San Diego State 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).
62
researchers on the list
349
rank in United States
1,011
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Twenge, Jean M. | Social Psychology | 31 / 27,908 | 23 / 27,908 |
| Patel, Seema | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | 482 / 377,791 | 52 / 377,791 |
| Weaver, Connie Marie | Nutrition & Dietetics | 45 / 59,506 | 20 / 59,506 |
| German, R. M. | Materials | 68 / 330,896 | 134 / 330,896 |
| Lu, Ping | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 24 / 66,382 | 7 / 66,382 |
| Chris Mi, Chunting Chris | Electrical & Electronic Engineering | 53 / 133,072 | 35 / 133,072 |
| Getis, Arthur | Geography | 85 / 21,559 | 52 / 21,559 |
| Holcomb, Phillip J. | Experimental Psychology | 239 / 37,808 | 698 / 37,808 |
| McMillan, Hilary K. | Environmental Engineering | 598 / 68,664 | 154 / 68,664 |
| Emmorey, Karen D. | Experimental Psychology | 473 / 37,808 | 377 / 37,808 |
| Randel, Amy E. | Business & Management | — | 824 / 68,786 |
| Rey, Sergio Joseph | Geography | 240 / 21,559 | 169 / 21,559 |
| Quandt, Amy | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | — | 767 / 84,638 |
| Kovacic, Peter | Organic Chemistry | 746 / 188,664 | 2,289 / 188,664 |
| Lewison, Rebecca L. | Ecology | 1,534 / 82,882 | 928 / 82,882 |
| Spitzberg, Brian H. | Communication & Media Studies | 70 / 16,468 | 308 / 16,468 |
| Rothblum, Esther D. | Social Psychology | 502 / 27,908 | 1,042 / 27,908 |
| Gilles, Jérôme | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 2,534 / 517,648 | 2,554 / 517,648 |
| Syphard, Alexandra D. | Ecology | — | 1,208 / 82,882 |
| Grotjahn, Douglas B. | Organic Chemistry | 1,262 / 188,664 | — |
| Gallo, Linda C. | Public Health | 1,500 / 82,273 | 650 / 82,273 |
| Jankowski, Piotr L. | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | 355 / 82,760 | 1,341 / 82,760 |
| Bernerth, Jeremy B. | Business & Management | — | 1,597 / 68,786 |
| Elder, John P. | Public Health | 656 / 82,273 | — |
| Blashill, Aaron J. | Public Health | 992 / 82,273 | 755 / 82,273 |
| Hovell, Melbourne F. | Public Health | 773 / 82,273 | — |
| Coulson, Seana | Experimental Psychology | 1,034 / 37,808 | — |
| Demasi, Luciano | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 141 / 66,382 | 382 / 66,382 |
| Stow, Douglas Alan | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | 529 / 82,760 | — |
| Sabia, Joseph J. | Economics | 799 / 54,592 | — |
| Ayala, Guadalupe Xochitl | Public Health | 949 / 82,273 | — |
| Briggs, Robert Owen | Information Systems | 251 / 19,463 | — |
| Christie, Brian R. | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 6,750 / 379,830 | — |
| Hansbrough, John F. | Emergency & Critical Care Medicine | 387 / 44,281 | — |
| Rockwell, Thomas K. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 2,140 / 108,013 | — |
| Kopriva, David A. | Numerical & Computational Mathematics | 247 / 17,431 | 229 / 17,431 |
| Oren, Eyal | General & Internal Medicine | 5,117 / 360,081 | 1,859 / 360,081 |
| Morsi, K. B. | Materials | 2,189 / 330,896 | 5,466 / 330,896 |
| Klepeis, Neil Edward | Building & Construction | 450 / 56,454 | — |
| Sobo, Elisa Janine | Public Health | 1,436 / 82,273 | — |
| Novotny, Thomas E. | Public Health | 1,447 / 82,273 | — |
| Card, Alan J. | Nursing | — | 424 / 73,697 |
| Ratnarajah, T. | Networking & Telecommunications | 1,503 / 228,312 | 2,904 / 228,312 |
| De Neve, Jan Walter | General & Internal Medicine | 6,073 / 360,081 | 2,008 / 360,081 |
| Jones, Loring Paul | Social Work | 75 / 9,659 | — |
| Hofstetter, C. Richard | Public Health | 1,663 / 82,273 | — |
| Rauh, Mitchell J.D. | Sport Sciences | 707 / 41,112 | — |
| Katz, Joseph | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 386 / 66,382 | 580 / 66,382 |
| Johns, Ann M. | Languages & Linguistics | 555 / 25,930 | — |
| Gutiérrez-Clellen, Vera F. | Speech-Language Pathology & Audiology | 261 / 13,500 | — |
| Tsou, Minghsiang Hsiang | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | 1,153 / 82,760 | — |
| Oseroff, Saúl B. | Applied Physics | 5,928 / 323,282 | — |
| Kryter, Karl D. | Acoustics | 587 / 38,987 | — |
| Fisher, Douglas | Education | 1,842 / 115,687 | — |
| Chung, Y. Barry | General Psychology & Cognitive Sciences | 83 / 4,120 | — |
| Levine, Arielle Sarah | Fisheries | — | 651 / 47,614 |
| Rasmussen, Chris L. | Education | 1,911 / 115,687 | — |
| Weeks, John R. | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | 1,345 / 82,760 | — |
| Beverly, Robert | Networking & Telecommunications | 3,605 / 228,312 | 3,351 / 228,312 |
| Hope, Allen S. | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | 1,740 / 82,760 | — |
| Austin, Roswell W. | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 3,012 / 140,272 | — |
| Brooks, Joanna | Literary Studies | 387 / 21,141 | — |
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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