NASA Marshall Space Flight 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).
16
researchers on the list
905
rank in United States
3,173
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Littenberg, Tyson B. | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 1,475 / 164,120 | 165 / 164,120 |
| Gradl, Paul R. | Materials | 4,514 / 330,896 | 834 / 330,896 |
| Kaaret, Phillip E. | Astronomy & Astrophysics | 620 / 58,202 | 1,725 / 58,202 |
| Olofsson, Pontus | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | 1,328 / 82,760 | 503 / 82,760 |
| Weisskopf, Martin C. | Astronomy & Astrophysics | 1,539 / 58,202 | 793 / 58,202 |
| Sterling, Alphonse C. | Astronomy & Astrophysics | 1,155 / 58,202 | 1,645 / 58,202 |
| Vadrevu, Krishna Prasad | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | — | 1,691 / 84,638 |
| Katz, Michael L. | Nuclear & Particle Physics | — | 1,300 / 164,120 |
| Cecil, Daniel J. | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | — | 1,906 / 84,638 |
| Ramsey, Brian D. | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 898 / 140,272 | 922 / 140,272 |
| Stahl, H. Philip | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 1,053 / 140,272 | 2,446 / 140,272 |
| Prater, Tracie J. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 1,133 / 66,382 | 498 / 66,382 |
| Wang, Ten See | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 592 / 66,382 | — |
| Grugel, Richard N. | Materials | 5,660 / 330,896 | — |
| Polzin, Kurt A. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 1,275 / 66,382 | 1,338 / 66,382 |
| Smith, David D. | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 3,244 / 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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