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United Kingdom University Rankings 2024

As described in the university ranking section, it is not easy to obtain and standardize data from 1 countries, 317 universities/ institutions for the country ranking. Therefore, we based our ranking system on the number of meritorious scientists. Four criteria are used to rank the countries. The first one is the number of scientists in the top 3 % list. The second criterion is the number of scientists in the top 10%, Top 20%, Top 40%, top 60% and top 80% list. The third one is the number of scientists listed in the AD Scientific Index. In the case of equalities after applying all these three criteria, the world rank of the meritorious scientist of that country is used. Click for individual or institutional registration.

AD Scientific Index - Country Rankings 2024
Region Ranking World Ranking Country Total Institutios in Country Total Scientists in Index Best Public University In Country
World Rank / Name
Best Private University In Country
World Rank / Name
Best Institution In Country
World Rank / Name
Best Company In Country
World Rank / Name
Best Hospital In Country
World Rank / Name
1 2 United Kingdom 317 59,816 3
University of Oxford
326
Henley Business School University of Reading
77
Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
7
GlaxoSmithKline
33
Royal Marsden Hospital
Table I. Number of scientists in United Kingdom top 50.000 according to Country Click for details
# Country Country Region Rank Country World Rank Scientists in Top 50.000 Total University Total Scientist
1 United Kingdom 1 2 50000 317 59816
Table II. General Universities in United Kingdom top 50.000 Click for details
# University Country Rank Region Rank World Rank Country Sources of Funding Founded Scientists in United Kingdom Top 50.000 Total Scientists in Index Ratio (in top 50.000 / Total Scientist)
1 University of Oxford 1 1 5 United Kingdom Public 1096 2988 3124 0.956
2 University College London 2 2 6 United Kingdom Public 1826 2634 2915 0.904
3 Imperial College London 3 3 19 United Kingdom Public 1907 2075 2364 0.878
4 University of Cambridge 4 4 33 United Kingdom Public 1209 1768 2349 0.753
5 University of Manchester 5 5 38 United Kingdom Public 1824 1528 1806 0.846
6 King's College London 6 7 46 United Kingdom Public 1829 1519 1672 0.908
7 University of Edinburgh 7 14 66 United Kingdom Public 1583 1432 1712 0.836
8 University of Birmingham 8 20 78 United Kingdom Public 1900 1422 1464 0.971
9 University of Sheffield 9 27 88 United Kingdom Public 1905 1118 1236 0.905
10 University of Nottingham 10 30 95 United Kingdom Public 1948 1254 1462 0.858
Table III. Public Universities in United Kingdom top 50.000 Click for details
# University Country Rank Region Rank World Rank Country Founded Scientists in United Kingdom Top 50.000 Total Scientists in Index Ratio (in top 50.000 / Total Scientist)
1 University of Oxford 1 1 5 United Kingdom 1096 2988 3124 0.956
2 University College London 2 2 6 United Kingdom 1826 2634 2915 0.904
3 Imperial College London 3 3 19 United Kingdom 1907 2075 2364 0.878
4 University of Cambridge 4 4 33 United Kingdom 1209 1768 2349 0.753
5 University of Manchester 5 5 38 United Kingdom 1824 1528 1806 0.846
6 King's College London 6 7 46 United Kingdom 1829 1519 1672 0.908
7 University of Edinburgh 7 14 66 United Kingdom 1583 1432 1712 0.836
8 University of Birmingham 8 20 78 United Kingdom 1900 1422 1464 0.971
9 University of Sheffield 9 27 88 United Kingdom 1905 1118 1236 0.905
10 University of Nottingham 10 30 95 United Kingdom 1948 1254 1462 0.858
Table IV. Private Universities in United Kingdom top 50.000 Click for details
# University Country Rank Region Rank World Rank Country Founded Scientists in United Kingdom Top 50.000 Total Scientists in Index Ratio (in top 50.000 / Total Scientist)
1 London South Bank University 106 671 1586 United Kingdom 1892 109 152 0.717
2 Henley Business School University of Reading 144 1161 2847 United Kingdom 1945 29 50 0.580
3 University of Buckingham 156 1451 3687 United Kingdom 1973 18 39 0.462
4 Royal College of Surgeons of England 190 2224 6372 United Kingdom 1800 3 6 0.500
5 AECC University College 204 2618 7833 United Kingdom 1965 4 8 0.500
6 University of St Mark & St John Plymouth 211 2821 8645 United Kingdom 1923 7 24 0.292
7 Bishop Grosseteste University 229 3153 10151 United Kingdom 1862 7 21 0.333
8 Newman University 232 3263 10613 United Kingdom 1933 6 13 0.462
9 University College of Osteopathy 234 3297 10747 United Kingdom 1917 3 6 0.500
10 Regent s University London 235 3350 11028 United Kingdom 1984 6 25 0.240
Table V. Universities Founded After 2010 in United Kingdom Top 50.000 Click for details
# University Country Rank Region Rank World Rank Country Sources of Funding Founded Scientists in United Kingdom Top 50.000 Total Scientists in Index Ratio (in top 50.000 / Total Scientist)
1 Natural History Museum, London 57 320 749 United Kingdom Institution 2017 129 191 0.675
2 Public Health England 70 389 914 United Kingdom Institution 2013 130 140 0.929
3 James Hutton Institute 75 403 954 United Kingdom Institution 2011 90 97 0.928
4 Scottish Rural College (Scottish Agricultural College) 84 436 1037 United Kingdom Public 2012 70 74 0.946
5 Institute of Zoology, UK 105 655 1549 United Kingdom Institution 2013 31 43 0.721
6 Quadram Institute Bioscience 110 689 1628 United Kingdom Institution 2017 15 15 1.000
7 Food and Environment Research Agency 122 810 1919 United Kingdom Institution 2015 45 49 0.918
8 Animal and Plant Health Agency 127 891 2110 United Kingdom Institution 2011 47 50 0.940
9 Harper Adams University 143 1159 2840 United Kingdom Public 2012 30 40 0.750
10 University of the Highlands and Islands 145 1177 2883 United Kingdom Public 2011 31 50 0.620
Table VI. Universities Founded After 2000 in United Kingdom Top 50.000 Click for details
# University Country Rank Region Rank World Rank Country Sources of Funding Founded Scientists in United Kingdom Top 50.000 Total Scientists in Index Ratio (in top 50.000 / Total Scientist)
1 Francis Crick Institute 56 319 748 United Kingdom Institution 2010 209 255 0.820
2 Natural History Museum, London 57 320 749 United Kingdom Institution 2017 129 191 0.675
3 Science and Technology Facilities Council 62 347 836 United Kingdom Institution 2007 206 214 0.963
4 Public Health England 70 389 914 United Kingdom Institution 2013 130 140 0.929
5 James Hutton Institute 75 403 954 United Kingdom Institution 2011 90 97 0.928
6 Scottish Rural College (Scottish Agricultural College) 84 436 1037 United Kingdom Public 2012 70 74 0.946
7 Diamond Light Source Ltd 100 589 1407 United Kingdom Company 2001 104 108 0.963
8 Roehampton University 102 619 1461 United Kingdom Public 2004 96 115 0.835
9 Institute of Zoology, UK 105 655 1549 United Kingdom Institution 2013 31 43 0.721
10 Quadram Institute Bioscience 110 689 1628 United Kingdom Institution 2017 15 15 1.000
Table VII A. United Kingdom Top 10 Productivity i10 Index Click for details
AD Scientific Index - 2024 United Kingdom Table VII A. United Kingdom Top 10 Productivity i10 Index H INDEX i10 INDEX CITATION
University Country Region World Name Country University Subject Total Last 5 year Last 5 year / total Total Last 5 year Last 5 year / total Total Last 5 year Last 5 year / total
1 1 7 18 Gregory Lip Gregory Lip

United Kingdom
University of Liverpool Medical and Health Sciences / Cardiology
Atrial fibrillation | hypertension | thrombosis | heart failure | stroke |
249 158 0.635 1915 1208 0.631 582611 260144 0.447
1 2 8 33 George Davey Smith George Davey Smith

United Kingdom
University of Bristol Medical and Health Sciences / Epidemiology and Public Health
287 169 0.589 1790 1272 0.711 405942 175540 0.432
1 3 11 48 Glen Cowan Glen Cowan

United Kingdom
Royal Holloway University of London Natural Sciences / Physics
Physics | Particle Physics | Statistical Data Analysis |
255 158 0.620 1705 1131 0.663 439936 145896 0.332
1 4 15 68 Peter J Barnes Peter J Barnes

United Kingdom
Imperial College London Medical and Health Sciences / Chest Diseases
Respiratory medicine |
244 93 0.381 1602 675 0.421 268567 51464 0.192
1 5 20 90 Roger Barlow Roger Barlow

United Kingdom
University of Huddersfield Natural Sciences / Physics
Particle Physics | Statistics | Accelerators |
199 110 0.553 1515 858 0.566 191535 63001 0.329
1 6 25 103 Daniela Bortoletto Daniela Bortoletto

United Kingdom
University of Oxford Natural Sciences / Physics
Particle Physics |
249 153 0.614 1483 888 0.599 325218 118343 0.364
1 7 29 113 Tim Adye Tim Adye

United Kingdom
Science and Technology Facilities Council Natural Sciences / Physics
Particle Physics |
221 148 0.670 1459 952 0.653 291601 112789 0.387
1 8 33 126 Ian Deary Ian Deary

United Kingdom
University of Edinburgh Social Sciences / Psychology
Intelligence | Cognitive Aging | Personality | Psychometrics | Psychology |
209 135 0.646 1427 1057 0.741 174759 82656 0.473
1 9 34 129 Thomas Doherty Thomas Doherty

United Kingdom
University of Strathclyde Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Software Engineering | Computational Biology | HPC | Physics |
229 117 0.511 1420 719 0.506 286294 76144 0.266
1 10 37 141 Jonathan Hays Jonathan Hays

United Kingdom
Queen Mary University of London Natural Sciences / Physics
Particle Physics | Higgs bosons | Machine learning | Big data | Proteomics |
240 149 0.621 1391 877 0.630 290859 107669 0.370
Table VII B. United Kingdom Top 10 Last 5 Years i10 Index Click for details
AD Scientific Index - 2024 United Kingdom Table VII B. United Kingdom Top 10 Last 5 Years i10 Index H INDEX i10 INDEX CITATION
University Country Region World Name Country University Subject Total Last 5 year Last 5 year / total Total Last 5 year Last 5 year / total Total Last 5 year Last 5 year / total
1 1 10 50 George Davey Smith George Davey Smith

United Kingdom
University of Bristol Medical and Health Sciences / Epidemiology and Public Health
287 169 0.589 1790 1272 0.711 405942 175540 0.432
1 2 12 64 Gregory Lip Gregory Lip

United Kingdom
University of Liverpool Medical and Health Sciences / Cardiology
Atrial fibrillation | hypertension | thrombosis | heart failure | stroke |
249 158 0.635 1915 1208 0.631 582611 260144 0.447
1 3 14 78 Glen Cowan Glen Cowan

United Kingdom
Royal Holloway University of London Natural Sciences / Physics
Physics | Particle Physics | Statistical Data Analysis |
255 158 0.620 1705 1131 0.663 439936 145896 0.332
1 4 19 87 Stefano De Capua Stefano De Capua

United Kingdom
University of Manchester Natural Sciences / Physics
Particle Physics |
203 138 0.680 1374 1092 0.795 208751 101603 0.487
1 5 26 103 Ian Deary Ian Deary

United Kingdom
University of Edinburgh Social Sciences / Psychology
Intelligence | Cognitive Aging | Personality | Psychometrics | Psychology |
209 135 0.646 1427 1057 0.741 174759 82656 0.473
1 6 30 114 Mark Griffiths Mark Griffiths

United Kingdom
Nottingham Trent University Behavioural Addiction
Gambling addiction | Video game addiction | Internet addiction | exercise addiction | sex addiction |
188 145 0.771 1210 1037 0.857 157518 99073 0.629
1 7 31 120 Jonathan Butterworth Jonathan Butterworth

United Kingdom
University College London Natural Sciences / Physics
Particle Physics |
255 156 0.612 1307 1024 0.783 320374 122283 0.382
1 8 35 132 Tim D Spector Tim D Spector

United Kingdom
King's College London Medical and Health Sciences / Epidemiology and Public Health
medicine | genetics | nutrition | microbiome |
249 164 0.659 1271 1002 0.788 251556 116046 0.461
1 9 37 141 Amanda Cooper Sarkar Amanda Cooper Sarkar

United Kingdom
University of Oxford Natural Sciences / Physics
Particle physics |
247 152 0.615 1281 995 0.777 282185 111597 0.395
1 10 39 145 John McMurray John McMurray

United Kingdom
University of Glasgow Medical and Health Sciences / Cardiology
Heart failure | Cardiology | Diabetes | CKD | Clinical trials |
238 165 0.693 1338 992 0.741 481380 212960 0.442
Table VII C. United Kingdom Top 10 Last 5 Years H Index Click for details
AD Scientific Index - 2024 United Kingdom Table VII C. United Kingdom Top 10 Last 5 Years H Index H INDEX i10 INDEX CITATION
University Country Region World Name Country University Subject Total Last 5 year Last 5 year / total Total Last 5 year Last 5 year / total Total Last 5 year Last 5 year / total
1 1 8 32 George Davey Smith George Davey Smith

United Kingdom
University of Bristol Medical and Health Sciences / Epidemiology and Public Health
287 169 0.589 1790 1272 0.711 405942 175540 0.432
1 2 12 44 John McMurray John McMurray

United Kingdom
University of Glasgow Medical and Health Sciences / Cardiology
Heart failure | Cardiology | Diabetes | CKD | Clinical trials |
238 165 0.693 1338 992 0.741 481380 212960 0.442
1 3 15 51 Karl Friston Karl Friston

United Kingdom
University College London Medical and Health Sciences / Neuroscience
Neuroscience |
270 164 0.607 1162 961 0.827 341484 117498 0.344
1 4 16 52 Tim D Spector Tim D Spector

United Kingdom
King's College London Medical and Health Sciences / Epidemiology and Public Health
medicine | genetics | nutrition | microbiome |
249 164 0.659 1271 1002 0.788 251556 116046 0.461
1 5 20 69 Gregory Lip Gregory Lip

United Kingdom
University of Liverpool Medical and Health Sciences / Cardiology
Atrial fibrillation | hypertension | thrombosis | heart failure | stroke |
249 158 0.635 1915 1208 0.631 582611 260144 0.447
1 6 21 70 Glen Cowan Glen Cowan

United Kingdom
Royal Holloway University of London Natural Sciences / Physics
Physics | Particle Physics | Statistical Data Analysis |
255 158 0.620 1705 1131 0.663 439936 145896 0.332
2 7 23 80 Jonathan Butterworth Jonathan Butterworth

United Kingdom
University College London Natural Sciences / Physics
Particle Physics |
255 156 0.612 1307 1024 0.783 320374 122283 0.382
1 8 27 90 Nicholas Wareham Nicholas Wareham

United Kingdom
University of Cambridge Medical and Health Sciences / Epidemiology and Public Health
epidemiology | metabolic disease | public health | nutrition | physical activity |
247 154 0.623 1193 987 0.827 336905 144498 0.429
1 9 30 95 Cornelia M Van Duijn Cornelia M Van Duijn

United Kingdom
University of Oxford Medical and Health Sciences / Epidemiology and Public Health
240 154 0.642 1128 827 0.733 244727 102612 0.419
2 10 32 98 Daniela Bortoletto Daniela Bortoletto

United Kingdom
University of Oxford Natural Sciences / Physics
Particle Physics |
249 153 0.614 1483 888 0.599 325218 118343 0.364
Table VII D. United Kingdom Top 10 Total Citiation Index Click for details
AD Scientific Index - 2024 United Kingdom Table VII D. United Kingdom Top 10 Total Citiation Index H INDEX i10 INDEX CITATION
University Country Region World Name Country University Subject Total Last 5 year Last 5 year / total Total Last 5 year Last 5 year / total Total Last 5 year Last 5 year / total
1 1 1 7 Gregory Lip Gregory Lip

United Kingdom
University of Liverpool Medical and Health Sciences / Cardiology
Atrial fibrillation | hypertension | thrombosis | heart failure | stroke |
249 158 0.635 1915 1208 0.631 582611 260144 0.447
1 2 3 20 John McMurray John McMurray

United Kingdom
University of Glasgow Medical and Health Sciences / Cardiology
Heart failure | Cardiology | Diabetes | CKD | Clinical trials |
238 165 0.693 1338 992 0.741 481380 212960 0.442
1 3 5 30 Glen Cowan Glen Cowan

United Kingdom
Royal Holloway University of London Natural Sciences / Physics
Physics | Particle Physics | Statistical Data Analysis |
255 158 0.620 1705 1131 0.663 439936 145896 0.332
1 4 11 49 George Davey Smith George Davey Smith

United Kingdom
University of Bristol Medical and Health Sciences / Epidemiology and Public Health
287 169 0.589 1790 1272 0.711 405942 175540 0.432
1 5 12 50 Andrew Zisserman Andrew Zisserman

United Kingdom
University of Oxford Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Computer Vision | Machine Learning |
194 123 0.634 636 452 0.711 402125 233948 0.582
2 6 13 54 Julian Higgins Julian Higgins

United Kingdom
University of Bristol University of Bristol
evidence synthesis | meta-analysis | systematic review | health technology assessment | biostatistics |
182 143 0.786 454 405 0.892 397206 232763 0.586
1 7 15 57 KS Novoselov|Kostya S Novoselov KS Novoselov|Kostya S Novoselov

United Kingdom
University of Manchester Manchester
163 121 0.742 489 397 0.812 390345 147967 0.379
1 8 22 93 Karl Friston Karl Friston

United Kingdom
University College London Medical and Health Sciences / Neuroscience
Neuroscience |
270 164 0.607 1162 961 0.827 341484 117498 0.344
1 9 23 99 Nicholas Wareham Nicholas Wareham

United Kingdom
University of Cambridge Medical and Health Sciences / Epidemiology and Public Health
epidemiology | metabolic disease | public health | nutrition | physical activity |
247 154 0.623 1193 987 0.827 336905 144498 0.429
2 10 30 119 Daniela Bortoletto Daniela Bortoletto

United Kingdom
University of Oxford Natural Sciences / Physics
Particle Physics |
249 153 0.614 1483 888 0.599 325218 118343 0.364
Table VII E. United Kingdom Top 10 Last 5 Years Citiation Index Click for details
AD Scientific Index - 2024 United Kingdom Table VII E. United Kingdom Top 10 Last 5 Years Citiation Index H INDEX i10 INDEX CITATION
University Country Region World Name Country University Subject Total Last 5 year Last 5 year / total Total Last 5 year Last 5 year / total Total Last 5 year Last 5 year / total
1 1 1 7 Gregory Lip Gregory Lip

United Kingdom
University of Liverpool Medical and Health Sciences / Cardiology
Atrial fibrillation|hypertension|thrombosis|heart failure|stroke|
231 156 0.675 1863 1275 0.684 472383 255045 0.540
1 2 6 29 Julian Higgins Julian Higgins

United Kingdom
University of Bristol University of Bristol
evidence synthesis|meta-analysis|systematic review|health technology assessment|biostatistics|
163 133 0.816 382 349 0.914 291861 186625 0.639
1 3 7 30 Andrew Zisserman Andrew Zisserman

United Kingdom
University of Oxford Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Computer Vision|Machine Learning|
177 115 0.650 568 412 0.725 300489 186235 0.620
1 4 9 37 John McMurray John McMurray

United Kingdom
University of Glasgow University of Glasgow. Australian Catholic University.
Heart failure|Cardiology|Diabetes|CKD|Clinical trials|
215 152 0.707 1170 878 0.750 369995 177123 0.479
1 5 10 39 Glen Cowan Glen Cowan

United Kingdom
Royal Holloway University of London Natural Sciences / Physics
Physics|Particle Physics|Statistical Data Analysis|
234 163 0.697 1701 1193 0.701 387567 175146 0.452
2 6 16 63 Derrick A Bennett Derrick A Bennett

United Kingdom
University of Oxford Natural Sciences / Statistics
epidemiology|clinical trials|public health|
102 93 0.912 198 178 0.899 220714 154273 0.699
1 7 17 65 Kenji Shibuya Kenji Shibuya

United Kingdom
King's College London PopulationHeath
Global health policy|economics|quantitative methods|
102 90 0.882 221 195 0.882 219006 152196 0.695
2 8 18 67 George Davey Smith George Davey Smith

United Kingdom
University of Bristol Medical and Health Sciences / Epidemiology and Public Health
262 166 0.634 1718 1300 0.757 332108 151792 0.457
1 9 24 97 Victoria Clarke Victoria Clarke

United Kingdom
University of the West of England Social Sciences / Psychology
Qualitative research|thematic analysis|sexuality|gender|family|
51 41 0.804 97 78 0.804 175516 140159 0.799
1 10 25 105 Nicholas Wareham Nicholas Wareham

United Kingdom
University of Cambridge Medical and Health Sciences / Epidemiology and Public Health
epidemiology|metabolic disease|public health|nutrition|physical activity|
225 154 0.684 1108 941 0.849 275309 138000 0.501