Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
University of Kwazulu Natal Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings 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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,051
Structural/Bridge engineering
Computational Mechanics
Finite Element Analysis
Contact Mechanics
Nonsmooth Mechanics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
40
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,052
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
39
0.975
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,053
earnings management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
37
0.925
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,054
Plant biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
27
0.675
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,055
tourism livelihoods - rural livelihoods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
14
0.350
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,056
pre-eclampsia
HIV
neutrophil extracellular traps
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
39
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,057
Teacher development
Professional development
early career academics
playful pedagogy
self-reflexive methodologies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
39
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,058
Gender and Migration
Conflicts Transformation
International Relations.
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
39
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,059
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
39
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,060
Architecture
Transformative Pedagogy
Fourth Industrial Revolution
Humanistic Urbanism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
36
0.923
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,061
Social and Spatial Integration
Housing Innovation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
34
0.872
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,062
Financial accounting
Mergers and acquisitions
Facebook as an education platform
Value of intangible assets
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
33
0.846
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,063
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
17
0.436
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,064
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
17
0.436
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,065
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
9
0.231
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,066
Neurosurgery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
2
0.051
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,067
Social psychology
research methods
african psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
37
0.974
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,068
Ruminant
Pasture Production & Forage Conservation
Rumen Fill
Feed Intake
Roughage Utilization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
35
0.921
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,069
Systems Analysis and Design
Webpage Development
IS Security
Business Information Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
33
0.868
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,070
Agriculture
Agricultural economics
Food Security
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
37
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,071
Statistics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
37
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,072
Local Economic Development
Public Administration and Intergovernmental Relations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
37
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,073
Bioinformatics
molecular biology
TB immunology
vaccinology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
37
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,074
leadership
management
curriculum development
mental health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
36
0.973
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,075
Chemistry and Natural product
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
33
0.892
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,872,436
13,460
1,050
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,051
Mpho Motsa|Siphesihle Mpho Motsa, Siphesihle Motsa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
40
1.000
Structural/Bridge engineering
Computational Mechanics
Finite Element Analysis
Contact Mechanics
Nonsmooth Mechanics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,875,106
13,486
1,052
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,052
Rayishnee Pillay
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
39
0.975
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,876,029
13,496
1,053
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,053
Alastair Marais
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
37
0.925
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,877,767
13,519
1,054
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,054
Kashmira Raghu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
27
0.675
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,878,875
13,532
1,055
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,055
Tim Foggin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
14
0.350
tourism livelihoods - rural livelihoods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,879,326
13,543
1,056
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,056
Merantha Moodley
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
39
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,880,364
13,553
1,057
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,057
Nosipho Bele-Mbatha
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
39
1.000
Teacher development
Professional development
early career academics
playful pedagogy
self-reflexive methodologies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,881,349
13,559
1,058
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,058
Sunday Israel Oyebamiji
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
39
1.000
Gender and Migration
Conflicts Transformation
International Relations.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,881,662
13,562
1,059
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,059
Dhireshan Singh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
39
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,883,435
13,580
1,060
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,060
Yashaen Luckan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
36
0.923
Architecture
Transformative Pedagogy
Fourth Industrial Revolution
Humanistic Urbanism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,883,892
13,588
1,061
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,061
Sanele Brian Mbambo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
34
0.872
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,884,120
13,592
1,062
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,062
Kerry-Lee Gurr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
33
0.846
Financial accounting
Mergers and acquisitions
Facebook as an education platform
Value of intangible assets
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,886,069
13,618
1,063
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,063
Kathryn Johnson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
17
0.436
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,886,074
13,619
1,064
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,064
Clinton Rautenbach
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
17
0.436
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,886,554
13,623
1,065
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,065
Minenhle Doh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
9
0.231
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,886,754
13,624
1,066
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,066
Ashley Landers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
2
0.051
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,889,910
13,655
1,067
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,067
Sindisiwe Mazibuko
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
37
0.974
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,890,852
13,667
1,068
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,068
Rasheed A Adebayo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
35
0.921
Ruminant
Pasture Production & Forage Conservation
Rumen Fill
Feed Intake
Roughage Utilization
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,891,374
13,674
1,069
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,069
Surika Civilcharran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
33
0.868
Systems Analysis and Design
Webpage Development
IS Security
Business Information Systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,895,004
13,702
1,070
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,070
Phiwokuhle Ndlovu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
37
1.000
Agriculture
Agricultural economics
Food Security
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,895,749
13,709
1,071
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,071
Jecinta U Ibeji
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
37
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,895,749
13,709
1,071
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,072
Andile Biyela
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
37
1.000
Local Economic Development
Public Administration and Intergovernmental Relations
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,896,780
13,718
1,073
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,073
Michael Mbatha
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
37
1.000
Bioinformatics
molecular biology
TB immunology
vaccinology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,897,930
13,725
1,074
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,074
Sipho Wellington Mkhize
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
36
0.973
leadership
management
curriculum development
mental health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,898,804
13,732
1,075
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,075
Bongisiwe Shelembe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
33
0.892