Lancaster University 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).
74
researchers on the list
60
rank in United Kingdom
877
rank worldwide, of 38,384
Ranks by number of people on the list; we calculate them from the same data.
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| Name | Subfield | Career | Single-year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairclough, Norman L. | Languages & Linguistics | 24 / 25,930 | 22 / 25,930 |
| Jessop, Bob | Political Science & Public Administration | 7 / 27,183 | 32 / 27,183 |
| Atkinson, Peter M. | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | 30 / 82,760 | 46 / 82,760 |
| Jones, Kevin C. | Environmental Sciences | 28 / 140,934 | 700 / 140,934 |
| Tight, Malcolm | Education | 194 / 115,687 | 108 / 115,687 |
| Lyth, David H. | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 113 / 164,120 | 395 / 164,120 |
| Wynne, Brian | Science Studies | 10 / 5,303 | 28 / 5,303 |
| Rothman, Jason L. | Languages & Linguistics | 106 / 25,930 | 72 / 25,930 |
| Cao, Dongpu | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 1,763 / 517,648 | 651 / 517,648 |
| Liu, Jun | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 4,244 / 517,648 | 660 / 517,648 |
| West, Michael Alun | Business & Management | 152 / 68,786 | 378 / 68,786 |
| Sayer, Andrew | Geography | 46 / 21,559 | 63 / 21,559 |
| Davison, William | Environmental Sciences | 100 / 140,934 | 1,079 / 140,934 |
| Wilson, Lionel | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 302 / 108,013 | 860 / 108,013 |
| Tyler, Imogen | Gender Studies | 12 / 2,687 | 14 / 2,687 |
| Cain, Kate | Education | 158 / 115,687 | 329 / 115,687 |
| Ball, Thomas | Software Engineering | 54 / 24,083 | 268 / 24,083 |
| Sayer, Emma J. | Ecology | — | 768 / 82,882 |
| Ahmed, Sara | Communication & Media Studies | 195 / 16,468 | 179 / 16,468 |
| Benson, Michaela Caroline | Sociology | 265 / 12,471 | 180 / 12,471 |
| Hart, Christopher | Languages & Linguistics | 365 / 25,930 | 237 / 25,930 |
| Fearnhead, Paul | Statistics & Probability | 178 / 24,695 | 208 / 24,695 |
| Březina, Vaclav | Languages & Linguistics | — | 250 / 25,930 |
| Willis, Rebecca | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | — | 893 / 84,638 |
| Schomerus, Henning | General Physics | 278 / 87,024 | 397 / 87,024 |
| Thomas, Carol | Public Health | 662 / 82,273 | 421 / 82,273 |
| Wellburn, Alan R. | Plant Biology & Botany | 581 / 204,373 | 916 / 204,373 |
| Milligan, C. | Public Health | 511 / 82,273 | 431 / 82,273 |
| McCann, Edward | Applied Physics | 1,277 / 323,282 | 1,425 / 323,282 |
| Auty, Richard M. | Geography | 375 / 21,559 | 277 / 21,559 |
| McDonald, John | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 1,040 / 164,120 | 1,853 / 164,120 |
| Rayson, Paul | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 2,977 / 517,648 | 3,062 / 517,648 |
| Ruostekoski, Janne | General Physics | 489 / 87,024 | 835 / 87,024 |
| Komljenovic, Janja | Education | — | 1,017 / 115,687 |
| Stefanovska, Aneta | Fluids & Plasmas | 717 / 58,297 | 711 / 58,297 |
| Bilal, Muhammad | Networking & Telecommunications | 4,379 / 228,312 | 859 / 228,312 |
| Flowerdew, Lynne | Languages & Linguistics | 383 / 25,930 | 402 / 25,930 |
| Hamilton, Eleanor | Business & Management | — | 1,779 / 68,786 |
| Brookes, Gavin | Languages & Linguistics | — | 426 / 25,930 |
| Pinkerton, Andrew J. | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 287 / 140,272 | 210 / 140,272 |
| Jones, Steven H. | Psychiatry | 1,524 / 90,846 | — |
| Jordan, Katy | Education | 1,567 / 115,687 | 1,217 / 115,687 |
| Gatrell, Anthony C. | Public Health | 856 / 82,273 | — |
| Sweeney, Joe B. | Organic Chemistry | 1,733 / 188,664 | — |
| Hardy, John George | Polymers | 1,046 / 133,253 | 899 / 133,253 |
| Sas, Corina | Human Factors | — | 234 / 16,381 |
| Peter Vaughan Elsmere McClintock, Peter Vaughan Elsmere | Fluids & Plasmas | 940 / 58,297 | — |
| Koller, Veronika | Languages & Linguistics | 370 / 25,930 | 505 / 25,930 |
| Kennedy, A. R. | Materials | 1,529 / 330,896 | — |
| Gatherer, Derek | Virology | 880 / 79,508 | 764 / 79,508 |
| Dillon, Michael | International Relations | 132 / 9,646 | — |
| Panteli, Niki I.K.I. | Information Systems | — | 376 / 19,463 |
| Eglese, Richard W. | Operations Research | 458 / 31,951 | — |
| Wallace, Stein W. | Operations Research | 508 / 31,951 | — |
| Harper, Richard H.R. | Human Factors | 246 / 16,381 | — |
| Davies, Nigel A. | Networking & Telecommunications | 1,436 / 228,312 | — |
| Mitkov, Ruslan | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 3,595 / 517,648 | 9,831 / 517,648 |
| Sebba, Mark | Languages & Linguistics | 442 / 25,930 | — |
| Stone, Alison | Philosophy | — | 305 / 14,569 |
| Drummond, Neil D. | Applied Physics | 4,707 / 323,282 | 5,304 / 323,282 |
| Roberts, Michael R. | Plant Biology & Botany | 2,574 / 204,373 | — |
| MacKenzie, John M. | History | 38 / 20,299 | 127 / 20,299 |
| Lundgren, Marjorie R. | Plant Biology & Botany | — | 3,607 / 204,373 |
| Nasiri, Hamid | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | — | 10,370 / 517,648 |
| Saha, Basudeb | Energy | 3,943 / 371,959 | — |
| Pollock, Hubert M.M. | Polymers | 2,290 / 133,253 | — |
| Sun, Wanting | Materials | — | 6,371 / 330,896 |
| Hoster, Harry Ernst | Energy | 4,475 / 371,959 | — |
| Ivanič, Roz | Education | 2,455 / 115,687 | — |
| Paoloni, Claudio | Networking & Telecommunications | 3,236 / 228,312 | 3,851 / 228,312 |
| Nordin, Rosdiadee | Networking & Telecommunications | — | 4,155 / 228,312 |
| Paice, Chris D. | Information & Library Sciences | 320 / 15,996 | — |
| Garraghan, Peter | Distributed Computing | — | 113 / 9,369 |
| Aston, Elaine | Drama & Theater | 28 / 1,418 | 21 / 1,418 |
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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