Researchers at British Museum

1. 1Nick M. AshtonUnited Kingdom · #55,604 worldwide3.3k citations · 116 works
2. 2Diego TamburiniUnited Kingdom · #102,302 worldwide2k citations · 84 works
3. 3HAROLD B. MATTINGLYUnited Kingdom · #156,519 worldwide2.1k citations · 228 works
4. 4Caroline CartwrightUnited Kingdom · #201,018 worldwide2.3k citations · 115 works
5. 5Colin PattersonUnited Kingdom · #219,766 worldwide8.2k citations · 128 works
6. 6Kenneth Page OakleyUnited Kingdom · #223,550 worldwide2.3k citations · 132 works
7. 7Andrew OddyUnited Kingdom · #266,298 worldwide1.5k citations · 38 works
8. 8Michael J. HughesUnited Kingdom · #352,368 worldwide4.3k citations · 349 works
9. 9Paul CraddockUnited Kingdom · #376,532 worldwide2.8k citations · 147 works
10. 10Sidnie Milana MantonUnited Kingdom · #377,738 worldwide2.5k citations · 57 works
11. 11Rebecca J. StaceyUnited Kingdom · #428,304 worldwide1k citations · 39 works
12. 12T. C. SkeatUnited Kingdom · #441,304 worldwide1.1k citations · 66 works
13. 13R. A. SkeltonUnited Kingdom · #447,846 worldwide704 citations · 102 works
14. 14Morven N. LeeseUnited Kingdom · #447,949 worldwide2.4k citations · 61 works
15. 15Juliet Clutton–BrockUnited Kingdom · #451,517 worldwide6.2k citations · 156 works
16. 16Roger S. MilesUnited Kingdom · #463,685 worldwide1.7k citations · 43 works
17. 17Nigel MeeksUnited Kingdom · #480,699 worldwide1.8k citations · 54 works
18. 18Stuart NeedhamUnited Kingdom · #499,539 worldwide1.2k citations · 73 works
19. 19Joanne DyerUnited Kingdom · #556,214 worldwide1.8k citations · 69 works
20. 20R. D. BarnettUnited Kingdom · #573,707 worldwide1.3k citations · 111 works
21. 21Charles William AndrewsUnited Kingdom · #575,497 worldwide5k citations · 126 works
22. 22Jonathan N. TubbUnited Kingdom · #667,113 worldwide394 citations · 42 works
23. 23P. F. MattinglyUnited Kingdom · #718,095 worldwide1.2k citations · 72 works
24. 24John G. HurstUnited Kingdom · #735,404 worldwide471 citations · 50 works
25. 25C. R. CurdsUnited Kingdom · #791,185 worldwide2k citations · 52 works
26. 26Irving L. FinkelUnited Kingdom · #815,915 worldwide665 citations · 61 works
27. 27Seth M. N. PriestmanUnited Kingdom · #816,123 worldwide267 citations · 39 works
28. 28R. B. ParkinsonUnited Kingdom · #840,088 worldwide903 citations · 70 works
29. 29Jago CooperUnited Kingdom · #851,376 worldwide486 citations · 39 works
30. 30Gavin de BeerUnited Kingdom · #868,878 worldwide1k citations · 60 works
31. 31C. A. WrightUnited Kingdom · #879,534 worldwide2.4k citations · 100 works
32. 32I. D. GauldUnited Kingdom · #894,070 worldwide4.3k citations · 111 works
33. 33Abidemi Babatunde BabalolaUnited Kingdom · #907,427 worldwide360 citations · 26 works
34. 34H.W. ParkerUnited Kingdom · #921,157 worldwide1.4k citations · 84 works
35. 35William Andrew OddyUnited Kingdom · #927,635 worldwide535 citations · 48 works
36. 36Susan M. YoungsUnited Kingdom · #928,477 worldwide87 citations · 23 works
37. 37Alan J. CharigUnited Kingdom · #941,710 worldwide1.6k citations · 42 works
38. 38P. H. GreenwoodUnited Kingdom · #947,989 worldwide2.7k citations · 99 works
39. 39Roberta TomberUnited Kingdom · #981,032 worldwide693 citations · 50 works
40. 40W. J. ReesUnited Kingdom · #992,086 worldwide1.6k citations · 81 works
41. 41Susan La NieceUnited Kingdom · #1,048,144 worldwide462 citations · 52 works
42. 42John Michael PettittUnited Kingdom · #1,067,782 worldwide2.2k citations · 73 works
43. 43Andrew MiddletonUnited Kingdom · #1,076,780 worldwide1.2k citations · 54 works
44. 44Dominique CollonUnited Kingdom · #1,092,678 worldwide905 citations · 102 works
45. 45Keith MatthewsUnited Kingdom · #1,101,627 worldwide371 citations · 42 works
46. 46Mavis BimsonUnited Kingdom · #1,121,777 worldwide615 citations · 33 works
47. 47Beccy ScottUnited Kingdom · #1,142,426 worldwide729 citations · 40 works
48. 48C. J. O. HarrisonUnited Kingdom · #1,193,343 worldwide4.3k citations · 193 works
49. 49Jason HawkesUnited Kingdom · #1,206,826 worldwide233 citations · 76 works
50. 50Andrew BurnettUnited Kingdom · #1,215,105 worldwide1.1k citations · 83 works
51. 51Leslie E. WebsterUnited Kingdom · #1,227,405 worldwide589 citations · 48 works
52. 52David GaimsterUnited Kingdom · #1,294,766 worldwide632 citations · 79 works
53. 53R. J. DavisUnited Kingdom · #1,310,290 worldwide1.3k citations · 51 works
54. 54Ian M. SteadUnited Kingdom · #1,313,544 worldwide670 citations · 46 works
55. 55Vincent D. DanielsUnited Kingdom · #1,322,342 worldwide630 citations · 47 works
56. 56Nigel BarleyUnited Kingdom · #1,325,283 worldwide828 citations · 83 works
57. 57Kate FulcherUnited Kingdom · #1,339,337 worldwide148 citations · 22 works
58. 58Theresa ClayUnited Kingdom · #1,346,784 worldwide2.8k citations · 127 works
59. 59Peter Humphry GreenwoodUnited Kingdom · #1,361,290 worldwide2.9k citations · 62 works
60. 60Harold James PlenderleithUnited Kingdom · #1,375,119 worldwide478 citations · 28 works
61. 61Donald Max BaileyUnited Kingdom · #1,409,537 worldwide1.1k citations · 142 works
62. 62Duncan R. HookUnited Kingdom · #1,418,536 worldwide473 citations · 32 works
63. 63J. RamsbottomUnited Kingdom · #1,467,022 worldwide609 citations · 156 works
64. 64C. F. C. HawkesUnited Kingdom · #1,467,435 worldwide919 citations · 209 works
65. 65Catherine JohnsUnited Kingdom · #1,493,089 worldwide487 citations · 63 works
66. 66Janet AmbersUnited Kingdom · #1,516,639 worldwide1k citations · 57 works
67. 67G. O. EvansUnited Kingdom · #1,542,548 worldwide3.3k citations · 107 works
68. 68Michela SpataroUnited Kingdom · #1,553,172 worldwide455 citations · 76 works
69. 69Gordon B. CorbetUnited Kingdom · #1,562,949 worldwide3.8k citations · 80 works
70. 70Capucine KorenbergUnited Kingdom · #1,574,995 worldwide427 citations · 31 works
71. 71Susan BradleyUnited Kingdom · #1,597,342 worldwide390 citations · 35 works
72. 72Frederic G. KenyonUnited Kingdom · #1,601,274 worldwide786 citations · 108 works
73. 73Andrew MeekUnited Kingdom · #1,665,491 worldwide411 citations · 54 works
74. 74Derek A. WelsbyUnited Kingdom · #1,683,273 worldwide1.2k citations · 85 works
75. 75Robert J. DavisUnited Kingdom · #1,684,804 worldwide2.1k citations · 158 works
76. 76Jessie M. SweetUnited Kingdom · #1,706,054 worldwide66 citations · 18 works
77. 77Richard BurleighUnited Kingdom · #1,710,887 worldwide1k citations · 72 works
78. 78Thomas KielyUnited Kingdom · #1,710,922 worldwide224 citations · 29 works
79. 79Greg SmithUnited Kingdom · #1,738,288 worldwide474 citations · 79 works
80. 80Ian JenkinsUnited Kingdom · #1,751,407 worldwide625 citations · 23 works
81. 81Alan R. WoolleyUnited Kingdom · #1,770,959 worldwide5.8k citations · 34 works
82. 82Susan E. WalkerUnited Kingdom · #1,788,745 worldwide2.8k citations · 224 works
83. 83Alexandra VillingUnited Kingdom · #1,811,313 worldwide374 citations · 32 works
84. 84C. B. StringerUnited Kingdom · #1,814,968 worldwide1.4k citations · 23 works
85. 85Peter CrowcroftUnited Kingdom · #1,833,870 worldwide1.4k citations · 48 works
86. 86Ben BurtUnited Kingdom · #1,909,484 worldwide326 citations · 75 works
87. 87A. L. GrahamUnited Kingdom · #1,935,366 worldwide1.5k citations · 63 works
88. 88Howard A. BaylisUnited Kingdom · #1,940,146 worldwide5.6k citations · 294 works
89. 89C. W. Mackworth‐PraedUnited Kingdom · #1,943,592 worldwide611 citations · 59 works
90. 90Joe CribbUnited Kingdom · #1,946,445 worldwide301 citations · 33 works
91. 91Peter J. CallaghanUnited Kingdom · #1,982,632 worldwide243 citations · 27 works
92. 92Claude H. B. GrantUnited Kingdom · #1,988,634 worldwide643 citations · 61 works
93. 93Colin McEwanUnited Kingdom · #2,009,028 worldwide680 citations · 41 works
94. 94Neil WilkinUnited Kingdom · #2,010,940 worldwide351 citations · 27 works
95. 95Kim SloanUnited Kingdom · #2,020,442 worldwide187 citations · 41 works
96. 96H. I. BellUnited Kingdom · #2,022,086 worldwide980 citations · 210 works
97. 97Robert M. OrganUnited Kingdom · #2,022,168 worldwide668 citations · 46 works
98. 98Richard P. LaneUnited Kingdom · #2,040,982 worldwide2.7k citations · 82 works
99. 99V. DanielsUnited Kingdom · #2,083,765 worldwide381 citations · 30 works
100. 100N. B. MarshallUnited Kingdom · #2,093,955 worldwide1.4k citations · 74 works

Ranked on quality: the share of their papers in the world top 10% for their field and year, with output counting too. Affiliation is the institution a researcher publishes from most; identities come from OpenAlex author disambiguation.