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
Urban and Regional Planning
Urban Geograph
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,354
128
0.095
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
African Cities
Urban Planning
Urban Poverty & Informal Settlements
Planning Methodologies
Urban Infrastructur
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
889
208
0.234
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Design
Innovation
Sustainability
Technology
Transdisciplinarit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
512
369
0.721
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Urban Planning
GIS and Remote Sensing Application
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
260
66
0.254
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Urban and Regional Planning
Environmental Planning
Green Planning
Spatial Plannin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
239
137
0.573
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Urban Planning and Design
Urban Environmental Studies
Geospatial Techniques
Urban Disaster Ris
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
165
103
0.624
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Urban and regional planning
Metropolitan Development
Urban-Rural Linkages
Slum upgrading
urban crime preventio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123
103
0.837
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Urban Planning
Human Settlemen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120
91
0.758
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Architectur
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70
63
0.900
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Urban Plannin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54
22
0.407
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Population geography
Urban plannin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
36
0.720
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Environmental design
urbanis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
47
0.959
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Human settlements
Building materials and systems
low cost housing
Urban planning and dessign
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
12
0.255
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Architecture
Sustainable planning
Water Resource
Structures for Architects
Design for the Visually Impaire
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
39
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Urban and Regioinal Plannin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
33
0.846
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
architecture
planning
urban desig
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34
14
0.412
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Urban Governance and Politics
Urban Planning and International Development
Social Inclusion and Community Development
Housin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
24
0.774
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Urban planning
Urban informality
Non-Motorised Transport planning
Urban governance
Geoinformation Science and plannin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
16
0.516
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
architectur
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
11
0.367
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Urban and Rural Planning
Disaster Management
Development
Social Systems Research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
27
0.964
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Urban planning
spatial planning
urban developmen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27
9
0.333
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Architecture
housing
Construction Managemen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
17
0.708
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Architectural design
Urban Design
Urban Syste
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
16
0.667
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Urban and Regional Planning and Urban Managemen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
18
0.857
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Urban Planning
Spatial Resilience
Climate Adaptation
Climate Governance
GI
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
18
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
595,896
506
173
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Robert A Obudho
University of Nairobi
Nairobi, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,354
128
0.095
Urban and Regional Planning
Urban Geograph
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
747,144
793
271
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Peter M. Ngau
University of Nairobi
Nairobi, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
889
208
0.234
African Cities
Urban Planning
Urban Poverty & Informal Settlements
Planning Methodologies
Urban Infrastructur
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
947,007
1,177
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Mugendi K. M'Rithaa
Machakos University
Machakos, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
512
369
0.721
Design
Innovation
Sustainability
Technology
Transdisciplinarit
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,239,074
1,890
469
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Musyimi Mbathi
University of Nairobi
Nairobi, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
260
66
0.254
Urban Planning
GIS and Remote Sensing Application
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,278,493
2,029
47
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Fredrick Omondi Owino
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
239
137
0.573
Urban and Regional Planning
Environmental Planning
Green Planning
Spatial Plannin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,467,041
2,689
658
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Maurice Onyango Oyugi
University of Nairobi
Nairobi, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
165
103
0.624
Urban Planning and Design
Urban Environmental Studies
Geospatial Techniques
Urban Disaster Ris
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,621,244
3,238
290
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Jackson Kago
Kenyatta University
Nairobi, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123
103
0.837
Urban and regional planning
Metropolitan Development
Urban-Rural Linkages
Slum upgrading
urban crime preventio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,629,901
3,265
771
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Elizabeth Kanini Wamuchiru
University of Nairobi
Nairobi, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120
91
0.758
Urban Planning
Human Settlemen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,883,860
4,210
955
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Edwin Oyaro Ondieki
University of Nairobi
Nairobi, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70
63
0.900
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,996,360
4,684
79
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Jacob Olango Onyango
University of Eldoret
Eldoret, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54
22
0.407
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,024,384
4,806
80
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Fancis Angawa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
36
0.720
Population geography
Urban plannin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,029,613
4,825
1,045
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Joseph Mukeku
University of Nairobi
Nairobi, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
47
0.959
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,048,473
4,919
1,066
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Laban Shihembetsa
University of Nairobi
Nairobi, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
12
0.255
Human settlements
Building materials and systems
low cost housing
Urban planning and dessign
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,105,034
5,220
382
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Victor Nyakundi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
39
1.000
Architecture
Sustainable planning
Water Resource
Structures for Architects
Design for the Visually Impaire
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,110,099
5,238
1,110
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Jeremiah Ayonga
University of Nairobi
Nairobi, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
33
0.846
Urban and Regioinal Plannin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,157,325
5,512
1,157
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Munyua Mwaura
University of Nairobi
Nairobi, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34
14
0.412
architecture
planning
urban desig
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,183,957
5,672
539
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Keziah M. Mwang'A
Kenyatta University
Nairobi, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
24
0.774
Urban Governance and Politics
Urban Planning and International Development
Social Inclusion and Community Development
Housin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,185,662
5,685
213
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Walter Alando
Maseno University
Maseno, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
16
0.516
Urban planning
Urban informality
Non-Motorised Transport planning
Urban governance
Geoinformation Science and plannin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,196,408
5,757
550
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Ombura Clare
Kenyatta University
Nairobi, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
11
0.367
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,212,308
5,832
189
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Odongo Janes
Technical University of Kenya
Nairobi, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
27
0.964
Urban and Rural Planning
Disaster Management
Development
Social Systems Research
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,227,818
5,937
191
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Fawcett Komollo
Technical University of Kenya
Nairobi, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27
9
0.333
Urban planning
spatial planning
urban developmen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,258,538
6,119
95
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Raphael Rauf Odida Ochieng
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
17
0.708
Architecture
housing
Construction Managemen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,258,747
6,122
1,249
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Kigara Kamweru
University of Nairobi
Nairobi, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
16
0.667
Architectural design
Urban Design
Urban Syste
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,291,806
6,332
1,277
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Dennis Omoga Abuya
University of Nairobi
Nairobi, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
18
0.857
Urban and Regional Planning and Urban Managemen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,402,055
7,074
229
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Mwenje Emmanuel
Technical University of Kenya
Nairobi, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
18
1.000
Urban Planning
Spatial Resilience
Climate Adaptation
Climate Governance
GI