United States Geological Survey Central Region 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).
28
researchers on the list
643
rank in United States
2,020
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belnap, Jayne | Ecology | 160 / 82,882 | 260 / 82,882 |
| Jibson, Randall W. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 895 / 108,013 | 306 / 108,013 |
| Wald, David Jay | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 624 / 108,013 | 371 / 108,013 |
| Shelly, David R. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 1,180 / 108,013 | 481 / 108,013 |
| Winter, Thomas C. | Environmental Engineering | 147 / 68,664 | 440 / 68,664 |
| Dean, Walter E. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 631 / 108,013 | 1,633 / 108,013 |
| Fick, Stephen E. | Ecology | — | 874 / 82,882 |
| Field, Edward H. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 1,061 / 108,013 | 747 / 108,013 |
| Hartzell, Stephen H. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 950 / 108,013 | 1,959 / 108,013 |
| Leenheer, Jerry A. | Environmental Sciences | 496 / 140,934 | — |
| Hayes, Gavin P. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 1,770 / 108,013 | 1,046 / 108,013 |
| Mirus, Benjamin B. | Environmental Engineering | — | 654 / 68,664 |
| Goldhaber, Martin B. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 2,163 / 108,013 | — |
| Tatsumoto, Mitsunobu | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 2,191 / 108,013 | — |
| McMahon, Peter B. | Environmental Engineering | 626 / 68,664 | 928 / 68,664 |
| Coe, Jeffrey A. | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | 1,050 / 82,760 | 1,439 / 82,760 |
| Williams, Garnett P. | Environmental Engineering | 704 / 68,664 | — |
| Allstadt, Kate E. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | — | 2,055 / 108,013 |
| Wershaw, Robert L. | Environmental Sciences | 1,377 / 140,934 | — |
| Kokaly, Raymond Floyd | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | 882 / 82,760 | — |
| Healy, Richard W. | Environmental Engineering | 931 / 68,664 | 1,290 / 68,664 |
| Price, Leigh C. | Energy | 2,835 / 371,959 | — |
| Barker, Fred | Geology | 323 / 17,936 | — |
| Obradovich, John D. | Geology | 372 / 17,936 | — |
| Savage, William Z. | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | 1,263 / 82,760 | — |
| Schuster, Robert L. | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | 1,269 / 82,760 | — |
| Malcolm, Ronald L. | Environmental Sciences | 2,504 / 140,934 | — |
| Baum, Rex L. | Strategic, Defence & Security Studies | 561 / 32,161 | 541 / 32,161 |
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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