Top institutions in the United Kingdom for Mathematics & Statistics
Which institutions in the United Kingdom have the most top-cited scientists in Mathematics & Statistics?
159 researchers in the United Kingdom whose main field is Mathematics & Statistics are in the 2026 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list: 0.9% of all listed authors in the United Kingdom, and 5th of 80 countries in the field. 83 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). University of Oxford has the most (21), followed by Imperial College London (9) and The University of Edinburgh (8). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.
Listed authors
159
0.9% of all in the United Kingdom
In the global top 100,000
83
52.2% of them
Country rank in the field
#5
of 80 countries in Mathematics & Statistics
Highest-ranked
#200
Wood, Simon N.
No institution matches.
The top 100 in Mathematics & Statistics in the United Kingdom, in order
- 1Wood, Simon N.The University of Edinburgh
- 2Royston, Patrick J.University College London
- 3Bowden, Jack M.Novo Nordisk Research Centre Oxford
- 4Mao, XuerongUniversity of Strathclyde
- 5Koenker, Roger W.University College London
- 6Higham, Nicholas J.The University of Manchester
- 7Hand, David J.Imperial College London
- 8Fokas, Athanassios S.Cambridge University
- 9Nadarajah, SaraleesThe University of Manchester
- 10Mardia, Kanti V.University of Leeds
- 11Zienkiewicz, Olgierd C.Swansea University
- 12O'Hagan, AnthonyThe University of Sheffield
- 13Straughan, BrianDurham University
- 14Cox, David RoxbeeNuffield College, University Of Oxford
- 15Atiyah, Michael F.The University of Edinburgh
- 16Higham, Desmond JohnThe University of Edinburgh
- 17Ball, John M.University of Oxford
- 18Hairer, Martin M.Imperial College London
- 19Shang, YilunUniversity of Northumbria
- 20Diggle, Peter J.Lancaster Medical School
- 21Senn, Stephen JohnFaculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health
- 22Burman, Erik N.University College London
- 23Silverman, Bernard W.University of Oxford
- 24Hardy, G. H.Trinity College Cambridge
- 25Jackson, DanAstraZeneca
- 26Davies, E. BrianKing's College London
- 27Kenward, Michael G.Ashkirk
- 28Lyons, Terry J.University of Oxford
- 29Jones, Michael ChrisThe Open University
- 30Wang, FengyuSwansea University
- 31Everitt, Brian S.King's College London
- 32Green, Peter J.University of Bristol
- 33Baez, John C.The University of Edinburgh
- 34Hitchin, Nigel J.University of Oxford
- 35Carpenter, James R.London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
- 36Lighthill, M. JamesFaculty of Mathematics
- 37Fearnhead, PaulLancaster University
- 38Green, Albert E.University of Oxford
- 39Borwein, Jonathan MichaelNewcastle University
- 40Carrillo, José AntonioUniversity of Oxford
- 41Crisfield, Michael A.Imperial College London
- 42Feng, YuntianSwansea University
- 43Firth, DavidUniversity of Warwick
- 44Cameron, Peter J.University of St Andrews
- 45Dawid, Alexandre PhilipUniversity of Cambridge
- 46Merkin, John H.University of Leeds
- 47Iserles, AriehFaculty of Mathematics
- 48Hawkes, Alan G.School of Management
- 49Roberts, Gareth O.University of Warwick
- 50Bartlett, M. S.University College London
- 51Gubinelli, MassimilianoUniversity of Oxford
- 52Lee, DuncanUniversity of Glasgow
- 53Heath-Brown, D. R.University of Oxford
- 54Farrington, C. P.The Open University
- 55Elliott, Charles M.Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine
- 56Samworth, Richard J.University of Cambridge
- 57Gower, John C.The Open University
- 58Brooks, Stephen P.University of Cambridge
- 59Chaplain, Mark A.J.University of St Andrews
- 60Zhao, QingyuanUniversity of Cambridge
- 61Segal, Graeme B.All Souls College
- 62McNeil, Alexander J.University of York
- 63Bridgeland, TomThe University of Sheffield
- 64Dancer, Edward NormanSwansea University
- 65Fryzlewicz, PiotrLondon School of Economics and Political Science
- 66Chen, Gui Qiang G.University of Oxford
- 67Liebeck, Martin W.Imperial College London
- 68Chatfield, ChrisUniversity of Bath
- 69Del Pino, Manuel A.University of Bath, Department of Mathematical Sciences
- 70Faraway, Julian J.University of Bath, Department of Mathematical Sciences
- 71Steel, Mark F.J.University of Warwick
- 72Falconer, Kenneth J.University of St Andrews
- 73Garthwaite, Paul H.The Open University
- 74Littlewood, John EdensorTrinity College Cambridge
- 75Stallard, NigelUniversity of Warwick
- 76Lindgren, Finn K.The University of Edinburgh
- 77Jewell, Nicholas PatrickLondon School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
- 78Congdon, Peter D.Queen Mary University of London
- 79Sneddon, Ian N.University of Glasgow
- 80Cairns, Andrew J.G.Heriot-Watt University
- 81Brown, Francis C.S.All Souls College
- 82Harer, John L.Geometric Data Analytics
- 83Burrage, KevinUniversity of Oxford
- 84Duff, Iain S.Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
- 85Green, BenUniversity of Oxford
- 86Chapman, S. JonathanUniversity of Oxford
- 87Leinster, TomThe University of Edinburgh
- 88Picheny, VictorSecondmind Limited
- 89Wall, Charles Terence CleggUniversity of Liverpool
- 90Gross, MarkFaculty of Mathematics
- 91Dolgov, Sergey V.University of Bath
- 92Ford, Neville J.University of Chester
- 93Colbrook, Matthew J.Faculty of Mathematics
- 94Lesnic, D. A.University of Leeds
- 95Linton, Chris M.Loughborough University
- 96Dávila, Juan DiegoUniversity of Bath, Department of Mathematical Sciences
- 97Robinson, James C.University of Warwick
- 98Rogers, Benedict D.Faculty of Science and Engineering
- 99Ursell, Fritz J.The University of Manchester
- 100Kendall, David G.Churchill College
159 listed scientists in Mathematics & Statistics in the United Kingdom
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