Universities by Research i10-index in United Kingdom
Universities and colleges ranked by OpenAlex's institutional i10-index, the number of works with at least ten citations. 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.
1University of Oxford625,854 works
659,096
2University College London498,578 works
591,486
3University of Cambridge508,254 works
559,042
4Imperial College London401,909 works
520,808
5University of Manchester326,544 works
384,576
6University of Edinburgh298,467 works
312,816
7King's College London268,061 works
282,258
8University of Birmingham221,015 works
278,291
9University of Bristol217,477 works
251,218
10University of Glasgow199,990 works
244,977
11University of Liverpool188,430 works
220,901
12University of Sheffield189,697 works
209,810
13University of Nottingham190,446 works
205,291
14University of Leeds195,957 works
192,798
15University of Southampton185,510 works
186,228
16Queen Mary University of London144,648 works
171,251
17Newcastle University193,748 works
165,545
18Cardiff University137,368 works
145,047
19University of Warwick136,924 works
126,995
20Queen's University Belfast114,164 works
110,838
21University of London132,653 works
107,229
22London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine106,150 works
102,975
23University of Leicester104,489 works
101,280
24University of Aberdeen96,140 works
94,914
25University of Exeter114,157 works
94,345
26University of York104,543 works
89,439
27Durham University109,732 works
86,684
28Lancaster University87,918 works
84,561
29University of Sussex83,362 works
81,484
30University of Strathclyde87,017 works
76,695
31University of Dundee63,354 works
70,813
32University of Reading85,934 works
70,247
33University of Surrey80,810 works
69,616
34UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology37,382 works
68,074
35University of Bath73,964 works
66,906
36University of St Andrews78,688 works
63,654
37University of East Anglia72,361 works
61,488
38Institute of Cancer Research29,021 works
57,031
39Loughborough University79,420 works
57,002
40University of Wales51,440 works
52,777
41St George's, University of London41,707 works
52,263
42Swansea University63,573 works
51,314
43Brunel University of London51,792 works
48,720
44Royal Holloway University of London43,102 works
47,902
45Heriot-Watt University46,069 works
38,546
46University of Ulster42,098 works
37,062
47London School of Economics and Political Science76,012 works
35,033
48Cranfield University35,638 works
34,944
49University of Kent54,549 works
34,669
50University of Hull46,937 works
34,577
Highlights
Within United Kingdom, University of Oxford ranks first in 2026 with 659,096, followed by University College London (591,486) and University of Cambridge (559,042).
Across 50 entries, values run from 659,096 (University of Oxford) to 34,577 (University of Hull), with a median of 91,892.
Source: OpenAlex, institutional Research i10-index, 2026. Unit: i10-index.
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