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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 :1,351
Law
International Law
Military Law
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
3
0.429
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,352
Inorganic chemistry/Material science
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
1
0.143
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,353
image processing
video processing
optimization
artificial intelligence
machine learning
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
6
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,354
Migration
Migrant Health
Population studies
Demography
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6
6
1.000
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Ranking Based On Selection :1,355
theoeries
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6
6
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,356
Quantum Information Science
Quantum Computing
Open Quantum Systems
Quantum Simulation
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6
6
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,357
Gender-based Violence in Higher Education Institutions
Human Trafficking
Railway Cable theft
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6
6
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,358
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6
6
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,359
Applied Statistics
Boistatistics
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6
6
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,360
Accounting
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6
6
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,361
Nursing Education
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6
6
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,362
Burglary
restorative justice
school violence
criminal law
security
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6
6
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,363
Contemporary South African Visual Culture
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6
3
0.500
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,364
Statistics
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5
5
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,365
Pharmaceutics
drug delivery
nanomedicine/nanotechnology
biomaterials science
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5
5
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,366
Climate Change
Diversion of Offenders Restorative Justice
SocioLegal Issues
Crime
Decolonization
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Last 6 Years / Total
5
5
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,367
Entrepreneurship
Women and Youth empowerment
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Last 6 Years / Total
5
5
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,368
Mechatronic Engineering
Soft Robotics
Dielectric Elastomers
3D Printing
Shape-Memory Polymers
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5
5
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,369
Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
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5
5
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,370
Marine geology
Coastal geology
Geoscience
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Last 6 Years / Total
5
5
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,371
Food security
poverty and inequality
community development
public health policy
education
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Last 6 Years / Total
5
5
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,372
Social Justice
Medical Education
Imagination
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Last 6 Years / Total
5
4
0.800
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,373
cancer
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5
4
0.800
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,374
IT
Software Development
Information Security
Digital Forensics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
2
0.400
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,375
Machine Learning
Decision Analysis
Artificial Intelligence
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4
4
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,246,675
17,285
1,350
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,351
Matthew Kimble
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
3
0.429
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,247,869
17,300
1,352
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,352
Regina Orhorhomu Egbele
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
1
0.143
Inorganic chemistry/Material science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,248,552
17,314
1,353
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,353
Bradley Joel Pillay
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
6
1.000
image processing
video processing
optimization
artificial intelligence
machine learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,248,552
17,314
1,353
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,354
Rowan Madzamba
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
6
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,248,552
17,314
1,353
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,355
Sandile Ndlovu
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Last 6 Years / Total
6
6
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,248,552
17,314
1,353
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,356
Ian Joel David
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
6
1.000
Quantum Information Science
Quantum Computing
Open Quantum Systems
Quantum Simulation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,253,503
17,381
1,357
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,357
Liso Nobanda
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
6
1.000
Gender-based Violence in Higher Education Institutions
Human Trafficking
Railway Cable theft
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,253,503
17,381
1,357
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,358
Nhlakanipho Mzimela
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
6
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,253,503
17,381
1,357
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,359
Thabo Lephoto
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
6
1.000
Applied Statistics
Boistatistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,253,503
17,381
1,357
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,360
Qondeni Khumalo
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
6
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,253,503
17,381
1,357
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,361
Ntefeleng Pakkies
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
6
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,253,503
17,381
1,357
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,362
Zandile Faith Mpofu
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
6
1.000
Burglary
restorative justice
school violence
criminal law
security
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,265,149
17,535
1,363
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,363
Jessica Lindiwe Draper
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
3
0.500
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,268,314
17,555
1,364
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,364
Mthobisi Zondi
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
5
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,268,314
17,555
1,364
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,365
Igbokwe Nkeiruka
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
5
1.000
Pharmaceutics
drug delivery
nanomedicine/nanotechnology
biomaterials science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,272,208
17,612
1,366
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,366
Bongane Mzinyane
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
5
1.000
Climate Change
Diversion of Offenders Restorative Justice
SocioLegal Issues
Crime
Decolonization
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,272,208
17,612
1,366
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,367
Aluncedo Zikhali
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
5
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,272,208
17,612
1,366
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,368
Ingrid R Botha
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Last 6 Years / Total
5
5
1.000
Mechatronic Engineering
Soft Robotics
Dielectric Elastomers
3D Printing
Shape-Memory Polymers
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,272,208
17,612
1,366
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,369
Samkelisiwe Luthuli
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
5
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,272,208
17,612
1,366
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,370
Sashan Manikam
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
5
1.000
Marine geology
Coastal geology
Geoscience
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,272,208
17,612
1,366
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,371
Ntombizodwa P Dandala
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
5
1.000
Food security
poverty and inequality
community development
public health policy
education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,283,607
17,738
1,372
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,372
Wade Cafun
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
4
0.800
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,283,607
17,738
1,372
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,373
Kavir Rajkumar
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
4
0.800
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,287,243
17,770
1,374
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,374
Deepak Kumar
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
2
0.400
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,291,673
17,817
1,375
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,375
Ameeth Sooklall
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4
4
1.000
Machine Learning
Decision Analysis
Artificial Intelligence