top-cited scientists

Top-cited scientists at Heriot-Watt University

2025 single-year list · 71 listed authors · United Kingdom

71 researchers at Heriot-Watt University ( United Kingdom) are in the 2025 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the top 2% scientists list. 29 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). By listed authors it is 680th of 28,577 institutions worldwide and 45th in the United Kingdom.

Listed authors
71
45th in the United Kingdom
In the global top 100,000
29
40.8% of its listed authors
Rank worldwide
#680
of 28,577 institutions by listed authors
Highest-ranked
#847
Blocken, B. J.E.

Top fields

  1. Physics & Astronomy1217%
  2. Enabling & Strategic Technologies1115%
  3. Information & Communication Technologies811%
  4. Engineering811%
  5. Earth & Environmental Sciences710%
  6. Chemistry57%
  7. Built Environment & Design46%
  8. Economics & Business46%
  9. Biomedical Research46%
  10. Biology23%

Top subfields

  1. Energy811%
  2. Networking & Telecommunications68%
  3. Optics68%
  4. Civil Engineering46%
  5. Environmental Sciences34%
  6. Business & Management34%
  7. Optoelectronics & Photonics34%
  8. Organic Chemistry34%
  9. Geochemistry & Geophysics23%
  10. Materials23%

71 listed scientists at Heriot-Watt University

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