Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Heriot-Watt University Highly Cited Researchers Citation 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 :26
Ethical consumption
sustainability
marketing ethics
corporate social responsibility
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,288
6,082
0.458
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :27
theoretical chemistry
computational chemistry
physical chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,082
1,963
0.150
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :28
Project Management
Risk Management
System Dynamics
Project Planning
Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,713
5,568
0.438
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :29
Molecular Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,522
4,360
0.348
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :30
Seabird ecology
fisheries
migration
movement ecology
applied ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,267
6,363
0.519
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :31
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,805
6,441
0.546
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :32
Nanoscience
Photonics
2D Materials
Quantum Optics
Quantum Dots
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,727
5,033
0.429
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :33
Microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,190
2,092
0.187
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :34
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,076
856
0.077
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :35
Catalysis
Organometallic Chemistry
Computational Chemistry
Reaction Mechanisms
C-H Activation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,798
4,269
0.395
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :36
Actuarial science
actuarial mathematics
insurance mathematics
longevity risk
mortality risk
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,705
3,323
0.310
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :37
geology and geochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,563
2,166
0.205
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :38
Theoretical physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,381
4,306
0.415
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :39
Nonlinear Science
Nonlinear Waves
Computer Algebra.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,307
1,625
0.158
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :40
Metasurfaces
Ultrathin optical devices
Metalenses
Holograms
Structure beams
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,908
6,637
0.670
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :41
carbon storage
geothermal energy
geology
petrophysics
geomechanics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,637
5,205
0.540
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :42
integrated photonics
material science
optical telecommunications
quantum optics
plasmonics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,344
6,785
0.726
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :43
Plant stress
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,327
1,688
0.181
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :44
Engineering advanced cognition
sensing and bio-inspiration into unmanned systems. Cyber Physical Web and Fabric Federating Digi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,964
3,061
0.341
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :45
Robotics and computer vision
Subsea Robotics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,929
4,378
0.490
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :46
Quantum Photonics
Quantum Information
Quantum Technologies
Entanglement
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,740
6,121
0.700
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :47
Supramolecular Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,624
2,366
0.274
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :48
Mathematical Physics
String Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,488
2,181
0.257
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :49
geometric modelling and processing
image processing
applied PDEs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,476
1,598
0.189
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :50
Prognostics
Microsystems
Cyber Physical Systems
Energy Systems
Robotics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,474
7,435
0.877
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
69,757
5,933
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Marylyn Carrigan
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,288
6,082
0.458
Ethical consumption
sustainability
marketing ethics
corporate social responsibility
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
71,174
6,048
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Maciej Gutowski
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,082
1,963
0.150
theoretical chemistry
computational chemistry
physical chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
73,736
6,260
29
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Stephen Ogunlana
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,713
5,568
0.438
Project Management
Risk Management
System Dynamics
Project Planning
Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
75,172
6,376
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Nick Leslie
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,522
4,360
0.348
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
77,005
6,536
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Stephen Votier
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,267
6,363
0.519
Seabird ecology
fisheries
migration
movement ecology
applied ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
80,728
6,804
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Gerald Buller
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,805
6,441
0.546
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
81,370
6,870
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Brian Gerardot
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,727
5,033
0.429
Nanoscience
Photonics
2D Materials
Quantum Optics
Quantum Dots
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
86,117
7,234
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Michael Winson
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,190
2,092
0.187
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
87,200
7,326
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Arno Kraft
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,076
856
0.077
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
89,849
7,535
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Stuart A Macgregor
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,798
4,269
0.395
Catalysis
Organometallic Chemistry
Computational Chemistry
Reaction Mechanisms
C-H Activation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
90,772
7,598
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Andrew Cairns
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,705
3,323
0.310
Actuarial science
actuarial mathematics
insurance mathematics
longevity risk
mortality risk
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
92,249
7,693
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
John Ludden
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,563
2,166
0.205
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
94,089
7,846
39
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Patrik Öhberg
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,381
4,306
0.415
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
94,897
7,912
40
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
J Chris Eilbeck
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,307
1,625
0.158
Nonlinear Science
Nonlinear Waves
Computer Algebra.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
99,282
8,234
41
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Xianzhong Chen
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,908
6,637
0.670
Metasurfaces
Ultrathin optical devices
Metalenses
Holograms
Structure beams
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
102,433
8,472
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Andreas Busch
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,637
5,205
0.540
carbon storage
geothermal energy
geology
petrophysics
geomechanics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
106,097
8,729
43
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Marcello Ferrera
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,344
6,785
0.726
integrated photonics
material science
optical telecommunications
quantum optics
plasmonics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
106,357
8,746
44
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Peter Morris
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,327
1,688
0.181
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
111,284
9,098
45
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
David Lane
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,964
3,061
0.341
Engineering advanced cognition
sensing and bio-inspiration into unmanned systems. Cyber Physical Web and Fabric Federating Digi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
111,736
9,124
46
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Yvan Petillot
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,929
4,378
0.490
Robotics and computer vision
Subsea Robotics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
114,519
9,332
47
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Mehul Malik
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,740
6,121
0.700
Quantum Photonics
Quantum Information
Quantum Technologies
Entanglement
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
116,246
9,465
48
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Scott J Dalgarno
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,624
2,366
0.274
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
118,312
9,620
49
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Richard J Szabo
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,488
2,181
0.257
Mathematical Physics
String Theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
118,513
9,643
50
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Alexander G Belyaev
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,476
1,598
0.189
geometric modelling and processing
image processing
applied PDEs
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
118,528
9,648
51
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
David Flynn
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,474
7,435
0.877
Prognostics
Microsystems
Cyber Physical Systems
Energy Systems
Robotics