Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Europe Architecture and Design / Design Highly Cited Researchers 778 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
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,310
9,487
0.324
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Design
optimisation
3D Printing
Additive Manufacturing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,892
12,942
0.591
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Design methods
design research
co-design
prototyping
service design
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,121
8,961
0.495
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Industrial Design
Design for Experience
Design for Wellbeing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,100
6,220
0.412
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Typography
Screen Typography
UX
Interaction Design
User Interface Design
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,639
4,936
0.362
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,229
5,219
0.395
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Healthcare Ergonomics
Human Factors for patient safety
(ambulance and care facility design
moving and handling
falls)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,032
3,594
0.358
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Design for Sustainability
Sustainable Product-Service System
Distributed Economies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,504
3,124
0.329
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Sustainable Design
Design for Sustainable Behaviour
Strategic Design
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,295
3,462
0.475
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Design/Product Development
Digital/Smart Manufacturing
Systems Engineering
Industry 4.0 & Health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,966
3,682
0.529
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
design research participation codesign sustainability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,915
2,899
0.419
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Design
innovation management
product design
engineering design
design theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,867
2,719
0.396
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
desgin
problem-solving
team
mental models
experience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,379
2,324
0.364
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
design
requirements engineering
applied artificial intelligence
software
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,810
1,320
0.227
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Human-Computer Interaction
Design Methods
Design Theory
Participatory Design
Cognitive Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,791
3,903
0.674
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
rapid prototyping
additive manufacturing
3D Printing
prostheses
orthoses
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,778
2,448
0.424
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Architectural Design
Cultural Heritage
Semantic Web Technologies
Building Information Modelling
Design Thinking
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,757
4,173
0.725
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Design
participatory innovation
user-centred design
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,520
1,376
0.249
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Human-computer interaction
User-interface design
Usability
Ergonomics
Inclusive Design
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,502
1,673
0.304
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Design Management - BIM - Lean Construction - Healthcare Design - Social Housing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,258
2,978
0.566
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Technology Commercialization
Innovation Processes
Design Process
Effectuation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,185
2,593
0.500
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Design Thinking
Design Strategy
Design Management
Innovation Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,140
3,404
0.662
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
design
disability
architecture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,858
2,511
0.517
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Design
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,654
2,491
0.535
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Design
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,285
618
0.144
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,942
2,102
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Nigel Cross
Open University UK
Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,310
9,487
0.324
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
36,646
3,204
55
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Richard Hague
University of Nottingham
Nottingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,892
12,942
0.591
Design
optimisation
3D Printing
Additive Manufacturing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47,602
1,262
51
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Pieter Jan Stappers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,121
8,961
0.495
Design methods
design research
co-design
prototyping
service design
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
60,718
1,584
70
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Pieter Desmet
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,100
6,220
0.412
Industrial Design
Design for Experience
Design for Wellbeing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
69,344
287
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Hilary Kenna
Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art Design and Technology IADT
Dún Laoghaire, Ireland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,639
4,936
0.362
Typography
Screen Typography
UX
Interaction Design
User Interface Design
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
72,089
245
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Serkan Bayraktaroğlu
Sakarya University
Sakarya, Türkiye
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,229
5,219
0.395
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
100,384
8,350
63
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Sue Hignett
Loughborough University
Loughborough, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,032
3,594
0.358
Healthcare Ergonomics
Human Factors for patient safety
(ambulance and care facility design
moving and handling
falls)
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
106,792
4,302
92
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Carlo Vezzoli
Politecnico di Milano
Milano, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,504
3,124
0.329
Design for Sustainability
Sustainable Product-Service System
Distributed Economies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
143,141
921
164
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Casper Boks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,295
3,462
0.475
Sustainable Design
Design for Sustainable Behaviour
Strategic Design
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
150,225
11,913
118
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Dirk Schaefer
University of Liverpool
Liverpool, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,966
3,682
0.529
Design/Product Development
Digital/Smart Manufacturing
Systems Engineering
Industry 4.0 & Health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
151,391
1,404
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Thomas Binder
Design School Kolding
Kolding, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,915
2,899
0.419
design research participation codesign sustainability
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
152,541
4,276
46
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Pascal Le Masson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,867
2,719
0.396
Design
innovation management
product design
engineering design
design theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
164,639
3,950
260
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Petra Badke-Schaub
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,379
2,324
0.364
desgin
problem-solving
team
mental models
experience
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
180,846
5,195
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Camille Salinesi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,810
1,320
0.227
design
requirements engineering
applied artificial intelligence
software
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
181,437
14,005
453
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
John Vines
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,791
3,903
0.674
Human-Computer Interaction
Design Methods
Design Theory
Participatory Design
Cognitive Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
181,869
14,038
126
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Richard Bibb
Loughborough University
Loughborough, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,778
2,448
0.424
rapid prototyping
additive manufacturing
3D Printing
prostheses
orthoses
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
182,478
4,316
173
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Pieter Pauwels
Eindhoven University of Technology
Eindhoven, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,757
4,173
0.725
Architectural Design
Cultural Heritage
Semantic Web Technologies
Building Information Modelling
Design Thinking
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
190,052
1,778
124
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Jacob Buur
University of Southern Denmark
Tianjin, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,520
1,376
0.249
Design
participatory innovation
user-centred design
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
190,659
14,642
137
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Martin C Maguire
Loughborough University
Loughborough, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,502
1,673
0.304
Human-computer interaction
User-interface design
Usability
Ergonomics
Inclusive Design
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
199,320
15,263
51
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Patricia Tzortzopoulos
University of Huddersfield
Huddersfield, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,258
2,978
0.566
Design Management - BIM - Lean Construction - Healthcare Design - Social Housing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
202,083
4,709
201
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
I. Reymen
Eindhoven University of Technology
Eindhoven, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,185
2,593
0.500
Technology Commercialization
Innovation Processes
Design Process
Effectuation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
203,755
8,936
245
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Claudio Dell Era
Politecnico di Milano
Milano, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,140
3,404
0.662
Design Thinking
Design Strategy
Design Management
Innovation Management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
215,227
1,931
506
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Ann Heylighen
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,858
2,511
0.517
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
224,032
9,886
270
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Daniela Sangiorgi
Politecnico di Milano
Milano, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,654
2,491
0.535
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
241,958
18,028
443
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Paul Wilson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,285
618
0.144