School of Biological Sciences 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).
43
researchers on the list
463
rank in United States
1,403
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steinegger, Martin | Bioinformatics | 538 / 24,357 | 33 / 24,357 |
| Tam, James P. | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 457 / 216,826 | 1,210 / 216,826 |
| Baker, Edward N. | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 653 / 216,826 | 999 / 216,826 |
| Storz, Jay F. | Evolutionary Biology | 199 / 31,128 | 135 / 31,128 |
| Zhi-Qiang, Zhi | Entomology | 203 / 40,595 | 48 / 40,595 |
| Cooper, Garth J.S. | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 1,270 / 216,826 | 1,410 / 216,826 |
| Matzke, Nicholas J. | Evolutionary Biology | 758 / 31,128 | 207 / 31,128 |
| Yanofsky, Martin F. | Developmental Biology | 1,169 / 167,121 | 2,127 / 167,121 |
| Fritz, Sherilyn C. | Paleontology | 171 / 23,292 | 388 / 23,292 |
| Knops, Johannes Michael Hubertus | Ecology | 917 / 82,882 | 958 / 82,882 |
| Hebets, Eileen A. | Behavioral Science & Comparative Psychology | 206 / 13,044 | 224 / 13,044 |
| Zera, Anthony J. | Entomology | 145 / 40,595 | 986 / 40,595 |
| Miserez, Ali | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | — | 2,184 / 177,859 |
| Kim, Jae Bum | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 2,231 / 216,826 | 976 / 216,826 |
| Lundblad, Victoria | Developmental Biology | 2,045 / 167,121 | — |
| Pervushin, Konstantin V. | Biophysics | 125 / 21,025 | 185 / 21,025 |
| Russell, James C. | Ecology | — | 1,429 / 82,882 |
| Kang, Chanhee | Developmental Biology | — | 1,458 / 167,121 |
| Greenhill, Simon J. | Evolutionary Biology | — | 423 / 31,128 |
| Avramova, Zoya V. | Plant Biology & Botany | 1,423 / 204,373 | 1,192 / 204,373 |
| Gerrard, Juliet A. | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 2,939 / 216,826 | 3,363 / 216,826 |
| Baek, Sung-hee | Developmental Biology | 2,319 / 167,121 | 2,408 / 167,121 |
| Louda, Svaťa M. | Ecology | 1,538 / 82,882 | — |
| Jin, Yishi | Developmental Biology | 2,482 / 167,121 | — |
| Poppitt, Sally D. | Nutrition & Dietetics | 623 / 59,506 | 771 / 59,506 |
| Selverston, Allen I. | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 6,023 / 379,830 | — |
| Harris, Philip J. | Plant Biology & Botany | 1,394 / 204,373 | — |
| Wasserman, Steven A. | Developmental Biology | 2,680 / 167,121 | — |
| Basolo, Alexandra L. | Behavioral Science & Comparative Psychology | 378 / 13,044 | — |
| Gardner, Richard C. | Plant Biology & Botany | 1,554 / 204,373 | — |
| Taylor, Michael W. | Microbiology | 3,397 / 232,186 | 2,256 / 232,186 |
| Johnson, Mark P. | Oceanography | — | 151 / 16,622 |
| Helinski, Donald R. | Microbiology | 3,342 / 232,186 | — |
| Kline, Kimberly A. | Microbiology | — | 3,155 / 232,186 |
| Bhattacharjya, Surajit | Biophysics | 274 / 21,025 | 234 / 21,025 |
| Nickerson, Kenneth W. | Microbiology | 4,141 / 232,186 | — |
| Putterill, Joanna J. | Plant Biology & Botany | 2,821 / 204,373 | 3,773 / 204,373 |
| Ng, Leeching | Tropical Medicine | — | 269 / 39,335 |
| Murray, Brian G. | Plant Biology & Botany | 2,958 / 204,373 | — |
| Mu, Yuguang | Chemical Physics | — | 2,336 / 121,889 |
| Mutwil, Marek | Plant Biology & Botany | — | 4,032 / 204,373 |
| Yu, Bin | Plant Biology & Botany | — | 4,384 / 204,373 |
| Korolev, N. I. | Biophysics | — | 369 / 21,025 |
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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