USDA ARS Beltsville Agricultural Research Center 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).
81
researchers on the list
303
rank in United States
821
rank worldwide, of 38,384
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| Name | Subfield | Career | Single-year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dubey, Jitender P. | Mycology & Parasitology | 1 / 29,175 | 2 / 29,175 |
| Jackson, Thomas J. | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | 32 / 82,760 | 265 / 82,760 |
| Ziska, Lewis Hans | Plant Biology & Botany | 156 / 204,373 | 128 / 204,373 |
| Evans, Jay D. | Entomology | 18 / 40,595 | 18 / 40,595 |
| Kustas, William P. | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | 70 / 82,760 | 414 / 82,760 |
| Lillehoj, Hyun S. | Veterinary Sciences | 14 / 72,388 | 15 / 72,388 |
| Anderson, Martha C. | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | 415 / 82,760 | 237 / 82,760 |
| Gao, Feng | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | 379 / 82,760 | 261 / 82,760 |
| Daughtry, C. S. T. | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | 252 / 82,760 | 385 / 82,760 |
| Vega, Fernando E. | Entomology | 134 / 40,595 | 57 / 40,595 |
| Bunce, James A. | Plant Biology & Botany | 408 / 204,373 | 2,413 / 204,373 |
| Davis, Cindy D. | Nutrition & Dietetics | 297 / 59,506 | 668 / 59,506 |
| Rawls, Walter J. | Agronomy & Agriculture | 202 / 95,377 | 638 / 95,377 |
| Ritchie, Jerry C. | Environmental Engineering | 195 / 68,664 | 1,447 / 68,664 |
| Lunney, Joan K. | Veterinary Sciences | 68 / 72,388 | 43 / 72,388 |
| Zhang, Xuesong | Environmental Engineering | 645 / 68,664 | 282 / 68,664 |
| Crow, Wade T. | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | 268 / 82,760 | 1,660 / 82,760 |
| Finley, John Weldon | Nutrition & Dietetics | 381 / 59,506 | 1,054 / 59,506 |
| Peters, Debra P.C. | Ecology | 1,280 / 82,882 | — |
| Teasdale, John R. | Agronomy & Agriculture | 362 / 95,377 | 1,052 / 95,377 |
| Baligar, Virupaex V. C. | Agronomy & Agriculture | 438 / 95,377 | 952 / 95,377 |
| Pachepsky, Y. A. | Agronomy & Agriculture | 705 / 95,377 | 681 / 95,377 |
| Buyer, Jeffrey S. | Agronomy & Agriculture | 526 / 95,377 | 1,346 / 95,377 |
| Jenkins, Mark C. | Mycology & Parasitology | 246 / 29,175 | — |
| Wall, Robert J. | Dairy & Animal Science | 294 / 78,455 | — |
| Song, Qijian | Plant Biology & Botany | 3,324 / 204,373 | 1,800 / 204,373 |
| Sprague, George F. | Developmental Biology | 3,065 / 167,121 | — |
| Bannerman, Douglas D. | Veterinary Sciences | 323 / 72,388 | 664 / 72,388 |
| Thacker, Eileen Lenore | Veterinary Sciences | 327 / 72,388 | 962 / 72,388 |
| Heinz, Gary H. | Environmental Sciences | 945 / 140,934 | — |
| Richards, Mark P. | Dairy & Animal Science | 320 / 78,455 | — |
| Rehner, Stephen A. | Mycology & Parasitology | — | 186 / 29,175 |
| Kim, Moon-sung | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 411 / 140,272 | 404 / 140,272 |
| Cosh, Michael H. | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | 1,316 / 82,760 | 1,405 / 82,760 |
| Mulbry, Walter W. | Biotechnology | 379 / 69,700 | — |
| Dao, Thanh H. | Agronomy & Agriculture | 720 / 95,377 | — |
| Mattoo, Autar K. | Plant Biology & Botany | 1,967 / 204,373 | 3,557 / 204,373 |
| Rossman, Amy Y. | Mycology & Parasitology | 369 / 29,175 | 230 / 29,175 |
| Hill, Dolores E. | Mycology & Parasitology | 323 / 29,175 | 519 / 29,175 |
| Greenstone, Matthew H. | Entomology | 474 / 40,595 | 981 / 40,595 |
| Wright, Sara F. | Agronomy & Agriculture | 807 / 95,377 | 1,677 / 95,377 |
| Fravel, Deborah R. | Plant Biology & Botany | 2,230 / 204,373 | — |
| Davis, Robert Edward | Plant Biology & Botany | 2,275 / 204,373 | — |
| Aldrich, Jeffrey Richard | Entomology | 499 / 40,595 | — |
| Allen, Patricia C. | Dairy & Animal Science | 482 / 78,455 | — |
| Abbott, Judith A. | Horticulture | 28 / 5,982 | — |
| Foy, Charles D. | Agronomy & Agriculture | 1,042 / 95,377 | — |
| Pursel, Vernon G. | Dairy & Animal Science | 570 / 78,455 | — |
| Bakst, Murray R. | Dairy & Animal Science | 575 / 78,455 | — |
| Bhagwat, Arvind A. | Microbiology | 4,439 / 232,186 | — |
| van Berkum, Peter B. | Microbiology | 4,497 / 232,186 | — |
| Mathur, Sonal | Plant Biology & Botany | — | 3,349 / 204,373 |
| McMurtry, John P. | Dairy & Animal Science | 638 / 78,455 | — |
| Rosenthal, Benjamin Martin | Mycology & Parasitology | 483 / 29,175 | 321 / 29,175 |
| Karns, Jeffrey S. | Microbiology | 4,733 / 232,186 | — |
| Lichtenfels, J. Ralph | Mycology & Parasitology | 490 / 29,175 | — |
| Duke, James Alan | Complementary & Alternative Medicine | 62 / 14,206 | 164 / 14,206 |
| Guthrie, H. David | Dairy & Animal Science | 704 / 78,455 | — |
| Berry, Bradford W. | Food Science | 1,344 / 107,913 | — |
| Chen, Yud Ren | Agronomy & Agriculture | 1,294 / 95,377 | — |
| Mirsky, Steven Brian | Agronomy & Agriculture | — | 1,767 / 95,377 |
| Castlebury, Lisa A. | Mycology & Parasitology | — | 370 / 29,175 |
| Saftner, Robert A. | Horticulture | 49 / 5,982 | — |
| Lefcourt, Alan Marc | Agronomy & Agriculture | 1,360 / 95,377 | — |
| Van Tassell, Curtis Paul | Dairy & Animal Science | 816 / 78,455 | 813 / 78,455 |
| Baldwin VI, Ransom L. | Dairy & Animal Science | 818 / 78,455 | — |
| Carroll, John F.X. | Tropical Medicine | 549 / 39,335 | 957 / 39,335 |
| Gasbarre, Louis C. | Mycology & Parasitology | 573 / 29,175 | — |
| Stommel, John R. | Horticulture | 55 / 5,982 | — |
| Ramsay, Timothy G. | Dairy & Animal Science | 887 / 78,455 | — |
| Hawk, Harold W. | Dairy & Animal Science | 912 / 78,455 | — |
| Millner, Patricia D. | Agronomy & Agriculture | 1,546 / 95,377 | — |
| Paape, Max J. | Veterinary Sciences | 1,123 / 72,388 | — |
| Rosebrough, Robert W. | Dairy & Animal Science | 1,087 / 78,455 | — |
| Ruff, Michael D. | Veterinary Sciences | 1,330 / 72,388 | — |
| Welch, Glenn Rickey | Dairy & Animal Science | 1,338 / 78,455 | — |
| Proszkowiec-Wȩglarz, Monika | Dairy & Animal Science | — | 1,359 / 78,455 |
| Miller, Robert H. | Dairy & Animal Science | 1,539 / 78,455 | — |
| Pooler, Margaret R. | Horticulture | 116 / 5,982 | — |
| Meyer, Susan L.F. | Zoology | 420 / 19,073 | — |
| Long, Julie A. | Dairy & Animal Science | 1,647 / 78,455 | 1,549 / 78,455 |
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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