National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) 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).
87
researchers on the list
289
rank in United States
780
rank worldwide, of 38,384
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| Name | Subfield | Career | Single-year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romero, Roberto J. | Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine | 4 / 105,735 | 7 / 105,735 |
| Bornstein, Marc H. | Developmental & Child Psychology | 24 / 25,365 | 382 / 25,365 |
| Hinnebusch, Alan G. | Developmental Biology | 168 / 167,121 | 232 / 167,121 |
| Bonifacino, Juan S. | Developmental Biology | 184 / 167,121 | 409 / 167,121 |
| Stratakis, Constantine A. | Endocrinology & Metabolism | 130 / 100,693 | 252 / 100,693 |
| Pacak, Karel | Endocrinology & Metabolism | 140 / 100,693 | 94 / 100,693 |
| Rouault, Tracey Ann | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 268 / 216,826 | 150 / 216,826 |
| Heuser, John E. | Developmental Biology | 313 / 167,121 | 1,398 / 167,121 |
| Storz, Gisela | Developmental Biology | 430 / 167,121 | 577 / 167,121 |
| Bondy, Carolyn A. | Endocrinology & Metabolism | 287 / 100,693 | 1,241 / 100,693 |
| Fields, Richard Douglas | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 916 / 379,830 | 647 / 379,830 |
| Mayer, Mark L. | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 935 / 379,830 | 7,428 / 379,830 |
| Balla, Tamás | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 560 / 216,826 | 270 / 216,826 |
| Marx, Stephen J. | Endocrinology & Metabolism | 404 / 100,693 | 1,828 / 100,693 |
| Yanovski, Jack A. | Endocrinology & Metabolism | 449 / 100,693 | 596 / 100,693 |
| McBain, Chris J. | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 1,359 / 379,830 | 6,560 / 379,830 |
| Suomi, Stephen J. | Behavioral Science & Comparative Psychology | 55 / 13,044 | — |
| Simons-Morton, Bruce G. | Public Health | 163 / 82,273 | 1,044 / 82,273 |
| Klein, David Charles | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 1,520 / 379,830 | — |
| Aguilera, Greti | Endocrinology & Metabolism | 514 / 100,693 | 2,173 / 100,693 |
| Wynn, Karen | Experimental Psychology | 343 / 37,808 | 527 / 37,808 |
| Mills, James L. | Genetics & Heredity | 128 / 42,273 | 189 / 42,273 |
| Gordon, Catherine Mason | Endocrinology & Metabolism | 655 / 100,693 | 618 / 100,693 |
| Dever, Thomas E. | Developmental Biology | 1,038 / 167,121 | 1,479 / 167,121 |
| Bezrukov, Sergey M. | Chemical Physics | 774 / 121,889 | — |
| Chernomordik, Leonid V. | Biophysics | 65 / 21,025 | 105 / 21,025 |
| Zimmerberg, Joshua | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 1,411 / 216,826 | 3,036 / 216,826 |
| Putnick, Diane L. | Developmental & Child Psychology | — | 294 / 25,365 |
| Woodgate, Roger | Developmental Biology | 1,262 / 167,121 | — |
| Ozato, Keiko | Immunology | 1,161 / 176,292 | 1,608 / 176,292 |
| Shi, Yunbo | Developmental Biology | 1,316 / 167,121 | — |
| Dawid, Igor B. | Developmental Biology | 1,333 / 167,121 | — |
| Weinstein, Brant M. | Developmental Biology | 1,418 / 167,121 | — |
| DePamphilis, Melvin L. | Developmental Biology | 1,432 / 167,121 | — |
| Buck Louis, Germaine M. | Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine | 410 / 105,735 | 401 / 105,735 |
| Stojilkovic, Stanko S. | Endocrinology & Metabolism | 1,035 / 100,693 | — |
| Marini, Joan C.Bodurtha | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 1,785 / 216,826 | 1,267 / 216,826 |
| Porter, Forbes D. | Genetics & Heredity | 262 / 42,273 | 179 / 42,273 |
| Dufau, Maria L. | Endocrinology & Metabolism | 1,161 / 100,693 | — |
| Dasso, Mary C. | Developmental Biology | 1,702 / 167,121 | — |
| Robbins, John B. | Microbiology | 1,483 / 232,186 | — |
| Kaler, Stephen G. | Genetics & Heredity | 302 / 42,273 | 166 / 42,273 |
| Girardi, Guillermina | Immunology | 1,712 / 176,292 | 1,774 / 176,292 |
| Berezhkovskiǐ, Alexander M. | Chemical Physics | 1,336 / 121,889 | — |
| Levine, Richard J. | Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine | 578 / 105,735 | 1,318 / 105,735 |
| Hauth, John С. | Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine | 581 / 105,735 | — |
| Chou, Janice Y. | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 2,392 / 216,826 | 3,760 / 216,826 |
| Merke, Deborah P. | Endocrinology & Metabolism | 1,564 / 100,693 | 931 / 100,693 |
| Gilman, Stephen E. | Psychiatry | 1,278 / 90,846 | 1,440 / 90,846 |
| Weber, Anne M. | Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine | 682 / 105,735 | — |
| Sackett, Dan L. | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 2,751 / 216,826 | — |
| Watts, Dgh Heather | Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine | 732 / 105,735 | — |
| Yoon, Bohyun | Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine | 843 / 105,735 | 1,134 / 105,735 |
| Chitnis, Ajay B. | Developmental Biology | 2,595 / 167,121 | — |
| Horkay, Ferenc K. | Polymers | 949 / 133,253 | 1,751 / 133,253 |
| Cashel, Michael | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 3,901 / 216,826 | — |
| Tasaki, Ichiji I. | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 6,789 / 379,830 | — |
| Loh, Yoke Peng | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 4,292 / 216,826 | — |
| Kennison, James A. | Developmental Biology | 3,460 / 167,121 | — |
| Mumford, Sunni L. | Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine | — | 718 / 105,735 |
| Fuhrer, Marcus J. | Rehabilitation | 306 / 31,889 | — |
| Bremer, Andrew A. | Endocrinology & Metabolism | — | 1,766 / 100,693 |
| Bauer, Charles R. | Pediatrics | 756 / 81,129 | — |
| Alexander, Nancy J. | Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine | 1,318 / 105,735 | — |
| Willinger, Marian | Pediatrics | 772 / 81,129 | 1,451 / 81,129 |
| Raiten, Daniel J. | Nutrition & Dietetics | — | 902 / 59,506 |
| Pozsgay, Vince | Organic Chemistry | 2,575 / 188,664 | — |
| Hanson, James Wm | Pediatrics | 823 / 81,129 | — |
| Rau, Donald C. | Biophysics | 258 / 21,025 | — |
| Nansel, Tonja R. | Nutrition & Dietetics | 1,068 / 59,506 | 1,121 / 59,506 |
| Giacoia, George P. | Pediatrics | 957 / 81,129 | — |
| Tekola-Ayele, Fasil | Genetics & Heredity | — | 430 / 42,273 |
| Ricketts, Richard R. | Pediatrics | 1,028 / 81,129 | — |
| Szu, Shousun Chen | Microbiology | 4,800 / 232,186 | — |
| Yeung, Edwina H. | Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine | — | 1,167 / 105,735 |
| Maio, Nunziata | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | — | 3,006 / 216,826 |
| Yergey, Alfred L. | Analytical Chemistry | 1,810 / 137,328 | — |
| Hediger, Mary L. | Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine | 2,071 / 105,735 | — |
| Nossal, Ralph J. | Biophysics | 366 / 21,025 | — |
| Brenner, Ruth A. | Pediatrics | 1,292 / 81,129 | — |
| Herman, Allen A.B. | General & Internal Medicine | 3,134 / 360,081 | — |
| Gandjbakhche, Amir H. | Optics | 1,151 / 83,504 | — |
| Yaffe, Sumner J. | Pediatrics | 1,630 / 81,129 | — |
| Leikin, Sergey L. | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | — | 4,201 / 216,826 |
| Bonner, Robert F. | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 1,423 / 140,272 | — |
| Parisi, Melissa A. | Genetics & Heredity | — | 820 / 42,273 |
| Hill, Micah J. | Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine | — | 1,798 / 105,735 |
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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