Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) 2024 and list of influential and most cited researchers in Agriculture and Forestry, Art, Design and Architecture, Business and Management, Economics and Econometrics, Education, Engineering and Technology, History, Philosophy, Theology, Law, Medicine and Health Sciences, Natural Sciences and Social Sciences and their 256 sub-branches is a unique service offered only by “AD Scientific Index”. You can see the most cited and influential researchers in the country and region. See also for more specific citation analyses: "last 6 years citation index" Universities Rankings 2024 (Sort by: Total Citations) and Universities Rankings 2024 (Sort by : Last 6 Years Citations)
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,748,677
Country Rank
13,860
Institution Rank : 1,074
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11125.png)
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
![Ilana Moodley](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
percutaneous injuries
community-based education dentistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
30
0.909
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,751,843
Country Rank
13,904
Institution Rank : 1,075
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11125.png)
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
![Patricia Opondo](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
African Music and Dance
Applied Ethnomusicology
AudioVisual Ethnomusicology
Festival Curation
Arts Entrepreneurship
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
11
0.333
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,753,283
Country Rank
13,913
Institution Rank : 1,076
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11125.png)
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
![Raksha Janak](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Gender
Sexualities
New Feminist Materialism
Sexual Violence
Teacher Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
32
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,754,330
Country Rank
13,922
Institution Rank : 1,077
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11125.png)
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
![Nthabeleng Hlapisi](/pictures/a0/5249833.jpg)
Organic chemistry
Nanotechnology
Analytical Chemistry
Green Chemistry
Medicinal Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
32
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,755,553
Country Rank
13,934
Institution Rank : 1,078
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11125.png)
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
![Nomakhosi Nomathemba Sibisi](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
School violence
Gender Based Violence
Corrections and Correction Practice
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
32
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,757,014
Country Rank
13,953
Institution Rank : 1,079
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11125.png)
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
![Mbeje Pretty](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Nephrology Nursing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
29
0.906
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,757,986
Country Rank
13,965
Institution Rank : 1,080
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11125.png)
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
![Darren Subramanien](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
26
0.813
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,758,720
Country Rank
13,969
Institution Rank : 1,081
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11125.png)
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
![Bhekisizwe Mthethwa](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Deep Learning-Based Wireless Communication Physical Layer Design
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
23
0.719
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,760,859
Country Rank
13,993
Institution Rank : 1,082
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11125.png)
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
![Katelyn Johnson](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Engineering hydrology
design flood estimation
extreme rainfalls
non-stationarity
climate models
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
31
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,761,785
Country Rank
13,998
Institution Rank : 1,083
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11125.png)
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
![Hp Ndlela](/pictures/e4/5214972.jpg)
Business Management
Accounting
Auditing
Finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
31
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,761,785
Country Rank
13,998
Institution Rank : 1,083
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11125.png)
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
![Nasiphi Bitani](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/83/5836017.jpg)
Landscape ecology Conservation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
31
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,762,890
Country Rank
14,008
Institution Rank : 1,085
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11125.png)
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
![Lerato Phali](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Agricultural Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
31
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,763,981
Country Rank
14,019
Institution Rank : 1,086
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11125.png)
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
![Arjun Adit](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/15/5063483.jpg)
Pollination ecology
Plant systematics
Functional ecology
Evolutionary ecology
Trait evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
31
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,763,981
Country Rank
14,019
Institution Rank : 1,086
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11125.png)
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
![Olabamidele Olanrewaju Kolawole](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/71/5297037.jpg)
Optical Wireless Communications
Free Space Optics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
31
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,766,205
Country Rank
14,038
Institution Rank : 1,088
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11125.png)
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
![Mukovhe Phanguphangu](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
27
0.871
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,770,185
Country Rank
14,078
Institution Rank : 1,089
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11125.png)
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
![Nd Neboh](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/bf/5294522.jpg)
Retail
Resilience
Operations management and Supply chain management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
30
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,770,429
Country Rank
14,081
Institution Rank : 1,090
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11125.png)
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
![Aubrey M. Sosibo](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
30
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,770,429
Country Rank
14,081
Institution Rank : 1,090
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11125.png)
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
![Nokukhanya Ndlovu](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Leadership Policy Self-Reflexive Methodologies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
30
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,770,429
Country Rank
14,081
Institution Rank : 1,090
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11125.png)
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
![Marylyn M. Christian](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/22/5836018.jpg)
Crop nutrition
plant pathology
plant breeding
silicon fertilizers
bio-stimulants
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
30
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,770,429
Country Rank
14,081
Institution Rank : 1,090
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11125.png)
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
![Thandi Mbuyazi](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Nanoparticles
photocatalysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
30
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,774,741
Country Rank
14,126
Institution Rank : 1,094
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11125.png)
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
![Lowanika Victor Tibane](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/00/5261943.jpg)
Sedimentology
Geophysics
Geochemistry
Environmental
Economic and Mining Geology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
27
0.900
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,776,849
Country Rank
14,155
Institution Rank : 1,095
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11125.png)
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
![Tamaryn Nicholson](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Social Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
19
0.633
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,776,884
Country Rank
14,156
Institution Rank : 1,096
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11125.png)
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
![Thirona Moodley](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
labour law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
19
0.633
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,777,091
Country Rank
14,158
Institution Rank : 1,097
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11125.png)
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
![Femi Emmanuel Oni](/pictures/f0/5068181.jpg)
memory
identity and food
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
18
0.600
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,777,121
Country Rank
14,160
Institution Rank : 1,098
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11125.png)
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
![Lindelani Ndlovu](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Chemistry
Chemical engineering
Catalysis
Materials
Textile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
18
0.600
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
1,748,677
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
13,860
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11125.png)
1,074
Ilana Moodley
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
30
0.909
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11125.png)
percutaneous injuries
community-based education dentistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
1,751,843
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
13,904
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11125.png)
1,075
Patricia Opondo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
11
0.333
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11125.png)
African Music and Dance
Applied Ethnomusicology
AudioVisual Ethnomusicology
Festival Curation
Arts Entrepreneurship
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
1,753,283
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
13,913
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11125.png)
1,076
Raksha Janak
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
32
1.000
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11125.png)
Gender
Sexualities
New Feminist Materialism
Sexual Violence
Teacher Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
1,754,330
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
13,922
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11125.png)
1,077
Nthabeleng Hlapisi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
32
1.000
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11125.png)
Organic chemistry
Nanotechnology
Analytical Chemistry
Green Chemistry
Medicinal Chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
1,755,553
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
13,934
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11125.png)
1,078
Nomakhosi Nomathemba Sibisi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
32
1.000
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11125.png)
School violence
Gender Based Violence
Corrections and Correction Practice
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
1,757,014
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
13,953
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11125.png)
1,079
Mbeje Pretty
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
29
0.906
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
1,757,986
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
13,965
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11125.png)
1,080
Darren Subramanien
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
26
0.813
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
1,758,720
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
13,969
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11125.png)
1,081
Bhekisizwe Mthethwa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
23
0.719
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11125.png)
Deep Learning-Based Wireless Communication Physical Layer Design
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
1,760,859
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
13,993
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11125.png)
1,082
Katelyn Johnson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
31
1.000
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11125.png)
Engineering hydrology
design flood estimation
extreme rainfalls
non-stationarity
climate models
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
1,761,785
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
13,998
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11125.png)
1,083
Hp Ndlela
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
31
1.000
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11125.png)
Business Management
Accounting
Auditing
Finance
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
1,761,785
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
13,998
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11125.png)
1,083
Nasiphi Bitani
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
31
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
1,762,890
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
14,008
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11125.png)
1,085
Lerato Phali
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
31
1.000
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11125.png)
Agricultural Economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
1,763,981
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
14,019
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11125.png)
1,086
Arjun Adit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
31
1.000
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11125.png)
Pollination ecology
Plant systematics
Functional ecology
Evolutionary ecology
Trait evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
1,763,981
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
14,019
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11125.png)
1,086
Olabamidele Olanrewaju Kolawole
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
31
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
1,766,205
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
14,038
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11125.png)
1,088
Mukovhe Phanguphangu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
27
0.871
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
1,770,185
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
14,078
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11125.png)
1,089
Nd Neboh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
30
1.000
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11125.png)
Retail
Resilience
Operations management and Supply chain management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
1,770,429
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
14,081
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11125.png)
1,090
Aubrey M. Sosibo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
30
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
1,770,429
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
14,081
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11125.png)
1,090
Nokukhanya Ndlovu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
30
1.000
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11125.png)
Leadership Policy Self-Reflexive Methodologies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
1,770,429
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
14,081
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11125.png)
1,090
Marylyn M. Christian
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
30
1.000
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11125.png)
Crop nutrition
plant pathology
plant breeding
silicon fertilizers
bio-stimulants
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
1,770,429
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
14,081
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11125.png)
1,090
Thandi Mbuyazi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
30
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
1,774,741
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
14,126
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11125.png)
1,094
Lowanika Victor Tibane
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
27
0.900
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11125.png)
Sedimentology
Geophysics
Geochemistry
Environmental
Economic and Mining Geology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
1,776,849
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
14,155
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11125.png)
1,095
Tamaryn Nicholson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
19
0.633
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
1,776,884
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
14,156
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11125.png)
1,096
Thirona Moodley
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
19
0.633
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
1,777,091
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
14,158
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11125.png)
1,097
Femi Emmanuel Oni
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
18
0.600
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
1,777,121
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
14,160
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11125.png)
1,098
Lindelani Ndlovu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
18
0.600
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11125.png)
Chemistry
Chemical engineering
Catalysis
Materials
Textile