Top-cited scientists by institution in the United Kingdom

270 institutions with 10 or more listed authors · United Kingdom

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Which institutions in the United Kingdom have the most top 2% scientists?

270 universities and institutes in the United Kingdom have 10 or more researchers in the 2025 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list. University of Oxford has the most (808), followed by University College London (735) and Imperial College London (634). Each institution’s page has its top fields and subfields and its first 100 scientists.

#	Institution	Listed authors	Top 100k
1	University of Oxford	808	439
2	University College London	735	384
3	Imperial College London	634	294
4	University of Cambridge	553	316
5	King's College London	512	267
6	University of Birmingham	377	162
7	The University of Manchester	337	180
8	The University of Edinburgh	336	171
9	University of Bristol	328	147
10	University of Leeds	316	150
11	University of Oxford Medical Sciences Division	310	153
12	University of Glasgow	304	139
13	The University of Sheffield	283	136
14	University of Southampton	281	120
15	University of Liverpool	269	90
16	University of Nottingham	269	121
17	University of Exeter	251	135
18	London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine	226	91
19	Newcastle University	217	105
20	University of York	196	89
21	Cardiff University	187	87
22	Queen Mary University of London	178	78
23	Queen's University Belfast	172	67
24	Durham University	161	81
25	Google DeepMind	158	84
26	London School of Economics and Political Science	151	121
27	University of Leicester	148	59
28	University of Surrey	138	70
29	University of Warwick	130	63
30	University of Aberdeen	123	60
31	Loughborough University	117	57
32	University of Strathclyde	117	35
33	University of Sussex	114	76
34	University of Reading	112	67
35	Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry	98	39
36	University of East Anglia	96	53
37	University of St Andrews	95	52
38	Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health	93	35
39	DeepMind Technologies Limited	89	52
40	University of Bath	83	51
41	University of Northumbria	81	48
42	Swansea University	74	37
43	University of Dundee	74	38
44	Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine	72	26
45	Heriot-Watt University	71	29
46	The Open University	71	44
47	Brunel University London	68	37
48	Liverpool John Moores University	68	31
49	UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology	68	47
50	Cranfield University	67	23
51	Bristol Medical School	66	25
52	The Francis Crick Institute	66	35
53	University of Essex	65	34
54	Edinburgh Medical School	60	23
55	Royal Holloway, University of London	59	36
56	Aston University	57	19
57	Lancaster University	57	38
58	Manchester Metropolitan University	56	29
59	Faculty of Mathematics	55	37
60	UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health	53	24
61	The Institute of Cancer Research	52	26
62	City St George's, University of London	51	19
63	University of Kent	51	27
64	University of Nottingham Medical School	51	21
65	Department of Engineering	50	22
66	Department of Physics	50	28
67	University of Plymouth	50	18
68	The Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology	49	32
69	Ulster University	49	19
70	University of Stirling	49	21
71	National Heart and Lung Institute	48	27
72	University of Portsmouth	48	19
73	Bangor University	43	24
74	The Natural History Museum, London	42	23
75	University of Huddersfield	42	11
76	Nottingham Trent University	41	19
77	Nuffield Department of Medicine	41	17
78	Royal Veterinary College University of London	41	10
79	UCL Institute of Education	41	27
80	University of Exeter Medical School	41	18
81	University of Leeds, School of Medicine	41	10
82	Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine	40	19
83	Faculty of Science and Engineering	40	14
84	Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust	40	16
85	Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine	40	4
86	University of Hertfordshire	40	11
87	Imperial College Faculty of Medicine	39	24
88	University of Southampton, Faculty of Medicine	39	12
89	Rothamsted Research	38	21
90	University of the West of England	37	16
91	Warwick Medical School	37	17
92	College of Biomedical and Life Sciences	36	16
93	Department of Psychiatry	36	26
94	University of Hull	36	17
95	Wellcome Sanger Institute	36	22
96	Keele University	35	17
97	Lancaster Environment Centre	35	22
98	UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology	35	22
99	University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	35	6
100	Birkbeck, University of London	34	19
101	Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	34	12
102	AstraZeneca	33	10
103	Cardiff University School of Medicine	33	16
104	University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Faculty of Medical Sciences	33	15
105	College of Medical, Veterinary & Life Sciences	32	19
106	EMBL’s European Bioinformatics Institute	32	20
107	Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust	31	7
108	University of Dundee School of Medicine	30	13
109	University of Lincoln	30	14
110	University of London	30	15
111	University of Salford	30	12
112	Coventry University	29	11
113	King's College Hospital	29	13
114	Oxford Brookes University	29	13
115	UCL School of Pharmacy	29	11
116	University of Central Lancashire	28	12
117	University of East Anglia, Norwich Medical School	28	13
118	College of Life Sciences	27	7
119	The James Hutton Institute	27	12
120	Leeds Beckett University	26	15
121	St George’s, University of London	26	8
122	UK Health Security Agency	26	11
123	Bournemouth University	25	11
124	British Antarctic Survey	24	17
125	Faculty of Social Sciences & Health	24	17
126	John Innes Centre	24	14
127	The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies	24	4
128	City, University of London	23	5
129	Clinical Trial Service Unit and Epidemiological Studies Unit	23	10
130	Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	23	6
131	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew	23	16
132	Sheffield Hallam University	23	9
133	University of Bradford	23	9
134	Alliance Manchester Business School	22	18
135	Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	22	8
136	Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC)	22	9
137	Aberystwyth University	21	9
138	BMJ	21	7
139	Glasgow Caledonian University	21	10
140	Oxford Social Sciences Division	21	11
141	University of Greenwich	21	8
142	University of Nottingham, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences	21	5
143	Anglia Ruskin University	20	10
144	Birmingham City University	20	7
145	Edinburgh Napier University	20	9
146	Hammersmith Hospital	20	8
147	School of Medical Sciences	20	6
148	The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	20	4
149	British Geological Survey	19	9
150	Department of Public Health and Primary Care	19	10
151	Goldsmiths, University of London	19	12
152	Met Office	19	19
153	Royal Brompton Hospital	19	9
154	The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust	19	7
155	Department of Clinical Neurosciences	18	12
156	European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts	18	15
157	Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health	18	7
158	MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit	18	10
159	Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust	18	5
160	National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery	18	7
161	Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh	18	4
162	Teesside University	18	6
163	Trinity College Cambridge	18	6
164	Department of Chemical Engineering	17	7
165	National Oceanography Centre Southampton	17	9
166	School of Medicine, Dentistry & Nursing	17	10
167	The Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment	17	12
168	UCL Engineering	17	10
169	University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust	17	5
170	University of Westminster	17	9
171	London Business School	16	16
172	National Physical Laboratory	16	7
173	School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences	16	4
174	University of Aberdeen School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition	16	6
175	University of Birmingham, College of Medical and Dental Sciences	16	3
176	University of Bristol, Faculty of Health Sciences	16	4
177	All Souls College	15	10
178	Brighton and Sussex Medical School	15	9
179	College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences	15	11
180	Department of Veterinary Medicine	15	3
181	Keele University, School of Medicine	15	7
182	London South Bank University	15	4
183	MRC Centre for Inflammation Research	15	8
184	Nuffield College, University Of Oxford	15	11
185	UCL Division of Medicine	15	8
186	Warwick Business School	15	14
187	EaStCHEM St Andrews	14	6
188	King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	14	4
189	Kingston University	14	4
190	Medical Research Council	14	7
191	Middlesex University	14	6
192	Plymouth Marine Laboratory	14	8
193	Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	14	5
194	Swansea University Medical School	14	4
195	UCL Medical School	14	5
196	De Montfort University	13	5
197	Edge Hill University	13	3
198	Hull York Medical School	13	4
199	Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology	13	8
200	Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust	13	3
201	MRC Centre for Reproductive Health	13	8
202	SOAS University of London	13	9
203	St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	13	6
204	St James's University Hospital	13	2
205	The Pirbright Institute	13	3
206	University of Bath, School of Management	13	11
207	University of Brighton	13	8
208	University of Derby	13	8
209	University of Oxford, Saïd Business School	13	12
210	University of Roehampton	13	8
211	Addenbrooke's Hospital	12	2
212	Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust	12	3
213	King’s Business School	12	10
214	Robert Gordon University	12	6
215	Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust	12	6
216	School of Medical Education	12	6
217	St Mary's Hospital	12	2
218	The Babraham Institute	12	4
219	The Faculty of Education	12	7
220	The Royal Free Hospital	12	3
221	The Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics	12	3
222	United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority	12	3
223	University of Wolverhampton	12	6
224	York St John University	12	9
225	Bayes Business School, City University of London	11	11
226	Cambridge Judge Business School	11	11
227	Cardiff Business School	11	8
228	Consultant	11	5
229	Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology	11	5
230	Eastman Dental Institute	11	6
231	GlaxoSmithKline plc.	11	4
232	Institute of Astronomy	11	11
233	MRC Epidemiology Unit	11	7
234	MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine	11	7
235	MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research	11	4
236	Norwich Research Park	11	4
237	Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust	11	4
238	Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham	11	3
239	St Bartholomew's Hospital	11	3
240	The Royal Marsden Hospital	11	6
241	UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience	11	11
242	UCL Institute of Ophthalmology	11	3
243	University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust	11	3
244	University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust	11	1
245	University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust	11	4
246	University of Edinburgh, Roslin Institute	11	2
247	Bristol Veterinary School	10	6
248	Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre	10	3
249	Cardiff Metropolitan University	10	6
250	Centre for the Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science	10	5
251	College of Social Sciences	10	9
252	ISIS Neutron and Muon Source	10	4
253	Imperial College Business School	10	8
254	John Radcliffe Hospital	10	3
255	Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	10	3
256	London Metropolitan University	10	5
257	Maxwell Institute for Mathematical Sciences	10	2
258	NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre	10	6
259	Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust	10	3
260	School of Clinical Medicine	10	7
261	Southampton Business School	10	9
262	St Mark’s Hospital	10	1
263	The Christie NHS Foundation Trust	10	1
264	UCL	10	6
265	UCL Faculty of Brain Sciences	10	9
266	University of Bath, Department of Chemistry	10	4
267	University of Bath, Department of Life Sciences	10	3
268	University of East London	10	6
269	University of Edinburgh, Institute for Astronomy	10	8
270	University of the West of Scotland	10	1

Institution names are only recorded for large institutions. The 1,324 in the United Kingdom with fewer than 10 listed authors are not listed here; the authors table finds them by name.