Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) and the list of the most cited and influential researchers cover a wide range of scientific fields, spanning 197 main and sub-disciplines, as well as the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings, offering a unique service. Additionally, the list without CERN, Statistical Data, etc., provided exclusively by “AD Scientific Index”, is part of our effort to balance the situation created by CERN and researchers with statistical data, who have an advantage over others, especially those in the social and humanities fields. There should be new regulations for multi-author and CERN papers. Citation lists also reveal many rule violations and unethical practices. See also for more specific citation analyses: 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 Planning
Transportation Planning
Sustainable Development
Land Use
Sustainable Mobility
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,650
22,648
0.386
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Urban Health
Injury Epidemiology
Built Environment
Global Health
Artificial Intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,536
42,791
0.744
* 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
56,736
32,313
0.570
* 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
56,232
10,864
0.193
* 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
52,779
21,796
0.413
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
City Planning and Health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,113
24,408
0.487
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
urban planning
transportation
public health
climate change
urban design
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,880
18,802
0.438
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Urban Studies
Cities
Urban Mobility
Urban Computing
Urban design
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,400
22,776
0.593
* 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
35,717
14,341
0.402
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Urban ecology
land use modelling
ecosystem services
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,455
23,723
0.709
* 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
31,459
11,902
0.378
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
social impact assessment
displacement and resettlement
ESG
human geography
rural sociology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,176
13,403
0.476
* 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
24,911
11,606
0.466
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
urban stormwater
urban hydrology
ecohydrology
green infrastructure
stormwater harvesting
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,794
12,524
0.505
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Urban Geography
Urban Studies
Urban Technology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,350
8,731
0.374
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
urban ecology
landscape ecology
riparian ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,339
9,356
0.419
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
urban planning
urban studies
geographical information science
Urban Geography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,054
7,854
0.356
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
urban ecology and sustainability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,795
9,659
0.443
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
urban economics
housing economics
housing finance
commercial real estate
Chinese housing markets
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,803
7,629
0.367
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Urban planning
Urban ecology
Social-ecological-technological systems (SETS)
Urban resilience
Climate change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,464
14,774
0.800
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Platforms
experiments
creativity
marginality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,547
3,500
0.199
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Urban Remote Sensing
Urban Environment
Urban Climate
Urban Heat Island
Phenology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,521
14,141
0.807
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
land use and transport
public transit planning and operations
cycling
equity
urban planning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,394
11,200
0.644
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Urban planning
transportation
public transport
bicycling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,301
9,480
0.548
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
urban planning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,227
9,270
0.538
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,443
3,545
96
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Robert Cervero
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,650
22,648
0.386
Urban Planning
Transportation Planning
Sustainable Development
Land Use
Sustainable Mobility
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,672
3,672
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
D Alex Quistberg *
Drexel University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,536
42,791
0.744
Urban Health
Injury Epidemiology
Built Environment
Global Health
Artificial Intelligence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,846
3,751
36
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
56,736
32,313
0.570
physical activity
public health
urban design
urban planning
health promotion
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,969
3,817
82
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Allen J Scott
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,232
10,864
0.193
City-regions
urbanization
cultural economy
globalization
regional development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,867
4,253
82
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Lawrence Frank
University of California San Diego
San Diego, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,779
21,796
0.413
Urban planning
transport policy
physical activity
public health
climate change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,613
379
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Billie Giles Corti
RMIT University
Melbourne, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,113
24,408
0.487
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,291
5,862
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Reid Ewing
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,880
18,802
0.438
urban planning
transportation
public health
climate change
urban design
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,724
6,987
184
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Carlo Ratti
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,400
22,776
0.593
Urban Studies
Cities
Urban Mobility
Urban Computing
Urban design
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,490
7,793
63
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Charles Redman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,717
14,341
0.402
Urban ecology
sustainability
resilience
origin of civilization
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,237
797
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Dagmar Haase
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,455
23,723
0.709
Urban ecology
land use modelling
ecosystem services
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,076
9,367
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Nik Theodore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,459
11,902
0.378
urban political economy
urban studies
urban planning
informal economy
labor
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,889
621
74
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Frank Vanclay
University of Groningen
Groningen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,176
13,403
0.476
social impact assessment
displacement and resettlement
ESG
human geography
rural sociology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,738
13,142
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Julian Agyeman
Tufts University
Medford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,911
11,606
0.466
Urban Sustainability
Urban Planning
Environmental Sociology
Urban Political Ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,944
1,278
99
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Tim D Fletcher
University of Melbourne
Melbourne, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,794
12,524
0.505
urban stormwater
urban hydrology
ecohydrology
green infrastructure
stormwater harvesting
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,594
2,757
55
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Simon Marvin
University of Sheffield
Sheffield, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,350
8,731
0.374
Urban Geography
Urban Studies
Urban Technology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,621
15,212
157
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Mary L Cadenasso
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,339
9,356
0.419
urban ecology
landscape ecology
riparian ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,212
299
81
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Anthony Go Yeh
University of Hong Kong
Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,054
7,854
0.356
urban planning
urban studies
geographical information science
Urban Geography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,815
15,697
89
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Diane E Pataki
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,795
9,659
0.443
urban ecology and sustainability
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,186
16,656
292
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Joe Gyourko
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,803
7,629
0.367
urban economics
housing economics
housing finance
commercial real estate
Chinese housing markets
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43,804
19,287
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Timon Mcphearson
The New School
New York City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,464
14,774
0.800
Urban planning
Urban ecology
Social-ecological-technological systems (SETS)
Urban resilience
Climate change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
46,974
2,021
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Gernot Grabher
HafenCity Universität Hamburg
Hamburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,547
3,500
0.199
Platforms
experiments
creativity
marginality
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47,071
20,569
54
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Yuyu Zhou
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,521
14,141
0.807
Urban Remote Sensing
Urban Environment
Urban Climate
Urban Heat Island
Phenology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47,563
2,073
189
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Ahmed El Geneidy
McGill University
Montréal, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,394
11,200
0.644
land use and transport
public transit planning and operations
cycling
equity
urban planning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47,895
20,884
76
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Ralph Buehler
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,301
9,480
0.548
Urban planning
transportation
public transport
bicycling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
48,176
1,828
140
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Ying Tian
Tsinghua University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,227
9,270
0.538