Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 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).
91
researchers on the list
277
rank in United States
748
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shur, Michael S. | Applied Physics | 120 / 323,282 | 486 / 323,282 |
| Gao, Bin | Environmental Sciences | 260 / 140,934 | 102 / 140,934 |
| Sun, Jian | Electrical & Electronic Engineering | 29 / 133,072 | 19 / 133,072 |
| Wunderlich, Bernhard B. | Polymers | 51 / 133,253 | 307 / 133,253 |
| Zaki, Mohammed Javeed J. | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 179 / 517,648 | 1,040 / 517,648 |
| Gall, Daniel L. | Applied Physics | 380 / 323,282 | 204 / 323,282 |
| Siegel, Richard W. | Materials | 230 / 330,896 | 3,315 / 330,896 |
| Bergles, Arthur E. | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 126 / 157,792 | 487 / 157,792 |
| Hendler, James A. | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 403 / 517,648 | 3,150 / 517,648 |
| Garciá, Angel Enrique | Chemical Physics | 439 / 121,889 | 1,386 / 121,889 |
| Golden, Timothy D. | Business & Management | 1,156 / 68,786 | 529 / 68,786 |
| Doremus, Robert H. | Materials | 279 / 330,896 | 2,119 / 330,896 |
| Han, Fudong | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | 2,772 / 177,859 | 1,174 / 177,859 |
| Moynihan, Cornelius T. | Applied Physics | 857 / 323,282 | 2,626 / 323,282 |
| Makhatadze, George I. | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 1,369 / 216,826 | 2,186 / 216,826 |
| Tiersten, Harry F. | Applied Physics | 914 / 323,282 | 1,732 / 323,282 |
| Ji, Qiang | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 893 / 517,648 | 8,375 / 517,648 |
| Pasek, Matthew A. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 1,964 / 108,013 | 609 / 108,013 |
| Gao, Jianxi | Fluids & Plasmas | — | 320 / 58,297 |
| Schubert, Eric Fred | Applied Physics | 1,159 / 323,282 | 2,848 / 323,282 |
| Bequette, B. Wayne | Industrial Engineering & Automation | 448 / 131,085 | 1,538 / 131,085 |
| Gowdy, John M. | Economics | 486 / 54,592 | — |
| Wen, John Ting Yung | Industrial Engineering & Automation | 498 / 131,085 | — |
| Sun, Ron | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 1,472 / 517,648 | 6,321 / 517,648 |
| Whittet, Douglas C.B. | Astronomy & Astrophysics | 1,141 / 58,202 | — |
| Murarka, Shyam P. | Applied Physics | 1,783 / 323,282 | — |
| Ehrlich, Henry Lutz | Microbiology | 2,193 / 232,186 | — |
| Nagy, George | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 1,971 / 517,648 | — |
| Sanderson, Arthur C. | Industrial Engineering & Automation | 754 / 131,085 | — |
| Nelson, J. Keith | Applied Physics | 2,449 / 323,282 | — |
| Lahey, Richard T. | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 729 / 157,792 | — |
| Fajen, Brett R. | Experimental Psychology | 1,109 / 37,808 | — |
| Stoloff, Norman S. | Materials | 1,405 / 330,896 | — |
| Chen, Tianyi | Networking & Telecommunications | — | 1,139 / 228,312 |
| Dvorak, George J. | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 846 / 157,792 | 3,352 / 157,792 |
| Pearlman, William A. | Networking & Telecommunications | 1,024 / 228,312 | — |
| Ma, Yao | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | — | 5,137 / 517,648 |
| Szymanski, Boleslaw Karol | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 2,554 / 517,648 | — |
| Wark, David A. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 2,068 / 108,013 | — |
| Roecker, Steven W. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 2,165 / 108,013 | — |
| Walf, Alicia A. | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 7,376 / 379,830 | — |
| Isaacson, David | Biomedical Engineering | 570 / 74,543 | — |
| Ke, Ruimin | Logistics & Transportation | — | 487 / 32,287 |
| McGuinness, Deborah L. | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 3,006 / 517,648 | — |
| Stewart, Charles V. | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 3,124 / 517,648 | — |
| Freeman, Herbert | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 3,215 / 517,648 | — |
| Woods, John W. | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 3,257 / 517,648 | — |
| Trinkle, Jeffrey C. | Industrial Engineering & Automation | 1,152 / 131,085 | — |
| Yan, Pingkun | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 6,931 / 517,648 | 6,644 / 517,648 |
| Malmborg, Charles J. | Operations Research | 558 / 31,951 | — |
| Huntington, Hillard B. | Applied Physics | 4,146 / 323,282 | 7,592 / 323,282 |
| Janz, George J. | Chemical Physics | 2,958 / 121,889 | — |
| Hull, Robert | Applied Physics | 4,538 / 323,282 | — |
| Gutmann, Ronald J. | Applied Physics | 4,560 / 323,282 | — |
| Krempl, Erhard | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 1,370 / 157,792 | — |
| Lee, Erastus H. | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 1,416 / 157,792 | — |
| Jensen, Michael K. | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 1,420 / 157,792 | — |
| Bae, Chulsung | Polymers | — | 1,882 / 133,253 |
| McLaughlin, Joyce R. | Applied Mathematics | 495 / 23,982 | — |
| Saridis, George N. | Industrial Engineering & Automation | 1,568 / 131,085 | — |
| Zhang, Zheyu | Electrical & Electronic Engineering | 1,281 / 133,072 | 825 / 133,072 |
| Moss, Gerald S. | Surgery | 1,740 / 146,713 | — |
| Messler, Robert W. | Materials | 3,275 / 330,896 | — |
| Schubert, Erdmann Fred | Applied Physics | 5,918 / 323,282 | 6,594 / 323,282 |
| Mayle, Robert Edward | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 1,740 / 157,792 | — |
| Dutta, Partha S. | Applied Physics | 6,033 / 323,282 | — |
| Abdel-Ghaffar, Ahmed Mansour | Civil Engineering | 684 / 67,736 | — |
| Lin, Shawn Yu | Optics | 1,028 / 83,504 | — |
| Koretz, Jane F. | Ophthalmology & Optometry | 1,706 / 86,157 | — |
| Rusak, Zvi | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 522 / 66,382 | — |
| Yazici, Birsen | Networking & Telecommunications | 2,639 / 228,312 | — |
| Bringsjord, Selmer | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 6,102 / 517,648 | — |
| Symans, Michael D. | Civil Engineering | 768 / 67,736 | — |
| Magdon-Ismail, Malik | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 6,241 / 517,648 | — |
| van Ness, Hendrick C. | Chemical Engineering | 1,506 / 97,821 | — |
| Bennett, Kristin P. | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 6,598 / 517,648 | — |
| Altwicker, Elmar R. | Environmental Sciences | 2,837 / 140,934 | — |
| O'Rourke, Michael J. | Civil Engineering | 954 / 67,736 | — |
| Kliman, Gerald B. | Electrical & Electronic Engineering | 1,078 / 133,072 | — |
| Tajer, Ali | Networking & Telecommunications | 3,227 / 228,312 | — |
| Niu, Chuang | Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging | — | 1,843 / 129,561 |
| Sternberg, Stanley R. | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 7,717 / 517,648 | — |
| Hicken, Jason Edward | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 765 / 66,382 | 824 / 66,382 |
| Narayanan, Shankar | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | — | 3,262 / 157,792 |
| Anderson, Kurt S. | Design Practice & Management | 230 / 11,980 | — |
| Kapila, Ashwani Kumar | Energy | 6,756 / 371,959 | — |
| Zhang, Tong | Computer Hardware & Architecture | 412 / 21,014 | — |
| Tadjbakhsh, Itadji G. | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 3,209 / 157,792 | — |
| Hillig, William Bruno | Materials | 7,041 / 330,896 | — |
| Savage, Warren F. | Mining & Metallurgy | 254 / 37,230 | — |
| Basu, Kanad | Computer Hardware & Architecture | — | 442 / 21,014 |
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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