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BRICS Social Sciences / Housing i10 Productivity Rankings - 2025

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Brazil, Russia, India , China, South Africa

* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
South Africa
Clinton Aigbavboa
Building
Construction Digitalisation
Value Management
Quantity Surveying
Construction Industry Development
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
340
312
0.918
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Brazil
Ariadne Paulo Silva
Mercado imobiliário
Habitat/Housing
Dom
Residuos Solidos
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
23
0.371
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
South Africa
Karina Landman
public space
spatial transformation
sustainability
resilience
regeneration
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55
33
0.600
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Brazil
Duncan Dubugras Alcoba Ruiz
Machine Learning
Knowledge Discovery in Databases
Data Warehousing
Temporal and Spatial Databases
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
20
0.488
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
China
汪晖
Land Policy
Urbanization
Rural land tenure
Housing market
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
25
0.714
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
China
Jie Chen
housing policy
housing economics
urban economics
urban affairs
urban governance
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
19
0.543
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
China
Zongcai Wei 魏宗财
Urbanization
livability
affordable housing
smart city
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
16
0.457
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
South Africa
Jan Cloete
Housing studies
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
27
0.871
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
South Africa
Catherine Ndinda
housing
gender
monitoring and evaluation
HIV and AIDS
non-communicable diseases
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
25
0.806
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
South Africa
Mark Napier
housing
land
urban development
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
14
0.452

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* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
China
Limei Li
Urban sociology
social geography
housing studies
urban studies
China studies
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
21
0.750
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Brazil
Lauro Gonzalez
Microfinance
Financial Inclusion
Housing Public Policies
Community Currencies
Basic Income
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
18
0.643
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
South Africa
Chioma Okoro
Health and Safety
Real Estate
Facilities Management
Infrastructure Sustainability
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
25
0.962
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
South Africa
Margot Wendy Rubin|Margot Wendy Rubin
Urban studies
urban governance
housing
socio-economic rights
land tenure
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
14
0.583
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Brazil
Luciana Miron
Value generation
Social housing
Urban projects
Quality of Urban Life
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
11
0.500
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Brazil
Flavia Feitosa
Urban Analytics
Urban Simulation
Spatial Analysis
Segregation
Housing Deprivation
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
9
0.450
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
South Africa
Andreas Scheba
Cities and neighbourhoods
Housing
Informality
Urban Political Economies
Conservation and Development
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
18
0.947
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Brazil
Mariana Fix
urban studies
political economy
financialization
planning
housing
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
11
0.579
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
South Africa
Kate Tissington
housing
urban governance
local government
participation
law and social change
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
11
0.611
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
India
Meenakshi Sharma
Image processing
Machine learning
Data warehousing
Big data Analytics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
14
0.933
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
South Africa
Julius Ayodeji Fapohunda
Sustainable Buiult environment
Affordable Housing
Lean Construction
Project Management.
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
11
0.786
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Iran
Ahmad Mansourian
Pavement Engineering
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
12
0.923
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
South Africa
Aly Karam
Housing
real estate
land
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
6
0.462
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Brazil
Camila Saraiva
urban studies
housing
public policy
slum upgrading
informal settlements
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
4
0.308
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Clinton Aigbavboa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
340
312
0.918
Building
Construction Digitalisation
Value Management
Quantity Surveying
Construction Industry Development
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Ariadne Paulo Silva
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
23
0.371
Mercado imobiliário
Habitat/Housing
Dom
Residuos Solidos
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Karina Landman
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55
33
0.600
public space
spatial transformation
sustainability
resilience
regeneration
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Duncan Dubugras Alcoba Ruiz
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
20
0.488
Machine Learning
Knowledge Discovery in Databases
Data Warehousing
Temporal and Spatial Databases
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
汪晖
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
25
0.714
Land Policy
Urbanization
Rural land tenure
Housing market
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Jie Chen
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
19
0.543
housing policy
housing economics
urban economics
urban affairs
urban governance
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Zongcai Wei 魏宗财
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
16
0.457
Urbanization
livability
affordable housing
smart city
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Jan Cloete
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
27
0.871
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Catherine Ndinda
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
25
0.806
housing
gender
monitoring and evaluation
HIV and AIDS
non-communicable diseases
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Mark Napier
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
14
0.452

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* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Limei Li
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
21
0.750
Urban sociology
social geography
housing studies
urban studies
China studies
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Lauro Gonzalez
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
18
0.643
Microfinance
Financial Inclusion
Housing Public Policies
Community Currencies
Basic Income
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Chioma Okoro
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
25
0.962
Health and Safety
Real Estate
Facilities Management
Infrastructure Sustainability
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Margot Wendy Rubin|Margot Wendy Rubin
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
14
0.583
Urban studies
urban governance
housing
socio-economic rights
land tenure
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Luciana Miron
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
11
0.500
Value generation
Social housing
Urban projects
Quality of Urban Life
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Flavia Feitosa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
9
0.450
Urban Analytics
Urban Simulation
Spatial Analysis
Segregation
Housing Deprivation
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Andreas Scheba
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
18
0.947
Cities and neighbourhoods
Housing
Informality
Urban Political Economies
Conservation and Development
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Mariana Fix
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
11
0.579
urban studies
political economy
financialization
planning
housing
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Kate Tissington
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
11
0.611
housing
urban governance
local government
participation
law and social change
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Meenakshi Sharma
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
14
0.933
Image processing
Machine learning
Data warehousing
Big data Analytics
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Julius Ayodeji Fapohunda
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
11
0.786
Sustainable Buiult environment
Affordable Housing
Lean Construction
Project Management.
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Ahmad Mansourian
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
12
0.923
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Aly Karam
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
6
0.462
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Camila Saraiva
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
4
0.308
urban studies
housing
public policy
slum upgrading
informal settlements
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Mojdeh Zargaran
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
8
0.667