The University of Tennessee, Knoxville 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).
211
researchers on the list
113
rank in United States
291
rank worldwide, of 38,384
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| Name | Subfield | Career | Single-year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Simberloff, Daniel S. | Ecology | 16 / 82,882 | 42 / 82,882 |
| Liaw, Peter K. | Materials | 125 / 330,896 | 79 / 330,896 |
| Guiochon, Georges A. | Analytical Chemistry | 16 / 137,328 | 513 / 137,328 |
| Ragauskas, Arthur J. | Organic Chemistry | 157 / 188,664 | 55 / 188,664 |
| Weber, William J. | Applied Physics | 130 / 323,282 | 192 / 323,282 |
| McSween, Harry Y. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 61 / 108,013 | 254 / 108,013 |
| McKinney, Michael L. | Ecology | 174 / 82,882 | 191 / 82,882 |
| EGAMI, Takeshi | Applied Physics | 211 / 323,282 | 396 / 323,282 |
| Cardon, Melissa S. | Business & Management | 614 / 68,786 | 247 / 68,786 |
| Bassett, David R. | Sport Sciences | 41 / 41,112 | 47 / 41,112 |
| Mazur, Peter | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 482 / 216,826 | 477 / 216,826 |
| Li, Fangxing Fran | Energy | 345 / 371,959 | 311 / 371,959 |
| Nieh, Taigang | Materials | 160 / 330,896 | 575 / 330,896 |
| Dongarra, Jack J. | Distributed Computing | 5 / 9,369 | 7 / 9,369 |
| Babu, Sudarsanam Suresh | Materials | 254 / 330,896 | 252 / 330,896 |
| Riding, Robert | Geology | 16 / 17,936 | 18 / 17,936 |
| Sokolov, Alexei P. | Polymers | 160 / 133,253 | 248 / 133,253 |
| Stewart, Charles Neal | Plant Biology & Botany | 235 / 204,373 | 816 / 204,373 |
| Matheny, Patrick Brandon | Mycology & Parasitology | 101 / 29,175 | 29 / 29,175 |
| Huang, Baoshan | Building & Construction | 279 / 56,454 | 198 / 56,454 |
| Smith, Jeremy C. | Chemical Physics | 549 / 121,889 | 787 / 121,889 |
| Szymanski, Dawn M. | Social Psychology | 354 / 27,908 | 432 / 27,908 |
| Ritchie, Rufus H. | Applied Physics | 635 / 323,282 | 2,577 / 323,282 |
| Kabalka, George Walter | Organic Chemistry | 673 / 188,664 | — |
| Gao, Zan | Sport Sciences | 281 / 41,112 | 179 / 41,112 |
| Pollock, Timothy G. | Business & Management | 1,269 / 68,786 | 881 / 68,786 |
| Wang, Zhenbo | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 619 / 66,382 | 43 / 66,382 |
| Barber, Brian K. | Developmental & Child Psychology | 284 / 25,365 | 293 / 25,365 |
| Parker, Lynne E. | Industrial Engineering & Automation | 311 / 131,085 | 1,446 / 131,085 |
| Gao, Yanfei | Materials | 1,078 / 330,896 | 800 / 330,896 |
| Wilhelm, Steven W. | Microbiology | 999 / 232,186 | 837 / 232,186 |
| Taylor, Lawrence August | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 688 / 108,013 | 859 / 108,013 |
| Binder, Brad M. | Plant Biology & Botany | 1,384 / 204,373 | 628 / 204,373 |
| Wise, Steven M. | Numerical & Computational Mathematics | 155 / 17,431 | 67 / 17,431 |
| Mockus, Audris | Software Engineering | 70 / 24,083 | 105 / 24,083 |
| Tate, Wendy Lea | Business & Management | 1,167 / 68,786 | 1,118 / 68,786 |
| Bentley, R. Alexander | Archaeology | 37 / 21,336 | 32 / 21,336 |
| Wirth, Brian D. | Energy | 662 / 371,959 | 1,644 / 371,959 |
| Zhong, Qixin | Food Science | 504 / 107,913 | 589 / 107,913 |
| White, David C. | Microbiology | 1,261 / 232,186 | 4,503 / 232,186 |
| Giam, Xingli | Ecology | — | 1,035 / 82,882 |
| Tenopir, Carol | Information & Library Sciences | 29 / 15,996 | 102 / 15,996 |
| Zhao, Bin | Polymers | 489 / 133,253 | 1,730 / 133,253 |
| Zhang, Yang | Applied Physics | — | 2,630 / 323,282 |
| Fedo, Christopher M. | Geology | 133 / 17,936 | 53 / 17,936 |
| Bozell, Joseph J. | Organic Chemistry | 1,055 / 188,664 | 826 / 188,664 |
| Hazen, Terry C. | Microbiology | 1,392 / 232,186 | 1,566 / 232,186 |
| Satchler, G. Ray | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 1,004 / 164,120 | 3,100 / 164,120 |
| Mays, Jimmy Wayne | Polymers | 538 / 133,253 | — |
| Augé, Robert M. | Plant Biology & Botany | 786 / 204,373 | 1,673 / 204,373 |
| Bozdogan, Hamparsum | Statistics & Probability | 361 / 24,695 | 293 / 24,695 |
| Derryberry, Elizabeth Perrault | Evolutionary Biology | — | 370 / 31,128 |
| Hewezi, Tarek | Plant Biology & Botany | 1,975 / 204,373 | 998 / 204,373 |
| Kivlin, Stephanie N. | Ecology | — | 1,299 / 82,882 |
| Oliver, S. P. | Veterinary Sciences | 115 / 72,388 | 344 / 72,388 |
| Hayes, Douglas G. | Nutrition & Dietetics | 735 / 59,506 | 432 / 59,506 |
| Wu, Qiusheng | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | 1,507 / 82,760 | 742 / 82,760 |
| Kalisz, Susan | Evolutionary Biology | 580 / 31,128 | 526 / 31,128 |
| Vaidya, Uday K. | Materials | 1,690 / 330,896 | 1,501 / 330,896 |
| Armsworth, Paul R. | Ecology | 1,211 / 82,882 | 1,809 / 82,882 |
| Batista, Cristian D. | Applied Physics | 1,715 / 323,282 | 1,490 / 323,282 |
| Li, Husheng | Networking & Telecommunications | 585 / 228,312 | 2,437 / 228,312 |
| Kah, Linda C. | Astronomy & Astrophysics | — | 1,221 / 58,202 |
| Kim, Youn-kyung | Marketing | 303 / 15,920 | 386 / 15,920 |
| Mandrus, David G. | Applied Physics | 1,796 / 323,282 | 1,475 / 323,282 |
| Tolbert, Leon M. | Electrical & Electronic Engineering | 192 / 133,072 | 283 / 133,072 |
| Stuart, Gregory Lyal | Substance Abuse | 242 / 18,209 | 348 / 18,209 |
| Perfect, Edmund | Agronomy & Agriculture | 369 / 95,377 | 1,586 / 95,377 |
| Riechert, Susan Elise | Behavioral Science & Comparative Psychology | 269 / 13,044 | — |
| Plank, James S. | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 1,644 / 517,648 | 8,039 / 517,648 |
| Fordyce, James A. | Ecology | 1,348 / 82,882 | — |
| Thatcher, Sherry M.B. | Business & Management | — | 1,695 / 68,786 |
| Feng, Xiaobing | Numerical & Computational Mathematics | 178 / 17,431 | 124 / 17,431 |
| Presser, Lois | Criminology | — | 163 / 14,394 |
| Thapliyal, Himanshu | Computer Hardware & Architecture | 98 / 21,014 | 47 / 21,014 |
| Papenbrock, Thomas | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 1,458 / 164,120 | 1,412 / 164,120 |
| Fitzpatrick, Benjamin M. | Evolutionary Biology | 690 / 31,128 | — |
| Hagen, Gaute | Nuclear & Particle Physics | — | 1,237 / 164,120 |
| Shaw, Shih Lung | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | 676 / 82,760 | 950 / 82,760 |
| Li, Mi | Organic Chemistry | — | 1,012 / 188,664 |
| Greene, David L. | Energy | 1,246 / 371,959 | 3,896 / 371,959 |
| Zawodzinski, Thomas A. | Energy | 1,315 / 371,959 | 3,996 / 371,959 |
| Saito, Tomonori | Polymers | — | 852 / 133,253 |
| Barnes, Ted | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 1,617 / 164,120 | 3,828 / 164,120 |
| Chen, Feng | Plant Biology & Botany | 3,774 / 204,373 | 1,503 / 204,373 |
| Lin, Jun | Microbiology | 2,440 / 232,186 | 1,736 / 232,186 |
| Sheldon, Kimberly S. | Ecology | — | 1,821 / 82,882 |
| Anderson, David F. | General Mathematics | 574 / 76,268 | 483 / 76,268 |
| Lydic, Ralph B. | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 6,000 / 379,830 | — |
| DeBruyn, Jennifer M. | Microbiology | — | 1,817 / 232,186 |
| Sayler, Gary S. | Microbiology | 2,404 / 232,186 | — |
| Jantz, Richard L. | Anthropology | 125 / 10,039 | — |
| McCracken, Gary F. | Ecology | 1,738 / 82,882 | — |
| Hopko, Derek Richard | Clinical Psychology | 353 / 19,306 | — |
| Shteynberg, Garriy | Social Psychology | — | 1,073 / 27,908 |
| Pittman, Matthew | Marketing | — | 563 / 15,920 |
| Quinn, John J. | Applied Physics | 2,699 / 323,282 | — |
| Freisthler, Bridget | Substance Abuse | — | 224 / 18,209 |
| Simpson, Michael L. | Applied Physics | 2,746 / 323,282 | — |
| Whelan, Jay W. | Nutrition & Dietetics | 717 / 59,506 | — |
| Schuman, Catherine D. | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | — | 4,772 / 517,648 |
| Liu, Jian | Networking & Telecommunications | — | 1,215 / 228,312 |
| Howley, Edward T. | Sport Sciences | 384 / 41,112 | — |
| Raynor, Hollie A. | Nutrition & Dietetics | 741 / 59,506 | — |
| MacEk, Joseph H. | General Physics | 735 / 87,024 | — |
| Bruce, Barry D. | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 3,859 / 216,826 | — |
| Kelly, Diane | Information & Library Sciences | 65 / 15,996 | 182 / 15,996 |
| Weitering, Hanno H. | Applied Physics | 2,917 / 323,282 | — |
| Sams, Carl E. | Plant Biology & Botany | 1,585 / 204,373 | 3,770 / 204,373 |
| Xue, Ziling | Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry | 736 / 86,991 | — |
| Flint, Daniel John | Marketing | 300 / 15,920 | — |
| Zhang, Fengyuan | Energy | 7,143 / 371,959 | 3,666 / 371,959 |
| Brown, Nicholas R. | Energy | 4,503 / 371,959 | 3,668 / 371,959 |
| Asle Zaeem, Mohsen | Materials | 3,909 / 330,896 | 2,858 / 330,896 |
| Qi, Hairong | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 4,496 / 517,648 | 5,464 / 517,648 |
| Löffler, Frank E. | Microbiology | 3,813 / 232,186 | 2,261 / 232,186 |
| O'Meara, Brian C. | Evolutionary Biology | — | 660 / 31,128 |
| Mezzacappa, Anthony | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 2,193 / 164,120 | 2,141 / 164,120 |
| McCormick, William F. | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 7,460 / 379,830 | — |
| Wang, Siqun | Forestry | 364 / 36,413 | 177 / 36,413 |
| Li, Yingkui | Paleontology | — | 368 / 23,292 |
| Lass, Eric A. | Materials | 3,375 / 330,896 | 3,171 / 330,896 |
| Bartmess, John E. | Analytical Chemistry | 1,052 / 137,328 | — |
| Rosenberg, Joshua M. | Education | — | 1,868 / 115,687 |
| Stigall, Alycia L. | Paleontology | — | 406 / 23,292 |
| DAVIDSON, P. M. | Food Science | 824 / 107,913 | — |
| Xin, Hongwei | Agronomy & Agriculture | 787 / 95,377 | — |
| Skinner, Christopher H. | Education | 1,070 / 115,687 | — |
| Pyda, Marek | Polymers | 1,413 / 133,253 | — |
| Wang, Tong | Nutrition & Dietetics | 999 / 59,506 | 1,085 / 59,506 |
| Schaeffer, Sean M. | Agronomy & Agriculture | — | 1,179 / 95,377 |
| Von Arnim, Albrecht G. | Plant Biology & Botany | 2,283 / 204,373 | — |
| Zhang, Zihao | Organic Chemistry | — | 1,975 / 188,664 |
| Williams, Deadric T. | Family Studies | — | 71 / 4,074 |
| Dadmun, Mark D. | Polymers | 1,461 / 133,253 | 2,491 / 133,253 |
| Wang, Lu | Polymers | — | 1,683 / 133,253 |
| Liu, Yilu | Energy | 2,954 / 371,959 | 5,260 / 371,959 |
| Mason, Michael J. | Substance Abuse | — | 370 / 18,209 |
| Goodrich-Blair, Heidi | Microbiology | 3,926 / 232,186 | — |
| Grissino-Mayer, Henri D. | Forestry | 207 / 36,413 | — |
| Dobbs, David Earl | General Mathematics | 1,129 / 76,268 | — |
| Cherry, Christopher R. | Logistics & Transportation | — | 633 / 32,287 |
| Li, Bin | Energy | 8,225 / 371,959 | 5,694 / 371,959 |
| Wu, Jie Jayne | Analytical Chemistry | 1,455 / 137,328 | — |
| Engel, Annette Summers | Microbiology | 4,318 / 232,186 | — |
| Richers, Sherwood A. | Nuclear & Particle Physics | — | 2,574 / 164,120 |
| Best, Michael D. | Organic Chemistry | 3,242 / 188,664 | — |
| Steckel, Lawrence E. | Agronomy & Agriculture | 1,142 / 95,377 | 1,597 / 95,377 |
| Page, Katharine L. | Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry | — | 794 / 86,991 |
| Bilal, Dania | Information & Library Sciences | 128 / 15,996 | — |
| Eguiluz, Adolfo G. | Applied Physics | 5,469 / 323,282 | — |
| Zhou, Haidong | Applied Physics | — | 3,935 / 323,282 |
| Su, Chunlei | Mycology & Parasitology | 507 / 29,175 | 331 / 29,175 |
| Jurat-Fuentes, Juan Luis | Entomology | — | 509 / 40,595 |
| Landes, John David | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 1,707 / 157,792 | — |
| Nebenführ, Andreas S. | Plant Biology & Botany | 3,214 / 204,373 | — |
| Hu, Bin | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | 2,880 / 177,859 | — |
| Sun, Kai | Energy | 5,015 / 371,959 | 7,119 / 371,959 |
| Petersen, Ronald H. | Mycology & Parasitology | 532 / 29,175 | 492 / 29,175 |
| Berry, Michael W. | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 5,297 / 517,648 | — |
| Garrett, William Ray | General Physics | 1,569 / 87,024 | — |
| Buchan, Alison | Microbiology | — | 4,241 / 232,186 |
| Bai, Hua Kevin | Electrical & Electronic Engineering | 1,518 / 133,072 | 1,002 / 133,072 |
| Papanicolaou, Thanos N.Thanos | Environmental Engineering | 1,265 / 68,664 | — |
| Hughes, Karen Woodbury | Mycology & Parasitology | 559 / 29,175 | 394 / 29,175 |
| Tennant, Alan Alan | Applied Physics | — | 4,641 / 323,282 |
| Cummings, Sherry M. | Social Work | 136 / 9,659 | — |
| Jones, Kenneth Lee | Pediatrics | 1,327 / 81,129 | — |
| Seng, Chien Yeah | Nuclear & Particle Physics | — | 3,258 / 164,120 |
| Zinser, Erik R. | Microbiology | — | 4,600 / 232,186 |
| Nasiri, Amin | Agronomy & Agriculture | — | 1,964 / 95,377 |
| Cihak, David F. | Education | 2,005 / 115,687 | — |
| Sepaniak, Michael J. | Analytical Chemistry | 2,081 / 137,328 | — |
| Fathy, Aly E. | Networking & Telecommunications | 2,624 / 228,312 | — |
| Jagadamma, Sindhu | Agronomy & Agriculture | — | 2,022 / 95,377 |
| Frank, Linda A. | Veterinary Sciences | 1,016 / 72,388 | 1,692 / 72,388 |
| Brown, Scott Anthony | Veterinary Sciences | 1,017 / 72,388 | — |
| Heberle, Frederick A. | Biophysics | — | 180 / 21,025 |
| Alshibli, Khalid Ahmed | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | 1,404 / 82,760 | — |
| Granatosky, Michael Constantine | Physiology | — | 480 / 26,472 |
| Gray, Dennis J. | Plant Biology & Botany | 3,887 / 204,373 | — |
| van Hook, W. Alexander | Chemical Engineering | 1,502 / 97,821 | — |
| Liss, Klaus Dieter | Materials | 4,218 / 330,896 | — |
| Rohrbach, Barton Wing | Veterinary Sciences | 1,088 / 72,388 | — |
| Essington, Michael E. | Agronomy & Agriculture | 1,661 / 95,377 | — |
| Khaleel, M. A. | Materials | 4,408 / 330,896 | — |
| Potnis, Devendrá Dilip | Information & Library Sciences | — | 194 / 15,996 |
| Donohoe, Dallas R. | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | — | 3,948 / 216,826 |
| Li, Jiangxu | Applied Physics | — | 5,652 / 323,282 |
| Palies, Paul P. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 1,263 / 66,382 | 566 / 66,382 |
| Tan, Jindong | Industrial Engineering & Automation | 2,490 / 131,085 | — |
| Saxton, Arnold M. | Dairy & Animal Science | 1,110 / 78,455 | — |
| Myer, Phillip R. | Dairy & Animal Science | — | 1,007 / 78,455 |
| Miller, Debra L. | Veterinary Sciences | 1,343 / 72,388 | 1,314 / 72,388 |
| Steadman, Dawnie Wolfe | Legal & Forensic Medicine | 152 / 15,674 | 166 / 15,674 |
| Singh, Vandana | Information & Library Sciences | 285 / 15,996 | 226 / 15,996 |
| Ripp, Steven A. | Analytical Chemistry | 2,835 / 137,328 | — |
| King, Donald W. | Information & Library Sciences | 226 / 15,996 | — |
| Zhao, Xiaopeng | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 8,629 / 517,648 | — |
| Sharma, Bhavya | Analytical Chemistry | — | 2,954 / 137,328 |
| Mundorff, Amy Zelson | Legal & Forensic Medicine | 236 / 15,674 | 125 / 15,674 |
| Nguyen, Duc Duy | Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry | — | 1,862 / 120,621 |
| Chambers, James Q. | Energy | 6,507 / 371,959 | — |
| Tahamtan, Iman | Information & Library Sciences | — | 277 / 15,996 |
| Barabash, Rozaliya I. | Materials | 6,612 / 330,896 | — |
| Łuszczek, Piotr R. | Distributed Computing | 135 / 9,369 | 164 / 9,369 |
| Li, Kai | Information & Library Sciences | — | 311 / 15,996 |
| Kennedy, Melissa A. | Veterinary Sciences | — | 952 / 72,388 |
| Ng, Zenithson Y. | Veterinary Sciences | — | 1,186 / 72,388 |
| Qiu, Yuqing | General Chemistry | — | 1,217 / 57,505 |
| Bass, William M. | Legal & Forensic Medicine | 377 / 15,674 | — |
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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