Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Aston University Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings 2025
Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) and the list of the most cited and influential researchers cover a wide range of scientific fields, spanning 197 main and sub-disciplines, as well as the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings, offering a unique service. Additionally, the list without CERN, Statistical Data, etc., provided exclusively by “AD Scientific Index”, is part of our effort to balance the situation created by CERN and researchers with statistical data, who have an advantage over others, especially those in the social and humanities fields. There is still much work to be done in this area. See also for more specific citation analyses: "last 6 years citation index" Universities Rankings 2024 (Sort by: Total Citations) and Universities Rankings 2024 (Sort by : Last 6 Years Citations)
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
Gravitational waves
fused silica
mechanical dissipation
nanophotonics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,805
53,700
0.626
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Phenomenology
Relatedness
Distress
Empathy
Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,456
29,813
0.568
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Bioenergy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,915
15,183
0.354
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
International HRM
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,302
13,370
0.490
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Forensic Linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,864
5,147
0.207
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
optometry
contact lenses
intraocular lenses
low vision
accommodation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,085
15,480
0.643
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
AI
Data Science
Internet of Things (IoT)
Cybersecurity
information systems / management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,065
19,875
0.826
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Nonlinear science
solitons
optical communications
fiber lasers
nonlinear photonics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,009
9,359
0.407
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Photonics
Fibre Optics
Optical Fibre Gratings
Fibre Lasers
Fibre Sensors
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,804
7,084
0.358
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Servitization
product service systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,170
10,147
0.558
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Botany
Plant ecology
Lichens
Lichenometry
Astrobiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,105
7,996
0.467
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Supply chain management
Project management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,516
8,965
0.543
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Data Envelopment Analysis
Performance Management
Health Services
Regulation
Efficiency Analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,649
4,266
0.273
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
apoptotic cell clearance
innate immunity
macrophages
extracellular vesicles
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,532
11,637
0.801
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Optical Communications
Photonics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,933
3,475
0.249
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Knowledge Management
Analytics
Artificial Intelligence
Decision Support
Business Processes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,784
10,532
0.764
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Optical sensing and devices
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,561
3,355
0.247
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Small firms
employment relations
work
ethnic minority business
migrants
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,174
4,495
0.341
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Renewable Energy Systems
Fuel cells and electrolyses
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,890
12,535
0.972
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
optical comms
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,514
2,066
0.165
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Transglutaminase 2
fibrosis
cancer
biomaterials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,448
2,539
0.204
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
linguistics
language contact
language documentation
dialectology
typology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,753
4,888
0.416
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Software engineering
requirements engineering
knowledge elicitation
self-adaptive systems
digital health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,990
2,049
0.186
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Psychology
Behavioural Sciences
Neuropsychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,628
2,787
0.262
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Optical communications
ad-hoc networks
nonlinear optics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,487
1,305
0.124
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,984
324
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
KV Tokmakov
Aston University
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,805
53,700
0.626
Gravitational waves
fused silica
mechanical dissipation
nanophotonics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,950
782
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Michael Larkin
Aston University
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,456
29,813
0.568
Phenomenology
Relatedness
Distress
Empathy
Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,283
1,080
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
AV Bridgwater
Aston University
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,915
15,183
0.354
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,033
2,183
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Pawan Budhwar
Aston University
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,302
13,370
0.490
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,815
2,517
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Malcolm Coulthard
Aston University
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,864
5,147
0.207
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,183
2,633
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
James Wolffsohn
Aston University
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,085
15,480
0.643
optometry
contact lenses
intraocular lenses
low vision
accommodation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,227
2,640
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Victor Chang
Aston University
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,065
19,875
0.826
AI
Data Science
Internet of Things (IoT)
Cybersecurity
information systems / management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,291
2,822
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Sergei Turitsyn
Aston University
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,009
9,359
0.407
Nonlinear science
solitons
optical communications
fiber lasers
nonlinear photonics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
39,857
3,470
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Lin Zhang
Aston University
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,804
7,084
0.358
Photonics
Fibre Optics
Optical Fibre Gratings
Fibre Lasers
Fibre Sensors
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
44,793
3,910
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Tim Baines
Aston University
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,170
10,147
0.558
Servitization
product service systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
48,667
4,225
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Richard A. Armstrong
Aston University
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,105
7,996
0.467
Botany
Plant ecology
Lichens
Lichenometry
Astrobiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
50,957
4,422
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Prasanta Kumar Dey
Aston University
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,516
8,965
0.543
Supply chain management
Project management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
54,812
4,715
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Emmanuel Thanassoulis
Aston University
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,649
4,266
0.273
Data Envelopment Analysis
Performance Management
Health Services
Regulation
Efficiency Analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
60,381
5,181
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Andrew Devitt
Aston University
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,532
11,637
0.801
apoptotic cell clearance
innate immunity
macrophages
extracellular vesicles
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
63,853
5,467
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Andrew Ellis
Aston University
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,933
3,475
0.249
Optical Communications
Photonics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
64,752
5,542
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
John S. Edwards
Aston University
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,784
10,532
0.764
Knowledge Management
Analytics
Artificial Intelligence
Decision Support
Business Processes
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
66,153
5,654
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
David Webb
Aston University
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,561
3,355
0.247
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
68,666
5,858
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Monder Ram
Aston University
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,174
4,495
0.341
Small firms
employment relations
work
ethnic minority business
migrants
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
70,572
6,020
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Tabbi Wilberforce Awotwe
Aston University
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,890
12,535
0.972
Renewable Energy Systems
Fuel cells and electrolyses
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
73,252
6,244
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Nick Doran
Aston University
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,514
2,066
0.165
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
73,724
6,283
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Martin Griffin
Aston University
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,448
2,539
0.204
Transglutaminase 2
fibrosis
cancer
biomaterials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
79,037
6,703
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Yaron Matras
Aston University
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,753
4,888
0.416
linguistics
language contact
language documentation
dialectology
typology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
85,721
7,227
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Pete Sawyer
Aston University
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,990
2,049
0.186
Software engineering
requirements engineering
knowledge elicitation
self-adaptive systems
digital health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
89,167
7,504
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Carl Senior
Aston University
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,628
2,787
0.262
Psychology
Behavioural Sciences
Neuropsychology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
90,645
7,614
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Keith Blow
Aston University
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,487
1,305
0.124
Optical communications
ad-hoc networks
nonlinear optics