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
City Planning and Health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,312
22,270
0.426
* 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
44,591
17,317
0.388
* 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
40,969
22,046
0.538
* 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
Urban ecology
land use modelling
ecosystem services
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,944
23,350
0.650
* 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
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: 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
urban stormwater
urban hydrology
ecohydrology
green infrastructure
stormwater harvesting
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,030
11,398
0.438
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Urban Geography
Urban Studies
Urban Technology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,342
8,019
0.329
* 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
23,124
8,567
0.370
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
urban planning
urban studies
geographical information science
Urban Geography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,805
7,371
0.323
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
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: 18
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: 19
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: 20
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: 21
urban planning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,039
9,038
0.475
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Sustainability Assessment
Urban Resilience
Urban Climate
Urban Planning
Climate Policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,889
15,711
0.832
* 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
18,447
10,433
0.566
* 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
18,084
8,756
0.484
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Platforms
experiments
creativity
marginality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,860
2,990
0.167
* 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
9,596
374
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Billie Giles Corti
RMIT University
Melbourne, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,312
22,270
0.426
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,325
5,826
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
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: 7
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
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
17,409
755
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Dagmar Haase
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,944
23,350
0.650
Urban ecology
land use modelling
ecosystem services
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,331
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
23,254
599
73
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
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
28,375
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
28,547
1,261
94
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Tim D Fletcher
University of Melbourne
Melbourne, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,030
11,398
0.438
urban stormwater
urban hydrology
ecohydrology
green infrastructure
stormwater harvesting
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,538
2,754
54
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Simon Marvin
University of Sheffield
Sheffield, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,342
8,019
0.329
Urban Geography
Urban Studies
Urban Technology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,908
15,226
159
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
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
34,551
298
82
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Anthony Go Yeh
University of Hong Kong
Pokfulam, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,805
7,371
0.323
urban planning
urban studies
geographical information science
Urban Geography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,891
15,648
88
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
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
37,740
16,828
301
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
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
40,778
17,998
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
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
43,775
19,159
40
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
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
44,446
1,745
138
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Ying Tian
Tsinghua University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,039
9,038
0.475
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
44,932
680
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Ayyoob Sharifi|シャリフィ アユーブ, ایوب شریفی
Hiroshima University
Higashihiroshima, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,889
15,711
0.832
Sustainability Assessment
Urban Resilience
Urban Climate
Urban Planning
Climate Policy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
46,434
2,029
183
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Ahmed El Geneidy
McGill University
Montréal, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,447
10,433
0.566
land use and transport
public transit planning and operations
cycling
equity
urban planning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47,723
20,716
74
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
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
48,538
2,097
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Gernot Grabher
HafenCity Universität Hamburg
Hamburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,860
2,990
0.167
Platforms
experiments
creativity
marginality