UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health 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).
68
researchers on the list
327
rank in United States
934
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lin, Danyu | Statistics & Probability | 23 / 24,695 | 43 / 24,695 |
| Koch, Gary G. | Statistics & Probability | 51 / 24,695 | 191 / 24,695 |
| Rosamond, Wayne D. | Cardiovascular System & Hematology | 485 / 249,410 | 720 / 249,410 |
| Piven, Joseph | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 1,212 / 379,830 | 1,412 / 379,830 |
| Marshall, Stephen William | Sport Sciences | 68 / 41,112 | 102 / 41,112 |
| Stevens, June A. | Endocrinology & Metabolism | 536 / 100,693 | 1,547 / 100,693 |
| Poole, Charles L. | Epidemiology | 67 / 10,334 | 36 / 10,334 |
| Sobsey, Mark D. | Environmental Engineering | 82 / 68,664 | 897 / 68,664 |
| Lytle, Leslie A. | Public Health | 221 / 82,273 | 905 / 82,273 |
| Swenberg, James A. | Toxicology | 104 / 69,049 | 312 / 69,049 |
| Chambless, Lloyd Ellwood | Cardiovascular System & Hematology | 1,175 / 249,410 | 3,221 / 249,410 |
| Whittington, Dale | Environmental Engineering | 179 / 68,664 | 303 / 68,664 |
| Foshee, Vangie Ann | Public Health | 403 / 82,273 | 1,316 / 82,273 |
| Lessler, Justin T. | Microbiology | 2,653 / 232,186 | 856 / 232,186 |
| Mitchell, Marie S. | Business & Management | — | 1,112 / 68,786 |
| Wetzel, Robert G. | Marine Biology & Hydrobiology | 398 / 54,545 | — |
| Richardson, David B. | Epidemiology | 118 / 10,334 | 96 / 10,334 |
| DeVellis, Robert F. | Public Health | 611 / 82,273 | 536 / 82,273 |
| Tyroler, Hermann Alfred | Cardiovascular System & Hematology | 2,068 / 249,410 | — |
| Westreich, Daniel | Epidemiology | 198 / 10,334 | 75 / 10,334 |
| Hulka, Barbara Sorenson | General & Internal Medicine | 801 / 360,081 | 6,697 / 360,081 |
| Weinberger, Morris G. | General & Internal Medicine | 807 / 360,081 | 4,131 / 360,081 |
| Anderson, Robert Eugene | Ophthalmology & Optometry | 453 / 86,157 | — |
| Peterson, Herbert B. | Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine | 659 / 105,735 | — |
| Hudgens, Michael G. | Statistics & Probability | — | 349 / 24,695 |
| Stürmer, Til | Pharmacology & Pharmacy | 1,011 / 166,116 | 491 / 166,116 |
| Thompson, Amanda L. | Nutrition & Dietetics | 1,151 / 59,506 | 523 / 59,506 |
| Wing, Steven B. | Epidemiology | 152 / 10,334 | 193 / 10,334 |
| Satia, Jessie A. | Epidemiology | 154 / 10,334 | 176 / 10,334 |
| Gammon, Marilie D. | Epidemiology | 177 / 10,334 | — |
| Foster, Edward Michael | Developmental & Child Psychology | 617 / 25,365 | — |
| Labbok, Miriam H. | Pediatrics | 502 / 81,129 | 1,371 / 81,129 |
| Buckley, Jessie Poulin | Toxicology | — | 351 / 69,049 |
| Austin, Anna E. | Public Health | — | 1,012 / 82,273 |
| Speizer, Ilene S. | Public Health | 961 / 82,273 | 1,536 / 82,273 |
| Cai, Jianwen | Statistics & Probability | 458 / 24,695 | — |
| Baker, Edward L. | Public Health | 1,027 / 82,273 | — |
| Weintraub, Jane A. | Dentistry | 596 / 101,728 | 813 / 101,728 |
| Ballard, David J. | Health Policy & Services | 287 / 23,941 | — |
| Aitken, Michael D. | Microbiology | 2,794 / 232,186 | — |
| Holmes, George Mark | Public Health | — | 1,144 / 82,273 |
| Bentley, Margaret E. | Nutrition & Dietetics | 799 / 59,506 | — |
| Jenkins, C. David | General & Internal Medicine | 1,444 / 360,081 | — |
| Zheng, Grace X.Y. | Developmental Biology | — | 2,572 / 167,121 |
| Engel, Stephanie Mulherin | Toxicology | 1,147 / 69,049 | 495 / 69,049 |
| Douglass, Chester W. | Dentistry | 773 / 101,728 | — |
| Couper, David J. | Respiratory System | — | 832 / 71,926 |
| Herman-Giddens, Marcia E. | Pediatrics | 740 / 81,129 | — |
| Cassel, John C. | General & Internal Medicine | 1,680 / 360,081 | 6,640 / 360,081 |
| Rozier, Richard Gary | Dentistry | 912 / 101,728 | — |
| Starling, Anne P. | Toxicology | — | 585 / 69,049 |
| Halperin, Daniel T. | Public Health | 1,578 / 82,273 | — |
| Ennett, Susan T. | Public Health | 1,595 / 82,273 | — |
| Weinberg, Howard S. | Environmental Engineering | 899 / 68,664 | — |
| Linnan, Laura A. | Public Health | 1,636 / 82,273 | — |
| Lund, Jennifer Leigh | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | — | 5,524 / 377,791 |
| Hazlett, Heather Cody | Neurology & Neurosurgery | — | 7,360 / 379,830 |
| Westreich, Daniel J. | Epidemiology | — | 181 / 10,334 |
| Shy, Carl M. | Toxicology | 1,134 / 69,049 | — |
| Schäfer, Alexandra | Virology | — | 959 / 79,508 |
| Suk, William Alfred | Toxicology | 1,258 / 69,049 | 1,190 / 69,049 |
| Ekelund, Lars Göran | General & Internal Medicine | 3,757 / 360,081 | — |
| Graff, Misa | Genetics & Heredity | — | 814 / 42,273 |
| Yount, Boyd L. | Virology | — | 1,364 / 79,508 |
| Bazzano, Alessandra Nina | General & Internal Medicine | — | 3,918 / 360,081 |
| Lindesmith, Lisa C. | Virology | — | 1,498 / 79,508 |
| Templin, Tara | General & Internal Medicine | — | 5,699 / 360,081 |
| Goddard, Kristin S. | General & Internal Medicine | — | 7,149 / 360,081 |
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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