Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 822 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) list 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
Toxicology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,676
10,477
0.251
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Wireless Channel Measurements and Modeling
6G Wireless Communication Networks
Electromagnetic Information Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,441
16,823
0.571
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Fisheries
Marine Ecology
Marine Biology
Conservation Biology
Aquaculture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,895
7,288
0.281
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Civil Engineering
Project management
Sustainability
Dependability
Decision making
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,200
15,988
0.634
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
evolutionary computing
optimization
multiobjective optimization
machine learning
data mining
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,987
3,961
0.180
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
microwave
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,693
5,104
0.235
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Energy storage
particle technology
tomography
colloids
emulsions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,189
4,440
0.210
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Mathematics
Materials Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,938
3,970
0.199
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
FAIR Data
Data discoverability
Data integration
Semantic Web
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,720
14,916
0.756
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
cognitive ageing
healthy ageing
wellbeing
lifestyle
interventions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,692
9,352
0.500
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Energy systems
CCUS
Hydrogen
Low-Carbon fuels
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,727
10,245
0.547
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Machine Learning
Computer Vision
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,419
19,224
0.941
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Polymeric biomaterials
additive manufacturing
tissue engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,266
10,340
0.566
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Business Performance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,143
6,614
0.365
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Biology
biomimetics
ontology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,076
4,381
0.242
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Petroleum engineering
oilfield chemistry
surface science
mineral scale
reservoir engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,538
4,887
0.279
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Optics
Quantum Optics
Computational Imaging
Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,152
6,374
0.395
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
corporate social responsibility & governance
auditing
business ethics
intellectual capital
Islamic accounting and finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,751
6,715
0.426
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Human Factors
Accidents
Safety
Methods
Civil Engineering Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,165
6,216
0.410
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Urban Planning
Housing
Poverty
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,088
6,236
0.413
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Gas Hydrates
Flow Assurance
PVT Phase Behaviour and Properties of Reservoir Fluids and CO2-Rich Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,056
6,397
0.425
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Signal processing
Communications
Computational Imaging
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,854
4,881
0.329
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Environmental impact
Risk Assessment
Nanomaterials
Aquaculture
Plastics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,308
4,366
0.305
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
nanotoxicology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,184
2,840
0.200
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,814
3,933
0.285
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,749
1,210
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Vicki Stone
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,676
10,477
0.251
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,788
2,084
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Cheng Xiang Wang
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,441
16,823
0.571
Wireless Channel Measurements and Modeling
6G Wireless Communication Networks
Electromagnetic Information Theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,769
2,516
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Michel J Kaiser
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,895
7,288
0.281
Fisheries
Marine Ecology
Marine Biology
Conservation Biology
Aquaculture
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,988
2,604
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Zhen Chen
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,200
15,988
0.634
Civil Engineering
Project management
Sustainability
Dependability
Decision making
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
36,403
3,183
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
David Corne
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,987
3,961
0.180
evolutionary computing
optimization
multiobjective optimization
machine learning
data mining
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,122
3,251
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Jiasheng Hong
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,693
5,104
0.235
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
38,397
3,353
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Richard Andrew Williams
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,189
4,440
0.210
Energy storage
particle technology
tomography
colloids
emulsions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
41,771
3,630
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
John Ball
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,938
3,970
0.199
Mathematics
Materials Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
42,393
3,689
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Alasdair JG Gray
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,720
14,916
0.756
FAIR Data
Data discoverability
Data integration
Semantic Web
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
45,607
3,964
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Alan J Gow
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,692
9,352
0.500
cognitive ageing
healthy ageing
wellbeing
lifestyle
interventions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
45,488
3,956
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Mercedes Maroto Valer
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,727
10,245
0.547
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
40,455
3,522
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Andrew Brock
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,419
19,224
0.941
Machine Learning
Computer Vision
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47,128
4,092
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Ferry PW Melchels
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,266
10,340
0.566
Polymeric biomaterials
additive manufacturing
tissue engineering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47,554
4,126
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Umit Bititci
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,143
6,614
0.365
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47,795
4,148
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Julian FV Vincent
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,076
4,381
0.242
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
49,803
4,303
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
KS Sorbie
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,538
4,887
0.279
Petroleum engineering
oilfield chemistry
surface science
mineral scale
reservoir engineering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
55,625
4,777
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Jonathan Leach
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,152
6,374
0.395
Optics
Quantum Optics
Computational Imaging
Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
57,414
4,919
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Roszaini Haniffa
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,751
6,715
0.426
corporate social responsibility & governance
auditing
business ethics
intellectual capital
Islamic accounting and finance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
60,458
5,180
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Guy Walker
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,165
6,216
0.410
Human Factors
Accidents
Safety
Methods
Civil Engineering Systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
60,846
5,208
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Glen Bramley
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,088
6,236
0.413
Urban Planning
Housing
Poverty
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
61,011
5,226
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Bahman Tohidi
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,056
6,397
0.425
Gas Hydrates
Flow Assurance
PVT Phase Behaviour and Properties of Reservoir Fluids and CO2-Rich Systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
62,091
5,322
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Stephen Mclaughlin
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,854
4,881
0.329
Signal processing
Communications
Computational Imaging
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
65,227
5,578
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Teresa F Fernandes
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,308
4,366
0.305
Environmental impact
Risk Assessment
Nanomaterials
Aquaculture
Plastics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
65,991
5,637
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
David M Brown
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,184
2,840
0.200
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
68,262
5,839
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
David Smith
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,814
3,933
0.285