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Engineering & Technology Highly Cited Researchers 115 Scientists Citation in Malta Rankings - 2026

See how widely and consistently research is cited with real-time citation rankings.
Covering 2.6 million scientists, this list evaluates both total and last 5 years’ citation counts to measure scientific influence and highlight Highly Cited Researchers.
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Total 115 scientists , 7 institution , Updates every 3 days
* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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50,078
World Rank
Malta
2
Country Rank
University of Malta Logo
2
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
1
Georgios N. Yannakakis
University of Malta Msida, Malta
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Artificial Intelligence | Affective Computing | Human-Computer Interaction | Computational Creativity | Game

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    19,358
  • Last 5 Years
    9,302
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.481
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Rankings

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68,798
World Rank
Malta
8
Country Rank
University of Malta Logo
8
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
2
Joseph N. Grima
University of Malta Msida, Malta
Engineering & Technology / Mechanical Engineering
mechanical metamaterials | auxetic | negative thermal expansion | negative Poisson's ratio | rowin

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    15,232
  • Last 5 Years
    9,083
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.596
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Rankings

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104,539
World Rank
Malta
12
Country Rank
University of Malta Logo
12
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
3
Ruben Gatt
University of Malta Msida, Malta
Engineering & Technology / Metallurgical & Materials Engineering
Auxetics | biostructures | mechanical metamaterials | polymer

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    10,803
  • Last 5 Years
    7,394
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.684
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Rankings

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128,960
World Rank
Malta
16
Country Rank
University of Malta Logo
16
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
4
Vasilis Valdramidis
University of Malta Msida, Malta
Engineering & Technology / Food Science and Engineering
Food Technology | Novel technologies | Food Preservation | Predictive Microbiology | Food Microbiolog

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    8,975
  • Last 5 Years
    5,588
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.623
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Rankings

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170,888
World Rank
Malta
23
Country Rank
University of Malta Logo
23
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
5
Gianluca Valentino
University of Malta Msida, Malta
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Pattern Recognition | Machine Learning | Accelerator Technolog

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    6,901
  • Last 5 Years
    5,210
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.755
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Rankings

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194,396
World Rank
Malta
26
Country Rank
University of Malta Logo
26
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
6
Antonios Liapis
University of Malta Msida, Malta
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Artificial Intelligence | Procedural Content Generation | Computational Creativity | Human-Computer Interactio

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    6,078
  • Last 5 Years
    4,359
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.717
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Rankings

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211,285
World Rank
Malta
33
Country Rank
University of Malta Logo
33
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
7
Joseph Caruana
University of Malta Msida, Malta
Engineering & Technology / Aerospace Engineering
galaxy formation & evolution | reionization & Ly-alpha emission | galactic dynamics | light pollution | decompression theor

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    5,579
  • Last 5 Years
    3,717
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.666
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Rankings

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229,765
World Rank
Malta
39
Country Rank
University of Malta Logo
38
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
8
Kenneth P Camilleri
University of Malta Msida, Malta
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Computer vision | electroencephalographic (EEG) signal analysis | thermal image analysis | signal processing | pattern recognitio

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    5,113
  • Last 5 Years
    2,938
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.575
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Rankings

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241,182
World Rank
Malta
41
Country Rank
University of Malta Logo
40
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
9
Maurice Apap
University of Malta Msida, Malta
Engineering & Technology / Electrical & Electronic Engineering
Matrix Converters | Multilevel Converters | Electrical Drives | Grid Integration of Renewable Sources | Microgrid

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    4,857
  • Last 5 Years
    1,269
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.261
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Rankings

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263,388
World Rank
Malta
44
Country Rank
University of Malta Logo
43
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
10
Sebastiano D'Amico
University of Malta Msida, Malta
Engineering & Technology / Earth Sciences
applied geophysics | seismology | archeogeophysics | earthquake

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    4,415
  • Last 5 Years
    2,898
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.656
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Rankings

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284,741
World Rank
Malta
46
Country Rank
University of Malta Logo
45
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
11
Alan Deidun
University of Malta Msida, Malta
Engineering & Technology / Marine Sciences and Engineering
marine alien species | jellyfish blooms | marine spatial planning | MPA's | environmental monitorin

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    4,044
  • Last 5 Years
    2,589
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.640
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Rankings

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286,996
World Rank
Malta
47
Country Rank
University of Malta Logo
46
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
12
Aaron Micallef
University of Malta Msida, Malta
Engineering & Technology / Marine Sciences and Engineering
Marine geology | Marine geosciences | Marine geomorpholog

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    4,008
  • Last 5 Years
    2,799
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.698
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Rankings

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288,765
World Rank
Malta
48
Country Rank
University of Malta Logo
47
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
13
Simon G. Fabri
University of Malta Msida, Malta
Engineering & Technology / Electrical & Electronic Engineering
Automatic Control Engineering | Intelligent and Adaptive Control Systems | Robotics | Signal and Information Processing | Applicati

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    3,980
  • Last 5 Years
    1,530
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.384
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Rankings

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304,655
World Rank
Malta
52
Country Rank
University of Malta Logo
51
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
14
Lalit Garg
University of Malta Msida, Malta
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Health Informatics | Medical Informatics | Stochastic modelling | mathematical analysis | Machine Learnin

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    3,740
  • Last 5 Years
    3,135
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.838
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Rankings

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305,562
World Rank
Malta
54
Country Rank
University of Malta Logo
53
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
15
Mark C Mifsud
University of Malta Msida, Malta
Engineering & Technology / Environmental Science & Engineering
Environmental Sciences | Sustainable Development | Sustainability Education | SDGs | Climate Chang

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    3,727
  • Last 5 Years
    3,501
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.939
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Rankings

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331,527
World Rank
Malta
63
Country Rank
University of Malta Logo
62
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
16
Johann A. Briffa
University of Malta Msida, Malta
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Information Theory | Coding Theory | Image Processin

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    3,385
  • Last 5 Years
    2,914
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.861
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Rankings

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335,283
World Rank
Malta
65
Country Rank
University of Malta Logo
64
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
17
Colla J. Macdonald
University of Malta Msida, Malta
Engineering & Technology / Mechanical Engineering
heathcare education | curriculum design | program evaluation | eLeanrin

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    3,340
  • Last 5 Years
    1,035
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.310
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Rankings

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361,656
World Rank
Malta
71
Country Rank
University of Malta Logo
70
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
18
Konstantinos Makantasis
University of Malta Msida, Malta
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Computer vision | Machine Learning | Affective Computing | High-order Data Analysi

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    3,044
  • Last 5 Years
    2,177
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.715
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Rankings

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382,375
World Rank
Malta
76
Country Rank
University of Malta Logo
75
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
19
Gordon J. Pace
University of Malta Msida, Malta
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Formal Methods | Runtime Verificatio

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    2,839
  • Last 5 Years
    1,298
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.457
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Rankings

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393,097
World Rank
Malta
80
Country Rank
University of Malta Logo
79
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
20
David Mifsud
University of Malta Msida, Malta
Engineering & Technology / Environmental Science & Engineering
Entomology | Biology | Environmental Science

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    2,740
  • Last 5 Years
    1,334
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.487
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Rankings

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404,792
World Rank
Malta
83
Country Rank
University of Malta Logo
82
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
21
Cyril Spiteri Staines
University of Malta Msida, Malta
Engineering & Technology / Electrical & Electronic Engineering
Electrical Engineering | Power Electronics | Electric Drives | Microgrid

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    2,636
  • Last 5 Years
    1,254
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.476
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Rankings

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410,077
World Rank
Malta
86
Country Rank
University of Malta Logo
85
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
22
Tonio Sant
University of Malta Msida, Malta
Engineering & Technology / Energy Engineering
Wind Energy | Offshore Renewable Energy and Storag

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    2,591
  • Last 5 Years
    1,427
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.551
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Rankings

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423,975
World Rank
Malta
88
Country Rank
University of Malta Logo
87
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
23
Bertram Mallia
University of Malta Msida, Malta
Engineering & Technology / Metallurgical & Materials Engineering
Surface Engineering | Tribo-corrosion | Physical Vapour Deposition | Biomaterial

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    2,478
  • Last 5 Years
    1,205
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.486
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Rankings

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428,179
World Rank
Malta
90
Country Rank
University of Malta Logo
89
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
24
Tracey Camilleri
University of Malta Msida, Malta
Engineering & Technology / Biomedical Engineering
Biomedical signal processing | Human machine interfaces | Brain computer interface | Eye-gaze trackin

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    2,445
  • Last 5 Years
    1,347
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.551
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Rankings

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443,439
World Rank
Malta
93
Country Rank
University of Malta Logo
92
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
25
Alexiei Dingli
University of Malta Msida, Malta
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Artificial Intelligence | Gaming | Deep Learning | Explainable A

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    2,330
  • Last 5 Years
    1,174
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.504
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