University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) 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).
44
researchers on the list
454
rank in United States
1,377
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Owen, Benjamin J. | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 393 / 164,120 | 202 / 164,120 |
| Diclemente, Carlo C. | Substance Abuse | 39 / 18,209 | 99 / 18,209 |
| Isen, Alice M. | Social Psychology | 207 / 27,908 | 362 / 27,908 |
| Menyuk, Curtis R. | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 39 / 140,272 | 75 / 140,272 |
| Deffner, Sebastian | Fluids & Plasmas | 526 / 58,297 | 140 / 58,297 |
| Shih, Yanhua | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 89 / 140,272 | 74 / 140,272 |
| Summers, Michael F. | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 1,515 / 216,826 | — |
| Pelton, Matthew | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 116 / 140,272 | 98 / 140,272 |
| Cronin, Thomas W. | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 3,300 / 379,830 | 5,464 / 379,830 |
| Lepping, Ronald Paul | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | 828 / 84,638 | — |
| Herman, Jay R. | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | 881 / 84,638 | — |
| Remer, Lorraine A. | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | 904 / 84,638 | 1,260 / 84,638 |
| Takács, László | Materials | 789 / 330,896 | 1,898 / 330,896 |
| Franson, James D. | Optics | 245 / 83,504 | 407 / 83,504 |
| Cannizzo, John K. | Astronomy & Astrophysics | 1,112 / 58,202 | — |
| Potra, Florian A. | Operations Research | 245 / 31,951 | 346 / 31,951 |
| Omland, Kevin E. | Evolutionary Biology | 641 / 31,128 | — |
| Singh, Leher | Developmental & Child Psychology | — | 521 / 25,365 |
| Seaman, Carolyn Budinger | Software Engineering | 167 / 24,083 | 158 / 24,083 |
| Tama, Bayu Adhi | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 6,377 / 517,648 | 3,930 / 517,648 |
| Khan, Akhtar S. | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 963 / 157,792 | 888 / 157,792 |
| Hult, Francis M. | Languages & Linguistics | 446 / 25,930 | 469 / 25,930 |
| Farabaugh, Philip J. | Developmental Biology | 2,614 / 167,121 | — |
| Waldstein, Shari R. | Experimental Psychology | 1,126 / 37,808 | — |
| Joshi, Anupam | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 2,118 / 517,648 | — |
| Rubin, Morton H. | General Physics | 745 / 87,024 | — |
| Murphy, Christopher M. | Criminology | 225 / 14,394 | — |
| Provine, Robert R. | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 7,038 / 379,830 | 7,250 / 379,830 |
| Knight, Carolyn | Social Work | 93 / 9,659 | 84 / 9,659 |
| Salkever, David S. | Health Policy & Services | 392 / 23,941 | — |
| Finin, Tim W. | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 3,724 / 517,648 | — |
| Sears, Andrew L. | Human Factors | 299 / 16,381 | — |
| Summers, Geoffrey P. | Applied Physics | 4,682 / 323,282 | — |
| Huemmrich, Karl Fred | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | 989 / 82,760 | — |
| Ataca, Can | Applied Physics | — | 3,612 / 323,282 |
| Daniel, Marie Christine | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | 2,491 / 177,859 | — |
| Seidman, Thomas I. | General Mathematics | 1,410 / 76,268 | — |
| LaCourse, William R. | Analytical Chemistry | 1,774 / 137,328 | — |
| Pittman, Todd B. | Optics | 990 / 83,504 | 1,220 / 83,504 |
| Barnes, Williams L. | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 994 / 140,272 | 2,183 / 140,272 |
| Oates, Tim | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 5,918 / 517,648 | — |
| Seley-Radtke, Katherine L. | Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry | 1,327 / 120,621 | — |
| Lavik, Erin B. | Biomedical Engineering | 1,295 / 74,543 | — |
| Berge, Zane L. | Education | 2,520 / 115,687 | — |
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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