Northern Illinois University 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).
40
researchers on the list
490
rank in United States
1,493
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martin, Stephen P. | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 230 / 164,120 | 1,506 / 164,120 |
| Gunkel, David J. | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 3,608 / 517,648 | 1,641 / 517,648 |
| Luo, Wei | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | 510 / 82,760 | 504 / 82,760 |
| Hosmane, Narayan Sadashiv | Organic Chemistry | 996 / 188,664 | 1,239 / 188,664 |
| Schell, Mark A. | Microbiology | 1,325 / 232,186 | — |
| Guzman, Andrea L. | Communication & Media Studies | — | 263 / 16,468 |
| Subramony, Mahesh | Marketing | — | 420 / 15,920 |
| Powell, Ross D. | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | 1,274 / 84,638 | — |
| Milner, Joel S. | Developmental & Child Psychology | 498 / 25,365 | — |
| Ashley, Walker S. | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | — | 1,625 / 84,638 |
| Gebo, Daniel L. | Anthropology | 96 / 10,039 | 197 / 10,039 |
| Jones, Holly P. | Ecology | — | 1,748 / 82,882 |
| Demaray, Michelle Kilpatrick | Education | 1,755 / 115,687 | 1,301 / 115,687 |
| Einolf, Christopher J. | Political Science & Public Administration | — | 817 / 27,183 |
| Winkler, Roland | Applied Physics | 2,651 / 323,282 | — |
| Bardeen, Joseph R. | Clinical Psychology | — | 361 / 19,306 |
| Malecki, Christine Kerres | Education | — | 1,521 / 115,687 |
| van Veenendaal, Michel A. | Applied Physics | 3,036 / 323,282 | — |
| King, Bethia H. | Entomology | 365 / 40,595 | — |
| Shapiro, Michael A. | Applied Physics | 3,141 / 323,282 | — |
| Calvo, Ana M. | Microbiology | 2,997 / 232,186 | 4,929 / 232,186 |
| Britt, Mary Anne | Education | 1,089 / 115,687 | 2,473 / 115,687 |
| Datta, Biswa Nath | Industrial Engineering & Automation | 1,384 / 131,085 | — |
| Dillon, James P. | Ophthalmology & Optometry | 1,255 / 86,157 | — |
| Shiltsev, Vladimir D. | Nuclear & Particle Physics | — | 2,518 / 164,120 |
| Gilbert, Thomas M. | Organic Chemistry | 3,214 / 188,664 | — |
| Kong, Qingkai | General Mathematics | 1,438 / 76,268 | — |
| Zheng, Chong | Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry | 1,290 / 86,991 | — |
| Popov, Alexander I. | General Chemistry | 514 / 57,505 | — |
| Kevill, Dennis N. | Organic Chemistry | 3,753 / 188,664 | — |
| Mason, W. Roy | Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry | 1,618 / 86,991 | — |
| Bode, Barrie P. | Surgery | 2,465 / 146,713 | — |
| Zar, Jerrold H. | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | — | 4,003 / 216,826 |
| Shamim, Tariq | Energy | 5,443 / 371,959 | — |
| Oucheriah, Said | Industrial Engineering & Automation | 2,700 / 131,085 | — |
| Briles, Worthie Elwood | Dairy & Animal Science | 1,341 / 78,455 | — |
| Dwight, Austin E. | Materials | 5,955 / 330,896 | — |
| Hashemian, Reza | Electrical & Electronic Engineering | 1,846 / 133,072 | — |
| Guo, Liping | Electrical & Electronic Engineering | 1,908 / 133,072 | — |
| Zinger, Donald S. | Electrical & Electronic Engineering | 2,118 / 133,072 | — |
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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