2026 Christopher D. F. Rogers: Environmental Sciences Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Environmental Sciences	46	6074	5828	470	456	228	8229

Overview

Christopher D. F. Rogers is affiliated with the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom and contributes extensively to the fields of engineering and environmental science. Their published work spans several key subfields, including civil and structural engineering, building and construction, global and planetary change, management, monitoring, policy and law, and media technology.

The core areas of research focus include geotechnical engineering and underground structures, smart cities and technologies, sustainable building design and assessment, water resources management and optimization, underground infrastructure and sustainability, land use and ecosystem services, as well as geotechnical engineering and analysis.

Rogers has collaborated frequently with a network of scholars, contributing to research alongside Dexter V. L. Hunt, Nicole Metje, Mehran Eskandari Torbaghan, David N. Chapman, and Elisabeth Shrimpton.

Their recent published papers highlight a range of interdisciplinary topics:

Urban heat mitigation by green and blue infrastructure: Drivers, effectiveness, and future needs (2024, The Innovation)
Smart Mobility Adoption: A Review of the Literature (2021, Journal of Open Innovation Technology Market and Complexity)
Meeting sustainable development goals via robotics and autonomous systems (2022, Nature Communications)
Automated detection of cracks in roads using ground penetrating radar (2020, Journal of Applied Geophysics)
Exploring Urban Sustainability Understanding and Behaviour: A Systematic Review towards a Conceptual Framework (2021, Sustainability)

Key publication venues where Rogers has contributed multiple works include Sustainability, Frontiers in Sustainable Cities, Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Smart Infrastructure and Construction, Infrastructure Asset Management, and Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Engineering Sustainability.

Best Publications

Development of stabilisation and solidification in lime-clay mixes

D. I. Boardman;S. Glendinning;C. D. F. Rogers

395
Citations
Hydroconsolidation and subsidence of loess: studies from China, Russia, North America and Europe

C.D.F. Rogers;T.A. Dijkstra;I.J. Smalley

295
Citations
Sustainability issues for underground space in urban areas

Raymond Sterling;Han Admiraal;Nikolai Bobylev;Harvey Parker

220
Citations
Underground asset location and condition assessment technologies

S.B. Costello;D.N. Chapman;C.D.F. Rogers;N. Metje

219
Citations
Formation and collapse of metastable particle packings and open structures in loess deposits

A.M. Assallay;C.D.F. Rogers;I.J. Smalley

217
Citations
Condition assessment of the buried utility service infrastructure

Tong Hao;Christopher Rogers;Nicole Metje;David Chapman

213
Citations
Mapping the Underworld – State-of-the-art review

N Metje;P R Atkins;M J Brennan;D N Chapman

202
Citations
LIME MODIFICATION OF CLAY SOILS FOR CONSTRUCTION EXPEDIENCY.

C. D. F. Rogers;S. Glendinning;T. E. J. Roff

189
Citations
Benchmarking sustainability in cities : The role of indicators and future scenarios

Christopher T. Boyko;Mark R. Gaterell;Austin R.G. Barber;Julie Brown

182
Citations
The loess of north-central China: geotechnical properties and their relation to slope stability

T.A. Dijkstra;T.A. Dijkstra;C.D.F. Rogers;I.J. Smalley;E. Derbyshire

178
Citations
Liveable cities and urban underground space

Dexter Hunt;Lewis Makana;Ian Jefferson;Christopher Rogers

177
Citations
Scenario Archetypes: Converging Rather than Diverging Themes

Dexter V. L. Hunt;D. Rachel Lombardi;Stuart Atkinson;Austin R. G. Barber

163
Citations
Conceptualising Sustainability in UK Urban Regeneration: a Discursive Formation:

D. Rachel Lombardi;Libby Porter;Austin Barber;Chris D.F. Rogers

162
Citations
Sustainable utility placement via Multi-Utility Tunnels

D.v.l. Hunt;D. Nash;Christopher Rogers

159
Citations
Movements in the Piccadilly Line tunnels due to the Heathrow Express construction

M. L. Cooper;D. N. Chapman;C. D. F. Rogers;A. H. C. Chan

146
Citations
Overcoming Food Security Challenges within an Energy/Water/Food Nexus (EWFN) Approach

Valeria De Laurentiis;Dexter V.L. Hunt;Christopher D.F. Rogers

144
Citations
Mapping Lightscapes: Spatial Patterning of Artificial Lighting in an Urban Landscape

James D. Hale;Gemma Davies;Alison J. Fairbrass;Thomas J. Matthews

139
Citations
Silt: 2 62 μm, 9 4φ

A.M. Assallay;C.D.F. Rogers;I.J. Smalley;I.F. Jefferson

130
Citations
Smart Cities: Contradicting Definitions and Unclear Measures

Marianna Cavada;Dexter V. L. Hunt;Chris D. F. Rogers

129
Citations
Exploring the distances people walk to access public transport

Dennis van Soest;Miles R. Tight;Christopher D. F. Rogers

123
Citations
Resistance and resilience – paradigms for critical local infrastructure

Christopher D. F. Rogers;Christopher J. Bouch;Stephen Williams;Austin R. G. Barber

113
Citations
Improvement of clay soils in situ using lime piles in the UK

C.D.F Rogers;S Glendinning

100
Citations
The urban futures methodology applied to urban regeneration

Chris D. F. Rogers;D. Rachel Lombardi;Joanne M. Leach;Rachel F. D. Cooper

95
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Ian Smalley University of Leicester

Rachel Cooper Lancaster University

Anthony G. Cohn University of Leeds

David Butler University of Exeter

Geoffrey J. D. Hewings University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Paul Lewin University of Southampton

Jon P. Sadler University of Birmingham

Neil Dixon Loughborough University

Thomas A. M. Pugh University of Birmingham

Michael J. Brennan Sao Paulo State University

External Links

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