The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) 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
60,533
45,524
0.752
* 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
59,774
23,583
0.395
* 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
57,948
33,435
0.577
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
City-regions
urbanization
cultural economy
globalization
regional development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,871
11,290
0.199
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Urban planning
transport policy
physical activity
public health
climate change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,832
22,715
0.422
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
urban planning
transportation
public health
climate change
urban design
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,830
19,637
0.448
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Urban Studies
Cities
Urban Mobility
Urban Computing
Urban design
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,785
24,083
0.605
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Experience Economy
Experience Design
Mass Customization
Authenticity
Observation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,239
15,469
0.394
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Urban ecology
sustainability
resilience
origin of civilization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,523
15,042
0.412
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Intraocular lenses and accommodative lenses
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,637
9,651
0.287
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
urban political economy
urban studies
urban planning
informal economy
labor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,054
12,384
0.386
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Compilers
High Performance Computing
Storage
Architecture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,332
6,706
0.237
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Urban Sustainability
Urban Planning
Environmental Sociology
Urban Political Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,581
12,178
0.476
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Design
modularity
complex systems
new product development
industry evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,616
7,371
0.299
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
urban ecology
landscape ecology
riparian ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,808
9,778
0.429
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
urban ecology and sustainability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,217
10,056
0.453
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
urban economics
housing economics
housing finance
commercial real estate
Chinese housing markets
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,182
7,972
0.376
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Urban planning
Urban ecology
Social-ecological-technological systems (SETS)
Urban resilience
Climate change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,461
15,752
0.809
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Design
human computer interaction
geometric machine learning
computer aided design
human machine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,015
10,388
0.546
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Urban Remote Sensing
Urban Environment
Urban Climate
Urban Heat Island
Phenology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,359
14,975
0.816
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Urban planning
transportation
public transport
bicycling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,740
9,885
0.557
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Design
Management
Interaction
Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,272
6,924
0.401
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
urbanism
anthropology
planning
street art
youth
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,243
5,685
0.330
* 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
17,047
4,379
0.257
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
land use and transportation
satisfaction
ICT and travel
urban planning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,832
9,974
0.593
D Alex Quistberg *
Drexel University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,533
45,524
0.752
Urban Health
Injury Epidemiology
Built Environment
Global Health
Artificial Intelligence
Robert Cervero
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,774
23,583
0.395
Urban Planning
Transportation Planning
Sustainable Development
Land Use
Sustainable Mobility
Rodrigo Reis
Washington University Saint Louis
St. Louis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,948
33,435
0.577
physical activity
public health
urban design
urban planning
health promotion
Allen J Scott
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,871
11,290
0.199
City-regions
urbanization
cultural economy
globalization
regional development
Lawrence Frank
University of California San Diego
San Diego, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,832
22,715
0.422
Urban planning
transport policy
physical activity
public health
climate change
Reid Ewing
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,830
19,637
0.448
urban planning
transportation
public health
climate change
urban design
Carlo Ratti
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,785
24,083
0.605
Urban Studies
Cities
Urban Mobility
Urban Computing
Urban design
James H Gilmore
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,239
15,469
0.394
Experience Economy
Experience Design
Mass Customization
Authenticity
Observation
Charles Redman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,523
15,042
0.412
Urban ecology
sustainability
resilience
origin of civilization
James M. Scott
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,637
9,651
0.287
Intraocular lenses and accommodative lenses
Nik Theodore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,054
12,384
0.386
urban political economy
urban studies
urban planning
informal economy
labor
Mahmut Kandemir
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,332
6,706
0.237
Compilers
High Performance Computing
Storage
Architecture
Julian Agyeman
Tufts University
Medford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,581
12,178
0.476
Urban Sustainability
Urban Planning
Environmental Sociology
Urban Political Ecology
Carliss Y Baldwin
Harvard Business School
Boston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,616
7,371
0.299
Design
modularity
complex systems
new product development
industry evolution
Mary L Cadenasso
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,808
9,778
0.429
urban ecology
landscape ecology
riparian ecology
Diane E Pataki
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,217
10,056
0.453
urban ecology and sustainability
Joe Gyourko
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,182
7,972
0.376
urban economics
housing economics
housing finance
commercial real estate
Chinese housing markets
Timon Mcphearson
The New School
New York City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,461
15,752
0.809
Urban planning
Urban ecology
Social-ecological-technological systems (SETS)
Urban resilience
Climate change
Karthik Ramani
Purdue University
West Lafayette, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,015
10,388
0.546
Design
human computer interaction
geometric machine learning
computer aided design
human machine
Yuyu Zhou
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,359
14,975
0.816
Urban Remote Sensing
Urban Environment
Urban Climate
Urban Heat Island
Phenology
Ralph Buehler
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,740
9,885
0.557
Urban planning
transportation
public transport
bicycling
Richard Buchanan
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,272
6,924
0.401
Design
Management
Interaction
Systems
Teresa PR Caldeira
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,243
5,685
0.330
urbanism
anthropology
planning
street art
youth
Mindy Thompson Fullilove
The New School
New York City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,047
4,379
0.257
urban restoration
serial forced displacement
root shock
urbanism
Xinyu (Jason) CAO
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Minneapolis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,832
9,974
0.593
land use and transportation
satisfaction
ICT and travel
urban planning