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Education / Early Childhood Education Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings 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.

* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
South Africa
Alecia Samuels
Early Childhood Intervention
Augmentative and Alternative Communication
participation
engagement
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
499
433
0.868
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
South Africa
Karin Van Niekerk
Early childhood intervention
assistive technology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
251
225
0.896
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
South Africa
Kitty Uys|CJE Uys
Early childhood
disability
participation
assistive technology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
179
96
0.536
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
South Africa
Maria Neethling Du Toit
Early childhood development
speech-language pathology
mHealth
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127
123
0.969
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
South Africa
Scholastica Maletsose Mamogale
Early Childhood Education
Early Mathematics
Teacher Support
Cultural Historical Activity Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1
1
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
918,538
South Africa
4,948
500
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Alecia Samuels
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
499
433
0.868
Early Childhood Intervention
Augmentative and Alternative Communication
participation
engagement
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,198,864
South Africa
7,342
704
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Karin Van Niekerk
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
251
225
0.896
Early childhood intervention
assistive technology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,343,251
South Africa
8,618
795
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Kitty Uys|CJE Uys
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
179
96
0.536
Early childhood
disability
participation
assistive technology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,488,137
South Africa
9,946
882
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Maria Neethling Du Toit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127
123
0.969
Early childhood development
speech-language pathology
mHealth
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,175,126
South Africa
16,564
1,308
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Nadia Swanepoel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
10
0.833
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,366,872
South Africa
18,759
1,433
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Scholastica Maletsose Mamogale
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1
1
1.000
Early Childhood Education
Early Mathematics
Teacher Support
Cultural Historical Activity Theory