National Aeronautics and Space Administration 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).
14
researchers on the list
994
rank in United States
3,525
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Comiso, Josefino C. | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | 124 / 84,638 | 325 / 84,638 |
| Pahlevan, Nima | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | — | 501 / 82,760 |
| Zurbuchen, Thomas H. | Astronomy & Astrophysics | 988 / 58,202 | — |
| Thomas, Robert H. | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | 1,777 / 84,638 | — |
| Clé́ment, Gilles R. | Neurology & Neurosurgery | — | 6,117 / 379,830 |
| Zhu, Dongming | Materials | 2,656 / 330,896 | 4,917 / 330,896 |
| Dobson, Myron Craig | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | 960 / 82,760 | — |
| Trinh, Eugene H. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 407 / 66,382 | — |
| Mader, Thomas Henry | Ophthalmology & Optometry | — | 1,297 / 86,157 |
| Madavan, Nateri K. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 719 / 66,382 | — |
| Margolis, Hank A. | Forestry | 622 / 36,413 | — |
| Benford, Dominic J. | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 2,708 / 140,272 | — |
| Gaier, James R. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 1,451 / 66,382 | — |
| Cornwell, Donald M. | Optoelectronics & Photonics | — | 3,107 / 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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