Top institutions in the United Kingdom for Plant Biology & Botany

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Which institutions in the United Kingdom have the most top-cited scientists in Plant Biology & Botany?

230 researchers in the United Kingdom whose main subfield is Plant Biology & Botany 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 82 countries in the subfield. 111 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). John Innes Centre has the most (16), followed by University of Cambridge (15) and Rothamsted Research (13). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.

Listed authors

230

1.3% of all in the United Kingdom

In the global top 100,000

111

48.3% of them

Country rank in the subfield

of 82 countries in Plant Biology & Botany

Highest-ranked

#662

FOYER, Christine H.

#	Institution	Listed authors	Top 100k	Rank worldwide	Highest-ranked author
1	John Innes Centre	16	10	#32	Osbourn, Anne E. #7,817
2	University of Cambridge	15	4	#37	Oldroyd, Giles E.D. #6,706
3	Rothamsted Research	13	8	#47	Hawkesford, Malcolm John #7,796
4	University of Nottingham	12	4	#55	Salt, David E. #18,828
5	The University of Sheffield	10	8	#72	Read, David John #19,079
6	The James Hutton Institute	8	3	#92	White, Philip J. #1,152
7	University of York	8	5	#94	Hodge, Angela #10,042
8	Lancaster Environment Centre	7	3	#118	Dodd, Ian C. #25,910
9	The University of Edinburgh	7	4	#124	Spoel, Steven H. #36,397
10	Norwich Research Park	6	3	#137	Jones, Jonathan D.G. #5,621
11	University of Bristol	6	2	#144	Franklin, Keara A. #24,235
12	University of Oxford	6	2	#150	van der Hoorn, Renier A.L. #34,975
13	University of Reading	6	4	#161	Dunwell, Jim M. #55,830
14	University of Birmingham	5	2	#172	FOYER, Christine H. #662
15	University of Essex	5	3	#176	Baker, Neil R. #8,305
16	Imperial College London	5	2	#192	Jeger, Michael John #31,827
17	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew	5	4	#197	Simmonds, Monique S.J. #39,866
18	Queen Mary University of London	4	1	#225	Ruban, Alexander V. #9,619
19	University of Glasgow	4	4	#243	Jarvis, Michael C. #34,047
20	The University of Manchester	4	3	#249	Ennos, Anthony Roland #45,557
21	University of Aberdeen	4	2	#266	Robinson, David J. #61,802
22	Durham University	4	0	#285	Lindsey, Keith #116,021
23	The Sainsbury Laboratory	3	2	#300	Kamoun, Sophien #5,204
24	University of Exeter	3	2	#305	Smirnoff, Nicholas #6,399
25	University of Dundee	3	2	#310	Jones, Hamlyn G. #9,345
26	Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University	3	1	#311	Leyser, H. M.Ottoline #9,573
27	University of Warwick	3	2	#348	Whipps, John M. #48,884
28	Royal Holloway, University of London	3	2	#356	Leubner-Metzger, Gerhard #55,559
29	National Institute of Agricultural Botany	3	1	#362	Xu, Xiangming #67,804
30	University of Leeds	3	2	#369	Knox, Paul Paul #72,686
31	Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine	3	1	#382	Bassel, George W. #88,598
32	University of the West of England	3	1	#387	Hancock, John Travers #94,776
33	University of Southampton	3	0	#398	Chapman, Mark A. #111,746

The top 100 in Plant Biology & Botany in the United Kingdom, in order

1
FOYER, Christine H.
University of Birmingham
2
White, Philip J.
The James Hutton Institute
3
Raven, John A.
The James Hutton Institute
4
Kamoun, Sophien
The Sainsbury Laboratory
5
Jones, Jonathan D.G.
Norwich Research Park
6
Smirnoff, Nicholas
University of Exeter
7
Oldroyd, Giles E.D.
University of Cambridge
8
Baulcombe, David C.
University of Cambridge
9
Hawkesford, Malcolm John
Rothamsted Research
10
Osbourn, Anne E.
John Innes Centre
11
Flowers, Timothy John
University of Sussex
12
Baker, Neil R.
University of Essex
13
Jones, Hamlyn G.
University of Dundee
14
Leyser, H. M.Ottoline
Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University
15
Ruban, Alexander V.
Queen Mary University of London
16
Hodge, Angela
University of York
17
Talbot, Nicholas J.
The Sainsbury Laboratory
18
Maathuis, F. J.M.
University of York
19
Fitter, Alastair H.
University of York
20
Martin, Cathie R.
John Innes Centre
21
Salt, David E.
University of Nottingham
22
Read, David John
The University of Sheffield
23
Smith, Alison M.
John Innes Centre
24
Franklin, Keara A.
University of Bristol
25
Simkin, Andrew John
University of Essex
26
Dodd, Ian C.
Lancaster Environment Centre
27
Ledford, Heidi K.
Nature
28
Murphy, Denis J.
University of South Wales
29
Penfield, Steven D.
Norwich Research Park
30
Uauy, Cristóbal
John Innes Centre
31
Jeger, Michael John
Imperial College London
32
Forde, Brian G.
Lancaster Environment Centre
33
Graham, Ian Alexander
University of York
34
Jarvis, Michael C.
University of Glasgow
35
Lawlor, David W.
Rothamsted Research
36
van der Hoorn, Renier A.L.
University of Oxford
37
Broadley, Martin R.
Rothamsted Research
38
Christie, John M.
School of Medicine, Dentistry & Nursing
39
Leake, Jonathan R.
The University of Sheffield
40
Blatt, Michael Robert
University of Glasgow
41
Spoel, Steven H.
The University of Edinburgh
42
Paul, Matthew J.
Rothamsted Research
43
Osborne, Colin P.
The University of Sheffield
44
Raines, Christine Anne
University of Essex
45
Jenkins, Gareth I.
University of Glasgow
46
Simmonds, Monique S.J.
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
47
Halford, Nigel G.
Rothamsted Research
48
Murchie, Erik H.
University of Nottingham
49
Brown, James K.M.
John Innes Centre
50
Davis, Seth J.
University of York
51
Fry, Stephen C.
The University of Edinburgh
52
Johnson, Matthew P.
The University of Sheffield
53
Ennos, Anthony Roland
The University of Manchester
54
Busch, Florian A.
University of Birmingham
55
Whipps, John M.
University of Warwick
56
Pittman, Jon K.
The University of Manchester
57
Eastmond, Peter J.
Rothamsted Research
58
Brasier, Clive M.
Forest Research
59
Bennett, Malcolm J.
University of Nottingham
60
Wellburn, Alan R.
Lancaster University
61
Harberd, Nicholas P.
University of Oxford
62
Horton, Peter
The University of Sheffield
63
Leubner-Metzger, Gerhard
Royal Holloway, University of London
64
Dunwell, Jim M.
University of Reading
65
Seung, David
John Innes Centre
66
Ton, Jurriaan
The University of Sheffield
67
Trewavas, Anthony J.
The University of Edinburgh
68
Veitch, Nigel C.
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
69
Robinson, David J.
University of Aberdeen
70
Gilligan, Christopher Aidan
University of Cambridge
71
Oliver, Richard P.
University of Nottingham
72
Walters, Dale Ronald
Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC)
73
Davies, Bill John
Lancaster Environment Centre
74
Cameron, Ross W.F.
The University of Sheffield
75
Hetherington, Alistair M.
University of Bristol
76
Sprent, Janet Irene
University of Dundee
77
Xu, Xiangming
National Institute of Agricultural Botany
78
Bevan, Michael W.
Norwich Research Park
79
Leitch, Ilia J.
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
80
Glover, Beverley J.
University of Cambridge
81
Hogenhout, Saskia A.
John Innes Centre
82
Knox, Paul Paul
University of Leeds
83
Walters, Robin G.
Nuffield Department of Medicine
84
Bidartondo, Martin I.
Imperial College London
85
Miller, Anthony John
John Innes Centre
86
Johnson, Giles N.
The University of Manchester
87
Heslop-Harrison, J. S.
University of Leicester
88
Wheeler, Timothy Robert
University of Reading
89
Willats, William W.g.t.
Newcastle University
90
Harborne, Jeffrey B.
University of Reading
91
Bradshaw, Anthony D.
University of Liverpool
92
Hodson, Martin J.
Oxford Brookes University
93
Gray, Julie E.
The University of Sheffield
94
Proctor, Michael C.F.
University of Exeter
95
Pritchard, Hugh W.
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
96
Sablowski, Robert W.M.
John Innes Centre
97
Ellis, Richard Harold
University of Reading
98
Bassel, George W.
Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine
99
Napier, Johnathan A.
Rothamsted Research
100
Amtmann, Anna
University of Glasgow

230 listed scientists in Plant Biology & Botany in the United Kingdom

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