Heriot-Watt University in the Stanford/Elsevier 2026 list
The Stanford/Elsevier list covers the top 2% most-cited scientists in each subfield. These are the people from this institution on at least one of its two rankings: career-long and single-year (citations from 2025).
124
researchers on the list
39
rank in United Kingdom
553
rank worldwide, of 38,384
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| Name | Subfield | Career | Single-year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blocken, B. J.E. | Building & Construction | 9 / 56,454 | 10 / 56,454 |
| Renforth, Phil | Environmental Sciences | 895 / 140,934 | 236 / 140,934 |
| Hong, Jiasheng | Networking & Telecommunications | 136 / 228,312 | 456 / 228,312 |
| Vincent, Julian F.V. | Materials | 234 / 330,896 | 713 / 330,896 |
| Stow, Dorrik Andrew Vincent | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 303 / 108,013 | 482 / 108,013 |
| Bao, Zhikang | Environmental Sciences | — | 475 / 140,934 |
| Keane, Mark A. | Physical Chemistry | 87 / 44,088 | 644 / 44,088 |
| Mercedes Maroto-Valer, M. Mercedes | Energy | 677 / 371,959 | 795 / 371,959 |
| Foteinis, Spyros | Environmental Sciences | 1,729 / 140,934 | 650 / 140,934 |
| Kaiser, Michel J. | Marine Biology & Hydrobiology | 215 / 54,545 | 297 / 54,545 |
| Mubarik, Muhammad Shujaat | Business & Management | — | 865 / 68,786 |
| Turney, Chris S.M. | Paleontology | 112 / 23,292 | 126 / 23,292 |
| Cummings, Peter T. | Chemical Physics | 892 / 121,889 | 2,369 / 121,889 |
| Stone, Vicki | Toxicology | 176 / 69,049 | 328 / 69,049 |
| Kong, Xianwen | Design Practice & Management | 21 / 11,980 | 26 / 11,980 |
| Travers, John C. | Optics | 449 / 83,504 | 197 / 83,504 |
| Melchels, Ferry P.W. | Biomedical Engineering | 709 / 74,543 | 191 / 74,543 |
| Rowland, Steven J. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 962 / 108,013 | 1,829 / 108,013 |
| Kusters, Annelies | Languages & Linguistics | — | 298 / 25,930 |
| Szabo, Richard J. | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 1,054 / 164,120 | 2,059 / 164,120 |
| Siddiqui, Ruqaiyyah Bano | Microbiology | — | 1,306 / 232,186 |
| Bititci, Umit Sezer | Business & Management | 789 / 68,786 | 1,561 / 68,786 |
| Chen, Xianzhong | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 1,318 / 140,272 | 176 / 140,272 |
| Val, Dimitri V. | Civil Engineering | 329 / 67,736 | 414 / 67,736 |
| Kraft, Arno M. | Organic Chemistry | 1,474 / 188,664 | — |
| Penrose, Oliver | Fluids & Plasmas | 780 / 58,297 | 1,325 / 58,297 |
| Williams, Richard A. | Chemical Engineering | 384 / 97,821 | — |
| Leslie, Nick R. | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 3,052 / 216,826 | 2,789 / 216,826 |
| Walker, Guy Harrison | Human Factors | 164 / 16,381 | 199 / 16,381 |
| Busch, Andreas | Energy | 4,317 / 371,959 | 2,578 / 371,959 |
| Sanna, Aimaro | Energy | 2,839 / 371,959 | 2,581 / 371,959 |
| Priest, Fergus G. | Microbiology | 2,141 / 232,186 | — |
| Georgiadis, Apostolos | Networking & Telecommunications | 938 / 228,312 | 1,052 / 228,312 |
| McCarter, William John | Building & Construction | 258 / 56,454 | — |
| Goodarzian, Fariba | Operations Research | — | 374 / 31,951 |
| Sang, Katherine | Business & Management | — | 2,035 / 68,786 |
| Tohidi, Bahman | Energy | 2,636 / 371,959 | 2,922 / 371,959 |
| Alexander, Karen A. | Fisheries | — | 212 / 47,614 |
| Christie, Mike A. | Energy | 1,458 / 371,959 | — |
| Cherrie, John W. | Environmental & Occupational Health | 75 / 15,550 | 127 / 15,550 |
| Danesh, Ali S. | Energy | 1,489 / 371,959 | — |
| Cairns, Andrew J.G. | Statistics & Probability | 487 / 24,695 | 481 / 24,695 |
| Gow, Alan J. | Neurology & Neurosurgery | — | 4,250 / 379,830 |
| Wang, Sen | Industrial Engineering & Automation | — | 1,168 / 131,085 |
| Bramley, Glen | Urban & Regional Planning | 163 / 15,338 | 351 / 15,338 |
| Leach, Jonathan K. | Optics | 782 / 83,504 | 434 / 83,504 |
| Cowie, John M.G. | Polymers | 1,068 / 133,253 | — |
| Reid, Derryck T. | Optics | 534 / 83,504 | — |
| Lai, Binglin | Civil Engineering | — | 739 / 67,736 |
| Stylios, George K. | Polymers | 1,369 / 133,253 | 1,289 / 133,253 |
| Mclaughlin, Stephen W. | Networking & Telecommunications | 1,173 / 228,312 | — |
| Buller, Gerald S. | Optics | 1,238 / 83,504 | 520 / 83,504 |
| Banfill, Phil F.G. | Building & Construction | 380 / 56,454 | — |
| Zia, Abdul Wasy | Applied Physics | — | 2,589 / 323,282 |
| Mackay, Eric James | Energy | 2,195 / 371,959 | — |
| Zou, Qingping | Oceanography | — | 163 / 16,622 |
| van der Spek, Mijndert W. | Energy | — | 4,571 / 371,959 |
| Welch, Alan J.E. | Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry | 950 / 86,991 | — |
| Christie, Robert M. | Organic Chemistry | 2,598 / 188,664 | 2,517 / 188,664 |
| Lones, Michael A. | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 10,257 / 517,648 | 6,875 / 517,648 |
| Bucknall, David G. | Polymers | 1,472 / 133,253 | 2,555 / 133,253 |
| Dalgarno, Scott J. | Organic Chemistry | 2,760 / 188,664 | — |
| Öhberg, Patrik | General Physics | 1,083 / 87,024 | — |
| Jones, Colin A. | Urban & Regional Planning | 291 / 15,338 | — |
| Pétillot, Yvan R. | Oceanography | — | 198 / 16,622 |
| Chapoy, Antonin | Chemical Engineering | 1,921 / 97,821 | 1,627 / 97,821 |
| Henry, Theodore B. | Environmental Sciences | 1,566 / 140,934 | — |
| Biancalana, Fabio | Optics | 749 / 83,504 | — |
| Malik, Mehul | Optics | — | 771 / 83,504 |
| Basheer, P. A.Muhammed | Building & Construction | 579 / 56,454 | — |
| Jamieson, Derek J. | Microbiology | 4,432 / 232,186 | — |
| Cairns, John J. | Civil Engineering | 514 / 67,736 | 1,464 / 67,736 |
| Lawson, Mark V. | General Mathematics | 1,378 / 76,268 | — |
| Markx, Gerard H. | Biotechnology | 636 / 69,700 | — |
| Lemon, Oliver | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 4,670 / 517,648 | — |
| Aylett, Ruth | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 4,671 / 517,648 | — |
| Lacey, Andrew A. | Applied Mathematics | 539 / 23,982 | — |
| Rynne, Bryan Patrick | General Mathematics | 1,502 / 76,268 | — |
| Cotsovos, Demetrios M. | Civil Engineering | 1,005 / 67,736 | 1,340 / 67,736 |
| Little, Marc A. | Organic Chemistry | — | 2,811 / 188,664 |
| Goussetis, George | Networking & Telecommunications | 4,063 / 228,312 | 2,638 / 228,312 |
| Ni, Xiongwei | Chemical Engineering | 1,240 / 97,821 | — |
| Brown, Kenneth J. | General Mathematics | 1,627 / 76,268 | — |
| Wallace, Andrew M. | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 5,238 / 517,648 | — |
| Jenkins, David P. | Building & Construction | 698 / 56,454 | — |
| Peh, Shingbo | Organic Chemistry | — | 2,990 / 188,664 |
| Adeloye, Adebayo Johnson | Environmental Engineering | 1,226 / 68,664 | — |
| Sohrabi, Mehran S. | Energy | 5,516 / 371,959 | 7,301 / 371,959 |
| García, Susana A.Pérez | Energy | — | 7,319 / 371,959 |
| Xu, Bing | Energy | — | 7,671 / 371,959 |
| Yiu, Humphrey Hak Ping | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | 3,245 / 177,859 | — |
| Ahmed, R. | Materials | 3,827 / 330,896 | — |
| Sun, Danmei | Materials | 5,751 / 330,896 | 6,462 / 330,896 |
| Beard, Alan N. | Strategic, Defence & Security Studies | 330 / 32,161 | — |
| Corne, David Wolfe | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 6,608 / 517,648 | — |
| Brown, David M. | Toxicology | 1,350 / 69,049 | — |
| Thomson, Robert R. | Optics | 1,198 / 83,504 | 1,307 / 83,504 |
| Altmann, Yoann | Networking & Telecommunications | — | 3,579 / 228,312 |
| Johnston, Helinor Jane | Toxicology | — | 1,077 / 69,049 |
| Wherrett, Brian S. | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 1,249 / 140,272 | — |
| Aysu, Tevfik | Energy | 5,008 / 371,959 | — |
| Woodward, John R. | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 7,325 / 517,648 | — |
| Erik M. Gauger, Erik M. | General Physics | — | 1,619 / 87,024 |
| Gerardot, Brian D. | Applied Physics | — | 5,887 / 323,282 |
| Fedrizzi, Alessandro | Optics | — | 1,294 / 83,504 |
| Krumdieck, Susan P. | Energy | 5,400 / 371,959 | — |
| Erden, Mustafa Suphi | Industrial Engineering & Automation | 2,608 / 131,085 | — |
| Wang, Xu | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 2,938 / 157,792 | — |
| Sellathurai, Mathini | Networking & Telecommunications | 3,392 / 228,312 | — |
| Ding, Yuan | Networking & Telecommunications | — | 4,354 / 228,312 |
| Halimi, Abderrahim | Networking & Telecommunications | — | 4,489 / 228,312 |
| Cornwell, Keith J. | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 3,137 / 157,792 | — |
| Kar, Ajoy K. | Optics | 1,635 / 83,504 | — |
| Helszajn, Joseph | Networking & Telecommunications | 4,135 / 228,312 | — |
| Grant, Ian | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 1,796 / 140,272 | — |
| Hand, Duncan P. | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 1,807 / 140,272 | 2,415 / 140,272 |
| Ahmed, Hammad | Optoelectronics & Photonics | — | 1,316 / 140,272 |
| Stephen, Karl D. | Energy | 7,191 / 371,959 | — |
| Buckman, J. O. | Energy | 7,222 / 371,959 | — |
| Swingler, Jonathan | Electrical & Electronic Engineering | 1,499 / 133,072 | — |
| Anagnostou, Dimitris E. | Networking & Telecommunications | 4,704 / 228,312 | — |
| Greenaway, Alain H. | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 2,105 / 140,272 | — |
| Dunnigan, Matthew W. | Electrical & Electronic Engineering | 1,798 / 133,072 | — |
| Jones, Julian D.C. | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 2,445 / 140,272 | — |
Source: Ioannidis JPA, Elsevier (2026). August 2026 data-update for "Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators". Mendeley Data, version 9. Licence CC BY-NC 3.0. doi:10.17632/btchxktzyw.9
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