Swanson School of 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).
43
researchers on the list
463
rank in United States
1,403
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peng, Fangzheng | Electrical & Electronic Engineering | 4 / 133,072 | 17 / 133,072 |
| Beckman, Eric J. | Chemical Engineering | 72 / 97,821 | 930 / 97,821 |
| Balazs, Anna C. | Chemical Physics | 415 / 121,889 | 990 / 121,889 |
| Saidi, Wissam A. | Physical Chemistry | 207 / 44,088 | 80 / 44,088 |
| Shuman, Larry J. | Education | 135 / 115,687 | — |
| Wang, Guofeng | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | 1,917 / 177,859 | 1,353 / 177,859 |
| Zeng, Bo | Energy | 3,076 / 371,959 | 1,124 / 371,959 |
| Johnson, J. Karl | Chemical Physics | 946 / 121,889 | 1,364 / 121,889 |
| Youngblood, Nathan | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 1,182 / 140,272 | 116 / 140,272 |
| Goodwin, James G. | Physical Chemistry | 259 / 44,088 | — |
| Xiong, Wei | Materials | 5,328 / 330,896 | 1,753 / 330,896 |
| Souder, William E. | Business & Management | 937 / 68,786 | — |
| Meier, Gerald H. | Materials | 1,312 / 330,896 | 4,386 / 330,896 |
| To, Alber C. | Materials | 4,977 / 330,896 | 2,106 / 330,896 |
| Galdi, Giovanni Paolo | General Mathematics | 533 / 76,268 | 935 / 76,268 |
| Kozai, Takashi D.Yoshida | Biomedical Engineering | 841 / 74,543 | 396 / 74,543 |
| Bunger, Andrew P. | Energy | 1,743 / 371,959 | 3,058 / 371,959 |
| Pettit, Frederick S. | Materials | 1,573 / 330,896 | 4,566 / 330,896 |
| Vallejo, Luis E. | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | 580 / 82,760 | 1,762 / 82,760 |
| Rizzo, Piervincenzo | Acoustics | 247 / 38,987 | 232 / 38,987 |
| Sun, Mingui | Biomedical Engineering | 533 / 74,543 | — |
| Wender, Irving | Energy | 1,965 / 371,959 | — |
| Vidic, R. D. | Environmental Engineering | 684 / 68,664 | 1,094 / 68,664 |
| Moses, Fred | Civil Engineering | 438 / 67,736 | — |
| Velankar, Sachin S. | Polymers | 1,591 / 133,253 | — |
| Loughlin, Patrick J. | Networking & Telecommunications | 1,722 / 228,312 | — |
| Keith, John A. | Chemical Physics | — | 2,126 / 121,889 |
| Laws, Norman | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 1,551 / 157,792 | — |
| Givi, Peyman | Energy | 3,208 / 371,959 | — |
| Fǎrcaşiu, Dan | Organic Chemistry | 3,552 / 188,664 | — |
| Magill, Joseph H. | Polymers | 1,950 / 133,253 | — |
| Federspiel, William J. | Biomedical Engineering | 1,020 / 74,543 | — |
| McCarthy, Joseph J. | Chemical Engineering | 1,379 / 97,821 | — |
| Mohanram, Kartik | Computer Hardware & Architecture | 262 / 21,014 | — |
| Chen, Kevin P. | Optics | 1,171 / 83,504 | — |
| Lin, Jeen Shang | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | 1,501 / 82,760 | — |
| Lee, Sangyeop | Applied Physics | — | 5,851 / 323,282 |
| Holder, Gerald D. | Chemical Engineering | 1,947 / 97,821 | — |
| Hu, Hsun | Materials | 6,428 / 330,896 | — |
| George, Alan D. | Computer Hardware & Architecture | — | 323 / 21,014 |
| Nettleship, Ian | Materials | 6,890 / 330,896 | — |
| Phulé, Pradeep P. | Materials | 7,316 / 330,896 | — |
| Senocak, Inanc | Aerospace & Aeronautics | — | 1,447 / 66,382 |
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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