IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center 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).
138
researchers on the list
179
rank in United States
488
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tersoff, Jerry | General Physics | 2 / 87,024 | 30 / 87,024 |
| Aggarwal, Charu C. | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 32 / 517,648 | 41 / 517,648 |
| Bravyi, Sergey B. | General Physics | 138 / 87,024 | 20 / 87,024 |
| Landauer, Rolf W. | Applied Physics | 165 / 323,282 | 314 / 323,282 |
| Chen, Pinyu | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 2,057 / 517,648 | 375 / 517,648 |
| Watrous, John | Computation Theory & Mathematics | 107 / 20,721 | 19 / 20,721 |
| Lang, Norton D. | Applied Physics | 410 / 323,282 | 5,710 / 323,282 |
| Welch, Peter D. | Networking & Telecommunications | 640 / 228,312 | 214 / 228,312 |
| Traub, Roger D. | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 1,659 / 379,830 | — |
| Sun, Jonathan Z. | Applied Physics | 600 / 323,282 | 1,465 / 323,282 |
| Tromp, Rudolf M. | Applied Physics | 621 / 323,282 | 2,735 / 323,282 |
| Megiddo, Nimrod | Computation Theory & Mathematics | 70 / 20,721 | 127 / 20,721 |
| Stern, Frank | Applied Physics | 815 / 323,282 | 4,435 / 323,282 |
| Hosking, Jonathan R.M. | Statistics & Probability | 154 / 24,695 | 193 / 24,695 |
| Bethune, Donald S. | Chemical Physics | 784 / 121,889 | 2,190 / 121,889 |
| Wu, Chai Wah | Electrical & Electronic Engineering | 92 / 133,072 | 1,230 / 133,072 |
| Tu, Yuhai | General Physics | 238 / 87,024 | 297 / 87,024 |
| Stathis, James H. | Applied Physics | 1,021 / 323,282 | 6,641 / 323,282 |
| Smith, John R. | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 934 / 517,648 | — |
| Wang, Shiqiang | Networking & Telecommunications | 1,848 / 228,312 | 465 / 228,312 |
| Tsai, Roger Y. | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 984 / 517,648 | 3,441 / 517,648 |
| DiMaria, Donelli J. | Applied Physics | 1,125 / 323,282 | — |
| Smolin, John A. | General Physics | 440 / 87,024 | 301 / 87,024 |
| Kephart, Jeffrey O. | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 1,099 / 517,648 | — |
| Chow, Jerry Moy | General Physics | 1,618 / 87,024 | 405 / 87,024 |
| Gutzwiller, Martin C. | General Physics | 426 / 87,024 | 764 / 87,024 |
| Tesauro, Gerald J. | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 1,568 / 517,648 | 9,082 / 517,648 |
| Schwarz, Klaus W. | General Physics | 478 / 87,024 | — |
| D'Heurle, François M. | Applied Physics | 1,872 / 323,282 | — |
| Kandala, Abhinav | General Physics | — | 479 / 87,024 |
| Motta, Mario | General Physics | — | 480 / 87,024 |
| Copel, Matthew C. | Applied Physics | 2,017 / 323,282 | — |
| Mooney, Patricia M. | Applied Physics | 2,138 / 323,282 | — |
| Grinstein, Geoffrey | General Physics | 559 / 87,024 | — |
| Burns, Gerald | Applied Physics | 2,250 / 323,282 | — |
| Eastman, Dean E. | Applied Physics | 2,265 / 323,282 | — |
| Frank, David J. | Applied Physics | 2,340 / 323,282 | 6,111 / 323,282 |
| Barahona, Francisco | Operations Research | 347 / 31,951 | — |
| Laux, Stephen E. | Applied Physics | 2,436 / 323,282 | — |
| LeGoues, Francoise K. | Applied Physics | 2,504 / 323,282 | — |
| Gokmen, Tayfun | Applied Physics | 5,174 / 323,282 | 1,801 / 323,282 |
| Matthews, J. W. | Materials | 1,466 / 330,896 | — |
| Demuth, Joseph E. | Applied Physics | 2,697 / 323,282 | — |
| Worledge, Daniel C. | Applied Physics | 2,721 / 323,282 | 2,799 / 323,282 |
| Heidelberger, Philip | Operations Research | 394 / 31,951 | — |
| Marcus, Paul M. | Applied Physics | 2,896 / 323,282 | — |
| Janak, James F. | Applied Physics | 3,015 / 323,282 | 5,378 / 323,282 |
| van den Berg, Ewout | General Physics | — | 715 / 87,024 |
| Solomon, Paul Michael | Applied Physics | 3,262 / 323,282 | — |
| Haight, Richard A. | Applied Physics | 3,550 / 323,282 | — |
| Hu, Chaokun | Applied Physics | 3,617 / 323,282 | — |
| Aviram, Ari | Applied Physics | 3,620 / 323,282 | — |
| Cross, Andrew W. | General Physics | — | 805 / 87,024 |
| Ketchen, Mark B. | Applied Physics | 3,670 / 323,282 | — |
| Millen, David R. | Human Factors | 261 / 16,381 | — |
| Linsker, Ralph | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 3,347 / 517,648 | — |
| Koch, Roger H. | Applied Physics | 4,002 / 323,282 | — |
| Chaudhari, Praveen | Applied Physics | 4,124 / 323,282 | — |
| Price, Peter J. | Applied Physics | 4,333 / 323,282 | — |
| Wittmer, Marc | Applied Physics | 4,400 / 323,282 | — |
| Winograd, Schmuel | Computation Theory & Mathematics | 416 / 20,721 | 435 / 20,721 |
| Jenkins, Keith A. | Applied Physics | 4,576 / 323,282 | — |
| Dennard, Robert H. | Applied Physics | 4,704 / 323,282 | 5,256 / 323,282 |
| Liu, Duixian | Networking & Telecommunications | 1,676 / 228,312 | — |
| Magesan, Easwar | General Physics | — | 1,003 / 87,024 |
| Kelly, Roger | Applied Physics | 4,881 / 323,282 | — |
| Colgan, Evan G. | Applied Physics | 5,002 / 323,282 | — |
| Gunawan, Oki | Applied Physics | — | 3,532 / 323,282 |
| Rossi, Francesca | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 4,348 / 517,648 | 10,345 / 517,648 |
| Angelopoulos, Marie | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 711 / 140,272 | — |
| Newns, Dennis M. | Applied Physics | 5,145 / 323,282 | — |
| Bisdikian, Chatschik C. | Networking & Telecommunications | 1,872 / 228,312 | — |
| Papadimitriou, Spiros | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 4,437 / 517,648 | — |
| Jutla, Charanjit S. | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 4,520 / 517,648 | — |
| Pandey, Kosal Chandra | Applied Physics | 5,539 / 323,282 | — |
| Ning, Tak H. | Applied Physics | 5,638 / 323,282 | — |
| Chang, Chinan | Applied Physics | 5,648 / 323,282 | — |
| Kang, Sung-kwon | Electrical & Electronic Engineering | 679 / 133,072 | — |
| Kuchta, Daniel M. | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 828 / 140,272 | 2,529 / 140,272 |
| Hamann, Hendrik F. | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 1,668 / 157,792 | — |
| Steffen, Matthias | General Physics | — | 1,206 / 87,024 |
| Mo, Y. W. | Applied Physics | 6,038 / 323,282 | — |
| Verma, Dinesh Chandra | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 5,149 / 517,648 | — |
| Nation, Paul D. | General Physics | — | 1,247 / 87,024 |
| Todorov, Teodor K. | Applied Physics | — | 4,367 / 323,282 |
| Connell, Jonathan H. | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 5,377 / 517,648 | — |
| Mezzacapo, Antonio | General Physics | — | 1,259 / 87,024 |
| Córcoles, Antonio D. | General Physics | — | 1,275 / 87,024 |
| Gopinath, Ramesh A. | Acoustics | 624 / 38,987 | — |
| Ismail, Khalid E. | Applied Physics | 6,468 / 323,282 | — |
| Jurcevic, Petar | General Physics | — | 1,315 / 87,024 |
| Romankiw, Lubomyr T. | Applied Physics | 6,806 / 323,282 | — |
| Lin, Yuming | Applied Physics | 6,837 / 323,282 | 7,321 / 323,282 |
| Yoder, Theodore J. | General Physics | — | 1,359 / 87,024 |
| Kirby, William M. | General Physics | — | 1,362 / 87,024 |
| McKay, David C. | General Physics | — | 1,363 / 87,024 |
| Hickmott, Thomas W. | Applied Physics | 6,926 / 323,282 | — |
| Tsang, James C. | Applied Physics | 6,950 / 323,282 | — |
| Saenger, Katherine L. | Applied Physics | 7,109 / 323,282 | — |
| Ludeke, Rudolf | Applied Physics | 7,185 / 323,282 | — |
| Brodsky, M. H. | Applied Physics | 7,262 / 323,282 | — |
| Sadhu, Bodhisatwa | Electrical & Electronic Engineering | 2,447 / 133,072 | 1,187 / 133,072 |
| Zafar, Sufi | Applied Physics | 7,353 / 323,282 | — |
| Shafer, Merrill W. | Applied Physics | 7,372 / 323,282 | — |
| Hampapur, Arun | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 6,342 / 517,648 | — |
| McGuire, Thomas R. | Applied Physics | 7,633 / 323,282 | — |
| Bobroff, Norman | Networking & Telecommunications | 3,020 / 228,312 | — |
| Visweswariah, Chandu | Design Practice & Management | 208 / 11,980 | — |
| Deutsch, Alina | Electrical & Electronic Engineering | 1,128 / 133,072 | — |
| Brand, Daniel | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 7,961 / 517,648 | — |
| Wolf, Joel L. | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 8,070 / 517,648 | — |
| Valdes-Garcia, Alberto | Electrical & Electronic Engineering | 1,261 / 133,072 | 1,567 / 133,072 |
| Agrawal, Dakshi | Networking & Telecommunications | 3,523 / 228,312 | — |
| Ando, Rie Kubota | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 8,428 / 517,648 | — |
| Bolle, Ruud M. | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 8,535 / 517,648 | — |
| Cornell, Wendy D. | Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry | 1,700 / 120,621 | — |
| Naghshineh, Mahmoud N. | Networking & Telecommunications | 3,812 / 228,312 | — |
| Horkans, Jean | Energy | 6,846 / 371,959 | — |
| Donath, Wilm E. | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 9,471 / 517,648 | — |
| Gupta, Anshul | Distributed Computing | 122 / 9,369 | — |
| Mintzer, Fred C. | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 1,832 / 140,272 | — |
| Srinivasan, Rangaswamy | General Chemistry | 884 / 57,505 | — |
| Jaffe, Jeffrey M. | Networking & Telecommunications | 4,273 / 228,312 | — |
| Wynne, James J. | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 1,897 / 140,272 | — |
| Plouchart, Jean Olivier | Electrical & Electronic Engineering | 1,500 / 133,072 | — |
| Rosen, Barry K. | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 10,572 / 517,648 | — |
| Tantawi, Asser N. | Networking & Telecommunications | 4,486 / 228,312 | — |
| Diao, Yixin | Networking & Telecommunications | 4,545 / 228,312 | — |
| Doany, Fuad E. | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 2,046 / 140,272 | — |
| Iyengar, Vijay S. | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 11,306 / 517,648 | — |
| Taubenblatt, Marc A. | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 2,203 / 140,272 | — |
| Liu, Jiuxing | Distributed Computing | 167 / 9,369 | — |
| Soyuer, Mehmet | Electrical & Electronic Engineering | 1,809 / 133,072 | — |
| Pepeljugoski, Petar K. | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 2,313 / 140,272 | — |
| Bulzacchelli, John F. | Electrical & Electronic Engineering | 1,866 / 133,072 | — |
| Knickerbocker, John U. | Electrical & Electronic Engineering | 2,024 / 133,072 | — |
| Rylov, Sergey V. | Electrical & Electronic Engineering | 2,650 / 133,072 | — |
| Zhang, Qi | Distributed Computing | — | 182 / 9,369 |
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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