The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) list 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.
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Civil Engineering
Project management
Sustainability
Dependability
Decision making
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,200
15,988
0.634
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Human Factors
Accidents
Safety
Methods
Civil Engineering Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,165
6,216
0.410
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Cement
Concrete
Electrical Measurements
Soil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,132
1,787
0.291
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Concrete
Finite Element Analysis
Nonlinear analysis
Earthquake Design
Impact Problems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,268
1,213
0.535
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Circular economy
Sustainable structural systems
Resilient infrastructure
Multi-hazard mitigation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,630
1,124
0.690
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Building Conservation
Construction Technology & Low Carbon Materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,573
911
0.579
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Concrete
Durability
Electrical measurements
Fibre reinforced concrete
Forensic engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,161
820
0.706
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Building Physics
CFD Modelling
Heat and Mass Transfer
Wind Tunnel
Dynamic Thermal Modelling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,508
727
0.482
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
flood risk management
water engineering
hydraulics
civil engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,022
577
0.565
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Civil Engineering
Highway Materials
Transportation Engineering
Non-conventional building and paving Blocks
Bitumen Rheology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
501
435
0.868
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Catchment Hydrology and Floods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
668
375
0.561
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
structural engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
335
265
0.791
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
363
225
0.620
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
structural engineering computational mechanics civil engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
302
200
0.662
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Geotechnics
Underground Thermal Energy Storage
Energy Geostructures
THM
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
157
153
0.975
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Coastal and estuarine processes
coastal engineering
sediment transport
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
190
104
0.547
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Geotechnical & Civil Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74
70
0.946
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Data Science
Machine Learning
Deep Learning
Time Series
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63
63
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Civil Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
40
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Civil Engineering
Environmental Engineering
Water Engineering
Machine learning
Artificial
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
31
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Urban Planning
Civil Engineering
Regional Planning
Sustainability
waste management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
21
0.700
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Finite Element Analysis
Structural Analysis
Civil Engineering Materials
Numerical Analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
14
0.933
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
civil engineering
materials and climate
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9
9
1.000
Zhen Chen
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,200
15,988
0.634
Civil Engineering
Project management
Sustainability
Dependability
Decision making
Guy Walker
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,165
6,216
0.410
Human Factors
Accidents
Safety
Methods
Civil Engineering Systems
WJ McCarter
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,132
1,787
0.291
Cement
Concrete
Electrical Measurements
Soil
Demetrios M Cotsovos
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,268
1,213
0.535
Concrete
Finite Element Analysis
Nonlinear analysis
Earthquake Design
Impact Problems
George Vasdravellis
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,630
1,124
0.690
Circular economy
Sustainable structural systems
Resilient infrastructure
Multi-hazard mitigation
Alan Forster
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,573
911
0.579
Building Conservation
Construction Technology & Low Carbon Materials
Benny Suryanto
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,161
820
0.706
Concrete
Durability
Electrical measurements
Fibre reinforced concrete
Forensic engineering
Hassam Nasarullah Chaudhry
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,508
727
0.482
Building Physics
CFD Modelling
Heat and Mass Transfer
Wind Tunnel
Dynamic Thermal Modelling
Grant Wright
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,022
577
0.565
flood risk management
water engineering
hydraulics
civil engineering
Olufemi Adebayo Johnson
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
501
435
0.868
Civil Engineering
Highway Materials
Transportation Engineering
Non-conventional building and paving Blocks
Bitumen Rheology
Ian Pattison
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
668
375
0.561
Catchment Hydrology and Floods
Mustafa Batikha
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
335
265
0.791
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Nurul Izma Mohammed
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
363
225
0.620
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Airil Yasreen Mohd Yassin
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
302
200
0.662
structural engineering computational mechanics civil engineering
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Amirhossein Hashemi
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
157
153
0.975
Geotechnics
Underground Thermal Energy Storage
Energy Geostructures
THM
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Farzin Samsami
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
190
104
0.547
Coastal and estuarine processes
coastal engineering
sediment transport
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Marwan Alzaylaie
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74
70
0.946
Geotechnical & Civil Engineering
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ashkan Lotfipoor
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63
63
1.000
Data Science
Machine Learning
Deep Learning
Time Series
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Abbas Rizvi
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
40
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ismail I. Aminu
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
31
1.000
Civil Engineering
Environmental Engineering
Water Engineering
Machine learning
Artificial
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Jil Sheth
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
21
0.700
Urban Planning
Civil Engineering
Regional Planning
Sustainability
waste management
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Hasibullah Rasooli
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
14
0.933
Finite Element Analysis
Structural Analysis
Civil Engineering Materials
Numerical Analysis
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rabiu Shehu
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9
9
1.000
civil engineering
materials and climate