Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

Walter Sisulu University Highly Cited Researchers CitationSocial Sciences / Linguistics and Literature 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
Bulelwa Makena
Language Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67
67
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
South Africa
Pretty Thandiswa Mpiti
English language
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
33
0.786
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
South Africa
Yolisa Madolo
literary criticism
pedagogy of learning and teaching
applied language
language planning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
30
0.857
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
South Africa
Alicia Van Der Spuy
literature
second language teaching
narrative inquiry
content analysis
popular fiction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
14
0.667
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
South Africa
Olutoba Gboyega Oluwasuji
English Literature
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9
9
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
South Africa
Oyewumi Olatoye Agunbiade|O.O Agunbiade, Oyewumi Agunbiade
African literature
Postcolonial literature
Literary Journalism
Post-independence disillusionment
Literary criticism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
5
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,729,456
South Africa
12,133
113
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Bulelwa Makena
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67
67
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,880,959
South Africa
13,625
134
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Pretty Thandiswa Mpiti
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
33
0.786
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,932,505
South Africa
14,095
138
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Yolisa Madolo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
30
0.857
literary criticism
pedagogy of learning and teaching
applied language
language planning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,062,002
South Africa
15,424
158
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Alicia Van Der Spuy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
14
0.667
literature
second language teaching
narrative inquiry
content analysis
popular fiction
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,205,286
South Africa
16,929
180
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Olutoba Gboyega Oluwasuji
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9
9
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,277,824
South Africa
17,732
196
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Oyewumi Olatoye Agunbiade|O.O Agunbiade, Oyewumi Agunbiade
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
5
1.000
African literature
Postcolonial literature
Literary Journalism
Post-independence disillusionment
Literary criticism