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 :1,326
Energy and Water treatment
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8
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,327
General relativity and Lovelock gravity
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8
8
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,328
Anatomy
Physiology
Neuroscience
COVID-19
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8
8
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,329
Human physiology
Endocrinology
Preeclampsia
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Last 6 Years / Total
8
8
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,330
Civil Engineering
Water Engineering
Hydrological modelling
GIS
Computer Programming
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Last 6 Years / Total
8
7
0.875
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,331
powerline communication and machine learning
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8
7
0.875
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,332
agricultural/bioresources systems analysis
energy
agricultural mechanization
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8
7
0.875
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,333
Bioinorganic chemistry
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7
0.875
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,334
Soil Science
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8
7
0.875
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,335
Supply Chain Management
Sustaianable Supply Chain Management
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Last 6 Years / Total
8
6
0.750
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,336
Culture and Architecture
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4
0.500
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,337
Children's health
Ergonomics and Occupational Health Physiotherapy
Physical activity in Children
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
2
0.250
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,338
Computer-aided drug design
Analytical Chemistry
Molecular Modeling
Nano drug delivery
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Last 6 Years / Total
7
7
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,339
Management Strategic Planning
Training
Development and Sustainability
Leadership and Admin
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7
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,340
Nuclear Medicine
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7
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,341
metagenomics
milk adulteration
academic writing and smallholder dairy farmers
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7
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,342
green hydrogen
energy storage
fuel processing
phase equilibrium data measurement
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Last 6 Years / Total
7
7
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,343
Artificial Intelligence
Machine learning
Ontology Engineering
Semantic Web
Natural Language Processing
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
7
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,344
food web ecology
ecosystem modelling
food web modelling
ecological network analysis
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Last 6 Years / Total
7
7
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,345
Safety and Security
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Last 6 Years / Total
7
7
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,346
Content Knowledge for Techers
Topic-Specific PCK
Powerful Knowledge and Teacher Education
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Last 6 Years / Total
7
7
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,347
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7
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,348
Botany
Medicinal plants
Plant morphology and anatomy
Plant phytochemistry and pharmacology
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Last 6 Years / Total
7
7
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,349
Drug delivery and wound healing
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7
7
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,350
military justice
decolonisation and africanisation of legal education in South Africa
and law and regional integration in Afri
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
3
0.429
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,218,452
16,978
1,325
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,326
Sindisiwe Ntsondwa
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
8
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
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2,218,452
16,978
1,325
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,327
Shavani Naicker
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Last 6 Years / Total
8
8
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
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2,218,452
16,978
1,325
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,328
Chanel Heeralall
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8
8
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
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2,218,452
16,978
1,325
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,329
Nombuso Xulu
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8
8
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
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2,223,356
17,029
1,330
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,330
Bukunmi Seun Fatoyinbo
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
7
0.875
Civil Engineering
Water Engineering
Hydrological modelling
GIS
Computer Programming
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,223,356
17,029
1,330
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,331
Florence Chelangat
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
7
0.875
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
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2,223,356
17,029
1,330
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,332
Wadzanai Mafunga
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
7
0.875
agricultural/bioresources systems analysis
energy
agricultural mechanization
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,223,356
17,029
1,330
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,333
Wakhiwe M Mthiyane
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
7
0.875
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
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2,224,537
17,044
1,334
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,334
Gd Cooper
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
7
0.875
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,225,269
17,055
1,335
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,335
Johnson Nsowah
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
6
0.750
Supply Chain Management
Sustaianable Supply Chain Management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,227,445
17,081
1,336
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,336
Majahamahle Nene Mthethwa
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Last 6 Years / Total
8
4
0.500
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,229,015
17,092
1,337
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,337
Olusegun O Ojedoyin
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Last 6 Years / Total
8
2
0.250
Children's health
Ergonomics and Occupational Health Physiotherapy
Physical activity in Children
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,229,923
17,102
1,338
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,338
Xylia Quintina Peters
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Last 6 Years / Total
7
7
1.000
Computer-aided drug design
Analytical Chemistry
Molecular Modeling
Nano drug delivery
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,229,923
17,102
1,338
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,339
Oladejo Olufemi Michael
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7
7
1.000
Management Strategic Planning
Training
Development and Sustainability
Leadership and Admin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,229,923
17,102
1,338
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,340
Bawinile Hadebe
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7
7
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
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2,229,923
17,102
1,338
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,341
Nkosinathi Humphrey Xulu
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7
7
1.000
metagenomics
milk adulteration
academic writing and smallholder dairy farmers
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,229,923
17,102
1,338
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,342
Paul Zvawanda
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7
7
1.000
green hydrogen
energy storage
fuel processing
phase equilibrium data measurement
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,229,923
17,102
1,338
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,343
Mohammed Suleiman Mohammed Rudwan
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Last 6 Years / Total
7
7
1.000
Artificial Intelligence
Machine learning
Ontology Engineering
Semantic Web
Natural Language Processing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,229,923
17,102
1,338
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,344
Gemma Gerber
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Last 6 Years / Total
7
7
1.000
food web ecology
ecosystem modelling
food web modelling
ecological network analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,229,923
17,102
1,338
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,345
Nkosingiphile Mbhele
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Last 6 Years / Total
7
7
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,229,923
17,102
1,338
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,346
Bongani Prince Ndlovu Ndlovu
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
7
1.000
Content Knowledge for Techers
Topic-Specific PCK
Powerful Knowledge and Teacher Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,235,742
17,181
1,347
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,347
Shimona Prosad
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Last 6 Years / Total
7
7
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,235,742
17,181
1,347
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,348
Yanga Nonelela Mhlomi
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Last 6 Years / Total
7
7
1.000
Botany
Medicinal plants
Plant morphology and anatomy
Plant phytochemistry and pharmacology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,235,742
17,181
1,347
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,349
Varshan Gounden
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Last 6 Years / Total
7
7
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,246,675
17,285
1,350
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,350
Aifheli Enos Tshivhase
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
3
0.429
military justice
decolonisation and africanisation of legal education in South Africa
and law and regional integration in Afri