Faculty of Arts and Sciences 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).
58
researchers on the list
369
rank in United States
1,080
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nyhan, Brendan | Political Science & Public Administration | 124 / 27,183 | 31 / 27,183 |
| Wager, Tor Dessart | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 454 / 379,830 | 218 / 379,830 |
| Haxby, James V. | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 379 / 379,830 | 541 / 379,830 |
| Wu, Gang W. | Organic Chemistry | 125 / 188,664 | 146 / 188,664 |
| Heatherton, Todd F. | Experimental Psychology | 126 / 37,808 | 256 / 37,808 |
| Dotter, Aaron L. | Astronomy & Astrophysics | 461 / 58,202 | 110 / 58,202 |
| Caldwell, Robert R. | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 179 / 164,120 | 138 / 164,120 |
| Guerinot, Mary Lou | Plant Biology & Botany | 124 / 204,373 | 149 / 204,373 |
| McPeek, Mark A. | Ecology | 231 / 82,882 | 797 / 82,882 |
| Taube, Jeffrey S. | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 1,428 / 379,830 | 1,476 / 379,830 |
| Sacerdote, Bruce I. | Economics | 432 / 54,592 | 289 / 54,592 |
| Gilbert, John J. | Marine Biology & Hydrobiology | 160 / 54,545 | 557 / 54,545 |
| Thomasson, Amie L. | Philosophy | 93 / 14,569 | 38 / 14,569 |
| Whalen, Paul J. | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 1,918 / 379,830 | 4,801 / 379,830 |
| Stockmayer, Walter H. | Polymers | 341 / 133,253 | 1,221 / 133,253 |
| Mirica, Katherine A. | General Chemistry | 515 / 57,505 | 76 / 57,505 |
| Schaller, George Eric | Plant Biology & Botany | 849 / 204,373 | 536 / 204,373 |
| McClung, Charles Robertson | Plant Biology & Botany | 481 / 204,373 | 844 / 204,373 |
| Ditchfield, Robert | Chemical Physics | 866 / 121,889 | 922 / 121,889 |
| Viola, Lorenza | General Physics | 294 / 87,024 | 382 / 87,024 |
| Peterson, Kevin J. | Developmental Biology | 1,530 / 167,121 | 2,418 / 167,121 |
| Holmes, Richard T. | Ecology | 892 / 82,882 | — |
| Duchaine, Bradley C. | Experimental Psychology | 681 / 37,808 | — |
| Westwood, Sean Jeremy | Political Science & Public Administration | — | 450 / 27,183 |
| Carey, John M. | Political Science & Public Administration | 345 / 27,183 | 496 / 27,183 |
| Jerit, Jennifer | Political Science & Public Administration | — | 550 / 27,183 |
| Magilligan, Francis J. | Geography | 316 / 21,559 | 354 / 21,559 |
| Pavcnik, Nina | Economics | 992 / 54,592 | 839 / 54,592 |
| Mankin, Justin S. | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | — | 1,438 / 84,638 |
| Chaboyer, Brian C. | Astronomy & Astrophysics | 1,251 / 58,202 | — |
| Staiger, Douglas O. | Health Policy & Services | 327 / 23,941 | 143 / 23,941 |
| Bradley, Dwight C. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 1,466 / 108,013 | 1,367 / 108,013 |
| Lyall, Jason M.K. | Political Science & Public Administration | — | 709 / 27,183 |
| Lesk, Corey S. | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | — | 1,834 / 84,638 |
| Montgomery, David C. | Fluids & Plasmas | 882 / 58,297 | — |
| Hickox, Ryan C. | Astronomy & Astrophysics | — | 1,746 / 58,202 |
| Jackson, Brian Phillip | Environmental Sciences | 788 / 140,934 | — |
| Hughes, Russell P. | Organic Chemistry | 1,820 / 188,664 | — |
| Cottingham, Kathryn L. | Ecology | 1,751 / 82,882 | — |
| Blencowe, Miles P. | General Physics | 703 / 87,024 | 989 / 87,024 |
| Weaver, John B. | Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging | 888 / 129,561 | 1,742 / 129,561 |
| Chang, Luke J. | Neurology & Neurosurgery | — | 5,362 / 379,830 |
| Jack, Thomas P. | Plant Biology & Botany | 1,983 / 204,373 | — |
| Mucha, Peter J. | Fluids & Plasmas | — | 932 / 58,297 |
| Cantor, Robert S. | Chemical Physics | 2,848 / 121,889 | — |
| Özarslan, Mehmet Ali | General Mathematics | — | 840 / 76,268 |
| Lemal, David M. | Organic Chemistry | 2,889 / 188,664 | — |
| Onofrio, Roberto | General Physics | 1,141 / 87,024 | — |
| Wilcox, Dean E. | Toxicology | 821 / 69,049 | — |
| Pomerance, Carl | General Mathematics | 1,215 / 76,268 | — |
| Casana, Jesse | Archaeology | 400 / 21,336 | 193 / 21,336 |
| Lipson, Jane E.G. | Polymers | 1,773 / 133,253 | — |
| Chen, Celia Y. | Environmental Sciences | 1,883 / 140,934 | — |
| Gonzalez, Miguel I. | General Chemistry | — | 444 / 57,505 |
| Christy, Robert W. | Applied Physics | 7,267 / 323,282 | — |
| Perni, Robert B. | Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry | 1,372 / 120,621 | — |
| Granger, Richard H. | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 9,716 / 517,648 | — |
| Walsh, John E. | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 2,665 / 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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