Montana State University 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).
53
researchers on the list
395
rank in United States
1,185
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cornish, Neil J. | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 117 / 164,120 | 17 / 164,120 |
| Strobel, Gary Allan | Microbiology | 231 / 232,186 | 353 / 232,186 |
| Creel, Scott R. | Ecology | 257 / 82,882 | 364 / 82,882 |
| Kalinowski, Steven T. | Evolutionary Biology | 175 / 31,128 | 167 / 31,128 |
| Reines, Amy E. | Astronomy & Astrophysics | — | 594 / 58,202 |
| Quinn, Mark T. | Immunology | 1,117 / 176,292 | 2,664 / 176,292 |
| Grieco, Paul A. | Organic Chemistry | 763 / 188,664 | — |
| Whitlock, Cathy L. | Paleontology | 140 / 23,292 | 336 / 23,292 |
| Gray, Charles M. | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 2,752 / 379,830 | 5,646 / 379,830 |
| Buerhaus, Peter i | Nursing | 47 / 73,697 | 254 / 73,697 |
| Ward, David M. | Microbiology | 1,191 / 232,186 | — |
| Longcope, Dana W. | Astronomy & Astrophysics | 799 / 58,202 | — |
| Pittendrigh, Colin “Sandy” | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 3,435 / 379,830 | 5,663 / 379,830 |
| Priscu, John C. | Marine Biology & Hydrobiology | 424 / 54,545 | — |
| Lewandowski, Zbigniew | Environmental Engineering | 266 / 68,664 | — |
| Callis, Patrik R. | Chemical Physics | 1,433 / 121,889 | — |
| Hiscock, William A. | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 1,269 / 164,120 | 1,344 / 164,120 |
| Inskeep, William P. | Microbiology | 2,137 / 232,186 | — |
| Hansen, Andrew J. | Ecology | 1,766 / 82,882 | — |
| Block, Richard A. | Experimental Psychology | 1,234 / 37,808 | — |
| Gilpin, Michael E. | Ecology | 1,871 / 82,882 | — |
| Broderick, Joan B. | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 3,932 / 216,826 | 2,219 / 216,826 |
| Stewart, Frank J. | Microbiology | 3,389 / 232,186 | 2,079 / 232,186 |
| Neumeier, John J. | Applied Physics | 3,134 / 323,282 | — |
| Jutila, Mark A. | Immunology | 3,031 / 176,292 | — |
| Geesey, Gill G. | Microbiology | 3,056 / 232,186 | — |
| Harmsen, Allen G. | Microbiology | 3,128 / 232,186 | — |
| Peyton, Brent M. | Biotechnology | 408 / 69,700 | — |
| Weeden, Norman F. | Plant Biology & Botany | 1,915 / 204,373 | — |
| Boyd, Eric S. | Microbiology | 3,842 / 232,186 | 2,441 / 232,186 |
| Eitle, David James | Criminology | 310 / 14,394 | — |
| Varricchio, David J. | Paleontology | — | 440 / 23,292 |
| Schmidt, Volker Hugo | Applied Physics | 4,410 / 323,282 | — |
| Peterson, Robert K.D. | Entomology | 553 / 40,595 | 424 / 40,595 |
| Hamilton, Martin Alva | Microbiology | 4,120 / 232,186 | — |
| Vaterlaus, John Mitchell | Family Studies | — | 80 / 4,074 |
| Byker-Shanks, Carmen J. | Nutrition & Dietetics | — | 1,110 / 59,506 |
| McFeters, Gordon A. | Microbiology | 4,293 / 232,186 | — |
| Hughes, Bryce Edward | Education | — | 2,520 / 115,687 |
| Covino, Tim P. | Environmental Engineering | — | 1,212 / 68,664 |
| Yeoman, Carl J. | Microbiology | — | 3,891 / 232,186 |
| Cloninger, Mary J. | Organic Chemistry | 3,585 / 188,664 | — |
| Sharrock, Robert A. | Plant Biology & Botany | 3,142 / 204,373 | — |
| Heil, Daniel P. | Sport Sciences | 877 / 41,112 | — |
| Walk, Seth T. | Microbiology | — | 4,638 / 232,186 |
| Bajwa, Sreekala Gopalapillai | Agronomy & Agriculture | — | 2,036 / 95,377 |
| Spangler, Lee H. | Energy | 4,393 / 371,959 | — |
| Drobizhev, Mikhail A. | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 1,217 / 140,272 | 1,238 / 140,272 |
| Mandell, John F. | Materials | 4,565 / 330,896 | — |
| Miller, Perry R. | Agronomy & Agriculture | 1,740 / 95,377 | — |
| Ward, Sarah M. | Agronomy & Agriculture | 2,068 / 95,377 | — |
| Jenkins, Christopher H.M. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 951 / 66,382 | — |
| Flory, Dan | Art Practice, History & Theory | — | 46 / 2,788 |
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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