California Institute of Technology Division of Engineering and Applied Science 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).
81
researchers on the list
303
rank in United States
821
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Váhala, Kerry J. | Optics | 13 / 83,504 | 7 / 83,504 |
| Seinfeld, John H. | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | 13 / 84,638 | 107 / 84,638 |
| Tropp, Joel A. | Networking & Telecommunications | 23 / 228,312 | 20 / 228,312 |
| Johnson, William L. | Applied Physics | 76 / 323,282 | 351 / 323,282 |
| Ames, Aaron D. | Industrial Engineering & Automation | 156 / 131,085 | 34 / 131,085 |
| Stuart, Andrew M. | Applied Mathematics | 56 / 23,982 | 21 / 23,982 |
| Vaidyanathan, Palghat P. | Networking & Telecommunications | 60 / 228,312 | 121 / 228,312 |
| Beck, James Leslie | Civil Engineering | 31 / 67,736 | 52 / 67,736 |
| Schneider, Tapio E. | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | 240 / 84,638 | 231 / 84,638 |
| Hassibi, Babak | Networking & Telecommunications | 104 / 228,312 | 868 / 228,312 |
| Phillips, Robert S. | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 626 / 216,826 | 391 / 216,826 |
| Colonius, Tim | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 25 / 66,382 | 16 / 66,382 |
| Roukes, Michael Lee | Applied Physics | 390 / 323,282 | 1,018 / 323,282 |
| Hajimiri, Ali | Electrical & Electronic Engineering | 63 / 133,072 | 138 / 133,072 |
| Dabiri, John O. | Fluids & Plasmas | 298 / 58,297 | 152 / 58,297 |
| Mead, Carver Andress | Applied Physics | 667 / 323,282 | 467 / 323,282 |
| Fultz, Brent T. | Applied Physics | 589 / 323,282 | 628 / 323,282 |
| Minnich, Austin Jerome | Applied Physics | 1,111 / 323,282 | 513 / 323,282 |
| Kasliwal, Rachna M. | Astronomy & Astrophysics | 924 / 58,202 | 505 / 58,202 |
| Bernardi, Marco | Applied Physics | 2,692 / 323,282 | 600 / 323,282 |
| Anandkumar, Anima | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 7,310 / 517,648 | 1,640 / 517,648 |
| Graham, Matthew J. | Astronomy & Astrophysics | — | 602 / 58,202 |
| Chen, Xie | Applied Physics | 3,310 / 323,282 | 670 / 323,282 |
| Caughey, Thomas K. | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 285 / 157,792 | 748 / 157,792 |
| Rosakis, Ares J. | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 293 / 157,792 | 1,532 / 157,792 |
| Heaton, Thomas H. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 746 / 108,013 | 1,017 / 108,013 |
| Dimotakis, Paul E. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 57 / 66,382 | 145 / 66,382 |
| Owhadi, Houman | Applied Mathematics | 364 / 23,982 | 147 / 23,982 |
| Ng, Nga Lee | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | — | 1,009 / 84,638 |
| Daraio, Chiara | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | 1,640 / 177,859 | 1,998 / 177,859 |
| Yang, Changhuei | Optics | 258 / 83,504 | 477 / 83,504 |
| Chung, Soon Jo | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 435 / 66,382 | 97 / 66,382 |
| Bruck, Jehoshua | Networking & Telecommunications | 522 / 228,312 | 2,055 / 228,312 |
| Roshko, Anatol | Fluids & Plasmas | 658 / 58,297 | 492 / 58,297 |
| Motrunich, Olexei I. | Applied Physics | 2,008 / 323,282 | 1,417 / 323,282 |
| Tai, Yuchong | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | 1,014 / 177,859 | — |
| Ravichandran, Guruswaminaidu | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 637 / 157,792 | 1,506 / 157,792 |
| Wu, Theodore Yaotsu | Fluids & Plasmas | 822 / 58,297 | 764 / 58,297 |
| Bellan, Paul M. | Fluids & Plasmas | 850 / 58,297 | 1,001 / 58,297 |
| Leonard, Anthony | Fluids & Plasmas | 880 / 58,297 | — |
| Hornung, Hans G. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 151 / 66,382 | 250 / 66,382 |
| Min, Jihong | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | — | 3,686 / 177,859 |
| Knowles, James K. | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 740 / 157,792 | 2,305 / 157,792 |
| Morgan, James J. | Environmental Sciences | 823 / 140,934 | — |
| Faber, Katherine T. | Materials | 1,541 / 330,896 | — |
| Chandy, K. Mani | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 2,412 / 517,648 | — |
| Arbabi, Ehsan | Optics | — | 469 / 83,504 |
| Allen, Thomas J. | Business & Management | 1,233 / 68,786 | — |
| Andrade, José E. | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | 789 / 82,760 | 1,366 / 82,760 |
| Sturtevant, Bradford | Fluids & Plasmas | 1,119 / 58,297 | — |
| Shepherd, Joseph E. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 212 / 66,382 | 192 / 66,382 |
| Effros, Michelle | Networking & Telecommunications | 1,137 / 228,312 | — |
| Schulman, Leonard J. | Computation Theory & Mathematics | 344 / 20,721 | 342 / 20,721 |
| Barr, Alan H. | Software Engineering | 297 / 24,083 | — |
| Hutzler, Nicholas R. | General Physics | — | 829 / 87,024 |
| Soriaga, Manuel P. | Energy | 2,185 / 371,959 | — |
| Anandkumar, Animashree | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 8,804 / 517,648 | 6,745 / 517,648 |
| Rosenbaum, Thomas F. | Applied Physics | 4,526 / 323,282 | — |
| Goodwin, David G. | Applied Physics | 4,620 / 323,282 | — |
| Bruno, Oscar P. | Applied Mathematics | 452 / 23,982 | — |
| Hall, John F. | Strategic, Defence & Security Studies | 221 / 32,161 | — |
| Abu-Mostafa, Yaser S. | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 4,415 / 517,648 | — |
| Xiang, Chengxiang | Energy | — | 6,203 / 371,959 |
| Coles, Donald E. | Fluids & Plasmas | — | 1,283 / 58,297 |
| Diallo, Mamadou S. | Environmental Sciences | 1,873 / 140,934 | — |
| Maslov, Konstantin I. | Optics | 900 / 83,504 | 1,278 / 83,504 |
| Rhim, Won-kyu | Applied Physics | 6,055 / 323,282 | — |
| Rutledge, David B. | Networking & Telecommunications | 2,225 / 228,312 | — |
| Hunt, Melany L. | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 1,801 / 157,792 | — |
| Niemeyer, Günter | Industrial Engineering & Automation | 2,367 / 131,085 | — |
| Sani, Ehsan Shirzaei | Biomedical Engineering | — | 1,537 / 74,543 |
| Cao, Rui | Optics | — | 1,363 / 83,504 |
| Scott, Ronald F. | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | 1,845 / 82,760 | — |
| Mok, Fai H. | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 1,549 / 140,272 | — |
| Broadwell, James Eugene | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 842 / 66,382 | 1,386 / 66,382 |
| Horie, Yu | Optics | — | 1,755 / 83,504 |
| Hadaegh, Fred Y. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 1,114 / 66,382 | 1,102 / 66,382 |
| Austin, Joanna M. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | — | 1,355 / 66,382 |
| Thomaschewski, Martin | Optoelectronics & Photonics | — | 2,585 / 140,272 |
| Hong, John H. | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 3,499 / 140,272 | — |
| Ji, Qingxin | Optoelectronics & Photonics | — | 2,640 / 140,272 |
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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