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Central University of Technology Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings (Sort by last 6 years Citation Index) 2025
Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) and the list of the most cited and influential researchers cover a wide range of scientific fields, spanning 197 main and sub-disciplines, as well as the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings, offering a unique service. Additionally, the list without CERN, Statistical Data, etc., provided exclusively by “AD Scientific Index”, is part of our effort to balance the situation created by CERN and researchers with statistical data, who have an advantage over others, especially those in the social and humanities fields. There is still much work to be done in this area. See also for more specific citation analyses: "last 6 years citation index" Universities Rankings 2024 (Sort by: Total Citations) and Universities Rankings 2024 (Sort by : Last 6 Years Citations)
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
Land change
carbon cycle
ecosystem services
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,363
10,281
0.592
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Metal Additive Manufacturing
Additive Manufacturing
Selective Laser Melting
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,887
8,569
0.665
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
功能材料制备与应用
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,265
8,287
0.736
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Laser Powder Bed Fusion
Laser-matter interaction
Metal additive manufacturing
Metallic biomaterials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,791
5,307
0.781
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Electrical Engineering
Renewable Energy
Energy management
Optimization
Rural electrification
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,799
3,494
0.728
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
social media technologies
emerging technologies in entrepreneurship
SMMEs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,250
2,264
0.697
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Materials Science
Polymer Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,277
2,160
0.949
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Functional nanomaterials (功能纳米材料)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,046
1,834
0.602
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
artificial intelligence，Crop Disease Detection
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,723
1,716
0.996
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Additive and Advanced manufacturing
Design
Product Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,344
1,404
0.599
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Biomedical sciences
molecular biology and pharmacology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,418
1,356
0.956
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Behavioural Ecology
Conservation Biology
Primate Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,283
1,310
0.574
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Health and Safety
Lean Construction
Sustainability
Construction Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,545
1,125
0.728
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Food Safety and Quality Control
Medical Diagnose
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,148
1,105
0.963
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Design-for-Testability Automation Reconfigurable Assembly Renewable Energy Machine Vision
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,871
1,086
0.580
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Engineering
Construction Engineering and Management
Sustainability
Emerging Technologies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,069
948
0.458
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,384
914
0.383
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Energy monitoring
Student Engagement
Engineering Education Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,632
913
0.559
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
local adaptation
population genetics
landscape genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
990
894
0.903
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
cold atom
floquet modulation
PT symmetry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,319
889
0.674
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Workplace Spirituality
Organisational Spirituality
Religion
Work values
Ethics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,043
881
0.845
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Drought Prediction
Indigenous Knowledge on Weather
Wireless sensor networks
mobile phones
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,043
776
0.744
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
water resources management
agricultural water management
drought analysis and management
conflict resolution in water resourc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,107
642
0.580
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Materials science
Mechanical engineering
Applied physics
additive manufacturing
Engineering Business Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
595
588
0.988
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Internet Marketing
Social Network
Luxury Marketing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
692
541
0.782
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,618
2,127
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Shuguang Liu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,363
10,281
0.592
Land change
carbon cycle
ecosystem services
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
42,525
175
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Igor Yadroitsev (Ihar Yadroitsau)
Central University of Technology
Bloemfontein, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,887
8,569
0.665
Metal Additive Manufacturing
Additive Manufacturing
Selective Laser Melting
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
44,654
2,921
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Xinjiang Hu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,265
8,287
0.736
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
81,985
323
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Ina Yadroitsava
Central University of Technology
Bloemfontein, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,791
5,307
0.781
Laser Powder Bed Fusion
Laser-matter interaction
Metal additive manufacturing
Metallic biomaterials
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
136,838
583
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Kanzumba Kusakana
Central University of Technology
Bloemfontein, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,799
3,494
0.728
Electrical Engineering
Renewable Energy
Energy management
Optimization
Rural electrification
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
221,153
978
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Patient Rambe
Central University of Technology
Bloemfontein, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,250
2,264
0.697
social media technologies
emerging technologies in entrepreneurship
SMMEs
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
231,955
1,019
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Mokgaotsa Jonas Mochane
Central University of Technology
Bloemfontein, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,277
2,160
0.949
Materials Science
Polymer Chemistry
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
273,238
16,906
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Yongfeng Luo 罗勇锋
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,046
1,834
0.602
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
291,132
17,854
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Guoxiong Zhou
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,723
1,716
0.996
artificial intelligence，Crop Disease Detection
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
349,252
1,623
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Deon De Beer
Central University of Technology
Bloemfontein, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,344
1,404
0.599
Additive and Advanced manufacturing
Design
Product Development
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
360,186
1,675
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Chika Ifeanyi Chukwuma
Central University of Technology
Bloemfontein, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,418
1,356
0.956
Biomedical sciences
molecular biology and pharmacology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
370,864
22,009
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Zuofu Xiang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,283
1,310
0.574
Behavioural Ecology
Conservation Biology
Primate Ecology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
420,395
2,006
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Fidelis Emuze
Central University of Technology
Bloemfontein, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,545
1,125
0.728
Health and Safety
Lean Construction
Sustainability
Construction Management
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
426,437
24,645
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Ying Xiong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,148
1,105
0.963
Food Safety and Quality Control
Medical Diagnose
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
432,074
2,054
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Herman Vermaak
Central University of Technology
Bloemfontein, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,871
1,086
0.580
Design-for-Testability Automation Reconfigurable Assembly Renewable Energy Machine Vision
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
478,610
2,311
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Alfred Ngowi
Central University of Technology
Bloemfontein, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,069
948
0.458
Engineering
Construction Engineering and Management
Sustainability
Emerging Technologies
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
491,261
27,610
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Wang Jiafu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,384
914
0.383
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
491,744
2,388
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
James Swart
Central University of Technology
Bloemfontein, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,632
913
0.559
Energy monitoring
Student Engagement
Engineering Education Development
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
499,349
27,962
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Xiao-Long Jiang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
990
894
0.903
local adaptation
population genetics
landscape genomics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
501,339
28,052
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Honghua Zhong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,319
889
0.674
cold atom
floquet modulation
PT symmetry
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
504,715
2,469
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Freda Van Der Walt
Central University of Technology
Bloemfontein, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,043
881
0.845
Workplace Spirituality
Organisational Spirituality
Religion
Work values
Ethics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
550,131
2,736
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Muthoni Masinde
Central University of Technology
Bloemfontein, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,043
776
0.744
Drought Prediction
Indigenous Knowledge on Weather
Wireless sensor networks
mobile phones
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
618,542
3,151
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Desalegn Chemeda Edossa
Central University of Technology
Bloemfontein, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,107
642
0.580
water resources management
agricultural water management
drought analysis and management
conflict resolution in water resourc
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
650,640
3,356
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Thywill Cephas Dzogbewu
Central University of Technology
Bloemfontein, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
595
588
0.988
Materials science
Mechanical engineering
Applied physics
additive manufacturing
Engineering Business Management
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
681,175
4,268
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Louis Yi Shih Lo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
692
541
0.782
Internet Marketing
Social Network
Luxury Marketing