Division of Biology and Biological 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).
45
researchers on the list
446
rank in United States
1,354
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adolphs, Ralph | Experimental Psychology | 12 / 37,808 | 18 / 37,808 |
| Chan, David C. | Developmental Biology | 185 / 167,121 | 37 / 167,121 |
| McMahon, Andrew P. | Developmental Biology | 106 / 167,121 | 174 / 167,121 |
| Anderson, David J. | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 257 / 379,830 | 461 / 379,830 |
| Varshavsky, Alexander Ya | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 128 / 216,826 | 143 / 216,826 |
| Murray, Richard M. | Industrial Engineering & Automation | 30 / 131,085 | 98 / 131,085 |
| Davidson, Eric H. | Developmental Biology | 210 / 167,121 | 863 / 167,121 |
| Bronner, Marianne E. | Developmental Biology | 215 / 167,121 | 727 / 167,121 |
| Andersen, Richard A. | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 426 / 379,830 | 1,082 / 379,830 |
| Dickinson, Michael H. | Physiology | 25 / 26,472 | 32 / 26,472 |
| Sternberg, Paul W. | Developmental Biology | 384 / 167,121 | 634 / 167,121 |
| Patterson, Paul H. | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 857 / 379,830 | 2,060 / 379,830 |
| Rothemund, Paul W.K. | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | 534 / 177,859 | 461 / 177,859 |
| Björkman, Pamela J. | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 744 / 216,826 | 975 / 216,826 |
| Lester, Henry A. | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 1,810 / 379,830 | — |
| Zernicka-Goetz, Magdalena | Developmental Biology | 901 / 167,121 | 549 / 167,121 |
| Kennedy, Mary B. | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 1,840 / 379,830 | 3,493 / 379,830 |
| Glover, David Moore | Developmental Biology | 898 / 167,121 | 2,894 / 167,121 |
| Rothenberg, Ellen V. | Immunology | 837 / 176,292 | 1,001 / 176,292 |
| Meister, Markus | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 2,071 / 379,830 | 1,402 / 379,830 |
| Gradinaru, Viviana | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 7,551 / 379,830 | 1,328 / 379,830 |
| Newman, Dianne K. | Microbiology | 804 / 232,186 | 629 / 232,186 |
| Konishi, Masakazu | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 2,300 / 379,830 | — |
| Ismagilov, Rustem F. | Analytical Chemistry | 208 / 137,328 | 386 / 137,328 |
| Attardi, Giuseppe | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 1,361 / 216,826 | — |
| Guttman, Mitchell | Developmental Biology | 3,540 / 167,121 | 911 / 167,121 |
| Winfree, Erik | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 1,019 / 517,648 | 2,472 / 517,648 |
| Brokaw, Charles J. | Developmental Biology | 1,470 / 167,121 | — |
| Elowitz, Michael B. | Developmental Biology | 2,853 / 167,121 | 976 / 167,121 |
| Benzer, Seymour | Developmental Biology | 1,627 / 167,121 | 3,105 / 167,121 |
| Dunphy, William G. | Developmental Biology | 1,744 / 167,121 | — |
| Orphan, Victoria Jeanne | Microbiology | 1,479 / 232,186 | 1,447 / 232,186 |
| Hay, Bruce A. | Developmental Biology | 1,927 / 167,121 | — |
| Mayo, Stephen L. | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 2,481 / 216,826 | 1,993 / 216,826 |
| Lewis, Edward B. | Developmental Biology | 2,070 / 167,121 | — |
| Marks, Michael J. | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 5,754 / 379,830 | — |
| Rutishauser, Ueli | Neurology & Neurosurgery | — | 3,927 / 379,830 |
| Nolan, Trevor M. | Plant Biology & Botany | — | 2,052 / 204,373 |
| Chen, Hsiuchen | Developmental Biology | — | 2,439 / 167,121 |
| Chomyn, Anne | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 4,778 / 216,826 | — |
| Strauss, James H. | Virology | 1,143 / 79,508 | 1,414 / 79,508 |
| Bertani, Giuseppe | Virology | 1,183 / 79,508 | 871 / 79,508 |
| Pierce, Niles A. | Developmental Biology | — | 3,172 / 167,121 |
| Haig, David Mc K. | Veterinary Sciences | 734 / 72,388 | 1,063 / 72,388 |
| Qian, Lulu | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | — | 9,274 / 517,648 |
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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