IBM Research - Almaden 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).
41
researchers on the list
479
rank in United States
1,457
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flory, Paul J. | General Chemistry | 6 / 57,505 | 7 / 57,505 |
| Fagin, Ronald | Computation Theory & Mathematics | 19 / 20,721 | 104 / 20,721 |
| Miller, Robert D. | Polymers | 237 / 133,253 | — |
| Rugar, Daniel | Applied Physics | 720 / 323,282 | 2,376 / 323,282 |
| Scott, John Campbell | Applied Physics | 993 / 323,282 | — |
| Barker, John A. | Chemical Physics | 884 / 121,889 | 1,828 / 121,889 |
| MacFarlane, Roger M. | Applied Physics | 1,128 / 323,282 | 6,015 / 323,282 |
| Yang, Seehun | Applied Physics | 3,415 / 323,282 | 991 / 323,282 |
| Chen, An | Applied Physics | 2,264 / 323,282 | 1,012 / 323,282 |
| Stockmeyer, Larry J. | Computation Theory & Mathematics | 149 / 20,721 | 136 / 20,721 |
| Tam, Andrew C. | Applied Physics | 1,518 / 323,282 | 5,389 / 323,282 |
| Burr, Geoffrey W. | Applied Physics | 1,534 / 323,282 | 1,143 / 323,282 |
| Torrance, Jerry B. | Applied Physics | 1,827 / 323,282 | 7,356 / 323,282 |
| McLean, A. Douglas | Chemical Physics | 1,476 / 121,889 | 2,614 / 121,889 |
| Terris, Bruce D. | Applied Physics | 2,203 / 323,282 | — |
| Nesbet, Robert K. | General Physics | 607 / 87,024 | — |
| Mamin, H. Jonathon | Applied Physics | 2,494 / 323,282 | — |
| Niblack, Wayne | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 2,716 / 517,648 | — |
| Mohan, C. | Information Systems | 326 / 19,463 | — |
| Chuang, Tungjung | Chemical Physics | 2,548 / 121,889 | — |
| Rice, Julia E. | Chemical Physics | 2,608 / 121,889 | — |
| Shelby, Robert M. | Applied Physics | 3,698 / 323,282 | 6,321 / 323,282 |
| Volksen, Willie | Polymers | 1,296 / 133,253 | — |
| Mao, Jianchang | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 3,150 / 517,648 | — |
| Yannoni, Constantino S. | Chemical Physics | 2,718 / 121,889 | — |
| Chandra, Ashok K. | Computation Theory & Mathematics | 413 / 20,721 | — |
| Blaum, Mario | Networking & Telecommunications | 1,645 / 228,312 | 3,030 / 228,312 |
| Hafner, James Lee | General Mathematics | 1,181 / 76,268 | — |
| Beyers, Robert B. | Applied Physics | 4,883 / 323,282 | — |
| Beymer, David J. | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 4,278 / 517,648 | — |
| Farrow, Robin F.C. | Applied Physics | 5,235 / 323,282 | — |
| Pitera, Jed W. | Chemical Physics | — | 2,137 / 121,889 |
| Frommer, Jane E. | Applied Physics | 5,796 / 323,282 | — |
| Baglin, John E.E. | Applied Physics | 6,844 / 323,282 | — |
| Kay, Eric | Applied Physics | 7,027 / 323,282 | — |
| Jones, Barbara A. | Applied Physics | 7,354 / 323,282 | — |
| Sanders, Daniel P. | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 1,174 / 140,272 | 1,235 / 140,272 |
| Zimmerman, Thomas G. | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 7,799 / 517,648 | — |
| McCurley, Kevin S. | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 7,860 / 517,648 | — |
| Lenth, Wilfried | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 2,106 / 140,272 | — |
| Equitz, William H.R. | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 2,459 / 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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