Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science 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).
92
researchers on the list
273
rank in United States
739
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snyder, Gerald Jeffrey | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | 41 / 177,859 | 21 / 177,859 |
| Belytschko, T. | Applied Mathematics | 2 / 23,982 | 14 / 23,982 |
| Wolverton, Chris M. | Materials | 46 / 330,896 | 31 / 330,896 |
| Nocedal, Jorge M. | Operations Research | 16 / 31,951 | 13 / 31,951 |
| Schuh, Christopher A. | Materials | 71 / 330,896 | 70 / 330,896 |
| Huang, Younggang Young | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 34 / 157,792 | 57 / 157,792 |
| Razeghi, Manijeh M. | Applied Physics | 156 / 323,282 | 315 / 323,282 |
| Mrksich, Milan | Organic Chemistry | 195 / 188,664 | 1,743 / 188,664 |
| Liu, Wing Kam Snm | Applied Mathematics | 29 / 23,982 | 62 / 23,982 |
| Voorhees, Peter W. | Materials | 145 / 330,896 | 314 / 330,896 |
| Dunand, David C. | Materials | 149 / 330,896 | 319 / 330,896 |
| Rivnay, Jonathan | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | 823 / 177,859 | 406 / 177,859 |
| Marks, Laurence D. | Microscopy | 2 / 4,178 | 5 / 4,178 |
| Haile, Sossina M. | Materials | 193 / 330,896 | 287 / 330,896 |
| Kung, Harold H. | Physical Chemistry | 65 / 44,088 | 279 / 44,088 |
| Szleifer, Igal G. | Chemical Physics | 426 / 121,889 | 1,183 / 121,889 |
| Mahmassani, Hani S. | Logistics & Transportation | 26 / 32,287 | 78 / 32,287 |
| Patankar, Neelesh A. | Applied Mathematics | 59 / 23,982 | 84 / 23,982 |
| Davis, Stephen H. | Fluids & Plasmas | 208 / 58,297 | 689 / 58,297 |
| Espinosa, Horacio Dante | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 191 / 157,792 | 403 / 157,792 |
| Odom, Teri Wang | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | 473 / 177,859 | 1,893 / 177,859 |
| Barnett, Scott A. | Energy | 461 / 371,959 | 2,969 / 371,959 |
| Colgate, James Edward | Industrial Engineering & Automation | 280 / 131,085 | 1,015 / 131,085 |
| Truby, Ryan L. | Industrial Engineering & Automation | 2,005 / 131,085 | 370 / 131,085 |
| Rotta Loria, Alessandro F. | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | 1,617 / 82,760 | 410 / 82,760 |
| Dalrymple, Robert Anthony | Oceanography | 39 / 16,622 | 57 / 16,622 |
| Ghosh, Gautam | Materials | 553 / 330,896 | 1,057 / 330,896 |
| Sangwan, Vinod Kumar | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | 3,600 / 177,859 | 1,703 / 177,859 |
| Rondinelli, James M. | Applied Physics | 3,544 / 323,282 | 958 / 323,282 |
| Chang, Robert P.H. | Applied Physics | 1,419 / 323,282 | 3,132 / 323,282 |
| Dunn, Jennifer B. | Energy | 2,930 / 371,959 | 1,724 / 371,959 |
| Wessels, Bruce W. | Applied Physics | 1,527 / 323,282 | 2,557 / 323,282 |
| Weertman, Julia R. | Materials | 865 / 330,896 | 6,389 / 330,896 |
| Weertman, Johannes R. | Materials | 878 / 330,896 | 3,161 / 330,896 |
| Honig, Michael L. | Networking & Telecommunications | 542 / 228,312 | — |
| Fine, Morris E. | Materials | 933 / 330,896 | 1,939 / 330,896 |
| Keten, Sinan | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | 2,718 / 177,859 | 2,445 / 177,859 |
| Apley, Daniel W. | Statistics & Probability | — | 313 / 24,695 |
| Mura, Toshio | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 503 / 157,792 | 1,788 / 157,792 |
| Linsenmeier, Robert A. | Ophthalmology & Optometry | 471 / 86,157 | 840 / 86,157 |
| Wang, Qian Jane | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 546 / 157,792 | 1,010 / 157,792 |
| Bankoff, S. George | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 584 / 157,792 | 3,126 / 157,792 |
| Lynch, Kevin M. | Industrial Engineering & Automation | 664 / 131,085 | 1,908 / 131,085 |
| Scott Budinger, G. R. | Respiratory System | 1,138 / 71,926 | 513 / 71,926 |
| Aydin, Koray | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | 1,146 / 177,859 | 4,341 / 177,859 |
| Misharin, Alexander V. | Immunology | — | 1,579 / 176,292 |
| Nelson, Barry L. | Operations Research | 351 / 31,951 | — |
| Wächter, Andreas | Operations Research | 425 / 31,951 | 386 / 31,951 |
| Khuller, Samir | Computation Theory & Mathematics | 249 / 20,721 | 255 / 20,721 |
| Choudhary, Alok N. | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 2,314 / 517,648 | 6,661 / 517,648 |
| Luijten, Erik | Fluids & Plasmas | 997 / 58,297 | — |
| Elkind, Edith | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 2,487 / 517,648 | 7,720 / 517,648 |
| Mason, Thomas O. | Materials | 1,711 / 330,896 | — |
| Berry, Randall A. | Networking & Telecommunications | 1,063 / 228,312 | — |
| Finno, Richard J. | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | 650 / 82,760 | 1,667 / 82,760 |
| Bharat, Ankit | Surgery | 1,677 / 146,713 | 523 / 146,713 |
| Lauhon, Lincoln J. | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | 1,538 / 177,859 | — |
| Guo, Dongning | Networking & Telecommunications | 1,121 / 228,312 | 3,199 / 228,312 |
| Crist, Buckley | Polymers | 1,175 / 133,253 | — |
| Liu, Shuqian | Biomedical Engineering | 535 / 74,543 | — |
| Chopp, David L. | Applied Mathematics | 322 / 23,982 | — |
| Ehmann, Kornel F. | Industrial Engineering & Automation | 999 / 131,085 | 2,209 / 131,085 |
| Pappas, Thrasyvoulos N. | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 3,229 / 517,648 | — |
| Backman, Vadim | Optics | 620 / 83,504 | 899 / 83,504 |
| Cheng, Herbert S. | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 1,201 / 157,792 | — |
| Sun, Cheng | Optics | 769 / 83,504 | 646 / 83,504 |
| Chung, Yipwah Wall | Applied Physics | 4,379 / 323,282 | — |
| Broadbelt, Linda J. | Chemical Engineering | 905 / 97,821 | 1,525 / 97,821 |
| Burghardt, Wesley R. | Polymers | 1,519 / 133,253 | — |
| Seitz, Linsey C. | Energy | — | 5,245 / 371,959 |
| Lancichinetti, Andrea | Fluids & Plasmas | — | 1,111 / 58,297 |
| Klabjan, Diego | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 4,150 / 517,648 | — |
| Johnson, D. Lynn | Materials | 2,759 / 330,896 | — |
| Cohen, Jerome B. | Materials | 3,166 / 330,896 | — |
| Yuan, Linding | Applied Physics | — | 4,247 / 323,282 |
| Kirklin, Scott J. | Materials | — | 5,851 / 330,896 |
| Kung, Mayfair (chu) | Physical Chemistry | 803 / 44,088 | — |
| Hammond, Kristian J. | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 5,589 / 517,648 | — |
| Stankovich, Sasha Z. | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | 3,333 / 177,859 | — |
| Butt, John B. | Physical Chemistry | 868 / 44,088 | — |
| Shah, Ramille N. | Biomedical Engineering | 1,416 / 74,543 | 1,301 / 74,543 |
| Buscarnera, Giuseppe | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | 1,530 / 82,760 | — |
| Miller, William Martin | Biotechnology | 1,026 / 69,700 | — |
| Li, Ying | Materials | 4,844 / 330,896 | — |
| Smilowitz, Karen R. | Logistics & Transportation | 621 / 32,287 | — |
| Mah, Riochard S.H. | Chemical Engineering | 2,082 / 97,821 | — |
| Lewis, Elmer E. | Energy | 6,821 / 371,959 | — |
| Wei-Keng, Liao | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 9,530 / 517,648 | — |
| Mohseni, Hooman | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 1,898 / 140,272 | — |
| Kim, Daniel | Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging | — | 2,557 / 129,561 |
| Dhar, Lisa | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 2,113 / 140,272 | — |
| Ho, Seong Tiong | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 2,325 / 140,272 | — |
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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