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Citation metrics for urban planning faculty
Total citations and h-indices for 1,061 faculty at 120 planning programs in the United States and Canada. These are refreshed on a regular schedule so should always be reasonably current for those with a Google Scholar or OpenAlex profile.
Press / to jump to search. Google Scholar figures as of 2026-09-28.
810 from Google Scholar · 206 from OpenAlex · 45 still on Publish or Perish figures from February. A Scholar profile moves a person onto the refreshed series.
Where the field sits
| Rank | Faculty | Median citations | 75th percentile | Median h-index |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assistant professors | 165 | 365 | 841 | 8 |
| Associate professors | 283 | 1,101 | 2,401 | 15 |
| Full professors | 362 | 2,917 | 6,054 | 24 |
Among faculty with a Google Scholar profile, as of 28 September 2026. Half of all assistant professors here have fewer than 365 citations; a number is only meaningful next to its rank.
New to the record
What the September update changed. Everything here comes from a person's own public Scholar profile.
Scholar profiles found 26
People previously shown on OpenAlex or Publish or Perish figures who now have a Scholar profile on record. The daily search adds more as it finds them.
- Mehak SachdevaFlorida State University15 September 2026
- Marcia EnglandMiami University16 September 2026
- Karilyn CrockettMIT16 September 2026
- Kaitlyn Alvarez NoliNortheastern University16 September 2026
- Jerry AnthonyUniversity of Iowa19 September 2026
- Michelle MagalongUniversity of Maryland19 September 2026
- Jordy CoutinUniversity of Oregon20 September 2026
- Sarah LopezUniversity of Pennsylvania22 September 2026
- Ariadna Reyes-SanchezUniversity of Texas, Arlington22 September 2026
- Mary SchlemperUniversity of Toledo21 September 2026
- Arnab ChakrabortyUniversity of Utah21 September 2026
- Zakhary MallettAlabama A&M University27 September 2026
- Kristin EdquistEastern Washington27 September 2026
- Maurie CohenNew Jersey Institute of Technology27 September 2026
- Sewin ChanNew York University27 September 2026
- Fonna FormanUC San Diego27 September 2026
- Zoltan HajnalUC San Diego27 September 2026
- Lilly IraniUC San Diego27 September 2026
- Sharon RoseUC San Diego27 September 2026
- Christo SimsUC San Diego27 September 2026
- Elana ZilbergUC San Diego27 September 2026
- Jessica FernandezUniversity of Georgia28 September 2026
- Irene FarahUniversity of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign28 September 2026
- Elspeth IraluUniversity of New Mexico28 September 2026
- Amy LynchWest Chester University28 September 2026
- Yingying LyuWest Chester University28 September 2026
Now at a new program 11
- Maura AllaireArizona State University → UC Irvine
- Sharmistha Bagchi-SenArizona State University → University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
- Rachel WeberHarvard University → University of Illinois, Chicago
- Jesse LeCavalierNew Jersey Institute of Technology → Cornell University
- Aaron FloresUniversity of Arizona → Arizona State University
- Renee TappUniversity of Florida → UNC
- Rolf PendallUniversity of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign → University of New Mexico
- Alan WiigUniversity of Massachusetts-Boston → University of Florida
- Abigail CochranUniversity of Nebraska → Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo
- Bryce LoweryUniversity of Oklahoma → San Diego State University
- Lois TakahashiUSC → San Jose State University
Promotions read from profiles 127
- Elizabeth ShayAppalachian State University · associate → full
- John WestBall State University · assistant → associate
- Alvaro HuertaCal Poly, Pomona · associate → full
- Nicholas KleinCornell University · assistant → associate
- Linda ShiCornell University · assistant → associate
- Ahsan HabibDalhousie University · associate → full
- Ren ThomasDalhousie University · assistant → associate
- Clio AndrisGeorgia Tech · assistant → associate
- Alberto FuentesGeorgia Tech · assistant → associate
- Perry YangGeorgia Tech · associate → full
- Carole VoulgarisHarvard University · assistant → associate
- Jane RongerudeIowa State University · associate → full
- Shakil KashemKansas State University · assistant → associate
- Susmita RishiKansas State University · assistant → associate
- Gabriella CaroliniMIT · assistant → associate
- Catherine D’IgnazioMIT · assistant → associate
- Jason JacksonMIT · assistant → associate
- Erica JamesMIT · associate → full
- Janelle Knox-HayesMIT · associate → full
- Brent RyanMIT · associate → full
- Justin SteilMIT · associate → full
- J. Phillip ThompsonMIT · associate → full
- Delia WendelMIT · assistant → associate
- Jinhua ZhaoMIT · associate → full
- Hyeon-Shic ShinMorgan State University · associate → full
- Gabrielle EsperdyNew Jersey Institute of Technology · associate → full
- Darius SollohubNew Jersey Institute of Technology · associate → full
- Georgeen TheodoreNew Jersey Institute of Technology · associate → full
- Alicia Sasser ModestinoNortheastern University · associate → full
- David FolchNorthern Arizona University · assistant → associate
- Steven GehrkeNorthern Arizona University · assistant → associate
- Ruihong HuangNorthern Arizona University · associate → full
- Brian PetersenNorthern Arizona University · associate → full
- Patricia CollinsQueen's University · associate → full
- Maxwell HarttQueen's University · assistant → associate
- Kevin KeenanRowan University · associate → full
- Mahbubur MeenarRowan University · associate → full
- Will PayneRutgers University · assistant → associate
- Michael SmartRutgers University · associate → full
- Wenwen ZhangRutgers University · assistant → associate
- Wolfram HoeferRutgers University, School of Environmental & Biological Sciences · associate → full
- David TullochRutgers University, School of Environmental & Biological Sciences · associate → full
- Shiguo JiangState University of New York at Albany · assistant → associate
- Catherine LawsonState University of New York at Albany · associate → full
- Sungmin LeeTexas A&M University · assistant → associate
- Dongying LiTexas A&M University · assistant → associate
- Yang SongTexas A&M University · assistant → associate
- Siyu YuTexas A&M University · assistant → associate
- Daniel ChatmanUC Berkeley · associate → full
- Marta GonzalezUC Berkeley · associate → full
- Ajay GardeUC Irvine · associate → full
- Hun KimUC Irvine · assistant → associate
- Jae Hong KimUC Irvine · associate → full
- Alejandra ReyesUC Irvine · assistant → associate
- Nicola UlibarriUC Irvine · associate → full
- Michael LensUCLA · associate → full
- Miyuki HinoUNC · assistant → associate
- Nikhil KazaUNC · associate → full
- Danielle SpurlockUNC · assistant → associate
- Andrew WhittemoreUNC · assistant → full
- Danielle LabbéUniversite de Montreal · associate → full
- Sébastien LordUniversite de Montreal · associate → full
- Jean-Philippe MelocheUniversite de Montreal · associate → full
- Juan TorresUniversite de Montreal · associate → full
- Emmanuel BoamahUniversity at Buffalo, The State University of New York · assistant → associate
- Ladd KeithUniversity of Arizona · assistant → associate
- Daniel KuhlmannUniversity of Arizona · assistant → associate
- Shujuan LiUniversity of Arizona · associate → full
- Leah HollsteinUniversity of Cincinnati · assistant → associate
- Hayden ShelbyUniversity of Cincinnati · assistant → associate
- Nina DavidUniversity of Delaware · assistant → associate
- Emre TepeUniversity of Florida · assistant → associate
- Yan WangUniversity of Florida · assistant → associate
- Rosanna RiveroUniversity of Georgia · assistant → full
- Alison SmithUniversity of Georgia · assistant → associate
- Sara EppUniversity of Guelph · assistant → associate
- Ryan GibsonUniversity of Guelph · associate → full
- Dave GuyadeenUniversity of Guelph · assistant → associate
- Silvia SarapuraUniversity of Guelph · assistant → associate
- Joshua DruckerUniversity of Illinois, Chicago · associate → full
- Nebiyou TilahunUniversity of Illinois, Chicago · associate → full
- Phuong NguyenUniversity of Iowa · associate → full
- Haifeng QianUniversity of Iowa · associate → full
- Ward LylesUniversity of Kansas · associate → full
- Sumei ZhangUniversity of Louisville · associate → full
- Orly LinovskiUniversity of Manitoba · assistant → associate
- Camille BarchersUniversity of Massachusetts-Amherst · assistant → associate
- Yunwoo NamUniversity of Nebraska · associate → full
- Moises GonzalesUniversity of New Mexico · associate → full
- Caroline ScruggsUniversity of New Mexico · associate → full
- Jennifer TuckerUniversity of New Mexico · assistant → associate
- Anne BrownUniversity of Oregon · assistant → associate
- Erick GuerraUniversity of Pennsylvania · associate → full
- Allison LassiterUniversity of Pennsylvania · assistant → associate
- Vincent ReinaUniversity of Pennsylvania · associate → full
- Domenic VitielloUniversity of Pennsylvania · associate → full
- Angeliz Encarnacion BurgosUniversity of Puerto Rico · assistant → associate
- Criseida Navarro-DiazUniversity of Puerto Rico · associate → full
- Norma Peña-RiveraUniversity of Puerto Rico · associate → full
- Carolyn BallUniversity of Southern Maine · associate → full
- Yuseung KimUniversity of Southern Maine · assistant → associate
- Wei ZhaiUniversity of Texas, Arlington · assistant → associate
- Katherine LieberknechtUniversity of Texas, Austin · assistant → associate
- Elizabeth MuellerUniversity of Texas, Austin · associate → full
- Miriam SolisUniversity of Texas, Austin · assistant → associate
- Esteban López OchoaUniversity of Texas, San Antonio · assistant → associate
- Aujean LeeUniversity of Utah · assistant → associate
- Alexandra Ponette-GonzálezUniversity of Utah · associate → full
- Bev WilsonUniversity of Virginia · associate → full
- Jan WhittingtonUniversity of Washington · associate → full
- Martine AugustUniversity of Waterloo, Ontario · assistant → associate
- Janice BarryUniversity of Waterloo, Ontario · assistant → associate
- Luna KhirfanUniversity of Waterloo, Ontario · associate → full
- Leia MinakerUniversity of Waterloo, Ontario · assistant → associate
- Markus MoosUniversity of Waterloo, Ontario · associate → full
- Jeremy PittmanUniversity of Waterloo, Ontario · assistant → associate
- Edna LedesmaUniversity of Wisconsin, Madison · assistant → associate
- Revel SimsUniversity of Wisconsin, Madison · assistant → associate
- Geoff BoeingUSC · assistant → associate
- Jorge de la RocaUSC · assistant → associate
- Elsie Harper-AndersonVirginia Commonwealth University · associate → full
- Steve HankeyVirginia Tech · associate → full
- Shalini MisraVirginia Tech · associate → full
- Jongwoong KimWest Chester University · assistant → associate
- Stefan KipferYork University · associate → full
- Kerry Li FangUniversity of Pennsylvania · assistant → associate
- Luisa SotomayorUniversity of Toronto · assistant → associate
18 people left the tracked programs and are no longer listed; their earlier figures remain in the downloadable data.
Leaderboards
These barely move between updates, so they are folded away. The full, sortable versions are on the Rankings and Departments pages.
Most cited faculty
| Name | School | Citations | h-index | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lawrence Frank | UC San Diego | 61,901 | 109 |
| 2 | Carlo Ratti | MIT | 52,753 | 117 |
| 3 | Reid Ewing | University of Utah | 51,777 | 83 |
| 4 | Nik Theodore | University of Illinois, Chicago | 35,801 | 58 |
| 5 | Robert Bullard | Texas Southern University | 32,300 | 64 |
| 6 | Julian Agyeman | Tufts University | 31,817 | 50 |
| 7 | Marta Gonzalez | UC Berkeley | 29,859 | 66 |
| 8 | Ananya Roy | UCLA | 27,013 | 50 |
| 9 | Marina Alberti | University of Washington | 25,715 | 56 |
| 10 | Yan Song | UNC | 23,933 | 75 |
Programs by median citations
| School | Faculty | Median | Mean | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MIT | 32 | 4,044 | 6,575 |
| 2 | UCLA | 23 | 3,728 | 5,562 |
| 3 | University of Colorado, Denver | 6 | 3,522 | 4,171 |
| 4 | McGill University | 7 | 3,477 | 6,752 |
| 5 | USC | 13 | 3,321 | 5,877 |
| 6 | New York University | 9 | 3,230 | 3,866 |
| 7 | UC Berkeley | 14 | 2,916 | 8,001 |
| 8 | UNC | 18 | 2,898 | 5,917 |
| 9 | Tufts University | 8 | 2,786 | 6,518 |
| 10 | The New School | 4 | 2,675 | 3,028 |
Programs with at least three faculty tracked. All programs →
What to know before citing these numbers
Citation counts measure attention, not quality, and they differ enormously by subfield, career stage, and publication venue. A number here is a rough indicator of reach at one moment, nothing more. The methods page explains where each figure comes from and the ways it can be wrong.