Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
United Kingdom Highly Cited Researchers CitationEngineering & Technology / Marine Sciences and Engineering in United Kingdom Rankings 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) highlight the most cited and influential researchers across a vast range of scientific fields, covering 197 main and sub-disciplines, including the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings. This service, offered exclusively by AD Scientific Index, aims to provide a balanced perspective by excluding data from CERN and other statistical sources that disproportionately favor certain researchers, particularly in the social sciences and humanities. This unique approach addresses the advantages researchers with multi-author publications and CERN involvement hold over others. Furthermore, citation rankings help uncover rule violations and unethical practices within the research community. For more detailed citation analyses, explore the Scientists Last 6 Years Citation Index, Universities Total Citations Rankings 2025, and Universities Last 6 Years Citations Rankings 2025.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
Microplastics
ecology of coastal defences
marine ecology
marine pollution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105,148
79,291
0.754
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Radiocarbon dating and calibration
marine and freshwater reservoir corrections
carbon cycling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,278
24,368
0.357
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Coastal Systems
Climate Change
Impacts
Adaptation
Integrated Assessment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,283
30,439
0.489
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
comparative immunology
fish immunology
marine microbiology
marine biotechnology
SOI-USTAN
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,831
33,100
0.535
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Climate Dynamics
Oceanography
Predictablity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,924
24,596
0.456
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Marine Ecology
Benthos
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,760
10,713
0.203
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Coral Reefs
Fisheries
Resilience
Coral Reef Ecology
Social-Ecological Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,296
23,154
0.589
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Marine ecology
Statistical methods
Marine benthos
Meiofauna
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,083
12,422
0.318
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Ocean conservation
marine protected areas
fisheries
environmental history
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,112
12,679
0.342
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Mesozoic palaeoceanography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,047
13,299
0.379
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
acoustic communication
vocal learning
marine mammals
SMRU
SOI-USTAN
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,247
12,363
0.372
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
marine ecology
estuarine ecology
human impacts
marine policy
estuaries
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,862
14,545
0.443
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
oceanography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,594
12,079
0.395
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Population ecology
Coastal ecology
Environmental change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,831
6,802
0.228
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Environmental and Occupational Health and Epidemiology
Public Health
Oceans and Human Health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,333
15,112
0.533
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Marine Geophysics
Marine Geology
Gravity
Isostasy
Tectonics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,469
6,182
0.234
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Conservation
Coral
Seagrass
Mangrove
Restoration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,251
8,875
0.338
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
marine ecology
movement ecology
sharks
conservation
fisheries
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,377
11,989
0.492
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Marine ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,314
11,788
0.528
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Plankton
Ocean ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,661
10,177
0.470
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Benthic Marine Ecology
Climate Change Ecology
Marine Biodiversity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,415
17,257
0.806
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Mantle Convection
Ridge-Plume Interaction
Mantle-Climate Links
Mid Ocean Ridge and Continental Tectonics
Seismic Oceanography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,077
10,741
0.510
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Marine Ecology
Marine Biodiversity
Deep-sea biology
Ocean Acidification
Phycology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,918
10,747
0.514
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Marine geology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,340
4,435
0.218
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Maritime and Offshore Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,988
10,580
0.557
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,835
219
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Richard Thompson
University of Plymouth
Plymouth, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105,148
79,291
0.754
Microplastics
ecology of coastal defences
marine ecology
marine pollution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,056
515
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
PJ Reimer
Queen's University Belfast
Belfast, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,278
24,368
0.357
Radiocarbon dating and calibration
marine and freshwater reservoir corrections
carbon cycling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,038
606
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Robert J Nicholls
University of East Anglia
Norwich, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,283
30,439
0.489
Coastal Systems
Climate Change
Impacts
Adaptation
Integrated Assessment
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,127
617
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Valerie J Smith
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,831
33,100
0.535
comparative immunology
fish immunology
marine microbiology
marine biotechnology
SOI-USTAN
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,884
777
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Magdalena Alonso Balmaseda
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,924
24,596
0.456
Climate Dynamics
Oceanography
Predictablity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,182
807
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Rm Warwick
Plymouth Marine Laboratory
Plymouth, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,760
10,713
0.203
Marine Ecology
Benthos
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,702
1,281
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Nick Graham
Lancaster University
Lancaster, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,296
23,154
0.589
Coral Reefs
Fisheries
Resilience
Coral Reef Ecology
Social-Ecological Systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,839
1,298
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Paul J. Somerfield
Plymouth Marine Laboratory
Plymouth, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,083
12,422
0.318
Marine ecology
Statistical methods
Marine benthos
Meiofauna
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,096
1,404
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Callum Roberts
University of Exeter
Exeter, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,112
12,679
0.342
Ocean conservation
marine protected areas
fisheries
environmental history
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,605
1,547
207
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Hugh C Jenkyns
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,047
13,299
0.379
Mesozoic palaeoceanography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,054
1,679
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Peter L Tyack
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,247
12,363
0.372
acoustic communication
vocal learning
marine mammals
SMRU
SOI-USTAN
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,403
1,720
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Michael Mike Elliott
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,862
14,545
0.443
marine ecology
estuarine ecology
human impacts
marine policy
estuaries
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,690
1,934
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Shubha Sathyendranath
Plymouth Marine Laboratory
Plymouth, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,594
12,079
0.395
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,626
2,006
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Andrew Watkinson
University of East Anglia
Norwich, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,831
6,802
0.228
Population ecology
Coastal ecology
Environmental change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,487
2,146
44
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Lora E Fleming
University of Exeter
Exeter, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,333
15,112
0.533
Environmental and Occupational Health and Epidemiology
Public Health
Oceans and Human Health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,088
2,348
287
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
AB Watts
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,469
6,182
0.234
Marine Geophysics
Marine Geology
Gravity
Isostasy
Tectonics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,444
2,395
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
David J Smith
University of Essex
Colchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,251
8,875
0.338
Conservation
Coral
Seagrass
Mangrove
Restoration
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,661
2,678
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
David W. Sims
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,377
11,989
0.492
marine ecology
movement ecology
sharks
conservation
fisheries
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,734
3,044
366
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Alex David Rogers
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,314
11,788
0.528
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
36,232
3,170
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Martin Edwards
University of Plymouth
Plymouth, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,661
10,177
0.470
Plankton
Ocean ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
36,824
3,223
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Dan Smale
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,415
17,257
0.806
Benthic Marine Ecology
Climate Change Ecology
Marine Biodiversity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,682
3,288
79
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Stephen M Jones
University of Birmingham
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,077
10,741
0.510
Mantle Convection
Ridge-Plume Interaction
Mantle-Climate Links
Mid Ocean Ridge and Continental Tectonics
Seismic Oceanography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
38,094
3,328
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Jason M Hall Spencer|Jason Hall-Spencer
University of Plymouth
Plymouth, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,918
10,747
0.514
Marine Ecology
Marine Biodiversity
Deep-sea biology
Ocean Acidification
Phycology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
39,625
3,459
238
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
IN McCave
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,340
4,435
0.218
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43,463
3,794
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Jin Wang
Liverpool John Moores University
Liverpool, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,988
10,580
0.557
Maritime and Offshore Engineering