Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics 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).
9
researchers on the list
1,308
rank in United States
4,872
rank worldwide, of 38,384
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| Name | Subfield | Career | Single-year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Balents, Leon | Applied Physics | 83 / 323,282 | 41 / 323,282 |
| Langer, James S. | Fluids & Plasmas | 35 / 58,297 | 126 / 58,297 |
| Gross, David J. | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 84 / 164,120 | 156 / 164,120 |
| Zee, A. | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 191 / 164,120 | 541 / 164,120 |
| Shraiman, Boris I. | Developmental Biology | 787 / 167,121 | 973 / 167,121 |
| Paxton, Bill | Astronomy & Astrophysics | 1,523 / 58,202 | 685 / 58,202 |
| Savary, Lucile | Applied Physics | — | 2,368 / 323,282 |
| Einhorn, Martin B. | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 2,964 / 164,120 | — |
| Willett, Brian | Nuclear & Particle Physics | — | 4,091 / 164,120 |
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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