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![Andrea Giampiccoli](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/c1/103949.jpg)
Tourism
Community-based tourism
Food tourism
Food
Sport event tourism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,768
2,233
0.807
![Michael Chapman](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/d4/93794.jpg)
South African literature
Poetry
Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,984
407
0.205
![Raisuyah Bhagwan](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Social work
community engagement
spirituality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
592
454
0.767
![Yingi Edwin](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/9f/4636848.jpg)
Peacebuilding
Electoral Processes
Governance
Mobility
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
288
256
0.889
![Nsizwazikhona Simon Chili](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/50/4692550.jpg)
Tourism
Ecotourism
Sustainable development
Climate change and other environmental issues
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
229
184
0.803
![Sylvia Phiwani Zulu](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Linguistics
Translation and Interpreting
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
29
0.906
![Thulile Ndlovu](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Tourism
ecotourism
work integrated learning
entrepreneurship
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
27
0.964
![Feikie Xoliswa Evelyn](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Transportation Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
25
0.962
![Aifani Tahulela](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/12/4921386.jpg)
Waste
water
sanitation
sustainable development goals
social science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
20
0.952
![Rosaline Govender](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
professional development
student access and succuess gender and equity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
16
0.800
![Simóne Plüg](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
critical psychology
intersectional feminism
gender and identity
transformative pedagogy
vicarious trauma
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
17
0.895
![Patiswa Zibani](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/08/4926591.jpg)
Library and Information Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
16
1.000
![Baphiwe Daweti](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/b0/5064037.jpg)
Organizational politics
identity
training
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
15
1.000
![Vimbai Chibango](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/cf/4929453.jpg)
HIV/AIDS
Gender
Sexual and Reproductive Health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
14
1.000
![Sagren R Moodley](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/f4/4927463.jpg)
Information Technology
Library Technology
Data Analytics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
3
0.231
![Benita Bobo](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/2e/5064168.jpg)
Community Engagement
Education
Gender Studies Transformative Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
11
1.000
![Sasi Gangiah](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/a3/5230460.jpg)
Gastronomy
Food service
kitchen design
environmental ergonomics
kitchen layout
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
7
1.000
![Sudhika Palhad](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
International Relations
Gig Economy
Cybersecurity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
6
1.000
![Ursula Vooght](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/06/5294863.jpg)
Cultural Studies
Film Studies
English Literature
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
6
1.000
![Sara Mitha](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/07/5048862.jpg)
Academic librarianship
Research support
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
2
0.333
Andrea Giampiccoli
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,768
2,233
0.807
Tourism
Community-based tourism
Food tourism
Food
Sport event tourism
Michael Chapman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,984
407
0.205
South African literature
Poetry
Theory
Raisuyah Bhagwan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
592
454
0.767
Social work
community engagement
spirituality
Yingi Edwin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
288
256
0.889
Peacebuilding
Electoral Processes
Governance
Mobility
Nsizwazikhona Simon Chili
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
229
184
0.803
Tourism
Ecotourism
Sustainable development
Climate change and other environmental issues
Sylvia Phiwani Zulu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
29
0.906
Linguistics
Translation and Interpreting
Thulile Ndlovu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
27
0.964
Tourism
ecotourism
work integrated learning
entrepreneurship
Feikie Xoliswa Evelyn
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
25
0.962
Transportation Engineering
Aifani Tahulela
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
20
0.952
Waste
water
sanitation
sustainable development goals
social science
Rosaline Govender
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
16
0.800
professional development
student access and succuess gender and equity
Simóne Plüg
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
17
0.895
critical psychology
intersectional feminism
gender and identity
transformative pedagogy
vicarious trauma
Patiswa Zibani
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
16
1.000
Library and Information Science
Baphiwe Daweti
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
15
1.000
Organizational politics
identity
training
Vimbai Chibango
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
14
1.000
HIV/AIDS
Gender
Sexual and Reproductive Health
Sagren R Moodley
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
3
0.231
Information Technology
Library Technology
Data Analytics
Benita Bobo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
11
1.000
Community Engagement
Education
Gender Studies Transformative Learning
Sasi Gangiah
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
7
1.000
Gastronomy
Food service
kitchen design
environmental ergonomics
kitchen layout
Sudhika Palhad
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
6
1.000
International Relations
Gig Economy
Cybersecurity
Ursula Vooght
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
6
1.000
Cultural Studies
Film Studies
English Literature
Sara Mitha
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
2
0.333
Academic librarianship
Research support