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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Nelendran Pillay](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/47/4733378.jpg)
Machine learning
Process Control
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
142
50
0.352
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Jean-Philippe Wade](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Cultural theory
cultural studies
South African literature
Film and TV Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
166
49
0.295
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Mbali Msomi](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Management Accounting
SME
finance
entrepreneurship
corporate governance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
49
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Segarani Naidoo](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/83/5833011.jpg)
Information Literacy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84
47
0.560
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Deirdre Pratt|Dee Pratt, Deirdre Denise Pratt](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/f5/5832954.jpg)
Communication
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
208
46
0.221
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Ronelle Crocker](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
food waste
food safety
sustainability in food services
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70
46
0.657
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Betty Ajibade](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/d0/4922560.jpg)
Food safety
products development
food processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
46
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Grace Temiloluwa Agbede](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Sociolinguistics
Visual Culture
Stylistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
45
0.978
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Dion Noel](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Service Quality
Logistics
Retail & Marketing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76
44
0.579
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Jason Davis](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/32/5833027.jpg)
Development Economics
Economic Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66
43
0.652
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Mireille Megnidio-Tchoukouegno](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/f9/4924536.jpg)
Polymers and soft matter
Computational physics
condensed matter
Machine learning
Deep learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55
43
0.782
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Penny Orton](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Occupational Health
Nursing Education
HIV
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
43
0.935
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Godfrey Musvoto](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Town and Regional Planning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65
42
0.646
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Zwelihle Wiseman Nzuza](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/40/5833038.jpg)
Accounting Research - Cost & Management Accounting
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
42
0.824
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Francis F Akpa-Inyang|Akpa-Inyang FF, FF Akpa-Inyang, Francis Fabian Akpa-Inyang](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Public Health
Research
Applied and Bio Ethics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
42
0.977
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Pravin Mark Maistry](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/e1/5833004.jpg)
Plant Physiology and Horticulture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88
41
0.466
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Hlengekile Lubanyana](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/21/5833047.jpg)
Organic chemistry
medicinal chemistry
natural products
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
41
0.976
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Aderinsola Eunice Kayode](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/fe/4921134.jpg)
ICT/MIS in Education
blended learning/Social media
Secretarial office technology
African Culture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
41
0.976
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Samuel Herald Peter Chikafalimani](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/47/5833013.jpg)
Real Estate
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83
39
0.470
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Nereshnee Govender](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/b1/5833037.jpg)
Higher education
teaching and learning
academic literacies
media and communication
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
38
0.745
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Heleen Grobbelaar](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Food environment
community nutrition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
38
0.809
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Smangele Nzama](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/1a/5294758.jpg)
Sustainability
Environmental management accounting
plastic pollution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
38
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Musawenkosi Lt Zulu](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/ad/5833050.jpg)
Internet of Things (IoT)
Artificial Intelligence
Renewable energy systems
Smart Grids
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
38
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Ayanda Meyiwa](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/85/5833051.jpg)
Maritime Economics
Transport Economics
Port Governance
Regulatory Economics
Comparative Politics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
37
0.974
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Ntando Nkomo](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/cd/5833016.jpg)
ICT4D
e-government
information seeking
LIS education and training
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80
36
0.450
Nelendran Pillay
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
142
50
0.352
Machine learning
Process Control
Jean-Philippe Wade
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
166
49
0.295
Cultural theory
cultural studies
South African literature
Film and TV Studies
Mbali Msomi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
49
1.000
Management Accounting
SME
finance
entrepreneurship
corporate governance
Segarani Naidoo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84
47
0.560
Deirdre Pratt|Dee Pratt, Deirdre Denise Pratt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
208
46
0.221
Ronelle Crocker
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70
46
0.657
Betty Ajibade
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
46
1.000
Food safety
products development
food processing
Grace Temiloluwa Agbede
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
45
0.978
Dion Noel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76
44
0.579
Jason Davis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66
43
0.652
Mireille Megnidio-Tchoukouegno
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55
43
0.782
Polymers and soft matter
Computational physics
condensed matter
Machine learning
Deep learning
Penny Orton
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
43
0.935
Godfrey Musvoto
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65
42
0.646
Zwelihle Wiseman Nzuza
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
42
0.824
Francis F Akpa-Inyang|Akpa-Inyang FF, FF Akpa-Inyang, Francis Fabian Akpa-Inyang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
42
0.977
Pravin Mark Maistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88
41
0.466
Hlengekile Lubanyana
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
41
0.976
Aderinsola Eunice Kayode
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
41
0.976
ICT/MIS in Education
blended learning/Social media
Secretarial office technology
African Culture
Samuel Herald Peter Chikafalimani
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83
39
0.470
Nereshnee Govender
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
38
0.745
Higher education
teaching and learning
academic literacies
media and communication
Heleen Grobbelaar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
38
0.809
Smangele Nzama
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
38
1.000
Sustainability
Environmental management accounting
plastic pollution
Musawenkosi Lt Zulu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
38
1.000
Internet of Things (IoT)
Artificial Intelligence
Renewable energy systems
Smart Grids
Ayanda Meyiwa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
37
0.974
Maritime Economics
Transport Economics
Port Governance
Regulatory Economics
Comparative Politics
Ntando Nkomo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80
36
0.450
ICT4D
e-government
information seeking
LIS education and training