NASA Langley 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).
96
researchers on the list
265
rank in United States
718
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mavriplis, Dimitri J. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 19 / 66,382 | 183 / 66,382 |
| Winker, David M. | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | 357 / 84,638 | 714 / 84,638 |
| Rumsey, Christopher L. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 66 / 66,382 | 34 / 66,382 |
| Loeb, Norman G. | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | 859 / 84,638 | 1,273 / 84,638 |
| Malik, Mujeeb R. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 75 / 66,382 | 79 / 66,382 |
| Rinsland, Curtis P. | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | 1,059 / 84,638 | — |
| Hergenrother, Paul M. | Polymers | 592 / 133,253 | — |
| Hu, Yongxiang | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | 1,222 / 84,638 | 1,521 / 84,638 |
| Tessler, Alex | Applied Mathematics | 200 / 23,982 | 219 / 23,982 |
| Kato, Seiji | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | — | 1,474 / 84,638 |
| Sobieszczanski-Sobieski, Jaroslaw | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 115 / 66,382 | 1,004 / 66,382 |
| Dávila, Carlos G. | Materials | 1,743 / 330,896 | 1,779 / 330,896 |
| Raju, Ivatury S. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 148 / 66,382 | 641 / 66,382 |
| Choudhari, Meelan M. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 150 / 66,382 | 186 / 66,382 |
| Browell, Edward V. | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | 1,597 / 84,638 | — |
| Connell, John W. | Materials | 1,415 / 330,896 | 6,429 / 330,896 |
| Gnoffo, Peter A. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 161 / 66,382 | 326 / 66,382 |
| Cantrell, John H. | Applied Physics | 2,822 / 323,282 | 4,896 / 323,282 |
| Farassat, F. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 186 / 66,382 | 165 / 66,382 |
| Silva, Walter A. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 228 / 66,382 | 717 / 66,382 |
| Khorrami, Mehdi R. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 239 / 66,382 | — |
| O'Brien, T. Kevin | Materials | 2,068 / 330,896 | — |
| Stanford, Bret K. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 257 / 66,382 | 459 / 66,382 |
| Carpenter, Mark H. | Applied Mathematics | 382 / 23,982 | — |
| Simmons, Benjamin M. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | — | 240 / 66,382 |
| Anderson, William Kyle | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 277 / 66,382 | 1,275 / 66,382 |
| Walsh, Brian M. | Optics | 671 / 83,504 | 678 / 83,504 |
| Lockard, David P. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 286 / 66,382 | 598 / 66,382 |
| Smith, William L. | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 584 / 140,272 | — |
| Gates, Thomas S. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 349 / 66,382 | — |
| Krueger, Ronald | Materials | 3,016 / 330,896 | 7,517 / 330,896 |
| Johnston, Christopher O. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 408 / 66,382 | 337 / 66,382 |
| Farley, Gary L. | Materials | 3,040 / 330,896 | — |
| Batina, John T. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 381 / 66,382 | — |
| Joshi, Suresh M. | Industrial Engineering & Automation | 1,653 / 131,085 | — |
| Grauer, Jared A. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 977 / 66,382 | 365 / 66,382 |
| Paredes, Pedro | Aerospace & Aeronautics | — | 377 / 66,382 |
| Guo, Yueping | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 457 / 66,382 | — |
| Brooks, Thomas F. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 465 / 66,382 | 869 / 66,382 |
| Balakumar, Ponnampalam | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 482 / 66,382 | 698 / 66,382 |
| Frink, Neal T. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 483 / 66,382 | — |
| Hollis, Brian R. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 528 / 66,382 | 505 / 66,382 |
| Robinson, Stephen K. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 545 / 66,382 | 898 / 66,382 |
| Bushnell, Dennis M. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 550 / 66,382 | 918 / 66,382 |
| Baurle, Robert A. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 551 / 66,382 | 1,130 / 66,382 |
| Samareh, Jamshid A. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 553 / 66,382 | — |
| Siochi, Emilie J. | Materials | 4,121 / 330,896 | — |
| Glaessgen, Edwards H. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 846 / 66,382 | 494 / 66,382 |
| Pirzadeh, Shahyar Z. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 605 / 66,382 | — |
| Jobson, Daniel J. | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 1,419 / 140,272 | 958 / 140,272 |
| Dutta, Soumyo | Aerospace & Aeronautics | — | 567 / 66,382 |
| Woolsey, Craig A. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 706 / 66,382 | 804 / 66,382 |
| Belcastro, Christine M.(Compiler) | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 709 / 66,382 | — |
| Nielsen, Eric J. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 712 / 66,382 | 988 / 66,382 |
| Vatsa, Veer N. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 722 / 66,382 | — |
| Proctor, Fred H. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 740 / 66,382 | — |
| Watson, Willie R. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 770 / 66,382 | — |
| Edquist, Karl T. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 791 / 66,382 | — |
| Rizzi, Stephen A. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 812 / 66,382 | 1,210 / 66,382 |
| Hilburger, Mark W. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 813 / 66,382 | — |
| Singer, Bart A. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 830 / 66,382 | — |
| Walsh, Michael J. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 1,041 / 66,382 | 706 / 66,382 |
| Nemeth, Michael P. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 883 / 66,382 | — |
| Mukhopadhyay, Vivek | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 894 / 66,382 | — |
| Deere, Karen A. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 907 / 66,382 | — |
| Dorney, Daniel J. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 911 / 66,382 | — |
| Pappa, Richard S. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 913 / 66,382 | — |
| Alexandrov, Natalia M. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 925 / 66,382 | — |
| Shanmugam, Kumarasamy Sam | Networking & Telecommunications | 4,190 / 228,312 | — |
| Salas, Manuel D. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 929 / 66,382 | — |
| Thomas, James L. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 963 / 66,382 | — |
| Wilkinson, Stephen P. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 986 / 66,382 | — |
| Buning, Pieter G. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 1,015 / 66,382 | — |
| DeLoach, Richard | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 1,016 / 66,382 | — |
| Li, Fei | Aerospace & Aeronautics | — | 856 / 66,382 |
| Danehy, Paul M. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 1,017 / 66,382 | 1,058 / 66,382 |
| Morrison, Joseph H. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 1,082 / 66,382 | — |
| Zawodny, Nikolas S. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | — | 934 / 66,382 |
| Jegley, Dawn C. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 1,136 / 66,382 | — |
| Diskin, Boris | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 1,152 / 66,382 | — |
| Jones, Michael G. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 1,176 / 66,382 | — |
| Waszak, Martin R. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 1,190 / 66,382 | — |
| Atkins, Harold L. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 1,191 / 66,382 | — |
| Crespo, Luis G. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 1,192 / 66,382 | — |
| Thurman, Christopher S. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | — | 1,060 / 66,382 |
| Schultz, Marc R. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 1,289 / 66,382 | — |
| Norum, Thomas D. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 1,318 / 66,382 | — |
| Streett, Craig L. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 1,336 / 66,382 | — |
| Luckring, James M. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 1,372 / 66,382 | 1,501 / 66,382 |
| Patterson, Michael D. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | — | 1,260 / 66,382 |
| McClinton, Charles R. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 1,416 / 66,382 | — |
| Rivers, Melissa B. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | — | 1,290 / 66,382 |
| Pascioni, Kyle A. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | — | 1,324 / 66,382 |
| Gupta, Roop N. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 1,493 / 66,382 | — |
| Edwards, John W. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 1,535 / 66,382 | — |
| Wieting, Allan R. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | — | 1,551 / 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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