For South Africa, there are 473 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 | 1.15 |
| 2 | [2] | Nicholas Mbaya Odhiambo Department of Economics, College of Economic and Management Sciences, University of South Africa (UNISA), Pretoria | 2.7 |
| 3 | [4] | 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 | 4.95 |
| 4 | [15] | 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 | 8.63 |
| 5 | [8] | 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 | 9.27 |
| 6 | [11] | Roula Inglesi-Lotz Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria | 9.34 |
| 7 | [9] | Frank Riedel College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park | 10.23 |
| 8 | [19] | Dirk Tasche Centre for Business Mathematics and Informatics, North-West University, Potchefstroom | 11.76 |
| 9 | [26] | 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 | 14.24 |
| 10 | [30] | Alexander Zimper Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria | 14.37 |
| 11 | [5] | Ulrich Schmidt College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park | 14.57 |
| 12 | [12] | Andrew Phiri Department of Economics, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth | 14.59 |
| 13 | [37] | 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 | 15.65 |
| 14 | [18] | Ingrid Woolard Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch | 15.79 |
| 15 | [25] | 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 | 15.92 |
| 16 | [16] | Johan Fourie Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch | 16.02 |
| 17 | [24] | Fiona Tregenna College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park | 16.24 |
| 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 | 19.7 |
| 19 | [20] | Servaas van der Berg Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch | 19.93 |
| 20 | [22] | Eric Schaling Wits Business School, Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA), Cape Town | 19.95 |
| 21 | [27] | 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 | 23.81 |
| 22 | [31] | 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 | 24.64 |
| 23 | [33] | Manoel Bittencourt Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria | 24.79 |
| 24 | [3] | Erik Stam Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch | 25.7 |
| 25 | [29] | Steven Fredric Koch Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria | 26.61 |
| 26 | [36] | Dorrit Posel School of Economic and Finance, Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | 27.01 |
| 27 | [28] | Ivan Nicholas Turok Economic Performance and Development, Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), Pretoria Fakulteit Ekonomiese en Bestuurswetenskappe, Universiteit van die Vrystaat, Bloemfontein | 27.51 |
| 28 | [35] | Renee van Eyden Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria | 27.66 |
| 29 | [52] | 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 | 28.65 |
| 30 | [23] | Lumengo Bonga-Bonga College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park | 28.75 |
| 31 | [38] | Charles Komla Delali Adjasi Business School, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch | 31.61 |
| 32 | [34] | Stan Du Plessis Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA), Cape Town Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch | 32.22 |
| 33 | [55] | Rulof P. Burger Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch | 32.38 |
| 34 | [40] | Ramos Emmanuel Mapanga Mabugu Faculty of Economics and Management Sciences, Sol Plaatje University, Kimberley | 33.61 |
| 35 | [17] | Nicholas Biekpe Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town, Cape Town | 35.75 |
| 36 | [50] | 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 | 35.97 |
| 37 | [57] | Kalu Ojah Wits Business School, Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | 36.35 |
| 38 | [47] | Matthew W Clance Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria | 36.83 |
| 39 | [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 | 40.13 |
| 40 | [45] | Charl Jooste Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria | 40.87 |
| 41 | [51] | Beatrice Desiree Simo-Kengne College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park | 42.15 |
| 42 | [41] | Derek Yu Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of the Western Cape, Bellville | 43.23 |
| 43 | [62] | 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 | 43.73 |
| 44 | [46] | Nick Vink Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch | 44.29 |
| 45 | [54] | Nicholas Nwanyek Ngepah School of Economics, College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park | 44.64 |
| 46 | [48] | Sin-Yu Ho Department of Economics, College of Economic and Management Sciences, University of South Africa (UNISA), Pretoria | 47.23 |
| 47 | [7] | Jan Luiten van Zanden Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch | 47.83 |
| 48 | [44] | Daan Steenkamp Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch | 49.86 |
| 49 | [53] | Dieter von Fintel Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch | 51.11 |
| 50 | [78] | Ruthira Naraidoo Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria | 51.55 |
| 51 | [72] | 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 | 51.65 |
| 52 | [64] | Margaret Mabugu Economic Performance and Development, Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), Pretoria Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA), Cape Town | 52.05 |
| 53 | [60] | Matteo Bonato College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park | 52.62 |
| 54 | [59] | Eftychia Efi Nikolaidou School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town | 52.66 |
| 55 | [71] | James Blignaut School of Public Leadership, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch | 53.62 |
| 56 | [56] | Arno Tausch | 53.7 |
| 57 | [93] | Co-Pierre Georg Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town, Cape Town | 55.1 |
| 58 | [58] | John Weirstrass Muteba Mwamba College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park | 55.16 |
| 59 | [79] | Kevin Nell College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park | 56.31 |
| 60 | [82] | Ismail Olaleke Fasanya Wits Business School, Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | 57.65 |
| 61 | [61] | Moinak Maiti School of Economic and Finance, Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | 58.21 |
| 62 | [66] | Sheilla Nyasha Department of Economics, College of Economic and Management Sciences, University of South Africa (UNISA), Pretoria | 58.99 |
| 63 | [80] | Daniela Maria Casale School of Economic and Finance, Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | 59.05 |
| 64 | [70] | 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 | 59.76 |
| 65 | [84] | 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 | 61.57 |
| 66 | [87] | 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 | 62.15 |
| 67 | [86] | Witness Simbanegavi South African Reserve Bank, Pretoria | 63.93 |
| 68 | [67] | 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 | 64.33 |
| 69 | [74] | Willem H. Boshoff Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch | 66.66 |
| 70 | [10] | 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 | 66.9 |
| 71 | [68] | Hylton Hollander School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town | 69.77 |
| 72 | [88] | 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 | 71.29 |
| 73 | [81] | Monique Brigitte Reid South African Reserve Bank, Pretoria Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch | 73.01 |
| 74 | [75] | Eliphas Ndou Department of Economics, College of Economic and Management Sciences, University of South Africa (UNISA), Pretoria | 73.81 |
| 75 | [98] | Sonali Das | 74.43 |
| 76 | [77] | Joel Hinaunye Eita Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA), Cape Town College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park | 75.26 |
| 77 | [85] | Hlalefang Khobai Department of Economics, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth | 76.34 |
| 78 | [96] | Ronelle Burger Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch | 78.64 |
| 79 | [76] | Mduduzi Biyase College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park | 79.87 |
| 80 | [94] | Andrea Saayman Skool vir Economie, North-West University, Potchefstroom | 79.88 |
| 81 | [105] | Stephen George Sinclair Taylor Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch | 80.59 |
| 82 | [91] | Marthinus Christoffel Breitenbach Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria | 83.34 |
| 83 | [108] | 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 | 84.03 |
| 84 | [73] | 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 | 84.68 |
| 85 | [115] | Merle G. Holden Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA), Cape Town | 86.63 |
| 86 | [89] | Danilo Spinola College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park | 87.45 |
| 87 | [14] | Andreas Freytag Department of Economics, Faculty of Military Science, University of Stellenbosch, Saldanha | 87.73 |
| 88 | [95] | Carolyn Chisadza Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria | 89 |
| 89 | [112] | Umakrishnan Kollamparambil School of Economic and Finance, Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | 89.89 |
| 90 | [114] | Sylvanus Ikhide Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch Business School, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch | 91.33 |
| 91 | [125] | Guangling Liu Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA), Cape Town Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch | 92.76 |
| 92 | [97] | Grietjie Verhoef College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park | 95.9 |
| 93 | [120] | Edwin Muchapondwa School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town | 96.43 |
| 94 | [124] | Paul Nkemngu Acha-Anyi Faculty of Business and Management Science, Walter Sisulu University, Mthatha | 98.33 |
| 95 | [113] | Konstantin Makrelov South African Reserve Bank, Pretoria | 98.38 |
| 96 | [136] | Matthew Olckers Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch | 98.89 |
| 97 | [111] | Alexis Habiyaremye College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park | 98.91 |
| 98 | [132] | 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 | 99.29 |
| 99 | [110] | Kevin Kotze School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA), Cape Town | 99.37 |
| 100 | [92] | 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 | 99.52 |
| 101 | [109] | Charles Lepepeule Machethe Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development, University of Pretoria, Pretoria | 101.04 |
| 102 | [127] | John Ele-Ojo Ataguba Health Economics Unit, University of Cape Town, Cape Town | 102.32 |
| 103 | [99] | Meshach Jesse Aziakpono Department of Economics, Rhodes University, Grahamstown Business School, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch | 102.52 |
| 104 | [123] | Dambala Gelo School of Economic and Finance, Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | 106.12 |
| 105 | [104] | Tendai Gwatidzo School of Economic and Finance, Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | 106.13 |
| 106 | [129] | Elvis Korku Avenyo Center for Competition, Regulation and Economic Development, College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park | 109.39 |
| 107 | [106] | Daniel Makina College of Economic and Management Sciences, University of South Africa (UNISA), Pretoria | 109.65 |
| 108 | [144] | Mare Sarr School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town | 109.88 |
| 109 | [103] | Clement Zibusiso Moyo Department of Economics, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth | 110.83 |
| 110 | [122] | Tafirenyika Sunde Trade and Development Economics Research Area (TRADE), North-West University, Potchefstroom | 111.2 |
| 111 | [134] | Reza Che Daniels School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, Cape Town | 113.68 |
| 112 | [90] | Fred Gault Institute for Economic Research on Innovation (IERI), Faculty of Economics and Finance, Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria | 114.93 |
| 113 | [69] | 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 | 116.59 |
| 114 | [118] | Isaac Kalonda Kanyama College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park | 118.23 |
| 115 | [151] | 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 | 118.26 |
| 116 | [107] | Themba Gilbert Chirwa College of Economic and Management Sciences, University of South Africa (UNISA), Pretoria | 118.74 |
| 117 | [121] | Forget Mingiri Kapingura Department of Economics, University of Fort Hare, East London | 120.31 |
| 118 | [154] | Waldo Krugell Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA), Cape Town Skool vir Economie, North-West University, Potchefstroom | 120.94 |