Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
University of the Western Cape Highly Cited Researchers CitationSocial Sciences / Psychology 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
Child Well-Being
Children's Subjective Well-Being
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,328
1,989
0.854
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,014
1,002
0.498
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Positive Leadership
Higher Education
Positive Organizational Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
773
696
0.900
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
capacity building
clinical psychology
psychometry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
682
463
0.679
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Women's Reproductive Health
Psychology of High-Risk Pregnancy
Gender Issues
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
544
426
0.783
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Addictions and quality of life
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
417
363
0.871
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Human Rights
Children and Violence
Clinical Psychology and Professional cs
Trauma
Photovoice
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
414
256
0.618
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
holistic school wellbeing. complexity theory
counselling theory and practice
community psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
389
142
0.365
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Fatherhood
Masculinities
Social Psychology
Research Methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
311
302
0.971
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Psychological assessment
Test construction
Depression
Anxiety
Loss
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
135
134
0.993
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Psychology
Social Sciences
Higher Education
Unintentional Injury Prevention
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92
90
0.978
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Industrial psychology
leadership
e-leadership
social and Family Cohesion
employee engagement
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75
75
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
(Critical) Men & Masculinities Studies
Higher Education
Critical Social and Developmental Psych
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57
56
0.982
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Humanitarian Work Psychology
Precarious Employment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
18
0.900
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
396,243
1,889
59
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Shazly Savahl
University of the Western Cape
Bellville, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,328
1,989
0.854
Child Well-Being
Children's Subjective Well-Being
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
440,758
2,147
67
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Rashid Ahmed
University of the Western Cape
Bellville, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,014
1,002
0.498
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
773,083
4,113
135
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Marieta Du Plessis
University of the Western Cape
Bellville, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
773
696
0.900
Positive Leadership
Higher Education
Positive Organizational Psychology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
816,135
4,371
139
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Mario Smith
University of the Western Cape
Bellville, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
682
463
0.679
capacity building
clinical psychology
psychometry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
888,860
4,857
156
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Michelle Andipatin
University of the Western Cape
Bellville, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
544
426
0.783
Women's Reproductive Health
Psychology of High-Risk Pregnancy
Gender Issues
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
990,168
5,632
182
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Maria Florence
University of the Western Cape
Bellville, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
417
363
0.871
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
993,322
5,653
183
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Umesh Bawa
University of the Western Cape
Bellville, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
414
256
0.618
Human Rights
Children and Violence
Clinical Psychology and Professional cs
Trauma
Photovoice
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,018,588
5,886
188
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Ansie Kitching
University of the Western Cape
Bellville, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
389
142
0.365
holistic school wellbeing. complexity theory
counselling theory and practice
community psychology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,106,307
6,616
221
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Kyle Jackson
University of the Western Cape
Bellville, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
311
302
0.971
Fatherhood
Masculinities
Social Psychology
Research Methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,454,720
9,738
309
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Erica Munnik
University of the Western Cape
Bellville, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
135
134
0.993
Psychological assessment
Test construction
Depression
Anxiety
Loss
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,608,990
11,104
348
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Abigail Simons
University of the Western Cape
Bellville, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92
90
0.978
Psychology
Social Sciences
Higher Education
Unintentional Injury Prevention
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,685,097
11,774
368
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Tolulope Victoria Balogun
University of the Western Cape
Bellville, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75
75
1.000
Industrial psychology
leadership
e-leadership
social and Family Cohesion
employee engagement
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,780,226
12,620
392
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Brendon D. Faroa
University of the Western Cape
Bellville, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57
56
0.982
(Critical) Men & Masculinities Studies
Higher Education
Critical Social and Developmental Psych
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,067,433
15,492
465
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Shihaam Solomon
University of the Western Cape
Bellville, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
18
0.900
Humanitarian Work Psychology
Precarious Employment