USDA Forest Service 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).
52
researchers on the list
404
rank in United States
1,206
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finney, Mark A. | Forestry | 25 / 36,413 | 20 / 36,413 |
| Ulyshen, Michael D. | Ecology | — | 855 / 82,882 |
| Sun, Ge | Environmental Engineering | 774 / 68,664 | 247 / 68,664 |
| Pan, Yude | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | — | 1,005 / 84,638 |
| Spies, Thomas A. | Forestry | 42 / 36,413 | 242 / 36,413 |
| Kondo, Michelle C. | Public Health | — | 492 / 82,273 |
| Thompson, Frank R.Iii | Ecology | 1,025 / 82,882 | — |
| Escobedo, Francisco J. | Forestry | 247 / 36,413 | 59 / 36,413 |
| Guo, Qinfeng | Ecology | — | 1,240 / 82,882 |
| Liu, Yongquiang Qiang | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | — | 1,315 / 84,638 |
| Gustafson, Eric J. | Ecology | 1,254 / 82,882 | — |
| Haack, Robert A. | Entomology | 184 / 40,595 | 119 / 40,595 |
| Gobster, Paul H. | Urban & Regional Planning | 102 / 15,338 | 242 / 15,338 |
| Rustad, Lindsey E. | Ecology | 1,356 / 82,882 | — |
| Iverson, Louis R. | Ecology | 1,410 / 82,882 | — |
| Luce, Charles H. | Environmental Engineering | 429 / 68,664 | 560 / 68,664 |
| Dey, Daniel C. | Forestry | 202 / 36,413 | 160 / 36,413 |
| Ouyang, Ying | Environmental Sciences | 1,226 / 140,934 | — |
| Clausen, Carol A. | Biotechnology | 492 / 69,700 | — |
| Swank, Wayne T.Scott | Forestry | 200 / 36,413 | — |
| Miller, Daniel R. | Entomology | 581 / 40,595 | 406 / 40,595 |
| Adams, Mary Beth | Forestry | 266 / 36,413 | — |
| Keena, Melody A. | Entomology | 760 / 40,595 | 482 / 40,595 |
| Prestemon, Jeffrey P. | Forestry | 284 / 36,413 | 380 / 36,413 |
| Palik, Brian J. | Forestry | 407 / 36,413 | 322 / 36,413 |
| Domke, Grant M. | Forestry | — | 349 / 36,413 |
| Clinton, Barton D. | Forestry | 337 / 36,413 | — |
| Schaberg, Paul G. | Forestry | 386 / 36,413 | — |
| Cohen, Jack D. | Forestry | 662 / 36,413 | 408 / 36,413 |
| Young, Michael K. | Fisheries | 806 / 47,614 | — |
| Johnsen, Kurt H. | Forestry | 408 / 36,413 | — |
| Harrington, Constance A. | Forestry | 496 / 36,413 | — |
| Watts, Adam C. | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | 1,688 / 82,760 | — |
| Mercer, David Evan | Forestry | 538 / 36,413 | — |
| Brose, Patrick H. | Forestry | 552 / 36,413 | — |
| Gove, Jeffrey H. | Forestry | 553 / 36,413 | — |
| O'Brien, Joseph J. | Forestry | 561 / 36,413 | 628 / 36,413 |
| Myers, George E. | Polymers | 3,043 / 133,253 | — |
| Miller, Jay D. | Forestry | — | 557 / 36,413 |
| Hornbeck, James W. | Forestry | 574 / 36,413 | — |
| Schelhas, John W. | Forestry | 591 / 36,413 | 804 / 36,413 |
| Potter, Brian E. | Forestry | 652 / 36,413 | 613 / 36,413 |
| Bragg, Don C. | Forestry | 623 / 36,413 | — |
| Coulston, John W. | Forestry | — | 629 / 36,413 |
| Loudermilk, Eva Louise | Forestry | — | 658 / 36,413 |
| Sniezko, Richard A. | Forestry | 679 / 36,413 | — |
| Horsley, Stephen B. | Forestry | 692 / 36,413 | — |
| Goodrick, Scott L. | Forestry | — | 677 / 36,413 |
| Bull, Evelyn L. | Forestry | 761 / 36,413 | — |
| Johnson-Gaither, Cassandra | Forestry | — | 744 / 36,413 |
| Loftis, David L. | Forestry | 820 / 36,413 | — |
| Stankey, George H. | Forestry | 887 / 36,413 | — |
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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