USDA ARS Beltsville Human Nutrition 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).
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researchers on the list
1,219
rank in United States
4,523
rank worldwide, of 38,384
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| Name | Subfield | Career | Single-year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mertz, Walter E. | Nutrition & Dietetics | 285 / 59,506 | — |
| Beecher, Gary R. | Food Science | 209 / 107,913 | 1,568 / 107,913 |
| Harnly, James M. | Analytical Chemistry | 517 / 137,328 | 1,018 / 137,328 |
| Fukagawa, Naomi K. | Nutrition & Dietetics | 756 / 59,506 | 754 / 59,506 |
| Wu, Xianli | Food Science | 753 / 107,913 | 1,492 / 107,913 |
| Byrdwell, William Craig | Analytical Chemistry | 966 / 137,328 | — |
| Novotny, Janet A. | Nutrition & Dietetics | 1,035 / 59,506 | 827 / 59,506 |
| Lin, Longze | Plant Biology & Botany | 2,565 / 204,373 | — |
| Wang, Thomas T.Y. | Food Science | 1,137 / 107,913 | — |
| Moe, Paul W. | Dairy & Animal Science | 1,798 / 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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