Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
University of Saint Andrews Highly Cited Researchers CitationNatural Sciences / Physics 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
Optical manipulation
biophotonics
StBSRC
StAWT4YPhD
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,154
16,091
0.373
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Astrophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,105
14,492
0.627
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Biophotonics
Organic Electronics
Polaritons
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,246
7,531
0.569
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Condensed Matter Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,282
6,066
0.494
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Bose-Einstein Condensation
Exciton-Polaritons
Open Quantum Systems
Multimode Cavity QED
Non-Markovian methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,876
6,300
0.530
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Optics and Photonics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,128
3,627
0.397
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Open quantum systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,030
2,592
0.430
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Plasma Proteins
Metal Homeostasis
Haemostasis
Cell Signalling
Zinc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,971
3,849
0.645
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Ultrafast Lasers
Biophotonics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,830
1,661
0.285
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Condensed Matter Physics
strongly correlated electron systems
scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,318
1,780
0.412
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
quantum information
quantum optics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,297
817
0.248
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Astrophysics
Astrobiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,134
2,057
0.656
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Gravitational Waves
Black Holes
Statistics
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,962
1,516
0.512
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Light-matter interaction
Microcavities
Polaritons
Excitons
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,957
2,060
0.697
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Star and Planet Formation
Molecular clouds
Statistics and Machine Learning
History of Astronomy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,956
1,577
0.533
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Optical manipulation
Levitated optomechanics
Chiral optomechanics
Biophotonics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,382
1,695
0.712
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,316
862
0.372
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Centre of Biophotonics St Andrews
single-molecule biophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,180
721
0.331
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Opthalmic imaging
Optical Coherence Tomography
biophotonics
microfluidics
Raman spectroscopy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,059
973
0.473
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Holographical display
Biophotonics imaging
Raman Spectroscopy
OCT
Optical Tweezers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,031
1,643
0.809
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Biophotonics
Mechanobiology
Computational Imaging
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,956
1,607
0.822
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
star formation
MHD
computational astrophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,770
1,335
0.754
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Speckle Metrology
Raman Spectroscopy
Wavefront Shaping
Levitated Optomechanics
Cold Atoms
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,587
1,144
0.721
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Biophotonics
Organic electronics
Wearable sensors
Spectroscopy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,560
821
0.526
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Optics
Photonics
Lasers
Spectroscopy
Material science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,402
1,261
0.899
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,551
1,102
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Kishan Dholakia
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,154
16,091
0.373
Optical manipulation
biophotonics
StBSRC
StAWT4YPhD
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,964
2,880
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Vivienne Wild
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,105
14,492
0.627
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
69,958
5,946
49
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Malte C Gather
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,246
7,531
0.569
Biophotonics
Organic Electronics
Polaritons
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
76,800
6,521
55
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Phil DC King
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,282
6,066
0.494
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
80,033
6,759
59
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Jonathan Keeling
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,876
6,300
0.530
Bose-Einstein Condensation
Exciton-Polaritons
Open Quantum Systems
Multimode Cavity QED
Non-Markovian methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
108,912
8,933
79
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Michael Mazilu
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,128
3,627
0.397
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
169,952
13,189
110
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Brendon Lovett
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,030
2,592
0.430
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
171,584
13,300
112
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Alan J Stewart
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,971
3,849
0.645
Plasma Proteins
Metal Homeostasis
Haemostasis
Cell Signalling
Zinc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
175,724
13,584
114
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
CTA Brown
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,830
1,661
0.285
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
234,488
17,541
137
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Peter Wahl
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,318
1,780
0.412
Condensed Matter Physics
strongly correlated electron systems
scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
297,552
21,357
171
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Natalia Korolkova
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,297
817
0.248
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
310,331
22,114
178
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Duncan Forgan
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,134
2,057
0.656
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
325,228
22,996
187
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Steve Drasco
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,962
1,516
0.512
Gravitational Waves
Black Holes
Statistics
Machine Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
325,633
23,021
189
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Hamid Ohadi
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,957
2,060
0.697
Light-matter interaction
Microcavities
Polaritons
Excitons
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
325,761
23,029
190
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Paula Stella Teixeira
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,956
1,577
0.533
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Star and Planet Formation
Molecular clouds
Statistics and Machine Learning
History of Astronomy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
386,430
26,437
217
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Yoshihiko Arita
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,382
1,695
0.712
Optical manipulation
Levitated optomechanics
Chiral optomechanics
Biophotonics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
394,739
26,871
223
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Bernd Braunecker
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,316
862
0.372
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
412,711
27,859
230
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Carlos Penedo
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,180
721
0.331
Centre of Biophotonics St Andrews
single-molecule biophysics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
430,446
28,769
240
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Praveen Cheriyan Ashok
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,059
973
0.473
Opthalmic imaging
Optical Coherence Tomography
biophotonics
microfluidics
Raman spectroscopy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
434,756
28,994
241
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Mingzhou Chen
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,031
1,643
0.809
Holographical display
Biophotonics imaging
Raman Spectroscopy
OCT
Optical Tweezers
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
446,410
29,590
246
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Philip Wijesinghe
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,956
1,607
0.822
Biophotonics
Mechanobiology
Computational Imaging
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
478,543
31,221
256
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
James Wurster
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,770
1,335
0.754
star formation
MHD
computational astrophysics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
515,328
33,167
268
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Graham D Bruce
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,587
1,144
0.721
Speckle Metrology
Raman Spectroscopy
Wavefront Shaping
Levitated Optomechanics
Cold Atoms
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
521,170
33,451
270
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Ashu Bansal
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,560
821
0.526
Biophotonics
Organic electronics
Wearable sensors
Spectroscopy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
557,359
35,274
286
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Angel Bravo
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,402
1,261
0.899
Optics
Photonics
Lasers
Spectroscopy
Material science