Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Business & Management / Strategic Management Highly Cited Researchers 15 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) list 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.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Business and management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,735
1,429
0.302
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
project management
information security
risk management
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,748
373
0.213
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Strategic and International HR Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,621
358
0.221
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Strategy
effective execution
unlocking human competence
human flourishing
competitive advantage
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,008
512
0.508
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Strategic HRM
Leadership
Industrial Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
835
656
0.786
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Project management
construction industry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
573
274
0.478
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Strategy
Strategy as Practice
Sustainability Embeddedness
Organisational Change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
208
176
0.846
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Management
HRM
Strategic Management
Entrepreneurship
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
173
106
0.613
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Strategic Leadership
Management
Community Health
Adolescents and Young People
Youth-friendly services
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110
77
0.700
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Management of Socio-ecological Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106
67
0.632
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Strategic Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
23
0.793
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Management Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
23
0.821
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Strategy
Strategy-as-practise
Sustainability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
18
0.643
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Strategy
Innovation
Evolutionary Networks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
7
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
quantitative & qualitative research analysis
project management
value creation
merger and acquisition
strategic management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
5
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
220,507
90
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Alex Douglas
Management University of Africa
Nairobi, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,735
1,429
0.302
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
492,914
2,374
73
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Les Labuschagne
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,748
373
0.213
project management
information security
risk management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
518,445
2,525
83
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Pieter Grobler
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,621
358
0.221
Strategic and International HR Management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
685,440
3,496
136
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Hester Nienaber
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,008
512
0.508
Strategy
effective execution
unlocking human competence
human flourishing
competitive advantage
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
752,656
3,889
153
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Anton Grobler
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
835
656
0.786
Strategic HRM
Leadership
Industrial Psychology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
880,795
4,725
203
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Mutajwaa Rwelamila
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
573
274
0.478
Project management
construction industry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,297,174
8,217
506
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Catherine Le Roux
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
208
176
0.846
Strategy
Strategy as Practice
Sustainability Embeddedness
Organisational Change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,377,487
15,497
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Timipere Ogele Court
University of Africa Toru Orua
Toru-Orua, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
173
106
0.613
Management
HRM
Strategic Management
Entrepreneurship
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,568,775
3,229
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Collins James Owek
Management University of Africa
Nairobi, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110
77
0.700
Strategic Leadership
Management
Community Health
Adolescents and Young People
Youth-friendly services
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,583,834
3,292
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Mark Ndunda Mutinda
Africa Nazarene University
Nairobi, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106
67
0.632
Management of Socio-ecological Systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,004,036
5,391
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Meshack Misoi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
23
0.793
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,012,515
14,918
1,239
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Ester Mujajati
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
23
0.821
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,013,953
14,935
1,246
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Karen Stander|Karen van As
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
18
0.643
Strategy
Strategy-as-practise
Sustainability
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,249,903
17,436
1,559
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Clifton Singh|C Singh
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
7
1.000
Strategy
Innovation
Evolutionary Networks
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,287,085
17,864
1,625
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Ernest Marfo Asiedu
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
5
1.000
quantitative & qualitative research analysis
project management
value creation
merger and acquisition
strategic management