Top institutions in the United Kingdom for History

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

138 researchers in the United Kingdom whose main subfield is History are in the 2026 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list: 0.8% of all listed authors in the United Kingdom, and 2nd of 33 countries in the subfield. 4 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). University of Oxford has the most (11), followed by University of Cambridge (10) and Queen Mary University of London (8). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.

Listed authors
138
0.8% of all in the United Kingdom
In the global top 100,000
4
2.9% of them
Country rank in the subfield
#2
of 33 countries in History
Highest-ranked
#14,801
Hobsbawm, Eric J.E.
#InstitutionListed authorsTop 100kRank worldwideHighest-ranked author
1University of Oxford111#2Wickham, Chris J. #49,764
2University of Cambridge102#3Burke, Peter F. #71,691
3Queen Mary University of London80#5Dixon, Thomas #374,631
4University of Warwick70#8Riello, Giorgio #145,803
5University of Glasgow60#9Abrams, Lynn #143,013
6University of Exeter60#10Mark, James #265,238
7University of Bristol60#11Cole, Tim J. #290,088
8The University of Manchester50#14Gatrell, Peter #236,408
9Birkbeck, University of London41#15Hobsbawm, Eric J.E. #14,801
10London School of Economics and Political Science40#22Zubok, Vladislav Martinovich #302,776
11University College London30#25Edwards, Elizabeth #111,563
12King's College London30#29Gowing, Laura #184,791
13Faculty of History30#30Warde, Paul #199,516
14University of St Andrews30#31Pettegree, Andrew #223,611
15Royal Holloway, University of London30#32Horden, Peregrine #263,104
16University of Leicester30#34Anderson, Clare #268,307
17The University of Edinburgh30#36Goodare, Julian #329,470
18The Open University30#37Hack, Karl A. #341,861

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

  1. 1
    Hobsbawm, Eric J.E.
    Birkbeck, University of London
  2. 2
    Wickham, Chris J.
    University of Oxford
  3. 3
    Burke, Peter F.
    University of Cambridge
  4. 4
    Walsham, Alexandra
    University of Cambridge
  5. 5
    Edwards, Elizabeth
    University College London
  6. 6
    Kallis, Aristotle A.
    Keele University
  7. 7
    Rublack, Ulinka
    University of Cambridge
  8. 8
    Abrams, Lynn
    University of Glasgow
  9. 9
    Riello, Giorgio
    University of Warwick
  10. 10
    Berg, Maxine
    University of Warwick
  11. 11
    Slavin, Philip
    University of Stirling
  12. 12
    Tomlinson, Jim
    University of Glasgow
  13. 13
  14. 14
    Cohn, Samuel Kline
    University of Glasgow
  15. 15
    Baker, Catherine
    University of Hull
  16. 16
    Gowing, Laura
    King's College London
  17. 17
    Warde, Paul
    Faculty of History
  18. 18
    Hopkins, Anthony G.
    University of Cambridge
  19. 19
    Claeys, Gregory
    University of London
  20. 20
    Shepard, Alexandra
    University of Glasgow
  21. 21
    Pettegree, Andrew
    University of St Andrews
  22. 22
    Moran, Joe
    Liverpool John Moores University
  23. 23
    Tosh, John
    University of Roehampton
  24. 24
    de Vivo, Filippo
    University of Oxford
  25. 25
    Gatrell, Peter
    The University of Manchester
  26. 26
    McKitterick, Rosamond
    University of Cambridge
  27. 27
    Lapidge, Michael
    Clare College
  28. 28
    Horden, Peregrine
    Royal Holloway, University of London
  29. 29
    Mark, James
    University of Exeter
  30. 30
    Halsall, Guy
    Faculty of Social Sciences & Health
  31. 31
    Anderson, Clare
    University of Leicester
  32. 32
    Bourke, Joanna
    Birkbeck, University of London
  33. 33
    Kaiser, Wolfram
    University of Portsmouth
  34. 34
    Darwin, John G.
    Nuffield College, University Of Oxford
  35. 35
    Cole, Tim J.
    University of Bristol
  36. 36
    Capp, Bernard
    University of Warwick
  37. 37
    Earle, Rebecca
    University of Warwick
  38. 38
    Roper, Lyndal H.
    University of Oxford
  39. 39
    Wilson, Peter H.
    All Souls College
  40. 40
    Zubok, Vladislav Martinovich
    London School of Economics and Political Science
  41. 41
    MacKenzie, John M.
    Lancaster University
  42. 42
    Stone, Dan
    Royal Holloway, University of London
  43. 43
    Bourke, Richard
    University of Cambridge
  44. 44
    Ditchfield, Simon
    University of York
  45. 45
    Goodare, Julian
    The University of Edinburgh
  46. 46
    Turda, Marius
    Oxford Brookes University
  47. 47
    Hack, Karl A.
    The Open University
  48. 48
    Thane, Pat M.
    Birkbeck, University of London
  49. 49
    Hutton, Ronald
    University of Bristol
  50. 50
    Strachan, Hew F.A.
    University of St Andrews
  51. 51
    Dyer, Christopher C.
    University of Leicester
  52. 52
    Harvey, Karen
    University of Birmingham
  53. 53
    Pedersen, Sarah
    Robert Gordon University
  54. 54
    Stobart, Jon
    Manchester Metropolitan University
  55. 55
    Emsley, Clive E.
    The Open University
  56. 56
    Duffy, Eamon
    Magdalene College
  57. 57
    Dixon, Thomas
    Queen Mary University of London
  58. 58
    Vickery, Amanda J.
    Queen Mary University of London
  59. 59
    Bracke, Maud Anne
    University of Glasgow
  60. 60
    Seth, Sanjay
    Goldsmiths, University of London
  61. 61
    Rubin, Miri
    Queen Mary University of London
  62. 62
    Reinisch, Jessica
    Birkbeck, University of London
  63. 63
    Sarris, Peter
    Faculty of History
  64. 64
    Epstein, S. R.
    London School of Economics and Political Science
  65. 65
    Bloxham, Donald
    The University of Edinburgh
  66. 66
    Muldrew, Craig
    University of Cambridge
  67. 67
    Whittle, Jane
    University of Exeter
  68. 68
    Lewis, Su Lin
    University of Bristol
  69. 69
    Tinkler, Penny
    The University of Manchester
  70. 70
    Paton, Diana
    The University of Edinburgh
  71. 71
    Bingham, Adrian
    The University of Sheffield
  72. 72
    Harmer, Tanya
    London School of Economics and Political Science
  73. 73
    Sutcliffe-Braithwaite, Florence
    University College London
  74. 74
    Motadel, David
    London School of Economics and Political Science
  75. 75
    Kennedy, Hugh N.
    SOAS University of London
  76. 76
    Panayi, Panikos
    De Montfort University
  77. 77
    Phillips, Jim
    University of Glasgow
  78. 78
  79. 79
    King, Laura
    University of Leeds
  80. 80
    Mark, Chi Kwan
    Royal Holloway, University of London
  81. 81
    Gildea, Robert N.
    University of Oxford
  82. 82
    Langhamer, Claire
    School of Advanced Study, University of London
  83. 83
    Clavin, Patricia
    University of Oxford
  84. 84
    Steedman, Carolyn Kay
    University of Warwick
  85. 85
    Saunders, Robert
    Queen Mary University of London
  86. 86
    Toulalan, Sarah
    University of Exeter
  87. 87
    Ghobrial, John Paul A.
    University of Oxford
  88. 88
    Fitzmaurice, Andrew
    Queen Mary University of London
  89. 89
    Walker, Garthine
    Cardiff University
  90. 90
    Bowman, Paul
    Cardiff University
  91. 91
    Potter, Simon J.
    University of Bristol
  92. 92
    Wood, Ian N.
    University of Leeds
  93. 93
    Blair, John
    University of Oxford
  94. 94
    O′Hagan, Lauren Alex
    The Open University
  95. 95
    Griffin, Emma
    Queen Mary University of London
  96. 96
    Conway, Martin
    University of Oxford
  97. 97
    Hughes, Matthew
    Brunel University London
  98. 98
    Thomas, Martin C.
    University of Exeter
  99. 99
    Black, Jeremy M.
    University of Exeter
  100. 100
    Davis, Natalie Zemon
    The University of Manchester

138 listed scientists in History in the United Kingdom

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