Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
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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
Relativity
cosmology
complexity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,669
13,174
0.265
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
statistical ecology
biodiversity informatics
citizen science
moult
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,388
4,797
0.276
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
mathematical modelling
renewable resources assessment
fisheries management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,005
2,992
0.747
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Nonlinear Dynamics
Dynamical Systems
Chaos
Hamiltonian Systems
Symplectic Integrators
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,964
1,892
0.381
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,202
1,793
0.427
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Statistics
Computation&Applied Mathematics
Public Health
Epidemiology
HIV
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,169
1,692
0.780
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Category theory
Algebra
Topology and Geometry
Sets and Logic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,689
1,316
0.357
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
String Theory
Quantum Gravity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,324
1,248
0.537
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Mathematical modelling
Vaccine preventable diseases
Public health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,509
1,093
0.724
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Gravitation
general relativity
cosmologie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,983
1,000
0.504
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Reinforcement learning
String theory
cognitive and computational neuroscience
medical data analysis
machine learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,125
896
0.422
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Graph Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,687
773
0.458
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,178
499
0.424
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Teaching and learning
business and data analysis
systems analysis design and development
Applied mathematics and heuristics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
972
421
0.433
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
design of experiments
statistical modelling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,019
366
0.181
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
sexual and reproductive health
maternal and child health specifically HIV and STIs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
333
333
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Mathematics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,311
318
0.243
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
mathematics education
critical discourse analysis
academic literacies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
541
298
0.551
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Nonlinear Waves
Pattern Formation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
968
258
0.267
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Numerical Methods
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Two-phase flow
Slosh Dissipation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
257
250
0.973
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Mathematics
Mathematical Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
800
219
0.274
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Statistics
Bayesian methods
Ecological applications
Financial applications
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
332
201
0.605
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Geostatistics
Spatial Modelling
GIS
Linear models
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
663
194
0.293
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Calculus of variations
pdes and applications in continuum mechanics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
637
186
0.292
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
mathematics education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
182
136
0.747
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,080
90
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
George FR Ellis
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,669
13,174
0.265
Relativity
cosmology
complexity
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
99,113
411
82
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Leslie Gordon Underhill
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,388
4,797
0.276
statistical ecology
biodiversity informatics
citizen science
moult
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
172,987
749
161
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Carryn De Moor
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,005
2,992
0.747
mathematical modelling
renewable resources assessment
fisheries management
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
278,385
1,258
259
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Charalampos (Haris) Skokos|Charalampos Skokos, Haris Skokos
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,964
1,892
0.381
Nonlinear Dynamics
Dynamical Systems
Chaos
Hamiltonian Systems
Symplectic Integrators
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
292,850
1,331
272
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Allen Rodgers
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,202
1,793
0.427
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
309,054
1,420
281
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Reshma Kassanjee
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,169
1,692
0.780
Statistics
Computation&Applied Mathematics
Public Health
Epidemiology
HIV
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
385,350
1,837
335
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
George Janelidze
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,689
1,316
0.357
Category theory
Algebra
Topology and Geometry
Sets and Logic
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
402,616
1,919
351
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Jeff Murugan
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,324
1,248
0.537
String Theory
Quantum Gravity
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
447,071
2,138
375
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Sheetal Silal
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,509
1,093
0.724
Mathematical modelling
Vaccine preventable diseases
Public health
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
477,725
2,315
399
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Julien Larena
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,983
1,000
0.504
Gravitation
general relativity
cosmologie
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
516,493
2,550
433
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Jonathan Shock
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,125
896
0.422
Reinforcement learning
String theory
cognitive and computational neuroscience
medical data analysis
machine learning
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
569,628
2,853
469
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
David Erwin
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,687
773
0.458
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
731,091
3,882
601
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Birgit Erni
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,178
499
0.424
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
799,937
4,338
652
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Elsje Scott
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
972
421
0.433
Teaching and learning
business and data analysis
systems analysis design and development
Applied mathematics and heuristics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
859,563
4,761
698
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Linda Haines
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,019
366
0.181
design of experiments
statistical modelling
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
901,703
5,050
720
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Dorothy Nyemba
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
333
333
1.000
sexual and reproductive health
maternal and child health specifically HIV and STIs
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
920,835
5,202
740
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Kathy Driver
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,311
318
0.243
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
950,203
5,418
759
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Kate Le Roux
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
541
298
0.551
mathematics education
critical discourse analysis
academic literacies
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,015,146
5,938
807
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Nora Alexeeva
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
968
258
0.267
Nonlinear Waves
Pattern Formation
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,031,106
6,088
819
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Leon Malan
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
257
250
0.973
Numerical Methods
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Two-phase flow
Slosh Dissipation
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,090,910
6,587
872
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Alexandar Yanovski
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
800
219
0.274
Mathematics
Mathematical Physics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,131,334
6,916
903
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Allan Ernest Clark
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
332
201
0.605
Statistics
Bayesian methods
Ecological applications
Financial applications
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,147,352
7,054
917
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Christien Thiart
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
663
194
0.293
Geostatistics
Spatial Modelling
GIS
Linear models
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,166,961
7,205
930
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Francois Ebobisse
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
637
186
0.292
Calculus of variations
pdes and applications in continuum mechanics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,314,697
8,442
1,032
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Mhakure Duncan
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
182
136
0.747