School of Life 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).
35
researchers on the list
544
rank in United States
1,679
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hedrick, Philip W. | Evolutionary Biology | 41 / 31,128 | 67 / 31,128 |
| Bastías, Daniel A. | Ecology | 243 / 82,882 | 228 / 82,882 |
| Grimm, Nancy B. | Ecology | 252 / 82,882 | 373 / 82,882 |
| Hölldobler, Bert | Entomology | 19 / 40,595 | 118 / 40,595 |
| García-Pichel, Ferrán | Microbiology | 410 / 232,186 | 295 / 232,186 |
| Stromberg, Juliet C. | Ecology | 611 / 82,882 | 1,551 / 82,882 |
| Harrison, Jon F. | Physiology | 202 / 26,472 | 124 / 26,472 |
| Collins, James P. | Ecology | 862 / 82,882 | — |
| Martins, Emília P. | Behavioral Science & Comparative Psychology | 179 / 13,044 | — |
| Kinzig, Ann P. | Ecology | 1,002 / 82,882 | — |
| Moore, Michael C. | Behavioral Science & Comparative Psychology | 202 / 13,044 | — |
| Alcock, John P. | Entomology | 153 / 40,595 | 954 / 40,595 |
| Jensen, Jeffrey D. | Developmental Biology | 2,839 / 167,121 | 1,276 / 167,121 |
| Olive, M. Foster | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 4,233 / 379,830 | — |
| McCutcheon, John P. | Developmental Biology | 2,600 / 167,121 | 1,316 / 167,121 |
| Vermaas, Wim F.J. | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 2,417 / 216,826 | — |
| Maley, Carlo C. | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | 2,921 / 377,791 | 3,411 / 377,791 |
| Hazel, Jeffrey R. | Physiology | 340 / 26,472 | 391 / 26,472 |
| Day, Thomas A. | Ecology | 1,498 / 82,882 | — |
| Zhu, Qiyun | Microbiology | — | 1,591 / 232,186 |
| Fewell, Jennifer Harrison | Behavioral Science & Comparative Psychology | 324 / 13,044 | 240 / 13,044 |
| Pratt, Stephen C. | Behavioral Science & Comparative Psychology | 327 / 13,044 | — |
| Yang, Zhaogang | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | — | 3,635 / 177,859 |
| Bǒsković, Jovan D. | Industrial Engineering & Automation | 817 / 131,085 | — |
| Fisher, Stuart G. | Marine Biology & Hydrobiology | 927 / 54,545 | — |
| Pfeifer, Susanne P. | Developmental Biology | — | 2,224 / 167,121 |
| Mason, Hugh S. | Biotechnology | 349 / 69,700 | — |
| Cooper, Katelyn M. | Education | — | 1,615 / 115,687 |
| Anderson, Karen S. | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | 5,285 / 377,791 | — |
| Johnson, Robert A. | Entomology | 495 / 40,595 | 721 / 40,595 |
| Paaijmans, Krijn Petrus | Tropical Medicine | — | 206 / 39,335 |
| Wang, Zhenxin | Analytical Chemistry | 1,260 / 137,328 | 2,138 / 137,328 |
| Liebig, Juergen | Entomology | 566 / 40,595 | 716 / 40,595 |
| Liu, Jing | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | — | 5,161 / 377,791 |
| Li, Zibo | Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging | 2,065 / 129,561 | 1,045 / 129,561 |
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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