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Engineering & Technology / Mechanical Engineering 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: 1
Convective Nanofluids
Computational Heat Transfer
Multiphase
Energy Optimization
Solar-Thermal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,073
8,425
0.929
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
vibration monitoring
condition monitoring
laser vibrometry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,787
3,435
0.594
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Gradient-only Optimisation
Generative Modeling
Particle-Based Solvers
GPU
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,819
2,116
0.554
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Vehicle dynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,074
1,536
0.500
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Engineering and Technology Management
Mechanical Engineering
System Dynamics
Energy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,627
1,461
0.556
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Computational Mechanics
Material modelling
Computational plasticity
Multidisciplinary optimization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,302
1,203
0.523
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Public Health and Preventive Medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,669
1,195
0.716
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Thermal Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,607
935
0.582
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Mechanical characterisation of biological materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
459
306
0.667
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Engineering education
student success
scholarship of teaching and learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
585
243
0.415
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Phase-change heat transfer focused on thin liquid films
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113
111
0.982
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
solar thermal
CSP
heat transfer
parabolic dish collectors
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54
54
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Renewable Energy
Photovoltaic panel
Thermoelectric
Hydrogen
Convection
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
7
0.875
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
46,729
191
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Mohsen Sharifpur
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,073
8,425
0.929
Convective Nanofluids
Computational Heat Transfer
Multiphase
Energy Optimization
Solar-Thermal
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
148,054
640
56
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Stephan Heyns
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,787
3,435
0.594
vibration monitoring
condition monitoring
laser vibrometry
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
249,270
1,106
95
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Daniel N. Wilke
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,819
2,116
0.554
Gradient-only Optimisation
Generative Modeling
Particle-Based Solvers
GPU
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
337,265
1,557
140
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
P. Schalk Els
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,074
1,536
0.500
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
352,557
1,639
151
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Leon Pretorius
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,627
1,461
0.556
Engineering and Technology Management
Mechanical Engineering
System Dynamics
Energy
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
414,748
1,980
177
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Schalk Kok
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,302
1,203
0.523
Computational Mechanics
Material modelling
Computational plasticity
Multidisciplinary optimization
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
417,042
1,994
179
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Debashis Basu
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,669
1,195
0.716
Public Health and Preventive Medicine
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
501,189
2,464
235
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Jaco Dirker
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,607
935
0.582
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
938,587
5,321
507
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Abrie Oberholster
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
459
306
0.667
Mechanical characterisation of biological materials
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,043,050
6,179
590
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Helen Inglis
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
585
243
0.415
Engineering education
student success
scholarship of teaching and learning
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,409,312
9,332
813
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Bradley D Bock
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113
111
0.982
Phase-change heat transfer focused on thin liquid films
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,709,375
12,032
987
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Jonathan Kyle Swanepoel
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54
54
1.000
solar thermal
CSP
heat transfer
parabolic dish collectors
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,211,436
17,043
1,330
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Mehdi Nikzad
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
7
0.875
Renewable Energy
Photovoltaic panel
Thermoelectric
Hydrogen
Convection