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Africa Architecture and Design / Urban Planning i10 Productivity Rankings 2025
Productivity Rankings is a unique service offered only by “AD Scientific Index”. This is a ranking system derived from the i10 index in order to show the productivity of the scientist in publishing scientific articles of value. Productivity Rankings is an instrument that lists productive scientists in a given area, discipline, university, and country and can guide the development of meaningful incentives and academic policies. The world rankings, regional rankings, and university rankings of scientists in this table are developed based on the total i10 index. Additionally, click to view the special rankings based on Productivity Rankings: Scientists Last 6 years' i10 Index", Universities Total i10 Index Rankings 2025, Universities Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings 2025 "Art and Humanities i10 Productivity Rankings" and "Social Sciences and Humanities i10 Productivity Rankings".
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
Cities
Regions
Economic geography
Economic development
Urban planning
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
163
85
0.521
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
urban geography
urban planning
urbanization
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63
57
0.905
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Urban and tourism development
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55
35
0.636
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
urban planning
cities
governance
china
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
33
0.623
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Urban Design
Urban Morphology
Urban Planning
New Urbanism
Sustainable Urban Form
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
45
1.000
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Urban ecology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
39
0.929
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Urban and Regional Planning
Urban Geography
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
2
0.048
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
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 :9
Urban planning
urban infrastructure
smart cities
technology and planning
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
29
0.829
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Urban Planning
Informal Urbanization
Urban Flood Vulnerability
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
31
0.969
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Transportation Planning
Infrastructure and Services
Sustainable Human Settlements
Planning Law
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
24
0.774
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Urban Planning
Climate Change
Informal Urbanism
Landscape Ecology
Special Economic Zones
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
26
0.897
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
future cities
sustainable urban planning
responsive cities
smart cities
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27
26
0.963
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
ICT in Urban planning
Green Architecture
Urban Microclimate
Energy Efficient Buildings
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27
26
0.963
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Urban Planning
Pro-poor development
Urban Management
Urban Governance
Spatial Justice
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27
16
0.593
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Urban land use planning and sustainable development
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27
13
0.481
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Urban livelihoods
Urban water and sanitation
Urban governance
Climate change
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
19
0.950
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Urban and Regional Planning
Local Economic Development
Local Governance
Green Infrastructure
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
18
0.947
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Resilience
complex adaptive systems
land use management
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
18
0.947
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Housing
Quantitative Technique Methods
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
12
0.632
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Urban and Regional Planning
Housing and Urban Development
Transportation Planning and Urban Governance.
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
11
0.611
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Architecture
Urban
Social and Cultural
Sustainability
Globalization
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
6
0.333
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Urban Planning
Environmental Impact Assessment
Disaster Risk Reduction
Resource Efficient Cities
Informal Settlements Upgrad
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
14
0.824
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Urban and Regional Planning
Regional Policy
Planning Law
Regional Economics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
10
0.588
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Urban Development
Urban Design
Cultural Sustainability
Architectural Education
Urban Landscape
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
16
1.000
Ivan Turok
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
163
85
0.521
Cities
Regions
Economic geography
Economic development
Urban planning
George Owusu
University of Ghana
Legon, Ghana
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63
57
0.905
urban geography
urban planning
urbanization
Ronnie Donaldson
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55
35
0.636
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
33
0.623
urban planning
cities
governance
china
Abeer Elshater
Ain Shams University
Cairo, Egypt
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
45
1.000
Urban Design
Urban Morphology
Urban Planning
New Urbanism
Sustainable Urban Form
Kumelachew Yeshitela
Ethiopian Institute of Architecture
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
39
0.929
Robert A Obudho
University of Nairobi
Nairobi, Kenya
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
2
0.048
Urban and Regional Planning
Urban Geography
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
Nancy Odendaal
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
29
0.829
Urban planning
urban infrastructure
smart cities
technology and planning
Clifford Amoako
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
31
0.969
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
31
24
0.774
Transportation Planning
Infrastructure and Services
Sustainable Human Settlements
Planning Law
Aliyu Salisu Barau|Aliyu Barau, A.S. Barau
Bayero University
Gwarzo Road Kano, Nigeria
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
26
0.897
Urban Planning
Climate Change
Informal Urbanism
Landscape Ecology
Special Economic Zones
Caroline Tadros
Alexandria University
Alexandria, Egypt
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27
26
0.963
future cities
sustainable urban planning
responsive cities
smart cities
Hatem Mahmoud
Aswan University
Aswan, Egypt
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27
26
0.963
ICT in Urban planning
Green Architecture
Urban Microclimate
Energy Efficient Buildings
Taibat Lawanson
University of Lagos
Lagos, Nigeria
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27
16
0.593
Urban Planning
Pro-poor development
Urban Management
Urban Governance
Spatial Justice
Leke Oduwaye
University of Lagos
Lagos, Nigeria
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27
13
0.481
Urban land use planning and sustainable development
Samuel Twumasi Amoah
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
19
0.950
Urban livelihoods
Urban water and sanitation
Urban governance
Climate change
Oduro-Ofori Eric
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
18
0.947
Urban and Regional Planning
Local Economic Development
Local Governance
Green Infrastructure
Verna Nel
University of the Free State
Bloemfontein, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
18
0.947
Resilience
complex adaptive systems
land use management
Charles Olufisayo Olatubara
University of Ibadan
Ibadan, Nigeria
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
12
0.632
Housing
Quantitative Technique Methods
Afolabi Aribigbola
Adekunle Ajasin University
Akungba Akoko, Nigeria
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
11
0.611
Urban and Regional Planning
Housing and Urban Development
Transportation Planning and Urban Governance.
Yasser Mahgoub
Galala University
Suez, Egypt
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
6
0.333
Architecture
Urban
Social and Cultural
Sustainability
Globalization
M Khalifa
Ain Shams University
Cairo, Egypt
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
14
0.824
Urban Planning
Environmental Impact Assessment
Disaster Risk Reduction
Resource Efficient Cities
Informal Settlements Upgrad
Ernst Drewes
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
10
0.588
Urban and Regional Planning
Regional Policy
Planning Law
Regional Economics
Khalid S Al Hagla
Alexandria University
Alexandria, Egypt
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
16
1.000
Urban Development
Urban Design
Cultural Sustainability
Architectural Education
Urban Landscape