Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
University of the West of Scotland 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 should be new regulations for multi-author and CERN papers. Citation lists also reveal many rule violations and unethical practices. See also for more specific citation analyses: 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
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91,847
73,566
0.801
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Nuclear Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,319
27,073
0.414
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Games
Databases
Web2.0
eLearning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,769
7,993
0.450
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Serious Games
Computer Games
Games-based Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,920
6,102
0.559
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Entrepreneurship
Enterprise Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,814
4,149
0.384
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Corporate Social Responsibility
Integrated Reporting
Higher Education
Female Entrepreneurship
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,869
6,286
0.709
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
clinical psychology
forensic psychology
sexual behaviour
epidemiology
psychophysiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,679
2,108
0.243
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,021
3,168
0.395
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
environmental geochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,642
4,746
0.621
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Semiconductor Materials
Nanotechnology
Nanowires
Optoelectronics
Flexible Electronics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,959
6,624
0.952
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Drug Discovery from microbial sources
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,257
4,924
0.787
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Entrepreneurship
Family Business
Narrative
Policing
Rural Criminology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,864
3,091
0.527
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Ecotoxicology
biomarkers
Aquaculture diagnostics
pharmaceuticals
microplastics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,749
4,079
0.710
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Intelligent Systems
Artificial Intelligence
Optimisation
Scheduling
Operational Research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,478
3,026
0.552
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Databases
business intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,338
1,394
0.261
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Nuclear structure
Nuclear astrophysics and Nuclear applications
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,912
2,040
0.415
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Accounting Education
Accounting profession
Credit Ratings
Corporate social responsibility
Higher Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,646
1,778
0.383
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Exercise Physiology
Cardiac Physiology
mHealth
Academic Writing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,430
2,773
0.626
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
6G
Wireless Communications
Machine Learning
Internet of Things
Aerial Networks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,417
3,316
0.751
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Cyber-Security
Networks
Artificial Intelligence
Large-Scale Systems
Computer Vision
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,352
2,995
0.688
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Marxism
neoliberalism
social work
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,189
1,656
0.395
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Academic writing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,177
1,659
0.397
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Construction Materials
Nanotechnology
Micro-mechanical characterisation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,162
1,812
0.435
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
5G/6G Networks
AI
Robotics
Visual Communications
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,513
2,234
0.636
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
crisis management learning
strategy extreme events business continuity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,404
1,404
0.412
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,531
289
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Ross Birney
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91,847
73,566
0.801
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,266
537
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
John F Smith
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,319
27,073
0.414
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
46,157
4,022
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Thomas Connolly
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,769
7,993
0.450
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
86,415
7,290
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Thomas Hainey
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,920
6,102
0.559
Serious Games
Computer Games
Games-based Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
87,365
7,378
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Harry Matlay
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,814
4,149
0.384
Entrepreneurship
Enterprise Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
109,748
9,032
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Abeer Hassan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,869
6,286
0.709
Corporate Social Responsibility
Integrated Reporting
Higher Education
Female Entrepreneurship
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
112,470
9,235
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Stuart Brody
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,679
2,108
0.243
clinical psychology
forensic psychology
sexual behaviour
epidemiology
psychophysiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
122,827
10,033
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Peter Hall
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,021
3,168
0.395
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
129,645
10,532
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Andrew Hursthouse
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,642
4,746
0.621
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
143,330
11,468
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Carlos García Núñez
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,959
6,624
0.952
Semiconductor Materials
Nanotechnology
Nanowires
Optoelectronics
Flexible Electronics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
159,985
12,577
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Mostafa E Rateb
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,257
4,924
0.787
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
170,819
13,292
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Robert Smith
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,864
3,091
0.527
Entrepreneurship
Family Business
Narrative
Policing
Rural Criminology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
174,163
13,529
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Brian Quinn
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,749
4,079
0.710
Ecotoxicology
biomarkers
Aquaculture diagnostics
pharmaceuticals
microplastics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
182,709
14,121
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Keshav Dahal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,478
3,026
0.552
Intelligent Systems
Artificial Intelligence
Optimisation
Scheduling
Operational Research
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
187,256
14,418
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Carolyn Begg
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,338
1,394
0.261
Databases
business intelligence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
202,983
15,516
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
BS Nara Singh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,912
2,040
0.415
Nuclear structure
Nuclear astrophysics and Nuclear applications
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
214,141
16,285
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Angus Duff
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,646
1,778
0.383
Accounting Education
Accounting profession
Credit Ratings
Corporate social responsibility
Higher Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
223,721
16,872
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Nicholas Sculthorpe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,430
2,773
0.626
Exercise Physiology
Cardiac Physiology
mHealth
Academic Writing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
224,385
16,930
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Muhammad Zeeshan Shakir
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,417
3,316
0.751
6G
Wireless Communications
Machine Learning
Internet of Things
Aerial Networks
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
227,480
17,129
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Jose M. Alcaraz Calero
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,352
2,995
0.688
Cyber-Security
Networks
Artificial Intelligence
Large-Scale Systems
Computer Vision
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
235,691
17,657
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Iain Ferguson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,189
1,656
0.395
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
236,301
17,701
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Rowena Murray
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,177
1,659
0.397
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
237,074
17,740
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Wenzhong Zhu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,162
1,812
0.435
Construction Materials
Nanotechnology
Micro-mechanical characterisation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
275,513
20,128
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Qi Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,513
2,234
0.636
5G/6G Networks
AI
Robotics
Visual Communications
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
283,109
20,580
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Dominic Elliott
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,404
1,404
0.412
crisis management learning
strategy extreme events business continuity