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Japan 152 Scientists H-Index Architecture and Design Rankings - 2025

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* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Ayyoob Sharifi|シャリフィ アユーブ, ایوب شریفی
Sustainability Assessment
Urban Resilience
Urban Climate
Urban Planning
Smart Citie
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68
66
0.971
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
時松孝次
地盤地震工学、建築基礎構造、地震防�
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
33
0.569
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Weijun Gao|高 偉俊, 高 伟俊
City
Building Science
Low Energy
Low Carbo
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
47
0.887
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Shin Ichi Tanabe
Indoor environment
Indoor air quality
Thermal comfort
Sustainable architectur
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
29
0.690
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Kazuki Suzuki
architecture
structural dynamics
earthquake dameg
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
17
0.548
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Toru Takeuchi 竹内徹
Architecture
Building Engineering
Seismic Desig
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27
18
0.667
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Zhenjiang Shen
spatial planning
land use system
planning support system
smart city
urban desig
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
17
0.708
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
坂田弘安
建築構造�
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
14
0.583
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Masamichi Hanazato
Architecture
Built environment and Health
Public Health
Urban plannin
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
21
0.913

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* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Yamanaka Toshio
建築環境工学、空気環境、換�
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
15
0.682
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Tetsumi Horikoshi
Architecture
Design
Environment
Geograph
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
10
0.476
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Kimihiro Hino
Urban planning
Crime Prevention (CPTED)
Urban Wellbeing
Active Design
Walkabilit
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
16
0.842
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
吉敷祥一 Shoichi Kishiki
建築構造、耐震工学、制振構造、免震構造、鉄骨構�
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
15
0.789
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Hiroyuki Miura
Earthquake engineering
Remote sensin
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
13
0.684
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Yi Dou|DOU Yi
Urban Planning
Civil Engineering
Energy System
Physic
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
18
1.000
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Masanobu Kii
Urban plannin
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
15
0.833
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Avinash Bhadani
Design
development and investigation of new surfactant
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
14
0.824
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Keita Ishibashi
Physiological Anthropology
Cardiovascula
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
12
0.706
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Masayuki Kohiyama 小檜山 雅之
Architectural Structural Engineering
Earthquake Engineering
Disaster Reductio
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
9
0.529
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Yuji Yoshimura
Urban Studies
Cities
Urban Mobility
Urban Computing
Urban desig
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
14
0.875
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
中村尚弘
建築防災や耐震構造に関するコンピュータ・シミュレーショ�
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
13
0.813
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Joichi Ito
Design
Engineering
Art
Scienc
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
12
0.800
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Kono Tatsuhito
Urban economics
Transport economics
Local public economics
Urban plannin
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
12
0.800
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Ayyoob Sharifi|シャリフィ アユーブ, ایوب شریفی
Hiroshima University Higashihiroshima, Japan
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68
66
0.971
Sustainability Assessment
Urban Resilience
Urban Climate
Urban Planning
Smart Citie
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
時松孝次
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
33
0.569
地盤地震工学、建築基礎構造、地震防�
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Weijun Gao|高 偉俊, 高 伟俊
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
47
0.887
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Shin Ichi Tanabe
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
29
0.690
Indoor environment
Indoor air quality
Thermal comfort
Sustainable architectur
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Kazuki Suzuki
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
17
0.548
architecture
structural dynamics
earthquake dameg
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Toru Takeuchi 竹内徹
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27
18
0.667
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Yukari Nagai
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
18
0.750
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Zhenjiang Shen
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
17
0.708
spatial planning
land use system
planning support system
smart city
urban desig
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
坂田弘安
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
14
0.583
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Masamichi Hanazato
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
21
0.913
Architecture
Built environment and Health
Public Health
Urban plannin

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* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Yamanaka Toshio
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
15
0.682
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Tetsumi Horikoshi
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
10
0.476
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Kimihiro Hino
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
16
0.842
Urban planning
Crime Prevention (CPTED)
Urban Wellbeing
Active Design
Walkabilit
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
吉敷祥一 Shoichi Kishiki
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
15
0.789
建築構造、耐震工学、制振構造、免震構造、鉄骨構�
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Hiroyuki Miura
Hiroshima University Higashihiroshima, Japan
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
13
0.684
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Yi Dou|DOU Yi
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
18
1.000
Urban Planning
Civil Engineering
Energy System
Physic
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Masanobu Kii
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
15
0.833
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Avinash Bhadani
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
14
0.824
Design
development and investigation of new surfactant
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Keita Ishibashi
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
12
0.706
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Masayuki Kohiyama 小檜山 雅之
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
9
0.529
Architectural Structural Engineering
Earthquake Engineering
Disaster Reductio
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Tomohiko Kumagai 熊谷 知彦
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
6
0.353
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Yuji Yoshimura
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
14
0.875
Urban Studies
Cities
Urban Mobility
Urban Computing
Urban desig
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
中村尚弘
Hiroshima University Higashihiroshima, Japan
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
13
0.813
建築防災や耐震構造に関するコンピュータ・シミュレーショ�
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Joichi Ito
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
12
0.800
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Kono Tatsuhito
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
12
0.800
Urban economics
Transport economics
Local public economics
Urban plannin