National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) 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).
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rank worldwide, of 38,384
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| Name | Subfield | Career | Single-year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kannel, William Bill | Cardiovascular System & Hematology | 7 / 249,410 | 53 / 249,410 |
| Stadtman, Earl Reece | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 55 / 216,826 | 152 / 216,826 |
| Roger, Veŕonique Lee | Cardiovascular System & Hematology | 78 / 249,410 | 50 / 249,410 |
| Young, Neal S. | Immunology | 64 / 176,292 | 112 / 176,292 |
| Mensah, George A. | Cardiovascular System & Hematology | 838 / 249,410 | 59 / 249,410 |
| Leonard, Warren J. | Immunology | 142 / 176,292 | 192 / 176,292 |
| Roccella, Edward J. | Cardiovascular System & Hematology | 211 / 249,410 | 965 / 249,410 |
| Castelli, William P. | Cardiovascular System & Hematology | 250 / 249,410 | 1,180 / 249,410 |
| Knepper, Mark Alan | Urology & Nephrology | 44 / 96,288 | 289 / 96,288 |
| Sahn, Steven A. | Respiratory System | 68 / 71,926 | 233 / 71,926 |
| Balaban, Robert S. | Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging | 25 / 129,561 | 109 / 129,561 |
| Levine, Rodney L. | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 337 / 216,826 | 481 / 216,826 |
| Epstein, Stephen E. | Cardiovascular System & Hematology | 486 / 249,410 | 2,191 / 249,410 |
| Rossouw, Jacques E. | General & Internal Medicine | 178 / 360,081 | 613 / 360,081 |
| Murphy, Elizabeth | Cardiovascular System & Hematology | 545 / 249,410 | 551 / 249,410 |
| Burke, Allen P. | Cardiovascular System & Hematology | 698 / 249,410 | 1,804 / 249,410 |
| Ito, Yoichiro | Analytical Chemistry | 94 / 137,328 | 916 / 137,328 |
| Burg, Maurice B. | Urology & Nephrology | 169 / 96,288 | 941 / 96,288 |
| Cannon, Richard O. | Cardiovascular System & Hematology | 804 / 249,410 | 5,431 / 249,410 |
| Pérez-Stable, Eliseo J. | Public Health | 192 / 82,273 | 279 / 82,273 |
| Sellers, James R. | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 927 / 216,826 | 1,673 / 216,826 |
| Ewy, Gordon A. | Cardiovascular System & Hematology | 952 / 249,410 | — |
| Donaldson, Julie G. | Developmental Biology | 951 / 167,121 | 1,641 / 167,121 |
| Stadtman, Thressa Campbell | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 1,111 / 216,826 | 3,448 / 216,826 |
| Ferrans, Víctor J. | Cardiovascular System & Hematology | 1,141 / 249,410 | — |
| Waterman, Clare M. | Developmental Biology | 996 / 167,121 | 1,377 / 167,121 |
| Engelgau, Michael M. | Endocrinology & Metabolism | 688 / 100,693 | — |
| Brooks, Bernard R. | Chemical Physics | 1,372 / 121,889 | 428 / 121,889 |
| Pastor, Richard W. | Chemical Physics | 710 / 121,889 | 658 / 121,889 |
| Sack, Michael N. | Cardiovascular System & Hematology | 1,355 / 249,410 | 1,272 / 249,410 |
| Ferré-D'Amaré, Adrian R. | Developmental Biology | 1,139 / 167,121 | 1,852 / 167,121 |
| Remaley, Alan Thomas | Cardiovascular System & Hematology | 1,376 / 249,410 | 1,539 / 249,410 |
| Kellman, Peter | Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging | 424 / 129,561 | 149 / 129,561 |
| Perloff, Joseph K. | Cardiovascular System & Hematology | 1,543 / 249,410 | — |
| Dunbar, Cynthia E. | Immunology | 1,177 / 176,292 | 1,704 / 176,292 |
| Wiestner, Adrian | Immunology | 1,265 / 176,292 | 1,657 / 176,292 |
| Nienhuis, Arthur W. | Immunology | 1,338 / 176,292 | — |
| Korn, Edward D. | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 1,783 / 216,826 | — |
| Galis, Zorina S. | Cardiovascular System & Hematology | 1,829 / 249,410 | 4,131 / 249,410 |
| Tjandra, Nico L. | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 1,890 / 216,826 | — |
| Bulkley, Gregory B. | Surgery | 384 / 146,713 | — |
| Kruth, Howard S. | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 1,925 / 216,826 | 2,804 / 216,826 |
| Puertollano, Rosa | Developmental Biology | 1,633 / 167,121 | 1,089 / 167,121 |
| Beaven, M. A. | Pharmacology & Pharmacy | 453 / 166,116 | — |
| Kemper, Claudia | Immunology | 3,246 / 176,292 | 1,063 / 176,292 |
| Munson, Peter Jonathan | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 2,263 / 216,826 | — |
| Fredrickson, Donald S. | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 2,301 / 216,826 | 2,372 / 216,826 |
| Gibbons, Gary H. | Cardiovascular System & Hematology | 2,234 / 249,410 | — |
| Adelstein, Robert S. | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 2,528 / 216,826 | — |
| Lewis, Cara C. | Health Policy & Services | — | 124 / 23,941 |
| Orlic, Donald | Immunology | 1,918 / 176,292 | — |
| Altan-Bonnet, Nihal | Developmental Biology | — | 1,499 / 167,121 |
| Sorlie, Paul D. | Cardiovascular System & Hematology | 2,533 / 249,410 | 2,346 / 249,410 |
| Proschan, Michael A. | Statistics & Probability | 348 / 24,695 | — |
| Roe, Daniel R. | Chemical Physics | — | 1,012 / 121,889 |
| Vaughan, Martha | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 3,238 / 216,826 | — |
| Fennelly, Kevin P. | Microbiology | 3,455 / 232,186 | 1,675 / 232,186 |
| Nirenberg, Marshall W. | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 3,346 / 216,826 | — |
| Lederman, Robert Jay | Cardiovascular System & Hematology | 3,011 / 249,410 | 2,638 / 249,410 |
| Sloand, Elaine Marie | Immunology | 2,449 / 176,292 | — |
| Hammer, John A. | Developmental Biology | 2,607 / 167,121 | — |
| Natanson, Charles | Cardiovascular System & Hematology | 3,085 / 249,410 | — |
| Zhao, Keji | Developmental Biology | 2,709 / 167,121 | 2,098 / 167,121 |
| Rodgers, Griffin P. | Immunology | 2,660 / 176,292 | — |
| Tisdale, John F. | Immunology | — | 1,758 / 176,292 |
| Thom, Thomas J. | Cardiovascular System & Hematology | 3,299 / 249,410 | — |
| Mussolino, Michael E. | Cardiovascular System & Hematology | 3,349 / 249,410 | 4,989 / 249,410 |
| Silver, Marc A. | Cardiovascular System & Hematology | 3,350 / 249,410 | — |
| Neuman, Keir C. | Developmental Biology | 2,928 / 167,121 | 3,572 / 167,121 |
| Santamarina-Fojo, Silvia | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 3,870 / 216,826 | — |
| Manganiello, Vincent C. | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 4,123 / 216,826 | — |
| Dawber, Thomas R. | General & Internal Medicine | 1,427 / 360,081 | 4,169 / 360,081 |
| Panepinto, Julie Ann | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | 4,492 / 377,791 | 5,801 / 377,791 |
| Pohl, Lance R. | Pharmacology & Pharmacy | 1,165 / 166,116 | — |
| McCoy, J. Philip | Immunology | 3,299 / 176,292 | — |
| Constant, Stephanie L. | Immunology | 3,325 / 176,292 | — |
| Obarzanek, Eva | Nutrition & Dietetics | 895 / 59,506 | — |
| Morrow, Andrew G. | Cardiovascular System & Hematology | 4,196 / 249,410 | — |
| Martina, José A. A. | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | — | 1,971 / 216,826 |
| Spolski, Rosanne J. | Immunology | — | 2,421 / 176,292 |
| West, Erin E. | Immunology | — | 2,552 / 176,292 |
| Rifkind, Basil M. | General & Internal Medicine | 1,854 / 360,081 | — |
| Sopko, George S. | Cardiovascular System & Hematology | 4,761 / 249,410 | — |
| Chen, Jianhong Chun | Cardiovascular System & Hematology | 4,790 / 249,410 | — |
| Wen, Han | Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging | 1,435 / 129,561 | — |
| Venable, Richard M. | Chemical Physics | — | 1,885 / 121,889 |
| Raben, Nina | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | — | 2,463 / 216,826 |
| Reis, Jared P. | Cardiovascular System & Hematology | — | 3,945 / 249,410 |
| Campbell-Washburn, Adrienne E. | Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging | — | 941 / 129,561 |
| Lin, Jianxin | Immunology | — | 3,321 / 176,292 |
| Porter, Lauren L. | Biophysics | — | 156 / 21,025 |
| Agbor-Enoh, Sean T. | Surgery | — | 1,431 / 146,713 |
| Xue, Hui | Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging | — | 1,660 / 129,561 |
| Fales, Henry Marshall | Analytical Chemistry | 2,578 / 137,328 | — |
| Hoak, John C. | General & Internal Medicine | 5,162 / 360,081 | — |
| Feldman, Jacob J. | General & Internal Medicine | 5,791 / 360,081 | — |
| Seylani, Allen | General & Internal Medicine | — | 5,188 / 360,081 |
| Gill, John R. | General & Internal Medicine | 6,003 / 360,081 | — |
| Hufnagel, Charles A. | General & Internal Medicine | 7,452 / 360,081 | — |
| Bonds, Duane Robina | General & Internal Medicine | 7,462 / 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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