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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 27 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025
Discover the world’s highly cited researchers through the AD Scientific Index 2025 Citation Rankings.
These rankings evaluate scientists based on their total and recent citation counts, capturing the breadth and real-time currency of academic recognition. Citation data reveals how widely a scholar’s work is referenced, applied, and extended across diverse disciplines. The rankings are routinely updated to reflect ongoing citation growth, while eliminating distortions from excessive co-authorship and institutional inflation. Premium tools provide access to detailed citation dynamics, unethical citation behavior detection, and field-normalized benchmarking.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Urban ecolog
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,593
1,883
0.726
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
My research interest is interdisciplinary including: Environmental Planning
remote sensing and GI
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
975
677
0.694
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Genera
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
590
447
0.758
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
457
449
0.982
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Environmental Planning
GIS and remote sensing
Urban and regional planning
transport and infrastructural developmen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
432
426
0.986
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Environmental planning
GIS
Urban planning
Green Infrastructur
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
346
333
0.962
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
engineering
environmen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
277
232
0.838
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Environmental Pollution
Resettlement
Rural – Urban linkages
Sustainable Developmen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
231
176
0.762
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Environmental plannin
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
198
149
0.753
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Climate Change
GIS and Remote Sensing
Environmental Plannin
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
181
162
0.895
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Urban water governance and urban plannin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
160
126
0.788
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Construction Technology and Managemen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
139
131
0.942
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Construction Engineering and Managemen
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
131
95
0.725
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Urban and transportation plannin
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125
125
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Urban issue
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103
103
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Environmental planning
Urban ecology
Biodiversity conservatio
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99
94
0.949
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Urban lan
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74
73
0.986
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Green infrastructure
Governance
Urban Planning and Urban poverty
Forest management
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72
72
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
architecture
urbanism
urbanizatio
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
43
0.717
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Urban Transportation
Housing
Infrastructure
Road Accidents & Traffic Management
Urban Service
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
38
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
urban studies
project/ porgramme monitoring and evaluatio
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
36
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Urban resilience
sustianbility
spatial analysi
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
29
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Urban and regional Planning
deprivation
urban form
sustainability
GIS and Remotesensin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
29
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Environmental Planning
Urban Plannin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
20
0.952
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Urban Form
Urban planning
Regional Planning
Human Geography
Urban Desig
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
14
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
383,177
210
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Kumelachew Yeshitela
Ethiopian Institute of Architecture
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,593
1,883
0.726
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
714,381
496
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Aramde Fetene
Ethiopian Institute of Architecture
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
975
677
0.694
My research interest is interdisciplinary including: Environmental Planning
remote sensing and GI
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
891,479
751
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Samuel Tadesse
Ethiopian Institute of Architecture
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
590
447
0.758
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
995,143
922
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Asfaw Mohamed
Ethiopian Institute of Architecture
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
457
449
0.982
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,018,473
966
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Asfaw Ibrahim
Ethiopian Institute of Architecture
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
432
426
0.986
Environmental Planning
GIS and remote sensing
Urban and regional planning
transport and infrastructural developmen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,111,076
1,166
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Yared Girma
Ethiopian Institute of Architecture
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
346
333
0.962
Environmental planning
GIS
Urban planning
Green Infrastructur
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,209,938
1,416
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Dagnachew Adugna Belete
Ethiopian Institute of Architecture
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
277
232
0.838
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,296,200
1,672
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Diriba Dadi
Ethiopian Institute of Architecture
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
231
176
0.762
Environmental Pollution
Resettlement
Rural – Urban linkages
Sustainable Developmen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,372,941
1,886
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Fikirte Demissie
Ethiopian Institute of Architecture
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
198
149
0.753
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,419,504
2,010
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Nahimi Feyissa
Ethiopian Institute of Architecture
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
181
162
0.895
Climate Change
GIS and Remote Sensing
Environmental Plannin
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,484,653
2,209
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Liku Workalemahu
Ethiopian Institute of Architecture
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
160
126
0.788
Urban water governance and urban plannin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,556,461
2,419
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Denamo Addissie Nuramo
Ethiopian Institute of Architecture
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
139
131
0.942
Construction Technology and Managemen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,587,926
2,511
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Tadesse Ayalew
Ethiopian Institute of Architecture
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
131
95
0.725
Construction Engineering and Managemen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,609,602
2,567
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Berhanu Woldetensae
Ethiopian Institute of Architecture
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125
125
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,705,238
2,862
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Fentaw Baye
Ethiopian Institute of Architecture
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103
103
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,725,829
2,926
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Tilahun Mulatu
Ethiopian Institute of Architecture
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99
94
0.949
Environmental planning
Urban ecology
Biodiversity conservatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,860,478
3,329
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Bedane Shata Gemeda
Ethiopian Institute of Architecture
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74
73
0.986
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,871,180
3,351
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Bosena Ayele
Ethiopian Institute of Architecture
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72
72
1.000
Green infrastructure
Governance
Urban Planning and Urban poverty
Forest management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,953,817
3,628
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Zegeye Cherenet Mamo|Zegeye Cherenet
Ethiopian Institute of Architecture
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
43
0.717
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,116,730
4,274
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Mulugeta Girma
Ethiopian Institute of Architecture
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
38
1.000
Urban Transportation
Housing
Infrastructure
Road Accidents & Traffic Management
Urban Service
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,134,546
4,346
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Amha Ermias
Ethiopian Institute of Architecture
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
36
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,199,564
4,595
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Mulugeta Maru
Ethiopian Institute of Architecture
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
29
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,202,096
4,617
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Gizachew Berhanu
Ethiopian Institute of Architecture
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
29
1.000
Urban and regional Planning
deprivation
urban form
sustainability
GIS and Remotesensin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,292,174
4,995
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Abrham Kassa
Ethiopian Institute of Architecture
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
20
0.952
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,375,719
5,372
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Samuel Asfaw
Ethiopian Institute of Architecture
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
14
1.000
Urban Form
Urban planning
Regional Planning
Human Geography
Urban Desig