Top institutions in the United Kingdom for Physics & Astronomy
Which institutions in the United Kingdom have the most top-cited scientists in Physics & Astronomy?
1,308 researchers in the United Kingdom whose main field is Physics & Astronomy are in the 2026 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list: 7.1% of all listed authors in the United Kingdom, and 4th of 105 countries in the field. 552 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). University of Oxford has the most (134), followed by Imperial College London (73) and University of Southampton (63). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.
Listed authors
1,308
7.1% of all in the United Kingdom
In the global top 100,000
552
42.2% of them
Country rank in the field
#4
of 105 countries in Physics & Astronomy
Highest-ranked
#90
Geim, Andre K.
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The top 100 in Physics & Astronomy in the United Kingdom, in order
- 1Geim, Andre K.The University of Manchester
- 2Hawking, Stephen W.University of Cambridge
- 3A. C. Ferrari, A. CarloUniversity of Cambridge
- 4Robertson, John DavidCambridge University
- 5Davey Smith, GeorgeUniversity of Bristol
- 6Penrose, RogerUniversity of Oxford
- 7Pendry, John BrianImperial College London
- 8Padgett, Miles J.University of Glasgow
- 9Scott, James F.University of St Andrews
- 10Dickinson, Eric M.University of Leeds
- 11Sing, Kenneth S.W.Brook House
- 12Fabian, Andrew C.Institute of Astronomy
- 13Lewis, Antony M.University of Sussex
- 14Cardy, John L.All Souls College
- 15Cappellari, MicheleUniversity of Oxford
- 16Berry, Michael V.University of Bristol
- 17Pirandola, StefanoUniversity of York
- 18Binks, Bernard PaulUniversity of Hull
- 19Rees, Martin J.Institute of Astronomy
- 20Zheludev, Nikolay I.University of Southampton
- 21Di Valentino, EleonoraThe University of Sheffield
- 22Cates, Michael E.Faculty of Mathematics
- 23Conselice, Christopher J.Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics
- 24Mott, Nevill F.Department of Physics
- 25Born, MaxThe University of Edinburgh
- 26Ekert, Artur K.University of Oxford
- 27Silk, Joseph I.University of Oxford
- 28Efstathiou, George P.Institute of Astronomy
- 29O'Brien, Jeremy L.University of Bristol
- 30Vedral, VlatkoUniversity of Oxford
- 31Tennyson, Jonathan L.University College London
- 32Frenkel, DaanUniversity of Cambridge
- 33Campbell, Earl T.School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
- 34Gibbons, Gary WilliamFaculty of Mathematics
- 35Bohm, David J.Birkbeck, University of London
- 36Slater, John C.University of Leicester
- 37Batchelor, George K.Faculty of Mathematics
- 38Lauga, EricFaculty of Mathematics
- 39Robitaille, Thomas P.Aperio Software Ltd.
- 40Barrow, John D.Faculty of Mathematics
- 41Deringer, Volker L.University of Oxford
- 42Kang, JianThe Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment
- 43Jonscher, Andrzej K.Royal Holloway, University of London
- 44Johnson, Erin R.University of Cambridge
- 45Braunstein, Samuel L.University of York
- 46Friend, Richard H.University of Cambridge
- 47Vasiliev, Eugene A.University of Surrey
- 48Elliott, Stephen R.University of Oxford
- 49Bianconi, GinestraQueen Mary University of London
- 50Kibble, Tom W.B.Imperial College London
- 51Madhusudhan, NikkuInstitute of Astronomy
- 52Montanaro, AshleyPhasecraft
- 53Moore, Brian C.J.University of Cambridge
- 54Baumberg, Jeremy JohnUniversity of Cambridge
- 55Worden, KeithThe University of Sheffield
- 56Steane, Andrew M.University of Oxford
- 57King, Andrew R.University of Leicester
- 58Dudarev, Sergei L.United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
- 59McMillan, Paul F.University of Southampton
- 60Ausloos, M.University of Leicester School of Business
- 61Sotiriou, Thomas P.University of Nottingham
- 62Verstraete, FrankFaculty of Mathematics
- 63Smartt, Stephen J.University of Oxford
- 64Barnes, William L.University of Exeter
- 65Castelvecchi, DavideNature in London
- 66Maiolino, RobertoUniversity of Cambridge
- 67Milburn, G. J.University of Sussex
- 68Martin J. Booth, Martin JamesUniversity of Oxford
- 69Thompson, David J.University of Southampton
- 70Farmer, J. DoyneUniversity of Oxford
- 71Belokurov, Vasily A.Institute of Astronomy
- 72Cawley, PeterImperial College London
- 73Owen, James E.Imperial College London
- 74Marsh, David J.E.King's College London
- 75Friswell, Michael I.Swansea University
- 76Nelson, Jenny M.Imperial College London
- 77Hindmarsh, Mark B.University of Sussex
- 78Binney, James J.University of Oxford
- 79Cockell, Charles SeatonThe University of Edinburgh
- 80Copeland, Edmund J.University of Nottingham
- 81Adesso, GerardoUniversity of Nottingham
- 82McMillan, Paul J.University of Leicester
- 83Eggers, Jens G.University of Bristol
- 84Carr, Bernard JohnQueen Mary University of London
- 85Jozsa, RichardFaculty of Mathematics
- 86Handley, William J.University of Cambridge
- 87Popescu, SanduUniversity of Bristol
- 88Chluba, JensJodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics
- 89Michaelides, AngelosUniversity of Cambridge
- 90Catlow, C. R.A.University College London
- 91Drinkwater, Bruce W.University of Bristol
- 92Bose, SougatoUniversity College London
- 93Bate, Matthew R.University of Exeter
- 94Barnett, Stephen M.University of Glasgow
- 95Kornyshev, Aleksei A.Imperial College London
- 96Arridge, Simon R.UCL Engineering
- 97Krissinel, Evgenii B.Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
- 98Andrea Cavalleri, AndreaUniversity of Oxford
- 99Andersson, Nils A.University of Southampton
- 100Soper, Alan K.ISIS Neutron and Muon Source
1,308 listed scientists in Physics & Astronomy in the United Kingdom
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