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728 researchers in the United Kingdom whose main field is Economics & Business are in the 2026 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list: 4.0% of all listed authors in the United Kingdom, and 2nd of 102 countries in the field. 676 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). London School of Economics and Political Science has the most (53), followed by University of Oxford (26) and University of Leeds (20). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.

Listed authors

728

4.0% of all in the United Kingdom

In the global top 100,000

676

92.9% of them

Country rank in the field

of 102 countries in Economics & Business

Highest-ranked

#48

Pesaran, M. Hashem

#	Institution	Listed authors	Top 100k	Rank worldwide	Highest-ranked author
1	London School of Economics and Political Science	53	52	#2	Besley, Timothy J. #1,444
2	University of Oxford	26	25	#15	Banister, David J. #2,791
3	University of Leeds	20	12	#32	Hess, Stephane #16,834
4	King's College London	17	16	#37	Guest, David E. #3,962
5	University of Cambridge	16	15	#42	Neely, Andy D. #10,261
6	University of Surrey	13	13	#61	Tussyadiah, Iis P. #1,723
7	University College London	13	10	#62	Mazzucato, Mariana #2,088
8	Alliance Manchester Business School	13	13	#63	Buckley, Peter Jim S. #3,528
9	The University of Manchester	13	13	#65	Lucas, Karen #4,310
10	London Business School	13	13	#68	Ibarra, Herminia #16,901
11	University of Oxford, Saïd Business School	12	12	#71	Flyvbjerg, Bent #850
12	Durham University	11	11	#90	Amankwah-Amoah, Joseph #5,005
13	University of Birmingham	11	10	#94	Cole, Matthew A. #7,995
14	University of Bath	10	9	#104	Alvesson, Mats #986
15	Bayes Business School, City University of London	10	10	#110	Banerjee, Subhabrata Bobby #2,819
16	University of Bristol	10	10	#122	Pantano, Eleonora #7,596
17	University of Sussex	10	9	#125	Beverland, Michael B. #11,600
18	University of Nottingham	9	8	#131	Wright, Mike T. #1,255
19	Cambridge Judge Business School	9	9	#139	Marquis, Christopher #6,497
20	Henley Business School	8	7	#156	Mariani, Marcello M. #1,718
21	Southampton Business School	8	8	#159	Baruch, Yehuda #3,497
22	Imperial College London	8	7	#161	Allen, Franklin #4,637
23	University of Glasgow	8	6	#164	Parker, Lee David #5,801
24	University of Bath, School of Management	8	7	#170	Crane, Andrew #10,956
25	Lancaster University Management School	8	6	#172	Anderson, Alistair R. #13,902
26	King’s Business School	8	8	#175	Witt, Michael A. #15,469
27	Warwick Business School	8	8	#183	Voss, Chris A. #42,315
28	Imperial College Business School	7	7	#194	Autio, Erkko #3,206
29	Manchester Metropolitan University	7	7	#205	Sthapit, Erose #9,748
30	Royal Holloway, University of London	7	7	#207	Hosany, Sameer #11,553
31	Leeds University Business School	7	6	#221	Wong, Chee Yew #31,514
32	Centre for Economic Policy Research, London	6	6	#229	Edmans, Alex #1,514
33	Durham University Business School	6	5	#242	Adams, Carol A. #6,342
34	Aston Business School	6	6	#244	Prasanta K. Dey, Prasanta Kumar #7,970
35	Sheffield University Management School	6	6	#245	Dawson, Jeremy F. #8,671
36	Adam Smith Business School	6	6	#267	Mason, Colin M. #23,545
37	University of York	6	6	#269	Waterton, Emma #24,058
38	Leeds Beckett University	6	5	#277	Dashper, Katherine #40,338
39	Cardiff Business School	6	6	#279	Wang, Yizhi #48,056
40	University of Northumbria	5	5	#288	Antony, Jiju #1,501
41	Institute of Development Studies, Brighton	5	5	#296	Scoones, Ian C. #2,974
42	University of East Anglia	5	5	#316	Jun-Hwa, Cheah Hwa (Jacky) #10,733
43	The University of Sheffield	5	5	#320	Olya, H. G.T. #14,144
44	University of Warwick	5	4	#327	Fotaki, Marianna #16,441
45	University of Kent	5	5	#329	Papadopoulos, Thanos #16,548
46	University of Aberdeen	5	4	#334	Parker, Simon Charles #17,682
47	Cardiff University	5	5	#348	Peattie, Ken J. #26,943
48	University of Essex	5	5	#353	Hatton, Timothy T. #44,736
49	University of Exeter Business School	5	5	#354	Whiteman, Gail #47,750
50	The Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment	4	3	#376	De Vos, Jonas #3,695
51	Loughborough University	4	3	#397	Hodgson, Geoffrey Martin #9,317
52	University of Strathclyde	4	4	#399	Baum, Tom G. #9,497
53	Cranfield School of Management	4	4	#403	Christopher, Martin G. #10,819
54	Birkbeck, University of London	4	4	#429	Kinman, Gail #20,526
55	Liverpool John Moores University	4	2	#430	Yang, Zaili #21,288
56	York St John University	4	4	#433	Tribe, John #23,113
57	University of Westminster	4	4	#434	Aldred, Rachel #23,147
58	Faculty of Economics	4	3	#439	Newbery, David Michael G. #29,411
59	Heriot-Watt University	4	3	#450	Mubarik, Muhammad Shujaat #37,095
60	SOAS University of London	4	4	#451	Chang, Hajoon #38,971
61	University of Southampton	4	3	#454	Ehigiamusoe, Kizito Uyi #41,287
62	University of Bradford School of Management	3	3	#494	Gozgor, Giray #3,087
63	UCL	3	3	#496	Blundell, Richard W. #3,350
64	University of Liverpool Management School	3	2	#498	Cornelissen, Joep P. #3,677
65	University of Reading	3	3	#499	Dunning, John H. #3,884
66	School of Management	3	3	#386	Gray, Rob H. #5,924
67	University of Leicester School of Business	3	3	#509	Bryman, Alan E. #6,523
68	University of Lincoln	3	3	#511	Caputo, Andrea #8,125
69	Birmingham Business School	3	3	#513	Urquhart, Andrew #8,533
70	Surrey Business School	3	3	#520	Font, Xavier #9,812
71	Lancaster University	3	3	#526	West, Michael Alun #11,789
72	Sheffield Business School	3	3	#544	Kayikci, Yasanur #14,796
73	Norwich Business School	3	3	#558	Bowen, Frances E. #19,267
74	Brunel University London	3	3	#565	Balmer, John M.T. #22,719
75	Oxford Brookes Business School	3	3	#568	Altinay, Levent #22,964
76	The Open University	3	2	#580	Frynas, Jȩdrzej George #27,226
77	University of Stirling	3	3	#588	Burnes, Bernard #30,059
78	UCL School of Management	3	3	#594	Vergne, Jean Philippe #31,624
79	Swansea University	3	2	#599	Abedin, Mohammad Zoynul #33,659
80	Manchester Metropolitan University Business School	3	3	#603	Al-Najjar, Basil #35,145
81	Nottingham Trent University	3	3	#608	Renwick, Douglas William Scott #37,026
82	University of Liverpool	3	2	#617	Gatrell, Caroline Jane #39,751
83	Newcastle University	3	3	#627	Sinkovics, Noemi #46,101
84	University of Sussex Business School	3	3	#630	Strange, Roger N. #49,229
85	Oxford Brookes University	3	3	#632	Seraphin, Hugues #49,832
86	University of Edinburgh Business School	3	2	#637	Harrison, Richard T. #54,798
87	Queen Mary University of London	3	3	#641	Zahoor, Nadia #56,742
88	Essex Business School	3	3	#661	Chowdhury, Rashedur #77,643

The top 100 in Economics & Business in the United Kingdom, in order

1
Pesaran, M. Hashem
Trinity College Cambridge
2
Buhalis, Dimitrios
Bournemouth University
3
Flyvbjerg, Bent
University of Oxford, Saïd Business School
4
Alvesson, Mats
University of Bath
5
Wright, Mike T.
University of Nottingham
6
Besley, Timothy J.
London School of Economics and Political Science
7
Antony, Jiju
University of Northumbria
8
Edmans, Alex
Centre for Economic Policy Research, London
9
Mariani, Marcello M.
Henley Business School
10
Tussyadiah, Iis P.
University of Surrey
11
Garza-Reyes, Jose Arturo
University of Derby
12
Stern, Nicholas H.
London School of Economics and Political Science
13
Aghion, Philippe
London School of Economics and Political ScienceNobel laureate
14
Mazzucato, Mariana
University College London
15
Kabeer, Naila
London School of Economics and Political Science
16
Gawer, Annabelle
University of Surrey
17
Hajli, Nick
Loughborough University, School of Business and Economics
18
Banister, David J.
University of Oxford
19
Banerjee, Subhabrata Bobby
Bayes Business School, City University of London
20
Bowles, Samuel
University College London
21
Scoones, Ian C.
Institute of Development Studies, Brighton
22
Gozgor, Giray
University of Bradford School of Management
23
Singh, Sanjay Kumar
University of Dundee
24
Autio, Erkko
Imperial College Business School
25
Blundell, Richard W.
UCL
26
Baruch, Yehuda
Southampton Business School
27
Buckley, Peter Jim S.
Alliance Manchester Business School
28
Neumayer, Eric
London School of Economics and Political Science
29
Cornelissen, Joep P.
University of Liverpool Management School
30
Mogaji, Emmanuel
Keele University
31
De Vos, Jonas
The Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment
32
Dunning, John H.
University of Reading
33
Guest, David E.
King's College London
34
McMullen, Jeffery S.
Imperial College Business School
35
Schwanen, Tim
University of Oxford
36
Lucas, Karen
The University of Manchester
37
Stephan, Ute
King's College London
38
Allen, Franklin
Imperial College London
39
van Reenen, John V.
London School of Economics and Political Science
40
Henderson, J. Vernon
London School of Economics and Political Science
41
Butler, Richard W.
Strathclyde Business School, United Kingdom
42
Amankwah-Amoah, Joseph
Durham University
43
Ntim, Collins G.
Southampton Business School
44
Dustmann, Christian
University College London
45
Agarwal, Bina
The University of Manchester
46
Parker, Lee David
University of Glasgow
47
Alkire, Sabina
University of Oxford
48
Gray, Rob H.
School of Management
49
Ekins, Paul W.
University College London
50
Adams, Carol A.
Durham University Business School
51
Brown, Andrew D.
University of Bath
52
Marquis, Christopher
Cambridge Judge Business School
53
Bryman, Alan E.
University of Leicester School of Business
54
Kumar, Anil
London Metropolitan University
55
Vaara, Eero
University of Oxford
56
Behl, Abhishek
Keele Business School
57
Adams, Renée B.
University of Oxford
58
Maitlis, Sally
University of Oxford
59
Pantano, Eleonora
University of Bristol
60
Foroudi, Pantea
Middlesex University
61
Windmeijer, F. A.G.
University of Oxford
62
Lawrence, Thomas B.
University of Oxford
63
McCann, Philip
Alliance Manchester Business School
64
Prasanta K. Dey, Prasanta Kumar
Aston Business School
65
Cole, Matthew A.
University of Birmingham
66
Caputo, Andrea
University of Lincoln
67
Collier, Paul
University of Oxford, Blavatnik School of Government
68
Morrison, Alastair M.
University of Greenwich
69
Urquhart, Andrew
Birmingham Business School
70
Dawson, Jeremy F.
Sheffield University Management School
71
Naeem, Muhammad
Christ Church Business School
72
Hodgson, Geoffrey Martin
Loughborough University
73
Budhwar, Pawan S.
Aston Business School
74
Marlow, Susan
University of Nottingham
75
Baum, Tom G.
University of Strathclyde
76
Elkington, John
Volans
77
Airey, Gordon D.
University of Nottingham
78
Child, John
University of Birmingham
79
Sthapit, Erose
Manchester Metropolitan University
80
Font, Xavier
Surrey Business School
81
Neely, Andy D.
University of Cambridge
82
Filimonau, Viachaslau
University of Surrey
83
Blut, Markus
Durham University Business School
84
Jun-Hwa, Cheah Hwa (Jacky)
University of East Anglia
85
Christopher, Martin G.
Cranfield School of Management
86
Dimov, Dimo P.
University of Bath
87
Crane, Andrew
University of Bath, School of Management
88
Chambers, Robert
Institute of Development Studies, Brighton
89
Taylor, James W.
University of Oxford, Saïd Business School
90
Corley, Kevin G.
Imperial College London
91
Hosany, Sameer
Royal Holloway, University of London
92
Beverland, Michael B.
University of Sussex
93
Spicer, André
Bayes Business School, City University of London
94
West, Michael Alun
Lancaster University
95
Harris, Lloyd C.
The University of Manchester
96
Hepburn, Cameron J.
University of Oxford
97
Christensen, Clayton M.
University of Oxford
98
Agag, Gomaa Mohamed
Nottingham Business School
99
Gerged, Ali Meftah
Sheffield University Management School
100
Ashraf, Badar Nadeem
London South Bank University

728 listed scientists in Economics & Business in the United Kingdom

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