Sterrewacht Leiden 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).
21
researchers on the list
38
rank in Netherlands
2,543
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schaye, Joop | Astronomy & Astrophysics | 32 / 58,202 | 21 / 58,202 |
| van Dishoeck, Ewine F. | Astronomy & Astrophysics | 33 / 58,202 | 42 / 58,202 |
| Zwart, Simon Portegies | Astronomy & Astrophysics | 173 / 58,202 | 164 / 58,202 |
| Brown, Anthony G.A. | Astronomy & Astrophysics | 870 / 58,202 | 190 / 58,202 |
| van Velzen, Sjoert | Astronomy & Astrophysics | — | 279 / 58,202 |
| Hoekstra, Henk | Astronomy & Astrophysics | 272 / 58,202 | 375 / 58,202 |
| Bouwens, Rychard J. | Astronomy & Astrophysics | 718 / 58,202 | 381 / 58,202 |
| Franx, Marijn | Astronomy & Astrophysics | 339 / 58,202 | 1,090 / 58,202 |
| Kaastra, Jelle S. | Astronomy & Astrophysics | 730 / 58,202 | 507 / 58,202 |
| Snellen, Ignas A.G. | Astronomy & Astrophysics | 1,026 / 58,202 | 613 / 58,202 |
| Vidotto, A. A. | Astronomy & Astrophysics | — | 714 / 58,202 |
| Kuijken, Koenraad H. | Astronomy & Astrophysics | 660 / 58,202 | 800 / 58,202 |
| R̈ottgering, Huub J.A.R. | Astronomy & Astrophysics | 733 / 58,202 | 1,319 / 58,202 |
| van Weeren, Reinout J. | Astronomy & Astrophysics | — | 1,062 / 58,202 |
| Hogerheijde, Michiel R. | Astronomy & Astrophysics | 1,018 / 58,202 | — |
| Israël, Frank P. | Astronomy & Astrophysics | 1,027 / 58,202 | — |
| van der Marel, Nienke | Astronomy & Astrophysics | — | 1,254 / 58,202 |
| Kriek, Mariska T. | Astronomy & Astrophysics | — | 1,400 / 58,202 |
| McClure, Melissa K. | Astronomy & Astrophysics | — | 1,498 / 58,202 |
| Venemans, Bram P. | Astronomy & Astrophysics | — | 1,539 / 58,202 |
| Snik, Frans | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 1,426 / 140,272 | 1,166 / 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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