Universities by Research Publications in United Kingdom

Universities and colleges ranked by the number of scholarly works indexed by OpenAlex. This measures research volume, not teaching quality. OpenAlex is an open scholarly index; larger and older institutions tend to have more indexed research.

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

University of Oxford74,740,867 citations

625,854

University of Cambridge62,028,073 citations

508,254

University College London59,210,715 citations

498,578

Imperial College London49,796,042 citations

401,909

University of Manchester31,844,820 citations

326,544

University of Edinburgh29,118,053 citations

298,467

King's College London26,621,320 citations

268,061

University of Birmingham25,619,278 citations

221,015

University of Bristol23,393,851 citations

217,477

University of Glasgow25,955,980 citations

199,990

University of Leeds14,783,993 citations

195,957

Newcastle University13,178,762 citations

193,748

University of Nottingham14,662,632 citations

190,446

University of Sheffield16,720,610 citations

189,697

University of Liverpool16,543,769 citations

188,430

University of Southampton14,093,896 citations

185,510

Queen Mary University of London15,842,736 citations

144,648

Cardiff University14,726,391 citations

137,368

University of Warwick9,460,066 citations

136,924

University of London8,778,423 citations

132,653

Queen's University Belfast7,766,727 citations

114,164

University of Exeter8,555,581 citations

114,157

Durham University7,027,991 citations

109,732

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine11,623,975 citations

106,150

University of York7,863,403 citations

104,543

University of Leicester9,354,183 citations

104,489

University of Aberdeen7,868,600 citations

96,140

Lancaster University6,682,616 citations

87,918

University of Strathclyde4,640,460 citations

87,017

University of Reading5,412,929 citations

85,934

University of Sussex6,756,661 citations

83,362

University of Surrey4,370,237 citations

80,810

Loughborough University3,449,814 citations

79,420

University of St Andrews4,906,311 citations

78,688

London School of Economics and Political Science3,151,474 citations

76,012

University of Bath4,752,280 citations

73,964

University of East Anglia5,615,099 citations

72,361

Swansea University3,748,416 citations

63,573

University of Dundee7,311,995 citations

63,354

The Open University2,478,666 citations

55,151

University of Kent2,186,579 citations

54,549

Brunel University of London3,316,158 citations

51,792

University of Wales3,995,427 citations

51,440

University of Essex2,160,675 citations

48,867

University of Hull2,247,778 citations

46,937

Heriot-Watt University2,157,984 citations

46,069

Royal Holloway University of London3,948,501 citations

43,102

Northumbria University1,475,073 citations

42,710

University of Ulster2,325,682 citations

42,098

St George's, University of London5,467,684 citations

41,707

Highlights

Within United Kingdom, University of Oxford ranks first in 2026 with 625,854, followed by University of Cambridge (508,254) and University College London (498,578).

Across 50 entries, values run from 625,854 (University of Oxford) to 41,707 (St George's, University of London), with a median of 104,516.

Source: OpenAlex, institutional Publications, 2026. Unit: works.

Source: OpenAlex, institutional Publications · 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 625,854, followed by University of Cambridge (508,254) and University College London (498,578).

Across 50 entries, values run from 625,854 (University of Oxford) to 41,707 (St George's, University of London), with a median of 104,516.

Source: OpenAlex, institutional Publications, 2026. Unit: works.