Department of Microbiology, Genetics, & Immunology 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).
11
researchers on the list
1,148
rank in United States
4,213
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lenski, Richard E. | Evolutionary Biology | 50 / 31,128 | 85 / 31,128 |
| Pestka, James J. | Toxicology | 33 / 69,049 | 97 / 69,049 |
| Breznak, John A. | Microbiology | 1,986 / 232,186 | — |
| Marsh, Terence L. | Microbiology | 2,392 / 232,186 | — |
| Waters, Christopher M. | Microbiology | 3,122 / 232,186 | 2,011 / 232,186 |
| Reusch, Rosetta Natoli | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 4,086 / 216,826 | — |
| Walker, Edward D. | Tropical Medicine | 247 / 39,335 | 293 / 39,335 |
| Jensen, James B. | Mycology & Parasitology | 304 / 29,175 | — |
| Reddy, Chilekampalli Adinarayana | Microbiology | 3,514 / 232,186 | — |
| Kierszenbaum, Felipe | Mycology & Parasitology | 363 / 29,175 | — |
| Petroff, Margaret Greene | Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine | 2,090 / 105,735 | 2,075 / 105,735 |
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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