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Top institutions in the United Kingdom for Microbiology

43 institutions · Microbiology · United Kingdom

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

401 researchers in the United Kingdom whose main subfield is Microbiology are in the 2026 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list: 2.2% of all listed authors in the United Kingdom, and 2nd of 93 countries in the subfield. 181 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). University of Oxford has the most (27), followed by London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (21) and Imperial College London (19). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.

Listed authors
401
2.2% of all in the United Kingdom
In the global top 100,000
181
45.1% of them
Country rank in the subfield
#2
of 93 countries in Microbiology
Highest-ranked
#390
Denning, David W.
#InstitutionListed authorsTop 100kRank worldwideHighest-ranked author
1University of Oxford2717#2Walsh, Timothy R. #8,776
2London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine2110#5Peeling, Rosanna Wai Wan #23,098
3Imperial College London198#8Ferguson, Neil Morris #8,244
4UK Health Security Agency188#13Ladhani, Shamez N. #11,584
5University of Birmingham154#22Piddock, Laura J.V. #3,818
6University of Exeter135#28Gow, Neil A.R. #19,282
7University College London95#67Zumla, Alimudin I. #8,685
8University of East Anglia84#88Quince, Christopher #25,872
9University of Cambridge73#119Ramakrishnan, Lalita #18,629
10Queen's University Belfast62#159Hallsworth, John Edward #56,566
11King's College London54#166Segata, Nicola #742
12University of Nottingham53#171Foster, Tim J. #4,102
13University of Aberdeen54#180Prosser, James I. #6,819
14Imperial College Faculty of Medicine53#186Fisher, Matthew C. #12,787
15University of Leeds52#193Wilcox, Mark H. #17,521
16Newcastle University54#204Stewart, Christopher J. #29,043
17Quadram Institute Bioscience52#215Pallen, Mark J. #43,065
18Wellcome Sanger Institute53#220Lawley, Trevor D. #50,369
19The Francis Crick Institute53#222Wilkinson, Robert John #53,038
20The University of Manchester42#238Denning, David W. #390
21University of Dundee42#241Gadd, Geoffrey Michael #2,242
22University of East Anglia, Norwich Medical School42#243Livermore, David M. #5,769
23Department of Veterinary Medicine41#250Parkhill, Julian #8,758
24City St George's, University of London43#271Heath, Paul Trafford #34,530
25College of Biomedical and Life Sciences41#274Russell, A. Denver #36,671
26Cranfield University41#288Magan, Naresh #46,476
27Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine41#292Bending, Gary Douglas #59,620
28University of Surrey41#299McFadden, J. J. #72,170
29John Innes Centre41#308Chater, Keith F. #95,036
30St George’s, University of London40#321Bicanic, Tihana A. #181,772
31The University of Edinburgh32#324Rambaut, Andrew A. #1,559
32The Rowett Institute33#325Flint, Harry James #1,916
33University of Reading33#326Gibson, G. R. #2,034
34University of Aberdeen School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition32#339Aminov, Rustam I. #10,428
35Edinburgh Medical School31#340Woolhouse, Mark E.J. #10,882
36Cardiff University32#350Maillard, Jean-Yves Yves #17,118
37University of Southampton31#361Cernava, Tomislav #25,299
38University of Liverpool31#382Hope, William W. #39,603
39University of Dundee School of Medicine32#396MacFarlane, George Tennant #47,439
40Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health32#403Brockhurst, Michael A. #52,221
41Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine31#404Casewell, Nicholas R. #53,546
42University of York30#454Friman, Ville Petri #107,701
43University of Bristol30#480Finn, Adam H.R. #146,017

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

  1. 1
    Denning, David W.
    The University of Manchester
  2. 2
    Segata, Nicola
    King's College London
  3. 3
    Rambaut, Andrew A.
    The University of Edinburgh
  4. 4
    Flint, Harry James
    The Rowett Institute
  5. 5
    Gibson, G. R.
    University of Reading
  6. 6
    Gadd, Geoffrey Michael
    University of Dundee
  7. 7
    Piddock, Laura J.V.
    University of Birmingham
  8. 8
    Foster, Tim J.
    University of Nottingham
  9. 9
    Livermore, David M.
    University of East Anglia, Norwich Medical School
  10. 10
    Prosser, James I.
    University of Aberdeen
  11. 11
    Grace, Delia C.
    University of Greenwich
  12. 12
    Ferguson, Neil Morris
    Imperial College London
  13. 13
    Zumla, Alimudin I.
    University College London
  14. 14
    Parkhill, Julian
    Department of Veterinary Medicine
  15. 15
    Walsh, Timothy R.
    University of Oxford
  16. 16
    Austin, Brian
    University of Stirling
  17. 17
    Aminov, Rustam I.
    University of Aberdeen School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition
  18. 18
    Woolhouse, Mark E.J.
    Edinburgh Medical School
  19. 19
    Wilson, Daniel J.
    University of Oxford
  20. 20
    Ladhani, Shamez N.
    UK Health Security Agency
  21. 21
    Davies, Julian E.
    Imperial College London
  22. 22
    Dye, Christopher
    University of Oxford
  23. 23
    Fisher, Matthew C.
    Imperial College Faculty of Medicine
  24. 24
    Louis, Petra
    The Rowett Institute
  25. 25
  26. 26
    Johnson, David Barrie
    Coventry University
  27. 27
    Richard Foster, Kevin R.
    University of Oxford
  28. 28
    Abubakar, Ibrahim I.
    University College London
  29. 29
    Unemo, Magnus
    University College London
  30. 30
    Hunter, Paul R.
    University of East Anglia, Norwich Medical School
  31. 31
    Maillard, Jean-Yves Yves
    Cardiff University
  32. 32
    Boddy, Lynne
    Cardiff University
  33. 33
    Woodford, Neil
    UK Health Security Agency
  34. 34
    Marchesi, Julian Roberto
    Imperial College Faculty of Medicine
  35. 35
    Wilcox, Mark H.
    University of Leeds
  36. 36
    Pollard, Andrew J.
    University of Oxford
  37. 37
    Odds, Frank C.
    University of Aberdeen
  38. 38
    Ramakrishnan, Lalita
    University of Cambridge
  39. 39
    Gow, Neil A.R.
    University of Exeter
  40. 40
    Tang, Julian W.
    University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
  41. 41
    Kraemer, Moritz U.G.
    University of Oxford
  42. 42
    Cole, Stewart Thomas
    University of Oxford
  43. 43
    Fraser, Christophe
    University of Oxford
  44. 44
    Duncan, Sylvia H.
    The Rowett Institute
  45. 45
    Eyre, David William
    University of Oxford
  46. 46
    Horby, Peter W.
    University of Oxford
  47. 47
    Peeling, Rosanna Wai Wan
    London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
  48. 48
    Rastall, Robert Adrian
    University of Reading
  49. 49
    Cernava, Tomislav
    University of Southampton
  50. 50
    Quince, Christopher
    University of East Anglia
  51. 51
    Walker, Alan W.
    University of Aberdeen
  52. 52
    Stewart, Christopher J.
    Newcastle University
  53. 53
    Poole, Philip Simon
    University of Oxford
  54. 54
    Paul Williams, Paul Mickey
    University of Nottingham
  55. 55
    Richardson, Malcolm D.
    Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
  56. 56
    Holmes, Alison Helen
    Imperial College London
  57. 57
    Andrews, N. J.
    UK Health Security Agency
  58. 58
    Cohen, Jonathan Elizabeth
    Brighton and Sussex Medical School
  59. 59
    Heath, Paul Trafford
    City St George's, University of London
  60. 60
    Hawkey, Peter Michael
    University of Birmingham, College of Medical and Dental Sciences
  61. 61
    Achtman, Mark
    Warwick Medical School
  62. 62
    Kucharski, Adam J.
    London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
  63. 63
    Russell, A. Denver
    College of Biomedical and Life Sciences
  64. 64
    Ratledge, Colin
    University of Hull
  65. 65
    Hope, William W.
    University of Liverpool
  66. 66
    Brown, Alistair J.P.
    University of Exeter
  67. 67
    Jakubovics, Nicholas S.
    Newcastle University
  68. 68
    Baker-Austin, Craig
    Centre for the Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
  69. 69
    Pallen, Mark J.
    Quadram Institute Bioscience
  70. 70
    Webber, Mark Alexander
    Quadram Institute Bioscience
  71. 71
    Ramage, Gordon
    Glasgow Caledonian University
  72. 72
    Farrar, Jeremy James
    Wellcome Trust
  73. 73
    Spratt, Brian G.
    Imperial College Faculty of Medicine
  74. 74
    Roberts, Ian S.D.
    Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  75. 75
    Magan, Naresh
    Cranfield University
  76. 76
    Lloyd, Jonathan R.
    The University of Manchester
  77. 77
    Blair, Jessica M.A.
    University of Birmingham
  78. 78
    MacFarlane, George Tennant
    University of Dundee School of Medicine
  79. 79
    Van Schaik, W.
    University of Birmingham
  80. 80
    Bogaert, Debby (Debby)
    MRC Centre for Inflammation Research
  81. 81
    Sutherland, Ian W.
    The University of Edinburgh
  82. 82
    Dryden, Matthew Scott
    UK Health Security Agency
  83. 83
    Lawley, Trevor D.
    Wellcome Sanger Institute
  84. 84
    Jolley, Keith A.
    University of Oxford
  85. 85
    Collins, Matthew David
    University of Reading
  86. 86
    Croucher, Nicholas J.
    Medical Research Council
  87. 87
    Goodfellow, Michael
    University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Faculty of Medical Sciences
  88. 88
    Andrews, Jennifer M.
    London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
  89. 89
    Brockhurst, Michael A.
    Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health
  90. 90
    Wilkinson, Robert John
    The Francis Crick Institute
  91. 91
    Casewell, Nicholas R.
    Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
  92. 92
    Quail, Michael A.
    University College London
  93. 93
    Hallsworth, John Edward
    Queen's University Belfast
  94. 94
    Ramsay, Mary E.
    UK Health Security Agency
  95. 95
    Peacock, Sharon J.
    Department of Medicine
  96. 96
    Sharland, Mike R.
    City St George's, University of London
  97. 97
    Bending, Gary Douglas
    Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine
  98. 98
    Lambert, Peter A.
    Aston University
  99. 99
    Funk, Sebastian
    London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
  100. 100
    MacGowan, A. P.
    North Bristol NHS Trust

401 listed scientists in Microbiology 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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