retired 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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researchers on the list
788
rank in United States
2,653
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nearing, Mark A. | Agronomy & Agriculture | 53 / 95,377 | 149 / 95,377 |
| Peterson, Bradley M. | Astronomy & Astrophysics | 286 / 58,202 | 254 / 58,202 |
| Bendich, Adrianne | Nutrition & Dietetics | 240 / 59,506 | — |
| Harris, Alan W. | Astronomy & Astrophysics | 591 / 58,202 | 1,198 / 58,202 |
| Clagett, George Patrick | Cardiovascular System & Hematology | 1,756 / 249,410 | — |
| Pettitt, David Dj | Endocrinology & Metabolism | 1,246 / 100,693 | — |
| Reeves, Roger D. | Plant Biology & Botany | 961 / 204,373 | 2,107 / 204,373 |
| Briefel, Ronette R. | Nutrition & Dietetics | 830 / 59,506 | — |
| Heller, Klaus Gerhard | Zoology | 92 / 19,073 | — |
| Mortimer, Philip Paul | Virology | 1,314 / 79,508 | — |
| Malone, Ainsley M. | Nutrition & Dietetics | — | 1,240 / 59,506 |
| Cockburn, Janet M. | Rehabilitation | 536 / 31,889 | — |
| Mattar, Louis | Energy | 3,816 / 371,959 | — |
| Laesecke, Arno | Chemical Engineering | 1,582 / 97,821 | — |
| Venuto, Paul B. | Energy | 5,033 / 371,959 | — |
| Church, Eugene L. | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 1,271 / 140,272 | — |
| Sullivan, John Tangney | Pharmacology & Pharmacy | 3,564 / 166,116 | — |
| Fahie-Wilson, Michael N. | General Clinical Medicine | 275 / 24,038 | — |
| Pradalier, André | General & Internal Medicine | 5,142 / 360,081 | — |
| Hoffbrand, Barry I. | General & Internal Medicine | 6,631 / 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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