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Which institutions have the most top-cited scientists in Development Studies?

111 researchers whose main subfield is Development Studies are in the 2026 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list. Institute of Development Studies, Brighton has the most (6, 5.4%), followed by London School of Economics and Political Science (5) and The University of Manchester (5). A row opens its scientists in the subfield in the table of all authors.

#	Institution	Country	Listed authors	Top 100k	Highest-ranked author
1	Institute of Development Studies, Brighton	United Kingdom	6	6	Scoones, Ian C. #2,974
2	London School of Economics and Political Science	United Kingdom	5	5	Kabeer, Naila #2,109
3	The University of Manchester	United Kingdom	5	5	Agarwal, Bina #5,586
4	International Food Policy Research Institute	United States	5	4	Quisumbing, Agnes R. #12,226
5	University of Oxford	United Kingdom	3	2	Alkire, Sabina #5,804
6	King's College London	United Kingdom	3	2	Cornwall, Andrea #6,683
7	The World Bank, USA	United States	3	1	Deininger, Klaus W. #10,020
8	Cornell University	United States	3	3	McMichael, Philip D. #10,812
9	China Agricultural University	China	3	3	van der Ploeg, Jan Douwe #13,425
10	The World Bank Group	United States	3	3	Woolcock, Michael J.V. #35,158
11	University of East Anglia	United Kingdom	3	3	Rao, Nitya #45,724