VA Palo Alto Health Care System 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).
18
researchers on the list
839
rank in United States
2,890
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carter, Dennis R. | Biomedical Engineering | 37 / 74,543 | 203 / 74,543 |
| Fearon, William Fuller | Cardiovascular System & Hematology | 1,186 / 249,410 | 475 / 249,410 |
| Humphreys, Keith N. | Substance Abuse | 63 / 18,209 | 54 / 18,209 |
| Roth, Walton T. | Psychiatry | 931 / 90,846 | — |
| Clark, John David | Anesthesiology | 163 / 59,383 | 299 / 59,383 |
| Kurella Tamura, Manjula Kurella | Urology & Nephrology | 548 / 96,288 | 351 / 96,288 |
| Forno, Lysia S. | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 3,747 / 379,830 | — |
| Finney, John W. | Substance Abuse | 200 / 18,209 | — |
| Meyer, Timothy W. | Urology & Nephrology | 652 / 96,288 | 795 / 96,288 |
| Hornberger, John C. | Health Policy & Services | 175 / 23,941 | — |
| Swetter, Susan M. | Dermatology & Venereal Diseases | 550 / 64,751 | 294 / 64,751 |
| Ashford, John Wesson | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 6,052 / 379,830 | — |
| Kimerling, Rachel E. | Psychiatry | 1,761 / 90,846 | — |
| Woolson, Steven T. | Orthopedics | 792 / 98,781 | — |
| Beaupre, Gary S. | Biomedical Engineering | 706 / 74,543 | — |
| Goldstein, Mary Kane | Medical Informatics | 300 / 22,436 | — |
| Beyene, Tariku Jibat | Veterinary Sciences | — | 747 / 72,388 |
| Oh, Robert C. | General & Internal Medicine | 4,775 / 360,081 | 6,281 / 360,081 |
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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