Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings 2025

Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) and the list of the most cited and influential researchers cover a wide range of scientific fields, spanning 197 main and sub-disciplines, as well as the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings, offering a unique service. Additionally, the list without CERN, Statistical Data, etc., provided exclusively by “AD Scientific Index”, is part of our effort to balance the situation created by CERN and researchers with statistical data, who have an advantage over others, especially those in the social and humanities fields. There should be new regulations for multi-author and CERN papers. Citation lists also reveal many rule violations and unethical practices. See also for more specific citation analyses: Scientists Last 6 years Citation IndexUniversities Total Citations Rankings 2025 and Universities Last 6 Years Citations Rankings 2025

* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
United Kingdom
Stephen Philip Marsden
Nuclear Fusion
NBI
ECRH
ECCD
Plasma Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112,814
49,054
0.435
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
United Kingdom
Sergei Dudarev
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,311
15,615
0.533
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
United Kingdom
Colin M Roach
plasma physics
fusion
plasma turbulence
magnetic confinement
(high energy physics)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,977
4,096
0.256
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
United Kingdom
Sergei Sharapov
Plasma
nuclear fusion
energetic ions
Magnetohydrodynamics
diagnostics of energetic particles
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,477
4,969
0.321
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
United Kingdom
Robert Akers
Plasma Physics
High Energy Physics
HPC
AI
Engineering Simulation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,145
1,991
0.179
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
United Kingdom
Vasily Kiptily
Plasma physics
nuclear fusion
fusion plasma diagnostics
nuclear physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,563
3,640
0.425
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
United Kingdom
Mark R. Gilbert
Materials
Nucler Physics
Radiation
Fusion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,488
5,014
0.670
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
United Kingdom
Luca Garzotti
Plasma physics
Nuclear fusion
Tokamak physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,304
3,618
0.495
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
United Kingdom
James Harrison
plasma physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,985
4,869
0.697
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
United Kingdom
Jean-Christophe Sublet
Nuclear physics
simulation science
nuclear data
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,395
3,529
0.552
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
United Kingdom
Ken Mcclements
Plasma Physics
Astrophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,055
2,346
0.387
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
United Kingdom
Andrew Meigs
plasma physics
spectrscopy
diagnostics
data analsysis
scientific programming
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,961
2,523
0.423
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
United Kingdom
Andrew Thornton
Tokamaks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,694
2,810
0.599
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
United Kingdom
Eric Prestat
(S)TEM
in situ
Data Analysis
Materials for Fusion
Nanoscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,627
3,594
0.777
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
United Kingdom
Ruben Otin
Nuclear Fusion
Computational Physics
Electromagnetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,504
3,788
0.841
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
United Kingdom
Jon C. Hillesheim
Plasma Physics
Fusion
Turbulence
Transport
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,103
2,352
0.573
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
United Kingdom
Marco Sertoli
Plasma Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,092
2,514
0.614
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
United Kingdom
Hyk Lau
robotics
virtual reality
computation intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,791
1,946
0.513
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
United Kingdom
Stanislas Pamela
Plasma Physics
Fusion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,667
2,373
0.647
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
United Kingdom
D Moulton
Edge plasma physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,657
2,792
0.763
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
United Kingdom
David L Keeling
nuclear fusion
plasma physics
STM
self assembly
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,651
2,125
0.582
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
United Kingdom
Fulvio Militello
Plasma physics
Nuclear Fusion
Nonlinear Dynamics
Turbulence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,611
2,353
0.652
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
United Kingdom
Gabor Szepesi
Plasma physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,515
2,257
0.642
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
United Kingdom
Darren Mcdonald
Plasma Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,706
637
0.235
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
United Kingdom
Nicholas Walkden
Tokamak plasma physics
scrape-off layer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,488
1,873
0.753
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,334
United Kingdom
186
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Stephen Philip Marsden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112,814
49,054
0.435
Nuclear Fusion
NBI
ECRH
ECCD
Plasma Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,475
United Kingdom
1,995
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Sergei Dudarev
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,311
15,615
0.533
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
53,318
United Kingdom
4,609
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Colin M Roach
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,977
4,096
0.256
plasma physics
fusion
plasma turbulence
magnetic confinement
(high energy physics)
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
55,649
United Kingdom
4,785
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Sergei Sharapov
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,477
4,969
0.321
Plasma
nuclear fusion
energetic ions
Magnetohydrodynamics
diagnostics of energetic particles
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
84,274
United Kingdom
7,125
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Robert Akers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,145
1,991
0.179
Plasma Physics
High Energy Physics
HPC
AI
Engineering Simulation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
114,260
United Kingdom
9,368
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Vasily Kiptily
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,563
3,640
0.425
Plasma physics
nuclear fusion
fusion plasma diagnostics
nuclear physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
132,573
United Kingdom
10,726
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Mark R. Gilbert
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,488
5,014
0.670
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
136,082
United Kingdom
10,968
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Luca Garzotti
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,304
3,618
0.495
Plasma physics
Nuclear fusion
Tokamak physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
142,742
United Kingdom
11,420
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
James Harrison
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,985
4,869
0.697
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
156,427
United Kingdom
12,352
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Jean-Christophe Sublet
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,395
3,529
0.552
Nuclear physics
simulation science
nuclear data
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
165,365
United Kingdom
12,935
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Ken Mcclements
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,055
2,346
0.387
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
168,017
United Kingdom
13,105
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Andrew Meigs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,961
2,523
0.423
plasma physics
spectrscopy
diagnostics
data analsysis
scientific programming
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
212,054
United Kingdom
16,114
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Andrew Thornton
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,694
2,810
0.599
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
214,925
United Kingdom
16,333
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Eric Prestat
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,627
3,594
0.777
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
220,399
United Kingdom
16,678
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Ruben Otin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,504
3,788
0.841
Nuclear Fusion
Computational Physics
Electromagnetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
240,243
United Kingdom
17,940
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Jon C. Hillesheim
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,103
2,352
0.573
Plasma Physics
Fusion
Turbulence
Transport
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
240,874
United Kingdom
17,987
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Marco Sertoli
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,092
2,514
0.614
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
258,035
United Kingdom
19,047
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Hyk Lau
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,791
1,946
0.513
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
265,592
United Kingdom
19,512
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Stanislas Pamela
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,667
2,373
0.647
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
266,215
United Kingdom
19,555
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
D Moulton
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,657
2,792
0.763
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
266,587
United Kingdom
19,577
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
David L Keeling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,651
2,125
0.582
nuclear fusion
plasma physics
STM
self assembly
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
269,110
United Kingdom
19,738
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Fulvio Militello
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,611
2,353
0.652
Plasma physics
Nuclear Fusion
Nonlinear Dynamics
Turbulence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
275,380
United Kingdom
20,122
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Gabor Szepesi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,515
2,257
0.642
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
342,459
United Kingdom
24,029
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Darren Mcdonald
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,706
637
0.235
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
365,845
United Kingdom
25,321
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Nicholas Walkden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,488
1,873
0.753
Tokamak plasma physics
scrape-off layer