Top universities in United Kingdom by research output (2026)

University of London is the most active research institution in United Kingdom, with 3,859 papers in the last 29 days.

Updated automatically every day. Data: 29 fully counted days, September 26, 2026 – October 24, 2026. Source: OpenAlex and PubMed.

Most active institutions in United Kingdom

Rank	Institution	Papers (29 days)	Per day
1	University of London	3,859	133
2	University College London	1,236	43
3	University of Oxford	1,012	35
4	University of Cambridge	653	23
5	Newcastle University	321	11
6	King's College London	145	5
7	University of Manchester	134	5
8	Imperial College London	126	4
9	University of Edinburgh	121	4
10	University of Birmingham	87	3
11	UK Research and Innovation	82	3
12	University of Bristol	74	3
13	University of Nottingham	34	1
14	University of Warwick	27	1
15	University of Southampton	27	1
16	University of Liverpool	23	1
17	University of Exeter	22	1
18	University of East Anglia	11	0
19	University of Glasgow	11	0
20	University of Leeds	8	0

This list includes institutions that were among the 200 most active in the world on at least one day. See all of United Kingdom's research or search any institution at the top of the page.