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University of Zululand Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings (Sort by last 6 years Citation Index) 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) 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.
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :101
Public Health
Community Engagement
GBV
Food Security
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65
65
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :102
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75
64
0.853
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :103
ethnobotany
pharmacology
ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
61
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :104
Tourism
Ecotourism
Epistemologies and circular economy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63
60
0.952
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :105
Local Government
Service Delivery
Community Participation
Integrated Development Plan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
60
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :106
Agriculture
4IR and Land reform
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
131
57
0.435
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :107
Human Resources Management
Participative Management
Coaching for Optimal Performance & Mixed Methods Approach
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
50
0.943
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :108
Microbial Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71
49
0.690
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :109
Plant physiology
Plant genetics
Plant chemistry
Plant taxonomy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
49
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :110
Criminology
Psychology
Criminal Justice
Forensics
Risk
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
48
0.774
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :111
Internet of Things
Blockchain
Network Security
LoRa
LoRaWAN
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
47
0.979
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :112
Humanities and Social Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
126
46
0.365
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :113
Bioinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
43
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :114
Mono-gastric nutrition and production. None conventional feeds
meat quality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
40
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :115
General Relativity
Modified Theories of Gravity
Exact Solutions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
40
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :116
Cytochrome P450 monooxygenases
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
38
0.974
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :117
agronomy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72
37
0.514
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :118
Macroeconomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
37
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :119
material science
nanotechnology and Higher education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71
35
0.493
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :120
Children & families
Social work practice education
Emancipatory research
Domestic work
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
34
0.850
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :121
Chemical Kinetics
Neuro-mathematics
Thermodynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
33
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :122
Computer science
Personalisation
recommender systems
machine learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
32
0.744
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :123
LoRa networks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
32
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :124
migration
human mobility
drought
climate change
development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
32
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :125
Monetary Economics
Econometrics
Poverty
Living Income Benchmark and Economic Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
31
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,628,531
11,395
101
Ranking Based On Selection: 101
Zinhle Mthembu
University of Zululand
Kwadlangezwa, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65
65
1.000
Public Health
Community Engagement
GBV
Food Security
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,631,650
11,413
102
Ranking Based On Selection: 102
Michael R. Brett
University of Zululand
Kwadlangezwa, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75
64
0.853
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,652,748
11,579
103
Ranking Based On Selection: 103
Mmbulaheni Ramulondi
University of Zululand
Kwadlangezwa, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
61
1.000
ethnobotany
pharmacology
ecology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,657,736
11,619
104
Ranking Based On Selection: 104
Joyce Mdiniso
University of Zululand
Kwadlangezwa, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63
60
0.952
Tourism
Ecotourism
Epistemologies and circular economy
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,658,978
11,627
105
Ranking Based On Selection: 105
Mandisi Matyana
University of Zululand
Kwadlangezwa, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
60
1.000
Local Government
Service Delivery
Community Participation
Integrated Development Plan
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,673,951
11,751
106
Ranking Based On Selection: 106
Luyanda Mtshali
University of Zululand
Kwadlangezwa, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
131
57
0.435
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,725,449
12,234
107
Ranking Based On Selection: 107
Alan Bhekisisa Buthelezi
University of Zululand
Kwadlangezwa, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
50
0.943
Human Resources Management
Participative Management
Coaching for Optimal Performance & Mixed Methods Approach
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,730,647
12,274
108
Ranking Based On Selection: 108
Freedom Tshabuse
University of Zululand
Kwadlangezwa, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71
49
0.690
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,734,790
12,327
109
Ranking Based On Selection: 109
Noluthando Nonjabulo Nkosi
University of Zululand
Kwadlangezwa, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
49
1.000
Plant physiology
Plant genetics
Plant chemistry
Plant taxonomy
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,738,666
12,358
110
Ranking Based On Selection: 110
Jéan Steyn
University of Zululand
Kwadlangezwa, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
48
0.774
Criminology
Psychology
Criminal Justice
Forensics
Risk
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,748,261
12,451
111
Ranking Based On Selection: 111
Njabulo Mtetwa
University of Zululand
Kwadlangezwa, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
47
0.979
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,751,444
12,477
112
Ranking Based On Selection: 112
Faith Nsele|Faith Lucia Nsele
University of Zululand
Kwadlangezwa, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
126
46
0.365
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,780,519
12,746
113
Ranking Based On Selection: 113
Ntokozo Minenhle Zondo
University of Zululand
Kwadlangezwa, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
43
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,805,109
12,982
114
Ranking Based On Selection: 114
Fortune Thabethe
University of Zululand
Kwadlangezwa, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
40
1.000
Mono-gastric nutrition and production. None conventional feeds
meat quality
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,805,569
12,988
115
Ranking Based On Selection: 115
Njabulo Mthetheleli Mkhize
University of Zululand
Kwadlangezwa, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
40
1.000
General Relativity
Modified Theories of Gravity
Exact Solutions
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,820,391
13,133
116
Ranking Based On Selection: 116
Mathula Ngwenya
University of Zululand
Kwadlangezwa, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
38
0.974
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,825,252
13,168
117
Ranking Based On Selection: 117
Corlien Van Jaarsveld
University of Zululand
Kwadlangezwa, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72
37
0.514
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,829,916
13,217
118
Ranking Based On Selection: 118
Mashapa Sekome
University of Zululand
Kwadlangezwa, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
37
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,842,984
13,328
119
Ranking Based On Selection: 119
Puleng Mbuyisa - Biyela
University of Zululand
Kwadlangezwa, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71
35
0.493
material science
nanotechnology and Higher education
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,854,502
13,436
120
Ranking Based On Selection: 120
Thobeka Ntini-Makununika
University of Zululand
Kwadlangezwa, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
34
0.850
Children & families
Social work practice education
Emancipatory research
Domestic work
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,866,373
13,556
121
Ranking Based On Selection: 121
Taurayi Willard Chinaka
University of Zululand
Kwadlangezwa, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
33
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,872,407
13,621
122
Ranking Based On Selection: 122
Ijeoma Noella Ezeji Nee Mba
University of Zululand
Kwadlangezwa, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
32
0.744
Computer science
Personalisation
recommender systems
machine learning
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,876,169
13,659
123
Ranking Based On Selection: 123
Smangaliso Mnguni
University of Zululand
Kwadlangezwa, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
32
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,877,522
13,674
124
Ranking Based On Selection: 124
Mandisa Sm Makhathini
University of Zululand
Kwadlangezwa, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
32
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,887,120
13,754
125
Ranking Based On Selection: 125
Mbongeni Zwelakhe Ngubane
University of Zululand
Kwadlangezwa, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
31
1.000
Monetary Economics
Econometrics
Poverty
Living Income Benchmark and Economic Development