Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
University of Kwazulu Natal Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings 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.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,026
Animal Genetics
Molecular Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
42
0.840
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,027
Taxi violence
crime and punishment
child justice
human rights
biopsychosocial perspectives in crime causation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
49
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,028
prediabetes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
49
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,029
Computational and Organic Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
48
0.980
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,030
Catalysis
Chemistry
Organic chemistry
Analytical chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
43
0.878
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,031
ICT4D
ICT in Education
Information System and Technology
Ontology
E-learning and Human computer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
42
0.857
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,032
International law and human rights
ART and the ethics of reproduction
Emerging tech
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
42
0.857
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,033
Soil fertility
Applied microbial technology
Plant Nutrition
Phylogenetic diversity
Bacterial inoculants
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
30
0.612
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,034
South African Literature
critical theory
Postmodernism
Nietzshe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
17
0.347
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,035
Host genetics
Virology
Epigenetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
48
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,036
Human resource management
Organisational behaviour
Business Administration
industrial psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
48
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,037
Power Systems Protection
Artificial Intelligence Evolutionary Algorithms
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
48
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,038
Environmental Microbiology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
48
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,039
Financial and investment management
bank regulations
financial and risk management
corporate finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
46
0.958
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,040
Management
Marketing
Marketing Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
45
0.938
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,041
Newborn hearing screening
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
43
0.896
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,042
Marketing and services management
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
36
0.750
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,043
Pollination biology
Evolutionary ecology
Plant reproduction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
47
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,044
tourism education
tourism
curriculum
assessment in education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
46
0.979
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,045
Lean operations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
40
0.851
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,046
Journalism
New Media
Media Ethics
Social Media
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
25
0.532
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,047
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
18
0.383
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,048
Structural/Bridge engineering
Computational Mechanics
Finite Element Analysis
Contact Mechanics
Nonsmooth Mechanics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
46
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,049
Bioinformatics
molecular biology
TB immunology
vaccinology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
45
0.978
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,050
Statistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
39
0.848
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,823,493
13,059
1,026
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,026
Lwamkelekile Mkize
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
42
0.840
Animal Genetics
Molecular Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,826,028
13,093
1,027
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,027
Londeka Ngubane
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
49
1.000
Taxi violence
crime and punishment
child justice
human rights
biopsychosocial perspectives in crime causation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,827,149
13,105
1,028
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,028
Angezwa Siboto
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
49
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,828,025
13,114
1,029
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,029
Nomagugu B Ncube
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
48
0.980
Computational and Organic Chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,829,549
13,133
1,030
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,030
Harinarayana Bandaru
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
43
0.878
Catalysis
Chemistry
Organic chemistry
Analytical chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,829,764
13,138
1,031
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,031
Oluwatosin Bamigboye
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
42
0.857
ICT4D
ICT in Education
Information System and Technology
Ontology
E-learning and Human computer
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,829,797
13,139
1,032
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,032
Sheetal Soni
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
42
0.857
International law and human rights
ART and the ethics of reproduction
Emerging tech
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,831,053
13,155
1,033
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,033
Grace Kanonge-Mafaune
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
30
0.612
Soil fertility
Applied microbial technology
Plant Nutrition
Phylogenetic diversity
Bacterial inoculants
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,831,841
13,163
1,034
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,034
Jean Rossmann
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
17
0.347
South African Literature
critical theory
Postmodernism
Nietzshe
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,832,440
13,167
1,035
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,035
Theolan Adimulam
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
48
1.000
Host genetics
Virology
Epigenetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,832,440
13,167
1,035
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,036
Grace Obalade
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
48
1.000
Human resource management
Organisational behaviour
Business Administration
industrial psychology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,833,952
13,181
1,037
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,037
Sethembiso Nonjabulo Langazane
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
48
1.000
Power Systems Protection
Artificial Intelligence Evolutionary Algorithms
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,833,952
13,181
1,037
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,038
Folasade Adu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
48
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,834,888
13,191
1,039
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,039
Damilola Oyetade
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
46
0.958
Financial and investment management
bank regulations
financial and risk management
corporate finance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,835,348
13,194
1,040
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,040
Kressantha Perumal
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
45
0.938
Management
Marketing
Marketing Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,835,790
13,201
1,041
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,041
Ayanda Gina
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
43
0.896
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,836,745
13,210
1,042
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,042
Devina Oodith
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
36
0.750
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,838,834
13,230
1,043
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,043
Hannah C Butler
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
47
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,841,132
13,250
1,044
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,044
Zanele Dube-Xaba
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
46
0.979
tourism education
tourism
curriculum
assessment in education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,842,693
13,269
1,045
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,045
Roger Salisbury
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
40
0.851
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,844,215
13,288
1,046
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,046
Sandra Pitcher
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
25
0.532
Journalism
New Media
Media Ethics
Social Media
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,844,630
13,293
1,047
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,047
Rosemary Kuhn
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
18
0.383
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,845,692
13,300
1,048
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,048
Mpho Motsa|Siphesihle Mpho Motsa, Siphesihle Motsa
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
46
1.000
Structural/Bridge engineering
Computational Mechanics
Finite Element Analysis
Contact Mechanics
Nonsmooth Mechanics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,847,907
13,318
1,049
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,049
Michael Mbatha
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
45
0.978
Bioinformatics
molecular biology
TB immunology
vaccinology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,849,240
13,327
1,050
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,050
Oliver Bodhlyera
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
39
0.848