United States Geological Survey Western 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).
55
researchers on the list
380
rank in United States
1,131
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keeley, Jon E. | Ecology | 64 / 82,882 | 46 / 82,882 |
| Boore, David M. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 47 / 108,013 | 16 / 108,013 |
| Kvenvolden, Keith A. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 244 / 108,013 | 529 / 108,013 |
| Lockner, David A. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 317 / 108,013 | 226 / 108,013 |
| Byerlee, James D. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 336 / 108,013 | 368 / 108,013 |
| Oremland, Ronald S. | Microbiology | 598 / 232,186 | 2,040 / 232,186 |
| Hildreth, Wes | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 409 / 108,013 | 963 / 108,013 |
| Fournier, Robert O. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 860 / 108,013 | 401 / 108,013 |
| Stephenson, Nathan L. | Ecology | 992 / 82,882 | 660 / 82,882 |
| Harris, Ruth A. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 905 / 108,013 | 456 / 108,013 |
| Lipman, Peter W.I. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 604 / 108,013 | 1,673 / 108,013 |
| Parsons, Tom | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 616 / 108,013 | 778 / 108,013 |
| Mooney, Walter D. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 662 / 108,013 | 784 / 108,013 |
| Kirby, Stephen H. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 712 / 108,013 | 1,728 / 108,013 |
| Savage, James C. | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | 677 / 84,638 | — |
| Thatcher, Wayne R. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 791 / 108,013 | — |
| Brocher, Thomas M. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 987 / 108,013 | 665 / 108,013 |
| White, Art F. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 826 / 108,013 | 1,108 / 108,013 |
| Hanks, Thomas C. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 979 / 108,013 | 732 / 108,013 |
| Sisson, Thomas W. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 973 / 108,013 | 1,298 / 108,013 |
| Rapp, Robert Paul | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 1,570 / 108,013 | 833 / 108,013 |
| Hill, David P. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 1,059 / 108,013 | 1,704 / 108,013 |
| Bredehoeft, John D. | Environmental Engineering | 260 / 68,664 | 958 / 68,664 |
| McGarr, Arthur F. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 1,126 / 108,013 | 1,049 / 108,013 |
| Pike, Richard J. | Geography | — | 412 / 21,559 |
| Bencala, Kenneth E. | Environmental Engineering | 396 / 68,664 | — |
| Normark, William R. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 1,556 / 108,013 | — |
| Geist, Eric L. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 1,569 / 108,013 | — |
| Barron, John A. | Paleontology | 413 / 23,292 | — |
| Bullen, Thomas D. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 1,745 / 108,013 | — |
| Piper, David Zink | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 1,817 / 108,013 | — |
| Swarzenski, Peter Wolfgang | Marine Biology & Hydrobiology | 863 / 54,545 | 859 / 54,545 |
| Lanphere, Marvin A. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 1,833 / 108,013 | — |
| Langbein, John O. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 1,862 / 108,013 | — |
| Scholl, David W. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 1,884 / 108,013 | — |
| Hem, John D. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 1,907 / 108,013 | 2,406 / 108,013 |
| McGuire, Jeffrey J. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | — | 1,592 / 108,013 |
| Storlazzi, C. D. | Marine Biology & Hydrobiology | — | 629 / 54,545 |
| Plafker, George F. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 2,214 / 108,013 | — |
| van der Elst, Nicholas J. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | — | 1,765 / 108,013 |
| Ackerman, Joshua T. | Environmental Sciences | 1,058 / 140,934 | — |
| Andrews, Dudley Joe | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 2,333 / 108,013 | — |
| Kendall, Carol | Environmental Engineering | 715 / 68,664 | 832 / 68,664 |
| Boatwright, John J. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 2,424 / 108,013 | — |
| Constantz, Jim E. | Environmental Engineering | 749 / 68,664 | — |
| Holzer, Thomas L. | Environmental Engineering | 760 / 68,664 | — |
| Moench, Allen F. | Environmental Engineering | 765 / 68,664 | — |
| Reid, Mark E. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | — | 2,164 / 108,013 |
| Simpson, Robert W. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | — | 2,526 / 108,013 |
| Hunter, Ralph E. | Geology | 335 / 17,936 | — |
| van Mantgem, Phillip J. | Forestry | 628 / 36,413 | 337 / 36,413 |
| Gilliom, Robert J. | Environmental Engineering | 1,203 / 68,664 | — |
| Hsieh, Paul A. | Environmental Engineering | 1,238 / 68,664 | — |
| Childs, Cyril W. | Agronomy & Agriculture | 1,367 / 95,377 | — |
| White, Donald E. | Geology | 416 / 17,936 | — |
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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