University of Essex 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).
87
researchers on the list
50
rank in United Kingdom
780
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pretty, Jules N. | Agronomy & Agriculture | 10 / 95,377 | 6 / 95,377 |
| Baker, Neil R. | Plant Biology & Botany | 66 / 204,373 | 112 / 204,373 |
| Stoet, Gijsbert | Experimental Psychology | 836 / 37,808 | 173 / 37,808 |
| Loudon, Rodney | General Physics | 92 / 87,024 | 320 / 87,024 |
| Cooper, Christopher C. | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 958 / 216,826 | 1,428 / 216,826 |
| Geider, Richard J. | Marine Biology & Hydrobiology | 166 / 54,545 | 156 / 54,545 |
| Gleditsch, Kristian Skrede | Strategic, Defence & Security Studies | 26 / 32,161 | 45 / 32,161 |
| Simkin, Andrew John | Plant Biology & Botany | 2,260 / 204,373 | 383 / 204,373 |
| Wood, Reed M. | International Relations | 194 / 9,646 | 60 / 9,646 |
| Wang, Ruoyu | Urban & Regional Planning | — | 106 / 15,338 |
| Hagras, Hani A. | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 715 / 517,648 | 3,280 / 517,648 |
| Wilkins, Arnold J. | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 2,748 / 379,830 | 2,010 / 379,830 |
| Raines, Christine Anne | Plant Biology & Botany | 784 / 204,373 | 588 / 204,373 |
| Ridley, Brian K. | Applied Physics | 1,080 / 323,282 | 7,195 / 323,282 |
| Di Cesare, Mariachiara C. | General & Internal Medicine | 2,497 / 360,081 | 660 / 360,081 |
| Böhmelt, Tobias | Political Science & Public Administration | 483 / 27,183 | 378 / 27,183 |
| Underwood, Graham J.C. | Marine Biology & Hydrobiology | 336 / 54,545 | 879 / 54,545 |
| Van Tilburg, Wijnand A.P. | Social Psychology | — | 638 / 27,908 |
| Hatton, Timothy T. | Economics | 489 / 54,592 | 635 / 54,592 |
| McGoey, Linsey | Sociology | — | 225 / 12,471 |
| Nedwell, David B. | Microbiology | 1,283 / 232,186 | 3,470 / 232,186 |
| Ghanbari, Mohammed | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 1,256 / 517,648 | — |
| Glynos, Jason | Political Science & Public Administration | — | 473 / 27,183 |
| Gkonou, Christina | Languages & Linguistics | — | 341 / 25,930 |
| Poli, Riccardo | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 1,441 / 517,648 | 9,296 / 517,648 |
| Elson, Diane Rosemary | Development Studies | 85 / 5,287 | 56 / 5,287 |
| Whiteley, Paul F. | Political Science & Public Administration | 257 / 27,183 | 841 / 27,183 |
| Gu, Dongbing | Industrial Engineering & Automation | 626 / 131,085 | 756 / 131,085 |
| Mullineaux, Philip M. | Plant Biology & Botany | 963 / 204,373 | 4,167 / 204,373 |
| Nicholls, Peter H. | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 2,557 / 216,826 | 4,310 / 216,826 |
| Newcombe, Richard A. | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 8,528 / 517,648 | 3,234 / 517,648 |
| Sikka, Prem | Accounting | 63 / 7,240 | 124 / 7,240 |
| South, Nigel | Criminology | 228 / 14,394 | 142 / 14,394 |
| Song, Hanqun | Sport, Leisure & Tourism | — | 336 / 11,605 |
| Meddis, Ray | Acoustics | 167 / 38,987 | 851 / 38,987 |
| Muldoon, James | Political Science & Public Administration | — | 668 / 27,183 |
| Howarth, David R. | Law | 72 / 18,707 | 70 / 18,707 |
| Majdadeh, Reza | General & Internal Medicine | 1,067 / 360,081 | 1,110 / 360,081 |
| Shepsle, Kenneth A. | Political Science & Public Administration | 337 / 27,183 | — |
| Foulsham, Tom | Experimental Psychology | — | 947 / 37,808 |
| Hanley, J. Richard | Experimental Psychology | 1,064 / 37,808 | — |
| Phillips, Brian J. | Strategic, Defence & Security Studies | 387 / 32,161 | 170 / 32,161 |
| Fiordelisi, Franco | Finance | — | 377 / 16,367 |
| Moran, Jason J. | Sport Sciences | — | 505 / 41,112 |
| Ezrow, Lawrence | Political Science & Public Administration | — | 890 / 27,183 |
| Daly, Ian | Biomedical Engineering | 1,330 / 74,543 | 468 / 74,543 |
| Yang, Kun | Networking & Telecommunications | 2,072 / 228,312 | 1,384 / 228,312 |
| Budge, Ian | Political Science & Public Administration | 516 / 27,183 | — |
| Barber, D. J. | Materials | 1,793 / 330,896 | — |
| Benzeval, Michaela J. | Public Health | 1,201 / 82,273 | 1,241 / 82,273 |
| Sangwine, Stephen John | Networking & Telecommunications | 1,124 / 228,312 | 1,931 / 228,312 |
| Ganie, Showkat Ahmad | Plant Biology & Botany | — | 2,168 / 204,373 |
| Norton, John D. | Immunology | 3,220 / 176,292 | — |
| Barton, Jo L. | Toxicology | — | 469 / 69,049 |
| Adams, M. J. | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 555 / 140,272 | — |
| Fryer, Michael J. | Plant Biology & Botany | 2,427 / 204,373 | — |
| Sandercock, Gavin R.H. | Sport Sciences | 734 / 41,112 | 825 / 41,112 |
| Freeman, Paul | Sport Sciences | — | 832 / 41,112 |
| Hu, Huosheng | Industrial Engineering & Automation | 1,477 / 131,085 | 1,939 / 131,085 |
| Stanway, Glyn | Virology | 1,431 / 79,508 | — |
| Peers, Steve | Law | 166 / 18,707 | — |
| Pevalin, David J. | Public Health | 1,806 / 82,273 | — |
| Mouratidis, Haralambos | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 4,536 / 517,648 | — |
| Tsang, Edward P. K. | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 4,987 / 517,648 | — |
| O'Mahony, Michael J. | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 853 / 140,272 | — |
| Hinshelwood, Robert D. | Psychoanalysis | 54 / 3,511 | — |
| Dorussen, Han | Strategic, Defence & Security Studies | 302 / 32,161 | 439 / 32,161 |
| Ullah, Insaf | Networking & Telecommunications | — | 3,187 / 228,312 |
| He, Jianhua | Networking & Telecommunications | — | 3,288 / 228,312 |
| Liu, Zilongs | Networking & Telecommunications | — | 3,306 / 228,312 |
| Reeder, Brandon J. | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | — | 3,866 / 216,826 |
| Laclau, Ernesto | Literary Studies | 69 / 21,141 | 133 / 21,141 |
| Crawford, Fay | General & Internal Medicine | 3,715 / 360,081 | — |
| Scherer, Reinhold | Biomedical Engineering | 1,376 / 74,543 | — |
| Anisi, Mohammad Hossein | Networking & Telecommunications | — | 3,895 / 228,312 |
| Gizelis, Ismene Ismene | Strategic, Defence & Security Studies | 511 / 32,161 | 568 / 32,161 |
| Abolghasemi, Vahid | Networking & Telecommunications | — | 4,245 / 228,312 |
| Cordeiro de Amorim, Renato Cordeiro | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 9,194 / 517,648 | — |
| Wood, Carly J. | Toxicology | — | 1,543 / 69,049 |
| Higgs, Edward J. | History | 279 / 20,299 | — |
| Birrell, James A. | General Chemistry | — | 875 / 57,505 |
| Roper, Michael | History | 417 / 20,299 | 436 / 20,299 |
| Noakes, Lucy | History | — | 263 / 20,299 |
| Hunter, David K. | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 3,246 / 140,272 | — |
| Pearson, Donald E. | Electrical & Electronic Engineering | 2,664 / 133,072 | — |
| Littau, Karin | Literary Studies | — | 294 / 21,141 |
| Iversen, Margaret | Art Practice, History & Theory | 40 / 2,788 | — |
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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