Top-cited scientists by field in the United Kingdom

20 fields · 172 subfields · United Kingdom

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18,320 researchers whose current affiliation is in the United Kingdom are in the 2025 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list, across 20 fields and 172 subfields. Clinical Medicine has the most (6,303, 34.4%), followed by Biomedical Research (1,572) and Physics & Astronomy (1,308); the largest subfield is General & Internal Medicine (1,186). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.

Field and subfield	Listed authors	Share	Top 100k	Highest-ranked author
Clinical Medicine · 6,303 listed authors (34.4%)
General & Internal Medicine	1,186	6.5%	264	Altman, Douglas G. #10
Neurology & Neurosurgery	662	3.6%	377	Friston, K. J. #23
Oncology & Carcinogenesis	432	2.4%	189	Balkwill, Frances R. #1,942
Cardiovascular System & Hematology	361	2.0%	184	Ridker, Paul M. #50
Psychiatry	268	1.5%	220	Steptoe, Andrew #257
Immunology	251	1.4%	120	Gabrilovich, Dmitry I. #688
Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine	236	1.3%	77	Nicolaides, Kypros Herodotos #2,422
Endocrinology & Metabolism	216	1.2%	142	Wilding, Prof John #1,289
Surgery	212	1.2%	29	Ashrafian, Hutan #11,681
Pharmacology & Pharmacy	183	1.0%	57	Donnelly, Ryan F. #2,899
Respiratory System	182	1.0%	86	Barnes, Peter John #141
Ophthalmology & Optometry	172	0.9%	55	Bourne, Rupert R.A. #5,665
Dentistry	153	0.8%	46	Warnakulasuriya, Saman N. #1,436
Gastroenterology & Hepatology	144	0.8%	55	Byrne, Christopher D. #2,729
Sport Sciences	128	0.7%	73	Smith, Brett M. #2,563
Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging	125	0.7%	22	Arridge, Simon R. #15,621
Tropical Medicine	124	0.7%	25	Tatem, Andrew J. #3,262
Pediatrics	123	0.7%	20	Cole, Timothy James #1,956
Arthritis & Rheumatology	117	0.6%	65	McInnes, Iain B. #2,248
Urology & Nephrology	113	0.6%	33	Abrams, Paul H. #8,011
Anesthesiology	100	0.5%	24	Cook, Timothy M. #6,329
Orthopedics	94	0.5%	31	Maffulli, Nicola #730
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases	89	0.5%	27	Williams, Hywel C. #4,339
Emergency & Critical Care Medicine	55	0.3%	17	Singer, Mervyn #721
Otorhinolaryngology	54	0.3%	7	Hopkins, Claire #9,682
Geriatrics	45	0.2%	26	Livingston, Gill A. #4,803
Allergy	30	0.2%	19	Lack, Gideon #16,667
General Clinical Medicine	24	0.1%	3	Huggett, Jim F. #83,004
Legal & Forensic Medicine	23	0.1%	2	Dror, Itiel E. #18,796
Environmental & Occupational Health	17	0.1%	2	Järup, Lars #17,936
Pathology	17	0.1%	3	McCluggage, William Glenn #4,471
Complementary & Alternative Medicine	11	0.1%	1	MacPherson, Hugh #78,089
Biomedical Research · 1,572 listed authors (8.6%)
Microbiology	401	2.2%	181	Denning, David W. #390
Developmental Biology	350	1.9%	219	Scheres, Sjors H.W. #640
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	341	1.9%	146	Murphy, Michael P. #347
Nutrition & Dietetics	151	0.8%	87	Calder, Philip C. #122
Virology	131	0.7%	35	Mallapaty, Smriti #6,480
Genetics & Heredity	108	0.6%	25	Dudbridge, Frank #10,280
Mycology & Parasitology	59	0.3%	12	Cavalier-Smith, Thomas #7,614
Physiology	55	0.3%	23	Speakman, John Roger #1,989
Toxicology	50	0.3%	16	Gasparrini, Antonio G. #423
Biophysics	23	0.1%	4	Wainwright, Mark #41,482
Anatomy & Morphology	14	0.1%	1	Benjamin, Michael B. #37,641
Microscopy	10	0.1%	3	Rodenburg, John Marius #30,656
Physics & Astronomy · 1,308 listed authors (7.1%)
Nuclear & Particle Physics	256	1.4%	100	Hawking, Stephen W. #154
Applied Physics	246	1.3%	85	Geim, Andre K. #90
Astronomy & Astrophysics	178	1.0%	125	Fabian, Andrew C. #1,781
Chemical Physics	161	0.9%	74	Dickinson, Eric M. #1,260
Fluids & Plasmas	129	0.7%	76	Cates, Michael E. #3,169
General Physics	117	0.6%	41	Pirandola, Stefano #2,312
Optics	108	0.6%	26	Padgett, Miles J. #1,158
Acoustics	94	0.5%	33	Kang, Jian #6,069
Mathematical Physics	18	0.1%	7	Berry, Michael V. #2,209
Information & Communication Technologies · 1,007 listed authors (5.5%)
Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	658	3.6%	311	Yang, Xin She #207
Networking & Telecommunications	245	1.3%	61	Liu, Yuanwei #2,536
Medical Informatics	33	0.2%	14	Harden, Ronald Mc G. #10,529
Information Systems	31	0.2%	26	Hajli, Nick #2,628
Software Engineering	29	0.2%	11	Harman, Mark #13,046
Computation Theory & Mathematics	17	0.1%	6	Seymour, Paul D. #16,879
Computer Hardware & Architecture	12	0.1%	0	Burns, Alan J. #122,678
Distributed Computing	4	0.0%	0	Hockney, Roger W. #241,210
Social Sciences · 992 listed authors (5.4%)
Education	272	1.5%	166	Ball, Stephen John #473
Geography	169	0.9%	166	Martin, Ron L. #1,509
Political Science & Public Administration	123	0.7%	121	Hood, Christopher C. #2,661
Law	68	0.4%	14	Yeung, Karen #25,300
Sociology	60	0.3%	59	Urry, John R. #1,788
Criminology	48	0.3%	37	Farrington, David P. #1,998
International Relations	48	0.3%	45	Hickel, Jason E. #1,081
Social Work	38	0.2%	8	Dominelli, Lena #49,646
Science Studies	30	0.2%	29	Geels, Frank W. #95
Information & Library Sciences	29	0.2%	12	Thelwall, Mike A. #1,299
Cultural Studies	26	0.1%	2	Cheeseman, Nic #59,499
Gender Studies	20	0.1%	20	Gill, Rosalind M. #1,203
Demography	8	0.0%	5	Castles, Stephen #12,574
Social Sciences Methods	3	0.0%	3	Pawson, Ray #14,272
Engineering · 931 listed authors (5.1%)
Mechanical Engineering & Transports	158	0.9%	63	Hill, Rodney J. #674
Environmental Engineering	110	0.6%	45	Beven, Keith J. #752
Electrical & Electronic Engineering	104	0.6%	13	Wheeler, Patrick William W. #11,899
Industrial Engineering & Automation	99	0.5%	46	Mao, Xuerong #1,554
Biomedical Engineering	86	0.5%	23	Farina, Dario #3,579
Civil Engineering	83	0.5%	32	Gardner, Leroy #926
Geological & Geomatics Engineering	73	0.4%	52	Foody, Giles M. #1,148
Aerospace & Aeronautics	70	0.4%	7	Giles, Michael B. #17,554
Operations Research	62	0.3%	41	Choi, Tsan Ming #477
Chemical Engineering	55	0.3%	20	Thornton, Colin #9,822
Mining & Metallurgy	10	0.1%	3	Crundwell, Frank K. #32,753
Automobile Design & Engineering	5	0.0%	0	Cebon, David #144,767
Enabling & Strategic Technologies · 921 listed authors (5.0%)
Energy	402	2.2%	188	Williams, Paul T. #1,437
Materials	267	1.5%	130	Ashby, Michael F.A. #462
Optoelectronics & Photonics	135	0.7%	11	Poletti, Francesco #8,928
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	96	0.5%	93	Snaith, Henry James #210
Strategic, Defence & Security Studies	50	0.3%	16	Kelman, Ilan #3,716
Bioinformatics	38	0.2%	16	Holm, Liisa U. #4,007
Biotechnology	23	0.1%	5	Banat, Ibrahim M. #8,036
Biology · 747 listed authors (4.1%)
Plant Biology & Botany	230	1.3%	111	FOYER, Christine H. #662
Ecology	184	1.0%	179	Gaston, Kevin J. #215
Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	110	0.6%	52	Thompson, Richard C. #244
Evolutionary Biology	99	0.5%	86	Yang, Ziheng #275
Entomology	55	0.3%	20	Hemingway, Janet #15,470
Ornithology	29	0.2%	5	Newton, Ian #19,171
Zoology	17	0.1%	0	Gower, David J. #100,072
Earth & Environmental Sciences · 740 listed authors (4.0%)
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	198	1.1%	184	Lenton, Timothy M. #839
Geochemistry & Geophysics	195	1.1%	113	Pearce, Juliana A. #536
Environmental Sciences	137	0.7%	116	Adger, W. Neil #378
Paleontology	101	0.6%	59	Bronk Ramsey, Christopher #1,215
Geology	54	0.3%	14	Sillitoe, Richard H. #8,020
Oceanography	35	0.2%	6	Nicholls, Robert James #3,471
Economics & Business · 728 listed authors (4.0%)
Business & Management	283	1.5%	275	Alvesson, Mats #986
Economics	133	0.7%	131	Besley, Timothy J. #1,444
Sport, Leisure & Tourism	60	0.3%	59	Buhalis, Dimitrios #186
Marketing	59	0.3%	59	Mogaji, Emmanuel #3,694
Logistics & Transportation	55	0.3%	33	Flyvbjerg, Bent #850
Development Studies	38	0.2%	35	Kabeer, Naila #2,109
Accounting	31	0.2%	31	Parker, Lee David #5,801
Finance	26	0.1%	26	Edmans, Alex #1,514
Industrial Relations	16	0.1%	13	Guest, David E. #3,962
Agricultural Economics & Policy	12	0.1%	9	Cole, Matthew A. #7,995
Econometrics	9	0.0%	9	Pesaran, M. Hashem #48
Economic Theory	3	0.0%	2	Young, H. Peyton #14,927
Chemistry · 649 listed authors (3.5%)
Organic Chemistry	236	1.3%	85	Abbott, Andrew P. #1,095
Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	106	0.6%	25	Farrugia, Louis J. #8,471
Analytical Chemistry	93	0.5%	30	Kell, Douglas Bruce #7,723
Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	83	0.5%	31	Habtemariam, Solomon #2,540
Polymers	74	0.4%	33	Thakur, Vijay Kumar #895
General Chemistry	28	0.2%	3	de Visser, Sam P. #30,921
Physical Chemistry	27	0.1%	9	Hutchings, Graham John #2,890
Public Health & Health Services · 559 listed authors (3.1%)
Public Health	220	1.2%	132	Michie, Susan F. #389
Nursing	179	1.0%	31	O'Connor, Siobhán #10,138
Health Policy & Services	90	0.5%	47	Briggs, Andrew H. #6,344
Rehabilitation	62	0.3%	24	Finlay, Linda #4,234
Gerontology	35	0.2%	20	Kirkwood, Thomas Bl L. #7,845
Epidemiology	34	0.2%	19	Marmot, M. G. #159
Substance Abuse	33	0.2%	18	Griffiths, Mark D. #139
Speech-Language Pathology & Audiology	22	0.1%	7	Hilari, Katerina #35,625
Psychology & Cognitive Sciences · 455 listed authors (2.5%)
Experimental Psychology	145	0.8%	143	Spence, C. J. #250
Social Psychology	97	0.5%	93	Van Der Linden, Sander L. #370
Developmental & Child Psychology	66	0.4%	65	Baron-Cohen, Simon B. #184
Behavioral Science & Comparative Psychology	59	0.3%	35	Dunbar, Robin I.M. #734
Clinical Psychology	44	0.2%	41	Gilbert, Paul #520
Human Factors	37	0.2%	19	Reason, James T. #4,617
Psychoanalysis	19	0.1%	3	Midgley, Nick #43,115
General Psychology & Cognitive Sciences	1	0.0%	0	Mosley, Della V. #125,197
Agriculture, Fisheries & Forestry · 389 listed authors (2.1%)
Veterinary Sciences	173	0.9%	20	Day, Michael Joseph #27,426
Agronomy & Agriculture	84	0.5%	42	Smith, Pete #150
Dairy & Animal Science	64	0.3%	13	Bedford, Michael Richard #23,848
Fisheries	55	0.3%	13	Jennings, Simon #16,554
Food Science	43	0.2%	27	Shewry, Peter Robert #2,407
Forestry	11	0.1%	1	Leakey, Roger R.B. #92,834
Horticulture	1	0.0%	0	Danilewicz, John C. #310,402
Historical Studies · 326 listed authors (1.8%)
History	138	0.8%	4	Hobsbawm, Eric J.E. #14,801
Archaeology	101	0.6%	19	Fuller, Dorian Q. #3,885
Classics	36	0.2%	2	Elsner, Jas̈ #91,683
Anthropology	30	0.2%	17	Ingold, Tim #433
History of Science, Technology & Medicine	17	0.1%	2	Arnold, David #96,229
History of Social Sciences	15	0.1%	6	Decker, Stephanie #29,703
Communication & Textual Studies · 244 listed authors (1.3%)
Languages & Linguistics	110	0.6%	100	Hyland, Ken #163
Literary Studies	92	0.5%	5	Eagleton, Terry #55,168
Communication & Media Studies	44	0.2%	43	Livingstone, Sonia M. #1,368
Mathematics & Statistics · 159 listed authors (0.9%)
General Mathematics	77	0.4%	25	Atiyah, Michael F. #11,771
Statistics & Probability	52	0.3%	50	Wood, Simon N. #200
Applied Mathematics	21	0.1%	11	Zienkiewicz, Olgierd C. #9,339
Numerical & Computational Mathematics	21	0.1%	6	Higham, Nicholas J. #4,119
Built Environment & Design · 151 listed authors (0.8%)
Building & Construction	84	0.5%	72	Blocken, B. J.E. #847
Urban & Regional Planning	64	0.3%	60	Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés #441
Design Practice & Management	23	0.1%	12	Dai, Jian S. #9,973
Architecture	8	0.0%	0	Sennett, Richard #204,153
Philosophy & Theology · 115 listed authors (0.6%)
Philosophy	54	0.3%	24	Bostrom, Nick #8,881
Religions & Theology	47	0.3%	2	Voas, David #58,593
Applied Ethics	20	0.1%	14	Taddeo, Mariarosaria #5,223
Visual & Performing Arts · 24 listed authors (0.1%)
Music	15	0.1%	1	Born, Georgina #57,750
Art Practice, History & Theory	9	0.0%	0	Pollock, Griselda #371,709
Drama & Theater	8	0.0%	0	Thompson, James W. #217,706

18,320 listed scientists in the United Kingdom

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