UW-Madison 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).
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rank worldwide, of 38,384
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| Name | Subfield | Career | Single-year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakes, Roderic S. | Materials | 25 / 330,896 | 25 / 330,896 |
| Greeley, Jeffrey P. | Physical Chemistry | 32 / 44,088 | 14 / 44,088 |
| Reitz, Rolf Deneys | Energy | 75 / 371,959 | 389 / 371,959 |
| Carayon, Pascale | Human Factors | 20 / 16,381 | 13 / 16,381 |
| Kou, Sindo | Materials | 210 / 330,896 | 143 / 330,896 |
| Lipo, Thomas Anthony | Electrical & Electronic Engineering | 15 / 133,072 | 60 / 133,072 |
| Wang, Xudong | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | 183 / 177,859 | 250 / 177,859 |
| Nowak, Robert D. | Networking & Telecommunications | 102 / 228,312 | 355 / 228,312 |
| Miller, Franklin G. | Applied Ethics | 4 / 6,701 | 30 / 6,701 |
| Robertson, Ian M. | Materials | 316 / 330,896 | 247 / 330,896 |
| Perepezko, John H. | Materials | 201 / 330,896 | 325 / 330,896 |
| Li, Xiaopeng Shaw | Logistics & Transportation | 179 / 32,287 | 46 / 32,287 |
| Lasseter, Robert H. | Energy | 184 / 371,959 | 491 / 371,959 |
| Huber, George W. | Organic Chemistry | 747 / 188,664 | 183 / 188,664 |
| Mavrikakis, Manos | Physical Chemistry | 71 / 44,088 | 51 / 44,088 |
| Thelen, Darryl Gerard | Biomedical Engineering | 123 / 74,543 | 60 / 74,543 |
| Kuang, Xiao | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | 2,015 / 177,859 | 646 / 177,859 |
| Morgan, Dane D. | Materials | 1,489 / 330,896 | 554 / 330,896 |
| Benson, Craig H. | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | 144 / 82,760 | 355 / 82,760 |
| Sayeed, Akbar M. | Networking & Telecommunications | 270 / 228,312 | 523 / 228,312 |
| Zavala, Víctor M. | Chemical Engineering | 311 / 97,821 | 224 / 97,821 |
| Graham, Michael D. | Fluids & Plasmas | 383 / 58,297 | 261 / 58,297 |
| Lagally, Max G. | Applied Physics | 1,027 / 323,282 | 4,911 / 323,282 |
| Kats, Mikhail A. | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 498 / 140,272 | 85 / 140,272 |
| Jacobs, Ryan M. | Materials | 4,754 / 330,896 | 902 / 330,896 |
| Yu, Zongfu | Optics | 549 / 83,504 | 181 / 83,504 |
| Edil, Tuncer B. | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | 227 / 82,760 | 612 / 82,760 |
| van Veen, Barry D. | Networking & Telecommunications | 382 / 228,312 | 1,439 / 228,312 |
| Feng, Dawei | General Chemistry | 651 / 57,505 | 97 / 57,505 |
| Lin, Shaoting | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | — | 1,850 / 177,859 |
| Ray, W. Harmon | Chemical Engineering | 225 / 97,821 | — |
| Li, Ying | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | — | 1,953 / 177,859 |
| Webster, John G. | Biomedical Engineering | 237 / 74,543 | 780 / 74,543 |
| Campagnola, Paul J. | Optics | 236 / 83,504 | 325 / 83,504 |
| Likos, William John | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | 705 / 82,760 | 657 / 82,760 |
| Robinson, Stephen M. | Operations Research | 194 / 31,951 | 436 / 31,951 |
| Behdad, Nader | Networking & Telecommunications | 528 / 228,312 | 1,196 / 228,312 |
| Chang, Y. Austin | Materials | 947 / 330,896 | 5,753 / 330,896 |
| Klingenberg, Daniel J. | Polymers | 663 / 133,253 | — |
| Murphy, William L. | Biomedical Engineering | 309 / 74,543 | 693 / 74,543 |
| Eom, Changbeom | Applied Physics | 1,850 / 323,282 | 1,585 / 323,282 |
| Karsh, Ben Tzion | Human Factors | 122 / 16,381 | 184 / 16,381 |
| Naik, Tarun R. | Building & Construction | 254 / 56,454 | 721 / 56,454 |
| Bier, Vicki Marion | Strategic, Defence & Security Studies | 97 / 32,161 | 489 / 32,161 |
| Kuech, Thomas F. | Applied Physics | 2,125 / 323,282 | 5,177 / 323,282 |
| Hershkowitz, Noah | Applied Physics | 2,261 / 323,282 | 5,644 / 323,282 |
| Rutland, Christopher J. | Energy | 1,331 / 371,959 | 5,788 / 371,959 |
| Bird, R. Byron | Polymers | 849 / 133,253 | 877 / 133,253 |
| Bahia, Hussain U. | Logistics & Transportation | 153 / 32,287 | 431 / 32,287 |
| Hicks, Andrea L. | Environmental Sciences | — | 2,076 / 140,934 |
| Hegna, Chris C. | Fluids & Plasmas | 884 / 58,297 | — |
| Chen, Lianyi | Materials | 5,668 / 330,896 | 2,254 / 330,896 |
| Ramanathan, Pàrameswaran | Networking & Telecommunications | 888 / 228,312 | — |
| Murphy, Regina M. | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 3,646 / 216,826 | — |
| Wiegmann, Douglas A. | Human Factors | 179 / 16,381 | 305 / 16,381 |
| Vashishtha, Pargam | Applied Physics | — | 1,994 / 323,282 |
| Szlufarska, Izabela | Materials | 1,595 / 330,896 | 2,760 / 330,896 |
| Botez, Dan | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 373 / 140,272 | 2,160 / 140,272 |
| Russell, Jeffrey S. | Building & Construction | 364 / 56,454 | — |
| Ma, Zhenqiang | Applied Physics | 3,431 / 323,282 | 3,397 / 323,282 |
| Voyles, Paul M. | Materials | 1,897 / 330,896 | 6,335 / 330,896 |
| Pfleger, Brian Frederick | Biotechnology | 688 / 69,700 | 506 / 69,700 |
| Hu, Jiamian | Applied Physics | — | 2,492 / 323,282 |
| Palecek, Sean P. | Developmental Biology | — | 2,830 / 167,121 |
| Roald, Line A. | Energy | — | 4,550 / 371,959 |
| Hagness, Susan C. | Networking & Telecommunications | 1,375 / 228,312 | 2,709 / 228,312 |
| Corradini, Michael L. | Energy | 2,274 / 371,959 | — |
| van der Weide, Daniel W. | Networking & Telecommunications | 1,403 / 228,312 | — |
| Suresh, Krishnan | Design Practice & Management | 131 / 11,980 | 106 / 11,980 |
| Drugan, Walter J. | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 1,356 / 157,792 | — |
| Shapiro, Vadim | Design Practice & Management | 110 / 11,980 | — |
| Osswald, Tim Andreas | Polymers | — | 1,839 / 133,253 |
| Cerrina, Francesco | Applied Physics | 4,884 / 323,282 | — |
| Arnold, Michael S. | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | 2,279 / 177,859 | — |
| Peercy, Paul S. | Applied Physics | 4,913 / 323,282 | — |
| Mawst, Luke James | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 709 / 140,272 | — |
| Couet, Adrien | Materials | — | 5,225 / 330,896 |
| Groß, Dominic | Industrial Engineering & Automation | — | 2,250 / 131,085 |
| Liu, Kaibo | Industrial Engineering & Automation | — | 2,307 / 131,085 |
| El-Guebaly, Laila A. | Energy | 3,400 / 371,959 | — |
| Duffie, Neil A. | Industrial Engineering & Automation | 1,744 / 131,085 | — |
| Sanders, Scott T. | Optics | 970 / 83,504 | — |
| Lightfoot, Edwin N. | Chemical Engineering | 1,299 / 97,821 | — |
| Madon, Rostam J. | Physical Chemistry | 841 / 44,088 | — |
| Plesha, Michael E. | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 2,129 / 157,792 | 3,579 / 157,792 |
| DeMarco, Christopher Lawson | Energy | 4,571 / 371,959 | — |
| Sun, Haihan | Networking & Telecommunications | — | 3,522 / 228,312 |
| Stewart, Warren E. | Chemical Engineering | 1,671 / 97,821 | — |
| Tompkins, Willis J. | Biomedical Engineering | 1,289 / 74,543 | — |
| Negruţ, Dan | Design Practice & Management | — | 187 / 11,980 |
| Shi, Leyuan | Industrial Engineering & Automation | 2,541 / 131,085 | — |
| Cooper, Stuart L. | Polymers | 3,065 / 133,253 | — |
| Crone, Wendy C. | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 2,705 / 157,792 | — |
| Nellis, Gregory F. | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 2,811 / 157,792 | — |
| Saluja, Kewal K. | Computer Hardware & Architecture | 399 / 21,014 | — |
| Ghandhi, Jaal B. | Energy | 6,943 / 371,959 | — |
| Novotny, Donald W. | Electrical & Electronic Engineering | 1,409 / 133,072 | — |
| Chapman, Thomas W. | Energy | 7,643 / 371,959 | — |
| Han, Yehui | Electrical & Electronic Engineering | 1,698 / 133,072 | — |
| Nishanth, Fnu | Electrical & Electronic Engineering | — | 2,591 / 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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