Universities by Research h-index in United Kingdom

Universities and colleges ranked by OpenAlex's institutional h-index, which combines publication volume and citation impact. This is a research metric, not a measure of teaching quality. OpenAlex is an open scholarly index; larger and older institutions tend to have more indexed research.

📅 2026📏 h-index50 entries🇬🇧 See all of this country’s rankings →

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Every dot is one entry, placed by its value (h-index); the vertical bar marks each row’s median.

University of Oxford625,854 works

2,196

University College London498,578 works

2,029

University of Cambridge508,254 works

1,966

Imperial College London401,909 works

1,741

University of Glasgow199,990 works

1,600

University of Edinburgh298,467 works

1,367

King's College London268,061 works

1,345

University of Manchester326,544 works

1,305

University of Birmingham221,015 works

1,267

Cardiff University137,368 works

1,263

University of Bristol217,477 works

1,259

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine106,150 works

1,103

Queen Mary University of London144,648 works

1,056

University of Sheffield189,697 works

1,020

University of Liverpool188,430 works

983

University of Leeds195,957 works

952

University of Southampton185,510 works

938

Newcastle University193,748 works

930

Institute of Cancer Research29,021 works

902

University of Exeter114,157 works

901

University of Nottingham190,446 works

879

UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology37,382 works

873

University of Leicester104,489 works

863

University of Dundee63,354 works

812

University of Warwick136,924 works

805

University of London132,653 works

803

University of Aberdeen96,140 works

784

University of York104,543 works

779

University of East Anglia72,361 works

759

Scottish Universities Physics Alliance4,292 works

758

St George's, University of London41,707 works

758

University of Sussex83,362 works

732

Queen's University Belfast114,164 works

719

Durham University109,732 works

718

Lancaster University87,918 works

693

University of Bath73,964 works

651

University of St Andrews78,688 works

648

University of Reading85,934 works

647

London School of Economics and Political Science76,012 works

593

University of Portsmouth36,690 works

581

University of Wales51,440 works

570

University of Strathclyde87,017 works

555

Swansea University63,573 works

553

Royal Holloway University of London43,102 works

545

University of Surrey80,810 works

541

Brunel University of London51,792 works

514

Loughborough University79,420 works

487

Bangor University37,374 works

484

Keele University41,704 works

472

Cranfield University35,638 works

469

Highlights

Within United Kingdom, University of Oxford ranks first in 2026 with 2,196, followed by University College London (2,029) and University of Cambridge (1,966).

Across 50 entries, values run from 2,196 (University of Oxford) to 469 (Cranfield University), with a median of 804.

Source: OpenAlex, institutional Research h-index, 2026. Unit: h-index.

Source: OpenAlex, institutional Research h-index · CC0 1.0 (OpenAlex) · fetched Oct 17, 2026 — OpenAlex indexes scholarly works and citations. Coverage and citation practices vary by institution and field; this is a research measure, not a ranking of teaching quality.

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Highlights

Within United Kingdom, University of Oxford ranks first in 2026 with 2,196, followed by University College London (2,029) and University of Cambridge (1,966).

Across 50 entries, values run from 2,196 (University of Oxford) to 469 (Cranfield University), with a median of 804.

Source: OpenAlex, institutional Research h-index, 2026. Unit: h-index.