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Africa Architecture and Design / Design i10 Productivity Rankings - 2025
Total 2,384,773 scientists, country 221, and institutions 24,456 are evaluated in the Productivity Rankings, an exclusive service provided by AD Scientific Index. This ranking measures and highlights the scientific productivity of researchers based on the i10 index (number of publications with at least 10 citations). This system identifies highly productive scientists across disciplines, institutions, and regions, contributing to the development of evidence-based academic policies and effective incentive mechanisms. The rankings include global, regional, and institutional analyses, along with specialized rankings such as Scientists' Last 6 Years' i10 Index and Universities' i10 Index Rankings 2025. With Premium Membership, you can:
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* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Cities
Regions
Urban economics
Economic geography
Urban planning
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
166
85
0.512
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Sustainable Human Settlements
Post Occupancy Evaluation
e-Procurement in Construction
Environment and Behaviour
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80
73
0.913
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71
34
0.479
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
urban geography
urban planning
urbanization
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64
56
0.875
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Landscape
thermal comfort
environmental planning
outdoor spaces
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
35
0.603
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Urban and tourism development
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57
31
0.544
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
urban planning
cities
governance
china
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
31
0.585
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Qualité de l'eau
Traitement et épuration de l'eau
Environnement
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
15
0.283
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Urban studies
housing
informal settlements
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
30
0.577
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
recherche scientifique
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
13
0.255
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* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Urban Design
Urban Morphology
Urban Planning
New Urbanism
Sustainable Urban Form
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
45
0.957
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Architectural Education
Housing and Sustainability Studies
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
30
0.652
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Urban ecology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
39
0.907
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Urban and Regional Planning
Urban Geography
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
2
0.047
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
urban politics and governance
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
23
0.575
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Urban Planning
Transportation Planning
Housing
Involuntary Resettlement and Livelihood
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
36
0.923
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Architecture
Creativity
Artificial Intelligence
Virtual Environments
Sustainability
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
20
0.513
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
sustainability
regenerative design
urban resilience
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
22
0.579
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Digitalization & Building Informatics
Construction Communication
Mass Housing Management
Teamwork
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
30
0.857
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Urban planning
urban infrastructure
smart cities
technology and planning
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
28
0.800
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Architecture
Professional Practice
Architectural Education
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
20
0.571
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Urban Planning
Informal Urbanization
Urban Flood Vulnerability
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
31
0.939
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Transportation Planning
Infrastructure and Services
Sustainable Human Settlements
Planning Law
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
23
0.697
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Urban Planning
Climate Change
Informal Urbanism
Landscape Ecology
Special Economic Zones
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
26
0.839
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
ICT in Urban planning
Green Architecture
Urban Microclimate
Energy Efficient Buildings
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
28
0.933
Ivan Turok
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
166
85
0.512
Cities
Regions
Urban economics
Economic geography
Urban planning
Eziyi O. Ibem
University of Nigeria
Nsukka, Nigeria
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80
73
0.913
Sustainable Human Settlements
Post Occupancy Evaluation
e-Procurement in Construction
Environment and Behaviour
Alison Todes
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71
34
0.479
George Owusu
University of Ghana
Legon, Ghana
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64
56
0.875
urban geography
urban planning
urbanization
Ayman Hassaan Ahmed Mahmoud
Cairo University
Giza, Egypt
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
35
0.603
Landscape
thermal comfort
environmental planning
outdoor spaces
Ronnie Donaldson
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57
31
0.544
Urban and tourism development
Philip Harrison
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
31
0.585
urban planning
cities
governance
china
Achour Samia
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
15
0.283
Qualité de l'eau
Traitement et épuration de l'eau
Environnement
Marie Huchzermeyer
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
30
0.577
Urban studies
housing
informal settlements
Linda Kharab
Université des Frères Mentouri Constantine 1
Constantine, Algeria
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
13
0.255
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Abeer Elshater
Ain Shams University
Cairo, Egypt
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
45
0.957
Urban Design
Urban Morphology
Urban Planning
New Urbanism
Sustainable Urban Form
Abiodun Olukayode Olotuah
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
30
0.652
Architectural Education
Housing and Sustainability Studies
Kumelachew Yeshitela
Ethiopian Institute of Architecture
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
39
0.907
Robert A Obudho
University of Nairobi
Nairobi, Kenya
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
2
0.047
Urban and Regional Planning
Urban Geography
Claire Bénit-Gbaffou
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
23
0.575
Michael Poku Boansi
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
36
0.923
Urban Planning
Transportation Planning
Housing
Involuntary Resettlement and Livelihood
Rabee M Reffat
Assiut University
Asyut, Egypt
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
20
0.513
Architecture
Creativity
Artificial Intelligence
Virtual Environments
Sustainability
Chrisna Du Plessis
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
22
0.579
sustainability
regenerative design
urban resilience
Titus Ebenezer Kwofie
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
30
0.857
Digitalization & Building Informatics
Construction Communication
Mass Housing Management
Teamwork
Nancy Odendaal
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
28
0.800
Urban planning
urban infrastructure
smart cities
technology and planning
Oluwatayo Adedapo
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
20
0.571
Architecture
Professional Practice
Architectural Education
Clifford Amoako
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
31
0.939
Urban Planning
Informal Urbanization
Urban Flood Vulnerability
James Chakwizira
University of Venda
Thohoyandou, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
23
0.697
Transportation Planning
Infrastructure and Services
Sustainable Human Settlements
Planning Law
Aliyu Salisu Barau|Aliyu Barau, A.S. Barau
Bayero University
Gwarzo Road, Nigeria
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
26
0.839
Urban Planning
Climate Change
Informal Urbanism
Landscape Ecology
Special Economic Zones
Hatem Mahmoud
Aswan University
Aswan, Egypt
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
28
0.933
ICT in Urban planning
Green Architecture
Urban Microclimate
Energy Efficient Buildings