Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
asiaArchitecture and Design / Urban Planning Highly Cited Researchers 1.048 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
urban planning
urban studies
geographical information science
Urban Geography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,805
7,371
0.323
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
urban planning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,039
9,038
0.475
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Sustainability Assessment
Urban Resilience
Urban Climate
Urban Planning
Climate Policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,889
15,711
0.832
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Urban Theory
Urban Design
Urban Science
Health and Place
Property Rights
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,437
7,585
0.491
* 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
15,247
5,395
0.354
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Environmental surface chemistry
environmental geochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,720
7,148
0.486
* 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
13,755
9,438
0.686
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Energy Policy
Climate Change
Low Carbon Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,723
5,258
0.383
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Spatial Data Science
Human Mobility
GIScience
human-environment interaction
GeoAI
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,066
12,815
0.981
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Urban Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,883
6,702
0.520
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
urban planning transportation planning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,632
6,459
0.608
* 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
9,685
7,871
0.813
* 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
9,348
5,118
0.547
* 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
8,635
5,086
0.589
* 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
8,585
4,911
0.572
* 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
8,534
5,219
0.612
* 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
7,352
5,870
0.798
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Urban Sustainability
Urban Transition
Urban Design
Sustainable Urbanism
Urban Resilience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,311
6,757
0.924
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Urban Ecology
Restoration Ecology
Pollution Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,969
3,126
0.449
* 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
6,890
4,559
0.662
* 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
6,648
3,069
0.462
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
urban greening and ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,561
4,316
0.658
* 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
6,442
5,464
0.848
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Landscape Ecology
Spatial Planning
Remote Sensing
Mining
Urban Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,421
5,180
0.807
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
urban metabolism
material flow analysis
ecological network analysis
input-output analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,188
3,091
0.500
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,552
298
82
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Anthony Go Yeh
University of Hong Kong
Pokfulam, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,805
7,371
0.323
urban planning
urban studies
geographical information science
Urban Geography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
44,447
1,745
138
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Ying Tian
Tsinghua University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,039
9,038
0.475
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
44,933
680
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
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
18,889
15,711
0.832
Sustainability Assessment
Urban Resilience
Urban Climate
Urban Planning
Climate Policy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
58,980
486
125
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Chris Webster
University of Hong Kong
Pokfulam, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,437
7,585
0.491
Urban Theory
Urban Design
Urban Science
Health and Place
Property Rights
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
60,005
616
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Jagdish Singh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,247
5,395
0.354
Urban Infrastructure Modelling
Urban Planning
Environmental Design
Architecture
Energy and Water Resources
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
62,763
2,565
98
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Dongqiang Zhu
Peking University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,720
7,148
0.486
Environmental surface chemistry
environmental geochemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
68,566
2,833
195
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Jun Yang
Tsinghua University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,755
9,438
0.686
Urban Forestry
Urban Biodiversity
Urban Ecology
Urban Ecosystem Service
Urban Remote Sensing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
68,769
726
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Manmohan Kapshe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,723
5,258
0.383
Energy Policy
Climate Change
Low Carbon Development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
73,220
602
90
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Yimeng Song
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,066
12,815
0.981
Spatial Data Science
Human Mobility
GIScience
human-environment interaction
GeoAI
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
74,544
3,101
130
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Shuqing Zhao
Peking University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,883
6,702
0.520
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
93,886
3,970
82
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Fei Shi
Nanjing University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,632
6,459
0.608
urban planning transportation planning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
104,485
842
205
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Chao Ren
University of Hong Kong
Pokfulam, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,685
7,871
0.813
Sustainable Urban Planning
Sustainable Architecture
Urban Climate
Urban Microclimate
Healthy Building
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
108,835
881
132
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Yosef Jabareen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,348
5,118
0.547
Planning theory
just city
urba sustainability
planning and climate change
planning the risk city
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
119,038
948
236
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Shenjing He 何深静
University of Hong Kong
Pokfulam, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,635
5,086
0.589
Urban Redevelopment
Gentrification
Urban Poverty
Housing
Rural-Urban Migration
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
119,807
988
39
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Boris A Portnov
University of Haifa
Haifa, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,585
4,911
0.572
Urban Planning
Health & Population Geography
Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
120,667
5,259
82
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Zhigang Li 李志刚
Wuhan University
Wuhan, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,534
5,219
0.612
Urban China
segregation
migration
neighborhood
planning theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
141,996
955
479
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Filip Biljecki
National University of Singapore
Queenstown, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,352
5,870
0.798
urban data science
urban informatics
urban analytics
geographic data science
GeoAI
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
142,812
6,279
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Ali Cheshmehzangi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,311
6,757
0.924
Urban Sustainability
Urban Transition
Urban Design
Sustainable Urbanism
Urban Resilience
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
150,169
1,140
264
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
LM Chu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,969
3,126
0.449
Urban Ecology
Restoration Ecology
Pollution Studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
151,987
6,714
376
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Nan Li
Tsinghua University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,890
4,559
0.662
Urban resilience
Infrastructure resilience
Human evacuation behavior
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
157,736
1,369
129
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
6,648
3,069
0.462
architecture
urban microclimate
energy in buildings
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
159,895
1,048
527
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Tan Puay Yok
National University of Singapore
Queenstown, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,561
4,316
0.658
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
162,939
1,222
280
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Kevin Ka Lun Lau
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,442
5,464
0.848
Urban Climatology
Climate-sensitive Urban Planning and Design
Human Thermal Comfort
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
163,502
440
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Alex Lechner
Monash University Indonesia
Tangerang, Indonesia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,421
5,180
0.807
Landscape Ecology
Spatial Planning
Remote Sensing
Mining
Urban Ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
169,714
7,620
73
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Yan Zhang
Beijing Normal University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,188
3,091
0.500
urban metabolism
material flow analysis
ecological network analysis
input-output analysis