Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
University of Kwazulu Natal 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
Clinical Medicine
Epidemiology
Cancer
Infectious disease
Surgery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,814
41,007
0.958
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Astrophysics
cosmology
radio astronomy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,739
30,310
0.825
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Epidemiology
Cancer Epidemiology
HPV Infection
STIs including HIV and HPV/HIV/EBV co-infection
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,187
28,559
0.946
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Bioinformatics
Genomics
Phylogenetics
Viruses
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,300
26,401
0.843
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
medicinal chemistry
peptides
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,729
25,958
0.474
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
HIV Prevention and Treatment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,158
19,338
0.448
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Open quantum systems
quantum information processing and communication
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,854
18,256
0.612
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
diabetes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,612
14,771
0.794
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Bioinformatics
Viral Genomics
Molecular Epidemiology
Genomic Surveillance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,430
14,398
0.998
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
HIV Pathogenesis
HIV progression
Infectious Diseases
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,039
13,647
0.592
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
HIV
tuberculosis
COVID-19
diagnostics
drug resistance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,940
13,149
0.880
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,240
13,021
0.677
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Economic Geology
Mineral Prospectivity Mapping
Exploration Geochemistry
Geological Remote Sensing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,910
12,681
0.606
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Organic synthesis
Cage chemistry
TB drugs
HIV PR inhibitors
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,566
12,361
0.704
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Medicinal Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,607
11,556
0.740
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Evolutionary biology
pollination biology
plant reproduction
chemical ecology
invasion biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,523
10,414
0.408
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Catalysis
ozone
oxidation
green chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,634
10,112
0.691
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Anesthesiology
Critical Care
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,607
10,021
0.686
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Plant Breeding
Plant Genetics
Quantitative Genetics
Crop Science
Agricultural Plant Sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,188
9,537
0.852
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
conservation
ecology
zoology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,628
9,141
0.519
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
galaxy evolution
clusters of galaxies
cosmology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,726
9,128
0.580
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
astrophysics
cosmology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,074
9,035
0.562
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Sexual and Reproductive Health
Point-of-Care Testing Technologies
Tuberculosis
Global Health
Evidence synthesis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,074
8,919
0.885
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Epidemiology
climate change
health
biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,417
7,792
0.628
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Pathogenomics
Applied Bioinformatics
Molecular biology
Pharmacoinformatics
Data analytics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,831
7,771
0.992
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,200
19
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Yoshan Moodley
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,814
41,007
0.958
Clinical Medicine
Epidemiology
Cancer
Infectious disease
Surgery
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,974
26
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Yin-Zhe Ma
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,739
30,310
0.825
Astrophysics
cosmology
radio astronomy
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,404
28
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Themba Ginindza
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,187
28,559
0.946
Epidemiology
Cancer Epidemiology
HPV Infection
STIs including HIV and HPV/HIV/EBV co-infection
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,400
32
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Tulio De Oliveira
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,300
26,401
0.843
Bioinformatics
Genomics
Phylogenetics
Viruses
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,645
36
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Fernando Albericio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,729
25,958
0.474
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,535
53
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Salim S. Abdool Karim
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,158
19,338
0.448
HIV Prevention and Treatment
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,680
55
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Francesco Petruccione
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,854
18,256
0.612
Open quantum systems
quantum information processing and communication
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,240
77
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Ayesha Motala
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,612
14,771
0.794
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,072
80
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Houriiyah Tegally
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,430
14,398
0.998
Bioinformatics
Viral Genomics
Molecular Epidemiology
Genomic Surveillance
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,906
86
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Koleka Mlisana
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,039
13,647
0.592
HIV Pathogenesis
HIV progression
Infectious Diseases
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,183
92
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Richard Lessells
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,940
13,149
0.880
HIV
tuberculosis
COVID-19
diagnostics
drug resistance
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,536
94
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Onisimo Mutanga
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,240
13,021
0.677
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,655
98
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
EJM (John) Carranza
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,910
12,681
0.606
Economic Geology
Mineral Prospectivity Mapping
Exploration Geochemistry
Geological Remote Sensing
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,551
101
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Gert (Hg) Kruger|Hendrik Gerhardus Kruger
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,566
12,361
0.704
Organic synthesis
Cage chemistry
TB drugs
HIV PR inhibitors
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,378
116
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Beatriz G. De La Torre
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,607
11,556
0.740
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,569
143
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Steven D. Johnson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,523
10,414
0.408
Evolutionary biology
pollination biology
plant reproduction
chemical ecology
invasion biology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35,872
144
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Jonnalagadda, SB
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,634
10,112
0.691
Catalysis
ozone
oxidation
green chemistry
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
36,343
147
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Reitze Rodseth
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,607
10,021
0.686
Anesthesiology
Critical Care
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
39,284
160
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Hussien Shimelis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,188
9,537
0.852
Plant Breeding
Plant Genetics
Quantitative Genetics
Crop Science
Agricultural Plant Sciences
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
41,643
168
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Slotow, RH
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,628
9,141
0.519
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
41,723
169
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Matt Hilton
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,726
9,128
0.580
galaxy evolution
clusters of galaxies
cosmology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
42,360
176
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Kavilan Moodley
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,074
9,035
0.562
astrophysics
cosmology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43,303
181
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Desmond Kuupiel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,074
8,919
0.885
Sexual and Reproductive Health
Point-of-Care Testing Technologies
Tuberculosis
Global Health
Evidence synthesis
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
52,277
217
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Marlies Craig
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,417
7,792
0.628
Epidemiology
climate change
health
biology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
52,490
218
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Daniel Gyamfi Amoako
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,831
7,771
0.992
Pathogenomics
Applied Bioinformatics
Molecular biology
Pharmacoinformatics
Data analytics