British Geological Survey in the Stanford/Elsevier 2026 list
The Stanford/Elsevier list covers the top 2% most-cited scientists in each subfield. These are the people from this institution on at least one of its two rankings: career-long and single-year (citations from 2025).
22
researchers on the list
178
rank in United Kingdom
2,443
rank worldwide, of 38,384
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| Name | Subfield | Career | Single-year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mudd, Gavin M. | Environmental Sciences | 176 / 140,934 | 151 / 140,934 |
| Roberts, Nick M.W. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 1,349 / 108,013 | 333 / 108,013 |
| Heaton, Timothy H.E. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 530 / 108,013 | 930 / 108,013 |
| Pankhurst, Robert John | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 646 / 108,013 | 1,944 / 108,013 |
| Smedley, Pauline L. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 822 / 108,013 | 877 / 108,013 |
| Bell, Fred G. | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | 256 / 82,760 | 1,031 / 82,760 |
| Kinniburgh, David G. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 1,001 / 108,013 | 1,404 / 108,013 |
| Riding, James B. | Paleontology | 284 / 23,292 | 169 / 23,292 |
| Condon, Dan J. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | — | 1,247 / 108,013 |
| Chadwick, R. Andrew Andrew | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 2,064 / 108,013 | 1,312 / 108,013 |
| Evans, Jane A. | Archaeology | 91 / 21,336 | 172 / 21,336 |
| MacDonald, Alan M. | Environmental Engineering | — | 612 / 68,664 |
| Musson, Roger M.W. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 2,031 / 108,013 | — |
| Lapworth, Dan J. | Environmental Sciences | 2,612 / 140,934 | 2,587 / 140,934 |
| Horstwood, Matthew S.A. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | — | 1,714 / 108,013 |
| Holloway, S. | Energy | 1,998 / 371,959 | 5,008 / 371,959 |
| Marchant, Ben P. | Agronomy & Agriculture | 1,046 / 95,377 | 1,509 / 95,377 |
| Cooper, Anthony H. | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | 993 / 82,760 | — |
| Fordyce, Fiona M. | Paleontology | — | 563 / 23,292 |
| Merriman, Richard James | Geology | 318 / 17,936 | — |
| Lamb, Angela L. | Archaeology | — | 301 / 21,336 |
| Gunn, Gus | Geology | — | 398 / 17,936 |
Source: Ioannidis JPA, Elsevier (2026). August 2026 data-update for "Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators". Mendeley Data, version 9. Licence CC BY-NC 3.0. doi:10.17632/btchxktzyw.9
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