Met Office 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).
23
researchers on the list
173
rank in United Kingdom
2,348
rank worldwide, of 38,384
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| Name | Subfield | Career | Single-year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stott, Peter A. | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | 206 / 84,638 | 157 / 84,638 |
| Betts, Richard A. | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | 254 / 84,638 | 232 / 84,638 |
| Sutton, Rowan T. | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | 590 / 84,638 | 521 / 84,638 |
| Parker, David E. | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | 455 / 84,638 | 1,170 / 84,638 |
| Smith, Doug M. | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | 748 / 84,638 | 630 / 84,638 |
| Jones, Chris D.C. | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | 963 / 84,638 | 644 / 84,638 |
| Mitchell, John F.B. | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | 569 / 84,638 | 1,776 / 84,638 |
| Folland, Chris K. | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | 641 / 84,638 | 1,125 / 84,638 |
| Rowell, David P. | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | 668 / 84,638 | 1,461 / 84,638 |
| Belcher, Stephen E. | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | 693 / 84,638 | 1,224 / 84,638 |
| Wiltshire, Andy J. | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | — | 889 / 84,638 |
| Butchart, Neal | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | 1,120 / 84,638 | 903 / 84,638 |
| Scaife, Adam A. | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | — | 958 / 84,638 |
| Lorenc, Andrew C. | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | 857 / 84,638 | 1,289 / 84,638 |
| Murphy, James M. | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | 873 / 84,638 | — |
| Rayner, Nick A. | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | — | 1,264 / 84,638 |
| Andrews, Timothy | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | — | 1,286 / 84,638 |
| Weedon, Graham P. | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | 1,486 / 84,638 | 1,389 / 84,638 |
| Roberts, Malcolm John | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | — | 1,630 / 84,638 |
| Kendon, Elizabeth Jane | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | — | 1,662 / 84,638 |
| Shutts, Glenn J. | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | 1,571 / 84,638 | — |
| Thomson, David J. | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | 1,581 / 84,638 | — |
| Saunders, Roger W. | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | 1,703 / 84,638 | — |
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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