USDA ARS National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research 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).
53
researchers on the list
395
rank in United States
1,185
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knothe, Gerhard | Energy | 68 / 371,959 | 201 / 371,959 |
| Kurtzman, Cletus Paul | Microbiology | 200 / 232,186 | 322 / 232,186 |
| O\'Donnell, Kerry L. | Mycology & Parasitology | 15 / 29,175 | 17 / 29,175 |
| Saha, Badal C. | Biotechnology | 36 / 69,700 | 259 / 69,700 |
| Moser, Bryan R. | Energy | 489 / 371,959 | 1,533 / 371,959 |
| McCormick, Susan P. | Microbiology | 997 / 232,186 | 1,308 / 232,186 |
| Qureshi, Nasib | Biotechnology | 122 / 69,700 | 872 / 69,700 |
| Dowd, Patrick F. | Entomology | 117 / 40,595 | 692 / 40,595 |
| Cotta, Michael A. | Biotechnology | 146 / 69,700 | 1,102 / 69,700 |
| Desjardins, Anne E. | Microbiology | 1,472 / 232,186 | 4,983 / 232,186 |
| Maragos, Chris M. | Toxicology | 266 / 69,049 | 1,003 / 69,049 |
| Gardner, Harold W. | Nutrition & Dietetics | 446 / 59,506 | — |
| Dunn, Robert O. | Nutrition & Dietetics | 473 / 59,506 | — |
| Hwang, Hong-sik | Nutrition & Dietetics | 1,189 / 59,506 | 444 / 59,506 |
| Willett, Julious L. | Polymers | 785 / 133,253 | — |
| Plattner, Ronald D. | Microbiology | 2,073 / 232,186 | — |
| Momany, Frank A. | Chemical Physics | 1,740 / 121,889 | — |
| Peterson, Stephen W. | Mycology & Parasitology | 194 / 29,175 | 242 / 29,175 |
| Dien, Bruce S. | Biotechnology | 290 / 69,700 | 1,464 / 69,700 |
| Leathers, Timothy D. | Biotechnology | 293 / 69,700 | — |
| Hou, Ching Tsang | Biotechnology | 310 / 69,700 | — |
| Hesseltine, Clifford W. | Microbiology | 2,864 / 232,186 | — |
| Wicklow, Donald T. | Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry | 467 / 120,621 | — |
| Muturi, Ephantus J. | Tropical Medicine | 489 / 39,335 | 174 / 39,335 |
| Berhow, Mark Alan | Food Science | 835 / 107,913 | — |
| Inglett, George E. | Food Science | 846 / 107,913 | — |
| Price, Neil P.J. | Microbiology | 3,600 / 232,186 | — |
| Laszlo, J. A. | Nutrition & Dietetics | 1,037 / 59,506 | — |
| Proctor, Robert Henry | Microbiology | 4,462 / 232,186 | 2,990 / 232,186 |
| Vaughn, Steven Francis | Biotechnology | 521 / 69,700 | — |
| Warner, Kathleen A. | Nutrition & Dietetics | 1,076 / 59,506 | — |
| Bartelt, Robert J. | Entomology | 562 / 40,595 | — |
| Skory, Christopher D. | Biotechnology | 573 / 69,700 | — |
| Nakamura, Lawrence K. | Microbiology | 4,220 / 232,186 | — |
| Hespell, Robert B. | Microbiology | 4,297 / 232,186 | — |
| Emken, Edward A. | Nutrition & Dietetics | 1,161 / 59,506 | — |
| Biresaw, Girma | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 1,680 / 157,792 | — |
| Côté, Gregory L. | Organic Chemistry | 3,759 / 188,664 | — |
| Wolf, Walter J. | Food Science | 1,381 / 107,913 | — |
| Peterson, Steven C. | Polymers | — | 2,325 / 133,253 |
| Liu, Zonglin Lewis | Polymers | 2,077 / 133,253 | — |
| Chisholm, Bret Ja | Polymers | 2,129 / 133,253 | — |
| Hodge, John E. | Organic Chemistry | 4,335 / 188,664 | — |
| Liu, Zengshe | Polymers | 2,398 / 133,253 | — |
| Wu, Ying Victor | Food Science | 1,769 / 107,913 | — |
| Bothast, Rodney J. | Biotechnology | 975 / 69,700 | — |
| Ramirez, José Luis | Tropical Medicine | — | 416 / 39,335 |
| Abidi, S. L. | Analytical Chemistry | 2,715 / 137,328 | — |
| Sessa, David J. | Food Science | 2,182 / 107,913 | — |
| Cermak, Steven C. | Biotechnology | 1,181 / 69,700 | — |
| Powell, Richard G. | Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry | 1,646 / 120,621 | — |
| Eller, Fred Joseph | Biotechnology | 1,390 / 69,700 | — |
| Wing, Robert E. | Energy | 8,335 / 371,959 | — |
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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