Santa Fe Institute 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).
45
researchers on the list
446
rank in United States
1,354
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson, Philip Warren | General Physics | 1 / 87,024 | 3 / 87,024 |
| Hastings, Alan M. | Ecology | 69 / 82,882 | 140 / 82,882 |
| Jackson, Matthew O. | Economics | 46 / 54,592 | 70 / 54,592 |
| Lo, Andrew W. | Finance | 15 / 16,367 | 26 / 16,367 |
| Bassett, Dani S. | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 2,684 / 379,830 | 276 / 379,830 |
| Carroll, Sean M. | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 157 / 164,120 | 73 / 164,120 |
| Bettencourt, Luìs M.A. | Urban & Regional Planning | 23 / 15,338 | 16 / 15,338 |
| Erwin, Douglas H. | Paleontology | 10 / 23,292 | 4 / 23,292 |
| Clauset, Aaron J. | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 343 / 517,648 | 427 / 517,648 |
| Gintis, Herbert M. | Economics | 92 / 54,592 | 179 / 54,592 |
| Stadler, Peter F. | Bioinformatics | 33 / 24,357 | 62 / 24,357 |
| Balasubramanian, Vijay | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 228 / 164,120 | 174 / 164,120 |
| Redner, Sidney | Fluids & Plasmas | 86 / 58,297 | 165 / 58,297 |
| West, Geoffrey B. | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 357 / 164,120 | 208 / 164,120 |
| Gell-Mann, Murray | Applied Physics | 426 / 323,282 | 294 / 323,282 |
| Pines, David | Applied Physics | 395 / 323,282 | 706 / 323,282 |
| Mitchell, Melanie | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 2,686 / 517,648 | 937 / 517,648 |
| Forrest, Stephanie | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 436 / 517,648 | 1,081 / 517,648 |
| Smaldino, Paul E. | Experimental Psychology | — | 374 / 37,808 |
| Elena, Santiago F. | Virology | 201 / 79,508 | 259 / 79,508 |
| Moore, Cristopher | Computation Theory & Mathematics | 89 / 20,721 | 70 / 20,721 |
| Koehl, Mimi A.R. | Marine Biology & Hydrobiology | 260 / 54,545 | 388 / 54,545 |
| Hochberg, Michael E. | Evolutionary Biology | 363 / 31,128 | 571 / 31,128 |
| Rundle, John B. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 732 / 108,013 | 2,221 / 108,013 |
| Borgerhoff Mulder, Monique | Ecology | 816 / 82,882 | 1,627 / 82,882 |
| Graham, Andrea L. | Evolutionary Biology | 698 / 31,128 | 339 / 31,128 |
| Harper, Kyle | Archaeology | 235 / 21,336 | 43 / 21,336 |
| Girvan, Michelle | Fluids & Plasmas | 1,430 / 58,297 | 397 / 58,297 |
| Kéfi, Sonia | Ecology | — | 1,222 / 82,882 |
| Hausmann, Ricardo | Economics | — | 900 / 54,592 |
| Grilli, Jacopo | Fluids & Plasmas | — | 565 / 58,297 |
| Lansing, John Stephen | Evolutionary Biology | — | 551 / 31,128 |
| Krakauer, David C. | Evolutionary Biology | 806 / 31,128 | — |
| Morowitz, Harrold J. | General & Internal Medicine | 1,190 / 360,081 | 2,371 / 360,081 |
| Geanakoplos, John D. | Economic Theory | 28 / 1,802 | 37 / 1,802 |
| Trancik, Jessika E. | Energy | 3,419 / 371,959 | 4,603 / 371,959 |
| Larremore, Daniel B. | Developmental Biology | — | 2,932 / 167,121 |
| D'Souza, Raissa M. | Fluids & Plasmas | — | 1,067 / 58,297 |
| Stein, Daniel L. | General Physics | 1,129 / 87,024 | — |
| Woodruff, William H. | General Chemistry | 478 / 57,505 | — |
| Scarpino, Samuel V. | Microbiology | — | 3,884 / 232,186 |
| Ay, Nihat | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 5,187 / 517,648 | — |
| Yang, Chijen | Energy | 4,540 / 371,959 | — |
| Rockmore, Daniel N. | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 6,580 / 517,648 | — |
| Hamilton, Marcus John | Archaeology | — | 400 / 21,336 |
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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