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Which institutions in the United Kingdom have the most top-cited scientists in Political Science & Public Administration?

123 researchers in the United Kingdom whose main subfield is Political Science & Public Administration are in the 2026 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list: 0.7% of all listed authors in the United Kingdom, and 2nd of 35 countries in the subfield. 121 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). London School of Economics and Political Science has the most (13), followed by University of Oxford (10) and University of Southampton (6). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.

Listed authors
123
0.7% of all in the United Kingdom
In the global top 100,000
121
98.4% of them
Country rank in the subfield
#2
of 35 countries in Political Science & Public Administration
Highest-ranked
#2,661
Hood, Christopher C.
#InstitutionListed authorsTop 100kRank worldwideHighest-ranked author
1London School of Economics and Political Science1313#6Hobolt, Sara Binzer #4,500
2University of Oxford1010#12Snidal, Duncan #15,411
3University of Southampton66#35Rhodes, R. A.W. #10,963
4University of Warwick55#52Caney, Simon #21,782
5Queen Mary University of London55#56Isin, Engin F. #25,576
6The University of Manchester55#57Ford, Robert #40,678
7University of Essex55#58Böhmelt, Tobias #41,538
8King's College London55#59John, Peter C. #42,146
9University College London43#73Ayoub, Phillip M. #32,927
10The Open University44#74Hartley, Jean F. #36,711
11University of Birmingham33#87Phillimore, Jenny A. #15,631
12Nuffield College, University Of Oxford33#88Miller, David Ryan #16,074
13University of Cambridge33#98Powell, Robert S. #43,336
14Queen's University Belfast33#102Teasdale, Simon #63,582

The top 100 in Political Science & Public Administration in the United Kingdom, in order

  1. 1
    Hood, Christopher C.
    ZEDS Trial Research Group
  2. 2
    Osborne, Stephen P.
    University of Edinburgh Business School
  3. 3
    Jessop, Bob
    Lancaster University
  4. 4
    Cairney, Paul
    University of Stirling
  5. 5
    Hobolt, Sara Binzer
    London School of Economics and Political Science
  6. 6
    Meier, Kenneth John
    Cardiff University
  7. 7
    Rhodes, R. A.W.
    University of Southampton
  8. 8
    Stoker, Gerry
    University of Southampton
  9. 9
    Chung, Heejung
    King’s Business School
  10. 10
    Jordan, Andrew James
    University of East Anglia
  11. 11
    Snidal, Duncan
    University of Oxford
  12. 12
    Phillimore, Jenny A.
    University of Birmingham
  13. 13
    Miller, David Ryan
    Nuffield College, University Of Oxford
  14. 14
    Gough, Ian R.
    London School of Economics and Political Science
  15. 15
    Bovaird, Tony
    University of Birmingham
  16. 16
    Boyne, George A.
    Cardiff University
  17. 17
    Kalyvas, Stathis N.
    University of Oxford
  18. 18
    Andrews, Rhys
    Cardiff Business School
  19. 19
    Abou-Chadi, Tarik
    University of Oxford
  20. 20
    Caney, Simon
    University of Warwick
  21. 21
    Margetts, Helen Z.
    London School of Economics and Political Science
  22. 22
    Belfiore, Eleonora Ele
    Coventry University
  23. 23
    Isin, Engin F.
    Queen Mary University of London
  24. 24
    Taggart, Paul T.
    University of Sussex
  25. 25
    Smith, Graham M.
    University of Westminster
  26. 26
    Flinders, Matthew V.
    The University of Sheffield
  27. 27
    Rueda, David
    University of Oxford
  28. 28
    Anderson, Christopher J.
    London School of Economics and Political Science
  29. 29
    Büchs, Milena
    University of Leeds
  30. 30
    Jennings, Will
    University of Southampton
  31. 31
    Newton, Kenneth M.
    University of Southampton
  32. 32
    Modood, Tariq
    School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies
  33. 33
    Boswell, Christina
    The University of Edinburgh
  34. 34
    Ayoub, Phillip M.
    University College London
  35. 35
    Dunleavy, Patrick J.
    London School of Economics and Political Science
  36. 36
    Bermeo, Nancy G.
    Nuffield College, University Of Oxford
  37. 37
    Evans, Geoffrey A.
    Nuffield College, University Of Oxford
  38. 38
    Culpepper, Pepper D.
    University of Oxford, Blavatnik School of Government
  39. 39
    Hartley, Jean F.
    The Open University
  40. 40
    Skinner, Quentin
    Queen Mary University of London
  41. 41
    James, Oliver
    University of Exeter
  42. 42
    Rose, Richard
    University of Strathclyde
  43. 43
    Lewis, Jane
    London School of Economics and Political Science
  44. 44
    Laver, Michael A.
    London School of Economics and Political Science
  45. 45
    Clarke, John
    The Open University
  46. 46
    Bale, Tim
    Queen Mary University of London
  47. 47
    Ford, Robert
    The University of Manchester
  48. 48
    Piscopo, Jennifer M.
    Royal Holloway, University of London
  49. 49
    Böhmelt, Tobias
    University of Essex
  50. 50
    Leeper, Thomas J.
    London School of Economics and Political Science
  51. 51
    John, Peter C.
    King's College London
  52. 52
    Dunlop, Claire A.
    University of Exeter
  53. 53
    Ongaro, Edoardo
    The Open University
  54. 54
    Childs, Sarah L.
    The University of Edinburgh
  55. 55
    Coffé, Hilde R.
    University of Bath
  56. 56
    Powell, Robert S.
    University of Cambridge
  57. 57
    Squire, Vicki
    University of Warwick
  58. 58
    Leifeld, Philip
    The University of Manchester
  59. 59
    Capoccia, Giovanni
    University of Oxford
  60. 60
    Birch, Sarah
    King's College London
  61. 61
    Vanhala, Lisa C.
    University College London
  62. 62
    Lowndes, Vivien
    University of Nottingham Medical School
  63. 63
    Ulnicane, Inga
    University of Cambridge
  64. 64
    Schmitter, Philippe C.
    European University Institute
  65. 65
    Curato, Nicole
    University of Birmingham
  66. 66
    Tilley, James R.
    University of Oxford
  67. 67
    Bell, Duncan S.A.
    Christ's College
  68. 68
    Claassen, Christopher
    College of Social Sciences
  69. 69
    Bellamy, Richard P.
    University College London
  70. 70
    Parolin, Zachary J.
    University of Oxford
  71. 71
    Kuzemko, Caroline
    University of Warwick
  72. 72
    Keating, Michael F.
    University of Aberdeen
  73. 73
    Rai, Shirin M.
    SOAS University of London
  74. 74
    Ferlie, Ewan B.
    King's College London
  75. 75
    Wood, Matthew
    The University of Sheffield
  76. 76
    Devine, Daniel J.
    University of Southampton
  77. 77
    Teasdale, Simon
    Queen's University Belfast
  78. 78
    Grasso, Maria Teresa
    Queen Mary University of London
  79. 79
    Saward, Michael
    University of Warwick
  80. 80
    Faguet, Jean Paul
    London School of Economics and Political Science
  81. 81
    MacGregor, Sherilyn
    The University of Manchester
  82. 82
    van Spanje, Joost H.P.
    University of London
  83. 83
    Gherghina, Sergiu
    University of Glasgow
  84. 84
    Haynes, Jeffrey
    London Metropolitan University
  85. 85
    Glynos, Jason
    University of Essex
  86. 86
    Crouch, Colin
    University of Warwick
  87. 87
    Dobson, Andrew
    Keele University
  88. 88
    Barry, John
    Queen's University Belfast
  89. 89
    Canovan, Margaret
    Keele University
  90. 90
    Lee, Hye-kyung
    King's College London
  91. 91
    Green, Fergus
    London School of Economics and Political Science
  92. 92
    Karp, Jeffrey A.
    Brunel University London
  93. 93
    Muldoon, James
    University of Essex
  94. 94
    Gibney, Matthew J.
    University of Oxford
  95. 95
    Boone, Catherine
    London School of Economics and Political Science
  96. 96
    Vasilopoulou, Sofia
    King's College London
  97. 97
    CARTER, NEIL T.
    University of York
  98. 98
    Turnbull-Dugarte, Stuart J.
    University of Southampton
  99. 99
    Gibson, Rachel K.
    The University of Manchester
  100. 100
    Waylen, Georgina
    The University of Manchester

123 listed scientists in Political Science & Public Administration 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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