Top institutions in the United Kingdom for Organic Chemistry

24 institutions · Organic Chemistry · United Kingdom

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

236 researchers in the United Kingdom whose main subfield is Organic Chemistry are in the 2026 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list: 1.3% of all listed authors in the United Kingdom, and 5th of 74 countries in the subfield. 85 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). University of Oxford has the most (23), followed by Imperial College London (18) and University of Cambridge (16). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.

Listed authors
236
1.3% of all in the United Kingdom
In the global top 100,000
85
36.0% of them
Country rank in the subfield
#5
of 74 countries in Organic Chemistry
Highest-ranked
#1,095
Abbott, Andrew P.
#InstitutionListed authorsTop 100kRank worldwideHighest-ranked author
1University of Oxford2311#9Williams, Charlotte K. #14,310
2Imperial College London187#17Welton, Tom #3,299
3University of Cambridge167#23Reisner, Erwin #13,129
4University of York157#27Clark, James H. #3,688
5Faculty of Science and Engineering123#37Turner, Nicholas J. #13,493
6University College London110#51Li, Xiyi #129,316
7University of Bristol104#56Aggarwal, Varinder K. #23,189
8University of Liverpool93#60Cooper, Andrew Ian #1,864
9University of Birmingham93#62Friščić, Tomislav #4,005
10Cardiff University85#75Morgan, David J. #6,034
11University of Glasgow74#102Forgan, Ross S. #15,474
12Durham University62#127Steed, Jonathan W. #12,807
13The University of Manchester62#141Clayden, Jonathan D. #64,738
14University of Strathclyde61#142Murphy, John A. #65,638
15EaStCHEM St Andrews52#161O' Hagan, David #6,161
16Queen's University Belfast43#213Stuart L. James, Stuart L. #8,278
17University of Bath, Department of Chemistry41#219James, Tony D. #15,444
18The University of Edinburgh42#262Arnold, Polly L. #80,253
19Newcastle University31#322Al Musaimi, Othman Ibrahem Yousef #41,995
20University of Lincoln31#330Barbour, Leonard J. #50,494
21University of East Anglia31#345Redshaw, Carl #68,930
22University of Sussex31#357Layfield, Richard A. #75,352
23Heriot-Watt University30#415Christie, Robert M. #168,047
24Queen Mary University of London30#432Moss, Gerard P. #230,326

The top 100 in Organic Chemistry in the United Kingdom, in order

  1. 1
    Abbott, Andrew P.
    University of Leicester
  2. 2
    Cooper, Andrew Ian
    University of Liverpool
  3. 3
    Welton, Tom
    Imperial College London
  4. 4
    Clark, James H.
    University of York
  5. 5
    Friščić, Tomislav
    University of Birmingham
  6. 6
    Morgan, David J.
    Cardiff University
  7. 7
    O' Hagan, David
    EaStCHEM St Andrews
  8. 8
    Rhodes, Christopher J.
    Kingston University
  9. 9
    Stuart L. James, Stuart L.
    Queen's University Belfast
  10. 10
    Steed, Jonathan W.
    Durham University
  11. 11
    Reisner, Erwin
    University of Cambridge
  12. 12
    Turner, Nicholas J.
    Faculty of Science and Engineering
  13. 13
    Williams, Charlotte K.
    University of Oxford
  14. 14
    Hunter, Christopher A.
    University of Cambridge
  15. 15
    Fuchter, Matthew John
    Imperial College London
  16. 16
    Mason, Timothy J.
    Coventry University
  17. 17
    James, Tony D.
    University of Bath, Department of Chemistry
  18. 18
    Forgan, Ross S.
    University of Glasgow
  19. 19
    Adams, Dave J.
    University of Glasgow
  20. 20
    Bugg, Timothy D.H.
    Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine
  21. 21
    Willis, Michael C.
    University of Oxford
  22. 22
    Liddle, Stephen T.
    Faculty of Science and Engineering
  23. 23
    Aggarwal, Varinder K.
    University of Bristol
  24. 24
    Seddon, Kenneth Richard
    Queen's University Belfast
  25. 25
    Nitschke, Jonathan R.
    University of Cambridge
  26. 26
    Zysman-Colman, Eli
    EaStCHEM St Andrews
  27. 27
    Sherwood, James R.
    University of York
  28. 28
    Hallett, Jason Patrick
    Imperial College London
  29. 29
    Schofield, Christopher J.
    University of Oxford
  30. 30
    Cronin, Lee
    University of Glasgow
  31. 31
    Smith, David K.
    University of York
  32. 32
    Bryce, Martin R.
    Durham University
  33. 33
    Beer, Paul D.
    University of Oxford
  34. 34
    Tsang, Shik Chi Edman
    University of Oxford
  35. 35
    Anderson, Harry Laurence
    University of Oxford
  36. 36
  37. 37
    Wirth, Thomas
    Cardiff University
  38. 38
    Rinaldi, Roberto
    Imperial College London
  39. 39
    Sutherland, John D.
    The Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology
  40. 40
    Hasell, Tom
    University of Liverpool
  41. 41
    Kuimova, Marina K.
    Imperial College London
  42. 42
    Barbour, Leonard J.
    University of Lincoln
  43. 43
    Torrente-Murciano, Laura
    Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology
  44. 44
    North, Michael A.
    University of York
  45. 45
    Ley, Steven V.
    University of Cambridge
  46. 46
    Challis, Gregory L.
    Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine
  47. 47
    Langton, Matthew J.
    University of Oxford
  48. 48
    Gouverneur, Véronique E.
    University of Oxford
  49. 49
    Pera-Titus, Marc
    Cardiff University
  50. 50
    Phipps, Robert J.
    University of Cambridge
  51. 51
    Thomas, John Meurig
    The Royal Institution of Great Britain
  52. 52
    Green, Malcolm L.H.
    University of Oxford
  53. 53
    Davis, Benjamin G.
    University of Oxford
  54. 54
    Rosseinsky, Matthew J.
    University of Liverpool
  55. 55
    Hardacre, Christopher
    Department of Chemical Engineering
  56. 56
    Clayden, Jonathan D.
    The University of Manchester
  57. 57
    Murphy, John A.
    University of Strathclyde
  58. 58
    Claridge, Timothy D.W.
    University of Oxford
  59. 59
    Lewis, James E.M.
    University of Birmingham
  60. 60
    Melen, Rebecca L.
    Cardiff University
  61. 61
    Redshaw, Carl
    University of East Anglia
  62. 62
    Davis, Anthony P.
    University of Bristol
  63. 63
    Lennox, Alastair J.J.
    University of Bristol
  64. 64
    Bernardes, Gonçalo J.L.
    University of Cambridge
  65. 65
    Spring, David R.
    Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry
  66. 66
    Cox, Russell John
    University of Bristol
  67. 67
    Burés, Jordi
    Faculty of Science and Engineering
  68. 68
    Layfield, Richard A.
    University of Sussex
  69. 69
    Frei, Angelo
    University of York
  70. 70
    Bernal, J. D.
    Birkbeck, University of London
  71. 71
    Arnold, Polly L.
    The University of Edinburgh
  72. 72
    Symes, Mark D.
    University of Glasgow
  73. 73
    D'Agostino, Carmine
    The University of Manchester
  74. 74
    Fairlamb, Ian J.S.
    University of York
  75. 75
    Amilra de Silva, Prasanna Prasanna
    Queen's University Belfast
  76. 76
    Long, Nicholas J.
    Imperial College London
  77. 77
    Lewis, Simon E.
    University of Bath
  78. 78
    Goldup, Stephen M.
    University of Birmingham
  79. 79
    Addicoat, Matthew A.
    Nottingham Trent University
  80. 80
    Lloyd-Jones, Guy C.
    The University of Edinburgh
  81. 81
    Grogan, Gideon J.
    University of York
  82. 82
    Gusain, Rashi
    University of Northumbria
  83. 83
    Cliffe, Matthew J.
    University of Cambridge
  84. 84
    Elani, Yuval
    Imperial College London
  85. 85
    Qi, Haifeng
    Cardiff University
  86. 86
    Weetman, Catherine E.
    University of Strathclyde
  87. 87
    Ziessel, Raymond F.
    Newcastle University
  88. 88
    Dunn, Peter J.
    Pfizer Limited, UK
  89. 89
    Gaunt, Matthew J.
    University of Cambridge
  90. 90
    Goodwin, Conrad A.P.
    The University of Manchester
  91. 91
    Ganesan, A.
    University of East Anglia
  92. 92
    Spicer, Christopher D.
    University of York
  93. 93
    Bochmann, M.
    University of East Anglia
  94. 94
    Lee, Judy
    University of Surrey
  95. 95
    Haslam, Edwin
    The University of Sheffield
  96. 96
    Jelfs, Kim E.
    Imperial College London
  97. 97
    Khan, Imtiaz Ali
    The University of Manchester
  98. 98
    Baldwin, Jack E.
    University of Oxford
  99. 99
    Hopkinson, Matthew N.
    Newcastle University
  100. 100
    Procter, David J.
    Faculty of Science and Engineering

236 listed scientists in Organic Chemistry in the United Kingdom

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