Carnegie Institution of Washington 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).
39
researchers on the list
500
rank in United States
1,525
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rosa, Lorenzo | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | — | 99 / 84,638 |
| Mysen, Bjørn O. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 114 / 108,013 | 288 / 108,013 |
| Boss, Alan Paul | Astronomy & Astrophysics | 109 / 58,202 | 551 / 58,202 |
| Hazen, Robert M. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 158 / 108,013 | 181 / 108,013 |
| Carlson, Richard Walter | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 185 / 108,013 | 512 / 108,013 |
| Grossman, Arthur R. | Plant Biology & Botany | 128 / 204,373 | 559 / 204,373 |
| Hauri, Erik H. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 193 / 108,013 | 318 / 108,013 |
| Berry, Joseph A. | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | 621 / 84,638 | 398 / 84,638 |
| Michalak, Anna M. | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | 882 / 84,638 | 404 / 84,638 |
| Dukes, Jeffrey S. | Ecology | 452 / 82,882 | 514 / 82,882 |
| Cody, George D. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 430 / 108,013 | 856 / 108,013 |
| Gall, Joseph G. | Developmental Biology | 927 / 167,121 | 1,203 / 167,121 |
| Chambers, John E. | Astronomy & Astrophysics | 378 / 58,202 | 640 / 58,202 |
| Fei, Yingwei | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 506 / 108,013 | 1,136 / 108,013 |
| Wang, Zhiyong | Plant Biology & Botany | 474 / 204,373 | 590 / 204,373 |
| Butler, Robert Paul | Astronomy & Astrophysics | 602 / 58,202 | 1,528 / 58,202 |
| Giuliani, Andrea | Geochemistry & Geophysics | — | 598 / 108,013 |
| Shirey, Steven B. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 753 / 108,013 | 904 / 108,013 |
| Wetherill, George W. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 781 / 108,013 | — |
| Brown, Donald D. | Developmental Biology | 1,471 / 167,121 | — |
| Briggs, Winslow R. | Plant Biology & Botany | 586 / 204,373 | 1,999 / 204,373 |
| Goncharov, Alexander F. | Applied Physics | 1,169 / 323,282 | 1,172 / 323,282 |
| van Keken, Peter E. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 896 / 108,013 | 1,693 / 108,013 |
| O'Leary, Marion H. | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 2,147 / 216,826 | 2,846 / 216,826 |
| Rumble, Douglas | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 1,309 / 108,013 | — |
| Zheng, Yixian | Developmental Biology | 2,195 / 167,121 | — |
| Boyd, Francis R. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 1,390 / 108,013 | — |
| Finger, Larry W. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 1,394 / 108,013 | — |
| Ehrhardt, David W. | Plant Biology & Botany | 1,304 / 204,373 | 3,680 / 204,373 |
| Zhao, Gang | Environmental Engineering | — | 632 / 68,664 |
| Fogel, Marilyn Louise | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 2,012 / 108,013 | 1,761 / 108,013 |
| Bryk, Anthony S. | Education | 970 / 115,687 | 1,683 / 115,687 |
| Prewitt, Charles T. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 2,219 / 108,013 | — |
| Barton, M. Kathryn | Plant Biology & Botany | 2,048 / 204,373 | — |
| Bhaya, Devaki | Microbiology | 3,551 / 232,186 | — |
| Ruggles, Tyler H. | Nuclear & Particle Physics | — | 2,335 / 164,120 |
| Burlacot, Adrien | Plant Biology & Botany | — | 3,151 / 204,373 |
| Strobel, Timothy A. | Applied Physics | — | 4,417 / 323,282 |
| Saunders, Harry D. | Energy | 4,922 / 371,959 | — |
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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