Discover the world’s highly cited researchers through the AD Scientific Index 2025 Citation Rankings.
These rankings evaluate scientists based on their total and recent citation counts, capturing the breadth and real-time currency of academic recognition. Citation data reveals how widely a scholar’s work is referenced, applied, and extended across diverse disciplines. The rankings are routinely updated to reflect ongoing citation growth, while eliminating distortions from excessive co-authorship and institutional inflation. Premium tools provide access to detailed citation dynamics, unethical citation behavior detection, and field-normalized benchmarking.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Energy Policy
Climate Change
Low Carbon Developmen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,802
6,442
0.362
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Urban Infrastructure Modelling
Urban Planning
Environmental Design
Architecture
Energy and Water Resource
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,586
5,732
0.368
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Design
Material
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,564
5,658
0.592
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
design
product design
ergonomic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,052
1,662
0.410
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Design and Manufacturin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,925
1,804
0.460
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
architectur
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,205
1,579
0.493
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Urban Planning and Development
Informal Sector
Human Developmen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,997
1,202
0.401
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Urban Science
Landscape Ecology
Geoenvironmental Hazard-Risk Reduction
Remote Sensing & GI
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,983
2,781
0.932
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Product Design
Rapid Prototyping and Tooling/ 3D Printing
Facility Design
Transportation Design
Appropriate Technolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,394
929
0.388
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Architecture & Planning
Interior Design
Project managemen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,333
2,328
0.998
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Suburbanization of India’s cities
Urban primacy
Urban inequalit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,325
1,037
0.446
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Design
Synthesis and Process Development of Drug
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,196
610
0.278
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Urban Planning and Engineerin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,889
1,637
0.867
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Smart materials and structures
energy harvesting
structural health monitoring
water cleaning
deformation induced electromag
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,881
1,353
0.719
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Urban Sustainability
Local Climate Zone Classification
Outdoor Thermal Comfort Studies
Climate Resilient Citie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,784
1,504
0.843
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
LCA
Intelligent Buildings and Indoor Enviromen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,281
844
0.659
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Urban hydrology
Water Resources
Climate Scienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,279
1,148
0.898
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Urban micro climate
Remote sensing
3D modeling
LiDAR
Urban Green Space
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,278
987
0.772
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
architecture
urban design
urban plannin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,218
371
0.305
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Document Processing
Text Analytics
ML & DL applications to Image Processin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,111
604
0.544
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Urban Geoinformatics
Machine Learning
Deep Learning and A
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
926
793
0.856
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
GIS & Remote Sensing Applications and Development
Geospatial Technology
Urban Planning & Smart Cities
Blockchain & Data Scie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
894
664
0.743
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
urban planning
water and sanitation
financin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
885
209
0.236
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
DESIGN
Human-Computer Interaction
User Experience
Design Management
Built Environmen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
836
308
0.368
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
urban water
urban sanitation
urban waste management
project appraisal and finance
urban plannin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
754
618
0.820
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
50,910
477
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Manmohan Kapshe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,802
6,442
0.362
Energy Policy
Climate Change
Low Carbon Developmen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
60,826
635
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Jagdish Singh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,586
5,732
0.368
Urban Infrastructure Modelling
Urban Planning
Environmental Design
Architecture
Energy and Water Resource
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
110,290
1,510
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
R Ramesh Kumar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,564
5,658
0.592
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
264,050
5,422
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Prakash Kumar
Shiv Nadar University
Dadri, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,052
1,662
0.410
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
271,527
5,681
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Psprema Kumar
K L University
Guntur, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,925
1,804
0.460
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
322,653
7,321
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Sakshi Sharma
Poornima University
Jaipur, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,205
1,579
0.493
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
340,830
7,957
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Darshini Mahadevia
Ahmedabad University
Ahmedabad, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,997
1,202
0.401
Urban Planning and Development
Informal Sector
Human Developmen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
342,109
7,993
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Amit Kumar|A. Kumar
Central University of Jharkhand
Ranchi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,983
2,781
0.932
Urban Science
Landscape Ecology
Geoenvironmental Hazard-Risk Reduction
Remote Sensing & GI
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
406,304
10,273
62
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Amarendra Kumar Das
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,394
929
0.388
Product Design
Rapid Prototyping and Tooling/ 3D Printing
Facility Design
Transportation Design
Appropriate Technolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
414,064
10,607
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Saurabh Choudhary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,333
2,328
0.998
Architecture & Planning
Interior Design
Project managemen
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
415,220
10,641
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Kala Seetharam Sridhar
Institute for Social and Economic Change
Bangalore,, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,325
1,037
0.446
Suburbanization of India’s cities
Urban primacy
Urban inequalit
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
432,995
11,345
51
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Ram Pratap
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,196
610
0.278
Design
Synthesis and Process Development of Drug
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
481,516
13,105
265
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Arnab Jana
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,889
1,637
0.867
Urban Planning and Engineerin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
492,906
13,529
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Vishal S Chauhan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,881
1,353
0.719
Smart materials and structures
energy harvesting
structural health monitoring
water cleaning
deformation induced electromag
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
500,752
13,857
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Rajashree Kotharkar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,784
1,504
0.843
Urban Sustainability
Local Climate Zone Classification
Outdoor Thermal Comfort Studies
Climate Resilient Citie
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
615,431
18,549
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Venu Shree
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,281
844
0.659
LCA
Intelligent Buildings and Indoor Enviromen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
615,888
18,572
45
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Haider Ali
Indian Institute of Technology IIT Gandhinagar
Chandkheda, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,279
1,148
0.898
Urban hydrology
Water Resources
Climate Scienc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
616,180
18,575
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Kshama Gupta
Indian Institute of Remote Sensing
Uttarakhand, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,278
987
0.772
Urban micro climate
Remote sensing
3D modeling
LiDAR
Urban Green Space
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
633,748
19,320
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Shirish Joshi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,218
371
0.305
architecture
urban design
urban plannin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
666,468
20,784
315
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Peetabasa Pati
Indian Institute of Science Bangalore
Bangalore, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,111
604
0.544
Document Processing
Text Analytics
ML & DL applications to Image Processin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
732,173
23,900
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
SK Mustak
Central University of Punjab Bathinda
Bathinda, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
926
793
0.856
Urban Geoinformatics
Machine Learning
Deep Learning and A
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
744,873
24,548
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Anjana Vyas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
894
664
0.743
GIS & Remote Sensing Applications and Development
Geospatial Technology
Urban Planning & Smart Cities
Blockchain & Data Scie
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
752,450
24,938
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Meera Mehta
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
885
209
0.236
urban planning
water and sanitation
financin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
768,973
25,753
125
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Pradeep Yammiyavar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
836
308
0.368
DESIGN
Human-Computer Interaction
User Experience
Design Management
Built Environmen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
804,862
27,744
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Mona Iyer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
754
618
0.820
urban water
urban sanitation
urban waste management
project appraisal and finance
urban plannin