Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
University of the West of England Highly Cited Researchers CitationEngineering & Technology / Computer Science 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
Data Science & Artificial Intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,390
9,673
0.414
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Cyber Security
Digital Forensics
Internet of Things
Network Security
Privacy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,048
12,596
0.739
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
computer science
unconventional computing novel materials cellular automata applied mathematics
robotics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,817
6,701
0.398
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Computer vision
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,572
5,061
0.325
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Artificial Intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,523
4,517
0.291
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Sustainability/Net-Zero
Digital Enterprise
AI/Big Data
IoT/Digital Twin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,452
12,134
0.902
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Big Data
Applied AI Innovation
AI Assurance
Software Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,857
8,269
0.934
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
artificial intelligence unconventional computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,197
1,309
0.211
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Computer Simulation and Machine Vision with particular emphasis on 3D analysis of complex surface textures and object morphology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,041
2,033
0.503
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Applied Artificial Intelligence
Big Data Analytics
Circular Economy and Sustainability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,763
3,713
0.987
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Programming Languages
Parallelism
Parallel Programming
Concurrency
GPGPU
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,575
1,072
0.300
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Software engineering
agile
data modeling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,120
317
0.102
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
reinforcement learning
multi-agent systems
metaheuristics
planning and scheduling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,382
1,125
0.472
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Artificial Intelligence
Data Science
Autonomous Systems
Social Network Analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,299
1,179
0.513
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
cyber security
machine learning
visual analytics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,116
1,323
0.625
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Software Engineering
Smart cities
distributed and cloud computing
Business Process Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,925
1,181
0.614
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Educational Technology
Hypermedia
Human Computer Interaction
Text Mining
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,689
299
0.177
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Computer Forensics
Mobile Forensics
Security
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,675
1,299
0.776
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Machine vision
photometric stereo
AI
agri-tech
deep-learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,487
1,201
0.808
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
machine learning
artificial intelligence
deep learning
neural network
software engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,483
647
0.436
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Software Engineering
Artificial Intelligence
Security
Electronic Government
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,375
1,030
0.749
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Computer Vision
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,354
653
0.482
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Artificial Intelligence
Robotics
Semantic Web
Cybernetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,205
151
0.125
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
NLP
LLM
MLOps
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,185
847
0.715
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Cryptography
Information Security
Privacy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,128
763
0.676
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,577
2,853
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Kamran Munir
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,390
9,673
0.414
Data Science & Artificial Intelligence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
50,399
4,370
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Shancang Li
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,048
12,596
0.739
Cyber Security
Digital Forensics
Internet of Things
Network Security
Privacy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
51,271
4,441
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Andrew Adamatzky
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,817
6,701
0.398
computer science
unconventional computing novel materials cellular automata applied mathematics
robotics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
56,872
4,883
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Melvyn Smith
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,572
5,061
0.325
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
57,086
4,899
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Jim Smith
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,523
4,517
0.291
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
68,866
5,888
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Lukumon Oyedele
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,452
12,134
0.902
Sustainability/Net-Zero
Digital Enterprise
AI/Big Data
IoT/Digital Twin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
113,058
9,260
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Muhammad Bilal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,857
8,269
0.934
Big Data
Applied AI Innovation
AI Assurance
Software Engineering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
165,970
12,974
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Larry Bull
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,197
1,309
0.211
artificial intelligence unconventional computing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
250,091
18,582
56
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Lyndon Smith
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,041
2,033
0.503
Computer Simulation and Machine Vision with particular emphasis on 3D analysis of complex surface textures and object morphology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
266,324
19,575
59
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Lukman A Akanbi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,763
3,713
0.987
Applied Artificial Intelligence
Big Data Analytics
Circular Economy and Sustainability
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
278,341
20,302
64
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Benedict Gaster
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,575
1,072
0.300
Programming Languages
Parallelism
Parallel Programming
Concurrency
GPGPU
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
312,474
22,297
74
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
John Hunt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,120
317
0.102
Software engineering
agile
data modeling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
387,508
26,555
89
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
ME Aydin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,382
1,125
0.472
reinforcement learning
multi-agent systems
metaheuristics
planning and scheduling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
397,840
27,130
92
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Jun Hong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,299
1,179
0.513
Artificial Intelligence
Data Science
Autonomous Systems
Social Network Analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
422,966
28,445
99
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Phil Legg
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,116
1,323
0.625
cyber security
machine learning
visual analytics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
452,861
29,992
108
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Zaheer Khan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,925
1,181
0.614
Software Engineering
Smart cities
distributed and cloud computing
Business Process Management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
495,534
32,231
119
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
TJ Brailsford
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,689
299
0.177
Educational Technology
Hypermedia
Human Computer Interaction
Text Mining
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
498,213
32,367
121
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Panagiotis Andriotis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,675
1,299
0.776
Computer Forensics
Mobile Forensics
Security
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
538,318
34,393
134
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Mark F Hansen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,487
1,201
0.808
Machine vision
photometric stereo
AI
agri-tech
deep-learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
539,376
34,438
135
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Ammar Fahmy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,483
647
0.436
machine learning
artificial intelligence
deep learning
neural network
software engineering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
565,229
35,682
141
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Elias Pimenidis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,375
1,030
0.749
Software Engineering
Artificial Intelligence
Security
Electronic Government
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
570,707
35,961
145
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Gary A Atkinson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,354
653
0.482
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
611,691
37,962
160
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Steve Battle
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,205
151
0.125
Artificial Intelligence
Robotics
Semantic Web
Cybernetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
617,483
38,220
161
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Kabiru O Akande
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,185
847
0.715
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
635,155
39,013
167
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Essam Ghadafi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,128
763
0.676
Cryptography
Information Security
Privacy