Air Force Research Laboratory in the Stanford/Elsevier 2026 list
The Stanford/Elsevier list covers the top 2% most-cited scientists in each subfield. These are the people from this institution on at least one of its two rankings: career-long and single-year (citations from 2025).
93
researchers on the list
272
rank in United States
735
rank worldwide, of 38,384
Ranks by number of people on the list; we calculate them from the same data.
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| Name | Subfield | Career | Single-year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miracle, D. B. | Materials | 31 / 330,896 | 8 / 330,896 |
| Senkov, Oleg N. | Materials | 117 / 330,896 | 32 / 330,896 |
| Visbal, Miguel R. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 10 / 66,382 | 27 / 66,382 |
| Vaia, Richard A. | Polymers | 123 / 133,253 | 784 / 133,253 |
| DeWitt, Bryce Seligman | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 649 / 164,120 | 376 / 164,120 |
| Alarcon, Gene Michael | Information Systems | 332 / 19,463 | 119 / 19,463 |
| Garcia, Eloy | Industrial Engineering & Automation | 1,196 / 131,085 | 373 / 131,085 |
| Huang, Chaosong | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | 1,503 / 84,638 | 785 / 84,638 |
| Lyons, Joseph B. | Human Factors | 293 / 16,381 | 108 / 16,381 |
| Kahler, Stephen W. | Astronomy & Astrophysics | 775 / 58,202 | — |
| Urzay, Javier | Fluids & Plasmas | — | 438 / 58,297 |
| Pfeiffer, Carl C. | Networking & Telecommunications | 1,600 / 228,312 | 820 / 228,312 |
| Woodward, Christopher F. | Materials | 1,070 / 330,896 | 1,861 / 330,896 |
| Viggiano, Albert A. | Chemical Physics | 1,541 / 121,889 | — |
| Doman, David B. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 122 / 66,382 | 194 / 66,382 |
| Parthasarathy, Triplicane Triplicane A. | Materials | 1,178 / 330,896 | 3,585 / 330,896 |
| Rizzetta, Donald P. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 131 / 66,382 | 863 / 66,382 |
| Rangaswamy, Muralidhar | Networking & Telecommunications | 786 / 228,312 | 2,324 / 228,312 |
| Uchic, Michael D. | Materials | 1,346 / 330,896 | 3,835 / 330,896 |
| Bunning, Timothy J. | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | 1,197 / 177,859 | — |
| Siscoe, George L. | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | 1,681 / 84,638 | — |
| Soumekh, Mehrdad G. | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 346 / 140,272 | 1,671 / 140,272 |
| Cinibulk, Michael K. | Materials | 1,594 / 330,896 | — |
| Butler, Todd M. | Materials | — | 2,752 / 330,896 |
| Roy, Ajit K. | Materials | 1,740 / 330,896 | 3,052 / 330,896 |
| Gans, Michael J. | Networking & Telecommunications | 1,060 / 228,312 | — |
| Kimmel, Roger L. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 240 / 66,382 | 411 / 66,382 |
| Bolender, Michael A. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 243 / 66,382 | 977 / 66,382 |
| Edwards, Tim | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 264 / 66,382 | 249 / 66,382 |
| Hussain, Saber M. | Toxicology | 680 / 69,049 | 556 / 69,049 |
| Nikolaev, Pavel N. | Applied Physics | 4,571 / 323,282 | 5,154 / 323,282 |
| Maruyama, Benji | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | 2,164 / 177,859 | — |
| Islam, Ahmad E. | Applied Physics | — | 3,331 / 323,282 |
| Ahmadivand, Arash | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | 2,315 / 177,859 | — |
| Gordnier, Raymond E. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 366 / 66,382 | — |
| Eismann, Michael T. | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 762 / 140,272 | 1,673 / 140,272 |
| Szmulowicz, Frank | Applied Physics | 5,537 / 323,282 | — |
| Hollkamp, Joseph J. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 387 / 66,382 | 1,387 / 66,382 |
| Jauchem, James R. | Legal & Forensic Medicine | 86 / 15,674 | — |
| Casbeer, David Wellman | Industrial Engineering & Automation | — | 2,406 / 131,085 |
| Kerans, Ronald J. | Materials | 3,374 / 330,896 | — |
| Green, Andrew Joseph | Applied Physics | — | 4,349 / 323,282 |
| Varshney, Vikas | Materials | 6,598 / 330,896 | 5,912 / 330,896 |
| Susner, Michael A. | General Physics | — | 1,310 / 87,024 |
| Tuegel, Eric J. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 1,028 / 66,382 | 442 / 66,382 |
| Jata, Kumar V. | Materials | 3,918 / 330,896 | — |
| Farmer, Barry L. | Polymers | 2,347 / 133,253 | — |
| Guha, Shekhar | Optics | 1,099 / 83,504 | — |
| Chandler, Phillip R. | Industrial Engineering & Automation | 2,096 / 131,085 | — |
| Fotia, Matthew L. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 947 / 66,382 | 474 / 66,382 |
| Chabak, Kelson D. | Applied Physics | — | 4,994 / 323,282 |
| Carter, Campbell D. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 554 / 66,382 | 846 / 66,382 |
| Ombrello, Timothy M. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 809 / 66,382 | 478 / 66,382 |
| Morton, Scott A. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 569 / 66,382 | — |
| Spowart, Jonathan E. | Materials | 4,319 / 330,896 | — |
| Goldstein, Dennis H. | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 1,294 / 140,272 | 887 / 140,272 |
| Jessen, Gregg H. | Applied Physics | — | 5,582 / 323,282 |
| Pham, Khanh D. | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 1,242 / 140,272 | 1,549 / 140,272 |
| Gavrielides, Athanasios Tom | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 1,267 / 140,272 | — |
| Spottswood, Stephen Michael | Aerospace & Aeronautics | — | 584 / 66,382 |
| Altshuler, Edward E. | Networking & Telecommunications | 3,409 / 228,312 | — |
| Neal, Adam T. | Applied Physics | — | 6,451 / 323,282 |
| Gruber, Mark R. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 876 / 66,382 | 649 / 66,382 |
| Schumacher, Corey J. | Industrial Engineering & Automation | 2,797 / 131,085 | — |
| Rotman, Walter | Networking & Telecommunications | 3,870 / 228,312 | — |
| Gord, James R. | Optics | 1,554 / 83,504 | — |
| Sendeckyj, George P. | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 3,101 / 157,792 | — |
| Tsui, James Bao Yen | Networking & Telecommunications | 4,031 / 228,312 | — |
| Khot, Narendra S. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 900 / 66,382 | — |
| Wu, Bae Ian | Networking & Telecommunications | 4,102 / 228,312 | — |
| Hargus, William A. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 926 / 66,382 | — |
| Luke, Edward A. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 933 / 66,382 | — |
| Shay, Thomas M. | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 1,904 / 140,272 | — |
| Ferguson, Dale C. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 964 / 66,382 | — |
| John, Reji | Materials | 6,936 / 330,896 | — |
| Blake, William B. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 1,006 / 66,382 | — |
| Donbar, Jeffrey M. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 1,035 / 66,382 | — |
| Fugate, Robert Q. | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 2,086 / 140,272 | — |
| Lai, Shu T.F. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 1,081 / 66,382 | — |
| Jakubiak, Rachel | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 2,174 / 140,272 | — |
| Josyula, Eswar | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 1,124 / 66,382 | — |
| Rockwell, Benjamin A. | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 2,294 / 140,272 | — |
| Moore, Gerald T. | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 2,306 / 140,272 | — |
| Duggin, Michael J. | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 2,328 / 140,272 | — |
| Rankin, Brent A. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | — | 1,034 / 66,382 |
| Bisek, Nicholas J. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | — | 1,041 / 66,382 |
| Weintraub, Isaac E. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | — | 1,157 / 66,382 |
| Hopkins, Frank Kenneth | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 2,653 / 140,272 | — |
| Marcos, Frank A. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 1,378 / 66,382 | — |
| Rumi, Mariacristina | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 3,061 / 140,272 | — |
| Metcalf, Andrew J. | Optoelectronics & Photonics | — | 2,470 / 140,272 |
| Deaton, Joshua D. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | — | 1,531 / 66,382 |
| Garmann, Daniel J. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | — | 1,536 / 66,382 |
Source: Ioannidis JPA, Elsevier (2026). August 2026 data-update for "Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators". Mendeley Data, version 9. Licence CC BY-NC 3.0. doi:10.17632/btchxktzyw.9
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