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Top institutions in the United Kingdom for Virology

15 institutions · Virology · United Kingdom

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

131 researchers in the United Kingdom whose main subfield is Virology 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 3rd of 60 countries in the subfield. 35 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). University College London has the most (10), followed by MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research (8) and Imperial College London (8). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.

Listed authors
131
0.7% of all in the United Kingdom
In the global top 100,000
35
26.7% of them
Country rank in the subfield
#3
of 60 countries in Virology
Highest-ranked
#6,480
Mallapaty, Smriti
#InstitutionListed authorsTop 100kRank worldwideHighest-ranked author
1University College London102#18Phillips, Andrew N. #64,368
2MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research83#24Davison, Andrew J. #22,501
3Imperial College London82#28Tregoning, John Simmons #76,297
4University of Cambridge73#34Doorbar, John #16,546
5University of Oxford74#35Nuttall, Patricia Anne #54,785
6The Pirbright Institute52#46Dixon, Linda K. #36,173
7London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine51#54Miller, Elizabeth #96,498
8University of Glasgow50#58Hutchinson, Edward C. #136,261
9Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry42#67Prendergast, Andrew J. #27,414
10Imperial College Faculty of Medicine43#69Bangham, Charles R.M. #38,092
11Animal and Plant Health Agency42#73Fooks, Anthony Richard #47,664
12King's College London41#81Malim, Michael H. #89,163
13The Francis Crick Institute40#88Skehel, John J. #125,005
14Department of Medicine30#90Desselberger, Ulrich #131,766
15University of Bristol30#147Johnson, Robert W. #162,117

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

  1. 1
  2. 2
    Doorbar, John
    University of Cambridge
  3. 3
    Davison, Andrew J.
    MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research
  4. 4
    Prendergast, Andrew J.
    Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry
  5. 5
    Stanley, Margaret Anne
    University of Cambridge
  6. 6
    Sharp, Paul M.
    The University of Edinburgh
  7. 7
    Dixon, Linda K.
    The Pirbright Institute
  8. 8
    Bangham, Charles R.M.
    Imperial College Faculty of Medicine
  9. 9
    Orkin, Chloë Meave
    Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry
  10. 10
    Fooks, Anthony Richard
    Animal and Plant Health Agency
  11. 11
    Adriaenssens, Evelien M.
    Quadram Institute Bioscience
  12. 12
    Easterbrook, Philippa Jane
    Imperial College Faculty of Medicine
  13. 13
    Nuttall, Patricia Anne
    University of Oxford
  14. 14
    Cavanagh, David R.
    The Pirbright Institute
  15. 15
    Hill, Andrew M.
    University of Liverpool
  16. 16
    Jansen, Kathrin Ute
    Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology
  17. 17
    Phillips, Andrew N.
    University College London
  18. 18
    Elliott, Richard M.
    MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research
  19. 19
    Smith, Geoffrey L.
    University of Oxford
  20. 20
    Griffiths, Paul David
    University College London
  21. 21
    Pybus, Oliver George
    University of Oxford
  22. 22
    Gilbert, Sarah C.
    University of Oxford
  23. 23
    Tregoning, John Simmons
    Imperial College London
  24. 24
    Johnson, Nicholas
    Animal and Plant Health Agency
  25. 25
    Weiss, Robin A.
    The Institute of Cancer Research
  26. 26
    Firth, Andrew Edwin
    University of Cambridge
  27. 27
    Fodor, Ervin
    Sir William Dunn School of Pathology
  28. 28
    Farrell, Paul J.
    Imperial College London
  29. 29
    Smith, Donald B.
    Nuffield Department of Medicine
  30. 30
    Graham, Sheila V.
    MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research
  31. 31
    Malim, Michael H.
    King's College London
  32. 32
    Taylor, Graham P.
    Imperial College Faculty of Medicine
  33. 33
    Miller, Elizabeth
    London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
  34. 34
    James, Leo C.
    The Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology
  35. 35
    Hemelaar, Joris
    University of Oxford Medical Sciences Division
  36. 36
    Nair, Venugopal K.
    University of Oxford
  37. 37
  38. 38
    Barclay, Wendy S.
    Imperial College London
  39. 39
    Sabin, Caroline Anne
    University College London
  40. 40
    Rodger, Alison J.
    University College London
  41. 41
    Kotta-Loizou, Ioly
    University of Hertfordshire
  42. 42
    Skehel, John J.
    The Francis Crick Institute
  43. 43
    Katzourakis, Aris I.
    University of Oxford
  44. 44
    Goodfellow, Ian Gordon
    University of Cambridge
  45. 45
    Hiscox, Julian A.
    University of Liverpool
  46. 46
    Desselberger, Ulrich
    Department of Medicine
  47. 47
    Hutchinson, Edward C.
    University of Glasgow
  48. 48
    Banyard, Ashley C.
    Animal and Plant Health Agency
  49. 49
    Cooper, David A.
    University of Aberdeen
  50. 50
    Streicker, Daniel G.
    University of Glasgow
  51. 51
    Parida, Satya
    Royal Veterinary College University of London
  52. 52
    Hewson, Roger
    London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
  53. 53
    Trickey, Adam
    Bristol Medical School
  54. 54
    Munir, Muhammad Umair
    Division of Biomedical and Life Sciences, Lancaster University
  55. 55
    Hallett, Timothy B.
    Imperial College London
  56. 56
    Smith, Derek J.
    University of Cambridge
  57. 57
    Johnson, Robert W.
    University of Bristol
  58. 58
    Carroll, Miles W.
    Nuffield Department of Medicine
  59. 59
    Crispin, Max D.
    University of Southampton
  60. 60
    May, Margaret T.
    Bristol Medical School
  61. 61
    Sinclair, John H.
    Department of Medicine
  62. 62
    Siddell, Stuart G.
    University of Bristol
  63. 63
    Wileman, Thomas E.
    University of East Anglia, Norwich Medical School
  64. 64
    Lomonossoff, George Peter
    Norwich Research Park
  65. 65
    Knowles, Nick James
    The Pirbright Institute
  66. 66
    Stoye, Jonathan Paul
    The Francis Crick Institute
  67. 67
    Doores, Katie J.
    King's College London
  68. 68
    Smith, Colette Joanne
    University College London
  69. 69
    Pozniak, Anton Louis
    Chelsea and Westminster Hospital
  70. 70
    Baxter, David Neil
    Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
  71. 71
    Newell, Marie Louise
    University of Southampton, Faculty of Medicine
  72. 72
    Egawa, Nagayasau
    University of Cambridge
  73. 73
    Gatherer, Derek
    Lancaster University
  74. 74
    Mercer, Jason
    University of Birmingham
  75. 75
    Robertson, David L.
    University of Glasgow
  76. 76
    Taylor, Geraldine
    The Pirbright Institute
  77. 77
    de Figueiredo, Alexandre
    London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
  78. 78
    Ryabov, Eugene V.
    The James Hutton Institute
  79. 79
    Boily, Marie Claude
    Imperial College London
  80. 80
    Reeves, Matthew B.
    University College London
  81. 81
    Palmarini, Massimo
    University of Glasgow
  82. 82
    Brierley, Ian
    University of Cambridge
  83. 83
    Paterson, Pauline
    NIHR Health Protection Research Unit (HPRU) in Vaccines and Immunisation
  84. 84
    Everett, Roger D.
    MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research
  85. 85
    Turner, Dann
    Innovate UK
  86. 86
    Sridhar, S.
    Sanofi Vaccines R&D
  87. 87
    Bhella, David
    MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research
  88. 88
    Lycett, Samantha J.
    University of Edinburgh, Roslin Institute
  89. 89
    Gibb, Diana M.
    University College London
  90. 90
    Chadwick, David Robert
    The James Cook University Hospital
  91. 91
    Davidson, Andrew D.
    University of Bristol
  92. 92
    Shattock, Robin John
    Imperial College London
  93. 93
    Winston, Alan
    Imperial College Faculty of Medicine
  94. 94
    Towers, Greg J.
    University College London
  95. 95
    Neil, Stuart John D.
    King's College London
  96. 96
    Chandler, Rebecca Ellen
    Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations
  97. 97
    Cortina-Borja, Mario J.F.
    UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health
  98. 98
    Stowe, Julia
    UK Health Security Agency
  99. 99
    Orton, Richard J.
    MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research
  100. 100
    Bowden, Thomas A.
    University of Oxford

131 listed scientists in Virology 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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