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University of Illinois Urbana Champaign Subject Rankings 2025

Agriculture and Forestry, Architecture and Design, Business and Management, Economics and Econometrics, Education, Engineering and Technology, History, Philosophy, Theology, Law, Medicine and Health Sciences, Natural Sciences, Social Sciences, Art and Humanities Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Rankings along with their 197 sub-branches, can be analyzed at global, national, and regional levels. You can also evaluate them based on the i10 index and citation numbersAs of Sep 18, 2024, rankings are according to the Total H Index. BETA VERSION: The subject field rankings for the world, regions, countries, and universities are currently in beta. This is due to the exclusion of (1.014.193) scientists categorized under 'others,' whose profiles cannot yet be determined, edited, or classified. As these fields are updated, the rankings will adjust accordingly. Please keep this in mind. See Also: [University Subject Rankings]

* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
Gary Parker
civil engineering
hydraulics
geomorphology
sedimentology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
107
315
38,400
* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Murugesu Sivapalan
Hydrology
Socio-hydrology
Water Resources
Hydrology and Water Resources
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
101
289
40,586
* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Billie F Spencer Jr
wireless sensors
structural health monitoring
structural control
cyberinfrastructure applications
stochastic fatigue
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
97
522
53,483
* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Wen Tso Liu
Environmental Microbiology
Microbial Ecology
Environmental Engineering
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
75
189
24,185
* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Youssef Hashash
Civil and Earthquake and Geotechnical Engineering
Numerical Modeling
Tunneling
Sustainability
Resiliency
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
63
168
15,828
* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Al Valocchi
Groundwater Hydrology
Contaminant Transport Modeling
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
63
151
12,498
* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Timothy D Stark
Civil Engineering
Geotechnical Engineering
Geoenvironmental Engineering
Railway Geotechnics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
52
141
9,431
* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
R Benekohal
Traffic flow
traffic safety
modeling
simulation
ITS
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
37
126
5,996
* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Oscar Lopez Pamies
Mechanics and Physics of Soft Solids
Instabilities
Fracture
Homogenization
Numerical Methods for PDEs
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
35
75
3,836
* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Zhenxing Zhang
Hydrology
Water Resources
Water-Energy Nexus
Optimization
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
27
52
4,795
* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Yanqing Lian
hydrology
water resources
river hydraulics
groundwater
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
26
33
3,217
* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Ahmed Ettaf Elbanna
Solid Mechanics
Earthquakes
Metamaterials
Mathematical Epidemiology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
22
42
1,230
* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Jorge A Guzman
Hydrology
Computational Hydrology
Environmental Modeling
Fate and Transport of Contaminants
Data Science & and Computing
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
31
1,187
* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Lei Zhao
Urban climate
land-atmosphere interactions
climate change
boundary layer dynamics
machine learning
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
31
3,845
* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Laura Keefer
hydrology
nutrient
sediment
watershed processes
channel stability
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
25
743
* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Punit Singhvi
Asphalt Rheology
Asphalt Chemistry
Polymer Modification
Long-term Performance
Asphalt Paving & Roofing Applications
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
14
1,159
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Gary Parker
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
107
315
38,400
civil engineering
hydraulics
geomorphology
sedimentology
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Murugesu Sivapalan
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
101
289
40,586
Hydrology
Socio-hydrology
Water Resources
Hydrology and Water Resources
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Billie F Spencer Jr
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
97
522
53,483
wireless sensors
structural health monitoring
structural control
cyberinfrastructure applications
stochastic fatigue
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Wen Tso Liu
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
75
189
24,185
Environmental Microbiology
Microbial Ecology
Environmental Engineering
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Ximing Cai
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
74
218
18,919
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Youssef Hashash
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
63
168
15,828
Civil and Earthquake and Geotechnical Engineering
Numerical Modeling
Tunneling
Sustainability
Resiliency
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Al Valocchi
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
63
151
12,498
Groundwater Hydrology
Contaminant Transport Modeling
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Praveen Kumar
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
58
136
12,076
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Timothy D Stark
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
52
141
9,431
Civil Engineering
Geotechnical Engineering
Geoenvironmental Engineering
Railway Geotechnics
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Jeffery R Roesler
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
40
121
6,188
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
R Benekohal
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
37
126
5,996
Traffic flow
traffic safety
modeling
simulation
ITS
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Larry Fahnestock
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
35
80
4,902
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Oscar Lopez Pamies
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
35
75
3,836
Mechanics and Physics of Soft Solids
Instabilities
Fracture
Homogenization
Numerical Methods for PDEs
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
James Lafave
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
35
84
3,829
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Zhenxing Zhang
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
27
52
4,795
Hydrology
Water Resources
Water-Energy Nexus
Optimization
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Yanqing Lian
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
26
33
3,217
hydrology
water resources
river hydraulics
groundwater
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Ahmed Ettaf Elbanna
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
22
42
1,230
Solid Mechanics
Earthquakes
Metamaterials
Mathematical Epidemiology
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Momcilo Markus
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
22
33
3,357
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Jorge A Guzman
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
20
31
1,187
Hydrology
Computational Hydrology
Environmental Modeling
Fate and Transport of Contaminants
Data Science & and Computing
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Lei Zhao
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
19
31
3,845
Urban climate
land-atmosphere interactions
climate change
boundary layer dynamics
machine learning
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Laura Keefer
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
15
25
743
hydrology
nutrient
sediment
watershed processes
channel stability
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
David A Ehrhardt
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
14
16
973
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Shaoying Qi
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
14
16
771
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Mohamed Attalla
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
12
14
806
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Punit Singhvi
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
11
14
1,159
Asphalt Rheology
Asphalt Chemistry
Polymer Modification
Long-term Performance
Asphalt Paving & Roofing Applications