NASA Ames 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).
101
researchers on the list
244
rank in United States
678
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bauschlicher, Charles W. | Chemical Physics | 116 / 121,889 | 605 / 121,889 |
| McKay, Christopher P. | Astronomy & Astrophysics | 39 / 58,202 | 205 / 58,202 |
| Lissauer, Jack J. | Astronomy & Astrophysics | 116 / 58,202 | 523 / 58,202 |
| Jenkins, Jon M. | Astronomy & Astrophysics | 425 / 58,202 | 168 / 58,202 |
| Zahnle, Kevin J. | Astronomy & Astrophysics | 233 / 58,202 | 179 / 58,202 |
| Lee, Timothy J. | Chemical Physics | 335 / 121,889 | 464 / 121,889 |
| Hart, Sandra G. | Human Factors | 160 / 16,381 | 48 / 16,381 |
| Des Marais, David J. | Astronomy & Astrophysics | 300 / 58,202 | 463 / 58,202 |
| Schwenke, David W. | Chemical Physics | 661 / 121,889 | 1,162 / 121,889 |
| Sandford, Scott A. | Astronomy & Astrophysics | 422 / 58,202 | 1,135 / 58,202 |
| Kosovichev, Alexander G. | Astronomy & Astrophysics | 427 / 58,202 | — |
| Langhoff, Stephen R. | Chemical Physics | 693 / 121,889 | — |
| Howell, Steve B. | Astronomy & Astrophysics | 633 / 58,202 | 552 / 58,202 |
| Allamandola, Louisj John A. | Astronomy & Astrophysics | 535 / 58,202 | 1,582 / 58,202 |
| Singh, Hanwant Bir | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | 587 / 84,638 | — |
| Potter, Christopher S. | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | 686 / 84,638 | 1,423 / 84,638 |
| Partridge, Harry | Chemical Physics | 919 / 121,889 | — |
| Johnson, Wayne R. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 62 / 66,382 | 58 / 66,382 |
| Haberle, Robert M. | Astronomy & Astrophysics | 663 / 58,202 | 773 / 58,202 |
| Watson, Andrew B. | Experimental Psychology | 692 / 37,808 | — |
| Bryson, Stephen T. | Astronomy & Astrophysics | 1,012 / 58,202 | 1,467 / 58,202 |
| Moore, Jeffrey M. | Astronomy & Astrophysics | 1,029 / 58,202 | — |
| Hoehler, Tori Michael | Astronomy & Astrophysics | 1,584 / 58,202 | 1,275 / 58,202 |
| Elphic, Richard C. | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | 1,231 / 84,638 | — |
| Scargle, Jefferey D. | Astronomy & Astrophysics | 1,238 / 58,202 | 1,331 / 58,202 |
| Cuzzi, Jeffrey N. | Astronomy & Astrophysics | 1,260 / 58,202 | — |
| Friedmann, E. Imre | Microbiology | 2,155 / 232,186 | — |
| Miquel, Jaime M. | Gerontology | 131 / 13,096 | — |
| Wilson, R. John | Astronomy & Astrophysics | 1,628 / 58,202 | — |
| Russell, Philip B. | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | 1,669 / 84,638 | — |
| Mancinelli, Rocco L. | Astronomy & Astrophysics | 1,686 / 58,202 | — |
| Pulliam, Thomas H. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 172 / 66,382 | 691 / 66,382 |
| Srivastava, Deepak | Applied Physics | 2,823 / 323,282 | — |
| Yee, Helen C. | Applied Mathematics | 272 / 23,982 | — |
| Nguyen, Nhan T. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 194 / 66,382 | 169 / 66,382 |
| Pohorille, Andrew | Chemical Physics | 2,198 / 121,889 | — |
| Jaffe, Richard L. | Chemical Physics | 2,260 / 121,889 | — |
| Mendelev, Mikhail I. | Materials | 1,861 / 330,896 | 2,963 / 330,896 |
| Miller, Neal E. | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 7,546 / 379,830 | — |
| Ellis, Stephen R. | Human Factors | 254 / 16,381 | — |
| Yeo, Hyeonsoo | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 252 / 66,382 | 358 / 66,382 |
| KrishnaKumar, Kalmanje S. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 256 / 66,382 | — |
| Han, Jin-Woo | Applied Physics | — | 2,760 / 323,282 |
| Ricco, Antonio J. | Analytical Chemistry | 1,153 / 137,328 | — |
| McCroskey, William James | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 295 / 66,382 | 914 / 66,382 |
| Panda, Jayanta (Jay) | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 332 / 66,382 | 910 / 66,382 |
| Sankararaman, Shankar | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 334 / 66,382 | 406 / 66,382 |
| Oza, Nikunj C. | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 4,301 / 517,648 | — |
| Rai, Man Mohan | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 365 / 66,382 | 1,656 / 66,382 |
| Rieffel, Eleanor Gilbert | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 6,986 / 517,648 | 8,751 / 517,648 |
| Cruden, Brett A. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 383 / 66,382 | 578 / 66,382 |
| Milos, Frank S. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 388 / 66,382 | 1,076 / 66,382 |
| Beheshti, Afshin | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | — | 6,268 / 377,791 |
| Ahumada, Albert J. | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 842 / 140,272 | 3,036 / 140,272 |
| Wu, Zhigang | Applied Physics | — | 4,421 / 323,282 |
| Aftosmis, Michael J. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 474 / 66,382 | 1,453 / 66,382 |
| Hornby, Gregory S. | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 5,536 / 517,648 | — |
| Rogers, Stuart E. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 495 / 66,382 | — |
| Pǎsǎreanu, Corina S. | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 5,859 / 517,648 | — |
| Fong, Terrence W. | Industrial Engineering & Automation | 2,846 / 131,085 | 2,779 / 131,085 |
| Bogdanoff, David W. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 539 / 66,382 | — |
| Dungan, Jennifer L. | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | 1,428 / 82,760 | — |
| Guruswamy, Guru P. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 568 / 66,382 | — |
| Rossow, Vernon J. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 598 / 66,382 | — |
| Chen, Yih Kanq | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 607 / 66,382 | 1,214 / 66,382 |
| Johnson, Lee F. | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | 1,529 / 82,760 | — |
| Carr, Lawrence W. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 630 / 66,382 | — |
| Bilimoria, Karl D. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 631 / 66,382 | — |
| Chan, William M. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 655 / 66,382 | — |
| Bose, Deepak | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 658 / 66,382 | — |
| Morris, Paul H. | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 7,153 / 517,648 | — |
| White, Bruce R. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 678 / 66,382 | — |
| Reda, Daniel C. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 679 / 66,382 | — |
| Zilliac, Greg G. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 713 / 66,382 | 1,276 / 66,382 |
| Biswas, Rupak | Distributed Computing | 152 / 9,369 | 62 / 9,369 |
| Wright, Michael J. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 760 / 66,382 | 947 / 66,382 |
| Berenji, Hamid R. | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 8,413 / 517,648 | — |
| Barth, Timothy J. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 816 / 66,382 | — |
| Lim, Joon W. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 825 / 66,382 | — |
| Schumann, Johann M.Ph | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 8,898 / 517,648 | — |
| Erzberger, Heinz | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 841 / 66,382 | — |
| Bell, James H. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 854 / 66,382 | — |
| Rogallo, Robert S. | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 3,093 / 157,792 | — |
| Linde, Charlotte | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 9,544 / 517,648 | — |
| Yoon, Seokkwan | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 935 / 66,382 | 1,049 / 66,382 |
| Rallabhandi, Sriram K. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 940 / 66,382 | — |
| Takekawa, John Y. | Ornithology | — | 40 / 5,121 |
| Murman, Scott M. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 1,065 / 66,382 | — |
| Palmer, Grant E. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 1,076 / 66,382 | — |
| Gökçen, Tahir | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 1,094 / 66,382 | — |
| Schwabacher, Mark A. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 1,142 / 66,382 | — |
| Chandrasekhara, Muguru S. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 1,187 / 66,382 | — |
| Silva, Christopher | Aerospace & Aeronautics | — | 1,007 / 66,382 |
| Xue, Min | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 1,233 / 66,382 | 1,461 / 66,382 |
| Kulkarni, Chetan S. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | — | 1,094 / 66,382 |
| Brandis, Aaron M. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | — | 1,153 / 66,382 |
| Lombaerts, Thomas | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 1,322 / 66,382 | 1,162 / 66,382 |
| Conley, Catharine A. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 1,350 / 66,382 | — |
| Bookbinder, Jay A. | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 2,920 / 140,272 | — |
| Mehta, Unmeel B. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 1,499 / 66,382 | — |
| Coakley, Thomas J. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 1,691 / 66,382 | — |
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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