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Top institutions in the United Kingdom for Marine Biology & Hydrobiology

10 institutions · Marine Biology & Hydrobiology · United Kingdom

Which institutions in the United Kingdom have the most top-cited scientists in Marine Biology & Hydrobiology?

110 researchers in the United Kingdom whose main subfield is Marine Biology & Hydrobiology are in the 2026 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list: 0.6% of all listed authors in the United Kingdom, and 3rd of 60 countries in the subfield. 52 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). Plymouth Marine Laboratory has the most (12), followed by British Antarctic Survey (12) and University of Plymouth (5). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.

Listed authors
110
0.6% of all in the United Kingdom
In the global top 100,000
52
47.3% of them
Country rank in the subfield
#3
of 60 countries in Marine Biology & Hydrobiology
Highest-ranked
#244
Thompson, Richard C.
#InstitutionListed authorsTop 100kRank worldwideHighest-ranked author
1Plymouth Marine Laboratory127#3Clarke, Kenneth Robert #3,371
2British Antarctic Survey127#5Barnes, David Keith Alan #9,784
3University of Plymouth53#34Thompson, Richard C. #244
4University of St Andrews51#43Brierley, Andrew S. #57,554
5University of Southampton52#44Trueman, Clive N.G. #58,611
6UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology43#50Reynolds, Colin S. #12,603
7Queen Mary University of London41#57Rainbow, Phillip S. #33,532
8Marine Biological Association32#70Smale, Dan A. #4,665
9The Scottish Association for Marine Science31#88Burrows, Michael T. #40,004
10University of Liverpool32#91Moss, Brian R. #52,709

The top 100 in Marine Biology & Hydrobiology in the United Kingdom, in order

  1. 1
    Thompson, Richard C.
    University of Plymouth
  2. 2
    Clarke, Kenneth Robert
    Plymouth Marine Laboratory
  3. 3
    Smale, Dan A.
    Marine Biological Association
  4. 4
    Barnes, David Keith Alan
    British Antarctic Survey
  5. 5
    Elliott, Michael
    University of Hull
  6. 6
    Reynolds, Colin S.
    UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
  7. 7
    Clarke, Andrew
    University of East Anglia
  8. 8
    Sims, David W.
    Marine Biological Association
  9. 9
    Rogers, Alex David
    National Oceanography Centre Southampton
  10. 10
    Convey, Peter
    British Antarctic Survey
  11. 11
    Roberts, Callum M.
    University of Exeter
  12. 12
    Gooday, Andrew John
    The Natural History Museum, London
  13. 13
    Geider, Richard J.
    University of Essex
  14. 14
    Maberly, Stephen Christopher
    UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
  15. 15
    Peck, Lloyd Samuel
    British Antarctic Survey
  16. 16
    Depledge, Michael H.
    University of Exeter Medical School
  17. 17
    Rainbow, Phillip S.
    Queen Mary University of London
  18. 18
    Ormerod, Steve J.
    Cardiff University
  19. 19
    Warwick, Richard M.
    Plymouth Marine Laboratory
  20. 20
    Perry, Chris T.
    University of Exeter
  21. 21
    Burrows, Michael T.
    The Scottish Association for Marine Science
  22. 22
    Sweet, Michael John
    University of Derby
  23. 23
    Platt, Trevor C.
    Plymouth Marine Laboratory
  24. 24
    Trathan, Philip N.
    British Antarctic Survey
  25. 25
    Moss, Brian R.
    University of Liverpool
  26. 26
    Everard, Mark
    University of the West of England
  27. 27
    Kaiser, Michel J.
    Heriot-Watt University
  28. 28
    Brierley, Andrew S.
    University of St Andrews
  29. 29
    Somerfield, Paul John
    Plymouth Marine Laboratory
  30. 30
    Hughes, Kevin Andrew
    British Antarctic Survey
  31. 31
    Mann, David G.
    Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
  32. 32
    Trueman, Clive N.G.
    University of Southampton
  33. 33
    Hawkins, Stephen John
    University of Southampton
  34. 34
    Lindeque, Penelope K.
    Plymouth Marine Laboratory
  35. 35
    Anderson, N. John
    Loughborough University
  36. 36
    Phillips, Richard A.
    British Antarctic Survey
  37. 37
    Unsworth, Richard K.F.
    Swansea University
  38. 38
    Flynn, Kevin J.
    Plymouth Marine Laboratory
  39. 39
    Hall-Spencer, Jason Michael
    University of Plymouth
  40. 40
    Brown, Barbara E.
    University of the Highlands and Islands
  41. 41
    Médlin, Linda K.
    University of Liverpool
  42. 42
    Fretwell, Peter Thomas
    British Antarctic Survey
  43. 43
    Sathyendranath, Shubha
    Plymouth Marine Laboratory
  44. 44
    Thackeray, Stephen J.
    UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
  45. 45
    Jones, Daniel O.B.
    National Oceanography Centre Southampton
  46. 46
    Moore, Michael N.
    University of Plymouth
  47. 47
    Elliott, John Malcolm
    Freshwater Biological Association
  48. 48
    Sheppard, Charles R.C.
    Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine
  49. 49
    Merchant, Nathan D.
    Centre for the Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
  50. 50
    Maes, Thomas
    SEAMOHT LTD
  51. 51
    Croxall, John P.
    BirdLife International
  52. 52
    Huxham, Mark R.
    Edinburgh Napier University
  53. 53
    Clark, Melody Susan
    British Antarctic Survey
  54. 54
    Kelly, Martyn G.
    Bowburn Consultancy
  55. 55
    Livingstone, David Robert
    Plymouth Marine Laboratory
  56. 56
    Bayne, Brian L.
    Marian House
  57. 57
    Murphy, Eugene J.
    British Antarctic Survey
  58. 58
    Ward, Raymond D.
    Queen Mary University of London
  59. 59
    Simpson, S. D.
    University of Bristol
  60. 60
    Moore, Pippa J.
    Newcastle University
  61. 61
    Miller, Patrick James O.Malley
    University of St Andrews
  62. 62
    Sear, David A.
    University of Southampton
  63. 63
    Lucas, Cathy H.
    University of Southampton
  64. 64
    Hartnoll, Richard G.
    University of Liverpool
  65. 65
    Tharme, Rebecca E.
    Riverfutures
  66. 66
    Guest, James R.
    Newcastle University
  67. 67
    Whitton, Brian A.
    Durham University
  68. 68
    Widdows, John
    Plymouth Marine Laboratory
  69. 69
    Griffiths, Huw J.
    British Antarctic Survey
  70. 70
    Petts, Geoffrey E.
    University of Westminster
  71. 71
    Underwood, Graham J.C.
    University of Essex
  72. 72
    Edwards, Martin
    Plymouth Marine Laboratory
  73. 73
    Spencer, Tom C.
    Downing Place
  74. 74
    Mariani, Stefano
    Liverpool John Moores University
  75. 75
    Juggins, Steve
    Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
  76. 76
    Tarling, Geraint Andrew
    British Antarctic Survey
  77. 77
    Attrill, Martin J.
    University of Plymouth
  78. 78
    Mitra, Aditee
    Cardiff University
  79. 79
    Sargent, John Reid S.
    University of Stirling
  80. 80
    Atkinson, Angus
    Plymouth Marine Laboratory
  81. 81
    Woodall, Lucy C.
    Nekton Foundation
  82. 82
    Jones, J. Iwan
    Queen Mary University of London
  83. 83
    Spicer, John I.
    University of Plymouth
  84. 84
    Adil Bakir, Adil
    Centre for the Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
  85. 85
    Reid, Philip Chris
    Marine Biological Association
  86. 86
    Callow, Maureen E.
    University of Birmingham
  87. 87
    Pentecost, Allan
    Freshwater Biological Association
  88. 88
    Hammond, Philip S.
    University of St Andrews
  89. 89
    Milner, Alexander M.
    University of Birmingham
  90. 90
    Wood, Paul J.
    Loughborough University
  91. 91
    Spears, Bryan M.
    UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
  92. 92
    Atkinson, Angus
    British Antarctic Survey
  93. 93
    Elliott, James Alex
    Lancaster Environment Centre
  94. 94
    Stubbington, Rachel
    Nottingham Trent University
  95. 95
    Chen, Bingzhang
    University of Strathclyde
  96. 96
    Phillips, Geoff L.
    University of Stirling
  97. 97
    Kennedy, Hilary A.
    Bangor University
  98. 98
    Roberts, J. Murray
    The University of Edinburgh
  99. 99
    Grey, Jonathan
    Queen Mary University of London
  100. 100
    Hughes, Adam D.
    The Scottish Association for Marine Science

110 listed scientists in Marine Biology & Hydrobiology 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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