The Ecosystems Center 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melillo, Jerry M. | Ecology | 200 / 82,882 | 347 / 82,882 |
| Valiela, Iván | Marine Biology & Hydrobiology | 79 / 54,545 | 511 / 54,545 |
| Peterson, Bruce J. | Marine Biology & Hydrobiology | 102 / 54,545 | 199 / 54,545 |
| Shaver, Gaius R. | Ecology | 567 / 82,882 | — |
| Hobbie, John E. | Ecology | 875 / 82,882 | — |
| Giblin, Anne E. | Marine Biology & Hydrobiology | 784 / 54,545 | 995 / 54,545 |
| Rastetter, Edward B. | Ecology | 1,656 / 82,882 | — |
| Cardon, Zoe G. | Plant Biology & Botany | 3,691 / 204,373 | — |
| Steudler, Paul A. | Agronomy & Agriculture | 1,924 / 95,377 | — |
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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