J. Craig Venter Institute 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).
12
researchers on the list
1,100
rank in United States
3,968
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gibson, Daniel G. | Developmental Biology | 1,508 / 167,121 | 626 / 167,121 |
| Nelson, Karen E. | Microbiology | 895 / 232,186 | 1,230 / 232,186 |
| Fouts, Derrick Eugene | Microbiology | 1,735 / 232,186 | 934 / 232,186 |
| Smith, Hamilton O. | Microbiology | 1,257 / 232,186 | 1,696 / 232,186 |
| Hutchison, Clyde A.I. | Developmental Biology | 1,659 / 167,121 | 1,766 / 167,121 |
| Lasken, Roger S. | Bioinformatics | 189 / 24,357 | 401 / 24,357 |
| Hagler, Donald J. | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 7,530 / 379,830 | 3,450 / 379,830 |
| Dupont, Christopher L. | Microbiology | — | 2,122 / 232,186 |
| Town, Christopher D. | Plant Biology & Botany | 1,877 / 204,373 | — |
| Craig Venter, J. | Developmental Biology | — | 3,241 / 167,121 |
| Nelson, Karen Elizabeth | Microbiology | — | 3,200 / 232,186 |
| Freire, M. Oliveira | Dentistry | — | 1,583 / 101,728 |
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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