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Which institutions in the United Kingdom have the most top-cited scientists in Philosophy & Theology?

115 researchers in the United Kingdom whose main field is Philosophy & Theology 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 36 countries in the field. 35 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). University of Oxford has the most (20), followed by University of Cambridge (8) and University of St Andrews (7). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.

Listed authors
115
0.6% of all in the United Kingdom
In the global top 100,000
35
30.4% of them
Country rank in the field
#2
of 36 countries in Philosophy & Theology
Highest-ranked
#5,223
Taddeo, Mariarosaria
#InstitutionListed authorsTop 100kRank worldwideHighest-ranked author
1University of Oxford2012#1Bostrom, Nick #8,881
2University of Cambridge83#6Bird, Alexander J. #28,429
3University of St Andrews72#8Gardiner, Stephen M. #50,608
4University of Nottingham51#16Kidd, Ian James #17,636
5Durham University51#21Lowe, Edward Jonathan #76,040
6University of Birmingham51#22Moss, Candida R. #89,386
7University of Leeds50#24French, Steven #107,631
8King's College London41#38Kingma, Elselijn #95,521
9The University of Edinburgh40#41Richie, Cristina S. #128,675
10University of Bristol32#43Carel, Havi Hannah #17,419
11University of Warwick31#48Cassam, Quassim #68,018
12University of Glasgow31#51Kelp, Christoph #76,609
13The Open University30#56Robertson, David G. #361,352

The top 100 in Philosophy & Theology in the United Kingdom, in order

  1. 1
    Taddeo, Mariarosaria
    The Alan Turing Institute
  2. 2
    Bostrom, Nick
    University of Oxford
  3. 3
    Williamson, Timothy Luke
    University of Oxford
  4. 4
    Carel, Havi Hannah
    University of Bristol
  5. 5
    Kidd, Ian James
    University of Nottingham
  6. 6
    Kerasidou, Angeliki
    University of Oxford
  7. 7
    Ratcliffe, Matthew
    University of York
  8. 8
    Parfit, Derek
    Balliol College
  9. 9
    Bird, Alexander J.
    University of Cambridge
  10. 10
    McMahan, Jeff
    University of Oxford
  11. 11
    Broome, John
    University of Oxford
  12. 12
    Raz, Joseph
    University of Oxford
  13. 13
    Kahane, Guy
    University of Oxford
  14. 14
  15. 15
    Simion, Mona
    Exeter College, Oxford
  16. 16
    Gardiner, Stephen M.
    University of St Andrews
  17. 17
    Alexandrova, Anna
    University of Cambridge
  18. 18
    Harris, John M.
    University of Oxford
  19. 19
    Hawley, Katherine
    University of St Andrews
  20. 20
    Giubilini, Alberto
    University of Oxford
  21. 21
    Ladyman, James
    University of Bristol
  22. 22
    Cassam, Quassim
    University of Warwick
  23. 23
    Romanis, Elizabeth Chloe
    Durham Law School
  24. 24
    Hills, Alison
    St. John's College, Oxford
  25. 25
    Sedley, David N.
    University of Cambridge
  26. 26
    Lowe, Edward Jonathan
    Durham University
  27. 27
    Kelp, Christoph
    University of Glasgow
  28. 28
    Crisp, Roger
    Uehiro Oxford Institute
  29. 29
    Douglas, Thomas M.
    University of Oxford
  30. 30
    Williams, Daniel
    University of Sussex
  31. 31
    Swinburne, Richard G.
    University of Oxford
  32. 32
    Moore, Geoff
    Durham University Business School
  33. 33
    Shue, Henry
    University of Oxford
  34. 34
    Moss, Candida R.
    University of Birmingham
  35. 35
    Kingma, Elselijn
    King's College London
  36. 36
    Gillon, Raanan E.
    Imperial College London
  37. 37
    Tanesini, Alessandra
    Cardiff University
  38. 38
    Currie, Gregory
    University of York
  39. 39
    Phillips, Ian B.
    University of Birmingham
  40. 40
    Holton, Richard
    University of Cambridge
  41. 41
    French, Steven
    University of Leeds
  42. 42
    Hannon, Michael J.
    University of Nottingham
  43. 43
    Roberts, Huw
    Oxford Social Sciences Division
  44. 44
    Goff, Philip P.
    Durham University
  45. 45
    Seumas R. Miller, Seumas R.
    University of Oxford
  46. 46
    Samuel, Gabrielle Natalie
    King's College London
  47. 47
    Schramme, Thomas
    University of Liverpool
  48. 48
    Brown, Jessica A.
    University of St Andrews
  49. 49
    Dorsey, Dale
    University of Oxford, Somerville College
  50. 50
    Berto, Francesco
    University of St Andrews
  51. 51
    Jenkins, Katharine
    University of Glasgow
  52. 52
    Schofield, Malcolm
    University of Cambridge
  53. 53
    Wright, Crispin
    University of Stirling
  54. 54
    Carter, Joseph Adam
    University of Glasgow
  55. 55
    Pugh, Jonathan
    Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics
  56. 56
    Goldie, Peter
    King's College London
  57. 57
    Gallagher, Ann Marie
    Brunel University London
  58. 58
    Sartre, Jean Paul
    The University of Sheffield
  59. 59
    Richie, Cristina S.
    The University of Edinburgh
  60. 60
    Fletcher, Guy
    The University of Edinburgh
  61. 61
    Archard, David
    Queen's University Belfast
  62. 62
    Chang, Ruth
    University of Oxford
  63. 63
    Geuss, Raymond
    University of Cambridge
  64. 64
    Bortolotti, Lisa
    University of Birmingham
  65. 65
    Wolff, Jonathan
    University of Oxford, Blavatnik School of Government
  66. 66
    Gaut, Berys
    University of St Andrews
  67. 67
    Woodhead, Linda
    King's College London
  68. 68
    Westerhoff, Jan C.
    University of Oxford
  69. 69
    Stone, Alison
    Lancaster University
  70. 70
    McHugh, Conor
    University of Southampton
  71. 71
    Price, Huw
    Trinity College Cambridge
  72. 72
    Fabre, Cécile
    University of Oxford
  73. 73
    Davie, Grâce
    University of Exeter
  74. 74
    Cholbi, Michael J.
    The University of Edinburgh
  75. 75
    Williamson, Jon
    The University of Manchester
  76. 76
    Milbank, John
    University of Nottingham
  77. 77
    Yip, Andrew Kam Tuck
    University of Nottingham
  78. 78
    Burnyeat, Myles F.
    University of Oxford
  79. 79
    Najman, Hindy
    University of Oxford
  80. 80
    Anderson, Allan Heaton
    University of Birmingham
  81. 81
    Knott, Kim
    Department of Politics, Philosophy and Religion
  82. 82
    Tomalin, Emma
    University of Leeds
  83. 83
    Nelson, James
    Queen's University Belfast
  84. 84
    van Klinken, Adriaan S.
    University of Leeds
  85. 85
    Bruce, Steve
    University of Aberdeen
  86. 86
    Barnes, Timothy David
    The University of Edinburgh
  87. 87
    Robertson, David G.
    The Open University
  88. 88
    Ayres, Lewis
    Durham University
  89. 89
    Partridge, Christopher
    Department of Politics, Philosophy and Religion
  90. 90
    Crisp, Oliver D.
    University of St Andrews
  91. 91
    Vondey, Wolfgang
    University of Birmingham
  92. 92
    McGrath, Alister E.
    University of Oxford
  93. 93
    Eidinow, Esther
    University of Bristol
  94. 94
    Edwards, Mark Julian
    Christ Church, Oxford
  95. 95
    Bauckham, Richard J.
    University of St Andrews
  96. 96
    Beckford, James A.
    University of Warwick
  97. 97
    Jackson, Robert
    University of Warwick
  98. 98
    Fitzgerald, Timothy
    University of Stirling
  99. 99
    Louth, Andrew
    Durham University
  100. 100
    Webster, John B.
    University of Oxford

115 listed scientists in Philosophy & Theology 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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