Medical Research Council 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).
32
researchers on the list
133
rank in United Kingdom
1,800
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crick, Francis Harry Compton | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 123 / 216,826 | 46 / 216,826 |
| Higgins, Christopher F. | Microbiology | 78 / 232,186 | 1,397 / 232,186 |
| Gil, Jesus | Developmental Biology | 1,522 / 167,121 | 317 / 167,121 |
| Kuh, Diana | Epidemiology | 39 / 10,334 | 30 / 10,334 |
| Taylor, Eric Andrew | Psychiatry | 467 / 90,846 | 1,634 / 90,846 |
| Goodhead, Dudley T. | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | 984 / 377,791 | 3,180 / 377,791 |
| Bolton, Patrick Farrar | Developmental & Child Psychology | 268 / 25,365 | — |
| Croucher, Nicholas J. | Microbiology | 3,505 / 232,186 | 748 / 232,186 |
| Festing, Michael F.W. | Veterinary Sciences | 51 / 72,388 | 31 / 72,388 |
| Pegg, David Edward | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 1,853 / 216,826 | 2,387 / 216,826 |
| Dunn, David T. | Virology | 367 / 79,508 | 1,429 / 79,508 |
| Palmer, Keith T. | Environmental & Occupational Health | 38 / 15,550 | 84 / 15,550 |
| Thacker, John | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | 2,556 / 377,791 | — |
| Craig, Ian W. | Genetics & Heredity | 343 / 42,273 | — |
| Palmer, Alan R. | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 4,549 / 379,830 | — |
| Brown, Steve D.M. | Developmental Biology | 2,046 / 167,121 | 3,106 / 167,121 |
| Griffiths, Richard D. | Emergency & Critical Care Medicine | 301 / 44,281 | — |
| Cox, Roger D. | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | 3,639 / 377,791 | — |
| Savage, John R.K. | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | 3,926 / 377,791 | — |
| Butler, Peter Jonathan Gasking | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 4,087 / 216,826 | — |
| Magos, László | Toxicology | 529 / 69,049 | — |
| Galton, David A.G. | Immunology | 3,433 / 176,292 | — |
| Rastan, Sohaila | Genetics & Heredity | 801 / 42,273 | — |
| Poulton, E. Christopher | Human Factors | 363 / 16,381 | — |
| Thompson, Richard P.H. | Gastroenterology & Hepatology | 2,369 / 113,536 | — |
| Cochemé, Helena M. | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | — | 2,935 / 216,826 |
| Carter, Cedric O. | General & Internal Medicine | 2,766 / 360,081 | — |
| Lennicke, Claudia | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | — | 4,354 / 216,826 |
| Webb, Michael | Toxicology | 1,583 / 69,049 | — |
| Greenberg, Gillian | General & Internal Medicine | 4,115 / 360,081 | — |
| Hill, Austin Bradford | General & Internal Medicine | 5,195 / 360,081 | — |
| Bruce, Hilda M. | General & Internal Medicine | 5,320 / 360,081 | — |
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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