Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Economics & Econometrics / Economics Highly Cited Researchers 70 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) list 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: 51
behavioural economics
incentives and motivation
social class and incentive preferrences
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
12
0.462
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 52
Trade economics
Structural Change
Inequality and Poverty
Policy Analysis
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
14
0.560
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 53
Macroeconomics
Financial Economics
International Economics
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Last 6 Years / Total
22
22
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 54
International Finance Exchange Rate Volatility International Trade Public Policy Public Finance
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19
18
0.947
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 55
Actuarial Science
Long-Term Economies
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17
17
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 56
Macroeconomics
International Trade
Political Economics
Monetary Policy
Fiscal Policy
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15
15
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 57
Political Economy/Public Choice (especially
Fiscal Federalism and Mechanism Design)
New Institutional Economics (especially
T
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14
13
0.929
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 58
Taxation and Accounting
Tax policy
Tax governance
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Last 6 Years / Total
13
13
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 59
Economics
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13
12
0.923
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 60
economics
health economics
education
development economics
early childhood development
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Last 6 Years / Total
10
10
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 61
Finance and Economics
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8
8
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 62
Environmental economics Development economics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
8
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 63
Financial accounting
Corporate finance
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
6
0.857
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 64
corporate finance
capital structure
investment analysis
impact investing
asset pricing
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
5
0.714
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 65
Financial Reporting
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6
6
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 66
Economics
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5
0
0.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 67
finance
governance
efficiency
local government and higher education
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4
4
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 68
Ecomophology
Zooarchaeology
Palaeoecology
Palaeoenvironments
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Last 6 Years / Total
4
4
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 69
Finance
capital structure
SMEs
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Last 6 Years / Total
3
2
0.667
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 70
Asset pricing
asset valuation
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1
0
0.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,026,469
15,068
1,431
Ranking Based On Selection: 51
Ling Ting
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
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Last 6 Years
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26
12
0.462
behavioural economics
incentives and motivation
social class and incentive preferrences
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,035,302
15,159
1,436
Ranking Based On Selection: 52
Everisto M Mugocha
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
14
0.560
Trade economics
Structural Change
Inequality and Poverty
Policy Analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,057,489
15,370
1,454
Ranking Based On Selection: 53
Sedjro Alovokpinhou
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
22
1.000
Macroeconomics
Financial Economics
International Economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,091,780
15,732
1,481
Ranking Based On Selection: 54
Ifeoma Anthonia Iwegbunam
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
18
0.947
International Finance Exchange Rate Volatility International Trade Public Policy Public Finance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,109,161
15,929
1,497
Ranking Based On Selection: 55
Adam Balusik
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
17
1.000
Actuarial Science
Long-Term Economies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,133,615
16,179
1,514
Ranking Based On Selection: 56
Songezo Mpini
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
15
1.000
Macroeconomics
International Trade
Political Economics
Monetary Policy
Fiscal Policy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,150,267
16,335
1,530
Ranking Based On Selection: 57
Aldo A Sitoe
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
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Last 6 Years
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14
13
0.929
Political Economy/Public Choice (especially
Fiscal Federalism and Mechanism Design)
New Institutional Economics (especially
T
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,159,121
16,435
1,539
Ranking Based On Selection: 58
Jane Ndlovu
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
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Last 6 Years / Total
13
13
1.000
Taxation and Accounting
Tax policy
Tax governance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,163,617
16,490
1,547
Ranking Based On Selection: 59
Kholiswa Malindini
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
12
0.923
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,198,928
16,889
1,581
Ranking Based On Selection: 60
Trust Gangaidzo
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10
10
1.000
economics
health economics
education
development economics
early childhood development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,226,426
17,207
1,609
Ranking Based On Selection: 61
Delane Naidu
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
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Last 6 Years / Total
8
8
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,231,128
17,252
1,616
Ranking Based On Selection: 62
Nouran Zenelabden
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
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Last 6 Years / Total
8
8
1.000
Environmental economics Development economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,251,463
17,485
1,638
Ranking Based On Selection: 63
Jacques Totowa
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
6
0.857
Financial accounting
Corporate finance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,254,390
17,525
1,640
Ranking Based On Selection: 64
Kwasi Okyere-Boakye
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
5
0.714
corporate finance
capital structure
investment analysis
impact investing
asset pricing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,262,847
17,619
1,647
Ranking Based On Selection: 65
Kayleigh Burnham|Kayleigh Greenslade
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
6
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,294,256
17,959
1,686
Ranking Based On Selection: 66
Luabeya Kapiamba
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
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5
0
0.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,296,425
17,982
1,687
Ranking Based On Selection: 67
Tshegofatso Mogaladi
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4
4
1.000
finance
governance
efficiency
local government and higher education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,296,425
17,982
1,687
Ranking Based On Selection: 68
Recognise Sambo
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4
4
1.000
Ecomophology
Zooarchaeology
Palaeoecology
Palaeoenvironments
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,328,146
18,349
1,727
Ranking Based On Selection: 69
Kanyi Mzilikazi
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
2
0.667
Finance
capital structure
SMEs
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,375,044
18,954
1,785
Ranking Based On Selection: 70
Denis Okungu
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
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1
0
0.000