Scripps Institution of Oceanography 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).
94
researchers on the list
270
rank in United States
730
rank worldwide, of 38,384
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| Name | Subfield | Career | Single-year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xie, Shangping | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | 28 / 84,638 | 27 / 84,638 |
| Levin, Lisa Ann | Marine Biology & Hydrobiology | 13 / 54,545 | 8 / 54,545 |
| Faulkner, D. John | Organic Chemistry | 92 / 188,664 | 1,485 / 188,664 |
| Craig, Harmon | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 50 / 108,013 | 90 / 108,013 |
| Weiss, Ray F. | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | 83 / 84,638 | 104 / 84,638 |
| Azam, Farooq I. | Marine Biology & Hydrobiology | 39 / 54,545 | 89 / 54,545 |
| Talley, Lynne D. | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | 196 / 84,638 | 166 / 84,638 |
| Sandwell, David T. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 146 / 108,013 | 133 / 108,013 |
| Cayan, Daniel R. | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | 137 / 84,638 | 419 / 84,638 |
| Shearer, Peter M. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 182 / 108,013 | 1,510 / 108,013 |
| Tauxe, Lisa | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 184 / 108,013 | 212 / 108,013 |
| Dickson, Andrew G. | Oceanography | 11 / 16,622 | 7 / 16,622 |
| Landry, Michael R. | Marine Biology & Hydrobiology | 99 / 54,545 | 275 / 54,545 |
| Bada, Jeffrey L. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 280 / 108,013 | 909 / 108,013 |
| Alford, Matthew H. | Oceanography | 33 / 16,622 | 12 / 16,622 |
| Hildebrand, John A. | Acoustics | 72 / 38,987 | 39 / 38,987 |
| Day, James M.D. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 954 / 108,013 | 273 / 108,013 |
| Constable, Steven C. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 375 / 108,013 | 502 / 108,013 |
| Ralph, Fred Martin | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | 1,069 / 84,638 | 475 / 84,638 |
| Munk, Walter H. | Oceanography | 22 / 16,622 | 39 / 16,622 |
| Rouse, Greg W. | Evolutionary Biology | 260 / 31,128 | 320 / 31,128 |
| Keeling, Charles D. | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | 458 / 84,638 | 567 / 84,638 |
| Jensen, Paul R. | Microbiology | 779 / 232,186 | 1,075 / 232,186 |
| Benmarhnia, Tarik | Toxicology | 706 / 69,049 | 105 / 69,049 |
| Castillo, Paterno K. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 866 / 108,013 | 448 / 108,013 |
| Berger, Wolfgang H. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 533 / 108,013 | 1,734 / 108,013 |
| Gille, Sarah T. | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | 685 / 84,638 | 646 / 84,638 |
| Staudigel, Hubert | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 565 / 108,013 | 1,018 / 108,013 |
| Sugihara, George | Ecology | 1,029 / 82,882 | 690 / 82,882 |
| Goldberg, Edward D. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 594 / 108,013 | 2,230 / 108,013 |
| Keeling, Ralph F. | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | 594 / 84,638 | 754 / 84,638 |
| Norris, Richard D. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 627 / 108,013 | 1,174 / 108,013 |
| Franks, Peter J.S. | Marine Biology & Hydrobiology | 285 / 54,545 | 311 / 54,545 |
| Lonsdale, Peter F. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 672 / 108,013 | 2,471 / 108,013 |
| Ohman, Mark D. | Marine Biology & Hydrobiology | 294 / 54,545 | 351 / 54,545 |
| Melville, W. Kendall | Fluids & Plasmas | 346 / 58,297 | 461 / 58,297 |
| Prather, Kimberly A. | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | 680 / 84,638 | 1,293 / 84,638 |
| Davis, Russ E. | Oceanography | 55 / 16,622 | 208 / 16,622 |
| Russell, Lynn M. | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | 730 / 84,638 | — |
| Palenik, Brian P. | Microbiology | 1,354 / 232,186 | 2,919 / 232,186 |
| Rudnick, Daniel L. | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | 912 / 84,638 | 1,134 / 84,638 |
| Roemmich, Dean H. | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | 929 / 84,638 | 1,634 / 84,638 |
| Hilton, David R. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 1,006 / 108,013 | 932 / 108,013 |
| Kuperman, William A. | Acoustics | 121 / 38,987 | 251 / 38,987 |
| Gershunov, Alexander | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | 1,615 / 84,638 | 1,187 / 84,638 |
| Mitchell, Brian Greg | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | 989 / 84,638 | — |
| Holland, Nicholas D. | Developmental Biology | 1,770 / 167,121 | — |
| Hildebrand, Mark | Biotechnology | 171 / 69,700 | 408 / 69,700 |
| Zhang, Guangjun | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | 1,117 / 84,638 | 1,283 / 84,638 |
| Bartlett, Douglas Hoyt | Microbiology | 1,676 / 232,186 | 4,849 / 232,186 |
| Koslow, Julian Anthony | Fisheries | 158 / 47,614 | 511 / 47,614 |
| Niiler, Pearn Peter | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | 1,157 / 84,638 | — |
| Sprintall, Janet | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | 1,357 / 84,638 | 1,394 / 84,638 |
| Kastner, Miriam | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 1,264 / 108,013 | — |
| Georgakakos, Konstantine P. | Environmental Engineering | 324 / 68,664 | — |
| Cande, Stephen C. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 1,311 / 108,013 | — |
| White, Warren B. | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | 1,251 / 84,638 | — |
| Merrifield, Mark A. | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | 1,319 / 84,638 | — |
| Agnew, Duncan Carr | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 1,421 / 108,013 | 1,494 / 108,013 |
| Di Santo, Valentina | Physiology | — | 158 / 26,472 |
| Young, William R. | Fluids & Plasmas | 781 / 58,297 | 984 / 58,297 |
| Smith, Jennifer Ellen | Marine Biology & Hydrobiology | — | 472 / 54,545 |
| Fricker, Helen Amanda | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | — | 1,726 / 84,638 |
| Buckingham, Michael J. | Acoustics | 208 / 38,987 | 399 / 38,987 |
| Curray, Joseph R. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 1,654 / 108,013 | — |
| Semmens, Brice Xavier | Ecology | — | 1,888 / 82,882 |
| Winant, Clinton D. | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | 1,700 / 84,638 | — |
| Pierce, David W. | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | 1,711 / 84,638 | — |
| Song, Heechun | Acoustics | 243 / 38,987 | 374 / 38,987 |
| Evan, Amato T. | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | — | 2,121 / 84,638 |
| Reid, Joseph L. | Oceanography | 210 / 16,622 | — |
| Checkley, David M. | Fisheries | 289 / 47,614 | 1,014 / 47,614 |
| Scholander, P. F. | Physiology | 514 / 26,472 | 434 / 26,472 |
| Tegner, Mia J. | Marine Biology & Hydrobiology | 1,047 / 54,545 | — |
| Heiligenberg, Walter F. | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 7,825 / 379,830 | — |
| Sandin, Stuart Adrian | Marine Biology & Hydrobiology | — | 717 / 54,545 |
| Salmon, Rick | Fluids & Plasmas | 1,232 / 58,297 | — |
| Pinkel, Robert | Oceanography | 262 / 16,622 | 298 / 16,622 |
| Gieskes, Joris M.T.M. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 2,406 / 108,013 | — |
| Deane, Grant B. | Acoustics | 337 / 38,987 | 459 / 38,987 |
| Hodgkiss, William S. | Acoustics | 344 / 38,987 | — |
| Kahru, Mati | Oceanography | 276 / 16,622 | 266 / 16,622 |
| Simpson, James J. | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | 790 / 82,760 | — |
| Andersson, Andreas J. | Marine Biology & Hydrobiology | — | 794 / 54,545 |
| Swift, James H. | Oceanography | 312 / 16,622 | — |
| Inman, Douglas L. | Oceanography | 386 / 16,622 | — |
| Wiggins, Sean M. | Acoustics | 532 / 38,987 | 647 / 38,987 |
| Cessi, Paola | Oceanography | — | 233 / 16,622 |
| MacKinnon, Jennifer A. | Oceanography | — | 247 / 16,622 |
| Shepard, Francis P. | Geology | 403 / 17,936 | — |
| Hechinger, Ryan F. | Mycology & Parasitology | 579 / 29,175 | 385 / 29,175 |
| Frouin, Robert J. | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 1,321 / 140,272 | 831 / 140,272 |
| Bonnel, Julien | Acoustics | — | 668 / 38,987 |
| Frasier, Kaitlin E. | Acoustics | — | 760 / 38,987 |
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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