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Top institutions in the United Kingdom for Optoelectronics & Photonics

14 institutions · Optoelectronics & Photonics · United Kingdom

Which institutions in the United Kingdom have the most top-cited scientists in Optoelectronics & Photonics?

135 researchers in the United Kingdom whose main subfield is Optoelectronics & Photonics are in the 2026 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list: 0.7% of all listed authors in the United Kingdom, and 3rd of 68 countries in the subfield. 11 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). University of Southampton has the most (21), followed by Aston University (10) and University College London (8). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.

Listed authors
135
0.7% of all in the United Kingdom
In the global top 100,000
11
8.1% of them
Country rank in the subfield
#3
of 68 countries in Optoelectronics & Photonics
Highest-ranked
#8,928
Poletti, Francesco
#InstitutionListed authorsTop 100kRank worldwideHighest-ranked author
1University of Southampton212#7Poletti, Francesco #8,928
2Aston University101#34Turitsyn, Sergei K. #28,961
3University College London81#52Seeds, Alwyn J. #82,308
4University of Strathclyde70#69Culshaw, Brian #130,180
5University of Oxford61#81Bhaskaran, Harish #72,431
6Microsoft Azure Fiber51#101Richards, David J.W. #12,100
7University of Nottingham40#153Seddon, Angela B. #145,875
8Bangor University40#159Faruk, Md Saifuddin #188,635
9Heriot-Watt University31#207Chen, Xianzhong #80,644
10University of Bristol30#260Dimitra Simeonidou, Dimitra E. #459,755
11University of Cambridge30#264Wilkinson, Timothy David #502,528
12Cranfield University30#266Hodgkinson, Jane #517,477
13Imperial College London30#267Syms, Richard R.A. #541,320
14University of Glasgow30#269Sweeney, Stephen John #552,650

The top 100 in Optoelectronics & Photonics in the United Kingdom, in order

  1. 1
    Poletti, Francesco
    University of Southampton
  2. 2
    Richards, David J.W.
    Microsoft Azure Fiber
  3. 3
    Savory, Seb J.
    Department of Engineering
  4. 4
    Turitsyn, Sergei K.
    Aston University
  5. 5
    Reed, Graham T.
    University of Southampton
  6. 6
    Andrews, David. L.
    University of East Anglia
  7. 7
    Pinkerton, Andrew J.
    Lancaster University
  8. 8
    Bhaskaran, Harish
    University of Oxford
  9. 9
    Chen, Xianzhong
    Heriot-Watt University
  10. 10
    Seeds, Alwyn J.
    University College London
  11. 11
    Asif, Rameez
    University of Greater Manchester
  12. 12
    Grattan, Kenneth T.V.
    City, University of London
  13. 13
    Forbes, Kayn A.
    University of East Anglia
  14. 14
    Puttnam, Benjamin James
    Microsoft Azure Fiber
  15. 15
    Zervas, Michalis N.
    University of Southampton
  16. 16
    Culshaw, Brian
    University of Strathclyde
  17. 17
    Lucamarini, Marco
    University of York
  18. 18
    Wu, Qiang
    University of Northumbria
  19. 19
    Zhang, Lin
    Aston University
  20. 20
    Seddon, Angela B.
    University of Nottingham
  21. 21
    Bayvel, Polina
    University College London
  22. 22
    Thomson, David J.
    University of Southampton
  23. 23
    Slav́ik, Radan
    University of Southampton
  24. 24
    O’Brien, Dominic C.
    University of Oxford
  25. 25
    Arlt, Jochen
    The University of Edinburgh
  26. 26
    Feldmann, Johannes
    University of Oxford
  27. 27
    Nesset, Derek
    Huawei Technologies (UK) Co., Ltd.
  28. 28
    Dynes, James Francis
    Toshiba Europe
  29. 29
    Willingale, Richard
    University of Leicester
  30. 30
    Faruk, Md Saifuddin
    Bangor University
  31. 31
    Steen, William Maxwell
    Christ's College
  32. 32
    Briers, J. David
    University of Huddersfield
  33. 33
    Jha, Animesh K.
    University of Leeds
  34. 34
    Numkam-Fokoua, Eric
    University of Southampton
  35. 35
    Xu, Tianhua
    University of Warwick
  36. 36
    Jasion, Gregory T.
    University of Southampton
  37. 37
    Rees, Paul E.T.
    Swansea University
  38. 38
    Liang, Haida
    Nottingham Trent University
  39. 39
    Desmond R. Gibson, Des R.
    University of the West of Scotland
  40. 40
    Avdelidis, N. P.
    University of Southampton
  41. 41
    Fromme, Paul
    University College London
  42. 42
    Richardson, David John
    University of Southampton
  43. 43
    Jung, Yongmin Min
    University of Southampton
  44. 44
    Ellis, Andrew D.
    Aston University
  45. 45
    Rafailov, Edik U.
    Aston University
  46. 46
    Papakonstantinou, Ioannis
    Photonic Innovations Lab
  47. 47
    Rahman, B. M.A.
    City, University of London
  48. 48
    Nilsson, Johan Olof
    University of Southampton
  49. 49
    Payne, David Neil R.
    University of Southampton
  50. 50
    Ferrari, Enrico
    University of Lincoln
  51. 51
    Lawrence, Jonathan
    University of the West of Scotland
  52. 52
    Chen, Yong
    Microsoft Azure Fiber
  53. 53
    Gill, Patrick
    National Physical Laboratory
  54. 54
    Wang, Zengbo
    Bangor University
  55. 55
    Hurtado, Antonio
    University of Strathclyde
  56. 56
    Renaud, Cyril C.
    University College London
  57. 57
    Sakr, Hesham
    Microsoft Azure Fiber
  58. 58
    Gardes, Frédéric Yannick
    University of Southampton
  59. 59
    Wang, Chao
    University of Kent
  60. 60
    Liu, Zhixin
    University College London
  61. 61
    Dawson, Martin D.
    University of Strathclyde
  62. 62
    Sun, Tong
    University of London
  63. 63
    Freire, Pedro J.
    Aston University
  64. 64
    Jakeman, Eric
    University of Nottingham
  65. 65
    Danson, Colin Nicholas
    University of Oxford
  66. 66
  67. 67
    Ahmed, Hammad
    Heriot-Watt University
  68. 68
    Seyedzadeh, Saleh Mohamad
    University of Strathclyde
  69. 69
    Nakkeeran, K.
    University of Aberdeen
  70. 70
    Dimitra Simeonidou, Dimitra E.
    University of Bristol
  71. 71
    Rajan, Ginu
    Cardiff Metropolitan University
  72. 72
    David J. Binks, David J.
    The University of Manchester
  73. 73
    Amouzad Mahdiraji, Ghafour Amouzad
    University of Southampton
  74. 74
    Perego, A. M.
    Aston University
  75. 75
    Folkes, Janet A.
    University of Nottingham
  76. 76
    Grivas, Christos
    University of Southampton
  77. 77
    Haxha, Shyqyri
    Royal Holloway, University of London
  78. 78
    Petropoulos, Periklis
    University of Southampton
  79. 79
    Wilkinson, Timothy David
    University of Cambridge
  80. 80
    Hodgkinson, Jane
    Cranfield University
  81. 81
    Lord, Andrew
    British Telecommunications plc
  82. 82
    Chen, Siming
    University College London
  83. 83
    Jones, Robin R.
    University of Bath
  84. 84
    Syms, Richard R.A.
    Imperial College London
  85. 85
    O’Neill, William
    University of Cambridge
  86. 86
    Boardman, Allan D.B.
    University of Salford
  87. 87
    Sweeney, Stephen John
    University of Glasgow
  88. 88
    Hanna, David C.
    University of Southampton
  89. 89
    Shayeganrad, Gholamreza
    University of Southampton
  90. 90
    Leeson, Mark Stephen
    Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine
  91. 91
    Yu, Siyuan
    University of Bristol
  92. 92
    Hand, Duncan P.
    Heriot-Watt University
  93. 93
    Pizzi, Andrea
    Department of Physics
  94. 94
    Killey, Robert I.
    University College London
  95. 95
    Fatadin, Irshaad
    National Physical Laboratory
  96. 96
    Wang, Mohan
    University of Oxford
  97. 97
    Penty, Richard V.
    Electrical Engineering Division
  98. 98
    Kemp, Michael C.
    St. John's College Cambridge
  99. 99
    Boscolo, Sonia A.
    Aston University
  100. 100
    Salmon, Neil Anthony
    MMW Sensors Limited

135 listed scientists in Optoelectronics & Photonics 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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