National Eye Institute (NEI) 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).
29
researchers on the list
628
rank in United States
1,953
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chew, Emily Y. | Ophthalmology & Optometry | 34 / 86,157 | 6 / 86,157 |
| Hikosaka, Okihide | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 365 / 379,830 | 745 / 379,830 |
| Nussenblatt, Robert Burton | Ophthalmology & Optometry | 30 / 86,157 | 189 / 86,157 |
| Wurtz, Robert H. | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 716 / 379,830 | 2,115 / 379,830 |
| Caspi, Rachel R. | Immunology | 508 / 176,292 | 448 / 176,292 |
| Piatigorsky, Joram | Developmental Biology | 873 / 167,121 | — |
| Keenan, Tiarnán D.L. | Ophthalmology & Optometry | 1,328 / 86,157 | 118 / 86,157 |
| Krauzlis, Richard J. | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 2,844 / 379,830 | 3,185 / 379,830 |
| Hejtmancik, James Fielding | Ophthalmology & Optometry | 246 / 86,157 | 311 / 86,157 |
| Cogan, David G. | Ophthalmology & Optometry | 286 / 86,157 | 1,741 / 86,157 |
| Wistow, Graeme J. | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 1,731 / 216,826 | — |
| Swaroop, Anand | Ophthalmology & Optometry | 289 / 86,157 | 299 / 86,157 |
| Conway, Bevil R. | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 6,008 / 379,830 | 3,119 / 379,830 |
| Kinoshita, Jin H. | Ophthalmology & Optometry | 512 / 86,157 | — |
| Miles, Frederick A. | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 5,042 / 379,830 | — |
| Optican, Lance M. | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 5,817 / 379,830 | — |
| Cumming, Bruce G. | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 6,046 / 379,830 | — |
| Tomarev, Stanislav I. | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 3,685 / 216,826 | — |
| Egwuagu, Charles E. | Immunology | 2,977 / 176,292 | 2,208 / 176,292 |
| Li, Tiansen | Developmental Biology | 3,291 / 167,121 | — |
| Ellwein, Leon B. | Ophthalmology & Optometry | 897 / 86,157 | 1,154 / 86,157 |
| Vitale, Susan E. | Ophthalmology & Optometry | 952 / 86,157 | 931 / 86,157 |
| Redmond, T. Michael | Ophthalmology & Optometry | 979 / 86,157 | — |
| Bharti, Kapil | Developmental Biology | — | 2,943 / 167,121 |
| Kaiser-Kupfer, Muriel I. | Ophthalmology & Optometry | 1,053 / 86,157 | — |
| Hooks, John J. | Ophthalmology & Optometry | 1,419 / 86,157 | — |
| Kupfer, Carl | Ophthalmology & Optometry | 1,582 / 86,157 | — |
| Sen, Hatice Nida H.N.S. | Ophthalmology & Optometry | — | 1,126 / 86,157 |
| Kahn, Harold A. | General & Internal Medicine | 3,487 / 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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