Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Nelson Mandela University Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings (Sort by last 6 years Citation Index) 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.
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :26
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,646
800
0.302
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :27
family business
entrepreneurship
small business
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,569
800
0.510
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :28
Catatonia
Occupational Mental Health
Public Mental Health
Academic Psychiatry
Mentorship
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,192
800
0.671
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :29
Language Education
Social Justice
Multilingualism
Curriculum Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,494
794
0.531
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :30
compound semiconductors
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,124
782
0.368
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :31
Archaeology
Human Behavioural Ecology
Ethnobotany
Marine Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
882
777
0.881
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :32
Marine science
fisheries ecology
biological oceanography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,195
763
0.638
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :33
Electron microscopy
SHI irradiation effects in solids
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
997
746
0.748
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :34
Agronomy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
964
742
0.770
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :35
sound propagation modelling
soundscapes
underwater acoustics
environmental modelling
marine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
771
725
0.940
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :36
Machine Learning and Computational Intelligence
Image Processing
Telecommunications
Signal Processing
Engineering Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,127
721
0.339
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :37
Palaeoecology
Palynology
Palaeoclimatology
Palaeoenvironments
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,010
708
0.701
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :38
Forest Silviculture
Vegetation Management
Coppice Management
Plantation Regeneration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,782
684
0.384
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :39
Blue Carbon
Nature-Based Solutions
Climate Mitigation & Adaptation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
768
665
0.866
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :40
microbialites
macrozoobenthos
geobiology
evolutionary ecology
bioturbation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
832
650
0.781
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :41
Macroeconomics
Applied Econometrics
International Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
627
603
0.962
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :42
Careership
Career Guidance
Career Counselling
Career Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
592
582
0.983
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :43
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
882
560
0.635
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :44
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
789
550
0.697
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :45
Social media marketing
consumer behaviour in tourism
digital marketing
eco tourism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
606
550
0.908
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :46
Numerical Analysis
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Numerical Optimisation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
684
536
0.784
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :47
Public Management and Leadership
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,541
532
0.345
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :48
Assessment
Psychobiography
Career development
Personality psychoogy
Leadership
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
624
498
0.798
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :49
Information Security
Corporate Culture
Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,164
471
0.405
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :50
Public health
physical activity for health
physical education
sport medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
471
452
0.960
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
560,564
2,855
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Joanne R Naidoo
Nelson Mandela University
Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,646
800
0.302
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
560,668
2,856
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Shelley M Farrington
Nelson Mandela University
Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,569
800
0.510
family business
entrepreneurship
small business
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
560,767
2,857
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Z Zingela
Nelson Mandela University
Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,192
800
0.671
Catatonia
Occupational Mental Health
Public Mental Health
Academic Psychiatry
Mentorship
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
563,498
2,870
29
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Nomakhosazana Hazel Rasana
Nelson Mandela University
Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,494
794
0.531
Language Education
Social Justice
Multilingualism
Curriculum Development
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
568,879
2,900
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Johannes Reinhardt Botha
Nelson Mandela University
Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,124
782
0.368
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
571,547
2,917
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Jan De Vynck
Nelson Mandela University
Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
882
777
0.881
Archaeology
Human Behavioural Ecology
Ethnobotany
Marine Biology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
577,879
2,968
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Jock C Currie
Nelson Mandela University
Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,195
763
0.638
Marine science
fisheries ecology
biological oceanography
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
586,244
3,021
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Jacques O'connell
Nelson Mandela University
Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
997
746
0.748
Electron microscopy
SHI irradiation effects in solids
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
588,176
3,036
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Ernest Dube
Nelson Mandela University
Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
964
742
0.770
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
596,811
3,095
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Renee Pascalle Schoeman|Renée Pascalle Koper
Nelson Mandela University
Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
771
725
0.940
sound propagation modelling
soundscapes
underwater acoustics
environmental modelling
marine
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
598,502
3,103
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Barend Van Wyk
Nelson Mandela University
Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,127
721
0.339
Machine Learning and Computational Intelligence
Image Processing
Telecommunications
Signal Processing
Engineering Education
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
605,431
3,142
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Lynne J. Quick
Nelson Mandela University
Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,010
708
0.701
Palaeoecology
Palynology
Palaeoclimatology
Palaeoenvironments
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
617,749
3,206
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Little KM
Nelson Mandela University
Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,782
684
0.384
Forest Silviculture
Vegetation Management
Coppice Management
Plantation Regeneration
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
628,436
3,269
39
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Jacqueline L Raw
Nelson Mandela University
Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
768
665
0.866
Blue Carbon
Nature-Based Solutions
Climate Mitigation & Adaptation
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
636,533
3,327
40
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Gavin Rishworth
Nelson Mandela University
Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
832
650
0.781
microbialites
macrozoobenthos
geobiology
evolutionary ecology
bioturbation
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
664,297
3,520
41
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Clement Moyo
Nelson Mandela University
Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
627
603
0.962
Macroeconomics
Applied Econometrics
International Economics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
677,523
3,619
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Lucky Maluleke
Nelson Mandela University
Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
592
582
0.983
Careership
Career Guidance
Career Counselling
Career Development
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
691,430
3,699
43
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Hajierah Davids
Nelson Mandela University
Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
882
560
0.635
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
698,111
3,738
44
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Andréa Thiebault
Nelson Mandela University
Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
789
550
0.697
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
698,263
3,739
45
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Rosemary Matikiti-Manyevere
Nelson Mandela University
Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
606
550
0.908
Social media marketing
consumer behaviour in tourism
digital marketing
eco tourism
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
707,644
3,795
46
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
AR Appadu
Nelson Mandela University
Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
684
536
0.784
Numerical Analysis
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Numerical Optimisation
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
710,046
3,809
47
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Xolisa Nyamayipeli
Nelson Mandela University
Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,541
532
0.345
Public Management and Leadership
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
735,555
3,984
48
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Roelf Van Niekerk
Nelson Mandela University
Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
624
498
0.798
Assessment
Psychobiography
Career development
Personality psychoogy
Leadership
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
757,070
4,112
49
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Kerry-Lynn Thomson
Nelson Mandela University
Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,164
471
0.405
Information Security
Corporate Culture
Education
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
773,881
4,212
50
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Siphesihle Nqweniso
Nelson Mandela University
Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
471
452
0.960
Public health
physical activity for health
physical education
sport medicine