Sandia National Laboratories, California 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).
51
researchers on the list
407
rank in United States
1,225
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec, John E. | Energy | 222 / 371,959 | 4,026 / 371,959 |
| Foiles, Stephen M. | Materials | 251 / 330,896 | 839 / 330,896 |
| Zwier, Timothy S. | Chemical Physics | 746 / 121,889 | — |
| Chen, Jacqueline H. | Energy | 518 / 371,959 | 1,511 / 371,959 |
| Taatjes, Craig A. | Chemical Physics | 867 / 121,889 | 888 / 121,889 |
| San Marchi, Chris | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 1,303 / 157,792 | 526 / 157,792 |
| Pickett, Lyle M. | Energy | 815 / 371,959 | 6,325 / 371,959 |
| Stavila, Vitalie G. | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | 2,487 / 177,859 | 2,257 / 177,859 |
| Zhou, Xiaowang | Applied Physics | 4,092 / 323,282 | 1,177 / 323,282 |
| Schefer, Robertw W. | Energy | 1,061 / 371,959 | 1,879 / 371,959 |
| Binkley, John Stephen | Chemical Physics | 1,389 / 121,889 | 1,907 / 121,889 |
| Najm, Habib N. | Energy | 994 / 371,959 | 3,249 / 371,959 |
| Talin, Albert Alec | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | 1,927 / 177,859 | 2,592 / 177,859 |
| McCarty, Kevin F. | Applied Physics | 1,874 / 323,282 | 5,345 / 323,282 |
| Léonard, François | Applied Physics | 2,052 / 323,282 | 3,246 / 323,282 |
| Kumar, Suhas | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | — | 3,232 / 177,859 |
| Musculus, Mark P.B. | Energy | 1,266 / 371,959 | — |
| Williams, Kelly Porter | Developmental Biology | 2,495 / 167,121 | 3,284 / 167,121 |
| Singh, Seema | Biotechnology | 374 / 69,700 | 344 / 69,700 |
| Causey, Rion A. | Energy | 1,845 / 371,959 | — |
| Mishra, Umakant | Agronomy & Agriculture | — | 1,091 / 95,377 |
| Chandler, David W. | Chemical Physics | 2,785 / 121,889 | — |
| Shaddix, Christopher R. | Energy | 2,344 / 371,959 | — |
| Mueller, Charles Jeffery | Energy | 2,400 / 371,959 | — |
| Klebanoff, Leonard E. | Energy | 5,769 / 371,959 | 6,011 / 371,959 |
| Jankowski, Alan F. | Applied Physics | 5,181 / 323,282 | — |
| Ashurst, Wm T. | Energy | 3,096 / 371,959 | — |
| Sjöberg, Magnus | Energy | 3,218 / 371,959 | — |
| Vogler, Tracy J. | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 1,749 / 157,792 | — |
| Ronevich, Joseph A. | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | — | 2,170 / 157,792 |
| Bartelt, Norman C. | Applied Physics | 6,266 / 323,282 | — |
| Goldsmith, John E.M. | Optics | 981 / 83,504 | — |
| Spataru, Catalin D. | Applied Physics | 6,434 / 323,282 | — |
| Sarovar, Mohan | General Physics | — | 1,398 / 87,024 |
| Hansen, Nils | Energy | 4,324 / 371,959 | — |
| Frank, Jonathan H. | Energy | 4,329 / 371,959 | — |
| Nilson, Robert H. | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 2,151 / 157,792 | — |
| Proctor, Timothy J. | General Physics | — | 1,469 / 87,024 |
| Cummings, Eric B. | Analytical Chemistry | 2,272 / 137,328 | — |
| Hamilton, John C. | General Physics | 1,901 / 87,024 | — |
| Medlin, Douglas L. | Materials | 4,516 / 330,896 | — |
| Reuss, David L. | Energy | 4,957 / 371,959 | — |
| Burtch, Nicholas C. | General Chemistry | — | 527 / 57,505 |
| Luo, Weifang | Materials | 5,013 / 330,896 | — |
| Lane, Todd W. | Biotechnology | 1,096 / 69,700 | — |
| Brooks, John A. | Materials | 5,285 / 330,896 | — |
| Margolis, Stephen B. | Energy | 6,101 / 371,959 | — |
| McDaniel, Anthony H. | Energy | 6,638 / 371,959 | — |
| Chen, Ken S. | Energy | 6,731 / 371,959 | — |
| Rahn, Larry A. | Optics | 1,628 / 83,504 | — |
| Bryers, Richard W. | Energy | 7,465 / 371,959 | — |
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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