Appalachian State University 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).
11
researchers on the list
1,148
rank in United States
4,213
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nieman, David Christopher | Sport Sciences | 472 / 41,112 | 300 / 41,112 |
| Ogwu, Matthew Chidozie | Plant Biology & Botany | — | 206 / 204,373 |
| Marland, Gregg H. | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | 649 / 84,638 | 784 / 84,638 |
| Whitehead, John C. | Economics | 471 / 54,592 | — |
| Jackson, Alecia Youngblood | Education | 1,396 / 115,687 | 861 / 115,687 |
| Cook, William J. | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 4,823 / 216,826 | — |
| Thompson, Martie P. | Criminology | 301 / 14,394 | — |
| Utter, Alan C. | Sport Sciences | 637 / 41,112 | — |
| McBride, Jeffrey M. | Sport Sciences | 689 / 41,112 | — |
| Smith, Caroline J. | Physiology | — | 374 / 26,472 |
| Schilbrack, Kevin | Religions & Theology | 134 / 11,748 | 82 / 11,748 |
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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