Department of Plant & Microbial Biology 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).
13
researchers on the list
1,049
rank in United States
3,749
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somerville, Chris R. | Plant Biology & Botany | 26 / 204,373 | 267 / 204,373 |
| Taylor, John W. | Microbiology | 351 / 232,186 | 363 / 232,186 |
| Freeling, Michael R. | Developmental Biology | 673 / 167,121 | 709 / 167,121 |
| Buchanan, Bob B. | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 1,098 / 216,826 | 1,593 / 216,826 |
| Zambryski, Patricia C. | Plant Biology & Botany | 365 / 204,373 | — |
| Staskawicz, Brian J. | Plant Biology & Botany | 398 / 204,373 | 988 / 204,373 |
| Glass, N. Louise | Microbiology | 1,657 / 232,186 | 1,807 / 232,186 |
| Volkman, Loy E. | Virology | 891 / 79,508 | — |
| Komeili, Arash | Microbiology | 3,078 / 232,186 | — |
| Seed, Kimberley D. | Microbiology | — | 2,495 / 232,186 |
| Wildermuth, Mary C. | Plant Biology & Botany | 2,112 / 204,373 | — |
| Sjölander, Kimmen V. | Bioinformatics | 362 / 24,357 | — |
| Fischer, Robert L. | Plant Biology & Botany | 3,348 / 204,373 | — |
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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