University of Denver 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).
38
researchers on the list
511
rank in United States
1,562
rank worldwide, of 38,384
Ranks by number of people on the list; we calculate them from the same data.
Share it with your department
The full list, with each person's rank, subfield, c-score, h-index and citations, in a file for Excel.
Click a name to see the full record. The columns give each person’s rank in their subfield on each list.
| Name | Subfield | Career | Single-year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennington, Bruce F. | Developmental & Child Psychology | 54 / 25,365 | 111 / 25,365 |
| McRae, Kateri | Experimental Psychology | — | 309 / 37,808 |
| Clements, Douglas H. | Education | 170 / 115,687 | 341 / 115,687 |
| Zhao, Suisheng | Cultural Studies | 9 / 8,723 | 5 / 8,723 |
| Owen, Jesse J. | Clinical Psychology | 261 / 19,306 | 141 / 19,306 |
| Sutton, Paul C. | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | 240 / 82,760 | 362 / 82,760 |
| Harter, Susan | Developmental & Child Psychology | 235 / 25,365 | 533 / 25,365 |
| Furman, Wyndol C. | Developmental & Child Psychology | 299 / 25,365 | 549 / 25,365 |
| Markman, Howard J. | Family Studies | 15 / 4,074 | 59 / 4,074 |
| Narayan, Angela J. | Developmental & Child Psychology | — | 414 / 25,365 |
| Kim, Pilyoung | Psychiatry | — | 1,029 / 90,846 |
| Nyantakyi-Frimpong, Hanson | Geography | — | 337 / 21,559 |
| Fox, Kathryn R. | Clinical Psychology | — | 290 / 19,306 |
| Stanley, Scott M. | Family Studies | 26 / 4,074 | 77 / 4,074 |
| Davis, Elysia Poggi | Psychiatry | — | 1,274 / 90,846 |
| Strain, Phillip S. | Developmental & Child Psychology | 578 / 25,365 | — |
| Bacon, Donald R. | Nursing | 268 / 73,697 | 227 / 73,697 |
| Donnelly, Jack | International Relations | 106 / 9,646 | 227 / 9,646 |
| Eaton, Gareth R. | Biophysics | 169 / 21,025 | 179 / 21,025 |
| Shaver, Phillip R. | Social Psychology | — | 1,092 / 27,908 |
| Sarama, Julie H. | Education | 1,158 / 115,687 | 1,493 / 115,687 |
| Gudder, Stanley P. | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 2,079 / 164,120 | — |
| Nail, Thomas | Literary Studies | 71 / 21,141 | 48 / 21,141 |
| Garriott, Patton O. | General Psychology & Cognitive Sciences | — | 53 / 4,120 |
| Rhoades, Galena Kline | Family Studies | 66 / 4,074 | 62 / 4,074 |
| Kumosa, Maciej S. | Materials | 2,829 / 330,896 | — |
| Kutateladze, Andrei G. | Organic Chemistry | 3,295 / 188,664 | — |
| Eaton, Sandra S. | Biophysics | 309 / 21,025 | 356 / 21,025 |
| Kice, John L. | Organic Chemistry | 4,024 / 188,664 | — |
| Goetz, Andrew R. | Logistics & Transportation | 481 / 32,287 | — |
| Conyers, Lawrence B. | Archaeology | 349 / 21,336 | — |
| Jenson, Jeffrey M. | Social Work | 157 / 9,659 | — |
| Kim, Johnny S. | Social Work | — | 195 / 9,659 |
| Walls, N. Eugene | Social Work | 185 / 9,659 | 196 / 9,659 |
| Balzar, Davor | Materials | 4,451 / 330,896 | — |
| Drabek, Thomas E. | Strategic, Defence & Security Studies | 442 / 32,161 | — |
| Recht, Rodney F. | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 3,561 / 157,792 | — |
| Organisciak, Peter | Information & Library Sciences | — | 316 / 15,996 |
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
Explore Labs is not affiliated with Stanford University or Elsevier. This tool is free.