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
Sustainability
Wellbeing
Governance
Political Economy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,998
5,728
0.716
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,879
3,262
0.555
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Religion
Politics
Postcolonial Literature
African Spirituality
African Culture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,436
922
0.378
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Comparative librarianship
International librarianship
Political economy of information
Information policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,167
679
0.313
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Citizenship and Democracy
Local Government Management
Public Service Delivery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
614
587
0.956
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
African soft power politics
African politics and development dynamics
women and peace building in Africa
human factor theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
774
514
0.664
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
political theology
trinitarian theology
reconciling diversity
theological anthropology
critical theory
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
310
140
0.452
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
national security
intelligence oversight
security sector reform
peacebuilding
access to information
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
202
94
0.465
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Systematic Theology
philosophy
politics and economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
46
0.958
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
feminist theory
constitutionalism
biopolitics
Queer theory
Trans politics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
21
0.808
Lorenzo Fioramonti
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,998
5,728
0.716
Sustainability
Wellbeing
Governance
Political Economy
V Naidoo
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,879
3,262
0.555
Tinyiko Samuel Maluleke
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,436
922
0.378
Religion
Politics
Postcolonial Literature
African Spirituality
African Culture
Peter J Lor
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,167
679
0.313
Comparative librarianship
International librarianship
Political economy of information
Information policy
Tyanai Masiya
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
614
587
0.956
Citizenship and Democracy
Local Government Management
Public Service Delivery
Christopher Isike
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
774
514
0.664
African soft power politics
African politics and development dynamics
women and peace building in Africa
human factor theory
Tanya Van Wyk
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
310
140
0.452
political theology
trinitarian theology
reconciling diversity
theological anthropology
critical theory
Sandy Africa
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
202
94
0.465
national security
intelligence oversight
security sector reform
peacebuilding
access to information
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Hlulani Mdingi
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
46
0.958
Systematic Theology
philosophy
politics and economics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Busisiwe Deyi
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
21
0.808
feminist theory
constitutionalism
biopolitics
Queer theory
Trans politics