College of Letters & 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).
27
researchers on the list
657
rank in United States
2,081
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sprott, Julien Clinton | Fluids & Plasmas | 49 / 58,297 | 51 / 58,297 |
| Saffman, Mark E. | General Physics | 149 / 87,024 | 73 / 87,024 |
| Tjian, Robert T. | Developmental Biology | 404 / 167,121 | 2,125 / 167,121 |
| Barger, Vernon D. | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 143 / 164,120 | 2,516 / 164,120 |
| Hooper, Dan W. | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 202 / 164,120 | 579 / 164,120 |
| Halzen, Francis | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 251 / 164,120 | 650 / 164,120 |
| Balantekin, A. B. | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 754 / 164,120 | 968 / 164,120 |
| Zweibel, Ellen G. | Astronomy & Astrophysics | 789 / 58,202 | 958 / 58,202 |
| Werblin, Frank S. | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 3,349 / 379,830 | — |
| Walker, Thad G. | General Physics | 362 / 87,024 | 334 / 87,024 |
| Chung, Daniel J.H. | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 1,281 / 164,120 | 899 / 164,120 |
| Boldyrev, Stanislav A. | Astronomy & Astrophysics | 1,031 / 58,202 | 1,046 / 58,202 |
| Wu, Saulan | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 1,866 / 164,120 | 1,076 / 164,120 |
| Heinz, Sebastian | Astronomy & Astrophysics | 1,239 / 58,202 | — |
| Adesnik, Hillel | Neurology & Neurosurgery | — | 3,248 / 379,830 |
| Fang, Ke | Nuclear & Particle Physics | — | 1,196 / 164,120 |
| Bergmann, Uwe | Chemical Physics | 1,641 / 121,889 | 1,369 / 121,889 |
| Gilbert, Pupa U.P.A. | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | 2,317 / 177,859 | 3,495 / 177,859 |
| Darzacq, Xavier | Developmental Biology | — | 2,026 / 167,121 |
| Shiu, Gary | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 1,961 / 164,120 | 2,759 / 164,120 |
| Joynt, Robert J. | Applied Physics | 2,923 / 323,282 | — |
| Egedal, Jan | Fluids & Plasmas | — | 895 / 58,297 |
| Friesen, Mark G. | Applied Physics | 4,193 / 323,282 | — |
| Bai, Yang | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 3,500 / 164,120 | 2,236 / 164,120 |
| Hashimoto, Akikazu | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 3,197 / 164,120 | — |
| Durand, Loyal | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 3,507 / 164,120 | — |
| Graham, Trent Michael | Optics | — | 1,722 / 83,504 |
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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