Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

Engineering & Technology / Mechanical Engineering Highly Cited Researchers 13 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
South Africa
Mohsen Sharifpur
Convective Nanofluids
Computational Heat Transfer
Multiphase
Energy Optimization
Solar-Thermal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,453
8,496
0.899
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
South Africa
Stephan Heyns
vibration monitoring
condition monitoring
laser vibrometry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,946
3,241
0.545
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
South Africa
Daniel N. Wilke
Gradient-only Optimisation
Generative Modeling
Particle-Based Solvers
GPU
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,914
1,935
0.494
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
South Africa
P. Schalk Els
Vehicle dynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,139
1,335
0.425
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
South Africa
Leon Pretorius
Engineering and Technology Management
Mechanical Engineering
System Dynamics
Energy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,699
1,316
0.488
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
South Africa
Schalk Kok
Computational Mechanics
Material modelling
Computational plasticity
Multidisciplinary optimization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,341
1,092
0.466
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
South Africa
Debashis Basu
Public Health and Preventive Medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,708
1,177
0.689
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
South Africa
Jaco Dirker
Thermal Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,641
796
0.485
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
South Africa
Helen Inglis
Engineering education
student success
scholarship of teaching and learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
599
230
0.384

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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
South Africa
Abrie Oberholster
Mechanical characterisation of biological materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
476
289
0.607
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
South Africa
Bradley D Bock
Phase-change heat transfer focused on thin liquid films
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120
117
0.975
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
South Africa
Jonathan Kyle Swanepoel
solar thermal
CSP
heat transfer
parabolic dish collectors
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
60
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
South Africa
Mehdi Nikzad
Renewable Energy
Photovoltaic panel
Thermoelectric
Hydrogen
Convection
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
7
0.875
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
107,255
South Africa
386
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Mohsen Sharifpur
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,453
8,496
0.899
Convective Nanofluids
Computational Heat Transfer
Multiphase
Energy Optimization
Solar-Thermal
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
176,323
South Africa
715
63
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Stephan Heyns
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,946
3,241
0.545
vibration monitoring
condition monitoring
laser vibrometry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
262,227
South Africa
1,120
100
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Daniel N. Wilke
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,914
1,935
0.494
Gradient-only Optimisation
Generative Modeling
Particle-Based Solvers
GPU
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
316,663
South Africa
1,410
134
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
P. Schalk Els
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,139
1,335
0.425
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
358,001
South Africa
1,625
161
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Leon Pretorius
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,699
1,316
0.488
Engineering and Technology Management
Mechanical Engineering
System Dynamics
Energy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
399,449
South Africa
1,858
186
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Schalk Kok
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,341
1,092
0.466
Computational Mechanics
Material modelling
Computational plasticity
Multidisciplinary optimization
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
499,628
South Africa
2,411
238
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Debashis Basu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,708
1,177
0.689
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
513,255
South Africa
2,487
243
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Jaco Dirker
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,641
796
0.485
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
864,380
South Africa
4,604
471
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Helen Inglis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
599
230
0.384
Engineering education
student success
scholarship of teaching and learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
950,161
South Africa
5,208
517
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Abrie Oberholster
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
476
289
0.607

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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,539,567
South Africa
10,373
889
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Bradley D Bock
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120
117
0.975
Phase-change heat transfer focused on thin liquid films
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,815,201
South Africa
12,710
1,032
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Jonathan Kyle Swanepoel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
60
1.000
solar thermal
CSP
heat transfer
parabolic dish collectors
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,287,610
South Africa
17,376
1,332
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Mehdi Nikzad
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
7
0.875
Renewable Energy
Photovoltaic panel
Thermoelectric
Hydrogen
Convection
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