Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development 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).
16
researchers on the list
60
rank in Netherlands
3,173
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avelino, Flor | Science Studies | 91 / 5,303 | 16 / 5,303 |
| Worrell, Ernst | Energy | 483 / 371,959 | 396 / 371,959 |
| Klein Goldewijk, Kees | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | 901 / 84,638 | 319 / 84,638 |
| Runhaar, Hens A.C. | Urban & Regional Planning | 115 / 15,338 | 69 / 15,338 |
| van Rijnsoever, Frank J. | Science Studies | — | 50 / 5,303 |
| Patterson, James J. | Urban & Regional Planning | — | 105 / 15,338 |
| Shen, Li | Environmental Sciences | — | 1,455 / 140,934 |
| Rietkerk, Max | Ecology | — | 1,352 / 82,882 |
| Vermeulen, Walter J.V. | Environmental Sciences | 1,392 / 140,934 | 1,908 / 140,934 |
| Piscicelli, Laura | Environmental Sciences | — | 1,950 / 140,934 |
| Kramer, Gert Jan | Energy | 1,760 / 371,959 | 2,852 / 371,959 |
| Vervoort, Joost M. | Environmental Sciences | — | 2,111 / 140,934 |
| Calisto Friant, Martin | Environmental Sciences | — | 2,299 / 140,934 |
| Van Leeuwen, C. J. | Environmental Sciences | 1,209 / 140,934 | — |
| de Vries, Bert J.M. | Energy | 4,543 / 371,959 | — |
| Hoekman, Jarno | Pharmacology & Pharmacy | — | 3,385 / 166,116 |
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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