National Center for Health Statistics 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).
39
researchers on the list
500
rank in United States
1,525
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ogden, Cynthia L. | Public Health | 51 / 82,273 | 185 / 82,273 |
| Arias, Elizabeth | Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine | 132 / 105,735 | 82 / 105,735 |
| Martin, Joyce A.G. | Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine | 183 / 105,735 | 243 / 105,735 |
| Looker, Anne C. | Endocrinology & Metabolism | 626 / 100,693 | 1,150 / 100,693 |
| Mathews, Thomas J. | Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine | 386 / 105,735 | 2,014 / 105,735 |
| Osterman, Michelle J.K. | Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine | 1,077 / 105,735 | 222 / 105,735 |
| Curtin, Sally C. | Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine | 759 / 105,735 | 283 / 105,735 |
| Akinbami, Lara J. | Public Health | 512 / 82,273 | 1,066 / 82,273 |
| Blumberg, Stephen J. | Pediatrics | 277 / 81,129 | 126 / 81,129 |
| McCaig, Linda F. | Public Health | 571 / 82,273 | — |
| Rice, Dorothy P. | General & Internal Medicine | 805 / 360,081 | 4,136 / 360,081 |
| Hamilton, Brady E. | Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine | 680 / 105,735 | 604 / 105,735 |
| Johnson, Clifford L. | Nutrition & Dietetics | 776 / 59,506 | 505 / 59,506 |
| Driscoll, Anne K. | Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine | 1,546 / 105,735 | 471 / 105,735 |
| Fryar, Cheryl D. | Public Health | — | 1,047 / 82,273 |
| Zablotsky, Benjamin | Public Health | — | 1,090 / 82,273 |
| Schappert, Susan M. | Public Health | 1,062 / 82,273 | — |
| Miniño, Arialdi M. | Public Health | 1,097 / 82,273 | — |
| Rossen, Lauren M. | Public Health | 1,671 / 82,273 | 1,226 / 82,273 |
| Carroll, Margaret D. | Public Health | 1,228 / 82,273 | 1,610 / 82,273 |
| Schoenborn, Charlotte A. | Public Health | 1,254 / 82,273 | — |
| Anderson, Robert N. | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | 4,908 / 377,791 | 5,196 / 377,791 |
| Pamuk, Elsie R. | Public Health | 1,379 / 82,273 | — |
| Kiely, John L. | Pediatrics | 791 / 81,129 | — |
| Vahratian, Anjel M. | Public Health | 1,689 / 82,273 | 1,507 / 82,273 |
| Black, Lindsey I. | Public Health | — | 1,663 / 82,273 |
| Dahlhamer, James M. | Public Health | — | 1,737 / 82,273 |
| Parker, Jennifer D. | Public Health | 1,646 / 82,273 | — |
| Ward, Brian W. | Public Health | — | 1,768 / 82,273 |
| Hedegaard, Holly B. | Public Health | — | 1,773 / 82,273 |
| Ahmad, Farida B. | General & Internal Medicine | — | 2,575 / 360,081 |
| Ahrens, Katherine A. | Epidemiology | — | 185 / 10,334 |
| Gregory, Elizabeth C.W. | Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine | — | 1,553 / 105,735 |
| Kozak, Lola Jean | General & Internal Medicine | 3,567 / 360,081 | — |
| Blackwell, Debra L. | General & Internal Medicine | 3,633 / 360,081 | — |
| Ely, Danielle M. | Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine | — | 1,632 / 105,735 |
| Rowland, Michael L. | General & Internal Medicine | 4,325 / 360,081 | — |
| Tejada-Vera, Betzaida | Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine | — | 2,062 / 105,735 |
| Adams, Patricia F. | General & Internal Medicine | 7,652 / 360,081 | — |
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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