University of Plymouth 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).
73
researchers on the list
63
rank in United Kingdom
885
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thompson, Richard C. | Marine Biology & Hydrobiology | 9 / 54,545 | 2 / 54,545 |
| Turner, Andrew | Environmental Sciences | 56 / 140,934 | 31 / 140,934 |
| Evans, Jonathan St B.T. | Experimental Psychology | 66 / 37,808 | 42 / 37,808 |
| Handy, Richard D. | Toxicology | 66 / 69,049 | 127 / 69,049 |
| Moore, Michael N. | Marine Biology & Hydrobiology | 150 / 54,545 | 516 / 54,545 |
| Masselink, Gerd | Oceanography | 27 / 16,622 | 36 / 16,622 |
| Roberts, Neil | Paleontology | 202 / 23,292 | 82 / 23,292 |
| Borthwick, Alistair George Liam | Environmental Engineering | 340 / 68,664 | 237 / 68,664 |
| Dyer, Keith Richard | Oceanography | 57 / 16,622 | 123 / 16,622 |
| Li, Long Yuan | Building & Construction | 224 / 56,454 | 392 / 56,454 |
| Jha, Awadhesh N. | Toxicology | 225 / 69,049 | 340 / 69,049 |
| Lead, Jamie R. | Environmental Sciences | 420 / 140,934 | 1,445 / 140,934 |
| Hall-Spencer, Jason Michael | Marine Biology & Hydrobiology | 428 / 54,545 | 295 / 54,545 |
| Napper, Imogen Ellen | Environmental Sciences | — | 1,256 / 140,934 |
| Worsfold, Paul J. | Analytical Chemistry | 452 / 137,328 | 1,419 / 137,328 |
| Hanley, Mick E. | Ecology | 1,418 / 82,882 | 1,282 / 82,882 |
| Hutchinson, Thomas H. | Environmental Sciences | 492 / 140,934 | — |
| Bleakley, Alan | Medical Informatics | 52 / 22,436 | 118 / 22,436 |
| Attrill, Martin J. | Marine Biology & Hydrobiology | 492 / 54,545 | 836 / 54,545 |
| Price, Gregory D. | Paleontology | 289 / 23,292 | 271 / 23,292 |
| Spicer, John I. | Marine Biology & Hydrobiology | 525 / 54,545 | 924 / 54,545 |
| Sneyd, J. Robert | Anesthesiology | 339 / 59,383 | 202 / 59,383 |
| Briffa, Mark | Behavioral Science & Comparative Psychology | 277 / 13,044 | 227 / 13,044 |
| Davies, Richard J. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 1,357 / 108,013 | — |
| Sterling, Stephen R. | Education | 1,307 / 115,687 | 1,132 / 115,687 |
| Cunliffe, Michael | Microbiology | 4,499 / 232,186 | 1,545 / 232,186 |
| Jones, Ray B. | Medical Informatics | 78 / 22,436 | 145 / 22,436 |
| Petts, Judith I. | Urban & Regional Planning | 127 / 15,338 | — |
| Bilton, David T. | Zoology | 39 / 19,073 | 80 / 19,073 |
| Taylor, Adrian Haffner | Sport Sciences | 339 / 41,112 | — |
| Hart, Malcolm Barrie | Paleontology | 465 / 23,292 | — |
| Readman, James W. | Marine Biology & Hydrobiology | 850 / 54,545 | — |
| Merrifield, Daniel Lee | Fisheries | 827 / 47,614 | 230 / 47,614 |
| Fyfe, Ralph M. | Paleontology | — | 299 / 23,292 |
| Hill, Steve J. | Analytical Chemistry | 864 / 137,328 | — |
| Summerscales, John | Materials | 1,737 / 330,896 | 2,863 / 330,896 |
| Waite, Sue J. | Education | — | 1,774 / 115,687 |
| Schofield, Patricia A. | Nursing | 408 / 73,697 | 359 / 73,697 |
| King, Ben | Nuclear & Particle Physics | — | 1,907 / 164,120 |
| James, M. N. | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 1,097 / 157,792 | 2,447 / 157,792 |
| Gilvear, David J. | Marine Biology & Hydrobiology | 1,213 / 54,545 | — |
| Edworthy, Judy D. | Human Factors | 282 / 16,381 | — |
| Ahmadi, Hossein Soufi | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | — | 7,027 / 517,648 |
| Bakhshi, Taimur | Networking & Telecommunications | — | 1,920 / 228,312 |
| Latour, Jos M. | Nursing | 699 / 73,697 | 447 / 73,697 |
| McNeile, Craig C. | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 2,871 / 164,120 | — |
| Martin, Daniel Stuart | Emergency & Critical Care Medicine | — | 497 / 44,281 |
| REVERTER, MIRIAM | Fisheries | — | 429 / 47,614 |
| Marsden, Jonathan F. | Neurology & Neurosurgery | — | 7,145 / 379,830 |
| Miranda, Eduardo Reck | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 4,230 / 517,648 | — |
| Christopher, Colin J. | General Mathematics | 1,242 / 76,268 | — |
| Comber, Sean D.W. | Environmental Sciences | 1,696 / 140,934 | — |
| Roberts, Jeremy Alan | Plant Biology & Botany | 2,946 / 204,373 | — |
| Asad, Muhammad | Networking & Telecommunications | — | 2,817 / 228,312 |
| Jones, Phil | Analytical Chemistry | 1,958 / 137,328 | — |
| Johanning, Lars | Civil Engineering | 1,205 / 67,736 | 1,532 / 67,736 |
| Moles, David R. | Dentistry | 1,436 / 101,728 | 2,071 / 101,728 |
| Byng, Richard | General & Internal Medicine | 4,116 / 360,081 | 3,016 / 360,081 |
| Ebdon, Les C. | Analytical Chemistry | 2,191 / 137,328 | — |
| Sheppard, Michael G. | Social Work | 161 / 9,659 | — |
| Davidson, Mark A. | Oceanography | — | 331 / 16,622 |
| Labib, Mahmoud | Analytical Chemistry | — | 2,217 / 137,328 |
| Jones, Dr Aled | Nursing | 955 / 73,697 | 1,029 / 73,697 |
| Shawe, Jill A. | Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine | — | 1,627 / 105,735 |
| Tomlinson, Martin J. | Networking & Telecommunications | 3,817 / 228,312 | — |
| Nasser, Mona A. | General & Internal Medicine | 4,516 / 360,081 | 4,154 / 360,081 |
| Bugmann, Guido | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 9,354 / 517,648 | — |
| Zhou, Shang Ming | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 9,639 / 517,648 | — |
| Kent, Bridie C. | Nursing | 1,451 / 73,697 | — |
| Wennekers, Thomas | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 10,090 / 517,648 | — |
| Gilbert, Tony P. | Nursing | 1,488 / 73,697 | — |
| Brookes, Zoë L.S. | Dentistry | — | 2,042 / 101,728 |
| Daybell, James | History | — | 408 / 20,299 |
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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