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 :1,576
chemometrics
NIR spectroscopy
NIR hyperspectral imaging
spectral imaging
machine learning
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
8
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,577
Research and Writing
Law
Gender Studies
Spirituality and Religion
Human Rights Theory
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Last 6 Years / Total
8
8
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,578
Inorganic Chemistry
Nano chemistry
Catalysis
Polymer science
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Last 6 Years / Total
8
8
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,579
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8
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,580
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8
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,581
Philosophical Counsellor
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8
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,582
Musicology
Archaeomusicology & Assyriology
Metal Music Studies
Music & Guitar Education
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8
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,583
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8
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,584
African Border Studies
Borderland Community Livelihoods & Animal Welfare History
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Last 6 Years / Total
8
8
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,585
law
law of evidence
public law
competency test
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Last 6 Years / Total
8
8
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,586
wetlands in drylands
fluvial geomorphology
environmental change
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Last 6 Years / Total
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8
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,587
Machine Learning
Computer Science
Data Science
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Last 6 Years / Total
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8
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,588
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
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6
0.750
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,589
Life Writing
Literary studies
Gender Studies
South African history
Archival Studies
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Last 6 Years / Total
8
6
0.750
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,590
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
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6
0.750
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,591
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Last 6 Years
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8
1
0.125
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,592
Molecular biology
immunology
epidemiology
tuberculosis
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
7
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,593
archival studies
experiential realism
semitic languages
pedagogy
philosophy of science
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Last 6 Years / Total
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7
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,594
Restoration Ecology
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Last 6 Years / Total
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7
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,595
Heat transfer
Solar thermal energy
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Last 6 Years / Total
7
7
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,596
Education
virtual classrooms
online learning
professional teacher development
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
7
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,597
msesenchymal stem cells
diabetes
miRNA
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
7
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,598
Spatial Modelling
GIS
Remote Sensing
Data Analysis
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
7
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,599
Tuberculosis
TB Genomic
Resistance Mechanism
TB/HIV
Zoonotic Disease
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
7
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,600
Human genetics and bioinformatics
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Last 6 Years / Total
7
7
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,222,323
17,117
1,575
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,576
Sebastian Helmut Orth
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
8
1.000
chemometrics
NIR spectroscopy
NIR hyperspectral imaging
spectral imaging
machine learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,222,323
17,117
1,575
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,577
Tebogo Sewapa
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
8
1.000
Research and Writing
Law
Gender Studies
Spirituality and Religion
Human Rights Theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,222,323
17,117
1,575
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,578
Wilhelm Heinrich Le Roux
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
8
1.000
Inorganic Chemistry
Nano chemistry
Catalysis
Polymer science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,222,323
17,117
1,575
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,579
Zaynab Shaik
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
8
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,222,323
17,117
1,575
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,580
Geoffrey Frost
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
8
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,222,323
17,117
1,575
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,581
Jaco Louw
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
8
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,222,323
17,117
1,575
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,582
Dylan Lawrence Gibson
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
8
1.000
Musicology
Archaeomusicology & Assyriology
Metal Music Studies
Music & Guitar Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,222,323
17,117
1,575
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,583
Shelley Haupt
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
8
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,228,323
17,179
1,584
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,584
Teverayi Muguti
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
8
1.000
African Border Studies
Borderland Community Livelihoods & Animal Welfare History
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,228,323
17,179
1,584
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,585
Nondumiso Phenyane
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
8
1.000
law
law of evidence
public law
competency test
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,228,323
17,179
1,584
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,586
Faeeza Fortune
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
8
1.000
wetlands in drylands
fluvial geomorphology
environmental change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,228,323
17,179
1,584
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,587
Kevin Brand
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
8
1.000
Machine Learning
Computer Science
Data Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,234,835
17,251
1,588
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,588
Carel Van Der Merwe
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
6
0.750
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,234,835
17,251
1,588
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,589
Lizelle Smit
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
6
0.750
Life Writing
Literary studies
Gender Studies
South African history
Archival Studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,234,835
17,251
1,588
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,590
Petro Gerber
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
6
0.750
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,238,685
17,280
1,591
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,591
Francois Van Niekerk
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
1
0.125
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,239,352
17,289
1,592
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,592
Rebecca Dwyer-Leonard
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
7
1.000
Molecular biology
immunology
epidemiology
tuberculosis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,239,352
17,289
1,592
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,593
Hans-Christoph Lange|Hans-Christoph Thapelo Lange
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
7
1.000
archival studies
experiential realism
semitic languages
pedagogy
philosophy of science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,239,352
17,289
1,592
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,594
Duduzile K Ngwenya
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
7
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,239,352
17,289
1,592
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,595
Christa Nsanzinteko Nsanzubuhoro
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
7
1.000
Heat transfer
Solar thermal energy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,239,352
17,289
1,592
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,596
Christa Philander
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
7
1.000
Education
virtual classrooms
online learning
professional teacher development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,239,352
17,289
1,592
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,597
Ascentia Mathapelo Seboko
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
7
1.000
msesenchymal stem cells
diabetes
miRNA
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,239,352
17,289
1,592
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,598
Curtis J Bailey
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
7
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,239,352
17,289
1,592
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,599
Justice T Ngom
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
7
1.000
Tuberculosis
TB Genomic
Resistance Mechanism
TB/HIV
Zoonotic Disease
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,244,929
17,364
1,600
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,600
Dayna Smith|Dayna Smith
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
7
1.000
Human genetics and bioinformatics