University of Rochester Institute of Optics 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).
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researchers on the list
788
rank in United States
2,653
rank worldwide, of 38,384
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| Name | Subfield | Career | Single-year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agrawal, Govind P. | Optics | 6 / 83,504 | 15 / 83,504 |
| Fienup, James R. | Optics | 33 / 83,504 | 31 / 83,504 |
| Zhang, Xi Cheng | Optics | 52 / 83,504 | 107 / 83,504 |
| Rolland, Jannick P.V. | Optics | 223 / 83,504 | 199 / 83,504 |
| Lin, Qiang | Optics | 809 / 83,504 | 382 / 83,504 |
| Alonso, Miguel Angel | Optics | 586 / 83,504 | 949 / 83,504 |
| Durnin, James E. | Optics | 677 / 83,504 | 686 / 83,504 |
| Miller, Benjamin L. | Analytical Chemistry | 1,542 / 137,328 | — |
| Alonso, Miguel A. | Optics | — | 824 / 83,504 |
| Cotrufo, Michele | Optics | — | 892 / 83,504 |
| Bigelow, Nicholas P. | General Physics | 1,481 / 87,024 | — |
| Carney, P. Scott | Optics | 1,021 / 83,504 | — |
| Renninger, William H. | Optics | 1,845 / 83,504 | 1,018 / 83,504 |
| Stroud, Carlos R. | Optics | 1,064 / 83,504 | — |
| Marciante, John R. | Optics | 1,233 / 83,504 | — |
| Moore, Duncan T. | Optics | 1,276 / 83,504 | — |
| Cardenas, Jamie | Optics | — | 1,583 / 83,504 |
| Berger, Andrew J. | Optics | 1,604 / 83,504 | — |
| Zhou, Yiyu | Optics | — | 1,831 / 83,504 |
| Hercher, Michael | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 2,959 / 140,272 | — |
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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