Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
University of Pretoria Highly Cited Researchers Citation 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
forest protection
mycology
entomology
biotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,656
36,489
0.458
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Macroecomomics
forecasting
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,589
29,221
0.777
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Agricultural and Rural Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,418
5,345
0.176
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
point-of-care
diagnostics
testing
scoping review
implementation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,497
26,089
0.949
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Microbial ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,687
12,271
0.478
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Medicinal Plants
Ethnobotany
Phytochemistry
Phytomedicine
Ethnopharmacology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,223
11,035
0.456
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,860
8,912
0.374
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Maternal mortality
perinatal mortality
stillbirths
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,241
10,050
0.473
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
forest pathology and entomology
forest health
invasion biology
mycology
molecular ecology and evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,753
9,154
0.488
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
mole-rats
Reproduction
physiology...
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,505
8,377
0.453
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Cancer cellular biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,342
8,499
0.490
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Climate Change
Forestry
Carbon
Drylands
Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,374
10,879
0.664
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Virology
emerging diseases
Respiratory viruses
Arboviruses
Influenza
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,278
10,949
0.673
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Internet-of-Things
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,477
7,164
0.463
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Climate change
sustainability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,059
5,654
0.375
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Ticks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,638
4,415
0.302
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Career (construction) counselling
narrative career counselling
life designing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,468
7,015
0.485
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
pollination
physiology
nectar-feeding birds
honey bees
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,471
6,162
0.457
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
gender and diversity
postcolonial
management in Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,311
5,786
0.435
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Plant Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,844
3,580
0.279
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
ethnoveterinary medicine
biological activity
toxicity
medicinal plants
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,731
8,166
0.641
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
microbiology
plant pathology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,636
5,227
0.414
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Fresh Produce Safety and Quality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,062
5,801
0.481
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Conservation biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,719
6,333
0.591
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Audiology
Telehealth
mHealth
Tele-Audiology
Telemedicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,467
6,908
0.660
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,678
11
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Mike Wingfield
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,656
36,489
0.458
forest protection
mycology
entomology
biotechnology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,751
44
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Rangan Gupta
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,589
29,221
0.777
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,882
61
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Hans P. Binswanger-Mkhize
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,418
5,345
0.176
Agricultural and Rural Development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,571
71
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Tivani Phosa Mashamba-Thompson
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,497
26,089
0.949
point-of-care
diagnostics
testing
scoping review
implementation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,352
81
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Don A Cowan
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,687
12,271
0.478
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,958
95
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Jacobus Eloff
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,223
11,035
0.456
Medicinal Plants
Ethnobotany
Phytochemistry
Phytomedicine
Ethnopharmacology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,630
97
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Brenda Wingfield
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,860
8,912
0.374
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,258
112
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Robert Pattinson
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,241
10,050
0.473
Maternal mortality
perinatal mortality
stillbirths
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
44,199
140
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Bernard Slippers
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,753
9,154
0.488
forest pathology and entomology
forest health
invasion biology
mycology
molecular ecology and evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
45,025
144
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Nigel C Bennett
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,505
8,377
0.453
mole-rats
Reproduction
physiology...
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
49,281
158
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Annie Joubert
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,342
8,499
0.490
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
53,149
173
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Cheikh Mbow
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,374
10,879
0.664
Climate Change
Forestry
Carbon
Drylands
Africa
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
53,582
177
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Marietjie Venter
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,278
10,949
0.673
Virology
emerging diseases
Respiratory viruses
Arboviruses
Influenza
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
57,341
192
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Gerhard Hancke
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,477
7,164
0.463
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
59,481
198
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Barend Erasmus
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,059
5,654
0.375
Climate change
sustainability
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
61,683
205
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Ivan Horak
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,638
4,415
0.302
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
62,637
211
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Kobus Maree
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,468
7,015
0.485
Career (construction) counselling
narrative career counselling
life designing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
68,754
234
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Susan W. Nicolson
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,471
6,162
0.457
pollination
physiology
nectar-feeding birds
honey bees
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
69,835
237
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Stella M Nkomo
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,311
5,786
0.435
gender and diversity
postcolonial
management in Africa
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
73,047
242
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Karl Kunert
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,844
3,580
0.279
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
73,860
246
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Lyndy Mcgaw
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,731
8,166
0.641
ethnoveterinary medicine
biological activity
toxicity
medicinal plants
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
74,584
248
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Teresa Coutinho
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,636
5,227
0.414
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
78,860
269
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Lise Korsten
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,062
5,801
0.481
Fresh Produce Safety and Quality
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
90,898
315
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Peter Lindsey
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,719
6,333
0.591
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
93,459
326
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
De Wet Swanepoel
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,467
6,908
0.660
Audiology
Telehealth
mHealth
Tele-Audiology
Telemedicine