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Which institutions in the United Kingdom have the most top-cited scientists in Education?

272 researchers in the United Kingdom whose main subfield is Education are in the 2026 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list: 1.5% of all listed authors in the United Kingdom, and 2nd of 76 countries in the subfield. 166 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). UCL Institute of Education has the most (26), followed by University of Oxford (24) and University College London (14). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.

Listed authors

272

1.5% of all in the United Kingdom

In the global top 100,000

166

61.0% of them

Country rank in the subfield

of 76 countries in Education

Highest-ranked

#473

Ball, Stephen John

#	Institution	Listed authors	Top 100k	Rank worldwide	Highest-ranked author
1	UCL Institute of Education	26	17	#3	Ball, Stephen John #473
2	University of Oxford	24	16	#6	Marginson, Simon #795
3	University College London	14	11	#22	Bond, Melissa #11,109
4	The University of Manchester	11	4	#33	Ainscow, Mel #2,841
5	The Open University	11	10	#39	Richardson, John Thomas Edwin #8,854
6	The University of Edinburgh	10	4	#41	Williamson, Ben #1,889
7	The Faculty of Education	10	7	#42	Taber, Keith S. #2,546
8	University of Cambridge	9	7	#53	Reay, Diane #2,792
9	University of Bristol	9	6	#58	Maclure, Maggie #15,417
10	University of Surrey	7	4	#74	Winstone, Naomi E. #13,490
11	University of Birmingham	6	3	#88	Gillborn, David A. #9,156
12	King's College London	6	2	#98	Black, Paul J. #29,471
13	Durham University	5	4	#103	Hall, Stuart #6,444
14	University of Leeds	5	4	#108	Al-Samarraie, Hosam #21,030
15	University of Exeter	5	3	#112	Norwich, Brahm #28,343
16	University of Glasgow	5	4	#120	Kennedy, Aileen #60,903
17	Lancaster University	4	4	#127	Tight, Malcolm #6,586
18	Faculty of Social Sciences	4	2	#131	Tomlinson, Michael #10,711
19	The University of Sheffield	4	2	#142	Neumann, Michelle M. #32,208
20	College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences	4	1	#147	Renold, E. #37,754
21	College of Social Sciences	4	3	#151	McGrath, Simon #62,266
22	University of Stirling	3	1	#188	Priestley, Mark R. #30,383
23	University of Sussex	3	1	#193	Eraut, Michael R. #34,867
24	Swansea University	3	2	#194	Newton, Philip M. #35,137
25	University of Nottingham	3	2	#205	Ainsworth, Shaaron Elizabeth #53,547
26	Department of Educational Research, Lancaster University	3	2	#211	McArthur, Jan #61,664
27	University of York	3	1	#215	Kyriacou, Chris #66,003

The top 100 in Education in the United Kingdom, in order

1
Ball, Stephen John
UCL Institute of Education
2
Marginson, Simon
University of Oxford
3
Williamson, Ben
The University of Edinburgh
4
Harris, Alma
Cardiff Metropolitan University
5
Taber, Keith S.
The Faculty of Education
6
Reay, Diane
University of Cambridge
7
Ainscow, Mel
The University of Manchester
8
Hargreaves, Andy
University of Oxford
9
Klassen, Robert Mark
University of Oxford
10
Snowling, Margaret J.
University of Oxford
11
Topping, Keith James
University of Dundee
12
Mercer, Neil
University of Cambridge
13
Day, Christopher W.
University of Nottingham, Faculty of Social Sciences
14
Hall, Stuart
Durham University
15
Tight, Malcolm
Lancaster University
16
Archer, Louise
UCL Institute of Education
17
Florian, Lani
The University of Edinburgh
18
Richardson, John Thomas Edwin
The Open University
19
Gillborn, David A.
University of Birmingham
20
Kristjánsson, Kristján
University of Birmingham
21
Putwain, David William
Liverpool John Moores University
22
Tomlinson, Michael
Faculty of Social Sciences
23
Bond, Melissa
University College London
24
Winstone, Naomi E.
University of Surrey
25
Wiliam, Dylan
UCL Institute of Education
26
Erduran, Sibel
University of Oxford
27
Maclure, Maggie
University of Bristol
28
Knox, Jeremy
University of Oxford
29
Hammersley, Martyn
The Open University
30
Gu, Qing
University College London
31
Eynon, Rebecca
University of Oxford
32
Bush, Tony
University of Nottingham, Faculty of Social Sciences
33
Al-Samarraie, Hosam
University of Leeds
34
Wilkins, Stephen
University of Bath
35
Gravett, Karen
University of Surrey
36
Jewitt, Carey
University College London
37
Cain, Kate
Lancaster University
38
Young, Michael F.D.
UCL Institute of Education
39
Hallam, Susan
UCL Institute of Education
40
Slee, Roger
University of Leeds
41
Bhopal, Kalwant K.
University of Birmingham
42
Brooks, Rachel M.
University of Surrey
43
Reiss, Michael Jonathan
UCL Institute of Education
44
Barnett, Ronald A.
University College London
45
McCowan, Tristan
University College London
46
Bovill, Catherine
The University of Edinburgh
47
Cotton, Debby R.E.
Plymouth Marjon University
48
Jerrim, John P.
University College London
49
Norwich, Brahm
University of Exeter
50
Morris, Thomas Howard
Bath Spa University
51
Black, Paul J.
King's College London
52
Wong, Billy
University of Reading
53
Chong, Sin Wang
University of St Andrews
54
Laurillard, Diana M.
UCL Institute of Education
55
Priestley, Mark R.
University of Stirling
56
Wegerif, Rupert
The Faculty of Education
57
Watermeyer, Richard Patrick
University of Bristol
58
Tikly, Leon Paul
University of Bristol
59
Robertson, Susan L.
University of Cambridge
60
Chankseliani, Maia
University of Oxford
61
Cassidy, Simon
University of Salford
62
Neumann, Michelle M.
The University of Sheffield
63
Arday, Jason
The Faculty of Education
64
Gorard, Stephen A.C.
Durham University
65
Cushing, Ian R.
Manchester Metropolitan University
66
Sailer, Michael
Universität Augsburg
67
Sharples, Mike
The Open University
68
Vermunt, Jan D.
University of Cambridge
69
Eraut, Michael R.
University of Sussex
70
Newton, Philip M.
Swansea University
71
Humphrey, Neil
The University of Manchester
72
Oliver, Michael J.
The Open University
73
Borgonovi, Francesca
University College London
74
Renold, E.
College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
75
Hennessy, Sara
The Faculty of Education
76
Nind, Melanie A.E.
Faculty of Social Sciences
77
Taylor, Carol A.
University of Bath
78
Evans, Linda
The University of Manchester
79
Moss, Peter
UCL Institute of Education
80
Rienties, B. Carlo
The Open University
81
Kaye, Linda K.
Edge Hill University
82
Bunnell, Tristan
University of Bath, Department of Education
83
de Freitas, Sara Isabella
Birkbeck, University of London
84
Messiou, Kyriaki
University of Southampton
85
Myhill, Debra Ann
University of Exeter
86
Whitchurch, Celia M.
UCL Institute of Education
87
Ainsworth, Shaaron Elizabeth
University of Nottingham
88
Heffernan, Troy A.
All Souls College
89
Parsons, Sarah J.
The Autism Community Research Network @Southampton [ACoRNS]
90
McAlpine, Lynn
University of Oxford
91
Unterhalter, Elaine
University College London
92
Cremin, Teresa Mary
The Open University
93
Seale, Jane Katherine
The Open University
94
Muijs, R. Daniel
Queen's University Belfast
95
Kukulska-Hulme, Agnes
The Open University
96
Edwards, Anne R.
University of Oxford
97
Dawson, Emily
University College London
98
Butler, Ruth
Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust
99
Boliver, Vikki
Durham University
100
Vincent, Carol
University College London

272 listed scientists in Education in the United Kingdom

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