i10 Productivity
Rankings
Africa Architecture and Design / Urban Planning i10 Productivity Rankings - 2025
Total 2,384,784 scientists, country 221, and institutions 24,461 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
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: 3
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: 4
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: 5
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: 6
Urban ecology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
39
0.907
* 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
43
2
0.047
* 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
28
0.800
* 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
33
31
0.939
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* 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
33
23
0.697
* 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
31
26
0.839
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
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
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Urban Planning
Pro-poor development
Urban Management
Urban Governance
Spatial Justice
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
18
0.621
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
future cities
sustainable urban planning
responsive cities
smart cities
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
25
0.893
* 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
12
0.444
* 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
22
17
0.773
* 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
20
19
0.950
* 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
20
18
0.900
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
urban planning
infrastructure planning
disaster management
applications of GIS and remote sensing
environmental impact asses
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
17
0.895
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Housing
Quantitative Technique Methods
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
10
0.526
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
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
10
0.556
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Architecture
Urban
Social and Cultural
Sustainability
Globalization
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
5
0.278
* 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
166
85
0.512
Cities
Regions
Urban economics
Economic geography
Urban planning
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
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
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
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
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
28
0.800
Urban planning
urban infrastructure
smart cities
technology and planning
Clifford Amoako
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
31
0.939
Urban Planning
Informal Urbanization
Urban Flood Vulnerability
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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
Taibat Lawanson
University of Lagos
Lagos, Nigeria
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
18
0.621
Urban Planning
Pro-poor development
Urban Management
Urban Governance
Spatial Justice
Caroline Tadros
Alexandria University
Alexandria, Egypt
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
25
0.893
future cities
sustainable urban planning
responsive cities
smart cities
Leke Oduwaye
University of Lagos
Lagos, Nigeria
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27
12
0.444
Urban land use planning and sustainable development
Samuel Twumasi Amoah
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
17
0.773
Urban livelihoods
Urban water and sanitation
Urban governance
Climate change
Oduro-Ofori Eric
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
19
0.950
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
20
18
0.900
Resilience
complex adaptive systems
land use management
Ae Olajuyigbe
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
17
0.895
urban planning
infrastructure planning
disaster management
applications of GIS and remote sensing
environmental impact asses
Charles Olufisayo Olatubara
University of Ibadan
Ibadan, Nigeria
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
10
0.526
Housing
Quantitative Technique Methods
Afolabi Aribigbola
Adekunle Ajasin University
Akungba Akoko, Nigeria
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
10
0.556
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
5
0.278
Architecture
Urban
Social and Cultural
Sustainability
Globalization
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