Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
University of Kwazulu Natal Highly Cited Researchers CitationHistory, Philosophy, Theology / Philosophy 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
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,650
1,508
0.324
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Philosophy of Science
Addiction
Self-control
Physicalism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,011
1,748
0.436
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Indian Diaspora
Islam in South Africa
Sports History
Citizenship
Transnationalism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,614
1,123
0.430
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
History of Christianity
Oral History
Memory Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,528
418
0.274
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
African philosophy
race and racism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,159
906
0.782
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Islamic Law
Bioethics
Islamic Finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
541
217
0.401
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Missiology
Theology
Cultural and Religious healing
church and globalisation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
443
76
0.172
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
History of Christianity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
252
163
0.647
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Anatomy
Clinical anatomy
Medical Law: Ethics
History of Anatomy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
237
212
0.895
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Sociology of Religion
Postcolonial Studies
Race
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
223
180
0.807
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
African Traditional Religion: African Culture and Philosophy
African Intellectual History
African indigenous/independent churc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
171
132
0.772
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Bioethics
Research Ethics
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Mentorship
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
169
56
0.331
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
access
higher education
rurality and teaching and learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127
109
0.858
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Theology
Isintuism
Religions and social transformation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
124
95
0.766
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
South African medical history
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97
45
0.464
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Hermeneutics
African thought
New Testament Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
11
0.190
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Taxi violence
crime and punishment
child justice
human rights
biopsychosocial perspectives in crime causation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
49
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Islam
Black African Muslim Subjectivities
Africana Existential Philosophy
Religion and Race
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
6
0.300
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
philosophy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
3
0.188
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
social justice
educational policies
psychosociology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
11
0.846
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Philosophy of Language
Epistemology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
3
0.600
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Industrial Relations
Human Resources Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
2
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Philosophy of Religions
Systematic Theology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1
1
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
220,826
954
79
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Gerald West
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,650
1,508
0.324
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
253,141
1,109
91
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
David Spurrett
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,011
1,748
0.436
Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Philosophy of Science
Addiction
Self-control
Physicalism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
362,634
1,692
145
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Goolam Vahed
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,614
1,123
0.430
Indian Diaspora
Islam in South Africa
Sports History
Citizenship
Transnationalism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
532,007
2,660
226
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Philippe Denis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,528
418
0.274
History of Christianity
Oral History
Memory Studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
628,309
3,239
265
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Bernard Matolino
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,159
906
0.782
African philosophy
race and racism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
890,893
4,876
373
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Abul Fadl Mohsin Ebrahim
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
541
217
0.401
Islamic Law
Bioethics
Islamic Finance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
966,749
5,428
410
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Stuart Bate
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
443
76
0.172
Missiology
Theology
Cultural and Religious healing
church and globalisation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,193,549
7,385
550
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Ntobeko Dlamini
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
252
163
0.647
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,218,529
7,602
573
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Pamela Pillay
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
237
212
0.895
Anatomy
Clinical anatomy
Medical Law: Ethics
History of Anatomy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,244,030
7,824
590
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Federico Settler
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
223
180
0.807
Sociology of Religion
Postcolonial Studies
Race
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,355,815
8,817
670
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Sibusiso Masondo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
171
132
0.772
African Traditional Religion: African Culture and Philosophy
African Intellectual History
African indigenous/independent churc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,361,706
8,880
676
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Heidi Matisonn
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
169
56
0.331
Bioethics
Research Ethics
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Mentorship
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,481,030
9,989
770
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Samukelisiwe Khumalo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127
109
0.858
access
higher education
rurality and teaching and learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,491,251
10,081
779
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Herbert Moyo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
124
95
0.766
Theology
Isintuism
Religions and social transformation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,590,792
10,932
852
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Vanessa Noble
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97
45
0.464
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,777,937
12,603
977
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Maarman Sam Tshehla
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
11
0.190
Hermeneutics
African thought
New Testament Studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,826,028
13,093
1,027
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Londeka Ngubane
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
49
1.000
Taxi violence
crime and punishment
child justice
human rights
biopsychosocial perspectives in crime causation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,071,019
15,536
1,216
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Tahir Sitoto
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
6
0.300
Islam
Black African Muslim Subjectivities
Africana Existential Philosophy
Religion and Race
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,118,098
16,023
1,252
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Adriano Paolo Gershom Palma
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
3
0.188
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,154,000
16,364
1,285
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Claire Gaillard Gaillard-Thurston
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
11
0.846
social justice
educational policies
psychosociology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,288,974
17,856
1,383
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Carin Robinson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
3
0.600
Philosophy of Language
Epistemology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,339,012
18,419
1,417
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Kusangiphila Sishi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
2
1.000
Industrial Relations
Human Resources Management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,365,394
18,731
1,438
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Wilbert Gobbo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1
1
1.000
Philosophy of Religions
Systematic Theology