Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 822 Scientists Citation Rankings (Sort by last 6 years Citation Index) - 2025
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
Machine Learning
Computer Vision
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,419
19,224
0.941
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Wireless Channel Measurements and Modeling
6G Wireless Communication Networks
Electromagnetic Information Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,441
16,823
0.571
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
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: 4
FAIR Data
Data discoverability
Data integration
Semantic Web
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,720
14,916
0.756
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Toxicology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,676
10,477
0.251
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Polymeric biomaterials
additive manufacturing
tissue engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,266
10,340
0.566
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Energy systems
CCUS
Hydrogen
Low-Carbon fuels
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,727
10,245
0.547
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
cognitive ageing
healthy ageing
wellbeing
lifestyle
interventions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,692
9,352
0.500
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Prognostics
Microsystems
Cyber Physical Systems
Energy Systems
Robotics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,099
7,638
0.839
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Fisheries
Marine Ecology
Marine Biology
Conservation Biology
Aquaculture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,895
7,288
0.281
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
corporate social responsibility & governance
auditing
business ethics
intellectual capital
Islamic accounting and finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,751
6,715
0.426
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Business Performance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,143
6,614
0.365
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Robotics
Robot Vision
Robot Learning
SLAM
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,004
6,577
0.822
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
integrated photonics
material science
optical telecommunications
quantum optics
plasmonics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,615
6,490
0.675
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Gas Hydrates
Flow Assurance
PVT Phase Behaviour and Properties of Reservoir Fluids and CO2-Rich Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,056
6,397
0.425
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Optics
Quantum Optics
Computational Imaging
Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,152
6,374
0.395
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Urban Planning
Housing
Poverty
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,088
6,236
0.413
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
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: 19
Metasurfaces
Ultrathin optical devices
Metalenses
Holograms
Structure beams
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,324
6,104
0.591
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Mineral carbonation
negative emissions
carbon dioxide removal
enhanced weathering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,580
5,999
0.791
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Wearable sensors
soft robotics
soft actuators
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,770
5,952
0.679
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Natural Language Processing
Conversational AI
Spoken Dialogue Systems
Natural Language Generation
Ethics in AI
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,973
5,921
0.743
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,240
5,805
0.474
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Seabird ecology
fisheries
migration
movement ecology
applied ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,657
5,752
0.454
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Graphics Programming Visualization Interactive Systems
Simulation
Computer Games
Animation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,903
5,632
0.954
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,831
1,040
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Andrew Brock
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,419
19,224
0.941
Machine Learning
Computer Vision
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,409
1,277
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Cheng Xiang Wang
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,441
16,823
0.571
Wireless Channel Measurements and Modeling
6G Wireless Communication Networks
Electromagnetic Information Theory
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,545
1,379
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
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
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,299
1,541
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Alasdair JG Gray
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,720
14,916
0.756
FAIR Data
Data discoverability
Data integration
Semantic Web
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,458
2,633
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Vicki Stone
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,676
10,477
0.251
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,048
2,688
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Ferry PW Melchels
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,266
10,340
0.566
Polymeric biomaterials
additive manufacturing
tissue engineering
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,458
2,726
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Mercedes Maroto Valer
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,727
10,245
0.547
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,916
3,095
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Alan J Gow
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,692
9,352
0.500
cognitive ageing
healthy ageing
wellbeing
lifestyle
interventions
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
46,711
4,067
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
David Flynn
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,099
7,638
0.839
Prognostics
Microsystems
Cyber Physical Systems
Energy Systems
Robotics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
49,881
4,282
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Michel J Kaiser
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,895
7,288
0.281
Fisheries
Marine Ecology
Marine Biology
Conservation Biology
Aquaculture
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
56,024
4,758
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Roszaini Haniffa
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,751
6,715
0.426
corporate social responsibility & governance
auditing
business ethics
intellectual capital
Islamic accounting and finance
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
57,216
4,859
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Umit Bititci
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,143
6,614
0.365
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
57,669
4,898
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Sen Wang
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,004
6,577
0.822
Robotics
Robot Vision
Robot Learning
SLAM
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
58,803
4,983
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Marcello Ferrera
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,615
6,490
0.675
integrated photonics
material science
optical telecommunications
quantum optics
plasmonics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
59,969
5,061
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Bahman Tohidi
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,056
6,397
0.425
Gas Hydrates
Flow Assurance
PVT Phase Behaviour and Properties of Reservoir Fluids and CO2-Rich Systems
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
60,251
5,084
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Jonathan Leach
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,152
6,374
0.395
Optics
Quantum Optics
Computational Imaging
Physics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
62,061
5,234
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Glen Bramley
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,088
6,236
0.413
Urban Planning
Housing
Poverty
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
62,326
5,255
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
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
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
63,916
5,391
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Xianzhong Chen
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,324
6,104
0.591
Metasurfaces
Ultrathin optical devices
Metalenses
Holograms
Structure beams
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
65,490
5,506
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Phil Renforth
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,580
5,999
0.791
Mineral carbonation
negative emissions
carbon dioxide removal
enhanced weathering
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
66,213
5,562
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Morteza Amjadi
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,770
5,952
0.679
Wearable sensors
soft robotics
soft actuators
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
66,683
5,592
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Verena Rieser
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,973
5,921
0.743
Natural Language Processing
Conversational AI
Spoken Dialogue Systems
Natural Language Generation
Ethics in AI
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
68,451
5,713
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Gerald Buller
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,240
5,805
0.474
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
69,342
5,788
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Stephen Votier
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,657
5,752
0.454
Seabird ecology
fisheries
migration
movement ecology
applied ecology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
71,398
5,947
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Benjamin Kenwright
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,903
5,632
0.954
Graphics Programming Visualization Interactive Systems
Simulation
Computer Games
Animation