Jet Propulsion Laboratory 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).
57
researchers on the list
373
rank in United States
1,097
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Simon, Marvin Kenneth | Networking & Telecommunications | 108 / 228,312 | 1,084 / 228,312 |
| Toth, Robert A. | Chemical Physics | 657 / 121,889 | — |
| Matsko, Andrey B. | Optics | 161 / 83,504 | 271 / 83,504 |
| Huang, John H. | Networking & Telecommunications | 466 / 228,312 | 1,370 / 228,312 |
| Njoku, Eni G. | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | 291 / 82,760 | 1,003 / 82,760 |
| Fielding, Eric Jameson | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 1,023 / 108,013 | 920 / 108,013 |
| Smrekar, Suz̀anne E. | Astronomy & Astrophysics | — | 1,138 / 58,202 |
| Klimeck, Gerhard | Applied Physics | 1,916 / 323,282 | 5,350 / 323,282 |
| Seraji, Hormayoun P.Arya Mehr Univ Of Technol | Industrial Engineering & Automation | 605 / 131,085 | 2,801 / 131,085 |
| Waters, Joseph William | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | 1,282 / 84,638 | — |
| Brown, Linda R. | Chemical Physics | 1,600 / 121,889 | — |
| West, Robert A. | Astronomy & Astrophysics | 1,310 / 58,202 | — |
| Ostro, Steven J. | Astronomy & Astrophysics | 1,492 / 58,202 | — |
| Divsalar, Dariush | Networking & Telecommunications | 810 / 228,312 | — |
| Moghaddam, Baback | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 2,073 / 517,648 | — |
| Vasquez, Richard P. | Applied Physics | 2,521 / 323,282 | 4,249 / 323,282 |
| Goldstein, Richard M. | Astronomy & Astrophysics | — | 1,939 / 58,202 |
| Vorpérian, Vatché | Electrical & Electronic Engineering | 430 / 133,072 | 1,835 / 133,072 |
| Chahat, Nacer E. | Networking & Telecommunications | 2,644 / 228,312 | 1,836 / 228,312 |
| Ting, David Z.Y. | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 556 / 140,272 | 969 / 140,272 |
| Romans, L. J. | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 2,727 / 164,120 | 4,430 / 164,120 |
| Madsen, Soren Nørvang | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | 906 / 82,760 | — |
| Hensley, Scott C. | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | 909 / 82,760 | — |
| Crippen, Robert E. | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | 1,317 / 82,760 | 1,898 / 82,760 |
| Durden, Stephen L. | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | 933 / 82,760 | — |
| Yeh, Cavour W.H. | Applied Physics | 5,292 / 323,282 | — |
| Smart, Marshall C. | Energy | 6,805 / 371,959 | 6,236 / 371,959 |
| Shao, Michael | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 776 / 140,272 | — |
| Fedors, Robert F. | Polymers | 1,894 / 133,253 | — |
| Back, Lloyd H. | Biomedical Engineering | 936 / 74,543 | — |
| Mehdi, Imran | Networking & Telecommunications | 2,332 / 228,312 | — |
| Gawronski, Wodeck K. | Industrial Engineering & Automation | 1,917 / 131,085 | — |
| Colavita, M. Mark | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 969 / 140,272 | — |
| Savchenkov, Anatoliy A. | Optics | 1,023 / 83,504 | 1,373 / 83,504 |
| Samoska, Lorene A. | Networking & Telecommunications | 2,552 / 228,312 | — |
| Chen, Curtis W. | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | 1,405 / 82,760 | — |
| Zak, Michail A. | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 2,125 / 157,792 | — |
| Leaver, Edward W. | Nuclear & Particle Physics | — | 3,548 / 164,120 |
| Cooper, Ken B. | Networking & Telecommunications | 2,836 / 228,312 | 4,515 / 228,312 |
| Huntsberger, Terry L. | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 6,571 / 517,648 | — |
| Werner, Robert A. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 617 / 66,382 | 587 / 66,382 |
| Wood, Charles | Energy | 4,838 / 371,959 | — |
| Hayati, Samad A. | Industrial Engineering & Automation | 2,499 / 131,085 | — |
| Katz, Ira | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 737 / 66,382 | — |
| Lay, Oliver P. | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 1,534 / 140,272 | — |
| Menzies, Robert T. | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 1,667 / 140,272 | — |
| Imbriale, William A. | Networking & Telecommunications | 4,107 / 228,312 | — |
| Schumaker, Bonny L. | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 2,349 / 140,272 | 1,352 / 140,272 |
| Mack, Leslie M. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 970 / 66,382 | 854 / 66,382 |
| Penner, Stanford S. | Energy | 7,652 / 371,959 | — |
| Harstad, Kenneth G. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 1,102 / 66,382 | — |
| Gat, Erann | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 11,829 / 517,648 | — |
| Redding, David C. | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 2,336 / 140,272 | — |
| Gürsel, Yekta | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 2,611 / 140,272 | — |
| Kendall, James M. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 1,347 / 66,382 | — |
| Maimone, Mark W. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 1,531 / 66,382 | 1,271 / 66,382 |
| Costa, L. Duarte | Optoelectronics & Photonics | — | 3,000 / 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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