University of Nevada, Reno 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).
75
researchers on the list
312
rank in United States
869
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jones, Daniel Nelson | Social Psychology | 640 / 27,908 | 296 / 27,908 |
| Johnson, Dale W. | Agronomy & Agriculture | 63 / 95,377 | 662 / 95,377 |
| Scott, Lawrence T. | Organic Chemistry | 354 / 188,664 | 1,189 / 188,664 |
| Vander Wall, Stephen B. | Ecology | 392 / 82,882 | 980 / 82,882 |
| Blewitt, Geoffrey | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 580 / 108,013 | 294 / 108,013 |
| Harris, Frederick C. | Applied Physics | 560 / 323,282 | — |
| Jowitt, Simon M. | Geology | 276 / 17,936 | 34 / 17,936 |
| Schwartzberg, Lee S. | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | 1,541 / 377,791 | 956 / 377,791 |
| Derevianko, Andrei | General Physics | 215 / 87,024 | 256 / 87,024 |
| Abdi Tabari, Mahmoud | Languages & Linguistics | — | 228 / 25,930 |
| Cushman, John C. | Plant Biology & Botany | 535 / 204,373 | 1,140 / 204,373 |
| Czarnik, Anthony W. | Organic Chemistry | 898 / 188,664 | — |
| Gustin, Mae Sexauer Exauer | Environmental Sciences | 368 / 140,934 | — |
| Harper, Jeffrey F. | Plant Biology & Botany | 670 / 204,373 | 2,181 / 204,373 |
| Webster, Michael A. | Experimental Psychology | 680 / 37,808 | 814 / 37,808 |
| Leitner, David M. | Chemical Physics | 1,111 / 121,889 | 1,586 / 121,889 |
| Ervin, Kent M. | Chemical Physics | 1,112 / 121,889 | — |
| Biondi, Franco | Ecology | 1,081 / 82,882 | 1,059 / 82,882 |
| Cramer, Grant R. | Plant Biology & Botany | 701 / 204,373 | 1,718 / 204,373 |
| Blomquist, Gary James | Entomology | 136 / 40,595 | 329 / 40,595 |
| Haynes, Gary A. | Paleontology | 265 / 23,292 | 291 / 23,292 |
| Harpold, Adrian Adam | Environmental Engineering | 1,207 / 68,664 | 383 / 68,664 |
| Forister, Matthew Lewis | Ecology | 1,359 / 82,882 | 1,363 / 82,882 |
| Kemmelmeier, Markus | Social Psychology | 605 / 27,908 | 872 / 27,908 |
| McDonagh, Antony F. | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 2,530 / 216,826 | 4,684 / 216,826 |
| Ryan, Robert O. | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 2,591 / 216,826 | 4,089 / 216,826 |
| McDonald, John A. | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 2,694 / 216,826 | — |
| Pravosudov, Vladimir V. | Behavioral Science & Comparative Psychology | 305 / 13,044 | 118 / 13,044 |
| Koebele, Elizabeth A. | Political Science & Public Administration | — | 665 / 27,183 |
| Zanjani, Esmail D. | Immunology | 2,205 / 176,292 | — |
| Dyer, Lee A. | Ecology | 1,542 / 82,882 | — |
| Madsen, David B. | Paleontology | 408 / 23,292 | — |
| Dunlap, Glen | Education | 542 / 115,687 | — |
| Safronova, Ulyana Ivanovna | General Physics | 602 / 87,024 | — |
| Fossen, Frank M. | Economics | — | 1,050 / 54,592 |
| Qualls, Robert G. | Agronomy & Agriculture | 491 / 95,377 | — |
| O'Donohue, William T. | Clinical Psychology | 338 / 19,306 | — |
| Kreemer, Corné W. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 1,984 / 108,013 | 1,402 / 108,013 |
| Omaye, Stanley Teruo | Nutrition & Dietetics | 712 / 59,506 | — |
| Trzynadlowski, Andrzej M. | Electrical & Electronic Engineering | 302 / 133,072 | 2,638 / 133,072 |
| De Bettencourt-Dias, Ana | Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry | 698 / 86,991 | 1,314 / 86,991 |
| Henry, Christopher D. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 2,030 / 108,013 | — |
| Gupta, Chaitan P. | General Mathematics | 666 / 76,268 | — |
| Nolin, Anne W. | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | 620 / 82,760 | 1,326 / 82,760 |
| Lightner, David A. | Organic Chemistry | 2,085 / 188,664 | — |
| La, Hung Manh | Industrial Engineering & Automation | 1,617 / 131,085 | 1,541 / 131,085 |
| Tyler, Scott W. | Environmental Engineering | 776 / 68,664 | 1,245 / 68,664 |
| Dagda, Ruben K. | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | — | 2,237 / 216,826 |
| Golberg, Michael A. | Applied Mathematics | 463 / 23,982 | — |
| Allen, Scott Thomas | Environmental Engineering | — | 1,132 / 68,664 |
| Hussein, Hussein S. | Dairy & Animal Science | 566 / 78,455 | — |
| Richardson, James T. | Religions & Theology | 40 / 11,748 | 176 / 11,748 |
| Nelson, John H. | Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry | 1,204 / 86,991 | — |
| Gordaninejad, Faramarz | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 788 / 140,272 | 3,311 / 140,272 |
| Phan, Hoangvu Vu | Industrial Engineering & Automation | — | 2,340 / 131,085 |
| Bell, Thomas Wayne | Organic Chemistry | 3,644 / 188,664 | — |
| Pardini, Ronald S. | Pharmacology & Pharmacy | 2,276 / 166,116 | — |
| Bebis, George N. | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 5,740 / 517,648 | — |
| Darrow, Lyndsey A. | Epidemiology | — | 203 / 10,334 |
| Hockett, Bryan Scott | Archaeology | 352 / 21,336 | — |
| Smith, Ross W. | Mining & Metallurgy | 138 / 37,230 | — |
| Ahmad, Sami | Entomology | 989 / 40,595 | — |
| Weller, Thomas M. | Networking & Telecommunications | 3,001 / 228,312 | — |
| Daemen, Jaak J.K. | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | 1,634 / 82,760 | — |
| Looney, Carl G. | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 7,330 / 517,648 | — |
| Harrington, Rodney E. | Biophysics | 457 / 21,025 | — |
| Catalano, Vincent J. | Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry | 2,039 / 86,991 | — |
| Rojas, Raúl | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 7,704 / 517,648 | — |
| Fuson, Reynold C. | General Chemistry | 829 / 57,505 | — |
| Jones, Denny A. | Materials | 6,169 / 330,896 | — |
| Pilloud, Marin A. | Legal & Forensic Medicine | — | 142 / 15,674 |
| Fuerstenau, Maurice C. | Mining & Metallurgy | 326 / 37,230 | — |
| Sheridan’, Robert S. | General Chemistry | 1,129 / 57,505 | — |
| Sattarvand, Javad | Mining & Metallurgy | — | 772 / 37,230 |
| Mohanty, Manoj K. | Mining & Metallurgy | 602 / 37,230 | — |
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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