George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical 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).
52
researchers on the list
404
rank in United States
1,206
rank worldwide, of 38,384
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| Name | Subfield | Career | Single-year |
|---|---|---|---|
| McDowell, David | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 40 / 157,792 | 81 / 157,792 |
| Kalidindi, Surya R. | Materials | 84 / 330,896 | 128 / 330,896 |
| García, Andrés J. | Biomedical Engineering | 43 / 74,543 | 129 / 74,543 |
| McDowell, Matthew T. | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | 926 / 177,859 | 403 / 177,859 |
| Qi, Hang Jerry | Materials | 1,369 / 330,896 | 296 / 330,896 |
| Peterson, George P.Bud | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 137 / 157,792 | 697 / 157,792 |
| Ku, David N. | Biomedical Engineering | 92 / 74,543 | 132 / 74,543 |
| Hatzell, Marta C. | Energy | 3,226 / 371,959 | 793 / 371,959 |
| Bair, Scott S. | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 200 / 157,792 | 886 / 157,792 |
| Chen, Yehwa | Industrial Engineering & Automation | 433 / 131,085 | 351 / 131,085 |
| Singhose, William E. | Industrial Engineering & Automation | 322 / 131,085 | 798 / 131,085 |
| Kumar, Satish | Polymers | 433 / 133,253 | 970 / 133,253 |
| Garimella, S. | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 349 / 157,792 | 728 / 157,792 |
| Liang, Steven Y. | Industrial Engineering & Automation | 699 / 131,085 | 612 / 131,085 |
| Zhou, Min | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 411 / 157,792 | 1,394 / 157,792 |
| Jiao, Roger (Roger) | Operations Research | 193 / 31,951 | 397 / 31,951 |
| Young, Aaron J. | Biomedical Engineering | 1,484 / 74,543 | 248 / 74,543 |
| Yavari, Arash | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 849 / 157,792 | 689 / 157,792 |
| Glezer, Ari | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 101 / 66,382 | 246 / 66,382 |
| Book, Wayne J. | Industrial Engineering & Automation | 584 / 131,085 | — |
| Lee, Seungwoo | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | 2,797 / 177,859 | 2,703 / 177,859 |
| Singh, Ankur | Biomedical Engineering | 784 / 74,543 | 300 / 74,543 |
| Joshi, Yogendra K. | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 696 / 157,792 | 1,662 / 157,792 |
| Lee, Kok-Meng Meng | Industrial Engineering & Automation | 766 / 131,085 | 2,512 / 131,085 |
| Kim, Jin Yeon F. | Acoustics | 245 / 38,987 | 321 / 38,987 |
| Sawicki, Gregory S. | Biomedical Engineering | 1,317 / 74,543 | 493 / 74,543 |
| Salant, Richard F. | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 986 / 157,792 | 2,388 / 157,792 |
| Neu, Rick W. | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 1,056 / 157,792 | 1,531 / 157,792 |
| Leamy, Michael J. | Design Practice & Management | 77 / 11,980 | 183 / 11,980 |
| Seepersad, Carolyn Conner | Design Practice & Management | 80 / 11,980 | 110 / 11,980 |
| Arvanitis, Costas D. | Acoustics | — | 330 / 38,987 |
| Winer, Ward O. | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 1,214 / 157,792 | — |
| Melkote, Shreyes N. | Industrial Engineering & Automation | 1,877 / 131,085 | 1,703 / 131,085 |
| Bras, Bert A. | Design Practice & Management | 91 / 11,980 | — |
| Cunefare, Kenneth A. | Acoustics | 425 / 38,987 | — |
| Jeter, Sheldon M. | Energy | 2,580 / 371,959 | — |
| Zhu, Ting | Materials | 6,954 / 330,896 | 4,574 / 330,896 |
| Colton, Jonathan S. | Polymers | 1,738 / 133,253 | — |
| Johnson, W. Steven | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 1,719 / 157,792 | — |
| Sabra, Karim Ghazi | Acoustics | 623 / 38,987 | 497 / 38,987 |
| Jacobs, Laurence J. | Acoustics | 604 / 38,987 | — |
| Kurfess, Thomas R. | Industrial Engineering & Automation | 1,870 / 131,085 | — |
| Ghiaasiaan, S. Mostafa | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 1,932 / 157,792 | — |
| Sadegh, Nader | Industrial Engineering & Automation | 2,003 / 131,085 | — |
| Lipkin, Harvey | Design Practice & Management | 183 / 11,980 | — |
| Ferri, Aldo A. | Acoustics | 750 / 38,987 | — |
| Abdel-Khalik, Said I. | Energy | 4,751 / 371,959 | — |
| Hu, Yuhang | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | — | 2,958 / 157,792 |
| Black, William Z. | Energy | 5,328 / 371,959 | — |
| Choi, Seungkyum | Design Practice & Management | — | 215 / 11,980 |
| la Pierre, Henry S. | Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry | — | 1,612 / 86,991 |
| Kalaitzidou, Kyriaki | Materials | 6,889 / 330,896 | — |
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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