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![Bloodless Dzwairo](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/a6/105094.jpg)
Water
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
766
547
0.714
![Omololu Fagbadebo](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/2f/96555.jpg)
Comparative Politics
Legislative Studies
Public Governance
Public Institutions and Leadership
African Politics and governmen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
750
531
0.708
![Shalini Singh](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Quality Nanotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
656
525
0.800
![Melanie Lourens](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/a8/4636846.jpg)
HRM/Human & Computer interaction
Online learning
Knowledge Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
611
514
0.841
![Krishan Ramluckan (Shan)](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Analytical Chemistry
Biotechnology
Biofuels
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
744
506
0.680
![Shanaz Ghuman](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/56/90534.jpg)
Public Health
Epidemiology
Traditional Health Care
Community Health
Community Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
663
499
0.753
![Carin Napier](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/82/133507.jpg)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
947
494
0.522
![Raisuyah Bhagwan](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Social work
community engagement
spirituality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
592
454
0.767
![Nalini Govender](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/52/4636839.jpg)
Hypertension in pregnancy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
489
426
0.871
![Haruna Maama](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/30/4733371.jpg)
Accounting
Environmental/Green Accounting
Integrated Reporting
Value Relevance
Corporate Social
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
415
412
0.993
![Jeevarathnam P Govender](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/ca/4510130.jpg)
Marketing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
537
408
0.760
![Michael Chapman](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/d4/93794.jpg)
South African literature
Poetry
Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,984
407
0.205
![Nalindren Naicker](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Intelligent Decision Support Systems
Intelligent Systems
Software Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
408
401
0.983
![Fulufhelo G Netswera|Godfrey Netswera](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/d4/97913.jpg)
Public governance
Entrepreneurship
Philanthropy
Higher Education Policy
Social Sciences Methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
866
384
0.443
![Elutunji Buraimoh](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/ef/4636850.jpg)
Real-Time Co-Simulation
Electric Vehicle
Energy Management
Microgrid
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
386
381
0.987
![Thabiso Sthembiso Msomi](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/41/5832937.jpg)
Managerial accounting
Financial Management
Corporate finance
Investment decisions
Financing of Small business and Financial
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
357
357
1.000
![Olatunji Ayodeji Aiyetan](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
productivity improvement
sustainable design and buildings
construction delays
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
546
329
0.603
![Mphilisi Mahlambi](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/80/95139.jpg)
Photocatalysis
Semiconductors
Membrane Technology
Water Treatment Technologies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
552
328
0.594
![Surendra Thakur (Colin)](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/92/4636840.jpg)
e-voting
social media
big data
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
404
321
0.795
![Maggie Manimagalay Chetty](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/f4/4733385.jpg)
Waste and renewable biomass valorisation
wastewater treatment
anaerobic digestion
airlift reactors
engineering education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
329
317
0.964
![Anisa Vahed](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/dc/4636843.jpg)
Undergraduate Research-Teaching Nexus
Virtual Exchange
Educational Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
394
316
0.802
![Kriveshin Pillay](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
molecular biology and analytical chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
321
310
0.966
![Folasade E. Adeyemo](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/37/97730.jpg)
Community Health Sciences
Water quality and health
Cryptosporidium and Giardia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
398
308
0.774
![Tlou Maggie Masenya](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/a5/5832940.jpg)
Digital preservation and curation
Record management
Information and Knowledge Management
Indigenous Knowledge
Disruptive Te
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
310
307
0.990
![Thembelihle Ngxongo|Sylvia Patience](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/69/5832936.jpg)
nursing education and midwifery practice
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
343
305
0.889
Bloodless Dzwairo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
766
547
0.714
Omololu Fagbadebo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
750
531
0.708
Comparative Politics
Legislative Studies
Public Governance
Public Institutions and Leadership
African Politics and governmen
Shalini Singh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
656
525
0.800
Melanie Lourens
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
611
514
0.841
HRM/Human & Computer interaction
Online learning
Knowledge Management
Krishan Ramluckan (Shan)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
744
506
0.680
Analytical Chemistry
Biotechnology
Biofuels
Shanaz Ghuman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
663
499
0.753
Public Health
Epidemiology
Traditional Health Care
Community Health
Community Development
Carin Napier
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
947
494
0.522
Raisuyah Bhagwan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
592
454
0.767
Social work
community engagement
spirituality
Nalini Govender
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
489
426
0.871
Haruna Maama
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
415
412
0.993
Accounting
Environmental/Green Accounting
Integrated Reporting
Value Relevance
Corporate Social
Jeevarathnam P Govender
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
537
408
0.760
Michael Chapman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,984
407
0.205
South African literature
Poetry
Theory
Nalindren Naicker
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
408
401
0.983
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Intelligent Decision Support Systems
Intelligent Systems
Software Engineering
Fulufhelo G Netswera|Godfrey Netswera
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
866
384
0.443
Public governance
Entrepreneurship
Philanthropy
Higher Education Policy
Social Sciences Methods
Elutunji Buraimoh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
386
381
0.987
Real-Time Co-Simulation
Electric Vehicle
Energy Management
Microgrid
Thabiso Sthembiso Msomi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
357
357
1.000
Managerial accounting
Financial Management
Corporate finance
Investment decisions
Financing of Small business and Financial
Olatunji Ayodeji Aiyetan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
546
329
0.603
productivity improvement
sustainable design and buildings
construction delays
Mphilisi Mahlambi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
552
328
0.594
Photocatalysis
Semiconductors
Membrane Technology
Water Treatment Technologies
Surendra Thakur (Colin)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
404
321
0.795
Maggie Manimagalay Chetty
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
329
317
0.964
Waste and renewable biomass valorisation
wastewater treatment
anaerobic digestion
airlift reactors
engineering education
Anisa Vahed
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
394
316
0.802
Undergraduate Research-Teaching Nexus
Virtual Exchange
Educational Development
Kriveshin Pillay
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
321
310
0.966
Folasade E. Adeyemo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
398
308
0.774
Community Health Sciences
Water quality and health
Cryptosporidium and Giardia
Tlou Maggie Masenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
310
307
0.990
Digital preservation and curation
Record management
Information and Knowledge Management
Indigenous Knowledge
Disruptive Te
Thembelihle Ngxongo|Sylvia Patience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
343
305
0.889