SDSU College of 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).
33
researchers on the list
563
rank in United States
1,759
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rohwer, Forest L. | Microbiology | 391 / 232,186 | 480 / 232,186 |
| Murphy, Claire L. | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 1,998 / 379,830 | 3,317 / 379,830 |
| Riley, Edward Patrick | Substance Abuse | 133 / 18,209 | — |
| Oechel, Walter C. | Ecology | 806 / 82,882 | — |
| Müller, Ralph Axel | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 3,273 / 379,830 | 3,562 / 379,830 |
| Weber, Fridolin | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 1,372 / 164,120 | 841 / 164,120 |
| Reinholz, Daniel Lee | Education | — | 770 / 115,687 |
| Sussman, Mark Alan | Cardiovascular System & Hematology | 1,999 / 249,410 | 4,963 / 249,410 |
| Lipson, David A. | Ecology | 1,249 / 82,882 | 1,271 / 82,882 |
| Xu, Xiaofeng | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | — | 1,282 / 84,638 |
| Olsen, Kim Bak | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 1,398 / 108,013 | 1,371 / 108,013 |
| Inagaki, Tristen K. | Experimental Psychology | — | 918 / 37,808 |
| Hedin, Marshal C. | Evolutionary Biology | 720 / 31,128 | 589 / 31,128 |
| Welsh, William F. | Astronomy & Astrophysics | 1,536 / 58,202 | 1,587 / 58,202 |
| Orosz, Jerome A. | Astronomy & Astrophysics | — | 1,619 / 58,202 |
| Carrano, Carl J. | Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry | 560 / 86,991 | 1,475 / 86,991 |
| Bohonak, Andrew J. | Evolutionary Biology | 759 / 31,128 | — |
| Day, Steven M. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 1,687 / 108,013 | — |
| Roesch, Scott Christopher | Public Health | 891 / 82,273 | 1,579 / 82,273 |
| Kelley, Scott Theodore | Microbiology | 4,785 / 232,186 | 2,138 / 232,186 |
| Stec, Boguslaw | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 4,366 / 216,826 | 4,724 / 216,826 |
| van der Geer, Peter | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 4,703 / 216,826 | — |
| Matt, Georg E. | Public Health | 1,309 / 82,273 | — |
| Hurlbert, Stuart H. | Marine Biology & Hydrobiology | 1,179 / 54,545 | — |
| Edwards, Matthew S. | Marine Biology & Hydrobiology | — | 784 / 54,545 |
| Kalyuzhnaya, Marina G. | Microbiology | 3,598 / 232,186 | 2,774 / 232,186 |
| Ekdale, Eric G. | Anatomy & Morphology | 61 / 8,297 | 23 / 8,297 |
| Küpper, Frithjof Christian | Marine Biology & Hydrobiology | — | 923 / 54,545 |
| Waters, Elizabeth R. | Plant Biology & Botany | 2,492 / 204,373 | 4,364 / 204,373 |
| Nollett, Kenneth M. | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 3,585 / 164,120 | — |
| Davis, Jeffrey A. | Optics | 913 / 83,504 | 1,948 / 83,504 |
| Riffenburgh, Robert H. | Emergency & Critical Care Medicine | 694 / 44,281 | — |
| Savage, Jay M. | Zoology | 329 / 19,073 | — |
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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