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Which institutions in the United Kingdom have the most top-cited scientists in Astronomy & Astrophysics?

178 researchers in the United Kingdom whose main subfield is Astronomy & Astrophysics are in the 2026 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list: 1.0% of all listed authors in the United Kingdom, and 2nd of 42 countries in the subfield. 125 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). University of Oxford has the most (14), followed by Durham University (14) and Institute of Astronomy (11). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.

Listed authors
178
1.0% of all in the United Kingdom
In the global top 100,000
125
70.2% of them
Country rank in the subfield
#2
of 42 countries in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Highest-ranked
#1,781
Fabian, Andrew C.
#InstitutionListed authorsTop 100kRank worldwideHighest-ranked author
1University of Oxford1411#12Cappellari, Michele #2,083
2Durham University1410#15Frenk, Carlos S. #21,885
3Institute of Astronomy1111#23Fabian, Andrew C. #1,781
4University of Cambridge107#33Maiolino, Roberto #10,453
5University of Edinburgh, Institute for Astronomy108#38Best, Phillip N. #35,374
6Liverpool John Moores University94#43Perley, Daniel A. #24,093
7Imperial College London86#47Owen, James E. #11,439
8University of Leicester75#56King, Andrew R. #8,907
9University College London74#59Yurchenko, Sergey N. #17,188
10University of Southampton62#85Knigge, Christian #72,260
11Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics54#88Conselice, Christopher J. #3,588
12University of Hertfordshire52#105Hardcastle, Martin J. #30,672
13Keele University54#106Southworth, John K. #37,688
14UCL Mullard Space Science Laboratory52#108Schönrich, Ralph A. #41,773
15University of Surrey43#115Vasiliev, Eugene A. #6,971
16University of Portsmouth43#120Maraston, Claudia #17,575
17Faculty of Mathematics44#126Ogilvie, Gordon I. #28,730
18University of St Andrews43#140Zhao, Hongsheng #72,236
19Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine42#141Marsh, Thomas R. #75,910
20The University of Edinburgh33#149Cockell, Charles Seaton #12,124
21University of Leeds32#161Thomas, Daniel #24,686
22Cardiff University31#165Ade, Peter A.R. #27,272
23Department of Physics32#173Lasenby, Anthony N. #32,866
24Newcastle University33#183Harrison, Chris M. #50,187
25Queen Mary University of London32#191Nelson, Richard P. #65,237
26University of Birmingham31#201Triaud, Amaury H.M.J. #98,084

The top 100 in Astronomy & Astrophysics in the United Kingdom, in order

  1. 1
    Fabian, Andrew C.
    Institute of Astronomy
  2. 2
    Cappellari, Michele
    University of Oxford
  3. 3
    Rees, Martin J.
    Institute of Astronomy
  4. 4
    Conselice, Christopher J.
    Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics
  5. 5
    Silk, Joseph I.
    University of Oxford
  6. 6
    Efstathiou, George P.
    Institute of Astronomy
  7. 7
    Robitaille, Thomas P.
    Aperio Software Ltd.
  8. 8
    Vasiliev, Eugene A.
    University of Surrey
  9. 9
    Madhusudhan, Nikku
    Institute of Astronomy
  10. 10
    King, Andrew R.
    University of Leicester
  11. 11
    Smartt, Stephen J.
    University of Oxford
  12. 12
    Castelvecchi, Davide
    Nature in London
  13. 13
    Maiolino, Roberto
    University of Cambridge
  14. 14
    Belokurov, Vasily A.
    Institute of Astronomy
  15. 15
    Owen, James E.
    Imperial College London
  16. 16
    Binney, James J.
    University of Oxford
  17. 17
    Cockell, Charles Seaton
    The University of Edinburgh
  18. 18
    McMillan, Paul J.
    University of Leicester
  19. 19
    Handley, William J.
    University of Cambridge
  20. 20
    Chluba, Jens
    Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics
  21. 21
    Bate, Matthew R.
    University of Exeter
  22. 22
    Yurchenko, Sergey N.
    University College London
  23. 23
    Maraston, Claudia
    University of Portsmouth
  24. 24
    Ellis, Richard S.
    University College London
  25. 25
    van Leeuwen, Floor
    Institute of Astronomy
  26. 26
    Frenk, Carlos S.
    Durham University
  27. 27
  28. 28
    Podsiadlowski, Philiṕp
    University of Oxford
  29. 29
    Perley, Daniel A.
    Liverpool John Moores University
  30. 30
    Thomas, Daniel
    University of Leeds
  31. 31
    Crowther, Paul A.
    The University of Sheffield
  32. 32
    Ashton, Gregory
    Royal Holloway, University of London
  33. 33
    Bower, Richard G.
    Durham University
  34. 34
    Read, Justin I.
    University of Surrey
  35. 35
    Ade, Peter A.R.
    Cardiff University
  36. 36
    Fender, Robert P.
    University of Oxford
  37. 37
    Ogilvie, Gordon I.
    Faculty of Mathematics
  38. 38
    Hardcastle, Martin J.
    University of Hertfordshire
  39. 39
    Komissarov, Serguei S.
    University of Leeds
  40. 40
    Balbus, Steven A.
    University of Oxford
  41. 41
    Rafikov, Roman R.
    Faculty of Mathematics
  42. 42
    Cole, Shaun M.
    Durham University
  43. 43
    Lasenby, Anthony N.
    Department of Physics
  44. 44
    Tacchella, Sandro
    University of Cambridge
  45. 45
    Best, Phillip N.
    University of Edinburgh, Institute for Astronomy
  46. 46
    Lyne, Andrew G.
    Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics
  47. 47
    Southworth, John K.
    Keele University
  48. 48
    Peacock, John A.
    The University of Edinburgh
  49. 49
    Nicholl, Matt
    Queen's University Belfast
  50. 50
    Gilmore, Gerard F.
    Institute of Astronomy
  51. 51
    Schönrich, Ralph A.
    UCL Mullard Space Science Laboratory
  52. 52
    Challinor, Anthony D.
    Faculty of Mathematics
  53. 53
    Kobayashi, Chiaki
    University of Hertfordshire
  54. 54
    Lahav, Ofer
    University College London
  55. 55
    Done, Chris
    Durham University
  56. 56
    Jenkins, Adrian R.
    Durham University
  57. 57
    Pringle, James E.
    Emmanuel College
  58. 58
    David A. Green, David A.
    Department of Physics
  59. 59
    Vaughan, Simon A.
    University of Leicester
  60. 60
    Cropper, Mark S.
    UCL Mullard Space Science Laboratory
  61. 61
    Collett, Thomas E.
    University of Portsmouth
  62. 62
    Clarke, Cathie J.
    Institute of Astronomy
  63. 63
    Beutler, Florian
    University of Edinburgh, Institute for Astronomy
  64. 64
    Andy R. Lawrence, Andy R.
    The University of Edinburgh
  65. 65
    Harrison, Chris M.
    Newcastle University
  66. 66
    Pontzen, Andrew P.
    Durham University
  67. 67
    Uzdensky, Dmitri A.
    University of Oxford
  68. 68
    Collins, Gareth S.
    Imperial College London
  69. 69
    Bunker, Andrew J.
    University of Oxford
  70. 70
    Crawford, Ian A.
    Birkbeck, University of London
  71. 71
    Sanders, Jason L.
    University College London
  72. 72
    Theuns, Tom
    Durham University
  73. 73
    Thomas, Peter A.
    Keele University
  74. 74
    Stappers, Benjamin W.
    Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics
  75. 75
    Koposov, Sergey E.
    University of Edinburgh, Institute for Astronomy
  76. 76
    Wright, Nicholas J.
    Keele University
  77. 77
    Kocsis, Bence
    University of Oxford
  78. 78
    Heavens, Alan F.
    Imperial College London
  79. 79
    Duncan, Kenneth J.
    University of Edinburgh, Institute for Astronomy
  80. 80
    Nelson, Richard P.
    Queen Mary University of London
  81. 81
    James S. Dunlop, James S.
    University of Edinburgh, Institute for Astronomy
  82. 82
    McDowell, Jonathan C.
    Durham University
  83. 83
    Nadathur, Seshadri
    University of Portsmouth
  84. 84
    Wyatt, Mark C.
    Institute of Astronomy
  85. 85
    Avery Meiksin, Avery A.
    Affiliate of Scottish Universities Physics Alliance (SUPA)
  86. 86
    Ingram, Adam R.
    Newcastle University
  87. 87
    Crain, Robert A.
    Liverpool John Moores University
  88. 88
    Haehnelt, Martin Gerhard Otto
    University of Cambridge
  89. 89
    Zhao, Hongsheng
    University of St Andrews
  90. 90
    Knigge, Christian
    University of Southampton
  91. 91
    Kobayashi, Shiho
    Liverpool John Moores University
  92. 92
    Carnall, Adam C.
    University of Edinburgh, Institute for Astronomy
  93. 93
    del Zanna, Giulio
    University of Leicester
  94. 94
    Marsh, Thomas R.
    Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine
  95. 95
    Cameron, Andrew C.
    University of St Andrews
  96. 96
    Stanway, Elizabeth R.
    Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine
  97. 97
    Tanvir, Nial R.
    University of Leicester
  98. 98
    Chen, Christopher H.K.
    Queen Mary University of London
  99. 99
    Wuyts, Stijn
    University of Bath, Department of Physics
  100. 100
    Irwin, Michael J.
    Institute of Astronomy

178 listed scientists in Astronomy & Astrophysics in the United Kingdom

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Data: Ioannidis, John P.A. (2026), ‘August 2026 data-update for “Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators”’, Mendeley Data, v9, doi:10.17632/btchxktzyw.9. 2026 list, ranked by composite citation score (c) excluding self-citations.

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