UW College of Engineering 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).
99
researchers on the list
254
rank in United States
697
rank worldwide, of 38,384
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| Name | Subfield | Career | Single-year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brunton, Steven L. | Fluids & Plasmas | 123 / 58,297 | 5 / 58,297 |
| Noble, William Stafford | Bioinformatics | 12 / 24,357 | 7 / 24,357 |
| Kutz, Jose Nathan | Optics | 57 / 83,504 | 6 / 83,504 |
| Xiao, Jie | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | 184 / 177,859 | 66 / 177,859 |
| Meltzoff, Andrew N. | Developmental & Child Psychology | 26 / 25,365 | 56 / 25,365 |
| Jenekhe, Samson A. | Polymers | 34 / 133,253 | 952 / 133,253 |
| Domingos, Pedro O. | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 118 / 517,648 | 386 / 517,648 |
| Xiao, Di | Applied Physics | 1,541 / 323,282 | 123 / 323,282 |
| Cao, Guozhong | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | 117 / 177,859 | 322 / 177,859 |
| Tang, Juming | Food Science | 64 / 107,913 | 209 / 107,913 |
| Kirschen, Daniel S. | Energy | 183 / 371,959 | 707 / 371,959 |
| Marshall, Julian D. | Environmental Sciences | 248 / 140,934 | 393 / 140,934 |
| Hannaford, Blake | Industrial Engineering & Automation | 147 / 131,085 | 1,018 / 131,085 |
| Homsy, George M. | Fluids & Plasmas | 159 / 58,297 | 469 / 58,297 |
| Stahl, David A. | Microbiology | 530 / 232,186 | 1,727 / 232,186 |
| Lee, Suin | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 4,427 / 517,648 | 1,079 / 517,648 |
| Krishnan, Kannan M. | Applied Physics | 651 / 323,282 | 1,081 / 323,282 |
| Starbird, Kate | Human Factors | 159 / 16,381 | 65 / 16,381 |
| Ishimaru, Akira | Networking & Telecommunications | 289 / 228,312 | 1,647 / 228,312 |
| Brett, Michael T. | Marine Biology & Hydrobiology | 289 / 54,545 | 343 / 54,545 |
| Mesbahi, Mehran | Industrial Engineering & Automation | 350 / 131,085 | 607 / 131,085 |
| Chistoserdova, L. | Microbiology | 1,036 / 232,186 | 973 / 232,186 |
| Cao, Ting | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | 3,630 / 177,859 | 1,692 / 177,859 |
| Adler, Stuart B. | Energy | 657 / 371,959 | 1,675 / 371,959 |
| Taya, Minoru | Materials | 721 / 330,896 | 5,905 / 330,896 |
| Arola, Dwayne D. | Biomedical Engineering | 255 / 74,543 | 184 / 74,543 |
| Holsapple, Keith A. | Astronomy & Astrophysics | 936 / 58,202 | 907 / 58,202 |
| Majumdar, Arka | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 621 / 140,272 | 122 / 140,272 |
| Li, Mo | Optics | 639 / 83,504 | 243 / 83,504 |
| Ramulu, Mamidala | Materials | 874 / 330,896 | 4,168 / 330,896 |
| Dodd, Michael C. | Environmental Sciences | 1,205 / 140,934 | 1,466 / 140,934 |
| Munson, Sean A. | Human Factors | 234 / 16,381 | 168 / 16,381 |
| Açikmeśe, Behçet | Industrial Engineering & Automation | 1,595 / 131,085 | 836 / 131,085 |
| Srinivasa, Siddhartha S.D. | Industrial Engineering & Automation | 1,620 / 131,085 | 865 / 131,085 |
| Roy, Sumit | Networking & Telecommunications | 700 / 228,312 | 4,031 / 228,312 |
| Atal, Bishnu S. | Acoustics | 189 / 38,987 | 857 / 38,987 |
| Nance, Elizabeth A. | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | 2,926 / 177,859 | 3,152 / 177,859 |
| Rosner, Daniela K. | Human Factors | 233 / 16,381 | 206 / 16,381 |
| Seelig, Georg | Developmental Biology | — | 1,747 / 167,121 |
| Berg, John C. | Chemical Physics | 1,755 / 121,889 | — |
| Borriello, Gaetano | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 1,972 / 517,648 | — |
| Wang, Xiao | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | — | 4,226 / 517,648 |
| Shapiro, Linda G. | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 2,131 / 517,648 | — |
| Korshin, Gregory V. | Environmental Engineering | 483 / 68,664 | 869 / 68,664 |
| Sidles, John A. | Orthopedics | 665 / 98,781 | — |
| Findlater, Leah K. | Human Factors | — | 236 / 16,381 |
| Wang, Yizhong | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | — | 4,633 / 517,648 |
| Roesner, Franziska | Networking & Telecommunications | 2,958 / 228,312 | 1,258 / 228,312 |
| Hossain, Faisal | Environmental Engineering | 536 / 68,664 | 692 / 68,664 |
| Berman, Jeffrey W. | Civil Engineering | 444 / 67,736 | 636 / 67,736 |
| Winkler, Mari Karoliina Henriikka | Environmental Engineering | — | 642 / 68,664 |
| Lewellen, Thomas K. | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 2,015 / 164,120 | — |
| MacK, Kelly Avery | Human Factors | — | 284 / 16,381 |
| Anantram, Manjeri P. | Applied Physics | 3,384 / 323,282 | — |
| Fuller, Sawyer Buckminster | Industrial Engineering & Automation | 2,509 / 131,085 | 1,423 / 131,085 |
| Feraboli, Paolo J. | Materials | 2,161 / 330,896 | 3,194 / 330,896 |
| Finlayson, Bruce A. | Chemical Engineering | 664 / 97,821 | — |
| Riley, James J. | Fluids & Plasmas | 1,253 / 58,297 | — |
| Ricker, Neil Lawrence | Chemical Engineering | 748 / 97,821 | — |
| Zhang, Baosen | Energy | 8,075 / 371,959 | 4,760 / 371,959 |
| Soderland, Stephen | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 3,439 / 517,648 | — |
| Kientz, Julie A. | Human Factors | 284 / 16,381 | — |
| He, Yi | Chemical Physics | — | 1,781 / 121,889 |
| Atman, Cynthia J. | Education | 1,166 / 115,687 | 2,231 / 115,687 |
| Wilson, William R.D. | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 1,276 / 157,792 | — |
| Kumar, Vipin | Polymers | 1,627 / 133,253 | — |
| Qafoku, Nikolla P. | Environmental Sciences | 1,579 / 140,934 | — |
| Klavins, Eric D. | Industrial Engineering & Automation | 1,424 / 131,085 | — |
| Lin, Lih Yuan | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 680 / 140,272 | 2,380 / 140,272 |
| Shen, I. Yeu Steve | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 1,479 / 157,792 | — |
| Hinds, Bruce Jackson | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | 2,363 / 177,859 | — |
| Mamishev, Alexander V. | Applied Physics | 5,149 / 323,282 | — |
| Posner, Jonathan D. | Analytical Chemistry | 1,573 / 137,328 | 2,634 / 137,328 |
| Dougherty, Robert Patrick | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 372 / 66,382 | 674 / 66,382 |
| Kobayashi, Albert S. | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 1,790 / 157,792 | — |
| Ritcey, James A. | Networking & Telecommunications | 2,386 / 228,312 | — |
| Colburn, Shane A. | Optics | — | 993 / 83,504 |
| Fang, Zhuoran | Optoelectronics & Photonics | — | 726 / 140,272 |
| Davis, Eddie James | Chemical Engineering | 1,479 / 97,821 | — |
| Ferguson, John F. | Environmental Engineering | 1,438 / 68,664 | — |
| Yang, Jihui | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | 3,552 / 177,859 | — |
| Ohuchi, Funaio S. | Applied Physics | 7,388 / 323,282 | — |
| Chen, Hugh | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | — | 11,450 / 517,648 |
| Klute, Glenn K. | Biomedical Engineering | 1,307 / 74,543 | — |
| Miles, Scott B. | Strategic, Defence & Security Studies | 391 / 32,161 | 565 / 32,161 |
| McCormick, N. J. | Optics | 1,256 / 83,504 | — |
| Lumsdaine, Andrew J. | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 7,247 / 517,648 | — |
| Chizeck, Howard Jay | Biomedical Engineering | 1,345 / 74,543 | — |
| Schwartz, Daniel T. | Energy | 5,502 / 371,959 | — |
| Rao, Y. K. | Materials | 5,772 / 330,896 | — |
| Chen, Rui | Optoelectronics & Photonics | — | 1,226 / 140,272 |
| Reed, Dorothy Aubrey | Civil Engineering | 1,188 / 67,736 | — |
| Hillhouse, Hugh W. | Applied Physics | — | 7,057 / 323,282 |
| Tessaro, Stefano | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 9,786 / 517,648 | — |
| Diorio, Chris | Electrical & Electronic Engineering | 1,474 / 133,072 | — |
| Breidenthal, Robert E. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 968 / 66,382 | — |
| Baer, Jean Loup E. | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 11,336 / 517,648 | — |
| Wu, Changming | Optoelectronics & Photonics | — | 1,578 / 140,272 |
| Lauritzen, Peter O. | Electrical & Electronic Engineering | 2,900 / 133,072 | — |
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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