California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo 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).
23
researchers on the list
719
rank in United States
2,348
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brown, Greg Gordon | Urban & Regional Planning | 18 / 15,338 | 25 / 15,338 |
| Eslami, Mohammadreza | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 419 / 157,792 | 333 / 157,792 |
| Tomanek, Lars | Physiology | 388 / 26,472 | 111 / 26,472 |
| Phelan, Suzanne | Endocrinology & Metabolism | 1,289 / 100,693 | 997 / 100,693 |
| Foley, Janet Elizabeth | Veterinary Sciences | 159 / 72,388 | 174 / 72,388 |
| Ventura, Alison K. | Nutrition & Dietetics | 875 / 59,506 | 545 / 59,506 |
| Nakane, Paul K. | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 3,525 / 216,826 | — |
| Goel, Rakesh K. | Civil Engineering | 259 / 67,736 | 1,037 / 67,736 |
| Engle, Patrice L. | Nutrition & Dietetics | 754 / 59,506 | — |
| Pollard, Richard | Sport Sciences | 582 / 41,112 | 530 / 41,112 |
| Martinez, Andres W. | Analytical Chemistry | 865 / 137,328 | 894 / 137,328 |
| Fleischer, Amy S. | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 1,723 / 157,792 | 1,253 / 157,792 |
| Galos, J. L. | Materials | — | 3,175 / 330,896 |
| Hoger, Anne | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 1,207 / 157,792 | — |
| Chen, Leida | Information Systems | 375 / 19,463 | — |
| Greenlee-Wacker, Mallary C. | Immunology | — | 2,606 / 176,292 |
| Noori, Mohammad N. | Civil Engineering | — | 972 / 67,736 |
| Pinkel, Donald P. | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | 6,784 / 377,791 | — |
| Nayeri, Payam | Networking & Telecommunications | — | 2,439 / 228,312 |
| Jung, Stephanie | Food Science | 1,686 / 107,913 | — |
| Farkye, Nana Y. | Dairy & Animal Science | 986 / 78,455 | — |
| Jones, Terry L. | Archaeology | 389 / 21,336 | — |
| Moss, Robb Eric S. | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | 1,631 / 82,760 | — |
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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