Top institutions for Built Environment & Design

150 institutions · Built Environment & Design

Which institutions have the most top-cited scientists in Built Environment & Design?

1,562 researchers whose main field is Built Environment & Design are in the 2026 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list. Southeast University has the most (27, 1.7%), followed by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (23) and Tsinghua University (20). A row opens its scientists in the field in the table of all authors.

#InstitutionCountryListed authorsTop 100kHighest-ranked author
1Southeast University China2720Wang, Qian #15,951
2The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong2319Poon, Chi-Sun #554
3Tsinghua University China2018de Dear, Richard John #3,049
4The University of Hong Kong Hong Kong1918Lu, Weisheng Wilson #2,510
5College of Engineering United States1912Warda, Bint Ashraf #13,321
6Tongji University China1614Xiao, Jianzhuang #756
7National University of Singapore Singapore1612Gan, Vincent J.L. #12,895
8Technical University of Denmark Denmark1511Sigmund, Ole #167
9City University of Hong Kong Hong Kong1411Lu, Yi #4,868
10RMIT University Australia137Porter, Libby #28,527
11Shenzhen University China1311Zhou, Ying wu #35,235
12KU Leuven Belgium128Snellings, Ruben A. #3,713
13University of Melbourne Australia1210Dovey, Kim #9,927
14Chang'an University China129Zou, Patrick X.W. #21,550
15The University of Sheffield United Kingdom117Atkinson, Rowland G. #23,506
16Hunan University China108Shi, Caijun #129
17ETH Zürich Switzerland107Habert, Guillaume #2,941
18Huazhong University of Science and Technology China108Zhang, Limao #11,111
19The University of Manchester United Kingdom109Unluer, Cise #14,386
20University College London United Kingdom98Batty, Michael J. #886
21Curtin University Australia98Uddin Ahmed Shaikh, Faiz Uddin Ahmed #1,854
22Chongqing University China97He, Baojie #2,534
23Technische Universiteit Eindhoven Netherlands97Brouwers, H. J. H. #3,386
24Wuhan University China98Zhang, Duo #15,015
25Empa - Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology Switzerland87Lothenbach, Barbara #781
26Western Sydney University Australia88Tam, Vivian W.Y. #931
27The University of British Columbia Canada87Banthia, Nemkumar P. #4,514
28King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals Saudi Arabia87Wuni, Ibrahim Yahaya #9,254
29Politecnico di Milano Italy87Capello, Roberta #9,981
30CSIC - Instituto de Ciencias de la Construcción Eduardo Torroja (IETCC) Spain87Fernández-Jiménez, A. Maria #13,776
31University of Michigan, Ann Arbor United States74Li, Victor C. #248
32UNSW Sydney Australia76M.e Sepasgozar, Samad M.E. #3,779
33Concordia University Canada73Akbari, Hashem #11,275
34Technische Universität München Germany76Pauleit, Stephan #11,397
35Technion - Israel Institute of Technology Israel76Sacks, Rafael #16,300
36Shanghai Jiao Tong University China76Chen, Bing #18,006
37Key Laboratory of Road and Traffic Engineering of the State Ministry of Education China76Xiao, Feipeng #19,607
38Aalto University Finland74Stead, Dominic #25,285
39Texas A&M University United States75Brody, Samuel David #27,545
40King Saud University Saudi Arabia74Abadel, Aref A. #30,329
41Loughborough University United Kingdom75Osmani, M. #36,181
42Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet Norway65Jelle, Bjørn Petter #8,632
43Qingdao University of Technology China63Hou, Dongshuai #8,998
44Universiteit van Amsterdam Netherlands66Bertolini, Luca (Luca) #10,860
45Massachusetts Institute of Technology United States64Reinhart, Christoph F. #11,952
46University of Technology Sydney Australia64Loosemore, Martin #15,566
47Cardiff University United Kingdom65Morgan, Kevin #20,444
48University of Cambridge United Kingdom66Chu, S. H. #22,187
49Harbin Institute of Technology China66Gao, Xiaojian #22,957
50University of California, Berkeley United States65Innes, Judith Eleanor #25,041
51School of Civil Engineering China65Yuan, Qiang #27,920
52University of Northumbria United Kingdom66Bosworth, Gary #34,125
53Missouri University of Science and Technology United States53Khayat, Kamal Henri #2,634
54Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory United States54Hong, Tianzhen #6,421
55Newcastle University United Kingdom55Healey, Patsy #7,554
56University of Leeds United Kingdom53Richardson, Ian G. #7,665
57University of California, Los Angeles United States55Scott, Allen J. #7,926
58Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Hong Kong54Cheng, Jack Chin Pang #8,303
59The University of Adelaide Australia54Zuo, Jian #10,774
60Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering United States54Monteiro, Paulo J.M. #13,669
61Monash University Australia55Arashpour, Mehrdad #15,198
62University of Toronto Canada54Panesar, Daman K. #15,957
63College of Engineering and Applied Science United States54Hallowell, Matthew Ryan #18,499
64Guangzhou University China54Kou, Shicong #22,157
65College of Civil Engineering and Architecture Zhejiang University China53Zeng, Qiang #31,546
66Dalian University of Technology China53Wang, Baomin #44,468
67Faculty of Engineering Egypt52Tahwia, Ahmed Mohamed #53,710
68London School of Economics and Political Science United Kingdom44Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés #441
69Heriot-Watt University United Kingdom43Blocken, B. J.E. #847
70Universiteit Gent Belgium44De Schutter, Geert D. #4,053
71National Institute of Standards and Technology United States44Bentz, Dale P. #4,064
72Jinan University China43Ling, Tung Chai #4,147
73Universidade do Minho Portugal43Lourenço, Paulo B. #5,738
74University of Cape Town South Africa43Watson, Vanessa J. #8,802
75Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University Saudi Arabia43Alyousef, Rayed #8,909
76Harbin Institute of Technology Shenzhen China43Lu, Jianxin #9,144
77Faculteit Civiele Techniek en Geowetenschappen, TU Delft Netherlands44Ye, Guang #9,742
78Université de Liège Belgium42Attia, Shady G. #12,872
79Lunds Universitet Sweden44de Wilde, Pieter J.C.J. #17,828
80Key Laboratory of Advanced Civil Engineering Materials, Ministry of Education China43Jiang, Zhengwu #18,013
81Shaoxing University China44Ma, Zhiming #20,322
82Université de Sherbrooke Canada42Aïtcin, Pierre Claude C. #20,531
83Oxford Brookes University United Kingdom43Humphreys, Michael Alexander #21,139
84Fuzhou University China42Ji, Tao #27,841
85Université McGill Canada44Shao, Yixin #29,303
86Università Politecnica delle Marche Italy41Corinaldesi, Valeria #30,420
87Guangxi University China44Tang, Yunchao #30,741
88Stellenbosch University South Africa43Van Zijl, Gideon P.A.G. #32,908
89Zhengzhou University China43Deng, Qihong #34,303
90Wuhan University of Technology China44Wang, Fazhou #36,766
91Queen's University Belfast United Kingdom43Sonebi, Mohammed #39,156
92Beijing University of Technology China43Li, Yue #45,130
93Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology China44Niu, Ditao #50,858
94Delft University of Technology Netherlands42Van Ham, Maarten #57,833
95Nanjing Forestry University China44Zhang, Jinguang #59,417
96South China University of Technology China43Yu, Qijun #70,959
97École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Switzerland32Scrivener, Karen Louise #134
98Queensland University of Technology Australia32Yigitcanlar, Tan #1,226
99Université Gustave Eiffel France32Roussel, Nicolas #1,313
100Yonsei University South Korea33Yoo, Doo-yeol #4,298
101Chinese University of Hong Kong Hong Kong32Ng, Yan Yung Edward #4,585
102The University of Queensland Australia33Allam, Zaheer #7,242
103The Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment United Kingdom33Carmona, Matthew #7,737
104Indian Institute of Science India32Gupta, Souradeep #10,150
105The Open University United Kingdom32Cross, Nigel G. #13,042
106Toronto Metropolitan University Canada32Hossain, Khandaker Muhammed Anwar #13,678
107Changsha University of Science and Technology China32Zhang, Bai #14,880
108State Key Laboratory of Silicate Materials for Architectures China31Yu, Rui #16,439
109Universiteit Utrecht Netherlands33Meijers, Evert J. #20,458
110Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Israel31Yiftachel, Oren #21,641
111Nanyang Technological University Singapore33Yang, En Hua #22,368
112Najran University Saudi Arabia33Althoey, F. #27,358
113Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Greece32Angelidou, Margarita #27,772
114Tianjin University China33Wang, Fèlix Faming #29,611
115Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Türkiye33Aydın, Serdar #31,100
116University of Southern Queensland Australia33Ullah, Fahim #31,810
117Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology South Korea32Lee, Haeng-ki #32,730
118Guangdong University of Technology China33Xie, Jianhe #35,325
119Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi Türkiye32Koc, Kerim #36,313
120United Arab Emirates University United Arab Emirates33El-Maaddawy, Tamer A. #36,767
121Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen Germany33Schweiker, Marcel #40,105
122Universiti Malaya Malaysia33Alengaram, U. J. #45,893
123Tallinna Tehnikaülikool Estonia32Mora, Luca #46,259
124Seoul National University South Korea33Youn, Byengdong #46,697
125Department of Engineering United Kingdom33Pomponi, Francesco #47,855
126Hohai University China33Jiang, Linhua #48,546
127The University of Edinburgh United Kingdom33Bosché, Frédéric N. #50,874
128Hebei University of Technology China33Zhang, Junfei #51,557
129Hogskolan i Gavle Sweden32Barthel, Stephan #57,836
130New Jersey Institute of Technology United States31Assaad, Rayan H. #57,956
131Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna Italy32Franzoni, Elisa #59,474
132Oulun Yliopisto Finland33Aaltonen, Kirsi #59,496
133Central South University China32Shi, Jinyan #60,414
134Purdue University United States32Zhang, Jiansong #60,976
135Auckland University of Technology New Zealand32GhaffarianHoseini, Amirhosein #65,992
136Politecnico di Torino Italy31Cascone, Stefano #68,190
137UW-Madison College of Engineering United States31Naik, Tarun R. #68,631
138Luleå University of Technology Sweden33Cwirzen, A. #68,750
139National Research Council Canada Canada33Beaudoin, James J. #73,770
140Michigan Engineering United States31Menassa, Carol C. #79,102
141The Grainger College of Engineering United States32El-Gohary, Nora M. #82,229
142NYU Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates31Celik, Kemal F. #83,510
143TU Wien Austria31Zaid, Osama #83,533
144University of Virginia United States33Wilson, Bev K. #83,802
145Chung-Ang University South Korea32Kang, Chang-deok #84,874
146Henan Polytechnic University China32Guan, Xuemao #85,912
147Universiti Sains Malaysia Malaysia32Cheah, C. B. #95,948
148The University of Sydney Australia30Kim, Jungsoo #100,653
149Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata Italy30Russo, Matteo #110,884
150Universitat Politècnica de València Spain30Yepes, Víctor #113,548