For South Africa, there are 474 authors affiliated with 78 institutions.
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| Rank | W.Rank | Author | Score |
| 1 | [1] | Rangan Gupta Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria | 1.02 |
| 2 | [2] | Nicholas Mbaya Odhiambo Department of Economics, College of Economic and Management Sciences, University of South Africa (UNISA), Pretoria | 2.46 |
| 3 | [5] | John Paul Dunne School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town Policy Research in International Services and Manufacturing (PRISM), School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town | 4.36 |
| 4 | [14] | Murray Leibbrandt Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit (SALDRU), School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town | 8.02 |
| 5 | [12] | Haroon Bhorat Development Policy Research Unit, School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town | 8.64 |
| 6 | [10] | Roula Inglesi-Lotz Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria | 8.68 |
| 7 | [7] | Frank Riedel College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park | 9.32 |
| 8 | [19] | Dirk Tasche Centre for Business Mathematics and Informatics, North-West University, Potchefstroom | 11.11 |
| 9 | [4] | Ulrich Schmidt College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park | 13.15 |
| 10 | [30] | Alexander Zimper Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria | 13.49 |
| 11 | [22] | Harald Winkler School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town Policy Research in International Services and Manufacturing (PRISM), School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town | 13.55 |
| 12 | [15] | Andrew Phiri Department of Economics, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth | 14.05 |
| 13 | [23] | Martine Visser Environmental Policy Research Unit (EPRU), University of Cape Town, Cape Town School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town | 14.74 |
| 14 | [18] | Ingrid Woolard Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch | 15.01 |
| 15 | [17] | Johan Fourie Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch | 15.35 |
| 16 | [25] | Fiona Tregenna College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park | 15.82 |
| 17 | [33] | Cally Ardington Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit (SALDRU), School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town | 16.16 |
| 18 | [21] | Lawrence Edwards Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit (SALDRU), School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town Policy Research in International Services and Manufacturing (PRISM), School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town | 18.15 |
| 19 | [20] | Eric Schaling Wits Business School, Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA), Cape Town | 18.55 |
| 20 | [24] | Servaas van der Berg Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch | 18.98 |
| 21 | [26] | Johann Frederick Kirsten Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch Bureau for Economic Research, Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch | 22.19 |
| 22 | [36] | Manoel Bittencourt Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria | 23.59 |
| 23 | [32] | Nicola Viegi Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria South African Reserve Bank, Pretoria Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA), Cape Town | 23.73 |
| 24 | [3] | Erik Stam Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch | 24 |
| 25 | [27] | Steven Fredric Koch Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria | 24.96 |
| 26 | [35] | Dorrit Posel School of Economic and Finance, Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | 25.44 |
| 27 | [28] | Ivan Nicholas Turok Economic Performance and Development, Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), Pretoria Fakulteit Ekonomiese en Bestuurswetenskappe, Universiteit van die Vrystaat, Bloemfontein | 25.65 |
| 28 | [37] | Renee van Eyden Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria | 26.2 |
| 29 | [29] | Lumengo Bonga-Bonga College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park | 26.39 |
| 30 | [45] | Neil Andrew Rankin School of Economic and Finance, Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg African Micro-Economic Research Unit (AMERU), School of Economic and Finance, Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch | 26.41 |
| 31 | [42] | Charles Komla Delali Adjasi Business School, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch | 29.72 |
| 32 | [50] | Rulof P. Burger Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch | 29.89 |
| 33 | [34] | Stan Du Plessis Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA), Cape Town Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch | 30.04 |
| 34 | [39] | Ramos Emmanuel Mapanga Mabugu Faculty of Economics and Management Sciences, Sol Plaatje University, Kimberley | 30.77 |
| 35 | [16] | Nicholas Biekpe Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town, Cape Town | 33.87 |
| 36 | [49] | Mike Morris School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town Policy Research in International Services and Manufacturing (PRISM), School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town | 33.95 |
| 37 | [51] | Matthew W Clance Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria | 35.15 |
| 38 | [54] | Kalu Ojah Wits Business School, Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | 35.16 |
| 39 | [41] | Charl Jooste Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria | 35.86 |
| 40 | [6] | Augustin Kwasi Fosu Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park | 37.8 |
| 41 | [46] | Derek Yu Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of the Western Cape, Bellville | 40.39 |
| 42 | [47] | Nick Vink Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch | 40.47 |
| 43 | [48] | Beatrice Desiree Simo-Kengne College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park | 40.68 |
| 44 | [63] | Vimal Ranchhod Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit (SALDRU), School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town | 41.24 |
| 45 | [52] | Nicholas Nwanyek Ngepah School of Economics, College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park | 41.25 |
| 46 | [68] | Daan Steenkamp Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch | 45.36 |
| 47 | [57] | Sin-Yu Ho Department of Economics, College of Economic and Management Sciences, University of South Africa (UNISA), Pretoria | 45.48 |
| 48 | [8] | Jan Luiten van Zanden Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch | 45.95 |
| 49 | [67] | Andrew Kerr Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit (SALDRU), School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town | 47.59 |
| 50 | [53] | Dieter von Fintel Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch | 47.59 |
| 51 | [55] | Matteo Bonato College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park | 47.61 |
| 52 | [59] | Margaret Mabugu Economic Performance and Development, Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), Pretoria Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA), Cape Town | 48.52 |
| 53 | [62] | Arno Tausch | 49.93 |
| 54 | [61] | James Blignaut School of Public Leadership, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch | 50.08 |
| 55 | [60] | Eftychia Efi Nikolaidou School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town | 50.09 |
| 56 | [73] | Ruthira Naraidoo Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria | 50.68 |
| 57 | [56] | John Weirstrass Muteba Mwamba College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park | 50.69 |
| 58 | [78] | Kevin Nell College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park | 53.47 |
| 59 | [72] | Ismail Olaleke Fasanya Wits Business School, Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | 54.17 |
| 60 | [88] | Co-Pierre Georg Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town, Cape Town | 54.44 |
| 61 | [66] | Moinak Maiti School of Economic and Finance, Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | 55.22 |
| 62 | [70] | Sheilla Nyasha Department of Economics, College of Economic and Management Sciences, University of South Africa (UNISA), Pretoria | 55.61 |
| 63 | [79] | Ben W. Smit Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch Bureau for Economic Research, Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch | 55.87 |
| 64 | [74] | Daniela Maria Casale School of Economic and Finance, Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | 56.08 |
| 65 | [86] | Benjamin Stanwix Development Policy Research Unit, School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town | 57.16 |
| 66 | [69] | Morne Oosthuizen Development Policy Research Unit, School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town | 57.35 |
| 67 | [80] | Witness Simbanegavi South African Reserve Bank, Pretoria | 58.04 |
| 68 | [71] | Christopher Malikane School of Economic and Finance, Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg Studies in Financial Markets and Macroeconomics (SFM), School of Economic and Finance, Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | 60.38 |
| 69 | [75] | Willem H. Boshoff Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch | 61.26 |
| 70 | [83] | Michael Machokoto Studies in Financial Markets and Macroeconomics (SFM), School of Economic and Finance, Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg School of Economic and Finance, Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | 65.21 |
| 71 | [9] | Johannes Wolfgang Fedderke School of Economic and Finance, Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA), Cape Town | 65.73 |
| 72 | [93] | Sonali Das | 68.01 |
| 73 | [77] | Hylton Hollander School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town | 68.05 |
| 74 | [82] | Monique Brigitte Reid South African Reserve Bank, Pretoria Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch | 68.44 |
| 75 | [87] | Eliphas Ndou Department of Economics, College of Economic and Management Sciences, University of South Africa (UNISA), Pretoria | 70.26 |
| 76 | [84] | Joel Hinaunye Eita Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA), Cape Town College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park | 70.61 |
| 77 | [96] | Ronelle Burger Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch | 74.47 |
| 78 | [108] | Stephen George Sinclair Taylor Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch | 74.68 |
| 79 | [92] | Hlalefang Khobai Department of Economics, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth | 74.79 |
| 80 | [90] | Andrea Saayman Skool vir Economie, North-West University, Potchefstroom | 75.41 |
| 81 | [85] | Mduduzi Biyase College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park | 76.28 |
| 82 | [89] | Marthinus Christoffel Breitenbach Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria | 77.97 |
| 83 | [64] | Don A Ross Research Unit for Behavioral Economics and Neuroeconomics (RUBEN), School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town | 78.67 |
| 84 | [105] | Nicola Branson Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit (SALDRU), School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town | 79.41 |
| 85 | [95] | Danilo Spinola College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park | 80.56 |
| 86 | [106] | Sylvanus Ikhide Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch Business School, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch | 81.99 |
| 87 | [104] | Umakrishnan Kollamparambil School of Economic and Finance, Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | 83.13 |
| 88 | [13] | Andreas Freytag Department of Economics, Faculty of Military Science, University of Stellenbosch, Saldanha | 84.63 |
| 89 | [114] | Merle G. Holden Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA), Cape Town | 85.37 |
| 90 | [101] | Carolyn Chisadza Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria | 85.38 |
| 91 | [119] | Guangling Liu Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA), Cape Town Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch | 86.52 |
| 92 | [98] | Grietjie Verhoef College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park | 89.52 |
| 93 | [113] | Edwin Muchapondwa School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town | 90.48 |
| 94 | [111] | Alexis Habiyaremye College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park | 91.43 |
| 95 | [122] | Paul Nkemngu Acha-Anyi Faculty of Business and Management Science, Walter Sisulu University, Mthatha | 91.74 |
| 96 | [127] | Harold Kincaid School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town Research Unit for Behavioral Economics and Neuroeconomics (RUBEN), School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town | 91.8 |
| 97 | [110] | Kevin Kotze School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA), Cape Town | 93.32 |
| 98 | [117] | Konstantin Makrelov South African Reserve Bank, Pretoria | 93.39 |
| 99 | [91] | Simon Jon Roberts School of Economic and Finance, Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg Corporate Strategy and Industrial Development (CSID), School of Economic and Finance, Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park | 95.57 |
| 100 | [120] | John Ele-Ojo Ataguba Health Economics Unit, University of Cape Town, Cape Town | 95.68 |
| 101 | [99] | Meshach Jesse Aziakpono Department of Economics, Rhodes University, Grahamstown Business School, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch | 95.7 |
| 102 | [136] | Matthew Olckers Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch | 96.13 |
| 103 | [116] | Charles Lepepeule Machethe Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development, University of Pretoria, Pretoria | 96.29 |
| 104 | [121] | Dambala Gelo School of Economic and Finance, Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | 99.06 |
| 105 | [103] | Tendai Gwatidzo School of Economic and Finance, Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | 100.28 |
| 106 | [128] | Elvis Korku Avenyo Center for Competition, Regulation and Economic Development, College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park | 101.86 |
| 107 | [109] | Daniel Makina College of Economic and Management Sciences, University of South Africa (UNISA), Pretoria | 102.91 |
| 108 | [137] | Mare Sarr School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town | 103.58 |
| 109 | [112] | Clement Zibusiso Moyo Department of Economics, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth | 103.62 |
| 110 | [126] | Tafirenyika Sunde Trade and Development Economics Research Area (TRADE), North-West University, Potchefstroom | 105.42 |
| 111 | [132] | Reza Che Daniels School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town | 107.22 |
| 112 | [94] | Fred Gault Institute for Economic Research on Innovation (IERI), Faculty of Economics and Finance, Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria | 108.73 |
| 113 | [142] | Sean M. Muller Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit (SALDRU), School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park | 109.67 |
| 114 | [76] | Ravinder Rena Fakulteit Economiese en Bestuurwetenskappe, North-West University, Mmabatho Faculty of Management Sciences, Durban University of Technlogy, Durban Faculty of Business and management Sciences, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Cape Town Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of the Western Cape, Bellville | 110.76 |
| 115 | [123] | Themba Gilbert Chirwa College of Economic and Management Sciences, University of South Africa (UNISA), Pretoria | 111.8 |
| 116 | [148] | Bennett Stephen Labson College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park | 112.28 |
| 117 | [129] | Adeola Oyenubi School of Economic and Finance, Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | 112.84 |
| 118 | [107] | Isaac Kalonda Kanyama College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park | 112.99 |