Wake Forest University 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).
44
researchers on the list
454
rank in United States
1,377
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Furberg, Curt D. | Cardiovascular System & Hematology | 160 / 249,410 | 1,089 / 249,410 |
| Fleeson, William | Social Psychology | 339 / 27,908 | 276 / 27,908 |
| Freedman, Barry I. | Urology & Nephrology | 150 / 96,288 | 240 / 96,288 |
| Thonhauser, Timo | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | 1,055 / 177,859 | 1,135 / 177,859 |
| Lemly, A. Dennis | Strategic, Defence & Security Studies | 35 / 32,161 | 185 / 32,161 |
| Nicklas, Barbara J. | Endocrinology & Metabolism | 809 / 100,693 | 975 / 100,693 |
| Layman, Craig A. | Marine Biology & Hydrobiology | 307 / 54,545 | 181 / 54,545 |
| Peters, Stephen P. | Respiratory System | 355 / 71,926 | 1,105 / 71,926 |
| Messier, Stephen P. | Arthritis & Rheumatology | 298 / 45,980 | 337 / 45,980 |
| Koch, Kenneth L. | Gastroenterology & Hepatology | 643 / 113,536 | 1,389 / 113,536 |
| Meredith, Jack R. | Business & Management | 515 / 68,786 | — |
| Rejeski, Walter Jack | Gerontology | 82 / 13,096 | 179 / 13,096 |
| Roth, Siegmar | Applied Physics | 1,384 / 323,282 | 6,993 / 323,282 |
| Muday, Gloria Kressin | Plant Biology & Botany | 846 / 204,373 | 953 / 204,373 |
| Waugh, Christian E. | Experimental Psychology | — | 803 / 37,808 |
| Hannah, Sean T. | Business & Management | — | 1,807 / 68,786 |
| Kiang, Lisa | Developmental & Child Psychology | — | 540 / 25,365 |
| Harnois, Catherine E. | Sociology | — | 376 / 12,471 |
| Winter, Stephen M. | Applied Physics | — | 1,790 / 323,282 |
| Cook, Gregory B. | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 1,823 / 164,120 | 2,270 / 164,120 |
| Fahrbach, Susan E. | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 6,352 / 379,830 | — |
| King, Stephen Bruce | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 3,732 / 216,826 | — |
| Orlando, Giuseppe | Surgery | 876 / 146,713 | 1,067 / 146,713 |
| Brubaker, Peter H. | Cardiovascular System & Hematology | 4,794 / 249,410 | 2,653 / 249,410 |
| Plemmons, Robert Jame | Numerical & Computational Mathematics | 224 / 17,431 | 274 / 17,431 |
| Gaus, Gerald F. | Philosophy | 126 / 14,569 | 276 / 14,569 |
| Simon, Robin W. | Public Health | 1,253 / 82,273 | 1,232 / 82,273 |
| Kim-Shapiro, Daniel B. | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 4,327 / 216,826 | 4,132 / 216,826 |
| Kondepudi, Dilip Kumar | Fluids & Plasmas | 1,243 / 58,297 | — |
| Stewart, John H. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 2,418 / 108,013 | — |
| Anderson, Paul Raymond | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 2,606 / 164,120 | — |
| Stoller, Eleanor Palo | Gerontology | 225 / 13,096 | — |
| Carroll, David L. | Applied Physics | 4,428 / 323,282 | — |
| Miller, Gary D. | Endocrinology & Metabolism | — | 2,011 / 100,693 |
| Jurchescu, Oana D. | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | 2,122 / 177,859 | — |
| Hinze, Willie L. | Analytical Chemistry | 1,299 / 137,328 | — |
| Holzwarth, Nathalie A.W. | Applied Physics | 5,561 / 323,282 | 5,202 / 323,282 |
| Conner, William E. | Entomology | 711 / 40,595 | — |
| Fisher-Wellman, Kelsey H. | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | — | 3,306 / 216,826 |
| Esch, Gerald Wisler | Mycology & Parasitology | 589 / 29,175 | — |
| Dos Santos, Patricia C. | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | — | 3,642 / 216,826 |
| Holzwarth, George M. | Biophysics | 430 / 21,025 | — |
| Yamane, David | Religions & Theology | 229 / 11,748 | 103 / 11,748 |
| Ballard, Grey M. | Distributed Computing | — | 82 / 9,369 |
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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