Top institutions for Paleontology

50 institutions · Paleontology

Which institutions have the most top-cited scientists in Paleontology?

516 researchers whose main subfield is Paleontology are in the 2026 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list. University College London has the most (11, 2.1%), followed by The Natural History Museum, London (8) and Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History (6). A row opens its scientists in the subfield in the table of all authors.

#InstitutionCountryListed authorsTop 100kHighest-ranked author
1University College London United Kingdom117Birks, Hillary John Betteley #8,507
2The Natural History Museum, London United Kingdom85Lister, Adrian M. #42,641
3Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History United States63Labandeira, Conrad C. #35,458
4University of Leicester United Kingdom62Zalasiewicz, Jan Antoni #46,997
5CNRS Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique France61Guiot, Joël L. #62,928
6The Australian National University Australia54Rohling, Eelco J. #12,976
7Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology Chinese Academy of Sciences China51Zhu, Maoyan #70,597
8Chinese Academy of Sciences China51Zhao, Yan #71,172
9Naturhistoriska riksmuseet Sweden51McLoughlin, Stephen #79,656
10University of Oxford United Kingdom43Bronk Ramsey, Christopher #1,215
11University of Bristol United Kingdom43Benton, Michael J. #5,366
12Royal Holloway, University of London United Kingdom41Scott, Andrew C. #15,243
13Smithsonian Institution United States43Behrensmeyer, Anna Kay #16,236
14Yale University United States44Briggs, Derek E.G. #17,493
15University of Cambridge United Kingdom43Shackleton, Nicholas John #17,661
16American Museum of Natural History United States43Engel, Michael S. #20,024
17University of Michigan, Ann Arbor United States43Wilson, Jeffrey A. #38,166
18Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle France41Laurin, Michel #76,576
19University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg South Africa41Smith, R. M.H. #94,848
20University of Wollongong Australia41Roberts, Richard G. #99,967
21Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel Germany40Holbourn, Ann E.L. #144,943
22Lanzhou University China32Chen, Fahu #12,098
23University of California, Davis United States32Vermeij, Geerat Jacobus #20,933
24Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg Germany33Kiessling, Wolfgang #23,382
25Durham University United Kingdom32Harper, D. A.T. #23,860
26Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment Germany31Bocherens, Hervé #24,073
27University of California, Santa Barbara United States32Lisiecki, Lorraine E. #24,658
28University of Saskatchewan Canada32Buatois, Luís Alberto #27,168
29University of Alberta Canada31Currie, Philip J. #27,440
30Department of the Geophysical Sciences, The University of Chicago United States33Kidwell, Susan M. #27,744
31Aberystwyth University United Kingdom32Duller, Geoff A.T. #33,074
32Universiteit Utrecht Netherlands32Lourens, Lucas J. #37,317
33Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum Germany31Mayr, Gerald #37,434
34Nanjing University China32Shen, Shuzhong #39,019
35Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology Chinese Academy of Sciences China32Zhou, Zhonghe #42,880
36United States Geological Survey United States31Muhs, Daniel R. #44,223
37Faculty of Social Sciences & Health United Kingdom31Evans, David J.a. #45,344
38University of Plymouth United Kingdom31Roberts, Neil #46,888
39University of St Andrews United Kingdom33Gordon, John E. #48,703
40Stanford University United States33Payne, Jonathan L. #55,458
41University of Portsmouth United Kingdom31Martill, David M. #59,045
42ETH Zürich Switzerland33Hajdas, Irka #59,944
43Field Museum of Natural History United States31Rieppel, Olivier C. #68,294
44Swansea University United Kingdom32Shakesby, Richard A. #77,322
45The University of Sheffield United Kingdom31Clark, Christopher D. #94,707
46Sapienza Università di Roma Italy31Magri, Donatella #95,147
47Universitetet i Bergen Norway31Talbot, Michael Richard #96,349
48Institute of Earth Environment China30Zhou, Weijian #105,062
49Sorbonne Université France30Rage, Jean Claude #108,609
50Museum für Naturkunde Germany30Bibi, Faysal #165,259