Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Africa Architecture and Design Highly Cited Researchers 273 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) list 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
Cities
Regions
Urban economics
Economic geography
Urban planning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,378
4,910
0.341
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
urban geography
urban planning
urbanization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,605
2,372
0.515
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Urban Planning
Climate Change
Built Environment
Landscape Ecology
Special Economic Zones
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,470
2,678
0.772
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
urban planning
cities
governance
china
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,116
1,232
0.395
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Urban studies
infrastructure studies
city planning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,444
1,534
0.628
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Urban ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,468
1,761
0.714
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Urban and tourism development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,398
1,134
0.473
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Urban Planning
Informal Urbanization
Urban Flood Vulnerability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,067
1,623
0.785
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Urban Planning - Urban Design - Architecture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,740
1,000
0.575
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Urban Design
Urban Morphology
Urban Planning
New Urbanism
Sustainable Urban Form
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,705
1,595
0.935
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
future cities
sustainable urban planning
responsive cities
smart cities
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,613
1,098
0.681
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Urban Planning
Transportation Planning
Housing
Involuntary Resettlement and Livelihood
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,457
1,218
0.836
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Urban and Regional Planning
Urban Geography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,352
127
0.094
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Transportation Planning
Infrastructure and Services
Sustainable Human Settlements
Planning Law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,309
805
0.615
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Urban and Regional Planning
Housing and Urban Development
Transportation Planning and Urban Governance.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,049
438
0.418
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Architecture
Urban
Social and Cultural
Sustainability
Globalization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,066
396
0.371
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
ICT in Urban planning
Green Architecture
Urban Microclimate
Energy Efficient Buildings
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,057
1,025
0.970
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Urban Planning
Pro-poor development
Urban Heritage
Urban Governance
Spatial Justice
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
924
602
0.652
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Urban livelihoods
Urban water and sanitation
Urban governance
Climate change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
887
676
0.762
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Urban land use planning and sustainable development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
831
335
0.403
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
African Cities
Urban Planning
Urban Poverty & Informal Settlements
Planning Methodologies
Urban Infrastructure
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
874
199
0.228
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Sustainable Development
Sustainable Architecture
Urban Planning
Urban design
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
761
589
0.774
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Urban Development
Urban Design
Cultural Sustainability
Architectural Education
Urban Landscape
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
745
490
0.658
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
architecture
Urban Planning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
739
262
0.355
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Urban and Regional Planning
Regional Policy
Planning Law
Regional Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
712
423
0.594
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
65,018
223
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Ivan Turok
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,378
4,910
0.341
Cities
Regions
Urban economics
Economic geography
Urban planning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
227,425
78
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
George Owusu
University of Ghana
Legon, Ghana
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,605
2,372
0.515
urban geography
urban planning
urbanization
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
297,111
339
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Aliyu Salisu Barau|Aliyu Barau, A.S. Barau
Bayero University
Gwarzo Road, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,470
2,678
0.772
Urban Planning
Climate Change
Built Environment
Landscape Ecology
Special Economic Zones
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
318,851
1,424
167
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Philip Harrison
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,116
1,232
0.395
urban planning
cities
governance
china
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
388,769
1,801
350
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Nancy Odendaal
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,444
1,534
0.628
Urban studies
infrastructure studies
city planning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
390,630
195
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Kumelachew Yeshitela
Ethiopian Institute of Architecture
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,468
1,761
0.714
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
398,828
1,856
242
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Ronnie Donaldson
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,398
1,134
0.473
Urban and tourism development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
442,680
239
55
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Clifford Amoako
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,067
1,623
0.785
Urban Planning
Informal Urbanization
Urban Flood Vulnerability
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
497,534
1,819
59
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Wael Yousef
Al Azhar University
Cairo, Egypt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,740
1,000
0.575
Urban Planning - Urban Design - Architecture
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
512,300
1,919
142
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Abeer Elshater
Ain Shams University
Cairo, Egypt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,705
1,595
0.935
Urban Design
Urban Morphology
Urban Planning
New Urbanism
Sustainable Urban Form
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
524,420
2,006
118
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Caroline Tadros
Alexandria University
Alexandria, Egypt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,613
1,098
0.681
future cities
sustainable urban planning
responsive cities
smart cities
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
560,136
360
89
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Michael Poku Boansi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,457
1,218
0.836
Urban Planning
Transportation Planning
Housing
Involuntary Resettlement and Livelihood
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
573,186
478
168
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Robert A Obudho
University of Nairobi
Nairobi, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,352
127
0.094
Urban and Regional Planning
Urban Geography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
598,372
2,998
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
James Chakwizira
University of Venda
Thohoyandou, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,309
805
0.615
Transportation Planning
Infrastructure and Services
Sustainable Human Settlements
Planning Law
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
669,184
2,052
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Afolabi Aribigbola
Adekunle Ajasin University
Akungba Akoko, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,049
438
0.418
Urban and Regional Planning
Housing and Urban Development
Transportation Planning and Urban Governance.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
670,573
3,272
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Yasser Mahgoub
Galala University
Suez, Egypt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,066
396
0.371
Architecture
Urban
Social and Cultural
Sustainability
Globalization
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
694,741
3,526
45
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Hatem Mahmoud
Aswan University
Aswan, Egypt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,057
1,025
0.970
ICT in Urban planning
Green Architecture
Urban Microclimate
Energy Efficient Buildings
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
719,225
2,672
120
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Taibat Lawanson
University of Lagos
Lagos, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
924
602
0.652
Urban Planning
Pro-poor development
Urban Heritage
Urban Governance
Spatial Justice
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
732,719
632
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Samuel Twumasi Amoah
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
887
676
0.762
Urban livelihoods
Urban water and sanitation
Urban governance
Climate change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
745,613
3,042
132
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Leke Oduwaye
University of Lagos
Lagos, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
831
335
0.403
Urban land use planning and sustainable development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
765,791
827
283
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Peter M. Ngau
University of Nairobi
Nairobi, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
874
199
0.228
African Cities
Urban Planning
Urban Poverty & Informal Settlements
Planning Methodologies
Urban Infrastructure
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
788,229
4,501
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Amany Ragheb
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
761
589
0.774
Sustainable Development
Sustainable Architecture
Urban Planning
Urban design
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
791,923
4,530
262
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Khalid S Al Hagla
Alexandria University
Alexandria, Egypt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
745
490
0.658
Urban Development
Urban Design
Cultural Sustainability
Architectural Education
Urban Landscape
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
794,555
994
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Mustapha Ben-Hamouche
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
739
262
0.355
architecture
Urban Planning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
813,916
4,284
230
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Ernst Drewes
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
712
423
0.594
Urban and Regional Planning
Regional Policy
Planning Law
Regional Economics
