Heriot-Watt University is a prestigious public university established in 1966 in United Kingdom. It is represented by 807 scientists in the AD Scientific Index. The university’s scientists are particularly concentrated in Engineering & Technology (241 scientists), Natural Sciences (119 scientists), and Social Sciences and Humanities (89 scientists).

Total 50 scientist
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
Jonathan Leach
Optics
Quantum Optics
Computational Imaging
Physics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
47
0.758
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Duncan Hand
lasers in manufacturing
optical fibres
optical sensing
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
31
0.646
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
cr pidgeon
Infrared Semiconductor Physics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
17
0.378
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Derryck T Reid
photonics
ultrafast optics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
25
0.568
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Alessandro Fedrizzi
Quantum Information
Quantum Optics
Quantum Computing
Entanglement
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
36
0.900
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Patrik Öhberg
Theoretical physics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
26
0.650
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Erika Andersson
Quantum information science
quantum physics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
27
0.692
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Mohammad Taghizadeh
physics
optics
computing
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
17
0.436
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Fabio Biancalana
Nonlinear optics
solitons
quantum field theory
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
24
0.632
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Xianzhong Chen
Metasurfaces
Ultrathin optical devices
Metalenses
Holograms
Structure beams
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
35
0.946
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Mehul Malik
Quantum Photonics
Quantum Information
Quantum Technologies
Entanglement
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
35
0.946
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Marcello Ferrera
integrated photonics
material science
optical telecommunications
quantum optics
plasmonics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
31
0.861
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Erik M Gauger
quantum theory
quantum technologies
quantum biology
open quantum systems
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
27
0.771
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
William MacPherson
Optical sensing
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
22
0.629
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Graeme Whyte
Optics
microfludics
microdroplets
cell mechanics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34
24
0.706
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Aongus McCarthy
Optics
Optical Interconnects
Photon Counting
Time-of-flight
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
27
0.818
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Martin McCoustra
Laboratory Astrochemistry
Laboratory Astrophysics
Surface Science
Surface Analysis
Surface Kinetics and Dynamics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
18
0.545
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Dave Townsend
Chemical Physics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
19
0.594
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Ian Galbraith
physics
optoelectronics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
12
0.375
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Cristian Bonato
quantum spintronics
quantum sensing
quantum networks
machine learning in physics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
20
0.769
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Margherita Mazzera
Quantum photonics with solids
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
19
0.731
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Pragati Kumar
quantum physics
neural networks
IOT
AI
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
16
0.667
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Lynn Paterson
Optical tweezers
Raman spectroscopy
Microfluidics
Biophotonics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
16
0.696
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Richard A Davison
Theoretical physics
High energy theory
Condensed matter theory
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
19
0.905
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Mark Mackenzie
Photonics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
14
0.737
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Jonathan Leach
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
47
0.758
Optics
Quantum Optics
Computational Imaging
Physics
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Duncan Hand
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
31
0.646
lasers in manufacturing
optical fibres
optical sensing
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
cr pidgeon
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
17
0.378
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Derryck T Reid
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
25
0.568
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Alessandro Fedrizzi
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
36
0.900
Quantum Information
Quantum Optics
Quantum Computing
Entanglement
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Patrik Öhberg
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
26
0.650
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Erika Andersson
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
27
0.692
Quantum information science
quantum physics
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Mohammad Taghizadeh
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
17
0.436
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Fabio Biancalana
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
24
0.632
Nonlinear optics
solitons
quantum field theory
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Xianzhong Chen
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
35
0.946
Metasurfaces
Ultrathin optical devices
Metalenses
Holograms
Structure beams
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Mehul Malik
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
35
0.946
Quantum Photonics
Quantum Information
Quantum Technologies
Entanglement
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Marcello Ferrera
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
31
0.861
integrated photonics
material science
optical telecommunications
quantum optics
plasmonics
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Erik M Gauger
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
27
0.771
quantum theory
quantum technologies
quantum biology
open quantum systems
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
William MacPherson
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
22
0.629
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Graeme Whyte
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34
24
0.706
Optics
microfludics
microdroplets
cell mechanics
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Aongus McCarthy
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
27
0.818
Optics
Optical Interconnects
Photon Counting
Time-of-flight
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Martin McCoustra
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
18
0.545
Laboratory Astrochemistry
Laboratory Astrophysics
Surface Science
Surface Analysis
Surface Kinetics and Dynamics
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Dave Townsend
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
19
0.594
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Ian Galbraith
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
12
0.375
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Cristian Bonato
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
20
0.769
quantum spintronics
quantum sensing
quantum networks
machine learning in physics
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Margherita Mazzera
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
19
0.731
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Pragati Kumar
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
16
0.667
quantum physics
neural networks
IOT
AI
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Lynn Paterson
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
16
0.696
Optical tweezers
Raman spectroscopy
Microfluidics
Biophotonics
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Richard A Davison
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
19
0.905
Theoretical physics
High energy theory
Condensed matter theory
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Mark Mackenzie
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
14
0.737