Top 100 most-cited scientists in Built Environment & Design

2025 single-year list · 100 authors, ranked by c-score excluding self-citations · all 1,562 in Built Environment & Design

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#	Author	Country	Subfield rank	c-score	Cites 2025	h	hm	Self-cit.	Papers	Active
1 #129 overall	Shi, Caijun Hunan University	CHN	Building & Construction #1 · top <0.01%	4.525	10,267	50	27.8	7.7%	665	1989–2026
2 #134 overall	Scrivener, Karen Louise École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne	CHE	Building & Construction #2 · top <0.01%	4.517	9,070	48	26.8	3.3%	378	1984–2026
3 #167 overall	Sigmund, Ole Technical University of Denmark	DNK	Design Practice & Management #1 · top <0.01%	4.467	5,575	33	22.9	4.9%	407	1994–2026
4 #193 overall	Provis, John Lloyd Paul Scherrer Institut	CHE	Building & Construction #3 · top <0.01%	4.423	7,421	42	22.0	5.0%	427	2003–2026
5 #248 overall	Li, Victor C. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor	USA	Building & Construction #4 · top <0.01%	4.362	5,113	35	22.9	6.1%	412	1979–2026
6 #441 overall	Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés London School of Economics and Political Science	GBR	Urban & Regional Planning #1 · top <0.01%	4.242	3,222	27	18.6	3.6%	306	1994–2026
7 #554 overall	Poon, Chi-Sun The Hong Kong Polytechnic University	HKG	Building & Construction #6 · top 0.01%	4.185	9,202	42	26.7	8.8%	789	1983–2026
8 #658 overall	Siddique, Rafat Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology	IND	Building & Construction #7 · top 0.01%	4.147	2,861	28	19.0	1.6%	208	1996–2026
9 #756 overall	Xiao, Jianzhuang Tongji University	CHN	Building & Construction #8 · top 0.01%	4.110	5,889	33	19.7	10.0%	746	1999–2026
10 #781 overall	Lothenbach, Barbara Empa - Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology	CHE	Building & Construction #9 · top 0.02%	4.103	6,255	41	21.0	7.3%	325	1997–2026
11 #847 overall	Blocken, B. J.E. Heriot-Watt University	GBR	Building & Construction #10 · top 0.02%	4.085	2,973	28	17.2	5.6%	353	2000–2026
12 #886 overall	Batty, Michael J. University College London	GBR	Urban & Regional Planning #2 · top 0.01%	4.074	2,289	22	14.6	3.9%	441	1970–2026
13 #931 overall	Tam, Vivian W.Y. Western Sydney University	AUS	Building & Construction #11 · top 0.02%	4.065	4,622	31	18.9	5.2%	535	2002–2026
14 #1,226 overall	Yigitcanlar, Tan Queensland University of Technology	AUS	Urban & Regional Planning #3 · top 0.02%	3.997	3,924	31	17.0	9.6%	411	2004–2026
15 #1,248 overall	Berardi, Umberto B. Politecnico di Bari	ITA	Building & Construction #12 · top 0.02%	3.993	2,454	25	16.9	8.7%	348	2009–2026
16 #1,313 overall	Roussel, Nicolas Université Gustave Eiffel	FRA	Building & Construction #13 · top 0.02%	3.983	2,303	25	14.7	4.1%	167	2003–2026
17 #1,434 overall	Wu, Fulong University College London	GBR	Urban & Regional Planning #4 · top 0.03%	3.964	1,686	20	16.0	6.5%	251	1995–2026
18 #1,479 overall	Rashad, Alaa M. Housing and Building Research Center Egypt	EGY	Building & Construction #14 · top 0.02%	3.957	1,254	18	16.5	17.9%	164	2007–2026
19 #1,516 overall	Mouratidis, Kostas Københavns Universitet	DNK	Urban & Regional Planning #6 · top 0.04%	3.951	1,117	19	15.9	2.8%	35	2018–2026
20 #1,854 overall	Uddin Ahmed Shaikh, Faiz Uddin Ahmed Curtin University	AUS	Building & Construction #15 · top 0.03%	3.895	2,143	24	16.2	5.5%	235	2000–2026
21 #1,890 overall	Jim, Chi Yung The Education University of Hong Kong	HKG	Forestry #2 · top <0.01%	3.890	2,305	23	14.6	4.6%	375	1984–2026
22 #2,068 overall	Behnood, Ali University of Mississippi	USA	Building & Construction #16 · top 0.03%	3.868	1,659	23	15.2	3.5%	88	2012–2026
23 #2,203 overall	Roy, Ananya University of California	USA	Urban & Regional Planning #8 · top 0.05%	3.854	1,021	15	13.3	0.0%	81	2001–2026
24 #2,313 overall	Ozbakkaloglu, Togay Ingram School of Engineering	USA	Building & Construction #17 · top 0.03%	3.842	4,000	29	16.6	4.7%	344	2004–2026
25 #2,388 overall	Mechtcherine, Viktor Technische Universität Dresden	DEU	Building & Construction #18 · top 0.03%	3.835	3,831	29	14.2	14.5%	530	2002–2026
26 #2,466 overall	Bernal, Susan A. University of Bath	GBR	Building & Construction #19 · top 0.03%	3.827	2,981	29	14.2	6.7%	181	2008–2026
27 #2,510 overall	Lu, Weisheng Wilson The University of Hong Kong	HKG	Building & Construction #20 · top 0.04%	3.822	2,671	27	16.6	7.0%	272	2003–2025
28 #2,534 overall	He, Baojie Chongqing University	CHN	Energy #67 · top 0.02%	3.820	2,283	26	14.4	9.8%	251	2014–2026
29 #2,634 overall	Khayat, Kamal Henri Missouri University of Science and Technology	USA	Building & Construction #21 · top 0.04%	3.810	3,284	29	16.3	6.5%	387	1989–2026
30 #2,674 overall	Ewing, Reid H. The University of Utah	USA	Logistics & Transportation #8 · top 0.02%	3.806	2,247	20	12.7	3.2%	243	1971–2026
31 #2,798 overall	Anguelovski, Isabelle Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona	ESP	Urban & Regional Planning #9 · top 0.06%	3.794	2,162	26	13.3	7.4%	140	2008–2026
32 #2,885 overall	Shah, Surendra P. The University of Texas at Arlington	USA	Building & Construction #22 · top 0.04%	3.784	4,026	27	16.0	6.9%	781	1965–2026
33 #2,910 overall	Nehdi, Moncef L. University of Guelph	CAN	Building & Construction #23 · top 0.04%	3.782	3,384	27	17.6	6.0%	440	1996–2026
34 #2,941 overall	Habert, Guillaume ETH Zürich	CHE	Building & Construction #24 · top 0.04%	3.779	3,101	27	14.0	4.6%	242	2004–2026
35 #3,049 overall	de Dear, Richard John Tsinghua University	CHN	Building & Construction #25 · top 0.04%	3.770	3,212	25	14.6	5.8%	244	1984–2026
36 #3,292 overall	Love, Peter E.D. Curtin University	AUS	Building & Construction #26 · top 0.05%	3.752	2,712	22	13.3	6.5%	550	1997–2026
37 #3,386 overall	Brouwers, H. J. H. Technische Universiteit Eindhoven	NLD	Building & Construction #27 · top 0.05%	3.746	3,079	24	16.9	5.9%	362	1989–2026
38 #3,713 overall	Snellings, Ruben A. KU Leuven	BEL	Building & Construction #28 · top 0.05%	3.721	2,451	25	10.7	4.9%	121	2008–2026
39 #3,779 overall	M.e Sepasgozar, Samad M.E. UNSW Sydney	AUS	Building & Construction #29 · top 0.05%	3.717	1,626	23	12.8	3.9%	162	2013–2026
40 #4,053 overall	De Schutter, Geert D. Universiteit Gent	BEL	Building & Construction #30 · top 0.05%	3.699	3,146	25	13.9	10.2%	477	1993–2026
41 #4,064 overall	Bentz, Dale P. National Institute of Standards and Technology	USA	Building & Construction #31 · top 0.05%	3.698	1,249	18	13.0	0.9%	223	1985–2020
42 #4,147 overall	Ling, Tung Chai Jinan University	CHN	Building & Construction #32 · top 0.06%	3.693	3,286	30	17.2	5.8%	226	2009–2026
43 #4,222 overall	Zhang, Xiaoling The University of Hong Kong	HKG	Environmental Sciences #91 · top 0.06%	3.688	3,452	26	15.9	2.7%	415	2006–2026
44 #4,298 overall	Yoo, Doo-yeol Yonsei University	KOR	Building & Construction #33 · top 0.06%	3.684	3,805	31	18.7	10.8%	311	2011–2026
45 #4,299 overall	Flatt, Robert Johann ETH Zürich	CHE	Building & Construction #34 · top 0.06%	3.684	1,700	22	13.8	4.2%	187	1997–2026
46 #4,374 overall	Andrade, Carmen Centre Internacional de Mètodes Numèrics en Enginyeria (CIMNE)	ESP	Building & Construction #35 · top 0.06%	3.679	1,930	21	13.0	4.5%	472	1977–2026
47 #4,514 overall	Banthia, Nemkumar P. The University of British Columbia	CAN	Building & Construction #36 · top 0.06%	3.670	2,894	26	15.9	7.2%	397	1986–2026
48 #4,562 overall	Sarker, Prabir K. Curtin University	AUS	Building & Construction #37 · top 0.07%	3.667	2,448	24	14.9	2.5%	156	1999–2026
49 #4,585 overall	Ng, Yan Yung Edward Chinese University of Hong Kong	HKG	Building & Construction #39 · top 0.07%	3.666	2,146	26	12.8	6.3%	241	1999–2026
50 #4,778 overall	Boeing, Geoff University of Southern California	USA	Urban & Regional Planning #10 · top 0.07%	3.655	805	15	10.9	8.4%	49	2014–2026
51 #4,868 overall	Lu, Yi City University of Hong Kong	HKG	Urban & Regional Planning #11 · top 0.07%	3.650	2,103	27	11.7	7.7%	156	2010–2026
52 #4,977 overall	Chan, Albert P.C. The Hong Kong Polytechnic University	HKG	Building & Construction #41 · top 0.07%	3.644	4,432	31	16.9	6.0%	582	1993–2026
53 #5,151 overall	Hoang, Nhat Duc Duy Tan University	VNM	Building & Construction #42 · top 0.07%	3.635	1,136	18	12.0	3.6%	139	2012–2026
54 #5,241 overall	de Belie, Nele D. Universiteit Gent	BEL	Building & Construction #43 · top 0.08%	3.630	3,895	28	15.2	7.5%	519	1996–2026
55 #5,277 overall	Li, Zongjin University of Macau	MAC	Building & Construction #44 · top 0.08%	3.628	2,734	24	16.0	4.1%	455	1989–2023
56 #5,424 overall	GENCEL, OSMAN Bartin Üniversitesi	TUR	Building & Construction #46 · top 0.08%	3.621	2,259	23	12.0	11.6%	270	2009–2026
57 #5,436 overall	Rigolon, Alessandro University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	USA	Urban & Regional Planning #12 · top 0.08%	3.621	1,292	18	9.7	7.2%	84	2011–2026
58 #5,721 overall	Vanclay, Frank M. Rijksuniversiteit Groningen	NLD	Urban & Regional Planning #13 · top 0.08%	3.608	1,343	17	13.0	7.6%	219	1982–2026
59 #5,733 overall	Sanjayan, Jay G. Swinburne University of Technology	AUS	Building & Construction #48 · top 0.09%	3.608	5,136	35	20.8	2.6%	466	1987–2026
60 #5,738 overall	Lourenço, Paulo B. Universidade do Minho	PRT	Building & Construction #49 · top 0.09%	3.608	2,957	20	13.0	15.7%	849	1993–2026
61 #5,748 overall	Brito, Jorge De Instituto Superior Técnico	PRT	Building & Construction #50 · top 0.09%	3.607	5,470	30	20.8	3.5%	813	1994–2026
62 #5,909 overall	Aslani, Farhad The University of Western Australia	AUS	Building & Construction #51 · top 0.09%	3.599	1,851	21	13.8	6.5%	240	2010–2026
63 #6,083 overall	Wargocki, Pawel Technical University of Denmark	DNK	Building & Construction #52 · top 0.09%	3.591	2,089	24	12.0	11.9%	323	1999–2026
64 #6,238 overall	Chou, Juisheng National Taiwan University of Science and Technology	TWN	Building & Construction #53 · top 0.09%	3.584	1,553	19	12.1	4.7%	201	1999–2026
65 #6,304 overall	Pan, Wei The University of Hong Kong	HKG	Building & Construction #54 · top 0.10%	3.582	1,780	20	14.2	6.9%	258	2005–2026
66 #6,354 overall	Chen, Qingyan (Yan) The Hong Kong Polytechnic University	HKG	Building & Construction #55 · top 0.10%	3.580	2,046	19	12.8	4.6%	376	1988–2026
67 #6,377 overall	Aalbers, Manuel B. KU Leuven	BEL	Geography #33 · top 0.15%	3.579	748	16	11.1	5.0%	132	2003–2026
68 #6,421 overall	Hong, Tianzhen Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory	USA	Building & Construction #56 · top 0.10%	3.577	3,417	28	14.1	8.9%	291	1993–2026
69 #6,473 overall	Adesina, A. University of Windsor	CAN	Building & Construction #57 · top 0.10%	3.574	1,208	17	10.0	4.8%	149	2019–2026
70 #6,485 overall	Li, Yuguo The University of Hong Kong	HKG	Building & Construction #58 · top 0.10%	3.574	2,927	25	12.4	12.3%	492	1989–2026
71 #6,521 overall	Kabisch, Nadja Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover	DEU	Ecology #173 · top 0.21%	3.572	1,959	21	10.8	4.7%	81	2009–2026
72 #6,673 overall	Thomas, Blessen Skariah Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University	SAU	Building & Construction #59 · top 0.10%	3.567	1,518	21	9.7	4.5%	93	2012–2026
73 #6,744 overall	Angst, Ueli M. ETH Zürich	CHE	Building & Construction #60 · top 0.11%	3.564	1,068	18	9.7	10.9%	166	2007–2026
74 #7,092 overall	Chindaprasirt, Prinya Khon Kaen University	THA	Building & Construction #61 · top 0.11%	3.550	3,805	28	15.8	8.6%	498	1980–2026
75 #7,242 overall	Allam, Zaheer The University of Queensland	AUS	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing #392 · top 0.08%	3.544	1,930	20	9.5	2.4%	108	2018–2026
76 #7,270 overall	Zeyad, Abdullah M. Jazan University	SAU	Building & Construction #62 · top 0.11%	3.543	1,614	21	12.4	10.5%	109	2012–2026
77 #7,330 overall	Meerow, Sara A. Arizona State University	USA	Urban & Regional Planning #16 · top 0.10%	3.541	1,376	18	8.6	6.7%	57	2012–2026
78 #7,554 overall	Healey, Patsy Newcastle University	GBR	Urban & Regional Planning #17 · top 0.11%	3.533	542	12	12.0	0.4%	168	1974–2026
79 #7,576 overall	Zhang, Zuhua Tongji University	CHN	Building & Construction #63 · top 0.11%	3.532	4,495	35	16.7	5.7%	263	2008–2026
80 #7,665 overall	Richardson, Ian G. University of Leeds	GBR	Building & Construction #64 · top 0.11%	3.529	780	13	9.4	4.5%	50	1989–2025
81 #7,707 overall	Castán Broto, Vanesa Castin Faculty of Social Sciences	GBR	Urban & Regional Planning #18 · top 0.12%	3.527	1,112	18	11.0	4.5%	165	2007–2026
82 #7,737 overall	Carmona, Matthew The Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment	GBR	Urban & Regional Planning #19 · top 0.12%	3.526	586	11	10.3	2.8%	98	1994–2026
83 #7,926 overall	Scott, Allen J. University of California, Los Angeles	USA	Urban & Regional Planning #20 · top 0.13%	3.519	573	13	11.5	0.0%	157	1967–2024
84 #8,218 overall	Geneletti, Davide Università di Trento	ITA	Urban & Regional Planning #23 · top 0.15%	3.509	1,975	22	11.2	6.8%	240	2000–2026
85 #8,303 overall	Cheng, Jack Chin Pang Hong Kong University of Science and Technology	HKG	Building & Construction #66 · top 0.12%	3.506	2,896	27	16.8	6.5%	284	2007–2026
86 #8,632 overall	Jelle, Bjørn Petter Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet	NOR	Building & Construction #67 · top 0.12%	3.495	1,150	16	10.6	1.9%	165	1992–2026
87 #8,802 overall	Watson, Vanessa J. University of Cape Town	ZAF	Urban & Regional Planning #24 · top 0.16%	3.489	618	11	9.6	1.8%	104	1983–2025
88 #8,819 overall	Brown, Greg Gordon California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo	USA	Urban & Regional Planning #25 · top 0.16%	3.489	1,179	16	10.9	2.7%	122	1992–2022
89 #8,909 overall	Alyousef, Rayed Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University	SAU	Building & Construction #68 · top 0.12%	3.486	2,450	25	10.8	3.9%	191	2014–2026
90 #8,998 overall	Hou, Dongshuai Qingdao University of Technology	CHN	Building & Construction #69 · top 0.12%	3.483	3,165	23	13.0	15.2%	428	2014–2026
91 #9,144 overall	Lu, Jianxin Harbin Institute of Technology Shenzhen	CHN	Building & Construction #71 · top 0.13%	3.478	1,897	22	10.9	14.2%	159	2012–2026
92 #9,254 overall	Wuni, Ibrahim Yahaya King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals	SAU	Building & Construction #72 · top 0.13%	3.475	743	15	10.8	7.0%	63	2019–2026
93 #9,296 overall	Li, Heng The Hong Kong Polytechnic University	HKG	Building & Construction #73 · top 0.13%	3.474	4,872	27	16.9	6.4%	741	1992–2026
94 #9,308 overall	Ahmad, Shamsad King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals	SAU	Building & Construction #74 · top 0.13%	3.474	1,090	17	9.9	8.8%	155	1995–2026
95 #9,329 overall	Hillier, Bill The Bartlett School of Architecture	GBR	Urban & Regional Planning #26 · top 0.17%	3.473	786	13	9.4	0.1%	49	1982–2019
96 #9,545 overall	Pacheco-Torgal, Fernando Universidade do Minho	PRT	Building & Construction #75 · top 0.13%	3.467	1,000	16	8.8	3.1%	196	2006–2026
97 #9,611 overall	Tayeh, Bassam A. Islamic University of Gaza	PSE	Building & Construction #76 · top 0.13%	3.465	4,132	30	16.9	9.9%	308	2010–2026
98 #9,742 overall	Ye, Guang Faculteit Civiele Techniek en Geowetenschappen, TU Delft	NLD	Building & Construction #77 · top 0.14%	3.461	2,747	27	14.9	8.4%	317	2001–2026
99 #9,834 overall	Wang, Xiaoyong Kangwon National University	KOR	Building & Construction #78 · top 0.14%	3.459	1,156	16	10.7	13.8%	226	2007–2026
100 #9,927 overall	Dovey, Kim University of Melbourne	AUS	Urban & Regional Planning #27 · top 0.18%	3.456	647	14	10.2	8.1%	121	1990–2026

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