Rockefeller 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).
120
researchers on the list
214
rank in United States
580
rank worldwide, of 38,384
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| Name | Subfield | Career | Single-year |
|---|---|---|---|
| McEwen, Bruce S. | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 2 / 379,830 | 3 / 379,830 |
| Steinman, Ralph Marvin | Immunology | 12 / 176,292 | 136 / 176,292 |
| Fuchs, Elaine V. | Developmental Biology | 24 / 167,121 | 75 / 167,121 |
| Darnell, James E. | Developmental Biology | 63 / 167,121 | 293 / 167,121 |
| de Lange, Titia | Developmental Biology | 84 / 167,121 | 108 / 167,121 |
| Greengard, Paul A.L. | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 149 / 379,830 | 1,168 / 379,830 |
| Friedman, Jeffrey M. | Endocrinology & Metabolism | 58 / 100,693 | 86 / 100,693 |
| Casanova, Jean Laurent | Immunology | 65 / 176,292 | 59 / 176,292 |
| Roeder, R. G. | Developmental Biology | 117 / 167,121 | 360 / 167,121 |
| MacKinnon, Roderick | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 126 / 216,826 | 210 / 216,826 |
| Ravetch, Jeffrey V. | Immunology | 119 / 176,292 | 719 / 176,292 |
| Lifton, Richard P. | Developmental Biology | 191 / 167,121 | 1,023 / 167,121 |
| Blobel, Günter K. | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 166 / 216,826 | 891 / 216,826 |
| Krueger, James G. | Dermatology & Venereal Diseases | 14 / 64,751 | 16 / 64,751 |
| Tuschl, Thomas | Developmental Biology | 240 / 167,121 | 702 / 167,121 |
| Kreek, Mary Jeanne | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 462 / 379,830 | 3,709 / 379,830 |
| Tomasz, Alexander | Microbiology | 137 / 232,186 | 1,421 / 232,186 |
| Rice, Charles M. | Virology | 30 / 79,508 | 93 / 79,508 |
| Pfaff, Donald W. | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 569 / 379,830 | 3,878 / 379,830 |
| Nottebohm, Fernando N. | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 609 / 379,830 | 6,382 / 379,830 |
| Siggia, Eric Dean S. | Developmental Biology | 316 / 167,121 | 464 / 167,121 |
| Marraffini, Luciano A. | Developmental Biology | 795 / 167,121 | 199 / 167,121 |
| Cohen, Joel E. | Ecology | 163 / 82,882 | 433 / 82,882 |
| Vlassara, Helen V. | Endocrinology & Metabolism | 241 / 100,693 | — |
| Fischetti, Vincent A. | Microbiology | 224 / 232,186 | 301 / 232,186 |
| Hudspeth, Albert James | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 717 / 379,830 | 1,490 / 379,830 |
| Breslow, Jan L. | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 385 / 216,826 | 1,796 / 216,826 |
| Chait, Brian T. | Developmental Biology | 380 / 167,121 | 1,561 / 167,121 |
| Coller, Barry S. | Immunology | 337 / 176,292 | 1,221 / 176,292 |
| Nussenzweig, Michel C. | Immunology | 342 / 176,292 | 673 / 176,292 |
| Gilbert, Charles D. | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 798 / 379,830 | 2,869 / 379,830 |
| Darnell, Robert B. | Developmental Biology | 417 / 167,121 | 564 / 167,121 |
| Miller, George A. | Experimental Psychology | 175 / 37,808 | 280 / 37,808 |
| Merrifield, Robert Bruce | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 465 / 216,826 | 449 / 216,826 |
| Wiesel, Torsten N. | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 890 / 379,830 | 1,139 / 379,830 |
| Bieniasz, Paul D. | Virology | 73 / 79,508 | 137 / 79,508 |
| Allis, C. David | Developmental Biology | 466 / 167,121 | 371 / 167,121 |
| Leibowitz, Sarah Fryer | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 951 / 379,830 | — |
| Steller, Hermann | Developmental Biology | 507 / 167,121 | 2,744 / 167,121 |
| Heintz, Nathaniel | Developmental Biology | 606 / 167,121 | 1,169 / 167,121 |
| Ott, Jürg | Genetics & Heredity | 65 / 42,273 | 722 / 42,273 |
| Hatten, Mary Elizabeth | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 1,327 / 379,830 | 6,070 / 379,830 |
| High, Katherine A. | Immunology | 585 / 176,292 | 521 / 176,292 |
| Jarvis, Erich D. | Developmental Biology | — | 412 / 167,121 |
| Young, Michael W. | Developmental Biology | 833 / 167,121 | 2,381 / 167,121 |
| Cross, George A. M. | Mycology & Parasitology | 42 / 29,175 | 646 / 29,175 |
| O'Donnell, Mike E. | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 1,051 / 216,826 | 2,491 / 216,826 |
| Birsoy, Kivanç | Developmental Biology | — | 665 / 167,121 |
| Estes, William K. | Experimental Psychology | 475 / 37,808 | — |
| Cross, Frederick R. | Developmental Biology | 1,182 / 167,121 | — |
| Auerbach, Arleen D. | Genetics & Heredity | 187 / 42,273 | 367 / 42,273 |
| Sakmar, Thomas P. | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 1,420 / 216,826 | 4,322 / 216,826 |
| Strickland, Sidney | Developmental Biology | 1,307 / 167,121 | — |
| Leibler, Stanislas | Developmental Biology | 1,377 / 167,121 | — |
| Darst, Seth A. | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 1,645 / 216,826 | 2,606 / 216,826 |
| Sirovich, Lawrence | Fluids & Plasmas | 387 / 58,297 | 1,398 / 58,297 |
| Kac, Mark | General Mathematics | 196 / 76,268 | 243 / 76,268 |
| Brivanlou, Ali H. | Developmental Biology | 1,478 / 167,121 | 2,755 / 167,121 |
| Cohen, Ezechiel G.D. | Fluids & Plasmas | 411 / 58,297 | 1,248 / 58,297 |
| Holt, Peter R. | Gastroenterology & Hepatology | 699 / 113,536 | — |
| Sassa, Shigeru | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 1,781 / 216,826 | — |
| Zhou, Wei | Developmental Biology | — | 1,022 / 167,121 |
| Brady, Sean F. | Organic Chemistry | 966 / 188,664 | 810 / 188,664 |
| Victora, Gabriel D. | Immunology | 3,212 / 176,292 | 884 / 176,292 |
| Caskey, Marina F. | Immunology | — | 904 / 176,292 |
| Simon, Sanford M. | Developmental Biology | 1,677 / 167,121 | 3,428 / 167,121 |
| Magnasco, Marcelo O. | Fluids & Plasmas | 518 / 58,297 | 1,053 / 58,297 |
| Cohn, Zanvil A. | Immunology | 1,610 / 176,292 | — |
| Hirsch, Jules A. | Nutrition & Dietetics | 416 / 59,506 | — |
| Müller, Miklós | Mycology & Parasitology | 125 / 29,175 | 491 / 29,175 |
| Moore, Stanford | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 2,241 / 216,826 | 3,545 / 216,826 |
| Bradlow, H. Leon | Endocrinology & Metabolism | 1,323 / 100,693 | — |
| Walz, Thomas M. | Developmental Biology | 2,068 / 167,121 | 3,396 / 167,121 |
| Goulianos, Konstantin | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 1,302 / 164,120 | — |
| Cohen, Paul | Endocrinology & Metabolism | — | 1,020 / 100,693 |
| Mucida, Daniel Sousa | Immunology | — | 1,301 / 176,292 |
| Tarakhovsky, Alexander Sasha | Immunology | 2,015 / 176,292 | — |
| Bournazos, Stylianos | Immunology | — | 1,337 / 176,292 |
| Kapoor, Tarun M. | Developmental Biology | 2,256 / 167,121 | — |
| Dole, Vincent P. | General & Internal Medicine | 945 / 360,081 | — |
| Mauzerall, David C. | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 2,913 / 216,826 | — |
| Kappas, Attallah Tall Ah | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 2,936 / 216,826 | — |
| Cao, Junyue | Developmental Biology | — | 1,647 / 167,121 |
| Mauro, Alexander | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 5,505 / 379,830 | 8,426 / 379,830 |
| Gotschlich, Emil C. | Microbiology | 2,253 / 232,186 | — |
| Lowes, Michelle Anne | Dermatology & Venereal Diseases | 1,053 / 64,751 | 335 / 64,751 |
| Formenti, Giulio | Developmental Biology | — | 1,905 / 167,121 |
| Chen, Jue | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 3,425 / 216,826 | 1,465 / 216,826 |
| Shaham, Shai | Developmental Biology | 2,676 / 167,121 | — |
| Rout, Michael P. | Developmental Biology | 2,761 / 167,121 | 3,272 / 167,121 |
| Russel, Marjorie | Microbiology | 2,718 / 232,186 | — |
| Eisenberg, Schlomo | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 3,972 / 216,826 | — |
| Rous, Peyton | Immunology | 3,059 / 176,292 | — |
| Case, Kenneth M. | Mathematical Physics | 84 / 6,761 | 93 / 6,761 |
| Lipmann, Fritz A. | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 4,405 / 216,826 | — |
| Coffino, Philip | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 4,431 / 216,826 | — |
| Freiwald, Winrich A. | Neurology & Neurosurgery | — | 5,236 / 379,830 |
| Tavazoie, Sohail F. | Developmental Biology | — | 2,721 / 167,121 |
| Stoeckle, Mark Young | Microbiology | 3,359 / 232,186 | 4,317 / 232,186 |
| Kaiser, Emil Thomas | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 4,818 / 216,826 | — |
| Asanuma, Hiroshi | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 8,384 / 379,830 | — |
| Pais, Abraham | General Physics | 1,030 / 87,024 | 1,466 / 87,024 |
| Lancefield, Rebecca C. | Immunology | 3,735 / 176,292 | — |
| Kamphorst, Alice O. | Immunology | — | 2,612 / 176,292 |
| Liberti, Maria V. | Developmental Biology | — | 3,216 / 167,121 |
| Libchaber, Albert J. | General Physics | 1,138 / 87,024 | 1,568 / 87,024 |
| Lederberg, Joshua | General & Internal Medicine | 5,889 / 360,081 | 4,534 / 232,186 |
| McNutt, Neil Scott | Dermatology & Venereal Diseases | 1,020 / 64,751 | — |
| Pagels, Heinz R. | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 3,112 / 164,120 | — |
| Lipman, Neil S. | Veterinary Sciences | 815 / 72,388 | 1,273 / 72,388 |
| Dales, Samuel | Virology | 1,847 / 79,508 | — |
| Vaziri, Alipasha | Optics | 1,832 / 83,504 | 1,001 / 83,504 |
| Vinogradova, Ekaterina V. | Organic Chemistry | — | 3,739 / 188,664 |
| Field, Frank H. | General Chemistry | 638 / 57,505 | — |
| Capili, Bernadette | Nursing | — | 1,019 / 73,697 |
| Cohen, Steven L. | Analytical Chemistry | 2,863 / 137,328 | — |
| Longsworth, Lewis G. | General Chemistry | 752 / 57,505 | — |
| Hatziioannou, Theodora | Virology | — | 1,573 / 79,508 |
| Lyu, Jiankun | Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry | — | 2,111 / 120,621 |
| Kargman, Stacia L. | Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry | 2,511 / 120,621 | — |
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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