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

992 researchers in the United Kingdom whose main field is Social Sciences are in the 2026 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list: 5.4% of all listed authors in the United Kingdom, and 2nd of 82 countries in the field. 705 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). University of Oxford has the most (71), followed by University College London (45) and London School of Economics and Political Science (40). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.

Listed authors

992

5.4% of all in the United Kingdom

In the global top 100,000

705

71.1% of them

Country rank in the field

of 82 countries in Social Sciences

Highest-ranked

#95

Geels, Frank W.

#	Institution	Listed authors	Top 100k	Rank worldwide	Highest-ranked author
1	University of Oxford	71	45	#2	Marginson, Simon #795
2	University College London	45	34	#10	Robertson, Stephen E. #8,846
3	London School of Economics and Political Science	40	31	#13	Hickel, Jason E. #1,081
4	The University of Manchester	32	24	#28	Swyngedouw, Erik A. #1,698
5	University of Cambridge	29	25	#37	Martin, Ron L. #1,509
6	UCL Institute of Education	28	19	#41	Ball, Stephen John #473
7	King's College London	27	19	#47	Cornwall, Andrea #6,683
8	The University of Sheffield	26	18	#48	Thelwall, Mike A. #1,299
9	The University of Edinburgh	26	16	#49	Williamson, Ben #1,889
10	The Open University	24	22	#58	Law, John #2,300
11	University of Bristol	24	19	#60	Thrift, Nigel J. #6,163
12	University of Exeter	23	18	#63	Barr, Stewart W. #23,730
13	University of Sussex	22	15	#64	Newell, Peter J. #2,412
14	University of Birmingham	22	18	#67	Gillborn, David A. #9,156
15	University of Warwick	21	15	#68	Archer, Margaret Scotford #6,533
16	Durham University	18	15	#75	Anderson, Ben #2,058
17	University of Leeds	15	9	#97	Pawson, Ray #14,272
18	Queen Mary University of London	14	12	#106	Gurnell, Angela M. #16,543
19	Cardiff University	13	8	#114	Meier, Kenneth John #7,921
20	University of Liverpool	13	8	#117	Hooke, Janet M. #19,872
21	University of Essex	13	10	#118	Gleditsch, Kristian Skrede #22,644
22	University of Nottingham	13	8	#121	Evetts, Julia #34,816
23	University of Southampton	12	10	#129	Rhodes, R. A.W. #10,963
24	Loughborough University	12	10	#136	Elder-Vass, Dave #35,812
25	University of Glasgow	12	11	#137	Philo, Chris #38,386
26	The Faculty of Education	10	7	#160	Taber, Keith S. #2,546
27	Lancaster University	10	10	#161	Jessop, Bob #3,475
28	Queen's University Belfast	10	4	#180	Muijs, R. Daniel #58,507
29	University of Surrey	9	5	#185	Winstone, Naomi E. #13,490
30	University of York	9	4	#188	Beer, David #30,632
31	Royal Holloway, University of London	8	8	#195	Walby, Sylvia #8,283
32	University of East Anglia	8	7	#200	Jordan, Andrew James #15,139
33	University of Kent	8	3	#207	Shilling, Chris #37,062
34	Faculty of Social Sciences & Health	7	6	#211	Bulkeley, Harriet A. #1,808
35	University of Stirling	7	5	#214	Cairney, Paul #4,082
36	Newcastle University	7	6	#215	Pain, Rachel H. #5,304
37	Nuffield College, University Of Oxford	7	7	#217	Snijders, Tom J. #7,096
38	Goldsmiths, University of London	7	4	#218	Ahmed, Sara #8,691
39	University of Reading	7	6	#232	Wong, Billy #29,617
40	College of Social Sciences	7	6	#234	Claassen, Christopher #56,479
41	Institute of Criminology	6	5	#240	Farrington, David P. #1,998
42	University of Westminster	6	3	#255	Chandler, David #16,840
43	University of St Andrews	6	6	#262	Chong, Sin Wang #29,742
44	SOAS University of London	6	4	#263	Adamson, Fiona B. #32,813
45	University of Leicester	6	6	#268	Sanders, Teela #35,282
46	University of London	5	3	#286	Kress, Gunther R. #3,315
47	Keele University	5	4	#288	Star, Susan Leigh #4,195
48	Faculty of Social Sciences	5	2	#295	Tomlinson, Michael #10,711
49	University of Huddersfield	5	2	#299	Fox, Nick J. #18,068
50	College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences	5	2	#312	Renold, E. #37,754
51	University of Dundee	4	3	#330	Topping, Keith James #4,121
52	University of Northumbria	4	4	#336	Kopnina, Helen #6,977
53	London Metropolitan University	4	2	#348	Ryan, Louise #18,474
54	University of Bath	4	4	#351	Wilkins, Stephen #21,159
55	Swansea University	4	3	#352	Halfacree, Keith H. #21,683
56	Middlesex University	4	2	#357	Kofman, Eleonore #25,561
57	University of Strathclyde	4	3	#365	Rose, Richard #37,985
58	Oxford Social Sciences Division	4	3	#366	Rajamani, Lavanya #39,262
59	University of Hull	4	3	#369	Wilkinson, Sue #47,473
60	Brunel University London	4	2	#374	Neocleous, Mark #61,931
61	Department of Sociology, Lancaster University	3	3	#398	Urry, John R. #1,788
62	Manchester Metropolitan University	3	2	#400	Edensor, Tim #4,027
63	University of Oxford, Blavatnik School of Government	3	3	#403	Hale, Thomas N. #5,946
64	School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies	3	3	#418	Anderson, Bridget #17,680
65	Coventry University	3	2	#428	Belfiore, Eleonora Ele #23,690
66	UCL Engineering	3	2	#430	Bradford, Ben #24,286
67	University of Bath, School of Management	3	2	#431	Thompson, Edmund R. #28,574
68	Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences	3	3	#443	Shucksmith, Mark D. #36,963
69	Edge Hill University	3	1	#452	Kaye, Linda K. #42,831
70	University of Portsmouth	3	1	#457	Button, Mark #47,904
71	All Souls College	3	2	#460	Heffernan, Troy A. #53,904
72	Imperial College London	3	2	#463	Apostolopoulou, Elia #54,671
73	University of Aberdeen	3	3	#467	Keating, Michael F. #61,517
74	Department of Educational Research, Lancaster University	3	2	#469	McArthur, Jan #61,664
75	University of Salford	3	1	#490	Allely, Clare Sarah #88,203

The top 100 in Social Sciences in the United Kingdom, in order

1
Geels, Frank W.
Alliance Manchester Business School
2
Ball, Stephen John
UCL Institute of Education
3
Marginson, Simon
University of Oxford
4
Hickel, Jason E.
London School of Economics and Political Science
5
Gill, Rosalind M.
Goldsmiths
6
Thelwall, Mike A.
The University of Sheffield
7
Martin, Ron L.
University of Cambridge
8
Swyngedouw, Erik A.
The University of Manchester
9
Urry, John R.
Department of Sociology, Lancaster University
10
Bulkeley, Harriet A.
Faculty of Social Sciences & Health
11
Williamson, Ben
The University of Edinburgh
12
Farrington, David P.
Institute of Criminology
13
Anderson, Ben
Durham University
14
Rowley, Jennifer E.
Manchester Metropolitan University Business School
15
Law, John
The Open University
16
Harris, Alma
Cardiff Metropolitan University
17
Newell, Peter J.
University of Sussex
18
Taber, Keith S.
The Faculty of Education
19
Hood, Christopher C.
ZEDS Trial Research Group
20
Reay, Diane
University of Cambridge
21
Ainscow, Mel
The University of Manchester
22
Osborne, Stephen P.
University of Edinburgh Business School
23
Hargreaves, Andy
University of Oxford
24
Kress, Gunther R.
University of London
25
Jessop, Bob
Lancaster University
26
Klassen, Robert Mark
University of Oxford
27
Yuval-Davis, Nira
University of East London
28
McFarlane, Colin
Faculty of Social Sciences & Health
29
Edensor, Tim
Manchester Metropolitan University
30
Cairney, Paul
University of Stirling
31
Topping, Keith James
University of Dundee
32
Star, Susan Leigh
Keele University
33
Shove, Elizabeth
Department of Sociology, Lancaster University
34
Hobolt, Sara Binzer
London School of Economics and Political Science
35
Bridge, Gavin
Durham University
36
Bhambra, Gurminder K.
University of Sussex
37
Mercer, Neil
University of Cambridge
38
Walker, Gordon P.
Lancaster Environment Centre
39
Bouzarovski, Stefan
The University of Manchester
40
Pain, Rachel H.
Newcastle University
41
Day, Christopher W.
University of Nottingham, Faculty of Social Sciences
42
Hale, Thomas N.
University of Oxford, Blavatnik School of Government
43
Lorimer, Jamie
University of Oxford
44
Thrift, Nigel J.
University of Bristol
45
Hall, Stuart
Durham University
46
Archer, Margaret Scotford
University of Warwick
47
Tight, Malcolm
Lancaster University
48
Cornwall, Andrea
King's College London
49
Graham, Mark
University of Oxford
50
Kopnina, Helen
University of Northumbria
51
Snijders, Tom J.
Nuffield College, University Of Oxford
52
Jackson, Jonathan
London School of Economics and Political Science
53
Meier, Kenneth John
Cardiff University
54
Archer, Louise
UCL Institute of Education
55
Walby, Sylvia
Royal Holloway, University of London
56
Florian, Lani
The University of Edinburgh
57
Ahmed, Sara
Goldsmiths, University of London
58
Robertson, Stephen E.
University College London
59
Richardson, John Thomas Edwin
The Open University
60
Gillborn, David A.
University of Birmingham
61
Buzan, Barry G.
London School of Economics and Political Science
62
Kristjánsson, Kristján
University of Birmingham
63
Cox, Andrew M.
The University of Sheffield
64
Goodley, Dan
The University of Sheffield
65
Amin, Ash
University of Cambridge
66
King, Russell L.
University of Sussex
67
Putwain, David William
Liverpool John Moores University
68
Breen, Richard
Nuffield College, University Of Oxford
69
Cresswell, Tim
The University of Edinburgh
70
Smith, Adrian
University of Sussex
71
Woods, Michael
Aberystwyth University
72
Tomlinson, Michael
Faculty of Social Sciences
73
Fanelli, Daniele
School of Social Sciences
74
Valentine, Gill
The University of Sheffield
75
Rhodes, R. A.W.
University of Southampton
76
Bond, Melissa
University College London
77
Wajcman, Judy
London School of Economics and Political Science
78
MacGinty, Roger
Durham University
79
Rose, Gillian
University of Oxford
80
Castree, Noel
The University of Manchester
81
Crewe, Ben
Institute of Criminology
82
Sayer, Andrew
Lancaster University
83
Simone, Abdou Maliq T.
The University of Sheffield
84
Puig de la Bellacasa, Maria Puig
University of Warwick
85
Castles, Stephen
University of Oxford
86
Ringrose, Jessica L.
University College London
87
Savage, Mike
London School of Economics and Political Science
88
Aradau, Claudia
King's College London
89
Garland, David W.
The University of Edinburgh
90
Lee, Neil
London School of Economics and Political Science
91
Barua, Maan
University of Cambridge
92
Gandy, Matthew
University of Cambridge
93
Hubbard, Phil James
King's College London
94
Winstone, Naomi E.
University of Surrey
95
Gabor, Daniela Veronica
University of the West of England
96
Suchman, Lucy A.
Department of Sociology, Lancaster University
97
Stoker, Gerry
University of Southampton
98
Wiliam, Dylan
UCL Institute of Education
99
Pawson, Ray
University of Leeds
100
Chung, Heejung
King’s Business School

992 listed scientists in Social Sciences in the United Kingdom

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