University of Aberdeen 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).
190
researchers on the list
29
rank in United Kingdom
331
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smith, Pete | Agronomy & Agriculture | 3 / 95,377 | 3 / 95,377 |
| Ingold, Tim | Anthropology | 1 / 10,039 | 1 / 10,039 |
| Speakman, John Roger | Physiology | 2 / 26,472 | 3 / 26,472 |
| Pertwee, Roger G. | Pharmacology & Pharmacy | 8 / 166,116 | 33 / 166,116 |
| Odds, Frank C. | Microbiology | 118 / 232,186 | 377 / 232,186 |
| Prosser, James I. | Microbiology | 133 / 232,186 | 107 / 232,186 |
| Secombes, Christopher John | Fisheries | 11 / 47,614 | 64 / 47,614 |
| Cooper, David A. | Virology | 54 / 79,508 | 541 / 79,508 |
| McMeeking, Robert Maxwell | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 62 / 157,792 | 311 / 157,792 |
| Griffin, Julian L. | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 505 / 216,826 | 396 / 216,826 |
| Glasser, Fredrik Paul | Building & Construction | 33 / 56,454 | 106 / 56,454 |
| Murray, Gordon D. | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 1,284 / 379,830 | 2,171 / 379,830 |
| Parker, Simon Charles | Economics | 153 / 54,592 | 238 / 54,592 |
| Fayers, Peter M. | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | 715 / 377,791 | 760 / 377,791 |
| Wallace, Robert John | Food Science | 82 / 107,913 | 365 / 107,913 |
| Lusseau, David M. | Ecology | 359 / 82,882 | 474 / 82,882 |
| Robinson, David J. | Plant Biology & Botany | 213 / 204,373 | 1,029 / 204,373 |
| Wu, Jie | Business & Management | 743 / 68,786 | 551 / 68,786 |
| Crawford, John R. | Experimental Psychology | 326 / 37,808 | 343 / 37,808 |
| Johnston, Marie K. | Clinical Psychology | 118 / 19,306 | 128 / 19,306 |
| Imrie, Corrie T. | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | 376 / 177,859 | 3,035 / 177,859 |
| Ryan, Mandy P. | Health Policy & Services | 62 / 23,941 | 119 / 23,941 |
| Soulsby, Chris | Environmental Engineering | 96 / 68,664 | 269 / 68,664 |
| Price, David B. | Respiratory System | 1,117 / 71,926 | 145 / 71,926 |
| Lee, Amanda Jane | Cardiovascular System & Hematology | 1,086 / 249,410 | 2,642 / 249,410 |
| Walker, Alan W. | Microbiology | 1,641 / 232,186 | 518 / 232,186 |
| Reid, David M. | Endocrinology & Metabolism | 679 / 100,693 | — |
| Forget, Patrice | Anesthesiology | 419 / 59,383 | 77 / 59,383 |
| Travis, Justin M.J. | Ecology | 558 / 82,882 | 704 / 82,882 |
| Booth, Ian Rylance | Microbiology | 768 / 232,186 | 2,717 / 232,186 |
| Templeton, Allan A. | Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine | 249 / 105,735 | 2,144 / 105,735 |
| Nikora, Vladimir I. | Environmental Engineering | 116 / 68,664 | 228 / 68,664 |
| Harrison, William T.A. | Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry | 189 / 86,991 | 1,311 / 86,991 |
| Celso Grebogi, Celso | Fluids & Plasmas | 294 / 58,297 | 361 / 58,297 |
| Morton, Andrew Clifford | Geology | 42 / 17,936 | 66 / 17,936 |
| Duffy, John A. | Applied Physics | 855 / 323,282 | 810 / 323,282 |
| Pope, Malcolm Henry | Orthopedics | 201 / 98,781 | 1,066 / 98,781 |
| MacDiarmid, Jennie I. | Nutrition & Dietetics | 668 / 59,506 | 252 / 59,506 |
| Butler, Robert W.H. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 645 / 108,013 | 1,317 / 108,013 |
| Avenell, Alison | General & Internal Medicine | 493 / 360,081 | 1,608 / 360,081 |
| Duthie, Garry Graeme | Nutrition & Dietetics | 283 / 59,506 | — |
| Khan, Huda | Marketing | — | 235 / 15,920 |
| Redpath, Steve Mark | Ecology | 742 / 82,882 | 1,100 / 82,882 |
| Anderson, James A. | Physical Chemistry | 141 / 44,088 | 359 / 44,088 |
| Entwistle, V. A. | General & Internal Medicine | 541 / 360,081 | 799 / 360,081 |
| Counsell, Carl E. | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 2,934 / 379,830 | 3,719 / 379,830 |
| Keating, Michael F. | Political Science & Public Administration | 148 / 27,183 | 558 / 27,183 |
| Treweek, Shaun P. | General & Internal Medicine | 1,262 / 360,081 | 665 / 360,081 |
| Glazener, Cathryn M.A. | General & Internal Medicine | 580 / 360,081 | 2,124 / 360,081 |
| Zou, Jun J. | Immunology | 1,317 / 176,292 | — |
| Parnell, John P. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 807 / 108,013 | 1,448 / 108,013 |
| Wiercigroch, Marian | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 331 / 157,792 | 669 / 157,792 |
| Derksen, Jacobus Johannes | Chemical Engineering | 198 / 97,821 | 816 / 97,821 |
| Kneller, Ben Charles | Geology | 58 / 17,936 | 64 / 17,936 |
| Hallett, P. D. | Agronomy & Agriculture | 413 / 95,377 | 359 / 95,377 |
| Aspden, Richard M. | Orthopedics | 304 / 98,781 | 802 / 98,781 |
| Jovcic, Dragan | Energy | 778 / 371,959 | 4,283 / 371,959 |
| Wilson, Michael Jeffrey | Geology | 73 / 17,936 | 59 / 17,936 |
| Greaves, Michael W. | Immunology | 1,561 / 176,292 | — |
| Priede, Imants G. | Oceanography | 93 / 16,622 | 184 / 16,622 |
| Thompson, Paul Michael | Ecology | 1,023 / 82,882 | — |
| Islam, S. M.Riazul | Networking & Telecommunications | 2,501 / 228,312 | 648 / 228,312 |
| Killham, Kenneth S. | Agronomy & Agriculture | 302 / 95,377 | — |
| Underhill, John R. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 1,067 / 108,013 | 1,551 / 108,013 |
| Price, Adam Huw | Plant Biology & Botany | 854 / 204,373 | 1,817 / 204,373 |
| Cameron, Norman E. | Endocrinology & Metabolism | 1,352 / 100,693 | — |
| Ingram, Malcolm D. | Energy | 911 / 371,959 | — |
| Lambin, Xavier | Ecology | 1,147 / 82,882 | — |
| Tatler, Benjamin W. | Experimental Psychology | 808 / 37,808 | 942 / 37,808 |
| Russell, Ian Trevor | General & Internal Medicine | 810 / 360,081 | 5,289 / 360,081 |
| Speirs, Valerie | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | 2,661 / 377,791 | 4,836 / 377,791 |
| Akhtar, Pervaiz | Business & Management | — | 1,542 / 68,786 |
| Clapperton, Chalmers M. | Paleontology | 306 / 23,292 | — |
| SCOTT, Karen P. | Microbiology | 2,224 / 232,186 | 1,351 / 232,186 |
| Sharma, Pradip Kumar | Networking & Telecommunications | 3,167 / 228,312 | 793 / 228,312 |
| Smith, William Cairns S. | Tropical Medicine | 145 / 39,335 | 515 / 39,335 |
| Bond, Christine M. | Pharmacology & Pharmacy | 602 / 166,116 | 502 / 166,116 |
| Korhonen, Jari | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 5,760 / 517,648 | 3,389 / 517,648 |
| Fitzpatrick, Raymond M. | Public Health | 711 / 82,273 | — |
| Chesson, Andrew | Food Science | 439 / 107,913 | 1,301 / 107,913 |
| Reiter, Ehud | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 2,117 / 517,648 | 3,636 / 517,648 |
| Campbell, Marion K. | General & Internal Medicine | 1,481 / 360,081 | 1,088 / 360,081 |
| Ormerod, Anthony David | Dermatology & Venereal Diseases | 486 / 64,751 | 947 / 64,751 |
| Hartley, Adrian J. | Geology | 112 / 17,936 | 174 / 17,936 |
| Mercer, Julian G. | Endocrinology & Metabolism | 1,651 / 100,693 | — |
| Swaine, Michael D. | Ecology | 1,438 / 82,882 | — |
| Phillips, Louise H. | Experimental Psychology | 961 / 37,808 | — |
| Richardson, Harry W. | Urban & Regional Planning | 116 / 15,338 | — |
| Johnstone, Alexandra M. | Nutrition & Dietetics | 696 / 59,506 | 533 / 59,506 |
| Howe, Russell F. | Physical Chemistry | 294 / 44,088 | — |
| Donell, Simon T. | Orthopedics | 608 / 98,781 | 386 / 98,781 |
| De Bari, Cosimo | Arthritis & Rheumatology | 560 / 45,980 | 837 / 45,980 |
| Clarke, Matthew | Education | 1,529 / 115,687 | 1,205 / 115,687 |
| Jones, Gareth T. | Arthritis & Rheumatology | 667 / 45,980 | 435 / 45,980 |
| Tetzlaff, Doerthe | Environmental Engineering | 812 / 68,664 | 503 / 68,664 |
| Macrae, C. Neil | Experimental Psychology | 1,036 / 37,808 | 1,097 / 37,808 |
| Trewin, Nigel H. | Geology | 145 / 17,936 | 309 / 17,936 |
| McGloin, David | Optics | 420 / 83,504 | 500 / 83,504 |
| Haggarty, Paul | Nutrition & Dietetics | 652 / 59,506 | — |
| Lancaster, Lesley T. | Ecology | — | 1,870 / 82,882 |
| Johnson, James Samuel | International Relations | — | 197 / 9,646 |
| Jaspars, Marcel | Organic Chemistry | 1,843 / 188,664 | 2,796 / 188,664 |
| Bruce, Steve | Religions & Theology | 11 / 11,748 | 97 / 11,748 |
| Taylor, Andy F.S. | Plant Biology & Botany | 1,489 / 204,373 | 3,700 / 204,373 |
| Dawson, Dana K. | Cardiovascular System & Hematology | — | 2,541 / 249,410 |
| Fowler, Paul A. | Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine | 986 / 105,735 | 2,047 / 105,735 |
| MacKenzie, Ken | Fisheries | 280 / 47,614 | — |
| Toke, David | Energy | 1,704 / 371,959 | — |
| Johnson, William | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 872 / 157,792 | — |
| Porter, Richard W. | Orthopedics | 768 / 98,781 | — |
| Crawford, Dorothy H. | Immunology | 2,903 / 176,292 | — |
| Maheri, Alireza | Energy | 4,349 / 371,959 | 3,598 / 371,959 |
| Mather, Alexander S. | Geography | 468 / 21,559 | — |
| Murray, Fiona Jay | Toxicology | 532 / 69,049 | — |
| Britton, Kate | Archaeology | — | 114 / 21,336 |
| Baptista, M. S. | Fluids & Plasmas | 1,127 / 58,297 | — |
| Chamberlain, Andrew T. | Anthropology | 164 / 10,039 | — |
| Mullins, Christopher E. | Agronomy & Agriculture | 672 / 95,377 | — |
| Wallace, Jacqueline M. | Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine | 1,125 / 105,735 | 1,967 / 105,735 |
| Bond, Clare E. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | — | 1,763 / 108,013 |
| Cottrill, Caitlin D. | Logistics & Transportation | — | 470 / 32,287 |
| Houlihan, Dominic F.J. | Fisheries | 348 / 47,614 | — |
| Helms, Peter Joseph | Respiratory System | 1,221 / 71,926 | — |
| McArdle, Harry J. | Food Science | 797 / 107,913 | 2,269 / 107,913 |
| Ramsay, Craig Robert | General & Internal Medicine | 2,573 / 360,081 | 1,845 / 360,081 |
| Gooday, Graham W. | Microbiology | 3,554 / 232,186 | — |
| Zhang, Yeshui | Energy | — | 4,751 / 371,959 |
| Hendershott, Patric H. | Finance | 271 / 16,367 | — |
| Russell, George | Pediatrics | 828 / 81,129 | — |
| Ebel, Rainer | Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry | 598 / 120,621 | 1,440 / 120,621 |
| Yin, Wen | Agronomy & Agriculture | — | 1,196 / 95,377 |
| Abdalla, Mohamed | Agronomy & Agriculture | — | 1,238 / 95,377 |
| Bruno, David W. | Fisheries | 461 / 47,614 | — |
| Hole, M. J. | Geology | 266 / 17,936 | — |
| Strachan, Norval James Colin | Microbiology | 3,911 / 232,186 | — |
| Russell, Wendy R. | Nutrition & Dietetics | — | 1,036 / 59,506 |
| Benson, David John | General Mathematics | 1,122 / 76,268 | 1,508 / 76,268 |
| Zhan, Wenbo | Pharmacology & Pharmacy | — | 1,262 / 166,116 |
| Hall, Graham S. | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 3,103 / 164,120 | — |
| Nakkeeran, K. | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 653 / 140,272 | 1,865 / 140,272 |
| Sutherland, Tara E. | Immunology | — | 2,907 / 176,292 |
| Smith, Elspeth B. | Cardiovascular System & Hematology | 5,136 / 249,410 | — |
| Norton, Gareth J. | Plant Biology & Botany | — | 3,132 / 204,373 |
| Wardell, James L. | Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry | 1,172 / 86,991 | — |
| Gorman, Martyn L. | Zoology | 127 / 19,073 | — |
| Plater, Michael John | Organic Chemistry | 3,181 / 188,664 | — |
| Troup, J. D.G. | Orthopedics | 1,326 / 98,781 | — |
| Campbell, Doris M. | Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine | 1,685 / 105,735 | — |
| Martin, Samuel A.M. | Fisheries | 654 / 47,614 | 490 / 47,614 |
| Dean, John C.S. | Genetics & Heredity | 909 / 42,273 | — |
| Gibson, Iain R. | Biomedical Engineering | 854 / 74,543 | — |
| Thomson, Ronald H. | Organic Chemistry | 3,416 / 188,664 | — |
| Kashtalyan, Maria Yu | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 1,618 / 157,792 | — |
| Guz, Igor A. | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 1,661 / 157,792 | — |
| McLernon, David J. | Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine | — | 1,157 / 105,735 |
| Smith, Jo U. | Agronomy & Agriculture | — | 1,633 / 95,377 |
| Skakle, Janet M.S. | Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry | 1,362 / 86,991 | — |
| Hall, Marion H. | Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine | 2,033 / 105,735 | — |
| Lam, Thomas B.L. | Urology & Nephrology | — | 1,418 / 96,288 |
| Gao, Junfeng | Agronomy & Agriculture | — | 1,812 / 95,377 |
| Lewis, John R. | Organic Chemistry | 4,023 / 188,664 | — |
| Dunning, Peter D. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 1,029 / 66,382 | 449 / 66,382 |
| Kosterlitz, Hans W. | Pharmacology & Pharmacy | 2,382 / 166,116 | — |
| Raab, Andrea | Environmental Sciences | 2,404 / 140,934 | — |
| Macphee, Donald E. | Building & Construction | 887 / 56,454 | — |
| Oxenham, Marc Fredrick | Archaeology | 356 / 21,336 | 406 / 21,336 |
| Gibson, Quinn D. | Applied Physics | — | 5,272 / 323,282 |
| Imbabi, Mohammed Salah Eldin | Building & Construction | 934 / 56,454 | — |
| Thies, F. | Food Science | 1,859 / 107,913 | — |
| Gillies, Katie | General & Internal Medicine | — | 3,456 / 360,081 |
| Weatherley, P. E. | Plant Biology & Botany | 4,538 / 204,373 | — |
| Scott, Neil W. | Surgery | — | 1,533 / 146,713 |
| Mellish, Chris S. | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 7,416 / 517,648 | — |
| Ritchie, Graeme D. | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 7,493 / 517,648 | — |
| Bhattacharya, Sohinee | Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine | — | 1,665 / 105,735 |
| Dobney, Keith M. | Archaeology | — | 454 / 21,336 |
| Akisanya, Alfred R. | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 3,146 / 157,792 | — |
| Penny, Kay I. | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 9,602 / 517,648 | — |
| Brazzelli, Miriam G. | General & Internal Medicine | 6,259 / 360,081 | 4,475 / 360,081 |
| Cameron, Andrew D. | Forestry | 737 / 36,413 | — |
| Omenzetter, Piotr | Civil Engineering | 1,445 / 67,736 | — |
| Stewart, Ian J. | Anatomy & Morphology | 131 / 8,297 | — |
| Watson, Angus J.M. | Surgery | — | 2,835 / 146,713 |
| Watson, John E. | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 2,505 / 140,272 | — |
| Jones, Peter F. | General & Internal Medicine | 6,537 / 360,081 | — |
| Seymour, David Gwyn | General & Internal Medicine | 6,654 / 360,081 | — |
| Vas, Peter | Electrical & Electronic Engineering | 2,276 / 133,072 | — |
| Hudson, Jemma | General & Internal Medicine | — | 6,158 / 360,081 |
| McDonald, Alison M. | General & Internal Medicine | — | 7,034 / 360,081 |
| Gaihre, Santosh | General & Internal Medicine | — | 7,119 / 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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