The Grainger College 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).
173
researchers on the list
146
rank in United States
371
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ceperley, David M. | General Physics | 19 / 87,024 | 69 / 87,024 |
| Nie, Shinning Ming | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | 80 / 177,859 | 239 / 177,859 |
| Best, Jim L. | Geology | 12 / 17,936 | 4 / 17,936 |
| Bardeen, John M. | Applied Physics | 196 / 323,282 | 230 / 323,282 |
| Fradkin, Eduardo H. | Applied Physics | 246 / 323,282 | 180 / 323,282 |
| Baym, Gordon A. | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 128 / 164,120 | 273 / 164,120 |
| Liberzon, Daniel | Industrial Engineering & Automation | 92 / 131,085 | 165 / 131,085 |
| Freund, Lambert Ben | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 100 / 157,792 | 1,507 / 157,792 |
| Gardoni Prof., Paolo | Civil Engineering | 134 / 67,736 | 71 / 67,736 |
| Kwiat, Paul G. | Optics | 76 / 83,504 | 65 / 83,504 |
| Wool, Richard P. | Polymers | 132 / 133,253 | 249 / 133,253 |
| Yunes, Nicolás | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 863 / 164,120 | 290 / 164,120 |
| Ostoja-Starzewski, M. | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 144 / 157,792 | 229 / 157,792 |
| Chuang, Shun Lein | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 46 / 140,272 | 801 / 140,272 |
| Jin, Jianming | Networking & Telecommunications | 173 / 228,312 | 368 / 228,312 |
| Krein, Philip T. | Electrical & Electronic Engineering | 64 / 133,072 | 164 / 133,072 |
| Liu, Wentso | Microbiology | 590 / 232,186 | 1,091 / 232,186 |
| Weaver, Richard L. | Acoustics | 41 / 38,987 | 130 / 38,987 |
| Sehitoglu, Hüseyin | Materials | 329 / 330,896 | 708 / 330,896 |
| Thornton, John A. | Applied Physics | 571 / 323,282 | 1,169 / 323,282 |
| Ewoldt, Randy H. | Polymers | 783 / 133,253 | 213 / 133,253 |
| Freund, Jonathan B. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 35 / 66,382 | 120 / 66,382 |
| Matalon, Moshe | Energy | 684 / 371,959 | 902 / 371,959 |
| Lipkin, Harry J. | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 552 / 164,120 | 2,652 / 164,120 |
| Kriven, Waltraud M. | Materials | 627 / 330,896 | 678 / 330,896 |
| Dlott, Dana D. | Chemical Physics | 743 / 121,889 | 1,961 / 121,889 |
| Averback, Robert S. | Applied Physics | 851 / 323,282 | 2,658 / 323,282 |
| Clegg, Robert M. | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 1,367 / 216,826 | 1,984 / 216,826 |
| Frauenfelder, Hans Rudolf | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 1,402 / 216,826 | 4,643 / 216,826 |
| Chiang, Taichang | Applied Physics | 1,013 / 323,282 | 2,257 / 323,282 |
| Garciá, Marcelo Horacio | Environmental Engineering | 166 / 68,664 | 399 / 68,664 |
| Irudayaraj, Joseph Maria Kumar | Analytical Chemistry | 277 / 137,328 | 388 / 137,328 |
| Gardner, Chester S. | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | 708 / 84,638 | — |
| O'Brien, William D. | Acoustics | 88 / 38,987 | 258 / 38,987 |
| Taş, A. Cüneyt | Materials | 624 / 330,896 | 5,440 / 330,896 |
| Wayman, C. Marvin | Materials | 645 / 330,896 | 5,104 / 330,896 |
| Hughes, Taylor L. | Applied Physics | 4,659 / 323,282 | 873 / 323,282 |
| Birnbaum, Howard K. | Materials | 669 / 330,896 | 1,202 / 330,896 |
| Sing, Charles E. | Polymers | 984 / 133,253 | 393 / 133,253 |
| Sah, Chihtang | Applied Physics | 1,208 / 323,282 | 5,549 / 323,282 |
| Valocchi, Albert J. | Environmental Engineering | 213 / 68,664 | 842 / 68,664 |
| Moulin, Pierre | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 1,155 / 517,648 | 11,424 / 517,648 |
| Pandharipande, Vijay R. | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 931 / 164,120 | 3,785 / 164,120 |
| Al-Qadi, Imad L. | Logistics & Transportation | 230 / 32,287 | 212 / 32,287 |
| Hajek, Bruce E. | Networking & Telecommunications | 515 / 228,312 | 3,084 / 228,312 |
| Jones, Douglas L. | Networking & Telecommunications | 519 / 228,312 | 4,228 / 228,312 |
| Jacobi, Anthony M. | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 459 / 157,792 | 1,919 / 157,792 |
| Stark, Timothy Dwight | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | 381 / 82,760 | 724 / 82,760 |
| Chowdhary, Girish Vinayak | Industrial Engineering & Automation | 2,260 / 131,085 | 715 / 131,085 |
| Yu, Cunjiang | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | 3,699 / 177,859 | 2,444 / 177,859 |
| Tartakovsky, Alexandre M. | Environmental Engineering | 558 / 68,664 | 414 / 68,664 |
| Granato, Andrew V. | Applied Physics | 1,806 / 323,282 | — |
| Socie, Darrell F. | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 529 / 157,792 | 1,752 / 157,792 |
| Fernandes, Rafael M. | Applied Physics | 3,729 / 323,282 | 1,338 / 323,282 |
| Stolyar, Alexander L. | Networking & Telecommunications | 623 / 228,312 | 4,480 / 228,312 |
| Bresler, Yoram | Networking & Telecommunications | 631 / 228,312 | 4,006 / 228,312 |
| Vanka, Surya Pratap | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 549 / 157,792 | 1,832 / 157,792 |
| Ouyang, Yanfeng | Logistics & Transportation | 112 / 32,287 | 305 / 32,287 |
| Chitambar, Eric A. | General Physics | 1,189 / 87,024 | 471 / 87,024 |
| Saif, Muhammed Taher A. | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | 970 / 177,859 | — |
| Ansell, Phillip J. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 844 / 66,382 | 123 / 66,382 |
| Jasiuk, Iwona M. | Materials | 1,582 / 330,896 | 1,802 / 330,896 |
| Bradlyn, Barry | Applied Physics | — | 1,529 / 323,282 |
| Jebelli, Houtan | Building & Construction | — | 750 / 56,454 |
| Tutumluer, Erol | Logistics & Transportation | 341 / 32,287 | 313 / 32,287 |
| Holonyak, Nick JR | Applied Physics | 2,206 / 323,282 | — |
| Dahmen, Karin A. | Fluids & Plasmas | 1,071 / 58,297 | 586 / 58,297 |
| Phillips, Philip W. | Applied Physics | 2,280 / 323,282 | 2,478 / 323,282 |
| Conway, Bruce A. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 143 / 66,382 | 175 / 66,382 |
| Chen, Qian | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | 2,669 / 177,859 | 3,601 / 177,859 |
| Ghaboussi, Jamshid | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | 500 / 82,760 | 1,425 / 82,760 |
| Ripley, Justin L. | Nuclear & Particle Physics | — | 1,399 / 164,120 |
| El-Gohary, Nora M. | Building & Construction | — | 883 / 56,454 |
| Schwing, Alexander Gerhard | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 7,020 / 517,648 | 4,373 / 517,648 |
| Willenbrock, S. S.D. | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 1,765 / 164,120 | — |
| Cangellaris, Andréas C. | Networking & Telecommunications | 867 / 228,312 | — |
| Selig, Michael S. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 180 / 66,382 | 237 / 66,382 |
| Eden, James Gary | Applied Physics | 2,929 / 323,282 | — |
| Weissman, Michael B. | Applied Physics | 2,937 / 323,282 | — |
| Bezryadin, Alexey V. | Applied Physics | 2,946 / 323,282 | — |
| Noronha, Jorge L. | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 2,370 / 164,120 | 1,623 / 164,120 |
| Economy, James E. | Polymers | 1,059 / 133,253 | — |
| Trinkle, Dallas R. | Materials | 2,076 / 330,896 | 2,888 / 330,896 |
| Junge, Marius | General Mathematics | 716 / 76,268 | 657 / 76,268 |
| Tucker, John R. | Applied Physics | 3,296 / 323,282 | — |
| Dragic, Peter D. | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 420 / 140,272 | 824 / 140,272 |
| Faulkner, Thomas | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 3,109 / 164,120 | 1,788 / 164,120 |
| Hrnjak, Predrag S. | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 983 / 157,792 | 3,222 / 157,792 |
| Weaver, John H. | Applied Physics | 3,377 / 323,282 | — |
| Oono, Yoshitsugu | General Physics | 874 / 87,024 | 1,826 / 87,024 |
| Oelze, Michael L. | Acoustics | 312 / 38,987 | 337 / 38,987 |
| Chen, Deming | Computer Hardware & Architecture | 251 / 21,014 | 76 / 21,014 |
| Robinson, I. K. | Applied Physics | 3,473 / 323,282 | — |
| Milenković, Olgiça | Networking & Telecommunications | 1,668 / 228,312 | 1,569 / 228,312 |
| Klein, Miles V. | Applied Physics | 3,580 / 323,282 | — |
| Kim, Namsung | Computer Hardware & Architecture | 165 / 21,014 | 84 / 21,014 |
| Borisov, Nikita | Networking & Telecommunications | 1,281 / 228,312 | 4,484 / 228,312 |
| Flynn, C. Peter | Applied Physics | 3,825 / 323,282 | — |
| Konar, Megan | Environmental Engineering | — | 858 / 68,664 |
| El-Rayes, Khaled A. | Building & Construction | 440 / 56,454 | — |
| Masud, Arif | Applied Mathematics | 389 / 23,982 | — |
| Koehler, James S. | Applied Physics | 4,132 / 323,282 | 6,243 / 323,282 |
| Eckstein, James N. | Applied Physics | 4,157 / 323,282 | — |
| Silva, Hector O. | Nuclear & Particle Physics | — | 2,131 / 164,120 |
| Allison, James T. | Design Practice & Management | 212 / 11,980 | 101 / 11,980 |
| Bellon, Pascal | Materials | 2,398 / 330,896 | — |
| Glumac, Nick G. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 283 / 66,382 | 657 / 66,382 |
| Newmark, Nathan M. | Civil Engineering | 422 / 67,736 | 1,285 / 67,736 |
| Domínguez-Garćia, Alejandro D. | Energy | 2,567 / 371,959 | 6,515 / 371,959 |
| Slichter, Charles Pence | Applied Physics | 4,513 / 323,282 | — |
| Clark, Mark M. | Chemical Engineering | 901 / 97,821 | — |
| Williams, Wendell S. | Applied Physics | 4,541 / 323,282 | 5,460 / 323,282 |
| Wolfe, James P. | Applied Physics | 4,683 / 323,282 | — |
| Espinosa-Marzal, Rosa Maria | Chemical Physics | — | 1,923 / 121,889 |
| Yen, Benchie | Environmental Engineering | 954 / 68,664 | — |
| Bodony, Daniel J. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 339 / 66,382 | 761 / 66,382 |
| Abelson, John R. | Applied Physics | 4,963 / 323,282 | — |
| Ruzic, David Neil | Applied Physics | 5,036 / 323,282 | — |
| Zhu, Wenjuan | Applied Physics | — | 3,621 / 323,282 |
| Gruev, Viktor | Electrical & Electronic Engineering | 618 / 133,072 | 975 / 133,072 |
| Feng, Milton S. | Applied Physics | 5,421 / 323,282 | — |
| Chasiotis, Ioannis | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 1,578 / 157,792 | — |
| Brewster, M. Quinn | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 379 / 66,382 | 1,208 / 66,382 |
| Gross, G. | Energy | 3,316 / 371,959 | — |
| Gilbert, Matthew J. | Applied Physics | — | 4,003 / 323,282 |
| Dantzig, Jonathan A. | Materials | 3,284 / 330,896 | — |
| Zhang, Xuhui | Agronomy & Agriculture | — | 1,650 / 95,377 |
| Liu, Gang Logan | Analytical Chemistry | 1,761 / 137,328 | — |
| DeVor, Richard E. | Industrial Engineering & Automation | 1,749 / 131,085 | — |
| Prussing, John E. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 426 / 66,382 | 1,341 / 66,382 |
| Wang, Pingfeng | Design Practice & Management | — | 139 / 11,980 |
| Geil, Phillip H. | Polymers | 2,078 / 133,253 | — |
| Deschamps, Georges A. | Networking & Telecommunications | 2,280 / 228,312 | — |
| Schutt-Ainé, José E. | Networking & Telecommunications | 2,299 / 228,312 | — |
| Haran, Kiruba Sivasubramaniam | Electrical & Electronic Engineering | 1,730 / 133,072 | 992 / 133,072 |
| Hawkins, Neil M. | Civil Engineering | 682 / 67,736 | — |
| Covey, Jacob P. | General Physics | — | 1,292 / 87,024 |
| Stillwell, Ashlynn S. | Environmental Engineering | — | 1,508 / 68,664 |
| Ertekin, Elif | Applied Physics | — | 4,745 / 323,282 |
| Popovics, John S. | Acoustics | 673 / 38,987 | 632 / 38,987 |
| Struble, Leslie J. | Building & Construction | 796 / 56,454 | — |
| Evans, Christopher M. | Polymers | — | 2,660 / 133,253 |
| Hsiao-Wecksler, Elizabeth T. | Biomedical Engineering | 1,094 / 74,543 | — |
| Chato, John C. | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 2,055 / 157,792 | — |
| Payne, David A. | Applied Physics | 7,154 / 323,282 | — |
| Barkan, Christopher P.L. | Logistics & Transportation | 539 / 32,287 | — |
| Fang, Kejie | Optics | — | 1,146 / 83,504 |
| Mansour, Nagi N. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 623 / 66,382 | 499 / 66,382 |
| Bahl, Gaurav | Optics | 1,625 / 83,504 | 1,155 / 83,504 |
| Foutch, Douglas A. | Civil Engineering | 847 / 67,736 | — |
| Lange, David A. | Building & Construction | 933 / 56,454 | — |
| Matlack, Kathryn H. | Acoustics | — | 655 / 38,987 |
| Wert, Charles A. | Materials | 4,554 / 330,896 | — |
| Abbamonte, Peter M. | Applied Physics | — | 5,595 / 323,282 |
| Smith, Kyle C. | Energy | 5,005 / 371,959 | — |
| Ferreira, Placid M. | Industrial Engineering & Automation | 2,432 / 131,085 | — |
| Kapoor, Shiv Gopal | Industrial Engineering & Automation | 2,510 / 131,085 | — |
| Peng, Zhen V. | Networking & Telecommunications | 3,425 / 228,312 | 3,933 / 228,312 |
| Chew, Huck Beng | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | — | 3,098 / 157,792 |
| Lee, Chiafon F. | Energy | 5,714 / 371,959 | — |
| Madhavan, Vidya | Applied Physics | — | 6,843 / 323,282 |
| Pai, M. A. | Energy | 6,305 / 371,959 | — |
| Newell, Ty A. | Energy | 6,360 / 371,959 | — |
| Gürel, Lèvent | Networking & Telecommunications | 3,763 / 228,312 | — |
| Clark, Bryan K. | General Physics | — | 1,873 / 87,024 |
| Lambros, John | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 3,159 / 157,792 | — |
| Kumar, Rakesh | Computer Hardware & Architecture | 426 / 21,014 | — |
| Panerai, Francesco | Aerospace & Aeronautics | — | 853 / 66,382 |
| Elliott, Gregory S. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 1,178 / 66,382 | — |
| Hostetler, Michael J. | General Chemistry | 1,110 / 57,505 | — |
| Lee, Tonghun | Aerospace & Aeronautics | — | 1,062 / 66,382 |
| Rovey, Joshua Lucas | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 1,304 / 66,382 | 1,122 / 66,382 |
| Hajj, Ibrahim N. | Electrical & Electronic Engineering | 2,435 / 133,072 | — |
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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