Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Stellenbosch University 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 :1,426
Waste valorisation Hydrometallurgy Water treatment Mining Business development Environmental toxico
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
23
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,427
Thermofluids
Computational Modelling
Heat Transfer
Machine Learning
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
23
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,428
Polymer chemistry
Hydrogels
Polymer-clay nanocomposites
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23
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,429
gender
law and development
human rights
women and children
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
22
0.957
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,430
thermal energy systems
concentrating solar power
computational fluid dynamics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
21
0.913
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,431
Gender Equity and Sport
Sport Management
Women and Sport
Social Inclusion in Sport
SfD
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
20
0.870
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,432
Agent-based simulation modelling
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23
11
0.478
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,433
International Relations
Foreign Policy and Diplomacy
Geopolitics
Africa
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
11
0.478
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,434
Bot Classification
Social Media
Social Network Analysis
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Last 6 Years / Total
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22
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,435
pollination
agriculture
blueberries
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22
22
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,436
PostHarvest handling \ Microbiology
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Last 6 Years / Total
22
22
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,437
Transportation Safety
Transportation modelling
Public Transport
Transportation Economics
Transportation Planning
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
22
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,438
Cell biologist
plant ethnomedicine
Cancer therapeutics
Tuberculosis therapeutic and Drug
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
22
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,439
Chromatography
sample preparation
characterization
instrumentation
method development
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22
21
0.955
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,440
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Last 6 Years
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22
21
0.955
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,441
General Nephrology
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21
0.955
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,442
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21
0.955
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,443
Practical Theology Missiology Eco-theology Anthropology
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22
18
0.818
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,444
Company law
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
18
0.818
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,445
Learning Analytics
eLearning
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Last 6 Years / Total
22
5
0.227
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,446
Agricultural Development
Structural Transformation
Sustainability
Economic Modelling
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
21
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,447
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
21
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,448
Microbiology
Biotechnology
Bioinformatics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
21
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,449
Microbiology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
21
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,450
Ageing
Myeloproliferative Neoplasms
Myelodysplasia
Stem Cell Transplant
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
21
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,032,564
15,092
1,423
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,426
Evelyn Ruvimbo Manjengwa
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
23
1.000
Waste valorisation Hydrometallurgy Water treatment Mining Business development Environmental toxico
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,033,569
15,103
1,427
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,427
Rashid Ahmed Haffejee
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
23
1.000
Thermofluids
Computational Modelling
Heat Transfer
Machine Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,033,569
15,103
1,427
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,428
Thabang N Mphateng
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
23
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,037,826
15,132
1,429
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,429
Jane C. Diala
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
22
0.957
gender
law and development
human rights
women and children
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,038,454
15,143
1,430
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,430
Matthew Meas
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
21
0.913
thermal energy systems
concentrating solar power
computational fluid dynamics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,038,726
15,151
1,431
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,431
Nana Akua Achiaa Adom-Aboagye
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
20
0.870
Gender Equity and Sport
Sport Management
Women and Sport
Social Inclusion in Sport
SfD
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,041,457
15,177
1,432
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,432
Bj Van Vuuren
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
11
0.478
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,041,540
15,179
1,433
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,433
Raymond Steenkamp Fonseca
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
11
0.478
International Relations
Foreign Policy and Diplomacy
Geopolitics
Africa
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,043,606
15,193
1,434
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,434
Petrus Schoonwinkel
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
22
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,043,606
15,193
1,434
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,435
Keanu Martin
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
22
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,046,206
15,220
1,436
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,436
Loriane Yanclo
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
22
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,046,206
15,220
1,436
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,437
Robert Ambunda
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
22
1.000
Transportation Safety
Transportation modelling
Public Transport
Transportation Economics
Transportation Planning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,046,206
15,220
1,436
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,438
Francis Adu-Amankwaah
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
22
1.000
Cell biologist
plant ethnomedicine
Cancer therapeutics
Tuberculosis therapeutic and Drug
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,047,593
15,230
1,439
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,439
Sithandile Ngxangxa
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
21
0.955
Chromatography
sample preparation
characterization
instrumentation
method development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,047,593
15,230
1,439
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,440
Danielle Lee De Klerk
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
21
0.955
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,047,747
15,233
1,441
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,441
Mazhar Amirali
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
21
0.955
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,048,089
15,237
1,442
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,442
Andrew Earl
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
21
0.955
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,049,914
15,264
1,443
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,443
Eston Pembamoyo
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
18
0.818
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,049,970
15,265
1,444
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,444
Richard Stevens
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
18
0.818
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,052,736
15,295
1,445
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,445
Andre Pretorius
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
5
0.227
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,053,044
15,296
1,446
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,446
Panashe Paul Mazungunye|Paul Mazungunye
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
21
1.000
Agricultural Development
Structural Transformation
Sustainability
Economic Modelling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,053,800
15,306
1,447
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,447
Loren Rockman
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
21
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,055,764
15,334
1,448
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,448
Aza Zizipo Mqulwa
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
21
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,055,764
15,334
1,448
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,449
Elizaveta Koroleva
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
21
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,055,764
15,334
1,448
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,450
Marthinus Dicks
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
21
1.000
Ageing
Myeloproliferative Neoplasms
Myelodysplasia
Stem Cell Transplant