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Top institutions in the United Kingdom for Surgery

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

212 researchers in the United Kingdom whose main subfield is Surgery 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 68 countries in the subfield. 29 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). Imperial College London has the most (13), followed by University of Oxford Medical Sciences Division (13) and University of Birmingham (10). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.

Listed authors
212
1.2% of all in the United Kingdom
In the global top 100,000
29
13.7% of them
Country rank in the subfield
#2
of 68 countries in Surgery
Highest-ranked
#11,681
Ashrafian, Hutan
#InstitutionListed authorsTop 100kRank worldwideHighest-ranked author
1Imperial College London132#26Darzi, Ara Wardkes #19,067
2University of Oxford Medical Sciences Division132#28McCulloch, Peter G. #30,824
3University of Birmingham102#39Kamarajah, Sivesh K. #33,606
4St Mark’s Hospital70#87Parks, Alan G. #250,163
5King's College London62#88Rubino, Francesco R. #21,497
6Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham51#114Neuberger, James Max #28,875
7The University of Edinburgh50#130Wigmore, Stephen J. #128,328
8Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh50#134Yule, Steven J. #153,079
9University of Leeds41#145Jayne, David G. #39,542
10Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust41#147Markar, Sheraz Rehan #45,623
11University College London41#163Bengmark, Stig B.S. #98,272
12Newcastle University40#176Pandanaboyana, Sanjay #167,986
13University of Leeds, School of Medicine40#188Sagar, Peter Michael #319,528
14University of Nottingham Medical School31#191Lobo, Dileep N. #13,254
15Department of Surgery31#74Hosgood, Sarah A.A. #68,547
16King's College Hospital31#213O'Grady, John G.M. #88,504
17Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust30#216Brown, Steven Ross #103,693
18Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust30#220Davidson, Brian Ritchie #108,607
19London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine30#236Sharples, Linda D. #166,363
20University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust30#259Bach, Simon P. #299,492

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

  1. 1
    Ashrafian, Hutan
    Leeds University Business School
  2. 2
    Lobo, Dileep N.
    University of Nottingham Medical School
  3. 3
    Darzi, Ara Wardkes
    Imperial College London
  4. 4
    Rubino, Francesco R.
    King's College London
  5. 5
    Agha, R. Ahmed
    International Journal of Surgery
  6. 6
    Neuberger, James Max
    Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham
  7. 7
    McCulloch, Peter G.
    University of Oxford Medical Sciences Division
  8. 8
    Heald, Richard John
    North Hampshire Hospital
  9. 9
    Kamarajah, Sivesh K.
    University of Birmingham
  10. 10
    Leaper, David
    University of Huddersfield
  11. 11
    Jayne, David G.
    University of Leeds
  12. 12
    Moran, Brendan John
    Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  13. 13
    Markar, Sheraz Rehan
    Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  14. 14
    Dhawan, Anil K.
    King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
  15. 15
    Wilson, Robert A.
    Queen Mary University of London
  16. 16
    Hanna, George Bushra
    Imperial College Faculty of Medicine
  17. 17
    Sohrabi, Catrin
    St Bartholomew's Hospital
  18. 18
    Kinross, James Mac Alister
    Imperial College London
  19. 19
    Johnson, Colin David
    Southampton General Hospital
  20. 20
    Hosgood, Sarah A.A.
    Department of Surgery
  21. 21
    Sevdalis, Nick
    King's College London
  22. 22
    Glasbey, James C.
    Association of Surgeons in Training
  23. 23
    Watson, Christopher John Edward
    University of Cambridge
  24. 24
    Sharif, Adnan
    University of Birmingham
  25. 25
    O'Grady, John G.M.
    King's College Hospital
  26. 26
    Tekkis, Paris P.
    The Royal Marsden Hospital
  27. 27
    Bengmark, Stig B.S.
    University College London
  28. 28
    Friend, Peter John
    University of Oxford Medical Sciences Division
  29. 29
    Cano, Stefan John
    Modus Outcomes Ltd.
  30. 30
    Brown, Steven Ross
    Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  31. 31
    Griffiths, Ewen A.
    University of Birmingham
  32. 32
    Bhangu, Aneel Amir
    University of Birmingham
  33. 33
    Davidson, Brian Ritchie
    Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
  34. 34
    Knowles, Charles H.
    Queen Mary University of London
  35. 35
    Lund, Jonathan N.
    University of Nottingham
  36. 36
    Lam, Kyle
    Imperial College London
  37. 37
    Siriwardena, Ajith Kumar
    Manchester Royal Infirmary
  38. 38
    Arora, Sonal
    Imperial College London
  39. 39
    Wigmore, Stephen J.
    The University of Edinburgh
  40. 40
    Whitaker, Iain Stuart
    Morriston Hospital
  41. 41
    Dion G. Morton, Dion Gregory M.
    University of Birmingham
  42. 42
    Fowler, Alexander James
    Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry
  43. 43
    Kingsnorth, Andrew N.
    Derriford Hospital
  44. 44
    Mathew, Ginimol
    Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
  45. 45
    Roberts, John Keith
    Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham
  46. 46
    Wood, Kathryn J.
    University of Oxford Medical Sciences Division
  47. 47
    Jones, Robert P.
    Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  48. 48
    Yule, Steven J.
    Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
  49. 49
    Shrestha, Badri Man
    Sheffield Kidney Institute
  50. 50
    Weaver, Simon
    Brunel University London
  51. 51
    Heaton, Nigel David
    King's College Hospital
  52. 52
    Smart, Neil J.
    Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital
  53. 53
    Ploeg, Rutger Jan
    University of Oxford Medical Sciences Division
  54. 54
    Steele, Robert J.C.
    University of Dundee School of Medicine
  55. 55
    Nepogodiev, Dmitri
    University of Birmingham
  56. 56
    Sharples, Linda D.
    London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
  57. 57
    Pandanaboyana, Sanjay
    Newcastle University
  58. 58
    Mahawar, Kamal K.
    University of Sunderland
  59. 59
    Francis, Nader Kamal
    University College London
  60. 60
    Mihai, Radu
    Churchill Hospital
  61. 61
    Pucher, Philip H.
    Queen Alexandra Hospital
  62. 62
    Calne, Roy Yorke
    Department of Surgery
  63. 63
    Drake, Thomas M.
    The University of Edinburgh
  64. 64
    Issa, Fadi G.
    University of Oxford Medical Sciences Division
  65. 65
    Wade, Ryckie George
    University of Leeds
  66. 66
    Oniscu, Gabriel C.
    Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
  67. 67
    Mahawar, Kamal Kumar
    Sunderland Royal Hospital
  68. 68
    Moorthy, Krishna M.
    Imperial College London
  69. 69
    Chand, Manish
    University College London
  70. 70
    Hill, James S.
    Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
  71. 71
    Mirza, Darius Feroze
    Birmingham Children's Hospital
  72. 72
    Garden, Olivier James
    Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
  73. 73
    Humes, David James
    University of Nottingham Medical School
  74. 74
    O’Kane, Mary P.M.
    St James's University Hospital
  75. 75
    Wilson, Colin Hugh
    Newcastle University
  76. 76
    Nicholson, Michael L.
    Department of Surgery
  77. 77
    Frilling, Andrea F.
    Imperial College London
  78. 78
    Leff, Daniel Richard
    St Mary's Hospital
  79. 79
    Michaels, Jonathan A.
    Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health
  80. 80
    Grant, David R.
    Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
  81. 81
    Sanchez-Fueyo, Alberto
    King's College London
  82. 82
    Chidambaram, Swathikan
    Imperial College London
  83. 83
    Parks, Alan G.
    St Mark’s Hospital
  84. 84
    Hajibandeh, Shahab
    Cardiff & Vale University Health Board
  85. 85
    Mergental, H.
    University of Birmingham
  86. 86
    Blencowe, Natalie S.
    University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust
  87. 87
    Hardwicke, Joseph Thomas
    University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust
  88. 88
    Knight, Simon Robert
    Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  89. 89
    Metcalfe, David
    University of Oxford Medical Sciences Division
  90. 90
    Mosahebi, Afshin
    UCL Faculty of Medical Sciences
  91. 91
    Doleman, Brett
    University of Nottingham
  92. 92
    Malietzis, George A.
    The BiCyCLE Research Group
  93. 93
    Jiao, Long Richard
    The Royal Marsden Hospital
  94. 94
    Collett, Dave J.
    NHS Blood and Transplant
  95. 95
    Perera, Thamara P.R.
    Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust
  96. 96
    Nicola, Maria
    Imperial College London
  97. 97
    Scott, Neil W.
    University of Aberdeen
  98. 98
    Sodergren, Mikael Hans
    Imperial College London
  99. 99
    Vasey, Baptiste
    University of Oxford Medical Sciences Division
  100. 100
    Butler, Andrew J.
    Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

212 listed scientists in Surgery 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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