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Heriot-Watt University
Short name
HWU
Country, city
United Kingdom, Edinburgh
Publications
24 937
Citations
674 517
h-index
254
Top-3 organizations
University of Edinburgh
University of Edinburgh (1534 publications)
University of Glasgow
University of Glasgow (629 publications)
University of Strathclyde
University of Strathclyde (386 publications)
Top-3 foreign organizations
Utrecht University
Utrecht University (115 publications)
ETH Zurich
ETH Zurich (112 publications)

Most cited in 5 years

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Since 1966

Total publications
24937
Total citations
674517
Citations per publication
27.05
Average publications per year
408.8
Average authors per publication
4.53
h-index
254
Metrics description
h-index
A scientist has an h-index if h of his N publications are cited at least h times each, while the remaining (N - h) publications are cited no more than h times each.

Top-30

Fields of science

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Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 1941, 7.78%
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
1941 publications, 7.78%
Condensed Matter Physics, 1523, 6.11%
Condensed Matter Physics
1523 publications, 6.11%
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 1464, 5.87%
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
1464 publications, 5.87%
General Chemistry, 1250, 5.01%
General Chemistry
1250 publications, 5.01%
General Physics and Astronomy, 1168, 4.68%
General Physics and Astronomy
1168 publications, 4.68%
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, 1142, 4.58%
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
1142 publications, 4.58%
Mechanical Engineering, 1125, 4.51%
Mechanical Engineering
1125 publications, 4.51%
General Medicine, 1101, 4.42%
General Medicine
1101 publications, 4.42%
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, 1077, 4.32%
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
1077 publications, 4.32%
Applied Mathematics, 986, 3.95%
Applied Mathematics
986 publications, 3.95%
General Materials Science, 973, 3.9%
General Materials Science
973 publications, 3.9%
Materials Chemistry, 876, 3.51%
Materials Chemistry
876 publications, 3.51%
General Chemical Engineering, 851, 3.41%
General Chemical Engineering
851 publications, 3.41%
Computer Science Applications, 837, 3.36%
Computer Science Applications
837 publications, 3.36%
Biochemistry, 776, 3.11%
Biochemistry
776 publications, 3.11%
Organic Chemistry, 719, 2.88%
Organic Chemistry
719 publications, 2.88%
General Engineering, 714, 2.86%
General Engineering
714 publications, 2.86%
Civil and Structural Engineering, 690, 2.77%
Civil and Structural Engineering
690 publications, 2.77%
Economics and Econometrics, 632, 2.53%
Economics and Econometrics
632 publications, 2.53%
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, 613, 2.46%
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
613 publications, 2.46%
Building and Construction, 596, 2.39%
Building and Construction
596 publications, 2.39%
Mechanics of Materials, 574, 2.3%
Mechanics of Materials
574 publications, 2.3%
Energy Engineering and Power Technology, 559, 2.24%
Energy Engineering and Power Technology
559 publications, 2.24%
Fuel Technology, 549, 2.2%
Fuel Technology
549 publications, 2.2%
Inorganic Chemistry, 522, 2.09%
Inorganic Chemistry
522 publications, 2.09%
Aquatic Science, 501, 2.01%
Aquatic Science
501 publications, 2.01%
Software, 492, 1.97%
Software
492 publications, 1.97%
General Mathematics, 472, 1.89%
General Mathematics
472 publications, 1.89%
Water Science and Technology, 469, 1.88%
Water Science and Technology
469 publications, 1.88%
Geography, Planning and Development, 469, 1.88%
Geography, Planning and Development
469 publications, 1.88%
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Journals

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Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
538 publications, 2.16%
Lecture Notes in Computer Science
399 publications, 1.6%
Optics Express
226 publications, 0.91%
SSRN Electronic Journal
218 publications, 0.87%
Applied Physics Letters
202 publications, 0.81%
Physical Review A
192 publications, 0.77%
Physical Review B
174 publications, 0.7%
Applied Optics
173 publications, 0.69%
Optics Letters
171 publications, 0.69%
Scientific Reports
169 publications, 0.68%
Optics Communications
163 publications, 0.65%
Physical Review Letters
141 publications, 0.57%
Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering
106 publications, 0.43%
IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques
101 publications, 0.41%
Chemical Communications
89 publications, 0.36%
Dalton Transactions
83 publications, 0.33%
Electronics Letters
82 publications, 0.33%
IEEE Access
82 publications, 0.33%
Journal of Chemical Physics
81 publications, 0.32%
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
80 publications, 0.32%
Nature Communications
79 publications, 0.32%
Transport in Porous Media
72 publications, 0.29%
PLoS ONE
70 publications, 0.28%
Journal of High Energy Physics
69 publications, 0.28%
Geological Society Special Publication
69 publications, 0.28%
Journal of Organometallic Chemistry
69 publications, 0.28%
Carbohydrate Research
68 publications, 0.27%
Journal of Crystal Growth
67 publications, 0.27%
IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation
62 publications, 0.25%
Energy Procedia
62 publications, 0.25%
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Publishers

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Elsevier
6325 publications, 25.36%
Springer Nature
3515 publications, 14.1%
Wiley
1971 publications, 7.9%
Taylor & Francis
1371 publications, 5.5%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
1094 publications, 4.39%
Optica Publishing Group
748 publications, 3%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
699 publications, 2.8%
SAGE
673 publications, 2.7%
American Physical Society (APS)
643 publications, 2.58%
MDPI
638 publications, 2.56%
Emerald
576 publications, 2.31%
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
563 publications, 2.26%
SPIE-Intl Soc Optical Eng
555 publications, 2.23%
IOP Publishing
507 publications, 2.03%
Cambridge University Press
491 publications, 1.97%
AIP Publishing
482 publications, 1.93%
Oxford University Press
397 publications, 1.59%
Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
307 publications, 1.23%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
206 publications, 0.83%
Frontiers Media S.A.
197 publications, 0.79%
Geological Society of London
170 publications, 0.68%
Society of Petroleum Engineers
140 publications, 0.56%
Thomas Telford
132 publications, 0.53%
The Royal Society
114 publications, 0.46%
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
111 publications, 0.45%
World Scientific
104 publications, 0.42%
EDP Sciences
89 publications, 0.36%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
88 publications, 0.35%
Walter de Gruyter
86 publications, 0.34%
ASME International
79 publications, 0.32%
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With other organizations

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University of Edinburgh
1534 publications, 6.15%
University of Glasgow
629 publications, 2.52%
University of Strathclyde
386 publications, 1.55%
University of Oxford
315 publications, 1.26%
University of Leeds
302 publications, 1.21%
Imperial College London
293 publications, 1.17%
University College London
262 publications, 1.05%
University of Southampton
262 publications, 1.05%
University of St Andrews
256 publications, 1.03%
University of Manchester
244 publications, 0.98%
University of Dundee
237 publications, 0.95%
University of Cambridge
228 publications, 0.91%
Durham University
225 publications, 0.9%
University of Exeter
219 publications, 0.88%
University of Aberdeen
195 publications, 0.78%
Newcastle University
193 publications, 0.77%
University of Sheffield
193 publications, 0.77%
University of Bath
186 publications, 0.75%
University of Liverpool
168 publications, 0.67%
University of Nottingham
167 publications, 0.67%
University of Bristol
160 publications, 0.64%
University of York
147 publications, 0.59%
Loughborough University
144 publications, 0.58%
University of Birmingham
142 publications, 0.57%
University of Stirling
134 publications, 0.54%
University of Surrey
132 publications, 0.53%
Edinburgh Napier University
118 publications, 0.47%
Queen's University Belfast
118 publications, 0.47%
Utrecht University
115 publications, 0.46%
ETH Zurich
112 publications, 0.45%
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With foreign organizations

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Utrecht University
115 publications, 0.46%
ETH Zurich
112 publications, 0.45%
University of California, Santa Barbara
94 publications, 0.38%
University of Queensland
89 publications, 0.36%
Delft University of Technology
87 publications, 0.35%
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
81 publications, 0.32%
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
80 publications, 0.32%
University of New South Wales
80 publications, 0.32%
University of Arizona
80 publications, 0.32%
Polytechnic University of Milan
74 publications, 0.3%
University of Amsterdam
74 publications, 0.3%
University of Copenhagen
72 publications, 0.29%
Technical University of Denmark
72 publications, 0.29%
Aarhus University
71 publications, 0.28%
Monash University
71 publications, 0.28%
King Abdulaziz University
69 publications, 0.28%
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
69 publications, 0.28%
University of Gothenburg
69 publications, 0.28%
University of Sydney
69 publications, 0.28%
Ghent University
67 publications, 0.27%
Stanford University
67 publications, 0.27%
Shandong University
66 publications, 0.26%
University of Lisbon
63 publications, 0.25%
Eindhoven University of Technology
63 publications, 0.25%
Australian National University
63 publications, 0.25%
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
63 publications, 0.25%
University of Hong Kong
63 publications, 0.25%
Uppsala University
61 publications, 0.24%
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization
61 publications, 0.24%
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
60 publications, 0.24%
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With other countries

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USA, 2256, 9.05%
USA
2256 publications, 9.05%
China, 1590, 6.38%
China
1590 publications, 6.38%
Germany, 1433, 5.75%
Germany
1433 publications, 5.75%
Italy, 848, 3.4%
Italy
848 publications, 3.4%
France, 815, 3.27%
France
815 publications, 3.27%
Australia, 761, 3.05%
Australia
761 publications, 3.05%
Spain, 726, 2.91%
Spain
726 publications, 2.91%
Netherlands, 677, 2.71%
Netherlands
677 publications, 2.71%
Canada, 575, 2.31%
Canada
575 publications, 2.31%
Switzerland, 391, 1.57%
Switzerland
391 publications, 1.57%
Japan, 389, 1.56%
Japan
389 publications, 1.56%
India, 357, 1.43%
India
357 publications, 1.43%
Sweden, 345, 1.38%
Sweden
345 publications, 1.38%
Denmark, 295, 1.18%
Denmark
295 publications, 1.18%
Russia, 260, 1.04%
Russia
260 publications, 1.04%
Belgium, 254, 1.02%
Belgium
254 publications, 1.02%
Greece, 249, 1%
Greece
249 publications, 1%
Ireland, 241, 0.97%
Ireland
241 publications, 0.97%
Norway, 241, 0.97%
Norway
241 publications, 0.97%
Saudi Arabia, 241, 0.97%
Saudi Arabia
241 publications, 0.97%
Portugal, 237, 0.95%
Portugal
237 publications, 0.95%
Malaysia, 206, 0.83%
Malaysia
206 publications, 0.83%
Poland, 206, 0.83%
Poland
206 publications, 0.83%
Brazil, 204, 0.82%
Brazil
204 publications, 0.82%
Pakistan, 202, 0.81%
Pakistan
202 publications, 0.81%
Austria, 187, 0.75%
Austria
187 publications, 0.75%
UAE, 162, 0.65%
UAE
162 publications, 0.65%
Finland, 162, 0.65%
Finland
162 publications, 0.65%
Republic of Korea, 159, 0.64%
Republic of Korea
159 publications, 0.64%
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  • We do not take into account publications without a DOI.
  • Statistics recalculated daily.
  • Publications published earlier than 1966 are ignored in the statistics.
  • The horizontal charts show the 30 top positions.
  • Journals quartiles values are relevant at the moment.