Virginia Tech 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).
97
researchers on the list
263
rank in United States
712
rank worldwide, of 38,384
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| Name | Subfield | Career | Single-year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saad, Walid M. | Networking & Telecommunications | 198 / 228,312 | 38 / 228,312 |
| Lee, Fred C. | Electrical & Electronic Engineering | 12 / 133,072 | 46 / 133,072 |
| Viehland, Dwight D. | Applied Physics | 201 / 323,282 | 800 / 323,282 |
| Pruden, Amy J. | Environmental Sciences | 162 / 140,934 | 265 / 140,934 |
| Edwards, Marc A. | Environmental Engineering | 54 / 68,664 | 147 / 68,664 |
| Zhang, Jinsuo | Energy | 870 / 371,959 | 449 / 371,959 |
| Sherali, Hanif D. | Operations Research | 44 / 31,951 | 403 / 31,951 |
| Phadke, Aran G. | Energy | 212 / 371,959 | 2,029 / 371,959 |
| Xin, Hongliang | Physical Chemistry | 596 / 44,088 | 71 / 44,088 |
| Aref, Hassan | Fluids & Plasmas | 263 / 58,297 | 530 / 58,297 |
| Psiaki, Mark L. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 54 / 66,382 | 36 / 66,382 |
| Ducker, William A. | Chemical Physics | 760 / 121,889 | 835 / 121,889 |
| Farkas, Diana | Materials | 486 / 330,896 | 1,237 / 330,896 |
| Yoon, Roehoan | Mining & Metallurgy | 8 / 37,230 | 71 / 37,230 |
| Boreyko, Jonathan B. | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | 2,063 / 177,859 | 1,310 / 177,859 |
| Bartlett, Michael D. | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | 3,214 / 177,859 | 1,429 / 177,859 |
| Jeon, Myounghoon Philart | Human Factors | 263 / 16,381 | 118 / 16,381 |
| Librescu, Liviu I. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 74 / 66,382 | 1,221 / 66,382 |
| Krishnan, Ramu | Electrical & Electronic Engineering | 154 / 133,072 | 594 / 133,072 |
| Fuller, Christopher Robert | Acoustics | 130 / 38,987 | — |
| Roy, Christopher J. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 116 / 66,382 | 100 / 66,382 |
| Thorp, James S. | Energy | 914 / 371,959 | — |
| Ahmadian, Mehdi | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 514 / 157,792 | 1,116 / 157,792 |
| Cho, Jin-hee | Networking & Telecommunications | 1,514 / 228,312 | 792 / 228,312 |
| Hefner, Allen R. | Electrical & Electronic Engineering | 196 / 133,072 | 2,473 / 133,072 |
| Plaut, Raymond H. | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 545 / 157,792 | 2,138 / 157,792 |
| Weimer, Daniel R. | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | 1,255 / 84,638 | — |
| Kapania, Rakesh K. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 113 / 66,382 | 342 / 66,382 |
| Tafti, Danesh K. | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 571 / 157,792 | 2,864 / 157,792 |
| Michael Buehrer, R. | Networking & Telecommunications | 739 / 228,312 | 2,157 / 228,312 |
| Shojaei, Alireza | Building & Construction | — | 803 / 56,454 |
| Tian, Zhenhua | Materials | — | 2,189 / 330,896 |
| Little, John C. | Environmental Engineering | 470 / 68,664 | 779 / 68,664 |
| Schetz, Joseph A. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 157 / 66,382 | 243 / 66,382 |
| Sandu, Adrian | Numerical & Computational Mathematics | 180 / 17,431 | 255 / 17,431 |
| Meirovitch, Leonard | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 163 / 66,382 | 1,052 / 66,382 |
| Zhang, Wencai | Mining & Metallurgy | 291 / 37,230 | 72 / 37,230 |
| Hu, Rose Qingyang | Networking & Telecommunications | 1,930 / 228,312 | 1,186 / 228,312 |
| Kiran, Erdoǧan | Chemical Engineering | 496 / 97,821 | — |
| Dillard, David A. | Polymers | 997 / 133,253 | 1,176 / 133,253 |
| Ryder, Barbara Gershon | Software Engineering | 219 / 24,083 | — |
| Chen, Ingray | Networking & Telecommunications | 1,061 / 228,312 | 2,496 / 228,312 |
| Lin, Zin | Optics | — | 475 / 83,504 |
| Dhillon, Harpreet S. | Networking & Telecommunications | 1,624 / 228,312 | 1,416 / 228,312 |
| Atkins, Ella M. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 208 / 66,382 | 219 / 66,382 |
| Pitchumani, Rangarajan | Energy | 1,847 / 371,959 | 6,547 / 371,959 |
| Dietrich, Andrea M. | Environmental Engineering | 729 / 68,664 | 774 / 68,664 |
| Mili, Lamine M. | Energy | 3,971 / 371,959 | 4,210 / 371,959 |
| Dowling, Norman E. | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 1,076 / 157,792 | 3,343 / 157,792 |
| Singh, Manoj Kumar | Civil Engineering | 375 / 67,736 | — |
| Sultan, Cornel | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 271 / 66,382 | 388 / 66,382 |
| Maxwell, Adam D. | Acoustics | — | 360 / 38,987 |
| Li, Suyi | Materials | — | 4,232 / 330,896 |
| Grant, Stanley B. | Environmental Sciences | 1,472 / 140,934 | — |
| Lattimer, Brian Y. | Civil Engineering | 777 / 67,736 | 1,026 / 67,736 |
| Case, Jennifer M. | Education | 1,337 / 115,687 | — |
| Hudait, Mantu Kumar | Applied Physics | 5,202 / 323,282 | — |
| Mehrizi-Sani, Ali | Energy | 3,137 / 371,959 | 6,109 / 371,959 |
| Rowson, Steven | Biomedical Engineering | — | 870 / 74,543 |
| Von-Spakovsky, Michael R. | Energy | 3,077 / 371,959 | — |
| Duma, Stefan M. | Biomedical Engineering | 881 / 74,543 | — |
| Reed, Jeffrey R. | Networking & Telecommunications | 2,037 / 228,312 | 3,077 / 228,312 |
| Vlaisavljevich, Eli | Acoustics | — | 470 / 38,987 |
| Huang, Lifu | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | — | 9,602 / 517,648 |
| Manteghi, Majid | Networking & Telecommunications | 2,213 / 228,312 | 4,223 / 228,312 |
| Stilwell, Daniel J. | Industrial Engineering & Automation | 1,798 / 131,085 | — |
| Feng, Wuchun | Distributed Computing | 67 / 9,369 | — |
| Ganguly, Keya | Biomedical Engineering | — | 1,079 / 74,543 |
| Eatherton, Matthew Roy | Civil Engineering | 1,285 / 67,736 | 1,576 / 67,736 |
| Bai, Xianming | Materials | 7,051 / 330,896 | 6,571 / 330,896 |
| Tieleman, Henry W. | Civil Engineering | 750 / 67,736 | — |
| Stutzman, Warren L. | Networking & Telecommunications | 2,621 / 228,312 | — |
| Devenport, William J. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 734 / 66,382 | 525 / 66,382 |
| Socha, John J. | Physiology | — | 526 / 26,472 |
| Madigan, Michael L. | Biomedical Engineering | 1,318 / 74,543 | — |
| Untaroiu, Costin Daniel | Biomedical Engineering | 1,368 / 74,543 | — |
| Ross, Shane D. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 695 / 66,382 | 1,331 / 66,382 |
| Ford, David N. | Building & Construction | 1,041 / 56,454 | — |
| Lu, Chang | Analytical Chemistry | 2,711 / 137,328 | — |
| Kurdila, Andrew J. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 806 / 66,382 | — |
| Safaai-Jazi, Ahmad | Networking & Telecommunications | 3,847 / 228,312 | — |
| Ha, Chan Soo | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | — | 3,672 / 157,792 |
| Lester, Luke F. | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 1,728 / 140,272 | — |
| Clark, David E. | Materials | 6,348 / 330,896 | — |
| Diller, Thomas E. | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 3,143 / 157,792 | — |
| Wang, Yue Joseph | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 10,213 / 517,648 | — |
| Ferdowsi, Aidin | Networking & Telecommunications | — | 5,210 / 228,312 |
| Park, Jung Min Jerry | Networking & Telecommunications | 4,424 / 228,312 | — |
| Choi, Vicky | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 10,752 / 517,648 | — |
| Conners, Richard W. | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 11,469 / 517,648 | — |
| Mook, Dean T. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 1,305 / 66,382 | — |
| Mahan, James Robert | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 2,745 / 140,272 | — |
| Pickrell, Gary R. | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 2,892 / 140,272 | — |
| Ragab, Saad A. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 1,468 / 66,382 | — |
| Riad, Sedki M. | Electrical & Electronic Engineering | 2,377 / 133,072 | — |
| Kelley, Henry J. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 1,498 / 66,382 | — |
| Sarver, Emily A. | Mining & Metallurgy | — | 647 / 37,230 |
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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