Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Stellenbosch University Highly Cited Researchers CitationNatural Sciences / Chemical Sciences 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
Proteomics
Bioinformatics
Mass Spectrometry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,506
12,874
0.468
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
supramolecular chemistry
crystal engineering
materials chemistry
solid-state chemistry
porous materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,164
4,939
0.258
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
radical polymerization
RAFT
ATRP
nanomedicine
drug delivery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,687
3,384
0.290
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Chemical Thermodynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,709
4,875
0.502
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Platinum group metals chemistry. Multinuclear NMR
photochemistry of coordination compounds
Isotope effects in NMR
acylthioure
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,235
1,250
0.239
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
chemistry
analytical chemistry
chromatography
mass spectrometry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,134
2,020
0.393
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Organic synthesis
Medicinal chemistry
Bioactive small molecules
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,076
1,919
0.378
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Drug Discovery
Bioorganic Chemistry
Biotechnology
Bionanotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,819
2,685
0.952
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Chemistry
Biological Chemistry
Organic Synthesis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,485
1,175
0.473
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
inorganic chemistry
catalysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,424
746
0.308
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Structural chemistry
computational chemistry
crystallography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,789
699
0.391
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Medicinal Chemistry
Science Education
Ignatian spirituality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,376
700
0.509
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Chemistry
Bioinorganic
organometallic
catalysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,313
762
0.580
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
organic chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
835
447
0.535
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
molecular biochemistry
steroid receptors
biochemistry
signal transduction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
786
393
0.500
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
779
568
0.729
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Chemical Biology
Chemistry
Biochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
744
395
0.531
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Biochemistry
Molecular Biology
progestins
steroid receptors
gene expression
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
613
418
0.682
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Polymer Science
Materials Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
505
339
0.671
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Nanotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
400
208
0.520
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Chemistry
Water
Polymer Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
396
270
0.682
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
supramolecular chemistry
computational chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
197
193
0.980
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Polymer Characterisation
green chemistry
polymer chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
183
94
0.514
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
co-ordination chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
141
141
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Medicinal applications of Coordination Chemistry
Pharmacophore identification
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
135
69
0.511
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,479
73
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
David L. Tabb
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,506
12,874
0.468
Proteomics
Bioinformatics
Mass Spectrometry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
42,839
136
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Len Barbour
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,164
4,939
0.258
supramolecular chemistry
crystal engineering
materials chemistry
solid-state chemistry
porous materials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
81,671
287
44
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Bert Klumperman
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,687
3,384
0.290
radical polymerization
RAFT
ATRP
nanomedicine
drug delivery
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
101,541
376
57
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Deresh Ramjugernath
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,709
4,875
0.502
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
195,487
836
111
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Klaus R Koch
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,235
1,250
0.239
Platinum group metals chemistry. Multinuclear NMR
photochemistry of coordination compounds
Isotope effects in NMR
acylthioure
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
199,179
848
113
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
André De Villiers
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,134
2,020
0.393
chemistry
analytical chemistry
chromatography
mass spectrometry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
201,387
856
114
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Willem Van Otterlo
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,076
1,919
0.378
Organic synthesis
Medicinal chemistry
Bioactive small molecules
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
338,797
1,562
195
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Vuyo Mavumengwana
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,819
2,685
0.952
Drug Discovery
Bioorganic Chemistry
Biotechnology
Bionanotechnology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
374,542
1,763
228
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Catherine H Kaschula
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,485
1,175
0.473
Chemistry
Biological Chemistry
Organic Synthesis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
381,707
1,806
236
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Selwyn Mapolie
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,424
746
0.308
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
475,775
2,323
296
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Catharine Esterhuysen
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,789
699
0.391
Structural chemistry
computational chemistry
crystallography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
564,695
2,855
351
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Margaret Blackie
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,376
700
0.509
Medicinal Chemistry
Science Education
Ignatian spirituality
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
581,009
2,958
365
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Prinessa Chellan
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,313
762
0.580
Chemistry
Bioinorganic
organometallic
catalysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
743,618
3,913
464
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Gareth Arnott
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
835
447
0.535
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
765,307
4,063
481
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Nicolette Verhoog
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
786
393
0.500
molecular biochemistry
steroid receptors
biochemistry
signal transduction
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
768,127
4,087
482
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Leigh Loots
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
779
568
0.729
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
784,303
4,185
493
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Marianne De Villiers
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
744
395
0.531
Chemical Biology
Chemistry
Biochemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
849,785
4,590
532
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Renate Louw-Du Toit
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
613
418
0.682
Biochemistry
Molecular Biology
progestins
steroid receptors
gene expression
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
912,843
5,035
590
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Rueben Pfukwa
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
505
339
0.671
Polymer Science
Materials Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,007,219
5,795
675
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Rehana Malgas-Enus
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
400
208
0.520
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,010,978
5,823
677
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Nonjabulo P. Gule NP Dlamini
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
396
270
0.682
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,295,959
8,295
892
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Dewald P. Van Heerden
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
197
193
0.980
supramolecular chemistry
computational chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,328,448
8,588
914
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Helen Pfukwa
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
183
94
0.514
Polymer Characterisation
green chemistry
polymer chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,437,227
9,564
997
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Waheed Saban
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
141
141
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,457,960
9,780
1,010
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Ripul Mehrotra
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
135
69
0.511
Medicinal applications of Coordination Chemistry
Pharmacophore identification