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
social impact assessment
displacement and resettlement
human geography
rural sociology
ESG
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,848
12,918
0.433
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
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: 3
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: 4
Environmental Governance
Environmental Studies
Climate Adaptation
Water Governance
Sustainable Urban Planning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,586
6,732
0.535
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Information Systems Architecture
Business Process Management
Electronic Business
Business Engineering
Digital Transformation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,357
2,501
0.267
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Architectuur
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,124
1,653
0.181
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
sustainable building
sustainable energy systems
energy potential mapping
energy neutrality
climate adaptation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,367
4,548
0.617
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
public and corporate reale estate management
added value of real estate
adaptive reuse as a means to cope with vacancy
health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,130
3,402
0.477
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
urban planning
disaster risk reduction
urban land use dynamics and models
slum development
climate change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,672
4,088
0.613
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
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: 11
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: 12
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: 13
spatial planning
urban planning
SDSS
climate change
urban health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,864
3,564
0.733
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,322
2,791
0.646
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
composite materials
additive manufacturing
bio-inspired materials
living materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,290
2,859
0.666
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,121
1,204
0.292
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Urban mobility futures
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,985
2,344
0.588
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
urban remote sensing
slums
deprivation
urban morphology
urban planning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,826
2,850
0.745
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Urban management
urban economic development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,428
1,232
0.359
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
landscape architecture
urban design
research through design
urban climate
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,982
1,987
0.666
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Landscape
planning
architecture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,408
1,217
0.505
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Performance Based Design
Architecture
Computational Design
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,399
1,380
0.575
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
architecture
sustainability
augmented design
media
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,315
528
0.228
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Spatial Planning-Smart Cities-Planning Support Science-Migration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,232
1,621
0.726
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Urban Planning
Land Policy
Spatial Planning
Land Development
Rural Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,022
562
0.278
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,255
599
73
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Frank Vanclay
University of Groningen
Groningen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,848
12,918
0.433
social impact assessment
displacement and resettlement
human geography
rural sociology
ESG
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47,603
1,262
51
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
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
60,719
1,584
70
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
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
76,636
1,955
262
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Peter PJ Driessen
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,586
6,732
0.535
Environmental Governance
Environmental Studies
Climate Adaptation
Water Governance
Sustainable Urban Planning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
108,721
2,725
102
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Paul Grefen
Eindhoven University of Technology
Eindhoven, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,357
2,501
0.267
Information Systems Architecture
Business Process Management
Electronic Business
Business Engineering
Digital Transformation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
111,879
2,807
158
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Thomas De Bont
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,124
1,653
0.181
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
141,671
3,468
216
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Andy Van Den Dobbelsteen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,367
4,548
0.617
sustainable building
sustainable energy systems
energy potential mapping
energy neutrality
climate adaptation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
146,655
3,587
231
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Theo Van Der Voordt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,130
3,402
0.477
public and corporate reale estate management
added value of real estate
adaptive reuse as a means to cope with vacancy
health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
157,181
3,811
153
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Richard Sliuzas
University of Twente
Enschede, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,672
4,088
0.613
urban planning
disaster risk reduction
urban land use dynamics and models
slum development
climate change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
164,642
3,950
260
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
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
182,481
4,316
173
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
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
202,083
4,709
201
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
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
214,967
4,944
204
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Johannes Flacke
University of Twente
Enschede, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,864
3,564
0.733
spatial planning
urban planning
SDSS
climate change
urban health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
240,028
5,387
238
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Astrid Kemperman
Eindhoven University of Technology
Eindhoven, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,322
2,791
0.646
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
241,651
5,417
398
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Kunal Masania
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,290
2,859
0.666
composite materials
additive manufacturing
bio-inspired materials
living materials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
250,836
5,571
467
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Wgm Salet
University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,121
1,204
0.292
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
258,579
5,690
481
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Marco Te Brömmelstroet
University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,985
2,344
0.588
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
267,906
5,869
253
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Monika Kuffer
University of Twente
Enschede, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,826
2,850
0.745
urban remote sensing
slums
deprivation
urban morphology
urban planning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
294,644
6,369
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Willem Van Winden
Hogeschool van Amsterdam HvA
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,428
1,232
0.359
Urban management
urban economic development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
330,865
6,977
598
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Sanda Lenzholzer
Wageningen University & Research Centre
Wageningen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,982
1,987
0.666
landscape architecture
urban design
research through design
urban climate
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
391,752
7,955
670
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Adri Van Den Brink
Wageningen University & Research Centre
Wageningen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,408
1,217
0.505
Landscape
planning
architecture
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
392,818
7,970
652
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Sevil Sariyildiz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,399
1,380
0.575
Performance Based Design
Architecture
Computational Design
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
403,397
8,139
667
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Sang Lee
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,315
528
0.228
architecture
sustainability
augmented design
media
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
414,425
8,301
927
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Yanliu Lin 林艳柳
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,232
1,621
0.726
Spatial Planning-Smart Cities-Planning Support Science-Migration
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
445,354
8,776
736
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Willem K. Korthals Altes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,022
562
0.278
Urban Planning
Land Policy
Spatial Planning
Land Development
Rural Development