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 :1,226
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
18
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,227
Doctor of Philosophy (Chemistry)
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Last 6 Years / Total
18
18
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,228
Emergency Medicine
Health Professions Education
Point of Care Ultrasound
Deep Learning
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
18
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,229
Regional & Local Economic Development
Sustainable Development
Governance
Political Economy
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Last 6 Years / Total
18
18
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,230
Organic Chemistry
Medicinal Chemistry
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18
18
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,231
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Last 6 Years
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18
18
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,232
Gender and Sexuality
Traditional Medicine
Public Policy
Social Theory
Economic Theory
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
16
0.889
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,233
Graph theory (Energy of Graphs)
General Relativity
Conformal Symmetry
Massless scalar field Gravitational collapse
Killing Ve
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
15
0.833
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,234
Curriculum
Curriculum Transformation
Student development in HE
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
14
0.778
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,235
sustainability marketing
marketing education
digital marketing
digital education
artificial intelligence
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
6
0.333
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,236
Agricultural Economics. Farm Management. Youth Empowerment. Entrepreneurship. Rural Development
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
17
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,237
Gender and religion
Gender-based violence
pastoral theology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
17
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,238
Teaching and Learning
Analytics
Machine learning
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
17
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,239
inclusive education
early childhood education
educational leadership
Basic Education
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
17
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,240
language in education
Inclusive education
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
16
0.941
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,241
Paediatrics
respiratory
critical care
infections
clinical medicine
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
15
0.882
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,242
Investments
financial planning
director interlock
taxation
corporate governance
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
14
0.824
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,243
quantum foundations
quantum information
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
14
0.824
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,244
Finance
Investment Banking and Financial Markets
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
16
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,245
Legal history
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
16
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,246
Bioethics
Labour Law
Criminal Law
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
15
0.938
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,247
Anatomical pathology
surgical pathology
autopsy
cytology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
15
0.938
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,248
Decoloniality
Postcoloniality
Social Sciences
Technology and History Ed
Textbook research
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
15
0.938
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,249
Plant Ecophysiology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
14
0.875
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,250
Business Management
Entrepreneurship
Supply Chain Management
Marketing Management
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
14
0.875
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,082,898
15,653
1,226
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,226
Siphamandla Nyawose
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
18
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
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2,082,898
15,653
1,226
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,227
Patrick Mangundu
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
18
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
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2,082,898
15,653
1,226
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,228
Kamlin Ekambaram
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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
2,085,961
15,680
1,229
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,229
Methembe Z Mdlalose
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
18
1.000
Regional & Local Economic Development
Sustainable Development
Governance
Political Economy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,085,961
15,680
1,229
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,230
Gobind Kumar
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
18
1.000
Organic Chemistry
Medicinal Chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,087,612
15,695
1,231
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,231
Qiniso Mthethwa
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
18
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,090,245
15,723
1,232
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,232
Fikile Vilakazi
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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
2,090,375
15,725
1,233
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,233
Samson O Ojako
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
15
0.833
Graph theory (Energy of Graphs)
General Relativity
Conformal Symmetry
Massless scalar field Gravitational collapse
Killing Ve
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,091,127
15,735
1,234
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,234
Shakti M Ramson
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
14
0.778
Curriculum
Curriculum Transformation
Student development in HE
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,093,455
15,755
1,235
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,235
Devika Pillay|Dawn Pillay
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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
2,094,304
15,766
1,236
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,236
Raesetse Baloyi
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
17
1.000
Agricultural Economics. Farm Management. Youth Empowerment. Entrepreneurship. Rural Development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,094,304
15,766
1,236
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,237
Zamantshali Dlamini|Zama Mtshali-Dlamini
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
17
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,097,467
15,798
1,238
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,238
Rushil Raghavjee
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
17
1.000
Teaching and Learning
Analytics
Machine learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,099,077
15,812
1,239
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,239
Awudu Salaam Mohammed
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
17
1.000
inclusive education
early childhood education
educational leadership
Basic Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,101,310
15,837
1,240
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,240
Patrick Mweli
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
16
0.941
language in education
Inclusive education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,102,183
15,844
1,241
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,241
Sbekezelo Thembelihle Hlophe
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
15
0.882
Paediatrics
respiratory
critical care
infections
clinical medicine
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,102,402
15,847
1,242
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,242
Leo Deodutt
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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
2,102,613
15,853
1,243
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,243
Anirudh Reddy
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
14
0.824
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,109,177
15,930
1,244
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,244
Dumisani Pamba
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
16
1.000
Finance
Investment Banking and Financial Markets
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,110,682
15,947
1,245
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,245
Paul Swanepoel
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
16
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,112,479
15,962
1,246
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,246
Ntokozo Mnyandu|Ntokozo Nkonzo Mnyandu
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
15
0.938
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,112,998
15,968
1,247
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,247
Absalom Mwazha
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
15
0.938
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,113,336
15,972
1,248
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,248
Leevina M. Iyer
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
15
0.938
Decoloniality
Postcoloniality
Social Sciences
Technology and History Ed
Textbook research
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,113,967
15,977
1,249
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,249
Philisiwe Mhlanga
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
14
0.875
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,114,081
15,979
1,250
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,250
Mfazo Cliford Madondo
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
14
0.875
Business Management
Entrepreneurship
Supply Chain Management
Marketing Management