Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
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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
urban planning
urban studies
geographical information science
Urban Geography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,491
8,213
0.365
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Sustainability Assessment
Urban Resilience
Urban Climate
Urban Planning
Climate Policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,731
15,500
0.874
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
urban planning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,597
9,603
0.546
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Land Economics
Urban Design
Urban Science
Health and Place
Property Rights
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,041
8,057
0.536
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Urban Infrastructure Modelling
Urban Planning
Environmental Design
Architecture
Energy and Water Resources
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,896
6,170
0.414
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Environmental surface chemistry
environmental geochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,455
8,003
0.554
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Urban Forestry
Urban Biodiversity
Urban Ecology
Urban Ecosystem Service
Urban Remote Sensing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,308
10,051
0.755
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Urban Environment
Human Mobility
Exposure
Environmental Health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,247
13,141
0.992
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Energy Policy
Climate Change
Low Carbon Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,139
5,434
0.414
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Urban Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,512
7,106
0.568
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
urban planning transportation planning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,343
6,943
0.671
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Sustainable Urban Planning
Sustainable Architecture
Urban Climate
Urban Microclimate
Healthy Building
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,229
7,981
0.865
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Planning theory
just city
urba sustainability
planning and climate change
planning the risk city
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,146
5,805
0.635
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Urban Redevelopment
Gentrification
Urban Poverty
Housing
Rural-Urban Migration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,369
5,419
0.648
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Urban Planning
Health & Population Geography
Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,318
5,216
0.627
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Urban China
segregation
migration
neighborhood
planning theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,185
5,466
0.668
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
urban data science
urban informatics
urban analytics
geographic data science
GeoAI
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,881
5,830
0.847
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Urban Ecology
Restoration Ecology
Pollution Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,816
3,505
0.514
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Urban Sustainability
Urban Transition
Urban Design
Sustainable Urbanism
Urban Resilience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,691
6,365
0.951
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Urban resilience
Infrastructure resilience
Human evacuation behavior
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,629
4,869
0.734
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
architecture
urban microclimate
energy in buildings
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,508
3,406
0.523
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
urban greening and ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,300
4,506
0.715
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Urban Climatology
Climate-sensitive Urban Planning and Design
Human Thermal Comfort
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,168
5,606
0.909
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
urban metabolism
material flow analysis
ecological network analysis
input-output analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,128
3,665
0.598
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Landscape Ecology
Spatial Planning
Remote Sensing
Mining
Urban Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,090
5,186
0.852
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,570
299
81
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Anthony Go Yeh
University of Hong Kong
Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,491
8,213
0.365
urban planning
urban studies
geographical information science
Urban Geography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
48,107
739
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Ayyoob Sharifi|シャリフィ アユーブ, ایوب شریفی
Hiroshima University
Higashihiroshima, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,731
15,500
0.874
Sustainability Assessment
Urban Resilience
Urban Climate
Urban Planning
Climate Policy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
48,596
1,883
147
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Ying Tian
Tsinghua University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,597
9,603
0.546
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
59,931
486
125
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Chris Webster
University of Hong Kong
Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,041
8,057
0.536
Land Economics
Urban Design
Urban Science
Health and Place
Property Rights
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
60,656
619
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Jagdish Singh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,896
6,170
0.414
Urban Infrastructure Modelling
Urban Planning
Environmental Design
Architecture
Energy and Water Resources
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
63,092
2,530
93
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Dongqiang Zhu
Peking University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,455
8,003
0.554
Environmental surface chemistry
environmental geochemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
70,288
2,849
202
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Jun Yang
Tsinghua University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,308
10,051
0.755
Urban Forestry
Urban Biodiversity
Urban Ecology
Urban Ecosystem Service
Urban Remote Sensing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
70,696
578
83
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Yimeng Song
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,247
13,141
0.992
Urban Environment
Human Mobility
Exposure
Environmental Health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
71,460
765
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Manmohan Kapshe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,139
5,434
0.414
Energy Policy
Climate Change
Low Carbon Development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
75,944
3,098
129
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Shuqing Zhao
Peking University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,512
7,106
0.568
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
95,387
3,972
83
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Fei Shi
Nanjing University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,343
6,943
0.671
urban planning transportation planning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
108,664
867
206
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Chao Ren
University of Hong Kong
Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,229
7,981
0.865
Sustainable Urban Planning
Sustainable Architecture
Urban Climate
Urban Microclimate
Healthy Building
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
109,763
887
133
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Yosef Jabareen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,146
5,805
0.635
Planning theory
just city
urba sustainability
planning and climate change
planning the risk city
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
121,336
953
237
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Shenjing He 何深静
University of Hong Kong
Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,369
5,419
0.648
Urban Redevelopment
Gentrification
Urban Poverty
Housing
Rural-Urban Migration
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
122,175
1,005
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Boris A Portnov
University of Haifa
Haifa, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,318
5,216
0.627
Urban Planning
Health & Population Geography
Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
124,333
5,307
83
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Zhigang Li 李志刚
Wuhan University
Wuhan, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,185
5,466
0.668
Urban China
segregation
migration
neighborhood
planning theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
149,856
992
502
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Filip Biljecki
National University of Singapore
Queenstown, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,881
5,830
0.847
urban data science
urban informatics
urban analytics
geographic data science
GeoAI
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
151,392
1,134
262
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
LM Chu
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Central Ave, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,816
3,505
0.514
Urban Ecology
Restoration Ecology
Pollution Studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
154,320
6,704
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Ali Cheshmehzangi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,691
6,365
0.951
Urban Sustainability
Urban Transition
Urban Design
Sustainable Urbanism
Urban Resilience
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
155,837
6,777
385
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Nan Li
Tsinghua University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,629
4,869
0.734
Urban resilience
Infrastructure resilience
Human evacuation behavior
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
158,804
1,383
131
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Evyatar Erell
Ben Gurion University of the Negev
Beer Sheva, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,508
3,406
0.523
architecture
urban microclimate
energy in buildings
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
164,233
1,074
546
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Tan Puay Yok
National University of Singapore
Queenstown, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,300
4,506
0.715
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
167,830
1,239
282
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Kevin Ka Lun Lau
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Central Ave, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,168
5,606
0.909
Urban Climatology
Climate-sensitive Urban Planning and Design
Human Thermal Comfort
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
168,925
7,436
72
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Yan Zhang
Beijing Normal University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,128
3,665
0.598
urban metabolism
material flow analysis
ecological network analysis
input-output analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
169,948
470
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Alex Lechner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,090
5,186
0.852
Landscape Ecology
Spatial Planning
Remote Sensing
Mining
Urban Ecology