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Heriot-Watt University
Short name
HWU
Country, city
United Kingdom, Edinburgh
Publications
25 056
Citations
681 618
h-index
256
Top-3 organizations
University of Edinburgh
University of Edinburgh (1547 publications)
University of Glasgow
University of Glasgow (635 publications)
University of Strathclyde
University of Strathclyde (392 publications)
Top-3 foreign organizations
Utrecht University
Utrecht University (116 publications)
ETH Zurich
ETH Zurich (114 publications)

Most cited in 5 years

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Since 1966

Total publications
25056
Total citations
681618
Citations per publication
27.2
Average publications per year
410.75
Average authors per publication
4.56
h-index
256
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, 7.75%
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
1941 publications, 7.75%
Condensed Matter Physics, 1523, 6.08%
Condensed Matter Physics
1523 publications, 6.08%
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 1464, 5.84%
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
1464 publications, 5.84%
General Chemistry, 1250, 4.99%
General Chemistry
1250 publications, 4.99%
General Physics and Astronomy, 1168, 4.66%
General Physics and Astronomy
1168 publications, 4.66%
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, 1142, 4.56%
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
1142 publications, 4.56%
Mechanical Engineering, 1125, 4.49%
Mechanical Engineering
1125 publications, 4.49%
General Medicine, 1101, 4.39%
General Medicine
1101 publications, 4.39%
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, 1077, 4.3%
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
1077 publications, 4.3%
Applied Mathematics, 986, 3.94%
Applied Mathematics
986 publications, 3.94%
General Materials Science, 973, 3.88%
General Materials Science
973 publications, 3.88%
Materials Chemistry, 876, 3.5%
Materials Chemistry
876 publications, 3.5%
General Chemical Engineering, 851, 3.4%
General Chemical Engineering
851 publications, 3.4%
Computer Science Applications, 837, 3.34%
Computer Science Applications
837 publications, 3.34%
Biochemistry, 776, 3.1%
Biochemistry
776 publications, 3.1%
Organic Chemistry, 719, 2.87%
Organic Chemistry
719 publications, 2.87%
General Engineering, 714, 2.85%
General Engineering
714 publications, 2.85%
Civil and Structural Engineering, 690, 2.75%
Civil and Structural Engineering
690 publications, 2.75%
Economics and Econometrics, 632, 2.52%
Economics and Econometrics
632 publications, 2.52%
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, 613, 2.45%
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
613 publications, 2.45%
Building and Construction, 596, 2.38%
Building and Construction
596 publications, 2.38%
Mechanics of Materials, 574, 2.29%
Mechanics of Materials
574 publications, 2.29%
Energy Engineering and Power Technology, 559, 2.23%
Energy Engineering and Power Technology
559 publications, 2.23%
Fuel Technology, 549, 2.19%
Fuel Technology
549 publications, 2.19%
Inorganic Chemistry, 522, 2.08%
Inorganic Chemistry
522 publications, 2.08%
Aquatic Science, 501, 2%
Aquatic Science
501 publications, 2%
Software, 492, 1.96%
Software
492 publications, 1.96%
General Mathematics, 472, 1.88%
General Mathematics
472 publications, 1.88%
Water Science and Technology, 469, 1.87%
Water Science and Technology
469 publications, 1.87%
Geography, Planning and Development, 469, 1.87%
Geography, Planning and Development
469 publications, 1.87%
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Journals

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Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
538 publications, 2.15%
Lecture Notes in Computer Science
399 publications, 1.59%
Optics Express
226 publications, 0.9%
SSRN Electronic Journal
218 publications, 0.87%
Applied Physics Letters
202 publications, 0.81%
Physical Review A
192 publications, 0.77%
Scientific Reports
178 publications, 0.71%
Physical Review B
174 publications, 0.69%
Applied Optics
173 publications, 0.69%
Optics Letters
172 publications, 0.69%
Optics Communications
163 publications, 0.65%
Physical Review Letters
141 publications, 0.56%
Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering
106 publications, 0.42%
IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques
102 publications, 0.41%
Chemical Communications
90 publications, 0.36%
Nature Communications
85 publications, 0.34%
Dalton Transactions
83 publications, 0.33%
IEEE Access
83 publications, 0.33%
Electronics Letters
82 publications, 0.33%
Journal of Chemical Physics
81 publications, 0.32%
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
81 publications, 0.32%
Transport in Porous Media
72 publications, 0.29%
PLoS ONE
72 publications, 0.29%
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%
Energy Procedia
62 publications, 0.25%
IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation
61 publications, 0.24%
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Publishers

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Elsevier
6336 publications, 25.29%
Springer Nature
3559 publications, 14.2%
Wiley
1981 publications, 7.91%
Taylor & Francis
1376 publications, 5.49%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
1099 publications, 4.39%
Optica Publishing Group
749 publications, 2.99%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
702 publications, 2.8%
SAGE
674 publications, 2.69%
MDPI
644 publications, 2.57%
American Physical Society (APS)
644 publications, 2.57%
Emerald
580 publications, 2.31%
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
566 publications, 2.26%
SPIE-Intl Soc Optical Eng
556 publications, 2.22%
IOP Publishing
507 publications, 2.02%
Cambridge University Press
491 publications, 1.96%
AIP Publishing
484 publications, 1.93%
Oxford University Press
399 publications, 1.59%
Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
309 publications, 1.23%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
206 publications, 0.82%
Frontiers Media S.A.
200 publications, 0.8%
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, 0.45%
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
111 publications, 0.44%
World Scientific
104 publications, 0.42%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
92 publications, 0.37%
EDP Sciences
91 publications, 0.36%
Walter de Gruyter
88 publications, 0.35%
ASME International
79 publications, 0.32%
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With other organizations

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University of Edinburgh
1547 publications, 6.17%
University of Glasgow
635 publications, 2.53%
University of Strathclyde
392 publications, 1.56%
University of Oxford
320 publications, 1.28%
University of Leeds
304 publications, 1.21%
Imperial College London
295 publications, 1.18%
University of Southampton
267 publications, 1.07%
University College London
264 publications, 1.05%
University of St Andrews
256 publications, 1.02%
University of Manchester
245 publications, 0.98%
University of Dundee
238 publications, 0.95%
Durham University
228 publications, 0.91%
University of Cambridge
228 publications, 0.91%
University of Exeter
221 publications, 0.88%
University of Aberdeen
196 publications, 0.78%
Newcastle University
193 publications, 0.77%
University of Sheffield
193 publications, 0.77%
University of Bath
186 publications, 0.74%
University of Liverpool
171 publications, 0.68%
University of Nottingham
167 publications, 0.67%
University of Bristol
163 publications, 0.65%
University of York
148 publications, 0.59%
Loughborough University
145 publications, 0.58%
University of Birmingham
145 publications, 0.58%
University of Stirling
135 publications, 0.54%
University of Surrey
133 publications, 0.53%
Edinburgh Napier University
119 publications, 0.47%
Queen's University Belfast
118 publications, 0.47%
Utrecht University
116 publications, 0.46%
ETH Zurich
114 publications, 0.45%
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With foreign organizations

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Utrecht University
116 publications, 0.46%
ETH Zurich
114 publications, 0.45%
University of California, Santa Barbara
94 publications, 0.38%
University of Queensland
91 publications, 0.36%
Delft University of Technology
88 publications, 0.35%
University of New South Wales
82 publications, 0.33%
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
82 publications, 0.33%
University of Arizona
81 publications, 0.32%
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
80 publications, 0.32%
University of Amsterdam
76 publications, 0.3%
Polytechnic University of Milan
75 publications, 0.3%
University of Copenhagen
73 publications, 0.29%
Aarhus University
73 publications, 0.29%
Technical University of Denmark
73 publications, 0.29%
Monash University
72 publications, 0.29%
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
70 publications, 0.28%
Ghent University
70 publications, 0.28%
University of Sydney
70 publications, 0.28%
King Abdulaziz University
69 publications, 0.28%
University of Gothenburg
69 publications, 0.28%
Stanford University
68 publications, 0.27%
Shandong University
66 publications, 0.26%
Eindhoven University of Technology
65 publications, 0.26%
Australian National University
65 publications, 0.26%
University of Lisbon
64 publications, 0.26%
University of Hong Kong
64 publications, 0.26%
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
63 publications, 0.25%
University of Malaya
61 publications, 0.24%
Uppsala University
61 publications, 0.24%
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization
61 publications, 0.24%
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With other countries

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USA, 2263, 9.03%
USA
2263 publications, 9.03%
China, 1593, 6.36%
China
1593 publications, 6.36%
Germany, 1436, 5.73%
Germany
1436 publications, 5.73%
Italy, 852, 3.4%
Italy
852 publications, 3.4%
France, 819, 3.27%
France
819 publications, 3.27%
Australia, 765, 3.05%
Australia
765 publications, 3.05%
Spain, 727, 2.9%
Spain
727 publications, 2.9%
Netherlands, 678, 2.71%
Netherlands
678 publications, 2.71%
Canada, 577, 2.3%
Canada
577 publications, 2.3%
Switzerland, 392, 1.56%
Switzerland
392 publications, 1.56%
Japan, 390, 1.56%
Japan
390 publications, 1.56%
India, 358, 1.43%
India
358 publications, 1.43%
Sweden, 348, 1.39%
Sweden
348 publications, 1.39%
Denmark, 297, 1.19%
Denmark
297 publications, 1.19%
Russia, 261, 1.04%
Russia
261 publications, 1.04%
Belgium, 255, 1.02%
Belgium
255 publications, 1.02%
Greece, 250, 1%
Greece
250 publications, 1%
Ireland, 246, 0.98%
Ireland
246 publications, 0.98%
Norway, 241, 0.96%
Norway
241 publications, 0.96%
Saudi Arabia, 241, 0.96%
Saudi Arabia
241 publications, 0.96%
Portugal, 239, 0.95%
Portugal
239 publications, 0.95%
Malaysia, 208, 0.83%
Malaysia
208 publications, 0.83%
Poland, 207, 0.83%
Poland
207 publications, 0.83%
Brazil, 204, 0.81%
Brazil
204 publications, 0.81%
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, 0.63%
Republic of Korea
159 publications, 0.63%
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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.