Synopsys Incorporated 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).
9
researchers on the list
1,308
rank in United States
4,872
rank worldwide, of 38,384
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| Name | Subfield | Career | Single-year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Markov, Igor L. | Computer Hardware & Architecture | 27 / 21,014 | 16 / 21,014 |
| Thompson, Kevin P. | Optics | 550 / 83,504 | 348 / 83,504 |
| Zorian, Yervant | Computer Hardware & Architecture | 71 / 21,014 | — |
| Popescu, Mircea | Electrical & Electronic Engineering | 476 / 133,072 | 527 / 133,072 |
| Burch, Jerry R. | Design Practice & Management | 154 / 11,980 | — |
| Smidstrup, Soren | Applied Physics | — | 4,877 / 323,282 |
| Kuehlmann, Andreas | Computer Hardware & Architecture | 346 / 21,014 | — |
| Williams, Thomas W. | Computer Hardware & Architecture | 409 / 21,014 | — |
| Rudell, Richard L. | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 10,557 / 517,648 | — |
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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