Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Stellenbosch University 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 :1,551
Electric machine development
BDFMs
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9
1.000
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Ranking Based On Selection :1,552
Industrial renewable energy solutions
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9
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Ranking Based On Selection :1,553
Agronomy
climate smart farming
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9
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Ranking Based On Selection :1,554
Biorefinery
Techno-economic
Environmental Assessment
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9
1.000
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Ranking Based On Selection :1,555
Microbiology
Wine
Fermentation
Oenology
Yeast
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9
1.000
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Ranking Based On Selection :1,556
Financial reporting
IFRS 15
Conceptual Framework
Virtual Currency
Accounting Education
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9
1.000
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Ranking Based On Selection :1,557
Soil Biotechnology
Molecular Biology
and Microbiology
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9
1.000
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Ranking Based On Selection :1,558
Molecular Plant Physiology
Innovation
Science Policy
African Science
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9
7
0.778
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Ranking Based On Selection :1,559
curriculum reform
blended learning
higher education
online faciliation
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7
0.778
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,560
Masonry structures
self-compacting concrete
finite element
structural dynamics
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7
0.778
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,561
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8
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,562
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8
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,563
Musicology
Archaeomusicology & Assyriology
Metal Music Studies
Music & Guitar Education
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8
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,564
Church Polity
Black Theology
Queer Theology
Reformed Theology
Ecclesiology
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8
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,565
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8
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,566
philosophical counseling
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8
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,567
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8
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,568
Inorganic Chemistry
Nano chemistry
Catalysis
Polymer science
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Last 6 Years / Total
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8
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,569
chemometrics
NIR spectroscopy
NIR hyperspectral imaging
spectral imaging
machine learning
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Last 6 Years / Total
8
8
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,570
economic evaluations of health programs
health systems and services research
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8
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,571
food safety
chemometrics
hyperspectral imaging
sustainable food systems
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8
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,572
Signal Processing
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8
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,573
Machine Learning
Computer Science
Data Science
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8
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,574
wetlands in drylands
fluvial geomorphology
environmental change
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8
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,575
quantum machine learning
quantum cryptography
data science
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8
1.000
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Rankings
2,195,883
16,726
1,551
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,551
Stefan Botha
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Last 6 Years / Total
9
9
1.000
Electric machine development
BDFMs
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,195,883
16,726
1,551
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,552
Francois Rozon
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
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9
1.000
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2,195,883
16,726
1,551
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,553
Mosima Mabitsela
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
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9
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
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2,202,056
16,797
1,554
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,554
Mensah Sarpong Brobbey
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
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9
1.000
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2,202,056
16,797
1,554
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,555
James D. Duncan
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
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9
1.000
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2,202,056
16,797
1,554
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,556
Tess Lubbe
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9
9
1.000
Financial reporting
IFRS 15
Conceptual Framework
Virtual Currency
Accounting Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,202,056
16,797
1,554
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,557
Kelvin Kiprotich
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9
9
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,207,686
16,864
1,558
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,558
Darryn Whisgary
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9
7
0.778
Molecular Plant Physiology
Innovation
Science Policy
African Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,208,498
16,872
1,559
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,559
Magda Barnard
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9
7
0.778
curriculum reform
blended learning
higher education
online faciliation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,208,498
16,872
1,559
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,560
Thompson Lemuel
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9
7
0.778
Masonry structures
self-compacting concrete
finite element
structural dynamics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,212,350
16,911
1,561
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,561
Michael David Harmse
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
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8
8
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
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2,212,350
16,911
1,561
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,562
Geoffrey Frost
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
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8
8
1.000
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2,212,350
16,911
1,561
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,563
Dylan Lawrence Gibson
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
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8
8
1.000
Musicology
Archaeomusicology & Assyriology
Metal Music Studies
Music & Guitar Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,212,350
16,911
1,561
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,564
Ashwin Afrikanus Thyssen HeHim
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
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8
8
1.000
Church Polity
Black Theology
Queer Theology
Reformed Theology
Ecclesiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,212,350
16,911
1,561
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,565
Shelley Haupt
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
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8
8
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,212,350
16,911
1,561
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,566
Jaco Louw
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Last 6 Years / Total
8
8
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,212,350
16,911
1,561
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,567
Zaynab Shaik
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
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8
8
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,212,350
16,911
1,561
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,568
Wilhelm Heinrich Le Roux
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Last 6 Years / Total
8
8
1.000
Inorganic Chemistry
Nano chemistry
Catalysis
Polymer science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,212,350
16,911
1,561
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,569
Sebastian Helmut Orth
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Last 6 Years / Total
8
8
1.000
chemometrics
NIR spectroscopy
NIR hyperspectral imaging
spectral imaging
machine learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,218,442
16,979
1,570
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,570
Thatohatsi Sefuthi
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Last 6 Years / Total
8
8
1.000
economic evaluations of health programs
health systems and services research
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,218,442
16,979
1,570
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,571
Rumbidzai Trust Matenda
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Last 6 Years / Total
8
8
1.000
food safety
chemometrics
hyperspectral imaging
sustainable food systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,218,442
16,979
1,570
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,572
Marco Rademan
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Last 6 Years / Total
8
8
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,218,442
16,979
1,570
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,573
Kevin Brand
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Last 6 Years / Total
8
8
1.000
Machine Learning
Computer Science
Data Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,218,442
16,979
1,570
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,574
Faeeza Fortune
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Last 6 Years / Total
8
8
1.000
wetlands in drylands
fluvial geomorphology
environmental change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,218,442
16,979
1,570
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,575
Chanelle Matadah Manfouo
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
8
1.000
quantum machine learning
quantum cryptography
data science