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Top institutions in the United Kingdom for Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences

20 institutions · Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences · United Kingdom

Which institutions in the United Kingdom have the most top-cited scientists in Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences?

198 researchers in the United Kingdom whose main subfield is Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences are in the 2026 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list: 1.1% of all listed authors in the United Kingdom, and 2nd of 52 countries in the subfield. 184 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). Met Office has the most (19), followed by University of Reading (17) and University of Exeter (15). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.

Listed authors
198
1.1% of all in the United Kingdom
In the global top 100,000
184
92.9% of them
Country rank in the subfield
#2
of 52 countries in Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Highest-ranked
#839
Lenton, Timothy M.
#InstitutionListed authorsTop 100kRank worldwideHighest-ranked author
1Met Office1919#5Stott, Peter A. #7,716
2University of Reading1715#7Hoskins, Brian J. #3,871
3University of Exeter1515#10Lenton, Timothy M. #839
4European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts1514#12Hersbach, Hans E. #1,513
5University of Leeds1312#18Ford, James D. #7,327
6University of East Anglia1312#19Jones, Philip D. #7,367
7University of Oxford109#29Allen, Myles R. #3,868
8British Antarctic Survey109#34T̀urner, John K. #13,929
9Imperial College London65#60Prentice, Iain Colin #2,389
10University of Birmingham55#81Harrison, Roy M. #3,671
11University of Bristol55#97Valdes, Paul J. #25,356
12The University of Edinburgh54#104Hegerl, Gabriele C. #36,206
13University of Cambridge44#113Hulme, Mike #4,634
14University of Southampton44#121Sheffield, Justin #11,430
15University of York43#125Lewis, Alastair C. #20,848
16UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology44#132Huntingford, Chris #31,786
17National Oceanography Centre Southampton44#146Woodworth, Philip L. #54,923
18University of Northumbria33#177Jenkins, Adrian #26,153
19University of Leicester33#184Monks, Paul Steven #31,898
20The University of Manchester32#202Schultz, David M.D. #74,987

The top 100 in Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences in the United Kingdom, in order

  1. 1
    Lenton, Timothy M.
    University of Exeter
  2. 2
    Friedlingstein, Pierre
    University of Exeter
  3. 3
    Hersbach, Hans E.
    European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
  4. 4
    Tol, Richard S.J.
    University of Sussex
  5. 5
    Prentice, Iain Colin
    Imperial College London
  6. 6
    Creutzig, Felix
    University of Sussex
  7. 7
    Harrison, Roy M.
    University of Birmingham
  8. 8
    Allen, Myles R.
    University of Oxford
  9. 9
    Hoskins, Brian J.
    University of Reading
  10. 10
    Palmer, Tim N.
    University of Oxford
  11. 11
    Hulme, Mike
    University of Cambridge
  12. 12
    Wilby, Robert L.
    Loughborough University
  13. 13
    Arnell, Nigel W.
    University of Reading
  14. 14
    Rogelj, Joeri
    Imperial College London
  15. 15
    Shepherd, Theodore G.
    University of Reading
  16. 16
    Screen, James A.
    University of Exeter
  17. 17
    Beerling, David J.
    The University of Sheffield
  18. 18
    Ford, James D.
    University of Leeds
  19. 19
    Jones, Philip D.
    University of East Anglia
  20. 20
    Boers, Niklas
    University of Exeter
  21. 21
    Stott, Peter A.
    Met Office
  22. 22
    Woolway, Richard Iestyn
    Bangor University
  23. 23
    Le Quéré, Corinne
    University of East Anglia
  24. 24
    Otto, Friederike E.L.
    Imperial College London
  25. 25
    Grimmond, Sue
    University of Reading
  26. 26
    Vitart, Frédéric
    European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
  27. 27
    Allan, Richard P.
    University of Reading
  28. 28
  29. 29
    Pierrehumbert, Raymound T.
    University of Oxford
  30. 30
    Forster, Piers M.De F.
    University of Leeds
  31. 31
    Sheffield, Justin
    University of Southampton
  32. 32
    T̀urner, John K.
    British Antarctic Survey
  33. 33
    Büntgen, Ulf
    University of Cambridge
  34. 34
    Sitch, Stephen A.
    University of Exeter
  35. 35
    Marshall, Gareth J.
    British Antarctic Survey
  36. 36
    Vallis, Geoffrey K.
    University of Exeter
  37. 37
    Monteith, John L.
    University of Nottingham
  38. 38
    Cox, Peter M.
    University of Exeter
  39. 39
    O'Neill, Saffron J.
    University of Exeter
  40. 40
    Mitchard, Edward T.A.
    Space Intelligence
  41. 41
    Lovelock, James E.
    Green Templeton College
  42. 42
    Benn, Douglas I.
    University of St Andrews
  43. 43
    Lamb, William F.
    University of Leeds
  44. 44
    Geer, Alan J.
    European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
  45. 45
    Lewis, Alastair C.
    University of York
  46. 46
    Gregory, Jonathan M.
    University of Reading
  47. 47
    Simmons, Adrian J.
    European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
  48. 48
    Challinor, A. J.
    University of Leeds
  49. 49
    Conway, Declan
    London School of Economics and Political Science
  50. 50
    Shine, Keith P.
    University of Reading
  51. 51
    Slater, Louise J.
    University of Oxford
  52. 52
    Semenov, Mikhail A.
    Rothamsted Research
  53. 53
    Hodges, Kevin Ivan
    University of Reading
  54. 54
    Horne, Richard Bertram
    British Antarctic Survey
  55. 55
    Nisbet, E. G.
    University of London
  56. 56
    Spracklen, Dominick V.
    University of Leeds
  57. 57
    Valdes, Paul J.
    University of Bristol
  58. 58
    Fowler, Hayley J.
    Newcastle University
  59. 59
    Jenkins, Adrian
    University of Northumbria
  60. 60
    Carslaw, Ken S.
    University of Leeds
  61. 61
    Stephenson, David B.
    University of Exeter
  62. 62
  63. 63
    Derwent, Richard G.
    Rdscientific, United Kingdom
  64. 64
    Hawkins, Ed
    University of Reading
  65. 65
    Plane, John M.C.
    University of Leeds
  66. 66
    Hogan, Robin J.
    European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
  67. 67
    Bonavita, Massimo
    European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
  68. 68
    Jenkin, Michael E.
    Atmospheric Chemistry Services
  69. 69
    Pepin, Nick C.
    University of Portsmouth
  70. 70
    Watson, Andrew J.
    University of Exeter
  71. 71
    Huntingford, Chris
    UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
  72. 72
    Tagliabue, Alessandro
    University of Liverpool
  73. 73
    Monks, Paul Steven
    University of Leicester
  74. 74
    Meredith, Michael P.
    British Antarctic Survey
  75. 75
    Obersteiner, Michael H.
    University of Oxford
  76. 76
    Collins, Matthew
    University of Exeter
  77. 77
    Jickells, Timothy D.
    University of East Anglia
  78. 78
    Bellouin, Nicolas
    University of Reading
  79. 79
  80. 80
    Sutton, Mark A.
    UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
  81. 81
    Smith, Doug M.
    Met Office
  82. 82
    Bamber, Jonathan L.
    University of Bristol
  83. 83
    Chapman, Lee
    University of Birmingham
  84. 84
    Haywood, Jim M.
    University of Exeter
  85. 85
    Hegerl, Gabriele C.
    The University of Edinburgh
  86. 86
    Harris, Ian C.
    University of East Anglia
  87. 87
    Vaughan, David G.
    British Antarctic Survey
  88. 88
    Carslaw, David C.
    University of York
  89. 89
    Woollings, Tim J.
    University of Oxford
  90. 90
    Palmer, Paul Ian
    The University of Edinburgh
  91. 91
    Rishbeth, Henry
    University of Southampton
  92. 92
    Willis, Rebecca
    Lancaster University
  93. 93
    Pappenberger, Florian
    European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
  94. 94
    Slingo, Julia M.
    Seafield House
  95. 95
    Wolff, Eric W.
    University of Cambridge
  96. 96
    Carrivick, Jonathan Lee
    University of Leeds
  97. 97
    Pritchard, Hamish D.
    British Antarctic Survey
  98. 98
    Thompson, David W.J.
    University of East Anglia
  99. 99
    Jolliffe, Ian T.
    University of Exeter
  100. 100
    Harrison, Sandy P.
    University of Reading

198 listed scientists in Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences 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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