Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa 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).
30
researchers on the list
69
rank in Italy
1,896
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Della Porta, Donatella D. | Political Science & Public Administration | 56 / 27,183 | 37 / 27,183 |
| Ferrara, Andrea | Astronomy & Astrophysics | 302 / 58,202 | 86 / 58,202 |
| Giovannetti, Vittorio | General Physics | 85 / 87,024 | 66 / 87,024 |
| Ambrosio, Luigi | General Mathematics | 59 / 76,268 | 42 / 76,268 |
| Esposito, Massimiliano | Fluids & Plasmas | 237 / 58,297 | 80 / 58,297 |
| Barbieri, Riccardo | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 192 / 164,120 | 1,185 / 164,120 |
| Flandoli, Franco | General Mathematics | 204 / 76,268 | 100 / 76,268 |
| Benzi, Michele | Numerical & Computational Mathematics | 31 / 17,431 | 52 / 17,431 |
| Carniani, Stefano | Astronomy & Astrophysics | — | 449 / 58,202 |
| Caiani, Manuela | Political Science & Public Administration | — | 347 / 27,183 |
| da Prato, Giuseppe G. | General Mathematics | 206 / 76,268 | 272 / 76,268 |
| Cattaneo, Antonino | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 5,025 / 379,830 | — |
| Koch, Henrik | Chemical Physics | — | 944 / 121,889 |
| Tosi, Mario P. | General Physics | 564 / 87,024 | — |
| Pappalardo, Luca | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | — | 3,942 / 517,648 |
| Vietri, Mario | Astronomy & Astrophysics | 1,504 / 58,202 | — |
| Cellerino, Alessandro | Developmental Biology | 2,499 / 167,121 | — |
| Bloino, Julien | Chemical Physics | 2,361 / 121,889 | 1,247 / 121,889 |
| Malchiodi, Andrea | General Mathematics | 734 / 76,268 | 1,639 / 76,268 |
| Lami, Ludovico | General Physics | — | 731 / 87,024 |
| Giannotti, Fosca | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 3,865 / 517,648 | 5,792 / 517,648 |
| Giazotto, Francesco | Applied Physics | 3,519 / 323,282 | 2,920 / 323,282 |
| Giaquinta, Mariano | General Mathematics | 824 / 76,268 | 1,135 / 76,268 |
| Pimentel, Guilherme L. | Nuclear & Particle Physics | — | 2,167 / 164,120 |
| Zannier, Umberto M. | General Mathematics | 1,251 / 76,268 | — |
| Bassani, Franco Giuseppe | Applied Physics | 5,056 / 323,282 | — |
| Cappelli, Chiara | Chemical Physics | — | 2,077 / 121,889 |
| Most, Glenn W. | Classics | 26 / 3,682 | 78 / 3,682 |
| Esposito, Roberto | Literary Studies | 171 / 21,141 | 103 / 21,141 |
| Ginzburg, Carlo | Literary Studies | 87 / 21,141 | 135 / 21,141 |
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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