Collège de France 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).
37
researchers on the list
33
rank in France
1,600
rank worldwide, of 38,384
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| Name | Subfield | Career | Single-year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dehaene, Stanislas | Experimental Psychology | 6 / 37,808 | 8 / 37,808 |
| Mallat, Stéphane G. | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 24 / 517,648 | 62 / 517,648 |
| Lions, Pierre Louis | General Mathematics | 1 / 76,268 | 2 / 76,268 |
| Veneziano, Gabriele | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 28 / 164,120 | 95 / 164,120 |
| Fischer, Alain M. | Immunology | 113 / 176,292 | 235 / 176,292 |
| Derrida, Bernard | Fluids & Plasmas | 41 / 58,297 | 124 / 58,297 |
| Morbidelli, Alessandro | Astronomy & Astrophysics | 69 / 58,202 | 74 / 58,202 |
| Connes, Alain | General Mathematics | 27 / 76,268 | 108 / 76,268 |
| Henneaux, Marc | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 188 / 164,120 | 473 / 164,120 |
| Hublin, Jean Jacques | Anthropology | 9 / 10,039 | 11 / 10,039 |
| Grimaud, Alexis | Energy | 1,247 / 371,959 | 368 / 371,959 |
| Petit, Christine | Genetics & Heredity | 54 / 42,273 | 171 / 42,273 |
| Joanny, Jean François | Fluids & Plasmas | 108 / 58,297 | 291 / 58,297 |
| Combes, Françoise | Astronomy & Astrophysics | 246 / 58,202 | 361 / 58,202 |
| Berthoz, Alain | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 1,809 / 379,830 | 5,755 / 379,830 |
| Noziéres, Philippe | Applied Physics | 702 / 323,282 | 1,885 / 323,282 |
| Quintana-Murci, Lluís | Genetics & Heredity | 186 / 42,273 | 62 / 42,273 |
| Corvol, Pierre L. | Cardiovascular System & Hematology | 1,504 / 249,410 | — |
| Cohen-Tannoudji, Claude N. | General Physics | 263 / 87,024 | 700 / 87,024 |
| Lions, Jacques Louis | General Mathematics | 244 / 76,268 | 227 / 76,268 |
| Leroy, Xavier | Software Engineering | 75 / 24,083 | 146 / 24,083 |
| Le Pichón, Xavier | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 816 / 108,013 | 1,865 / 108,013 |
| Lecuit, Thomas | Developmental Biology | 1,497 / 167,121 | 1,374 / 167,121 |
| Rizzi, Luigi | Languages & Linguistics | 137 / 25,930 | 286 / 25,930 |
| Serre, Jean Pierre | General Mathematics | 239 / 76,268 | 310 / 76,268 |
| Récanati, François | Philosophy | 49 / 14,569 | 158 / 14,569 |
| Gowers, Timothy | General Mathematics | 354 / 76,268 | 347 / 76,268 |
| Nguyen, Geneviève | Cardiovascular System & Hematology | 2,765 / 249,410 | — |
| Giaume, Christian | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 5,670 / 379,830 | — |
| Tits, Jacques | General Mathematics | 508 / 76,268 | 714 / 76,268 |
| Schiró, Marco | Applied Physics | 6,120 / 323,282 | 1,965 / 323,282 |
| Biermann, Silke | Applied Physics | 3,168 / 323,282 | 4,275 / 323,282 |
| Besson, Samantha | Law | 101 / 18,707 | 175 / 18,707 |
| Andolina, Gian Marcello | Applied Physics | — | 2,641 / 323,282 |
| Rouach, Nathalie | Neurology & Neurosurgery | — | 6,420 / 379,830 |
| de Nardis, Jacopo | General Physics | — | 1,213 / 87,024 |
| Pourovskii, Leonid V. | Applied Physics | — | 5,463 / 323,282 |
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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