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 Health
Injury Epidemiology
Built Environment
Global Health
Artificial Intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,745
40,611
0.658
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Urban Planning
Transportation Planning
Sustainable Development
Land Use
Sustainable Mobility
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,572
20,327
0.336
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
physical activity
public health
urban design
urban planning
health promotion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,817
28,320
0.481
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Urban planning
transport policy
physical activity
public health
climate change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,614
19,439
0.356
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
urban planning
transportation
public health
climate change
urban design
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,591
17,317
0.388
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Urban Studies
Cities
Urban Mobility
Urban Computing
Urban design
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,969
22,046
0.538
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Experience Economy
Experience Design
Mass Customization
Authenticity
Observation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,878
13,300
0.334
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Urban ecology
sustainability
resilience
origin of civilization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,086
12,994
0.350
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Intraocular lenses and accommodative lenses
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,982
8,315
0.238
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
urban political economy
urban studies
urban planning
informal economy
labor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,505
10,403
0.320
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Compilers
High Performance Computing
Storage
Architecture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,613
5,621
0.196
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Urban Sustainability
Urban Planning
Environmental Sociology
Urban Political Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,141
10,731
0.411
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Design
modularity
complex systems
new product development
industry evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,873
6,234
0.251
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
urban ecology
landscape ecology
riparian ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,124
8,567
0.370
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
urban ecology and sustainability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,658
9,058
0.400
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
urban economics
housing economics
housing finance
commercial real estate
Chinese housing markets
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,439
7,046
0.329
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Urban planning
Urban ecology
Social-ecological-technological systems (SETS)
Urban resilience
Climate change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,289
15,175
0.748
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Design
human computer interaction
geometric machine learning
computer aided design
human machine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,458
9,217
0.474
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Urban Remote Sensing
Urban Environment
Urban Climate
Urban Heat Island
Phenology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,243
14,681
0.763
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Urban planning
transportation
public transport
bicycling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,084
8,756
0.484
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Design
Management
Interaction
Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,555
6,043
0.344
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
urbanism
anthropology
planning
street art
youth
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,390
4,827
0.278
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
land use and transportation
satisfaction
ICT and travel
urban planning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,241
9,267
0.537
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
urban restoration
serial forced displacement
root shock
urbanism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,223
3,791
0.220
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Design
Synthesis
and Characterization of New Materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,661
7,243
0.435
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,331
3,472
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
D Alex Quistberg *
Drexel University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,745
40,611
0.658
Urban Health
Injury Epidemiology
Built Environment
Global Health
Artificial Intelligence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,564
3,587
98
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Robert Cervero
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,572
20,327
0.336
Urban Planning
Transportation Planning
Sustainable Development
Land Use
Sustainable Mobility
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,917
3,762
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Rodrigo Reis
Washington University Saint Louis
St. Louis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,817
28,320
0.481
physical activity
public health
urban design
urban planning
health promotion
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,965
4,278
82
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Lawrence Frank
University of California San Diego
San Diego, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,614
19,439
0.356
Urban planning
transport policy
physical activity
public health
climate change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,325
5,826
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Reid Ewing
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,591
17,317
0.388
urban planning
transportation
public health
climate change
urban design
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,143
6,665
176
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Carlo Ratti
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,969
22,046
0.538
Urban Studies
Cities
Urban Mobility
Urban Computing
Urban design
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,788
6,969
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
James H Gilmore
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,878
13,300
0.334
Experience Economy
Experience Design
Mass Customization
Authenticity
Observation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,566
7,772
63
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Charles Redman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,086
12,994
0.350
Urban ecology
sustainability
resilience
origin of civilization
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,153
8,459
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
James M. Scott
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,982
8,315
0.238
Intraocular lenses and accommodative lenses
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,332
9,406
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Nik Theodore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,505
10,403
0.320
urban political economy
urban studies
urban planning
informal economy
labor
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,773
11,379
105
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Mahmut Kandemir
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,613
5,621
0.196
Compilers
High Performance Computing
Storage
Architecture
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,376
12,910
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Julian Agyeman
Tufts University
Medford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,141
10,731
0.411
Urban Sustainability
Urban Planning
Environmental Sociology
Urban Political Ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,571
13,865
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Carliss Y Baldwin
Harvard Business School
Boston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,873
6,234
0.251
Design
modularity
complex systems
new product development
industry evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,909
15,226
159
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Mary L Cadenasso
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,124
8,567
0.370
urban ecology
landscape ecology
riparian ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,892
15,648
88
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Diane E Pataki
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,658
9,058
0.400
urban ecology and sustainability
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,741
16,828
301
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Joe Gyourko
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,439
7,046
0.329
urban economics
housing economics
housing finance
commercial real estate
Chinese housing markets
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
40,779
17,998
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Timon Mcphearson
The New School
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,289
15,175
0.748
Urban planning
Urban ecology
Social-ecological-technological systems (SETS)
Urban resilience
Climate change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43,127
18,920
103
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Karthik Ramani
Purdue University
West Lafayette, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,458
9,217
0.474
Design
human computer interaction
geometric machine learning
computer aided design
human machine
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43,776
19,159
40
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Yuyu Zhou
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,243
14,681
0.763
Urban Remote Sensing
Urban Environment
Urban Climate
Urban Heat Island
Phenology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47,724
20,716
74
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Ralph Buehler
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,084
8,756
0.484
Urban planning
transportation
public transport
bicycling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
49,706
21,518
76
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Richard Buchanan
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,555
6,043
0.344
Design
Management
Interaction
Systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
50,319
21,753
463
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Teresa PR Caldeira
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,390
4,827
0.278
urbanism
anthropology
planning
street art
youth
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
50,868
21,976
309
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Xinyu (Jason) CAO
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Minneapolis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,241
9,267
0.537
land use and transportation
satisfaction
ICT and travel
urban planning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
50,942
22,000
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Mindy Thompson Fullilove
The New School
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,223
3,791
0.220
urban restoration
serial forced displacement
root shock
urbanism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
53,257
22,884
78
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Duck Young Chung
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,661
7,243
0.435
Design
Synthesis
and Characterization of New Materials