University of California 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).
32
researchers on the list
577
rank in United States
1,800
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roy, Ananya | Urban & Regional Planning | 14 / 15,338 | 8 / 15,338 |
| Barad, Karen | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 686 / 164,120 | 48 / 164,120 |
| Melis, Anastasios | Plant Biology & Botany | 73 / 204,373 | 381 / 204,373 |
| Harland, Richard M. | Developmental Biology | 368 / 167,121 | 1,983 / 167,121 |
| Wolch, Jennifer R. | Geography | 126 / 21,559 | 121 / 21,559 |
| Snow, David A. | Sociology | 99 / 12,471 | 138 / 12,471 |
| Peplau, Letitia Anne | Social Psychology | 544 / 27,908 | 962 / 27,908 |
| Amsterdam, Ezra Abraham | Cardiovascular System & Hematology | 2,021 / 249,410 | 3,674 / 249,410 |
| Kimport, Katrina | Public Health | — | 588 / 82,273 |
| Meredith, William M. | Social Sciences Methods | 74 / 3,363 | 105 / 3,363 |
| McCarty, Teresa L. | Education | 579 / 115,687 | 909 / 115,687 |
| Hermalin, Benjamin E. | Economics | 549 / 54,592 | 1,035 / 54,592 |
| Mann, Virginia A. | Experimental Psychology | 844 / 37,808 | — |
| Pasqualetti, Fabio | Industrial Engineering & Automation | 1,787 / 131,085 | 831 / 131,085 |
| Bailey, Drew H. | Education | 1,777 / 115,687 | 1,143 / 115,687 |
| Mathes, Stephen J. | Surgery | 764 / 146,713 | 2,520 / 146,713 |
| Yurchak, Alexei | Anthropology | — | 118 / 10,039 |
| Gest, Howard | Microbiology | 2,584 / 232,186 | — |
| Fischer, John Martin | Philosophy | 114 / 14,569 | — |
| Conrad, Patricia A. | Mycology & Parasitology | 271 / 29,175 | 660 / 29,175 |
| Schechter, Martin | General Mathematics | 765 / 76,268 | — |
| Ritchie, Lorrene Davis | Nutrition & Dietetics | 1,060 / 59,506 | 999 / 59,506 |
| Tong, Myron John | Gastroenterology & Hepatology | 2,248 / 113,536 | — |
| Rubin, David M. | Pediatrics | 1,167 / 81,129 | 981 / 81,129 |
| Molina, Natalia | History | 111 / 20,299 | 70 / 20,299 |
| Karplus, Robert | Applied Physics | 7,348 / 323,282 | — |
| Gilliland-Swetland, Anne J. | Information & Library Sciences | 251 / 15,996 | 319 / 15,996 |
| Thomson, William T. | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 3,226 / 157,792 | — |
| Freeman, Elizabeth | Literary Studies | 348 / 21,141 | 167 / 21,141 |
| Stovall, Tyler | History | — | 249 / 20,299 |
| Lloyd, David | Literary Studies | 394 / 21,141 | 406 / 21,141 |
| Mathur, Saloni | Art Practice, History & Theory | 43 / 2,788 | — |
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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