Top institutions in the United Kingdom for Paleontology
Which institutions in the United Kingdom have the most top-cited scientists in Paleontology?
101 researchers in the United Kingdom whose main subfield is Paleontology 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 2nd of 35 countries in the subfield. 59 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). University College London has the most (11), followed by The Natural History Museum, London (8) and University of Leicester (6). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.
Listed authors
101
0.6% of all in the United Kingdom
In the global top 100,000
59
58.4% of them
Country rank in the subfield
#2
of 35 countries in Paleontology
Highest-ranked
#1,215
Bronk Ramsey, Christopher
No institution matches.
The top 100 in Paleontology in the United Kingdom, in order
- 1Bronk Ramsey, ChristopherUniversity of Oxford
- 2Benton, Michael J.University of Bristol
- 3Paula Reimer, Paula JoQueen's University Belfast
- 4Birks, Hillary John BetteleyUniversity College London
- 5Scott, Andrew C.Royal Holloway, University of London
- 6Shackleton, Nicholas JohnUniversity of Cambridge
- 7Maslin, M. A.University College London
- 8Butterfield, N. J.University of Cambridge
- 9Blaauw, MaartenQueen's University Belfast
- 10Lee-Thorp, Julia A.University of Oxford
- 11Harper, D. A.T.Durham University
- 12Benson, Roger B.J.University of Oxford
- 13Spicer, Robert A.The Open University
- 14Duller, Geoff A.T.Aberystwyth University
- 15GIBBARD, P. L.Scott Polar Research Institute
- 16Tzedakis, P. C.University College London
- 17Lister, Adrian M.The Natural History Museum, London
- 18Murray, John WilliamNational Oceanography Centre Southampton
- 19Evans, David J.a.Faculty of Social Sciences & Health
- 20Upchurch, PaulUniversity College London
- 21Roberts, NeilUniversity of Plymouth
- 22Zalasiewicz, Jan AntoniUniversity of Leicester
- 23Barrett, Paul MichaelUniversity College London
- 24Charman, Dan J.University of Exeter
- 25Gordon, John E.University of St Andrews
- 26Pearson, Paul NicholasUniversity College London
- 27Rayfield, Emily J.University of Bristol
- 28Turney, Chris S.M.Heriot-Watt University
- 29Gale, Andrew ScottThe Natural History Museum, London
- 30Dearing, John A.University of Southampton
- 31Edgecombe, Gregory D.The Natural History Museum, London
- 32Martill, David M.University of Portsmouth
- 33Bennett, K. D.University of St Andrews
- 34Bond, D. P. G. P.G.University of Hull
- 35Hughes, Philip D.The University of Manchester
- 36Murton, Julian B.University of Sussex
- 37Butler, Richard J.University of Birmingham
- 38Mannion, Philip D.University College London
- 39Twitchett, Richard J.The Natural History Museum, London
- 40Brusatte, Stephen L.The University of Edinburgh
- 41Gray, J. MurrayQueen Mary University of London
- 42Ballantyne, Colin KerrUniversity of St Andrews
- 43Shakesby, Richard A.Swansea University
- 44Oldfield, Frank A.University of Liverpool
- 45Vinther, Jakob A.University of Bristol
- 46Heaton, Timothy J.University of Leeds
- 47Riding, James B.British Geological Survey
- 48Waters, Colin N.University of Leicester
- 49Lautenschlager, StephanUniversity of Birmingham
- 50Owen, GeraintSwansea University
- 51Smith, Martin R.Durham University
- 52Norman, David B.University of Cambridge
- 53Leng, Melanie J.University of Nottingham
- 54Glasser, Neil F.Aberystwyth University
- 55Harrison, StephanUniversity of Exeter
- 56Taylor, Paul DavidThe Natural History Museum, London
- 57Derbyshire, EdwardUniversity of London
- 58Clark, Christopher D.The University of Sheffield
- 59Scott, Ethel MarianUniversity of Glasgow
- 60Wellman, Charles H.The University of Sheffield
- 61Walker, Michael J.C.Aberystwyth University
- 62Skinner, Luke C.University of Cambridge
- 63Falkingham, Peter L.Liverpool John Moores University
- 64Evans, Susan E.University College London, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology
- 65Battarbee, Richard W.University College London
- 66Payne, Richard J.University of York
- 67Price, Gregory D.University of Plymouth
- 68Appleby, Peter G.University of Liverpool
- 69Haywood, Alan M.University of Leeds
- 70Bailey, Richard M.University of Oxford
- 71Wade, Bridget S.University College London
- 72McCarroll, DannySwansea University
- 73Smith, Andrew B.The Natural History Museum, London
- 74Kamal Boudagher-Fadel, Marcelle KamalUniversity College London
- 75Bennett, Matthew R.Bournemouth University
- 76Bridgland, David R.Faculty of Social Sciences & Health
- 77Falcon-Lang, Howard J.Royal Holloway, University of London
- 78Brooks, Stephen JohnThe Natural History Museum, London
- 79Rhodes, E. J.The University of Sheffield
- 80Longrich, Nicholas R.University of Bath, Department of Life Sciences
- 81Smalley, Ian JamesUniversity of Leicester
- 82Shennan, IanFaculty of Social Sciences & Health
- 83Williams, MarkUniversity of Leicester
- 84Ross, Andrew J.National Museums of Scotland
- 85Young, Jeremy R.University College London
- 86Morley, Robert J.Royal Holloway, University of London
- 87Fordyce, Fiona M.British Geological Survey
- 88Loydell, David KendrickUniversity of Portsmouth
- 89Allison, Peter A.Imperial College London
- 90Stuart, Anthony JohnDurham University
- 91Stewart, J. R.Bournemouth University
- 92Witton, Mark P.University of Portsmouth
- 93Collinson, Margaret ElizabethRoyal Holloway, University of London
- 94Hone, David William ElliottQueen Mary University of London
- 95Edwards, Mary E.University of Southampton
- 96Purnell, Mark A.University of Leicester
- 97Unwin, David M.University of Leicester
- 98Fyfe, Ralph M.University of Plymouth
- 99Cleal, Christopher J.University of Bristol
- 100Stephenson, Michael H.Stephenson Geoscience Consulting Ltd
101 listed scientists in Paleontology in the United Kingdom
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