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Top institutions in the United Kingdom for Oncology & Carcinogenesis

43 institutions · Oncology & Carcinogenesis · United Kingdom

Which institutions in the United Kingdom have the most top-cited scientists in Oncology & Carcinogenesis?

432 researchers in the United Kingdom whose main subfield is Oncology & Carcinogenesis are in the 2026 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list: 2.4% of all listed authors in the United Kingdom, and 3rd of 72 countries in the subfield. 189 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). The Institute of Cancer Research has the most (36), followed by Imperial College London (18) and University College London (17). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.

Listed authors
432
2.4% of all in the United Kingdom
In the global top 100,000
189
43.8% of them
Country rank in the subfield
#3
of 72 countries in Oncology & Carcinogenesis
Highest-ranked
#1,942
Balkwill, Frances R.
#InstitutionListed authorsTop 100kRank worldwideHighest-ranked author
1The Institute of Cancer Research3619#19De Bono, Johann Sebastian #5,904
2Imperial College London186#66Riboli, Elio B. #13,930
3University College London178#69Ledermann, Jonathan A. #8,082
4University of Oxford Medical Sciences Division1610#73Key, Timothy J. #2,410
5Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry135#93Balkwill, Frances R. #1,942
6The University of Edinburgh124#108Fearon, Kenneth Christopher H. #6,407
7The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust116#119Thway, Khin #21,446
8The University of Manchester109#126Valle, Juan W. #8,518
9King's College London103#136Tutt, Andrew N.J. #27,081
10The Francis Crick Institute82#171Swanton, Charles #2,460
11The Royal Marsden Hospital85#174Dowsett, Mitch J. #7,264
12University of Liverpool83#183Johnson, Philip James #24,265
13University of Leeds, School of Medicine81#192Velikova, Galina #54,841
14University of Cambridge76#199Liu, Hengrui #2,168
15Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health73#220Renehan, Andrew G. #24,500
16Queen's University Belfast72#222McMahon, Stephen Joseph #28,687
17AstraZeneca71#223O'Connor, Mark J. #28,736
18University of Leicester72#225Lambert, Paul C. #32,275
19London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine74#237Peto, Julian #46,170
20Department of Oncology62#272Caldas, Carlos #22,989
21University of Leeds61#282Quirke, Philip #34,494
22Department of Public Health and Primary Care52#314Pharoah, Paul D.P. #29,909
23University of Oxford51#316Chaterjee, Nilanjan #31,280
24The Christie NHS Foundation Trust51#319Howell, Anthony H. #33,901
25University of Glasgow51#332Biankin, Andrew V. #53,324
26School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences51#344Prise, Kevin Michael #90,191
27The University of Sheffield42#364Coleman, RE E. #5,094
28Cardiff University School of Medicine42#394Clayton, Aled #44,115
29Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute42#400Carroll, Jason S. #47,763
30University of Birmingham41#401Mehanna, Hisham M. #49,448
31University of Southampton41#422Griffiths, Gareth O. #85,403
32Imperial College Faculty of Medicine32#460Pinato, David James #15,076
33University of Nottingham33#468Rakha, Emad A. #19,474
34UCL Cancer Institute32#472McGranahan, Nicholas #21,254
35St George’s, University of London31#496Kelland, Lloyd R. #40,183
36University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust31#505Primrose, John Neil #50,517
37Newcastle University32#508Sharp, Linda #52,440
38University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust31#528Attard, Gerhardt #63,046
39Addenbrooke's Hospital31#538Provenzano, Elena #68,661
40East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust31#540Nathan, Paul D. #68,799
41College of Medical, Veterinary & Life Sciences31#562Dlamini, Zodwa #84,948
42University of East Anglia31#583Cooper, Colin S. #99,016
43School of Medical Sciences30#621Aznar, Marianne C. #166,280

The top 100 in Oncology & Carcinogenesis in the United Kingdom, in order

  1. 1
    Balkwill, Frances R.
    Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry
  2. 2
    Liu, Hengrui
    University of Cambridge
  3. 3
    Cuzick, Jack M.
    Queen Mary University of London
  4. 4
    Powles, Thomas Bartholomew
    Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry
  5. 5
    Key, Timothy J.
    University of Oxford Medical Sciences Division
  6. 6
    Swanton, Charles
    The Francis Crick Institute
  7. 7
    Evans, D. Gareth
    University Department of Medical Genetics and Regional Genetics Service
  8. 8
    Stratton, Michael R.
    Wellcome Sanger Centre
  9. 9
    Bustin, Stephen A.
    Faculty of Health, Education, Medicine & Social Care
  10. 10
    Harris, Adrian L.
    University of Oxford Medical Sciences Division
  11. 11
    McMillan, Donald C.
    School of Medicine, Dentistry & Nursing
  12. 12
    Coleman, RE E.
    The University of Sheffield
  13. 13
    De Bono, Johann Sebastian
    The Institute of Cancer Research
  14. 14
    Fearon, Kenneth Christopher H.
    The University of Edinburgh
  15. 15
    Khaw, Kay Tee T.
    University of Cambridge
  16. 16
    Harrington, Kevin J.
    The Institute of Cancer Research
  17. 17
    Dowsett, Mitch J.
    The Royal Marsden Hospital
  18. 18
    Larkin, James M.G.
    The Royal Marsden Hospital
  19. 19
    Jones, David Randolph B.
    The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  20. 20
    Ledermann, Jonathan A.
    University College London
  21. 21
    Valle, Juan W.
    The University of Manchester
  22. 22
    Johnston, Stephen R.D.
    The Royal Marsden Hospital
  23. 23
    Schmid, Peter
    Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry
  24. 24
    Hackshaw, Allan K.
    University College London
  25. 25
    Smyth, Elizabeth Catherine
    NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre
  26. 26
    Riboli, Elio B.
    Imperial College London
  27. 27
    Pinato, David James
    Imperial College Faculty of Medicine
  28. 28
    Turner, Nicholas C.
    The Institute of Cancer Research
  29. 29
    Sullivan, Richard
    King's Health Partners
  30. 30
    Bartlett, John M.S.
    Western General Hospital
  31. 31
    Cunningham, David C.
    The Royal Marsden Hospital
  32. 32
    Brown, Gina
    Imperial College London
  33. 33
    Rakha, Emad A.
    University of Nottingham
  34. 34
    Molassiotis, Alex
    Aston University
  35. 35
    Plummer, Martyn T.
    University of Warwick
  36. 36
    Curtin, Nicola Jane
    University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Faculty of Medical Sciences
  37. 37
    McGranahan, Nicholas
    UCL Cancer Institute
  38. 38
    Thway, Khin
    The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
  39. 39
    Hoskin, Peter J.
    The University of Manchester
  40. 40
    Popat, Sanjay
    The Institute of Cancer Research
  41. 41
    Van Herk, Marcel B.
    The University of Manchester
  42. 42
    Cameron, David A.
    The University of Edinburgh
  43. 43
    Caldas, Carlos
    Department of Oncology
  44. 44
    Lord, Christopher J.M.
    The Institute of Cancer Research
  45. 45
    Fayers, Peter M.
    University of Aberdeen
  46. 46
    Johnson, Philip James
    University of Liverpool
  47. 47
    Renehan, Andrew G.
    Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health
  48. 48
    Sasieni, Peter David
    Queen Mary University of London
  49. 49
    Gilbert, Mark R.
    United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
  50. 50
    Workman, Paul
    The Institute of Cancer Research
  51. 51
    Kerr, Keith M.
    Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
  52. 52
    Tutt, Andrew N.J.
    King's College London
  53. 53
    Faivre-Finn, Corinne
    NHS Foundation Trust
  54. 54
    Forman, David F.
    Faculty of Medicine and Health
  55. 55
    Ellis, Ian O.
    University of Nottingham
  56. 56
    Beral, Valerie
    University of Oxford Medical Sciences Division
  57. 57
    Nik-Zainal, Serena A.
    University of Cambridge
  58. 58
    Allen, Naomi E.
    Nuffield Department of Medicine
  59. 59
    McMahon, Stephen Joseph
    Queen's University Belfast
  60. 60
  61. 61
    Gilbertson, Richard James
    Department of Oncology
  62. 62
    Yarnold, John R.
    The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
  63. 63
    Gorgoulis, Vassilis G.
    The University of Manchester
  64. 64
    Fallowfield, Lesley J.
    University of Sussex
  65. 65
    Pharoah, Paul D.P.
    Department of Public Health and Primary Care
  66. 66
    James, Nicholas David
    The Institute of Cancer Research
  67. 67
    Darby, Sarah C.
    University of Oxford Medical Sciences Division
  68. 68
    Parmar, Mahesh K.B.
    University College London
  69. 69
    Parker, Chris C.
    The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
  70. 70
    Chaterjee, Nilanjan
    University of Oxford
  71. 71
    Banerjee, Susana N.
    The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
  72. 72
    Lambert, Paul C.
    University of Leicester
  73. 73
    Davidson, Emma J. Jayne
    The University of Manchester
  74. 74
    Lev́i, Françis Albert
    Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine
  75. 75
    Fisher, Cyril J.
    University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
  76. 76
    Howell, Anthony H.
    The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
  77. 77
    Jones, Robin Lewis
    The Institute of Cancer Research
  78. 78
    Chau, Ian Yin Yan
    The Royal Marsden Hospital
  79. 79
    Quirke, Philip
    University of Leeds
  80. 80
    Fennell, Dean Andrew
    University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
  81. 81
    Relton, Caroline L.
    Bristol Medical School
  82. 82
    Tomlinson, Ian P.M.
    University of Oxford Medical Sciences Division
  83. 83
    Little, Mark P.
    Oxford Brookes University
  84. 84
    Kelland, Lloyd R.
    St George’s, University of London
  85. 85
    Jackson, David G.
    University of Oxford, MRC Human Immunology Unit
  86. 86
    Bridgewater, John A.
    UCL Cancer Institute
  87. 87
    Green, Andew R.
    University of Nottingham
  88. 88
    Clayton, Aled
    Cardiff University School of Medicine
  89. 89
    Norat, Teresa
    WCRF International
  90. 90
    Robertson, John F.R.
    Royal Derby Hospital
  91. 91
    Palmer, Daniel H.
    University of Liverpool
  92. 92
    Hartley, John A.
    University College London
  93. 93
    Andreyev, H. Jervoise N.
    University of Nottingham Medical School
  94. 94
    Garnett, Mathew J.
    Wellcome Sanger Institute
  95. 95
    Turnbull, Clare A.
    The Institute of Cancer Research
  96. 96
    Tisdale, Michael John
    Aston University
  97. 97
    Peto, Julian
    London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
  98. 98
    Behjati, Sam
    Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  99. 99
    Glynne-Jones, Rob G.T.
    Mount Vernon Hospital
  100. 100
    Carroll, Jason S.
    Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute

432 listed scientists in Oncology & Carcinogenesis 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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