The Open 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).
104
researchers on the list
44
rank in United Kingdom
656
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Law, John | Science Studies | 7 / 5,303 | 7 / 5,303 |
| Finlay, Linda | Rehabilitation | 55 / 31,889 | 2 / 31,889 |
| Richardson, John Thomas Edwin | Education | 39 / 115,687 | 150 / 115,687 |
| McDowell, Linda M. | Geography | 30 / 21,559 | 108 / 21,559 |
| Wetherell, Margaret S. | Social Psychology | 245 / 27,908 | 262 / 27,908 |
| Harris, Nigel B.W. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 226 / 108,013 | 408 / 108,013 |
| Raghuram, Parvati | Geography | 172 / 21,559 | 70 / 21,559 |
| Cross, Nigel G. | Design Practice & Management | 15 / 11,980 | 8 / 11,980 |
| Hammersley, Martyn | Education | 110 / 115,687 | 264 / 115,687 |
| Spicer, Robert A. | Paleontology | 109 / 23,292 | 33 / 23,292 |
| Massey, Doreen B. | Geography | 63 / 21,559 | 110 / 21,559 |
| Jones, Michael Chris | Statistics & Probability | 106 / 24,695 | 176 / 24,695 |
| Bootman, Martin David | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 984 / 216,826 | 631 / 216,826 |
| Frynas, Jȩdrzej George | Business & Management | 546 / 68,786 | 773 / 68,786 |
| Ongaro, Edoardo | Political Science & Public Administration | 523 / 27,183 | 250 / 27,183 |
| Farrington, C. P. | Statistics & Probability | 145 / 24,695 | 288 / 24,695 |
| Sharples, Mike | Education | 270 / 115,687 | 488 / 115,687 |
| Hartley, Jean F. | Political Science & Public Administration | 288 / 27,183 | 315 / 27,183 |
| Oliver, Michael J. | Education | 591 / 115,687 | 574 / 115,687 |
| Clarke, John | Political Science & Public Administration | 246 / 27,183 | 359 / 27,183 |
| Rienties, B. Carlo | Education | 648 / 115,687 | 594 / 115,687 |
| Nuseibeh, Bashar | Software Engineering | 76 / 24,083 | 301 / 24,083 |
| Cremin, Teresa Mary | Education | 1,520 / 115,687 | 661 / 115,687 |
| Allen, John | Geography | 229 / 21,559 | 259 / 21,559 |
| Anand, Mahesh | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 2,160 / 108,013 | 765 / 108,013 |
| Mabon, Leslie J. | Energy | 5,307 / 371,959 | 1,703 / 371,959 |
| Erel, Umut | Sociology | — | 262 / 12,471 |
| Kukulska-Hulme, Agnes | Education | 320 / 115,687 | 824 / 115,687 |
| Herodotou, Christothea | Education | 1,940 / 115,687 | 818 / 115,687 |
| Lillis, Theresa M. | Languages & Linguistics | 261 / 25,930 | 323 / 25,930 |
| Attenborough, K. | Acoustics | 127 / 38,987 | 221 / 38,987 |
| Newman, Janet | Political Science & Public Administration | 234 / 27,183 | 866 / 27,183 |
| Barbour, Rose S. | Nursing | 92 / 73,697 | 258 / 73,697 |
| Kaplinsky, Raphael | Development Studies | 37 / 5,287 | 95 / 5,287 |
| Eckert, Claudia M. | Design Practice & Management | 25 / 11,980 | 43 / 11,980 |
| Mohan, Giles | Geography | 238 / 21,559 | 449 / 21,559 |
| Levidow, Les | Science Studies | 55 / 5,303 | 130 / 5,303 |
| Gower, John C. | Statistics & Probability | 303 / 24,695 | 315 / 24,695 |
| Broadhurst, David J. | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 1,232 / 164,120 | 3,958 / 164,120 |
| Seale, Jane Katherine | Education | 1,118 / 115,687 | 955 / 115,687 |
| Ferguson, Rebecca | Education | 987 / 115,687 | 1,010 / 115,687 |
| Garthwaite, Paul H. | Statistics & Probability | 321 / 24,695 | 452 / 24,695 |
| Potts, Philip J. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 1,479 / 108,013 | — |
| Dixon, John A. | Social Psychology | — | 917 / 27,908 |
| Wilkinson, Michael K. | Fluids & Plasmas | 787 / 58,297 | — |
| Rogers, Nick W. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 1,499 / 108,013 | — |
| Mancini, Clara | Human Factors | — | 211 / 16,381 |
| Robinson, Jenny D. | Geography | — | 454 / 21,559 |
| Hutchings, Michael T. | Applied Physics | 2,440 / 323,282 | 3,280 / 323,282 |
| Francis, Peter W. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 1,680 / 108,013 | — |
| Hegarty, Peter J. | Social Psychology | 794 / 27,908 | 1,072 / 27,908 |
| Ison, Ray L. | Agronomy & Agriculture | 632 / 95,377 | 732 / 95,377 |
| Tagg, Caroline | Languages & Linguistics | — | 484 / 25,930 |
| Petre, M. | Education | 632 / 115,687 | — |
| Bhagwat, Shonil A. | Ecology | — | 1,989 / 82,882 |
| Seargeant, Philip | Languages & Linguistics | 466 / 25,930 | 517 / 25,930 |
| Franklin, Raoul N. | Applied Physics | 2,955 / 323,282 | — |
| Purcell, Carrie A. | General & Internal Medicine | 5,704 / 360,081 | 1,480 / 360,081 |
| Cochrane, Allan Douglas | Urban & Regional Planning | 194 / 15,338 | — |
| Blake, Stephen | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 2,082 / 108,013 | — |
| Borgstrom, Erica | Gerontology | — | 202 / 13,096 |
| Dale, Roger | Education | 918 / 115,687 | 1,943 / 115,687 |
| Walmsley, Jan | Rehabilitation | 419 / 31,889 | 274 / 31,889 |
| Jenner, Frances Elaine | Geochemistry & Geophysics | — | 1,984 / 108,013 |
| Luck, Rachael A.C. | Design Practice & Management | 157 / 11,980 | 100 / 11,980 |
| Grady, Monica M. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | — | 2,128 / 108,013 |
| Marston, Hannah R. | Gerontology | — | 238 / 13,096 |
| Motta, Enrico | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 3,618 / 517,648 | — |
| Barker, Meg John | Gender Studies | 47 / 2,687 | — |
| Solomon, Joan S. | Education | 1,249 / 115,687 | — |
| Wallace, Louise M. | Nursing | 442 / 73,697 | — |
| Braithwaite, Nicholas St John | Applied Physics | 4,690 / 323,282 | — |
| Tindle, Andrew G. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | — | 2,443 / 108,013 |
| Lea, Mary R. | Education | 1,407 / 115,687 | — |
| Qin, R. S. | Materials | 2,953 / 330,896 | — |
| Jackson, Michael Anthony | Software Engineering | 475 / 24,083 | — |
| Siddharthan, Advaith | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 5,132 / 517,648 | — |
| Scanlon, Eileen | Education | 1,749 / 115,687 | — |
| Kirkwood, Adrian Terence | Education | 1,850 / 115,687 | — |
| Humphreys, David R. | Forestry | 370 / 36,413 | — |
| Mason, Joan | Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry | 1,485 / 86,991 | — |
| Plumbridge, William J. | Materials | 3,766 / 330,896 | — |
| Weller, Martin J. | Education | 1,965 / 115,687 | — |
| Grant, Janet Gale | Medical Informatics | 282 / 22,436 | 509 / 22,436 |
| Price, Linda | Education | 2,130 / 115,687 | — |
| Lumb, David H. | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 1,115 / 140,272 | — |
| Holland, Andrew D. | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 1,133 / 140,272 | — |
| Wermelinger, Michel | Software Engineering | — | 509 / 24,083 |
| O′Hagan, Lauren Alex | History | — | 86 / 20,299 |
| Littleton, Karen S. | Education | 2,334 / 115,687 | — |
| Watts, Jacqueline Halina | Nursing | 1,004 / 73,697 | 1,545 / 73,697 |
| Price, Bob | Nursing | 1,118 / 73,697 | — |
| Bowman, Marion I. | Religions & Theology | 88 / 11,748 | 194 / 11,748 |
| Draper, Jan | Nursing | 1,190 / 73,697 | — |
| Evans, Egwel Hywel | Analytical Chemistry | 2,974 / 137,328 | — |
| Emsley, Clive E. | History | 142 / 20,299 | 171 / 20,299 |
| Heath, Tom | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 8,933 / 517,648 | — |
| Hack, Karl A. | History | — | 141 / 20,299 |
| Astin, Felicity | Nursing | — | 1,467 / 73,697 |
| Robertson, David G. | Religions & Theology | — | 105 / 11,748 |
| Thompson, Marie | Literary Studies | 373 / 21,141 | 147 / 21,141 |
| Hurst, Stanley L. | Electrical & Electronic Engineering | 2,499 / 133,072 | — |
| Hardwick, Lorna | Drama & Theater | 26 / 1,418 | — |
| Harvey, Graham | Religions & Theology | — | 244 / 11,748 |
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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