Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) and the list of the most cited and influential researchers cover a wide range of scientific fields, spanning 197 main and sub-disciplines, as well as the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings, offering a unique service. Additionally, the list without CERN, Statistical Data, etc., provided exclusively by “AD Scientific Index”, is part of our effort to balance the situation created by CERN and researchers with statistical data, who have an advantage over others, especially those in the social and humanities fields. There should be new regulations for multi-author and CERN papers. Citation lists also reveal many rule violations and unethical practices. See also for more specific citation analyses: 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 :1
Marketing
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,572
3,637
0.314
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
sustainable development
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,374
6,095
0.536
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Public Governance
Public Policy Management
Policy Evaluation
D-government
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,545
930
0.365
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Responsible investment
Green investment
Business Ethics
Financial Management
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,699
1,022
0.602
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Researcher Development
Postgraduate supervision
Doctoral supervision
Adult Education
Community Engagement
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,022
570
0.558
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Public Administration
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
688
170
0.247
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
business engineering
complexity management
data science
business optimization
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
556
137
0.246
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Corporate governance
sustainable corporate practices
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
527
486
0.922
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Business tendency surveys
consumer opinion surveys
inflation expectation surveys
survey methodology
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
140
38
0.271
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
business history
economic history
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67
26
0.388
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Business Strategy
Computer Science
Mobile Development
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1
0
0.000
Christo Boshoff
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,572
3,637
0.314
Mark Swilling
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,374
6,095
0.536
sustainable development
Fanie Cloete
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,545
930
0.365
Public Governance
Public Policy Management
Policy Evaluation
D-government
Suzette Viviers
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,699
1,022
0.602
Responsible investment
Green investment
Business Ethics
Financial Management
Ruth Albertyn
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,022
570
0.558
Researcher Development
Postgraduate supervision
Doctoral supervision
Adult Education
Community Engagement
JSH (Hans) Gildenhuys
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
688
170
0.247
Antonie Van Rensburg
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
556
137
0.246
business engineering
complexity management
data science
business optimization
Nadia Mans-Kemp
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
527
486
0.922
Corporate governance
sustainable corporate practices
George Kershoff
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
140
38
0.271
Business tendency surveys
consumer opinion surveys
inflation expectation surveys
survey methodology
Anton Ehlers
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67
26
0.388
business history
economic history
Marshalan Reddy
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1
0
0.000
Business Strategy
Computer Science
Mobile Development