A total of 70 UCL academics are featured in Clarivate’s annual ’Highly Cited Researchers List’ for 2025, which recognises the most influential researchers in their fields.
UCL ranks eighth in the world and second in the UK for the most researchers in this year’s list, with 59 academics citing UCL as their primary affiliation (11 other UCL academics have another primary affiliation listed).
Each researcher selected has authored multiple papers which rank in the top 1% by citations for their field(s) and publication year in the Web of Science Core Collection over the past 11 years.
Professor Geraint Rees, UCL Vice-Provost (Research, Innovation and Global Engagement), said: "I would like to congratulate all’of my colleagues at UCL who have been recognised among the world’s most highly cited researchers for their innovative and impactful work. It is a privilege to work alongside such brilliant academics as they make groundbreaking discoveries and push the boundaries of knowledge in a wide range of fields. This is a testament to the strength of our community of researchers, working together to make UCL a world-leading university."
David Pendlebury, Head of Research Analysis at the Institute for Scientific Information at Clarivate, said: "As the need for high-quality data from rigorously selected sources is becoming ever more important, we have adapted and responded to technological advances and shifts in the publishing landscape.
"Just as we have applied stringent standards and transparent selection criteria to identify trusted journals in the Web of Science, we continue to refine our evaluation and selection policies for our annual Highly Cited Researchers program to address the challenges of an increasingly complex and polluted scholarly record."
Listed UCL researchers:
Biology and Chemistry: Andrey Abramov
Chemistry: Junwang Tang
Cross-field: Daniel Alexander , Plamena Stroh , David Batty , Stephan Beck , Michael Bloomfield , Daniel Brett , Sean Davidson , Bart De Strooper , John Deanfield , Daisy Fancourt , Tomas Flouri, David Frost , Mark Hamer , Kenneth Harris , Aroon Hingorani , Wenqi Li, Steven Marsh , Jing Meng , Zhifu Mi , Susan Michie , Linda Partridge , Sergio A. Quezada , Mervyn Singer , Julienne Stroeve , Sarah Walker , Robert West , Derek M. Yellon , Ali Zumla
Pharmacology and Toxicology: Abdul Basit , Asma Buanz , Fabrizio Fina, Simon Gaisford , Alvaro Goyanes , Christine Madla , Jie Wang
Psychiatry and Psychology: Glyn Lewis , Laura Crane, Peter Fonagy , Laura Hull , Will Mandy , Andrew Steptoe , Marinus H. van IJzendoorn
Neuroscience and Behaviour: Olga Ciccarelli , Helen Cross , John Hardy , David Miller , Alan Thompson
Social Sciences: Jonas de Vos , Mika Kivimaki , Susan Michie , Andrew Steptoe , James Thomas
Clinical Medicine: Perry Elliott , Marianna Fontana , Julian Gillmore , Philip Hawkins , Jonathan Ledermann , James Moon , Ivan P. Parkin , Charles Swanton , David Wheeler , Bryan Williams
Environment and Ecology: Dabo Guan
Molecular Biology and Genetics: Nicky McGranahan , Charles Swanton
Computer Science: David Silver , Kai-Kit Wong
Mathematics: Ian R. White
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