Top institutions in the United Kingdom for Optics
Which institutions in the United Kingdom have the most top-cited scientists in Optics?
108 researchers in the United Kingdom whose main subfield is Optics 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 4th of 57 countries in the subfield. 26 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). University of Southampton has the most (12), followed by University of Glasgow (9) and University of Oxford (9). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.
Listed authors
108
0.6% of all in the United Kingdom
In the global top 100,000
26
24.1% of them
Country rank in the subfield
#4
of 57 countries in Optics
Highest-ranked
#1,158
Padgett, Miles J.
No institution matches.
The top 100 in Optics in the United Kingdom, in order
- 1Padgett, Miles J.University of Glasgow
- 2Zheludev, Nikolay I.University of Southampton
- 3O'Brien, Jeremy L.University of Bristol
- 4Martin J. Booth, Martin JamesUniversity of Oxford
- 5Andrea Cavalleri, AndreaUniversity of Oxford
- 6Dennis, Mark R.University of Birmingham
- 7Zayats, Anatoly V.King's College London
- 8Knight, Jonathan C.University of Bath
- 9Walmsley, Ian A.University of Oxford
- 10Hadfield, Robert HughUniversity of Glasgow
- 11Dholakia, KishanUniversity of St Andrews
- 12Krauss, Thomas F.University of York
- 13Franke-Arnold, SonjaUniversity of Glasgow
- 14Faccio, DanieleUniversity of Glasgow
- 15Nye, J. F.University of Bristol
- 16Finlayson, Graham DavidUniversity of East Anglia
- 17Lavery, Martin P.J.University of Glasgow
- 18Travers, John C.Heriot-Watt University
- 19Yang, Wuqiang QiangThe University of Manchester
- 20Woodward, Robert I.Toshiba Europe
- 21Williams, David R.University of Leeds
- 22Sumetsky, MichaelAston University
- 23Cox, Maurice G.National Physical Laboratory
- 24Atatu¨re, MeteDepartment of Physics
- 25Brambilla, GilbertoUniversity of Southampton
- 26Leach, Jonathan K.Heriot-Watt University
- 27Oulton, Rupert F.M.Imperial College London
- 28Kukura, PhilippUniversity of Oxford
- 29Notingher, IoanUniversity of Nottingham
- 30Meglinski, Igor V.Aston University
- 31McGloin, DavidUniversity of Aberdeen
- 32Graham M. Gibson, Graham M.University of Glasgow
- 33Rarity, John G.University of Bristol
- 34Tony Wilson, TonyUniversity of Oxford
- 35Vollmer, FrankUniversity of Exeter
- 36Podoleanu, Adrian G.University of Kent
- 37Birks, Timothy A.University of Bath
- 38Vukusic, Pete S.University of Exeter
- 39Bertolotti, JacopoUniversity of Exeter
- 40Plum, EricUniversity of Southampton
- 41Thompson, Mark G.University of Bristol
- 42Kaminski, Clemens FriedrichDepartment of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology
- 43Edgar, Matthew P.University of Glasgow
- 44A. Yao, A. M.University of Strathclyde
- 45Delpy, David T.University College London
- 46Buller, Gerald S.Heriot-Watt University
- 47Westland, StephenUniversity of Leeds
- 48Dunsby, Chris W.Imperial College London
- 49Maiden, Andrew M.Diamond Light Source
- 50Pollnau, MarkusUniversity of Surrey
- 51Tachtsidis, IliasUCL Engineering
- 52Muskens, Otto L.University of Southampton
- 53Rahmani, MohsenNottingham Trent University
- 54Paterson, CarlImperial College London
- 55Volpe, GiorgioUniversity College London
- 56Hooker, Simon M.University of Oxford
- 57Malik, MehulHeriot-Watt University
- 58Skryabin, Dmitry V.University of Bath
- 59Henderson, Robert K.The University of Edinburgh
- 60Lionheart, William R.BillThe University of Manchester
- 61Clarkson, W. AndrewUniversity of Southampton
- 62He, ChaoUniversity of Oxford
- 63Bowman, Richard W.University of Glasgow
- 64Laing, AnthonyUniversity of Bristol
- 65Courtial, JohannesUniversity of Glasgow
- 66Degl'Innocenti, RiccardoQueen Mary University of London
- 67Mashanovich, Goran Z.University of Southampton
- 68Eason, Robert WilliamUniversity of Southampton
- 69Humphreys, Peter C.Google DeepMind
- 70Torrisi, Felice RobertoImperial College London
- 71Suhling, KlausKing's College London
- 72Huntley, Jonathan M.Loughborough University
- 73Fedrizzi, AlessandroHeriot-Watt University
- 74Salter, Patrick S.University of Oxford
- 75Clark, Jenny C.The University of Sheffield
- 76Peccianti, MarcoLoughborough University
- 77Phillips, David B.University of Exeter
- 78Chu, DapingDepartment of Engineering
- 79Hunt, Robert W.G.University of Leeds
- 80Thomson, Robert R.Heriot-Watt University
- 81Elson, Daniel S.Imperial College London
- 82Papasimakis, NikitasUniversity of Southampton
- 83Rodríguez-Fortuño, Francisco JoséThe London Centre for Nanotechnology
- 84Conteduca, DonatoUniversity of York
- 85Dehghani, HamidUniversity of Birmingham
- 86Robertson, Alan R.University of Leeds
- 87Masoudi, AliUniversity of Southampton
- 88Matthews, Jonathan C.F.University of Bristol
- 89Carolan, JacquesUCL Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research
- 90Yu, FeiUniversity of Bath
- 91Margolis, Helen S.National Physical Laboratory
- 92Pointer, Michael R.University of Leeds
- 93Sampson, David D.University of Surrey
- 94Sahu, Jayanta Kumar S.University of Southampton
- 95Kazansky, Peter G.University of Southampton
- 96Trichili, AbderrahmenUniversity of Oxford
- 97Vanner, Michael RossImperial College London
- 98Pasquazi, AlessiaLoughborough University
- 99Wang, MiUniversity of Leeds
- 100Yupapin, Preecha PromphanUniversity of London
108 listed scientists in Optics in the United Kingdom
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