Van der Waals-Zeeman Institute 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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researchers on the list
115
rank in Netherlands
8,008
rank worldwide, of 38,384
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| Name | Subfield | Career | Single-year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spreeuw, Robert J.C. | General Physics | 953 / 87,024 | — |
| Planken, Paul C.M. | Optics | 873 / 83,504 | — |
| Franse, Jaap J.M.(Ed ). | Applied Physics | 6,766 / 323,282 | — |
| Bakker, Hans K. | Materials | 5,835 / 330,896 | — |
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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