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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 :1,201
transition pedagogy
student voice and change
social inclusion
eLearning
cultural historical activity theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
18
0.947
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,202
plant taxonomy
alien invasion
species distribution models
climate change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
18
0.947
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,203
Clustering
Machine Learning
Missing Data
Operations Research
Nature-Inspired Algorithms
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
18
0.947
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,204
computational physics
machine learning
computational biomedical physics
physics education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
15
0.789
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,205
Ground beetles
agricultural sustainability
invertebrates conservation
functional diversity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
18
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,206
Emergency Medicine
Health Professions Education
Point of Care Ultrasound
Deep Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
18
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,207
Food Security
Agricultural Economics
Socio-Economics
Smallholder farmers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
18
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,208
Inorganic chemistry
Computational chemistry
Crystallography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
17
0.944
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,209
Gender and Sexuality
Traditional Medicine
Public Policy
Social Theory
Economic Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
16
0.889
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,210
Conflict
Natural Resources
Coastal and Marine Governance
Social Stratification
Reform and Redistribution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
15
0.833
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,211
Electrical Engineering
Smart Grid
Superconductivity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
15
0.833
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,212
Curriculum
Curriculum Transformation
Student development in HE
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
14
0.778
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,213
sustainability marketing
marketing education
digital marketing
digital education
artificial intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
6
0.333
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,214
Material flow analysis
carbon sequestration in forests and harvested wood products
carbon flows
carbon accounting
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
2
0.111
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,215
Grassland Ecology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
17
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,216
Child Protection
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
17
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,217
Physical education
health promotion
sport science
Olympic education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
17
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,218
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
17
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,219
Legal history
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
17
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,220
Public Policy
M&E
E-government
Digital Transformation
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
16
0.941
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,221
Remote sensing
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
15
0.882
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,222
Investments
financial planning
director interlock
taxation
corporate governance
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
14
0.824
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,223
quantum foundations
quantum information
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
14
0.824
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,224
Doctor of Philosophy (Chemistry)
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
16
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,225
Nanotechnology
Material science
Renewable energy
Nanocomposites for energy conversion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
16
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,067,148
15,404
1,201
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,201
Victor Nnadozie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
18
0.947
transition pedagogy
student voice and change
social inclusion
eLearning
cultural historical activity theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,067,148
15,404
1,201
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,202
Minoli Appalasamy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
18
0.947
plant taxonomy
alien invasion
species distribution models
climate change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,067,547
15,409
1,203
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,203
Peter Popoola
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
18
0.947
Clustering
Machine Learning
Missing Data
Operations Research
Nature-Inspired Algorithms
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,068,990
15,426
1,204
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,204
Nkosinathi Dlamini
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
15
0.789
computational physics
machine learning
computational biomedical physics
physics education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,072,385
15,453
1,205
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,205
Maria Makwela
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
18
1.000
Ground beetles
agricultural sustainability
invertebrates conservation
functional diversity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,072,621
15,457
1,206
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,206
Kamlin Ekambaram
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
18
1.000
Emergency Medicine
Health Professions Education
Point of Care Ultrasound
Deep Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,072,621
15,457
1,206
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,207
Thobani Cele
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
18
1.000
Food Security
Agricultural Economics
Socio-Economics
Smallholder farmers
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,078,426
15,505
1,208
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,208
Edmore Farayi Kangara
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
17
0.944
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,080,141
15,531
1,209
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,209
Fikile Vilakazi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
16
0.889
Gender and Sexuality
Traditional Medicine
Public Policy
Social Theory
Economic Theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,080,316
15,536
1,210
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,210
Mabuyi Gumede
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
15
0.833
Conflict
Natural Resources
Coastal and Marine Governance
Social Stratification
Reform and Redistribution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,080,532
15,539
1,211
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,211
Mohamed Fayaz Khan
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
15
0.833
Electrical Engineering
Smart Grid
Superconductivity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,081,051
15,545
1,212
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,212
Shakti M Ramson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
14
0.778
Curriculum
Curriculum Transformation
Student development in HE
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,083,378
15,564
1,213
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,213
Devika Pillay|Dawn Pillay
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
6
0.333
sustainability marketing
marketing education
digital marketing
digital education
artificial intelligence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,084,007
15,570
1,214
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,214
Iain Kerr
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
2
0.111
Material flow analysis
carbon sequestration in forests and harvested wood products
carbon flows
carbon accounting
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,084,282
15,573
1,215
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,215
Naledi Zama
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
17
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,087,540
15,600
1,216
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,216
Livhuwani Ramphabana
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
17
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,087,540
15,600
1,216
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,217
Cecil Tafireyi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
17
1.000
Physical education
health promotion
sport science
Olympic education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,089,219
15,618
1,218
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,218
Qiniso Mthethwa
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
17
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,089,219
15,618
1,218
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,219
Paul Swanepoel
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
17
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,091,097
15,639
1,220
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,220
Molefi Matsieli
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
16
0.941
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,092,082
15,645
1,221
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,221
Pride Mafuratidze
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
15
0.882
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,092,538
15,650
1,222
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,222
Leo Deodutt
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
14
0.824
Investments
financial planning
director interlock
taxation
corporate governance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,092,766
15,658
1,223
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,223
Anirudh Reddy
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
14
0.824
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,096,451
15,694
1,224
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,224
Patrick Mangundu
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
16
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,096,451
15,694
1,224
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,225
Samantha Ndlovu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
16
1.000
Nanotechnology
Material science
Renewable energy
Nanocomposites for energy conversion