zululand
Kwadlangezwa, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
460
400
0.870
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
851,477
4,676
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Hemduth Rugbeer
University of Zululand
Kwadlangezwa, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
429
353
0.823
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
860,264
4,729
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Samantha Govender
University of Zululand
Kwadlangezwa, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
357
346
0.969
Curriculum Studies
Teacher Professional Development
Teaching
Learning & Assessment