Department of the Geophysical Sciences, The University of Chicago 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).
12
researchers on the list
1,100
rank in United States
3,968
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keith, David W. | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | 129 / 84,638 | 156 / 84,638 |
| Jablonski, David J. | Evolutionary Biology | 95 / 31,128 | 87 / 31,128 |
| Kidwell, Susan M. | Paleontology | 38 / 23,292 | 52 / 23,292 |
| Foote, Michael | Paleontology | 46 / 23,292 | 60 / 23,292 |
| Wyllie, Peter J. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 376 / 108,013 | 1,861 / 108,013 |
| Rowley, David B. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 514 / 108,013 | 576 / 108,013 |
| Raup, David M. | Paleontology | 102 / 23,292 | 95 / 23,292 |
| Macayeal, Douglas Reed | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | 589 / 84,638 | — |
| Richter, Frank M. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 705 / 108,013 | 1,626 / 108,013 |
| Grossman, Lawrence | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 978 / 108,013 | 1,777 / 108,013 |
| Ciesla, Fred J. | Astronomy & Astrophysics | 997 / 58,202 | 1,098 / 58,202 |
| Slater, Graham J. | Evolutionary Biology | — | 474 / 31,128 |
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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