Professor Peter Willett emerged top of a list of active UK academics in the information field, ranked by "h-index": an indicator of how frequently academics' papers are cited. Professors Nigel Ford and Steven Whittaker also ranked in the top 15. Reference: Oppenheim, C. (2007) "Using the h-index to rank influential British researchers in information science and librarianship." Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology , 58(2), 297-301.
The Information School at the University of Sheffield - Number One in the World for Library & Information Management (QS World University Rankings by Subject 2023)