Cornell University College of Engineering 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).
149
researchers on the list
162
rank in United States
439
rank worldwide, of 38,384
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| Name | Subfield | Career | Single-year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pope, Stephen B. | Energy | 25 / 371,959 | 170 / 371,959 |
| Giannelis, Emmanuel P. | Materials | 33 / 330,896 | 492 / 330,896 |
| Williamson, Charles H.K. | Fluids & Plasmas | 34 / 58,297 | 20 / 58,297 |
| Wise, Frank W. | Optics | 37 / 83,504 | 67 / 83,504 |
| Jena, Debdeep | Applied Physics | 539 / 323,282 | 274 / 323,282 |
| You, Fengqi | Chemical Engineering | 140 / 97,821 | 83 / 97,821 |
| Brutsaert, Wilfried H. | Environmental Engineering | 53 / 68,664 | 171 / 68,664 |
| Archer, Lynden A. | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | 271 / 177,859 | 666 / 177,859 |
| Jiang, Shaoyi | Chemical Physics | 409 / 121,889 | 262 / 121,889 |
| Lammerding, Jan | Developmental Biology | 1,570 / 167,121 | 411 / 167,121 |
| Flanagan, Eanna Ẽ. | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 368 / 164,120 | 291 / 164,120 |
| Lumley, John L. | Fluids & Plasmas | 154 / 58,297 | 179 / 58,297 |
| Chiang, Hsiaodong | Energy | 285 / 371,959 | 1,287 / 371,959 |
| Grüner, Sol Michael Michael | Biophysics | 40 / 21,025 | 113 / 21,025 |
| Ober, Christopher K. | Polymers | 206 / 133,253 | 404 / 133,253 |
| Tong, Lang | Networking & Telecommunications | 232 / 228,312 | 2,015 / 228,312 |
| Koch, Donald Lyle | Fluids & Plasmas | 255 / 58,297 | 548 / 58,297 |
| Brito, Ilana Lauren | Microbiology | — | 554 / 232,186 |
| Sethna, James P. | Applied Physics | 741 / 323,282 | 923 / 323,282 |
| Shvets, Gennady B. | Optics | 133 / 83,504 | 426 / 83,504 |
| Krishnamurthy, Vikram | Networking & Telecommunications | 269 / 228,312 | 704 / 228,312 |
| Gadikota, Greeshma | Energy | 3,412 / 371,959 | 921 / 371,959 |
| Ruppert, David | Statistics & Probability | 153 / 24,695 | 333 / 24,695 |
| Monticone, Francesco | Networking & Telecommunications | 1,056 / 228,312 | 353 / 228,312 |
| Grigoriu, Mircea Dan | Civil Engineering | 71 / 67,736 | 277 / 67,736 |
| Barthelmie, Rebecca J. | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | 815 / 84,638 | 707 / 84,638 |
| Jenkins, James T. | Fluids & Plasmas | 307 / 58,297 | 859 / 58,297 |
| Smilgies, Detlef Matthias | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | 520 / 177,859 | 1,775 / 177,859 |
| Csâki, Csaba | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 696 / 164,120 | 2,386 / 164,120 |
| Abbott, Nicholas Lawrence | Chemical Physics | 891 / 121,889 | 1,422 / 121,889 |
| Shuler, Michael Louis | Biotechnology | 115 / 69,700 | 375 / 69,700 |
| Wiesner, Ulrich B. | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | 578 / 177,859 | — |
| Kelley, Michael C. | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | 752 / 84,638 | 1,656 / 84,638 |
| Balluffi, Robert Weierter | Materials | 668 / 330,896 | 3,487 / 330,896 |
| Hui, Chung Yuen | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 362 / 157,792 | 1,046 / 157,792 |
| McLaskey, Gregory C. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | — | 785 / 108,013 |
| Wang, Z. Jane | Fluids & Plasmas | 607 / 58,297 | 410 / 58,297 |
| Phoenix, Stuart Leigh | Materials | 843 / 330,896 | — |
| Kulhawy, Fred H. | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | 308 / 82,760 | 810 / 82,760 |
| Wang, Yi Angela Ming | Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging | 412 / 129,561 | 1,368 / 129,561 |
| Helbling, Damian E. | Environmental Sciences | 1,192 / 140,934 | 1,377 / 140,934 |
| Eastman, Lester F. | Applied Physics | 1,708 / 323,282 | — |
| Escobedo, Fernando A. | Chemical Physics | 1,427 / 121,889 | — |
| Ruoff, Arthur L. | Applied Physics | 1,775 / 323,282 | — |
| Putnam, David A. | Pharmacology & Pharmacy | 579 / 166,116 | 3,311 / 166,116 |
| MacMartin, Douglas G. | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | — | 1,417 / 84,638 |
| Dufresne, Eric R. | General Physics | 994 / 87,024 | 448 / 87,024 |
| Dastan, Davoud | Materials | 1,665 / 330,896 | 1,615 / 330,896 |
| Tian, Zhiting | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | 2,756 / 177,859 | 2,743 / 177,859 |
| Jirka, Gerhard H. | Environmental Engineering | 336 / 68,664 | — |
| Warhaft, Zellman | Fluids & Plasmas | 695 / 58,297 | — |
| Resnick, Sidney I. | Statistics & Probability | 333 / 24,695 | — |
| Buhrman, Robert A. | Applied Physics | 2,023 / 323,282 | 2,390 / 323,282 |
| O'Rourke, Thomas Denis | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | 410 / 82,760 | 1,183 / 82,760 |
| Todd, Michael J. | Operations Research | 290 / 31,951 | — |
| Frazier, Peter I. | Operations Research | — | 329 / 31,951 |
| Leibovich, Sidney | Fluids & Plasmas | 821 / 58,297 | 1,018 / 58,297 |
| Sayarshad, Hamid Reza | Logistics & Transportation | — | 324 / 32,287 |
| Rana, Farhan | Applied Physics | 2,269 / 323,282 | 3,209 / 323,282 |
| Rand, Richard H. | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 669 / 157,792 | — |
| Stroock, Abraham Duncan | Chemical Physics | 1,757 / 121,889 | 1,811 / 121,889 |
| Williamson, David P. | Computation Theory & Mathematics | 225 / 20,721 | 151 / 20,721 |
| Zhang, Lenan | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | — | 3,479 / 177,859 |
| Daziano, Ricardo A. | Logistics & Transportation | 448 / 32,287 | 339 / 32,287 |
| van Dover, Robert Bruce | Applied Physics | 2,451 / 323,282 | — |
| Dawson, Paul R. | Materials | 1,366 / 330,896 | — |
| de Vlaminck, Iwijn | Developmental Biology | — | 2,014 / 167,121 |
| Gossett, James M. | Microbiology | 2,534 / 232,186 | — |
| Fennie, Craig J. | Applied Physics | 2,724 / 323,282 | 1,960 / 323,282 |
| Avedisian, Charles Thomas | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 804 / 157,792 | 3,140 / 157,792 |
| Benedek, Nicole A. | Materials | 3,449 / 330,896 | 2,459 / 330,896 |
| Hanrath, Tobias | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | 1,336 / 177,859 | — |
| Wang, Tianyu | Optoelectronics & Photonics | — | 285 / 140,272 |
| Vliet, Krystyn J.Van | Materials | 1,597 / 330,896 | 4,297 / 330,896 |
| Turnbull, Bruce W. | Statistics & Probability | 481 / 24,695 | — |
| Arias, Tomás A. | Applied Physics | 2,915 / 323,282 | 3,654 / 323,282 |
| Tang, Chung L. | Applied Physics | 2,988 / 323,282 | — |
| Hartman, Thomas | Nuclear & Particle Physics | — | 1,679 / 164,120 |
| Perelstein, Maxim | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 2,130 / 164,120 | — |
| Tester, Jefferson William | Chemical Engineering | 595 / 97,821 | 1,079 / 97,821 |
| Reed, Patrick M. | Environmental Engineering | 967 / 68,664 | 731 / 68,664 |
| Yasuda, Kenji | General Physics | — | 741 / 87,024 |
| Wang, Yadong | Biomedical Engineering | 751 / 74,543 | 537 / 74,543 |
| Ajagekar, Akshay | Energy | — | 4,017 / 371,959 |
| Thorne, Robert E. | Applied Physics | 3,676 / 323,282 | — |
| Webb, Watt W. | Optics | 584 / 83,504 | — |
| Wicker, Stephen B. | Networking & Telecommunications | 1,303 / 228,312 | — |
| Rivera, Nicholas | Optoelectronics & Photonics | — | 412 / 140,272 |
| Butcher, Jonathan Talbot | Biomedical Engineering | 630 / 74,543 | 945 / 74,543 |
| Gu, April Z. | Environmental Engineering | — | 895 / 68,664 |
| Kim, Eunah | Applied Physics | 4,547 / 323,282 | 2,776 / 323,282 |
| Schaffer, Chris B. | Optics | 646 / 83,504 | 695 / 83,504 |
| Albonesi, David H. | Computer Hardware & Architecture | 137 / 21,014 | — |
| Tiwari, Sandip | Applied Physics | 4,174 / 323,282 | — |
| Topaloglu, Huseyin | Operations Research | 600 / 31,951 | — |
| Holmes, N. G. | Education | — | 2,167 / 115,687 |
| Bonassar, Lawrence J. | Biomedical Engineering | 723 / 74,543 | 977 / 74,543 |
| Garcia, Ephrahim | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 609 / 140,272 | — |
| Zehnder, Alan T. | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 1,344 / 157,792 | 3,574 / 157,792 |
| Muckstadt, John A. | Operations Research | 638 / 31,951 | — |
| Silcox, John | Applied Physics | 4,751 / 323,282 | — |
| Zhang, Max Max | Energy | 5,748 / 371,959 | 5,629 / 371,959 |
| Philpot, William D. | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | 968 / 82,760 | — |
| Chandra, Subhash | Microscopy | 50 / 4,178 | — |
| McAllister, Liam | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 3,375 / 164,120 | — |
| Goldfarb, Jillian L. | Energy | 4,919 / 371,959 | 6,272 / 371,959 |
| Dieckmann, Ruediger | Applied Physics | 5,384 / 323,282 | — |
| LeClair, André | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 3,521 / 164,120 | — |
| Li, Wenshen | Applied Physics | — | 3,811 / 323,282 |
| Turnquist, Mark A. | Logistics & Transportation | 410 / 32,287 | — |
| Mathew, Kiran | Physical Chemistry | — | 726 / 44,088 |
| Galelli, Stefano | Environmental Engineering | — | 1,322 / 68,664 |
| Kirkland, Earl J. | Microscopy | 57 / 4,178 | 73 / 4,178 |
| Liggett, James A. | Environmental Engineering | 1,202 / 68,664 | — |
| Chowdhury, Debanjan | Applied Physics | — | 4,413 / 323,282 |
| Nozick, Linda K. | Strategic, Defence & Security Studies | 288 / 32,161 | — |
| Jian, Chaoming | Applied Physics | — | 4,649 / 323,282 |
| Baker, Shefford P. | Materials | 3,793 / 330,896 | — |
| Salari, Ali | Energy | — | 8,041 / 371,959 |
| Fatemi, Valla | Applied Physics | — | 4,833 / 323,282 |
| Joo, Yong L. | Polymers | 2,395 / 133,253 | — |
| Nomoto, Kazuki | Applied Physics | — | 5,012 / 323,282 |
| Olbricht, William L. | Chemical Engineering | 1,483 / 97,821 | — |
| Fuchs, Gregory David | Applied Physics | — | 5,075 / 323,282 |
| Servetto, Sergio D. | Networking & Telecommunications | 2,861 / 228,312 | — |
| Afridi, Khurram Khan | Electrical & Electronic Engineering | 1,434 / 133,072 | 1,278 / 133,072 |
| Desjardins, Olivier | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 2,630 / 157,792 | 2,739 / 157,792 |
| Antaki, James F. | Biomedical Engineering | 1,242 / 74,543 | — |
| Ferrari, Silvia | Industrial Engineering & Automation | 2,304 / 131,085 | — |
| Gouldin, Frederick C. | Energy | 4,844 / 371,959 | — |
| Hieber, Cornelius A. | Polymers | 2,684 / 133,253 | — |
| Katz, Or | General Physics | — | 1,589 / 87,024 |
| DeLisa, Matthew P. | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | — | 4,062 / 216,826 |
| Fischbach, Claudia | Biomedical Engineering | 1,309 / 74,543 | — |
| Harriott, Peter | Chemical Engineering | 1,729 / 97,821 | — |
| Booker, Jack F. | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 2,387 / 157,792 | — |
| Gupta, Udit | Computer Hardware & Architecture | — | 215 / 21,014 |
| Amsler, Maximilian | Materials | 4,758 / 330,896 | — |
| Kirby, Brian J. | Analytical Chemistry | 2,653 / 137,328 | — |
| Varner, Jeffrey D. | Biotechnology | 1,377 / 69,700 | — |
| Wagner, Aaron B. | Networking & Telecommunications | 4,378 / 228,312 | — |
| Sass, Stephen L. | Materials | 7,160 / 330,896 | — |
| Moore, Franklin K. | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 3,519 / 157,792 | — |
| Mehta, Karan Kartik | Optoelectronics & Photonics | — | 1,466 / 140,272 |
| Chen, Yudong | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 11,751 / 517,648 | — |
| Voelcker, Herbert B. | Networking & Telecommunications | 5,011 / 228,312 | — |
| Savransky, Dmitry | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 2,301 / 140,272 | — |
| Zhong, Yu | General Chemistry | — | 1,008 / 57,505 |
| Vavagiakis, Eve M. | Optoelectronics & Photonics | — | 2,674 / 140,272 |
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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