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

220 researchers in the United Kingdom whose main subfield is Public Health are in the 2026 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list: 1.2% of all listed authors in the United Kingdom, and 2nd of 57 countries in the subfield. 132 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine has the most (20), followed by University College London (18) and University of Glasgow (9). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.

Listed authors
220
1.2% of all in the United Kingdom
In the global top 100,000
132
60.0% of them
Country rank in the subfield
#2
of 57 countries in Public Health
Highest-ranked
#389
Michie, Susan F.
#InstitutionListed authorsTop 100kRank worldwideHighest-ranked author
1London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine2011#3McKee, Martin J. #1,375
2University College London189#4Michie, Susan F. #389
3University of Glasgow94#30Mitchell, Rich J. #19,882
4University of Liverpool73#41Whitehead, Margaret M. #6,694
5King's College London72#46Rubin, G. James #48,607
6University of Leeds64#49Conner, Mark T. #2,142
7University of Bristol64#59Foster, Charles E.M. #39,360
8Department of Public Health and Primary Care53#65Marteau, Theresa Mary #10,437
9MRC Epidemiology Unit53#67Adams, Jean M. #16,356
10The University of Manchester44#84Armitage, Christopher J. #5,747
11University of York43#98Graham, Hilary M. #30,191
12The University of Edinburgh43#102Mercer, Stewart William #34,402
13University of Nottingham31#127Wilkinson, Richard G. #19,046
14University of Oxford32#135Reeves, Aaron S. #26,408
15University of Exeter Medical School32#140Hamilton, Willie Trevor #30,458
16Cardiff University33#153Moore, Graham F. #50,122
17The University of Sheffield31#158Norman, Paul #58,589

The top 100 in Public Health in the United Kingdom, in order

  1. 1
    Michie, Susan F.
    University College London
  2. 2
    McKee, Martin J.
    London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
  3. 3
    Petticrew, Mark P.
    Environments and Society
  4. 4
    Conner, Mark T.
    University of Leeds
  5. 5
    Wardle, Jane
    University College London
  6. 6
    Bambra, Clare L.
    Newcastle University
  7. 7
    Poortinga, Wouter
    College of Biomedical and Life Sciences
  8. 8
    May, Carl R.
    London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
  9. 9
    Armitage, Christopher J.
    The University of Manchester
  10. 10
    Gardner, Benjamin
    University of Surrey
  11. 11
    Whitehead, Margaret M.
    University of Liverpool
  12. 12
    Marteau, Theresa Mary
    Department of Public Health and Primary Care
  13. 13
    Yaya, Sanni
    Imperial College London
  14. 14
    Fancourt, Daisy E.
    University College London
  15. 15
    Adams, Jean M.
    MRC Epidemiology Unit
  16. 16
    Jones, Andy Peter
    Liverpool John Moores University
  17. 17
    Fox, Nick J.
    University of Huddersfield
  18. 18
    Wilkinson, Richard G.
    University of Nottingham
  19. 19
    Sniehotta, Falko F.
    University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Faculty of Medical Sciences
  20. 20
    Horne, Rob
    UCL School of Pharmacy
  21. 21
    Mitchell, Rich J.
    University of Glasgow
  22. 22
    Kitzinger, J. V.
    College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
  23. 23
    Abraham, Charles S.s.
    University of Exeter Medical School, EX1 2LU United Kingdom
  24. 24
    Kovats, Sari R.
    London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
  25. 25
    Cummins, Steven C.J.
    London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
  26. 26
    White, Martin D.
    MRC Epidemiology Unit
  27. 27
    Stewart-Brown, Sarah Lynette
    University of Warwick
  28. 28
    Grogan, Sarah C.
    Manchester Metropolitan University
  29. 29
    Reeves, Aaron S.
    University of Oxford
  30. 30
    Graham, Hilary M.
    University of York
  31. 31
    Hamilton, Willie Trevor
    University of Exeter Medical School
  32. 32
    Lawton, Rebecca Jane
    University of Leeds
  33. 33
    Skevington, Suzanne M.
    The University of Manchester
  34. 34
    Gale, Nicola Kay
    University of Birmingham
  35. 35
    Sutton, Stephen R.
    Department of Public Health and Primary Care
  36. 36
    French, David P.
    The University of Manchester
  37. 37
    Mercer, Stewart William
    The University of Edinburgh
  38. 38
    Jaspal, Rusi
    University of Brighton
  39. 39
    Nazroo, James Y.
    The University of Manchester
  40. 40
    Bonell, Chris Philip
    London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
  41. 41
    Hughes, Karen E.
    Public Health Wales
  42. 42
    Daley, Amanda J.
    Loughborough University
  43. 43
    Bellis, Mark A.
    Liverpool John Moores University
  44. 44
    Pearce, Jamie R.
    The University of Edinburgh
  45. 45
    Foster, Charles E.M.
    University of Bristol
  46. 46
    Thomas, Carol
    Lancaster University
  47. 47
    Cislaghi, Beniamino Ferdinando
    Institute of Development Studies, Brighton
  48. 48
    Milligan, C.
    Lancaster University
  49. 49
    Scambler, Graham
    University College London
  50. 50
    Armitage, Richard C.
    University of Nottingham Medical School
  51. 51
    Fleming, Lora E.
    University of Exeter Medical School
  52. 52
    Martin, Graham P.
    The Healthcare Improvement Studies Institute
  53. 53
    Oakley, Ann R.A.
    University College London
  54. 54
    Van Sluijs, Esther M.F.
    MRC Epidemiology Unit
  55. 55
    Rubin, G. James
    King's College London
  56. 56
    Hartwig, Fernando Pires
    MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit
  57. 57
    Devries, Karen M.
    London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
  58. 58
    Moore, Graham F.
    Cardiff University
  59. 59
    Adebisi, Yusuff Adebayo
    University of Glasgow
  60. 60
    Gilmore, Anna B.
    Tobacco Control Research Group
  61. 61
    Rutter, Harry R.
    University of Bath
  62. 62
    Hollingsworth, Bruce P.
    The Division of Health Research, Lancaster University
  63. 63
    Loopstra, Rachel
    University of Liverpool
  64. 64
    Shaw, Sara E.
    University of Oxford Medical Sciences Division
  65. 65
    Townsend, Nick P.
    University of Bristol
  66. 66
    Hunter, Ruth Fiona
    School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences
  67. 67
    Ogilvie, David B.
    School of Clinical Medicine
  68. 68
    Cornish, Flora
    London School of Economics and Political Science
  69. 69
    Orbell, Sheina
    Health and Wellbeing
  70. 70
    Gough, Brendan
    Leeds Beckett University
  71. 71
    Tomlinson, Mark
    Queen's University Belfast
  72. 72
    Ogden, Jane E.
    University of Surrey
  73. 73
    Pickett, Kate E.
    University of York
  74. 74
    Ager, Alastair K.St C.
    Queen Margaret University
  75. 75
    Alwan, Nisreen A.
    University of Southampton
  76. 76
    Bobak, Martin
    University College London
  77. 77
    Fox, Kenneth R.
    University of Bristol
  78. 78
    Norman, Paul
    The University of Sheffield
  79. 79
    Bolarinwa, Obasanjo Afolabi
    York St John University
  80. 80
    Kelly, Michael P.
    University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Faculty of Medical Sciences
  81. 81
    Jago, Russell
    Bristol Medical School
  82. 82
    McEachan, Rosemary Robin Charlotte
    Bradford Institute for Health Research
  83. 83
    Popay, Jennie Mary
    The Division of Health Research, Lancaster University
  84. 84
    Lucero-Prisno, Don Eliseo III
    London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
  85. 85
    Bhopal, Raj Singh
    Edinburgh Medical School
  86. 86
    Levin, Kate Ann
    NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
  87. 87
    Meléndez-Torres, G. J.
    University of Exeter
  88. 88
    Cluver, Lucie Dale
    University of Oxford
  89. 89
    Watts, Charlotte H.
    London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
  90. 90
    Ziebland, Sue B.
    University of Oxford Medical Sciences Division
  91. 91
    Berrang-Ford, Lea
    University of Leeds
  92. 92
    Bury, Michael R.
    Royal Holloway, University of London
  93. 93
    McKinstry, Brian H.
    Edinburgh Medical School
  94. 94
    Bu, Feifei
    University College London
  95. 95
    Katz., David L.
    The Health Sciences Academy
  96. 96
    Barnett, J. C.
    University of Bath
  97. 97
    Edwards, Adrian G.K.
    Cardiff University
  98. 98
    De-Visser, Richard Oliver
    Brighton and Sussex Medical School
  99. 99
  100. 100
    Khan, Hafiz T.Abdullah
    University of West London

220 listed scientists in Public Health 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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