South Dakota State University 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).
26
researchers on the list
673
rank in United States
2,133
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evenson, Donald P. | Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine | 139 / 105,735 | 229 / 105,735 |
| Zhang, Xiaoyang | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | 669 / 82,760 | 289 / 82,760 |
| Specker, Bonny L. | Endocrinology & Metabolism | 749 / 100,693 | — |
| Fenster, Charles B. | Evolutionary Biology | 454 / 31,128 | 643 / 31,128 |
| Johnston, Carol Arlene | Ecology | 1,040 / 82,882 | — |
| Kumar, Sandeep | Agronomy & Agriculture | 940 / 95,377 | 449 / 95,377 |
| Maimaitijiang, Maitiniyazi | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | — | 1,080 / 82,760 |
| Janaswamy, Srinivas | Food Science | 1,914 / 107,913 | 1,289 / 107,913 |
| Johnson, W. Carter | Ecology | 1,740 / 82,882 | — |
| Schingoethe, David J. | Dairy & Animal Science | 289 / 78,455 | 1,477 / 78,455 |
| Zhang, Hankui | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | — | 1,309 / 82,760 |
| Raynie, Douglas E. | Analytical Chemistry | 1,801 / 137,328 | 824 / 137,328 |
| Houborg, Rasmus Moeller | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | — | 1,467 / 82,760 |
| Nawaz, Taufiq | Plant Biology & Botany | — | 2,398 / 204,373 |
| Guan, Xiangming | Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry | 783 / 120,621 | 625 / 120,621 |
| Mistry, Vikram V. | Dairy & Animal Science | 509 / 78,455 | — |
| Hassan, Ashraf N. | Dairy & Animal Science | 621 / 78,455 | — |
| Hu, Zhong | Materials | — | 5,454 / 330,896 |
| Clay, Sharon A. | Agronomy & Agriculture | 1,612 / 95,377 | 1,840 / 95,377 |
| Willis, David W. | Fisheries | 739 / 47,614 | — |
| Clay, David E. | Agronomy & Agriculture | 1,632 / 95,377 | — |
| McFarland, Douglas C. | Dairy & Animal Science | 1,101 / 78,455 | — |
| Kirkbride, Clyde A. | Veterinary Sciences | 1,441 / 72,388 | — |
| Sergeev, Igor N. | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | — | 4,833 / 216,826 |
| Chase, Christopher C.L. | Veterinary Sciences | — | 728 / 72,388 |
| Metzger, Lloyd E. | Dairy & Animal Science | — | 1,532 / 78,455 |
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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