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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Jabulile Mzimela](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/c9/5838241.jpg)
Geography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
6
0.857
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Phumlani L Zondi](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Stochastic Calculus
Model-Free Finance
Lie Symmetry Analysis
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
6
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Nomfundo Nxumalo](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/ce/5294552.jpg)
Local economic development
Microeconomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10
5
0.500
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Walter Bongumusa Ngema](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/fa/5294880.jpg)
Law
Politics
International Relations and Leadership
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
5
0.833
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Mbongeni Shabalala](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Gender-based violence
disability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
5
0.833
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Nkosingiphile Zungu](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/18/5296832.jpg)
Informetrics
Information Retrieval
Electronic Information Resources
Cybersecurity
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
5
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Siyanda Manqele](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/a6/5838247.jpg)
research ethics
Ethics in AI
research integrity
research management
postgraduate studies
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
5
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Elizabeth Oluwakemi Ayandibu](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Entrepreneurship
Leadership
Employee Performance
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
5
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Minentle Lwando Mnukwa](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/b3/5269820.jpg)
Food security
Rural development & Agribusiness
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
5
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Tinashe Charles Matiyenga](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/c3/5838245.jpg)
Language Education
Teaching and Learning
Applied Linguistics
Discourse Analysis
Social Justice
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
5
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Phiwokuhle Ngubane](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/e5/5838244.jpg)
Workplace Based Education
Writing Literacies
Teacher Education
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
5
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Thabang Mokoena](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Decolonisation
Higher education transformation
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Last 6 Years
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5
5
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Tandokazi Ngomane](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/b7/5295527.jpg)
Bioinformatics
computer biology and proteins
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10
4
0.400
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Nduduzo Khumalo](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/d3/5838251.jpg)
Polymer science
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4
4
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Luthuli Sanele](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/f9/5295154.jpg)
Nuclear Physics
Quantum Physics
Relativity
Electricity and magnetic field
Nuclear Chemistry
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4
4
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Nkanyiso Nkazimulo Mkhize](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4
3
0.750
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Babawale Oyeleke Sowemimo](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Fisheries and Aquaculture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
3
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Cristina Weyers Acg|ACG Weyers](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/62/5066295.jpg)
Financial Accounting and Management Accounting
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
2
0.667
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Isabel Rawlins](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/be/5838250.jpg)
South African literature
ecocriticism
desert literature
contemporary South African poetry.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
2
0.667
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Ntobeko Shozi](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/1e/5296957.jpg)
African Philosophy and Philosophy of Disability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
2
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Thanduxolo Nomtshongwana](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
stress
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
2
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Thulani Bhekinkosi Shabangu](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/3e/5294831.jpg)
Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
2
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Sandile Blessing Mkhwanazi](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/68/5294692.jpg)
Strategic security
Policy analysis
Immigration
Governance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
2
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Celimpilo Siphamandla Langa](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/0b/5065737.jpg)
IoT security
Networking
and Machine Learning.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
2
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Calvin Phiri](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/a1/5065598.jpg)
Webometrics
Altmetrics
Archival Science
Information Management
Research Methodology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
2
1.000
Jabulile Mzimela
University of Zululand
Kwadlangezwa, South Africa
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
6
0.857
Phumlani L Zondi
University of Zululand
Kwadlangezwa, South Africa
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
6
1.000
Nomfundo Nxumalo
University of Zululand
Kwadlangezwa, South Africa
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10
5
0.500
Local economic development
Microeconomics
Walter Bongumusa Ngema
University of Zululand
Kwadlangezwa, South Africa
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
5
0.833
Law
Politics
International Relations and Leadership
Mbongeni Shabalala
University of Zululand
Kwadlangezwa, South Africa
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
5
0.833
Nkosingiphile Zungu
University of Zululand
Kwadlangezwa, South Africa
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
5
1.000
Informetrics
Information Retrieval
Electronic Information Resources
Cybersecurity
Siyanda Manqele
University of Zululand
Kwadlangezwa, South Africa
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
5
1.000
research ethics
Ethics in AI
research integrity
research management
postgraduate studies
Elizabeth Oluwakemi Ayandibu
University of Zululand
Kwadlangezwa, South Africa
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
5
1.000
Minentle Lwando Mnukwa
University of Zululand
Kwadlangezwa, South Africa
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
5
1.000
Food security
Rural development & Agribusiness
Tinashe Charles Matiyenga
University of Zululand
Kwadlangezwa, South Africa
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
5
1.000
Language Education
Teaching and Learning
Applied Linguistics
Discourse Analysis
Social Justice
Phiwokuhle Ngubane
University of Zululand
Kwadlangezwa, South Africa
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
5
1.000
Thabang Mokoena
University of Zululand
Kwadlangezwa, South Africa
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
5
1.000
Tandokazi Ngomane
University of Zululand
Kwadlangezwa, South Africa
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10
4
0.400
Nduduzo Khumalo
University of Zululand
Kwadlangezwa, South Africa
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4
4
1.000
Luthuli Sanele
University of Zululand
Kwadlangezwa, South Africa
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4
4
1.000
Nuclear Physics
Quantum Physics
Relativity
Electricity and magnetic field
Nuclear Chemistry
Nkanyiso Nkazimulo Mkhize
University of Zululand
Kwadlangezwa, South Africa
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4
3
0.750
Babawale Oyeleke Sowemimo
University of Zululand
Kwadlangezwa, South Africa
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
3
1.000
Cristina Weyers Acg|ACG Weyers
University of Zululand
Kwadlangezwa, South Africa
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
2
0.667
Financial Accounting and Management Accounting
Isabel Rawlins
University of Zululand
Kwadlangezwa, South Africa
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
2
0.667
South African literature
ecocriticism
desert literature
contemporary South African poetry.
Ntobeko Shozi
University of Zululand
Kwadlangezwa, South Africa
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
2
1.000
Thanduxolo Nomtshongwana
University of Zululand
Kwadlangezwa, South Africa
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
2
1.000
Thulani Bhekinkosi Shabangu
University of Zululand
Kwadlangezwa, South Africa
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
2
1.000
Sandile Blessing Mkhwanazi
University of Zululand
Kwadlangezwa, South Africa
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
2
1.000
Strategic security
Policy analysis
Immigration
Governance
Celimpilo Siphamandla Langa
University of Zululand
Kwadlangezwa, South Africa
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
2
1.000
IoT security
Networking
and Machine Learning.
Calvin Phiri
University of Zululand
Kwadlangezwa, South Africa
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
2
1.000
Webometrics
Altmetrics
Archival Science
Information Management
Research Methodology