Smithsonian Institution 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).
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researchers on the list
686
rank in United States
2,195
rank worldwide, of 38,384
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| Name | Subfield | Career | Single-year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knowlton, Nancy | Marine Biology & Hydrobiology | 26 / 54,545 | 31 / 54,545 |
| Kress, W. John | Evolutionary Biology | 251 / 31,128 | 82 / 31,128 |
| Behrensmeyer, Anna Kay | Paleontology | 28 / 23,292 | 14 / 23,292 |
| Myers, Philip C. | Astronomy & Astrophysics | 202 / 58,202 | 704 / 58,202 |
| de Queiroz, Kevin | Evolutionary Biology | 207 / 31,128 | 183 / 31,128 |
| Post, Jeffrey E. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 599 / 108,013 | 346 / 108,013 |
| Smith, Bruce D. | Archaeology | 24 / 21,336 | 25 / 21,336 |
| Ubelaker, Douglas H. | Legal & Forensic Medicine | 13 / 15,674 | 14 / 15,674 |
| Huber, Brian T. | Paleontology | 170 / 23,292 | 260 / 23,292 |
| Luhr, James F. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 897 / 108,013 | — |
| DiMichele, William A. | Paleontology | 209 / 23,292 | 137 / 23,292 |
| Watters, Thomas R. | Astronomy & Astrophysics | 965 / 58,202 | 1,065 / 58,202 |
| Ortner, Donald J. | Archaeology | 45 / 21,336 | 60 / 21,336 |
| Wing, Scott L. | Paleontology | 307 / 23,292 | 230 / 23,292 |
| Stofan, Ellen R. | Astronomy & Astrophysics | 1,589 / 58,202 | — |
| Emmons, Louise H. | Ecology | 1,670 / 82,882 | — |
| DeWaard, Jeremy R. | Evolutionary Biology | — | 610 / 31,128 |
| Mah, Christopher L. | Zoology | 205 / 19,073 | 167 / 19,073 |
| Rueda, Leopoldo M. | Tropical Medicine | 649 / 39,335 | — |
| Buffington, Matthew L. | Entomology | — | 744 / 40,595 |
| Lemaitre, Rafael | Zoology | 266 / 19,073 | — |
| Heyer, W. Ronald | Zoology | 327 / 19,073 | — |
| Ferraris, Carl J. | Zoology | 391 / 19,073 | — |
| Smith, David G. | Zoology | — | 400 / 19,073 |
| Schreiber, Elizabeth Anne E. | Ornithology | — | 88 / 5,121 |
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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