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Top institutions in the United Kingdom for Psychiatry

26 institutions · Psychiatry · United Kingdom

Which institutions in the United Kingdom have the most top-cited scientists in Psychiatry?

268 researchers in the United Kingdom whose main subfield is Psychiatry are in the 2026 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list: 1.5% of all listed authors in the United Kingdom, and 2nd of 57 countries in the subfield. 220 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). King's College London has the most (58), followed by University College London (20) and Cardiff University (11). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.

Listed authors
268
1.5% of all in the United Kingdom
In the global top 100,000
220
82.1% of them
Country rank in the subfield
#2
of 57 countries in Psychiatry
Highest-ranked
#257
Steptoe, Andrew
#InstitutionListed authorsTop 100kRank worldwideHighest-ranked author
1King's College London5849#1Thornicroft, Graham #955
2University College London2016#4Steptoe, Andrew #257
3Cardiff University1110#17Thapar, Anita K. #6,772
4The University of Manchester109#19Firth, Joseph #5,601
5University of Oxford99#24Fazel, Seena B. #3,153
6Imperial College London87#32Nutt, David John #2,570
7University of Oxford Medical Sciences Division76#42Freeman, Daniel H. #2,564
8University of Nottingham54#66Slade, Mike #4,693
9Department of Psychiatry55#12Ford, Tamsin Jane #13,147
10Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health52#73Morrison, Anthony P. #25,594
11The University of Edinburgh55#74McIntosh, Andrew M. #31,032
12University of Leicester43#82Mitchell, Alex J. #3,055
13University of Bath44#85Munafo, Marcus R. #3,396
14University of Cambridge43#91Jones, Peter B. #8,458
15South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust44#99Stewart, Robert J. #16,387
16University of Glasgow42#100Uhlhaas, Peter J. #16,460
17University of Liverpool44#103Rahman, Atif #24,321
18University of Hertfordshire42#108Schifano, F. #31,469
19Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry32#132Stansfeld, Stephen Alfred #9,664
20City St George's, University of London33#135Priebe, Stefan L. #11,175
21London School of Economics and Political Science33#136Knapp, Martin R.J. #11,405
22University of Leeds32#139Snaith, R. Phillip #18,752
23University of York33#148Gilbody, Simon M. #23,988
24Cardiff University School of Medicine33#160Collishaw, Stephan M. #33,321
25University of Bristol32#166Khandaker, Golam M. #41,744
26University of Warwick33#177Birchwood, M. J. #67,100

The top 100 in Psychiatry in the United Kingdom, in order

  1. 1
    Steptoe, Andrew
    University College London
  2. 2
    Fonagy, Peter
    University College London
  3. 3
    Thornicroft, Graham
    King's College London
  4. 4
    Robbins, Trevor W.
    Behavioural and Clinical Neuroscience Institute
  5. 5
    Fusar-Poli, Paolo
    King's College London
  6. 6
    Cortese, Samuele
    University of Southampton, Faculty of Medicine
  7. 7
    Brewin, Chris Ray
    University College London
  8. 8
    O'Connor, Rory C.
    College of Medical, Veterinary & Life Sciences
  9. 9
    Freeman, Daniel H.
    University of Oxford Medical Sciences Division
  10. 10
    Nutt, David John
    Imperial College London
  11. 11
    Pariante, Carmine M.
    King's College London
  12. 12
    Mitchell, Alex J.
    University of Leicester
  13. 13
    Hawton, Keith E.
    University of Oxford Medical Sciences Division
  14. 14
    Fazel, Seena B.
    University of Oxford
  15. 15
    Munafo, Marcus R.
    University of Bath
  16. 16
    Prince, Martin J.
    King's College London
  17. 17
    Kuss, Daria Joanna
    Nottingham Trent University
  18. 18
    Danese, Andrea
    King's College London
  19. 19
    Slade, Mike
    University of Nottingham
  20. 20
    Howes, Oliver D.
    King's College London
  21. 21
    Goodwin, Guy M.
    Compass Pathfinder Limited
  22. 22
    Firth, Joseph
    The University of Manchester
  23. 23
    Rubia, Katya K.
    King's College London
  24. 24
    Arseneault, Louise
    King's College London
  25. 25
    Bhugra, Dinesh Kumar
    King's College London
  26. 26
    Thapar, Anita K.
    Cardiff University
  27. 27
    Young, Allan H.
    Imperial College London
  28. 28
    Jones, Peter B.
    University of Cambridge
  29. 29
    Cipriani, Andrea S.
    University of Oxford
  30. 30
    Lewis, Cathryn M.
    King's College London
  31. 31
    Stansfeld, Stephen Alfred
    Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry
  32. 32
    Harrison, Paul J.
    University of Oxford
  33. 33
    Owen, Michael John
    Cardiff University
  34. 34
    Smith, Lee
    Anglia Ruskin University
  35. 35
    Kapur, Shitij
    King's College London
  36. 36
    Wessely, Simon Charles
    King's College London
  37. 37
    Priebe, Stefan L.
    City St George's, University of London
  38. 38
    Willner, Paul J.
    Swansea University
  39. 39
    Knapp, Martin R.J.
    London School of Economics and Political Science
  40. 40
    Howard, Louise M.
    King's College London
  41. 41
    Brooks, Samantha Kelly
    King's College London
  42. 42
    Ford, Tamsin Jane
    Department of Psychiatry
  43. 43
    Nutt, David John
    Imperial College London
  44. 44
    Greenberg, Professor Neil
    King's College London
  45. 45
    Murray, Robin M.
    King's College London
  46. 46
    Bisson, Jonathan I.
    Cardiff University
  47. 47
  48. 48
    Tyrer, Peter J.
    Imperial College London
  49. 49
    Gunnell, David J.
    Bristol Medical School
  50. 50
    Lewis, Glyn H.
    University College London
  51. 51
    Geddes, John Richard
    University of Oxford
  52. 52
    Brugha, Traolach Sean
    University of Leicester
  53. 53
    Johnson, Sonia I.
    University College London
  54. 54
    Moncrieff, Joanna
    University College London
  55. 55
    Stewart, Robert J.
    South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
  56. 56
    Uhlhaas, Peter J.
    University of Glasgow
  57. 57
    Bhui, Kamaldeep Singh
    University of Oxford
  58. 58
    David, Anthony S.
    King's College London
  59. 59
    Pontes, Halley M.
    Birkbeck, University of London
  60. 60
    Asherson, Philip J.E.
    King's College London
  61. 61
    Shevlin, Mark E.
    Ulster University
  62. 62
    Veale, David M.W.
    King's College London
  63. 63
    Baldwin, David S.
    University of Southampton
  64. 64
    Bentall, Richard P.
    The University of Sheffield
  65. 65
    McGuire, Philip K.
    University of Oxford
  66. 66
    Snaith, R. Phillip
    University of Leeds
  67. 67
    Smith, Andrew P.
    Cardiff University
  68. 68
    Fazel, Mina S.
    University of Oxford Medical Sciences Division
  69. 69
    Cowen, Philip J.
    University of Oxford
  70. 70
    Read, John Don
    University of East London
  71. 71
    Goldberg, David P.B.
    King's College London
  72. 72
    Gilbody, Simon M.
    University of York
  73. 73
    Hollis, C. P.
    University of Nottingham
  74. 74
    Rahman, Atif
    University of Liverpool
  75. 75
    Montgomery, Stuart A.
    Imperial College London School of Medicine
  76. 76
    Wykes, Til H.
    The Royal London Hospital
  77. 77
    Cox, John Lee
    Keele University
  78. 78
    Moss-Morris, Rona E.
    King's College London
  79. 79
    Morrison, Anthony P.
    Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health
  80. 80
    Sharpe, Michael C.
    University of Oxford Medical Sciences Division
  81. 81
    Chamberlain, Samuel Robin
    University of Southampton, Faculty of Medicine
  82. 82
    Fernyhough, Charles
    Durham University
  83. 83
    O'Connor, Daryl B.
    University of Leeds
  84. 84
    Essau, Cecilia A.
    University of Roehampton
  85. 85
    Fisher, Helen L.
    King's College London
  86. 86
    Kirkbride, James B.
    University College London
  87. 87
    McIntosh, Andrew M.
    The University of Edinburgh
  88. 88
    Bateman, Anthony W.
    University College London
  89. 89
    Schifano, F.
    University of Hertfordshire
  90. 90
    Cleare, Anthony J.
    King's College London
  91. 91
    Henderson, Claire
    South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
  92. 92
    Karatzias, Thanos
    Edinburgh Napier University
  93. 93
    Harmer, Catherine J.
    University of Oxford Medical Sciences Division
  94. 94
    Hotopf, Matthew Hugo
    King's College London
  95. 95
    Mamun, Mohammed A.
    University of Nottingham
  96. 96
    Collishaw, Stephan M.
    Cardiff University School of Medicine
  97. 97
    Everitt, Brian S.
    King's College London
  98. 98
    Chalder, Trudie
    King's College London
  99. 99
    Singh, Swaran Preet
    Warwick Medical School
  100. 100
    McCutcheon, Robert A.
    University of Oxford

268 listed scientists in Psychiatry 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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