Heriot-Watt University

20.9k papers and 541.7k indexed citations i.

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In recent decades, authors affiliated with Heriot-Watt University have published 20.9k papers, which have received a total of 541.7k indexed citations. Scholars at this organization have produced 3.6k papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 2.6k papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 2.1k papers in Biomedical Engineering on the topics of Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies (590 papers), Photonic and Optical Devices (535 papers) and Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis (516 papers). Their work is cited by papers focused on Electrical and Electronic Engineering (81.2k citations), Biomedical Engineering (65.0k citations) and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (63.3k citations). Authors at Heriot-Watt University collaborate with scholars in United Kingdom, United States and China and have published in prestigious journals including Nature, Science and Cell. Some of Heriot-Watt University's most productive authors include Brian Austin, J. M. Ball, Richard J. Szabo, M. Mercedes Maroto‐Valer, Bahman Tohidi, K. S. Sorbie, Stuart A. Macgregor, Jonathan A. Sherratt, Jiju Antony and Robert H. Hadfield.

In The Last Decade

Fields of papers published by authors at Heriot-Watt University

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers affiliated with Heriot-Watt University at the time of their publication. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers affiliated with Heriot-Watt University at the time of their publication.

Countries citing scholars working at Heriot-Watt University

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