Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Agricultural Research Council, South Africa 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 :26
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
960
876
0.913
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :27
Animal breeding and Genetics
Genomics
Genomic Selection
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
890
516
0.580
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :28
Mycology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
886
589
0.665
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :29
Plant pathology
Mycology
Soil-borne pathogens
Alternaria
Rhizoctonia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
858
592
0.690
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :30
water losses from canals
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
850
761
0.895
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :31
Plant Protection
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
830
444
0.535
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :32
Agronomy
plant propagation
medicinal plants
vegetables
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
826
658
0.797
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :33
Editing
Writing
Research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
815
222
0.272
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :34
molecular plant pathology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
809
161
0.199
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :35
Postharvest Technology
Sustainable Food Packaging
Food Process Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
798
743
0.931
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :36
Machine Learning
Data Science
Biological Systematics
Evolution and Biogeography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
732
695
0.949
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :37
conservation agriculture
soil physics
aggregate stability
soil degradation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
722
606
0.839
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :38
Cellular immunology
Vaccines
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
714
282
0.395
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :39
Genomics and bioinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
677
564
0.833
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :40
Transcriptomics
Bioinformatics
Tick Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
619
452
0.730
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :41
biological control
integrated pest management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
615
477
0.776
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :42
Statistical modelling and GIS
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
612
514
0.840
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :43
Plant Pathology
Mycology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
598
346
0.579
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :44
Soil Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
590
442
0.749
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :45
Arachnology
Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
549
346
0.630
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :46
Entomology
Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
448
311
0.694
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :47
Bioprocess Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
373
356
0.954
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :48
Animal Nutrition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
338
314
0.929
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :49
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
331
275
0.831
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :50
Veterinary entomology
parasitology
molecular biology
biodiversity
and nature
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
326
295
0.905
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
692,257
3,619
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Rian Pierneef
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
960
876
0.913
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
719,777
3,756
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Makgahlela
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
890
516
0.580
Animal breeding and Genetics
Genomics
Genomic Selection
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
721,320
3,768
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Adriaana Jacobs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
886
589
0.665
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
732,896
3,838
29
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Mariette Truter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
858
592
0.690
Plant pathology
Mycology
Soil-borne pathogens
Alternaria
Rhizoctonia
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
736,197
3,862
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Macdex Mutema
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
850
761
0.895
water losses from canals
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
744,887
3,921
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Martha Pofu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
830
444
0.535
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
746,432
3,934
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Hintsa Araya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
826
658
0.797
Agronomy
plant propagation
medicinal plants
vegetables
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
751,568
3,960
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Vicki Tolmay
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
815
222
0.272
Editing
Writing
Research
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
754,266
3,984
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Michele Cloete
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
809
161
0.199
molecular plant pathology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
758,669
4,016
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Zinash A Belay
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
798
743
0.931
Postharvest Technology
Sustainable Food Packaging
Food Process Engineering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
788,628
4,213
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Deon Bakkes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
732
695
0.949
Machine Learning
Data Science
Biological Systematics
Evolution and Biogeography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
793,492
4,252
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Adornis D. Nciizah
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
722
606
0.839
conservation agriculture
soil physics
aggregate stability
soil degradation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
797,575
4,279
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Alri Pretorius
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
714
282
0.395
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
815,517
4,376
39
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Jonathan Featherston
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
677
564
0.833
Genomics and bioinformatics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
845,422
4,558
40
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Minique De Castro
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
619
452
0.730
Transcriptomics
Bioinformatics
Tick Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
847,616
4,574
41
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Robert Nofemela
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
615
477
0.776
biological control
integrated pest management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
849,155
4,581
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
George Chirima
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
612
514
0.840
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
856,759
4,646
43
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Elsie Cruywagen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
598
346
0.579
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
860,882
4,676
44
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Corrie Swanepoel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
590
442
0.749
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
883,799
4,836
45
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Robin Lyle
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
549
346
0.630
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
960,269
5,385
46
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Astrid Jankielsohn
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
448
311
0.694
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,033,048
6,005
47
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Maxwell Mewa Ngongang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
373
356
0.954
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,072,036
6,327
48
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Cyprial Ndumiso Ncobela
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
338
314
0.929
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,080,482
6,408
49
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Annemarie Gous
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
331
275
0.831
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,086,302
6,451
50
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Moeti Oriel Taioe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
326
295
0.905
Veterinary entomology
parasitology
molecular biology
biodiversity
and nature