The University of Auckland 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).
34
researchers on the list
11
rank in New Zealand
1,715
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nield, D. A. | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 25 / 157,792 | 30 / 157,792 |
| Wild, John Martin | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 2,645 / 379,830 | — |
| Gardner, Richard L. | Developmental Biology | 1,593 / 167,121 | — |
| Boys, John T. | Electrical & Electronic Engineering | 158 / 133,072 | 476 / 133,072 |
| Vorobyev, Misha | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 4,922 / 379,830 | 7,042 / 379,830 |
| Timperley, Helen S. | Education | 667 / 115,687 | 1,345 / 115,687 |
| Collins, Ian F. | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 866 / 157,792 | 1,184 / 157,792 |
| Balaban, Murat Ömer | Food Science | 705 / 107,913 | — |
| Robinson, Viviane M.J. | Education | 1,007 / 115,687 | 1,732 / 115,687 |
| Easteal, Allan James | Polymers | 1,256 / 133,253 | — |
| Black, Peter Nigel | Respiratory System | 1,223 / 71,926 | — |
| Becroft, David M.O. | Pediatrics | 737 / 81,129 | — |
| Gunder, Michael | Urban & Regional Planning | 276 / 15,338 | — |
| Fraser, Alan Gordon | Gastroenterology & Hepatology | 2,279 / 113,536 | — |
| Gover, A. Rod | General Mathematics | 1,358 / 76,268 | — |
| Hunt, Gavin Raymond | Ornithology | 58 / 5,121 | 69 / 5,121 |
| Coleman, Stephen E. | Environmental Engineering | 1,120 / 68,664 | — |
| Grant, Barbara M. | Education | 1,806 / 115,687 | — |
| Cambie, Richard Chare | General Chemistry | 535 / 57,505 | — |
| Fredrickson, Michael J. | Anesthesiology | 936 / 59,383 | — |
| Pender, M. J. | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | 1,495 / 82,760 | — |
| Gunn, Tania R. | Pediatrics | 1,481 / 81,129 | — |
| Gorman, Desmond F. | General & Internal Medicine | 3,373 / 360,081 | — |
| Elley, Carolyn Raina | General & Internal Medicine | 3,497 / 360,081 | — |
| Bartley, Jim R.F. | Otorhinolaryngology | 1,041 / 54,521 | — |
| Harvey, John D. | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 1,369 / 140,272 | — |
| Martin, Iain G. | Surgery | 2,970 / 146,713 | — |
| Marjoribanks, Jane | General & Internal Medicine | 5,577 / 360,081 | 3,972 / 360,081 |
| Johnson, Malcolm Henry | Anesthesiology | — | 913 / 59,383 |
| Burness, Celeste B. | Pharmacology & Pharmacy | — | 3,197 / 166,116 |
| Grant, Valerie J. | General & Internal Medicine | 4,820 / 360,081 | — |
| Abbot, Neil Carter | General & Internal Medicine | 6,313 / 360,081 | — |
| Proctor, Michelle L. | General & Internal Medicine | 6,966 / 360,081 | 7,421 / 360,081 |
| Neill, Michael | Literary Studies | 445 / 21,141 | — |
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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