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 :1,476
Discrete Mathematics
Graph Theory
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
15
0.833
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,477
educational psychology
counselling
gender
sexual orientation
masculinities
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
11
0.611
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,478
open access
repository
open access policy
managing repositories
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
6
0.333
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,479
Education
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
2
0.111
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,480
Functional genetics
Host plant-aphid interaction
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
17
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,481
Microbiology
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Last 6 Years / Total
17
17
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,482
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
17
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,483
Library and Information Services
Research Support
Research Evaluation
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
17
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,484
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
17
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,485
computational electromagnetics
electromagnetics
method of moments
antenna arrays
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
17
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,486
Theology
Technology
Society
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
16
0.941
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,487
Reconciliation & Justice
Church Unity
Ethics
Public Theology
Black Liberation Theology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
16
0.941
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,488
Artistic research
Performance studies
Flute practice
Musicology
Decolonial aesthesis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
10
0.588
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,489
Machine learning
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
16
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,490
Sociology
Human-wildlife conflict
Square Kilometre Array
Environmental Sociology
Wildlife Conservation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
16
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,491
geochemistry
alkaline rocks
Archean
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
16
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,492
Structural Engineering
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
16
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,493
Corporate Finance
Weighted Average Cost of Capital
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
16
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,494
Interpreting
Interpreter training
CAIT
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
16
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,495
Molecular Biology
infectious diseases
animal model of tuberculosis
immunology
non-communicable diseases
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
15
0.938
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,496
Theology
Israel palestine
film
religion
ethics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
14
0.875
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,497
Medical Military History
War and Society
Veterans
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
13
0.813
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,498
Sports Medicine
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
13
0.813
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,499
Africa
Water
Research Networks
Monitoring and Evaluation
Research Utilisation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
15
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,500
Corruption
Financial inclusion
Good governance
Social empowerment
Pension fund administration
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
15
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,093,875
15,757
1,476
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,476
Opeyemi Oyewumi
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
15
0.833
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,095,470
15,774
1,477
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,477
Malan Van Der Walt
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
11
0.611
educational psychology
counselling
gender
sexual orientation
masculinities
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,096,788
15,785
1,478
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,478
Paulette Talliard
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
6
0.333
open access
repository
open access policy
managing repositories
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,097,278
15,791
1,479
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,479
Raymond Van Diemel
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
2
0.111
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,097,585
15,795
1,480
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,480
Hendrik Swiegers
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
17
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,097,585
15,795
1,480
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,481
Megan Kode
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
17
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,099,658
15,817
1,482
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,482
Tshepiso Lentswe
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
17
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,099,658
15,817
1,482
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,483
Kirchner Van Deventer
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
17
1.000
Library and Information Services
Research Support
Research Evaluation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,100,766
15,827
1,484
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,484
Susanna H Du Plessis
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
17
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,100,766
15,827
1,484
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,485
André S. Conradie
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
17
1.000
computational electromagnetics
electromagnetics
method of moments
antenna arrays
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,103,714
15,852
1,486
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,486
Katleho K, Mokoena
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
16
0.941
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,104,231
15,859
1,487
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,487
Sipho Mahokoto
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
16
0.941
Reconciliation & Justice
Church Unity
Ethics
Public Theology
Black Liberation Theology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,107,511
15,901
1,488
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,488
Marietjie (Esther Marie) Pauw
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
10
0.588
Artistic research
Performance studies
Flute practice
Musicology
Decolonial aesthesis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,109,414
15,917
1,489
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,489
Emile-Reyn Engelbrecht
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
16
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,109,444
15,918
1,490
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,490
Renelle Terblanche
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
16
1.000
Sociology
Human-wildlife conflict
Square Kilometre Array
Environmental Sociology
Wildlife Conservation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,109,444
15,918
1,490
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,491
Marcel Vinicius Santos Leandro
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
16
1.000
geochemistry
alkaline rocks
Archean
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,109,444
15,918
1,490
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,492
Babatunde Luke Ajayi
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
16
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,109,444
15,918
1,490
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,493
Anet Boshoff-Knoetze
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
16
1.000
Corporate Finance
Weighted Average Cost of Capital
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,109,444
15,918
1,490
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,494
Elizabeth Deysel
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
16
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,115,814
15,992
1,495
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,495
Zimvo Obasa
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
15
0.938
Molecular Biology
infectious diseases
animal model of tuberculosis
immunology
non-communicable diseases
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,117,646
16,012
1,496
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,496
Marthie Momberg
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
14
0.875
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,118,179
16,018
1,497
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,497
Anri Delport
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
13
0.813
Medical Military History
War and Society
Veterans
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,118,346
16,021
1,498
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,498
Jo-Anne Kirby
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
13
0.813
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,121,770
16,058
1,499
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,499
Nico Elema
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
15
1.000
Africa
Water
Research Networks
Monitoring and Evaluation
Research Utilisation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,124,821
16,089
1,500
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,500
Luckmore Chivandire
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
15
1.000
Corruption
Financial inclusion
Good governance
Social empowerment
Pension fund administration