Stanford Engineering 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).
198
researchers on the list
124
rank in United States
314
rank worldwide, of 38,384
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| Name | Subfield | Career | Single-year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cui, Yi | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | 10 / 177,859 | 6 / 177,859 |
| Manning, Christopher D. | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 41 / 517,648 | 44 / 517,648 |
| Thrun, Sebastian B. | Industrial Engineering & Automation | 1 / 131,085 | 7 / 131,085 |
| Boneh, Dan | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 36 / 517,648 | 65 / 517,648 |
| Boyd, Stephen P. | Industrial Engineering & Automation | 8 / 131,085 | 10 / 131,085 |
| Khatib, Oussama | Industrial Engineering & Automation | 18 / 131,085 | 14 / 131,085 |
| Nix, William D. | Materials | 29 / 330,896 | 151 / 330,896 |
| Simo, Juan C. | Applied Mathematics | 9 / 23,982 | 15 / 23,982 |
| Wong, Hon Sum Philip | Applied Physics | 93 / 323,282 | 88 / 323,282 |
| Chaudhuri, Ovijit | Developmental Biology | 1,524 / 167,121 | 106 / 167,121 |
| Lele, Sanjiva K. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 4 / 66,382 | 8 / 66,382 |
| Hanson, Ronald Kenneth | Energy | 71 / 371,959 | 313 / 371,959 |
| Gray, Robert Molten | Networking & Telecommunications | 48 / 228,312 | 195 / 228,312 |
| Wetzstein, Gordon | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 1,308 / 517,648 | 361 / 517,648 |
| McKeown, Nick W. | Networking & Telecommunications | 50 / 228,312 | 295 / 228,312 |
| DeSimone, Joseph Mark | Polymers | 58 / 133,253 | 316 / 133,253 |
| Ophus, Colin L. | Microscopy | 16 / 4,178 | 1 / 4,178 |
| Andriacchi, Thomas P. | Biomedical Engineering | 35 / 74,543 | 82 / 74,543 |
| Herschlag, Daniel H. | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 347 / 216,826 | 612 / 216,826 |
| Golub, Gene H. | Numerical & Computational Mathematics | 7 / 17,431 | 24 / 17,431 |
| Kuhl, Ellen | Biomedical Engineering | 100 / 74,543 | 26 / 74,543 |
| Farhat, Charbel H. | Applied Mathematics | 30 / 23,982 | 60 / 23,982 |
| Gür, Turgut M. | Energy | 424 / 371,959 | 270 / 371,959 |
| Moffat, Robert J. | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 103 / 157,792 | 94 / 157,792 |
| Jurafsky, Daniel S. | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 296 / 517,648 | 530 / 517,648 |
| Hong, Guosong | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | 674 / 177,859 | 349 / 177,859 |
| Ermon, Stefano | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 2,474 / 517,648 | 571 / 517,648 |
| Wang, Hai | Energy | 140 / 371,959 | 401 / 371,959 |
| Delp, Scott L. | Biomedical Engineering | 72 / 74,543 | 35 / 74,543 |
| Salleo, Alberto | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | 211 / 177,859 | 417 / 177,859 |
| Yang, Diyi | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 3,673 / 517,648 | 661 / 517,648 |
| Zebker, Howard A. | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | 103 / 82,760 | 145 / 82,760 |
| Boυdart, Michel J. | Physical Chemistry | 57 / 44,088 | 199 / 44,088 |
| El Gamal, Abbas Ei | Networking & Telecommunications | 126 / 228,312 | 842 / 228,312 |
| Bent, Stacey F. | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | 291 / 177,859 | 2,050 / 177,859 |
| Zajac, Felix E. | Biomedical Engineering | 78 / 74,543 | 143 / 74,543 |
| Fan, Jonathan Albert | Optics | 273 / 83,504 | 82 / 83,504 |
| Ho, Daniel E. | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 1,970 / 517,648 | 1,017 / 517,648 |
| Bernstein, Michael S. | Human Factors | 119 / 16,381 | 54 / 16,381 |
| Santiago, Juan Gabriel | Analytical Chemistry | 127 / 137,328 | 234 / 137,328 |
| Goodson, Kenneth Eugene | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 165 / 157,792 | 433 / 157,792 |
| Ye, Yinyu | Operations Research | 67 / 31,951 | 96 / 31,951 |
| Dror, Ron O. | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 4,308 / 216,826 | 332 / 216,826 |
| Ihme, Matthias | Energy | 793 / 371,959 | 691 / 371,959 |
| Bradshaw, Peter | Fluids & Plasmas | 200 / 58,297 | 427 / 58,297 |
| Gruber, Thomas R. | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 567 / 517,648 | 3,597 / 517,648 |
| Paulraj, Arogyaswami J. | Networking & Telecommunications | 220 / 228,312 | 2,536 / 228,312 |
| Hanrahan, Pat M. | Software Engineering | 36 / 24,083 | 143 / 24,083 |
| McCarthy, John | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 1,354 / 517,648 | 1,297 / 517,648 |
| Widrow, Bernard Carlos | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 623 / 517,648 | 3,209 / 517,648 |
| Chueh, William C. | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | 2,065 / 177,859 | 963 / 177,859 |
| McKeon, Beverley J. | Fluids & Plasmas | 687 / 58,297 | 204 / 58,297 |
| Luenberger, David G. | Industrial Engineering & Automation | 295 / 131,085 | 328 / 131,085 |
| Qi, Lei Stanley | Developmental Biology | — | 690 / 167,121 |
| Eaton, John K. | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 236 / 157,792 | 681 / 157,792 |
| Lam, Monicas S. | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 753 / 517,648 | 8,403 / 517,648 |
| Salisbury, Kenneth J. | Industrial Engineering & Automation | 297 / 131,085 | 1,085 / 131,085 |
| Saraswat, Krishna C. | Applied Physics | 882 / 323,282 | 1,915 / 323,282 |
| Hinds, Pamela J. | Business & Management | 785 / 68,786 | 911 / 68,786 |
| Spicer, William E. | Applied Physics | 920 / 323,282 | 2,861 / 323,282 |
| Devereaux, Thomas Peter | Applied Physics | 924 / 323,282 | 948 / 323,282 |
| Pennington, Jeffrey S. | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 2,630 / 164,120 | 587 / 164,120 |
| Shaqfeh, Eric | Fluids & Plasmas | 333 / 58,297 | 540 / 58,297 |
| Inan, Umran S. | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | 665 / 84,638 | — |
| Glynn, Peter W. | Operations Research | 131 / 31,951 | 282 / 31,951 |
| McCluskey, Edward J. | Computer Hardware & Architecture | 26 / 21,014 | 163 / 21,014 |
| Dauskardt, Reinhold Horst | Materials | 623 / 330,896 | 2,297 / 330,896 |
| Ma, Tengyu | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 5,612 / 517,648 | 2,109 / 517,648 |
| Kamins, Theodore I.Ted | Applied Physics | 1,147 / 323,282 | — |
| Swartz, James R. | Biotechnology | 125 / 69,700 | 519 / 69,700 |
| Landay, James A. | Human Factors | 76 / 16,381 | 185 / 16,381 |
| Zhao, Ruike Renee | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | — | 473 / 157,792 |
| Hashimoto, Tatsunori B. | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | — | 2,273 / 517,648 |
| Zheng, Zhuo | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | — | 559 / 82,760 |
| Reingold, Omer | Computation Theory & Mathematics | 138 / 20,721 | 94 / 20,721 |
| Pratt, Vaughan R. | Computation Theory & Mathematics | 140 / 20,721 | 293 / 20,721 |
| Nanda, Jagjit | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | 1,986 / 177,859 | 1,895 / 177,859 |
| Sherby, Oleg D. | Materials | 757 / 330,896 | 6,271 / 330,896 |
| Darve, Eric F. | Applied Mathematics | 157 / 23,982 | 165 / 23,982 |
| Lee, Thomas H. | Electrical & Electronic Engineering | 141 / 133,072 | 1,081 / 133,072 |
| Qin, Jian | Polymers | 1,795 / 133,253 | 493 / 133,253 |
| Dionne, Jennifer A. | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | 1,102 / 177,859 | 2,079 / 177,859 |
| Nilsson, Nils J. | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 2,202 / 517,648 | 2,682 / 517,648 |
| Dunham, Eric M. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 2,026 / 108,013 | 841 / 108,013 |
| Kazovsky, Leonid G. | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 170 / 140,272 | 2,872 / 140,272 |
| Spormann, Alfred Michael | Microbiology | 1,458 / 232,186 | 1,677 / 232,186 |
| Fuller, Gerry G. | Chemical Physics | 1,273 / 121,889 | 2,273 / 121,889 |
| Paté-Cornell, M. Elisabeth | Strategic, Defence & Security Studies | 70 / 32,161 | 201 / 32,161 |
| Levin, Craig Steven | Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging | 434 / 129,561 | 586 / 129,561 |
| Khuri-Yakub, Butrus Thomas | Acoustics | 134 / 38,987 | 285 / 38,987 |
| Eesley, Charles E. | Business & Management | — | 1,486 / 68,786 |
| Reed, Evan J. | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | 1,094 / 177,859 | 2,392 / 177,859 |
| Iaccarino, Gianluca | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 95 / 66,382 | 206 / 66,382 |
| White, Robert L. | Applied Physics | 1,672 / 323,282 | 4,392 / 323,282 |
| Jose Valanarasu, Jeya Maria | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | — | 3,040 / 517,648 |
| Kenny, Thomas William | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | 854 / 177,859 | — |
| Goodman, Joseph W. | Optics | 287 / 83,504 | 421 / 83,504 |
| Howe, Roger T. | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | 855 / 177,859 | — |
| Pei, Allen | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | — | 2,570 / 177,859 |
| Weyant, John Peter | Energy | 1,638 / 371,959 | 2,124 / 371,959 |
| Bube, Richard H. | Applied Physics | 1,925 / 323,282 | 7,469 / 323,282 |
| Nishi, Yoshio | Applied Physics | 1,971 / 323,282 | 6,420 / 323,282 |
| Mitra, Subhasish | Computer Hardware & Architecture | 65 / 21,014 | 164 / 21,014 |
| Park, Joon-sung | Human Factors | — | 188 / 16,381 |
| Feigelson, Roberts S. | Applied Physics | 2,040 / 323,282 | — |
| Mani, Ali | Fluids & Plasmas | 1,180 / 58,297 | 546 / 58,297 |
| Qiu, Xiaojie | Developmental Biology | — | 1,631 / 167,121 |
| Valiant, Gregory | Computation Theory & Mathematics | 422 / 20,721 | 143 / 20,721 |
| Hie, Brian L. | Developmental Biology | — | 1,699 / 167,121 |
| Zheng, Xiaolin | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | 2,691 / 177,859 | 3,186 / 177,859 |
| Walch, Stephen P. | Chemical Physics | 1,731 / 121,889 | — |
| Nishimura, Dwight G. | Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging | 694 / 129,561 | 2,749 / 129,561 |
| Gibbons, James F. | Applied Physics | 2,339 / 323,282 | — |
| Clemens, Bruce M. | Applied Physics | 2,383 / 323,282 | — |
| Reynolds, William C. | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 710 / 157,792 | 1,789 / 157,792 |
| Sinclair, Robert A. | Applied Physics | 2,517 / 323,282 | 3,987 / 323,282 |
| Ferziger, Joel H. | Fluids & Plasmas | 911 / 58,297 | 952 / 58,297 |
| Toupin, Richard A. | Applied Mathematics | 244 / 23,982 | 277 / 23,982 |
| Bejerano, Gill | Genetics & Heredity | 499 / 42,273 | 368 / 42,273 |
| Feder, Tomäs | Computation Theory & Mathematics | 256 / 20,721 | 331 / 20,721 |
| Holoubek, John J. | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | — | 3,926 / 177,859 |
| Li, Jinlei | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | — | 3,953 / 177,859 |
| Karpathy, Andrej | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 8,951 / 517,648 | 4,743 / 517,648 |
| van Roy, Benjamin | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 2,549 / 517,648 | 4,790 / 517,648 |
| Golden, David Mark | Chemical Physics | 2,089 / 121,889 | — |
| Barnett, David M. | Materials | 1,566 / 330,896 | — |
| Kundaje, Anshul Bharat | Developmental Biology | — | 2,198 / 167,121 |
| Gerdes, Joseph Christian | Industrial Engineering & Automation | 1,042 / 131,085 | 1,295 / 131,085 |
| Hesselink, Lambertus B. | Optics | 524 / 83,504 | — |
| Follmer, Sean | Human Factors | — | 286 / 16,381 |
| Piech, Chris | Education | — | 1,644 / 115,687 |
| Heilshorn, Sarah C. | Biomedical Engineering | 931 / 74,543 | 510 / 74,543 |
| Gorinevsky, Dimitry M. | Industrial Engineering & Automation | 970 / 131,085 | — |
| Bambos, Nicholas D. | Networking & Telecommunications | 1,174 / 228,312 | — |
| Steele, Charles R. | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 1,038 / 157,792 | — |
| Cai, Wei | Materials | 3,362 / 330,896 | 3,306 / 330,896 |
| Dutton, Robert W. | Applied Physics | 3,717 / 323,282 | — |
| Liang, Weixing | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | — | 6,242 / 517,648 |
| Swanson, Kyle | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | — | 6,386 / 517,648 |
| Wang, Shanxiang | Applied Physics | 3,898 / 323,282 | 4,316 / 323,282 |
| Roy, Richard H. | Networking & Telecommunications | 1,457 / 228,312 | 1,748 / 228,312 |
| Xu, Minkai | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | — | 6,480 / 517,648 |
| Cao, Kaidi | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | — | 6,550 / 517,648 |
| Saunders, Michael A. | Numerical & Computational Mathematics | 313 / 17,431 | 326 / 17,431 |
| Frank, Curtis W. | Polymers | 1,380 / 133,253 | — |
| Katti, Sachin Rajsekhar | Networking & Telecommunications | 1,391 / 228,312 | 3,428 / 228,312 |
| Shachter, Ross D. | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 3,505 / 517,648 | — |
| Prinz, Fritz B. | Energy | 2,390 / 371,959 | — |
| Plummer, James D. | Applied Physics | 4,227 / 323,282 | — |
| Yoon, Do-yeung | Polymers | 1,450 / 133,253 | — |
| Johnston, James P. | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 1,247 / 157,792 | — |
| Lyu, Hao | General Chemistry | — | 277 / 57,505 |
| Poon, Ada S.Y. | Networking & Telecommunications | 1,497 / 228,312 | 2,371 / 228,312 |
| Rotskoff, Grant M. | Chemical Physics | — | 1,827 / 121,889 |
| Rajagopal, Ram S. | Energy | 2,559 / 371,959 | 5,150 / 371,959 |
| Pelton, Alan R. | Materials | 2,461 / 330,896 | 4,894 / 330,896 |
| Ren, Hongyu | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | — | 7,606 / 517,648 |
| Abu-Remaileh, Monther | Developmental Biology | — | 3,417 / 167,121 |
| Rivlin, Ronald S. | Applied Mathematics | 470 / 23,982 | — |
| Melosh, Nicholas A. | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | 2,249 / 177,859 | — |
| Syrgkanis, Vasilis | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 7,241 / 517,648 | 7,878 / 517,648 |
| Davidson, David Frank | Energy | 2,815 / 371,959 | 6,359 / 371,959 |
| Griffiths, Lloyd J. | Networking & Telecommunications | 1,787 / 228,312 | — |
| Bracewell, Ronald N. | Networking & Telecommunications | 1,905 / 228,312 | 2,306 / 228,312 |
| Asheghi, Mehdi | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 1,979 / 157,792 | 1,903 / 157,792 |
| Genesereth, Michael R. | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 4,645 / 517,648 | — |
| Huang, Ngan Fong Tina | Biomedical Engineering | 1,249 / 74,543 | 953 / 74,543 |
| Meng, Teresa H.Y. | Networking & Telecommunications | 2,078 / 228,312 | — |
| Sattely, Elizabeth S. | General Chemistry | 975 / 57,505 | 372 / 57,505 |
| Cappelli, Mark Antony | Applied Physics | 5,769 / 323,282 | — |
| Prabhakar, Balaji | Networking & Telecommunications | 2,247 / 228,312 | — |
| Covert, Ian C. | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | — | 9,794 / 517,648 |
| Wang, Heming | Optics | — | 959 / 83,504 |
| Koyejo, Oluwasanmi O. | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | — | 10,149 / 517,648 |
| Levenston, Marc E. | Biomedical Engineering | 1,043 / 74,543 | — |
| Zhang, Yirui | Energy | — | 7,856 / 371,959 |
| Choi, Joonhee | General Physics | — | 1,328 / 87,024 |
| Mitchell, Reginald E. | Energy | 4,411 / 371,959 | — |
| Rivas-Davila, Juan Manuel | Electrical & Electronic Engineering | 1,645 / 133,072 | 1,253 / 133,072 |
| AbdollahRamezani, Sajjad | Optics | — | 1,172 / 83,504 |
| Redfield, David | Applied Physics | 7,746 / 323,282 | — |
| Nelson, Drew V. | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 2,367 / 157,792 | — |
| Goodman, Emmett D. | Organic Chemistry | — | 4,125 / 188,664 |
| Farrell, Joyce E. | Optics | 1,358 / 83,504 | — |
| Soh, Hyongsoktom Tom | Analytical Chemistry | — | 2,736 / 137,328 |
| Lall, Sanjay G. | Industrial Engineering & Automation | 2,775 / 131,085 | — |
| Lee, Gunyeol Yeal | Optics | — | 1,507 / 83,504 |
| Ahn, Geun-ho | Optoelectronics & Photonics | — | 1,222 / 140,272 |
| Krüger, Charles H. | Energy | 6,679 / 371,959 | — |
| Feigenbaum, Edward A. | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 9,284 / 517,648 | — |
| Arbabian, Amin | Electrical & Electronic Engineering | 2,177 / 133,072 | 1,772 / 133,072 |
| Leeson, David B. | Networking & Telecommunications | 4,142 / 228,312 | — |
| Binford, Thomas O. | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 10,658 / 517,648 | — |
| Goel, Tushar | Aerospace & Aeronautics | — | 905 / 66,382 |
| Edwards, Matthew R. | Optoelectronics & Photonics | — | 1,894 / 140,272 |
| Wan, Chenghao | Optoelectronics & Photonics | — | 2,916 / 140,272 |
| Ip, Ezra | Optoelectronics & Photonics | — | 3,352 / 140,272 |
| Suh, Wonjoo | Optoelectronics & Photonics | — | 3,520 / 140,272 |
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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