Washington State University Pullman 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).
205
researchers on the list
121
rank in United States
303
rank worldwide, of 38,384
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| Name | Subfield | Career | Single-year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gursoy, Dogan | Sport, Leisure & Tourism | 13 / 11,605 | 6 / 11,605 |
| Panksepp, Jaak | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 107 / 379,830 | 178 / 379,830 |
| McDowell, Nate G. | Plant Biology & Botany | 58 / 204,373 | 19 / 204,373 |
| Skinner, Michael K. | Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine | 12 / 105,735 | 16 / 105,735 |
| Peterson, Kirk A. | Chemical Physics | 119 / 121,889 | 97 / 121,889 |
| Feller, David F. | Chemical Physics | 144 / 121,889 | 389 / 121,889 |
| Browse, John A. | Plant Biology & Botany | 79 / 204,373 | 238 / 204,373 |
| Croteau, Rodney B. | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 434 / 216,826 | 790 / 216,826 |
| Ryan, Clarence A. | Plant Biology & Botany | 113 / 204,373 | 795 / 204,373 |
| Griswold, Michael D. | Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine | 72 / 105,735 | 101 / 105,735 |
| Bose, Susmita | Biomedical Engineering | 220 / 74,543 | 38 / 74,543 |
| Krueger, James M. | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 1,152 / 379,830 | 2,091 / 379,830 |
| Chi, Christina G. | Sport, Leisure & Tourism | 112 / 11,605 | 87 / 11,605 |
| Lin, Yuehe | Analytical Chemistry | 132 / 137,328 | 79 / 137,328 |
| Hassold, Terry J. | Genetics & Heredity | 85 / 42,273 | 192 / 42,273 |
| Kamali, M. | Communication & Media Studies | 192 / 16,468 | 91 / 16,468 |
| Mack, Richard N. | Ecology | 395 / 82,882 | 1,705 / 82,882 |
| Chen, Xianming | Plant Biology & Botany | 741 / 204,373 | 304 / 204,373 |
| Tegeder, Mechthild | Plant Biology & Botany | 1,068 / 204,373 | 317 / 204,373 |
| Snapp, Sieglinde S. | Agronomy & Agriculture | 280 / 95,377 | 177 / 95,377 |
| Shaffer, Lisa G. | Genetics & Heredity | 134 / 42,273 | 313 / 42,273 |
| Matteson, Donald S. | Organic Chemistry | 550 / 188,664 | 500 / 188,664 |
| Reeves, Raymond B. | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 1,088 / 216,826 | 2,871 / 216,826 |
| Freudenburg, William R. | Sociology | 76 / 12,471 | — |
| Vervoort, Jeffrey D. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 764 / 108,013 | 416 / 108,013 |
| Sablani, Shyam S. | Food Science | 172 / 107,913 | 351 / 107,913 |
| Schwabl, Hubert G. | Behavioral Science & Comparative Psychology | 101 / 13,044 | — |
| Du, Min | Dairy & Animal Science | 153 / 78,455 | 73 / 78,455 |
| Marston, Philip L. | Acoustics | 70 / 38,987 | 146 / 38,987 |
| Court, Michael H. | Pharmacology & Pharmacy | 291 / 166,116 | 459 / 166,116 |
| Wang, Yong | Physical Chemistry | 435 / 44,088 | 119 / 44,088 |
| Rosa, Eugene A. | Sociology | 174 / 12,471 | 171 / 12,471 |
| Franceschi, Vincent Ray | Plant Biology & Botany | 505 / 204,373 | 1,478 / 204,373 |
| Berryman, Alan Andrew | Entomology | 90 / 40,595 | 260 / 40,595 |
| Kuzyk, Mark G. | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 119 / 140,272 | 1,127 / 140,272 |
| Chi, Ting | Marketing | — | 263 / 15,920 |
| Craft, Rebecca M. | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 3,371 / 379,830 | 3,344 / 379,830 |
| Lewis, Norman G. | Plant Biology & Botany | 647 / 204,373 | 4,195 / 204,373 |
| Reganold, John P. | Agronomy & Agriculture | 430 / 95,377 | 362 / 95,377 |
| Nash, Kenneth L. | Chemical Engineering | 223 / 97,821 | 1,039 / 97,821 |
| Church, Austin Timothy | Social Psychology | 506 / 27,908 | — |
| Worthey, Guy S. | Astronomy & Astrophysics | 842 / 58,202 | — |
| Zhang, Zhiwu | Plant Biology & Botany | 3,388 / 204,373 | 818 / 204,373 |
| Thorgaard, Gary H. | Fisheries | 116 / 47,614 | 934 / 47,614 |
| Böse, Anjan | Energy | 856 / 371,959 | 6,677 / 371,959 |
| Willett, Roger D. | Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry | 371 / 86,991 | — |
| Chew, Boon P. | Dairy & Animal Science | 149 / 78,455 | 805 / 78,455 |
| Hunt, Patricia Ann | Developmental Biology | 1,843 / 167,121 | 3,040 / 167,121 |
| Chen, Shulin | Biotechnology | 173 / 69,700 | 217 / 69,700 |
| Schmitter-Edgecombe, Maureen E. | Experimental Psychology | 768 / 37,808 | 890 / 37,808 |
| Lange, Bernd Markus | Plant Biology & Botany | 863 / 204,373 | 971 / 204,373 |
| Call, Douglas Ruben | Microbiology | 1,582 / 232,186 | — |
| Böse, Sukanta | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 2,284 / 164,120 | 988 / 164,120 |
| Pérez-García, Manuel | Energy | 2,469 / 371,959 | 1,975 / 371,959 |
| Celli, Jean | Microbiology | 2,009 / 232,186 | 1,280 / 232,186 |
| Hill, Herbert Henderson | Analytical Chemistry | 499 / 137,328 | — |
| Evans, R. Dave | Ecology | 1,263 / 82,882 | — |
| Cook, R. James | Plant Biology & Botany | 967 / 204,373 | 4,158 / 204,373 |
| Power, Thomas G. | Developmental & Child Psychology | 502 / 25,365 | — |
| Bates, Philip David | Plant Biology & Botany | 3,264 / 204,373 | 1,205 / 204,373 |
| Gang, David Roger | Plant Biology & Botany | 1,075 / 204,373 | 1,538 / 204,373 |
| Crowder, David William | Entomology | 497 / 40,595 | 140 / 40,595 |
| Stöckle, Claudio Osvaldo | Agronomy & Agriculture | 408 / 95,377 | 677 / 95,377 |
| Crosby, Glenn A. | Chemical Physics | 1,593 / 121,889 | — |
| Schulze-Makuch, Dirk | Astronomy & Astrophysics | 1,497 / 58,202 | 1,381 / 58,202 |
| von Wettstein, Diter H. | Plant Biology & Botany | 1,109 / 204,373 | — |
| Barbosa-Cánovas, Gustavo Victor | Food Science | 453 / 107,913 | 1,134 / 107,913 |
| McCloy, John Stuart | Applied Physics | 4,458 / 323,282 | 1,501 / 323,282 |
| Swanson, Barry G. | Food Science | 459 / 107,913 | — |
| Singer, Jack W. | Immunology | 2,159 / 176,292 | — |
| Watts, Jennifer L. | Developmental Biology | 3,317 / 167,121 | 1,691 / 167,121 |
| Ritter, Robert C. | Physiology | 384 / 26,472 | — |
| Knowles, Donald P. | Microbiology | 2,069 / 232,186 | — |
| Dillman, Don A. | Political Science & Public Administration | 357 / 27,183 | — |
| Brown, Wendy C. | Microbiology | 2,161 / 232,186 | — |
| Besser, Thomas E. | Microbiology | 2,251 / 232,186 | — |
| Sanna, Lawrence J. | Social Psychology | 768 / 27,908 | — |
| Crossler, Robert E. | Information Systems | — | 319 / 19,463 |
| Wolff, John A. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 1,700 / 108,013 | — |
| Edwards, Gerald E. | Plant Biology & Botany | 1,361 / 204,373 | — |
| Hulbert, Scot H. | Plant Biology & Botany | 1,372 / 204,373 | — |
| Yoo, Choongshik | Applied Physics | 2,533 / 323,282 | 4,521 / 323,282 |
| Gollnick, Phillip D. | Physiology | 434 / 26,472 | — |
| Okita, Thomas W. | Plant Biology & Botany | 1,405 / 204,373 | — |
| Hipps, Kerry W. | Chemical Physics | 1,972 / 121,889 | — |
| Cuttler, Carrie | Substance Abuse | — | 220 / 18,209 |
| Kirchhoff, Helmut | Plant Biology & Botany | 1,469 / 204,373 | 1,823 / 204,373 |
| Zhang, Qin | Agronomy & Agriculture | 543 / 95,377 | 1,936 / 95,377 |
| Lee, Yool | Developmental Biology | — | 2,106 / 167,121 |
| Pall, Martin L. | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 3,784 / 216,826 | 2,032 / 216,826 |
| Alderete, John F. | Microbiology | 2,655 / 232,186 | — |
| Mealey, Katrina L. | Veterinary Sciences | 289 / 72,388 | 419 / 72,388 |
| Austin, Erica Weintraub | Public Health | 1,023 / 82,273 | — |
| Sankaran, Sindhuja | Agronomy & Agriculture | 1,398 / 95,377 | 815 / 95,377 |
| Poovaiah, B. W. | Plant Biology & Botany | 1,624 / 204,373 | 3,367 / 204,373 |
| Adams, Henry D. | Plant Biology & Botany | — | 1,918 / 204,373 |
| Hodgson, David R.G. | Veterinary Sciences | 324 / 72,388 | 1,724 / 72,388 |
| Smerdon, Michael J. | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 4,064 / 216,826 | — |
| Wright, John W. | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 7,140 / 379,830 | — |
| Oatley, Jon Michael | Developmental Biology | 3,239 / 167,121 | — |
| Lynn, Kelvin G. | Applied Physics | 3,287 / 323,282 | — |
| Hooper, Peter Ralph | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 2,178 / 108,013 | — |
| Beddoes, Kacey D. | Education | 2,192 / 115,687 | 1,685 / 115,687 |
| Hancock, Dale D. | Veterinary Sciences | 372 / 72,388 | — |
| Blume, Dörte | General Physics | 856 / 87,024 | — |
| Davis, William Charles | Veterinary Sciences | 379 / 72,388 | — |
| Vaughn, Margaret | Education | — | 1,744 / 115,687 |
| Cao, Bin | Environmental Sciences | — | 2,950 / 140,934 |
| Friesen, Maren L. | Microbiology | — | 2,385 / 232,186 |
| Loewus, Frank A. | Plant Biology & Botany | 1,895 / 204,373 | — |
| Verrell, Paul A. | Zoology | 68 / 19,073 | — |
| Fox, Lawrence K. | Dairy & Animal Science | 376 / 78,455 | 1,046 / 78,455 |
| Knodler, Leigh A. | Microbiology | 3,230 / 232,186 | — |
| Crowe, Clayton T. | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 1,059 / 157,792 | — |
| Heldebrant, David J. | Organic Chemistry | — | 1,710 / 188,664 |
| Xun, Luying | Microbiology | 3,349 / 232,186 | — |
| Quinlan, Robert Joseph | Anthropology | 188 / 10,039 | — |
| Venkatasubramanian, Vaithianathan “Mani” | Energy | 2,146 / 371,959 | — |
| Murphy, Kevin Matthew | Plant Biology & Botany | — | 2,447 / 204,373 |
| Zhu, Meijun | Food Science | 1,722 / 107,913 | 2,093 / 107,913 |
| Adesope, Olusola Olalekan | Education | — | 2,010 / 115,687 |
| Rogers, John C. | Plant Biology & Botany | 2,188 / 204,373 | — |
| Dickinson, J. Thomas | Applied Physics | 4,180 / 323,282 | — |
| Pearce, Gregory | Plant Biology & Botany | 2,280 / 204,373 | 2,869 / 204,373 |
| Canning, Elizabeth A. | Education | — | 2,102 / 115,687 |
| Hadwiger, Lee A. | Plant Biology & Botany | 2,302 / 204,373 | — |
| Du, Wei | Energy | — | 4,974 / 371,959 |
| Garner, Philip P. | Organic Chemistry | 2,733 / 188,664 | — |
| Pappu, Hanu R. | Plant Biology & Botany | 2,342 / 204,373 | 3,350 / 204,373 |
| McNamara, John P. | Dairy & Animal Science | 476 / 78,455 | — |
| Klotz, Martin G. | Microbiology | 3,873 / 232,186 | 4,345 / 232,186 |
| Perryman, Lance E. | Veterinary Sciences | 559 / 72,388 | — |
| Smertenko, Andrei P. | Plant Biology & Botany | 2,425 / 204,373 | — |
| Kleinhofs, Andris | Plant Biology & Botany | 2,437 / 204,373 | — |
| Peever, Tobin L. | Plant Biology & Botany | 2,541 / 204,373 | — |
| Boncella, James M. | Organic Chemistry | 3,017 / 188,664 | — |
| Kalcsits, Lee Anthony | Plant Biology & Botany | — | 3,036 / 204,373 |
| Lee, Gary R. | Family Studies | 85 / 4,074 | — |
| Foreyt, William J. | Veterinary Sciences | 640 / 72,388 | — |
| Tanaka, Kiwamu | Plant Biology & Botany | — | 3,146 / 204,373 |
| Nilsson, Eric E. | Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine | — | 998 / 105,735 |
| Muehlbauer, Frederick J. | Plant Biology & Botany | 2,711 / 204,373 | — |
| Kasimanickam, Ramanathan K. | Dairy & Animal Science | 846 / 78,455 | 532 / 78,455 |
| Evermann, James F. | Veterinary Sciences | 660 / 72,388 | — |
| Roje, Sanja | Plant Biology & Botany | 3,280 / 204,373 | 3,353 / 204,373 |
| Borjesson, Dori L. | Veterinary Sciences | 705 / 72,388 | — |
| Jasmer, Douglas P. | Mycology & Parasitology | 471 / 29,175 | — |
| Rogers, Jack D. | Mycology & Parasitology | 476 / 29,175 | 366 / 29,175 |
| McGuire, Shelley | Nutrition & Dietetics | — | 1,224 / 59,506 |
| Dodson, Michael V. | Dairy & Animal Science | 657 / 78,455 | — |
| Andrefsky, William | Archaeology | 247 / 21,336 | 323 / 21,336 |
| Hardy, Michele E. | Virology | 1,660 / 79,508 | — |
| Sellon, Debra Clabough | Veterinary Sciences | 802 / 72,388 | — |
| Musacchi, S. | Plant Biology & Botany | — | 3,765 / 204,373 |
| Cogger, Craig G. | Agronomy & Agriculture | 1,286 / 95,377 | — |
| McMahon, Jeffrey M. | Applied Physics | 6,451 / 323,282 | 4,284 / 323,282 |
| Pande, Partha Pratim | Computer Hardware & Architecture | 233 / 21,014 | 302 / 21,014 |
| Neff, Michael M. | Plant Biology & Botany | 3,554 / 204,373 | 4,038 / 204,373 |
| Johnson, Dennis Allen | Plant Biology & Botany | 3,482 / 204,373 | — |
| Ullrich, Steven Edward | Plant Biology & Botany | 3,527 / 204,373 | — |
| Elling, Axel A. | Plant Biology & Botany | — | 4,170 / 204,373 |
| Guo, Xiaofeng | Materials | — | 6,321 / 330,896 |
| Fisher, Donald B. | Plant Biology & Botany | 3,622 / 204,373 | — |
| Xian, Ming | Organic Chemistry | — | 3,289 / 188,664 |
| Rasco, Barbara A. | Food Science | 1,564 / 107,913 | — |
| Bakri, Muhammad Khusairv Bin | Biotechnology | — | 1,068 / 69,700 |
| Bugden, Dylan E. | Energy | — | 8,275 / 371,959 |
| Tibary, Ahmed A. | Veterinary Sciences | 1,382 / 72,388 | 431 / 72,388 |
| Mickelson, James R. | Veterinary Sciences | 1,015 / 72,388 | — |
| Steber, Camille M. | Plant Biology & Botany | 3,830 / 204,373 | — |
| Moore, Dale Ann | Veterinary Sciences | 1,031 / 72,388 | 1,474 / 72,388 |
| Hellmann, Hanjo A. | Plant Biology & Botany | — | 4,666 / 204,373 |
| Ivory, Cornelius F. | Analytical Chemistry | 2,240 / 137,328 | — |
| Peace, Cameron P. | Plant Biology & Botany | 4,042 / 204,373 | — |
| Muhunthan, Balasingam | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | 1,474 / 82,760 | — |
| Johnson, Kristen A. | Dairy & Animal Science | 991 / 78,455 | 1,032 / 78,455 |
| Ragle, Claude A. | Veterinary Sciences | 1,116 / 72,388 | — |
| Ford, Andrew | Energy | 4,698 / 371,959 | — |
| Miles, Carol A. | Horticulture | — | 55 / 5,982 |
| Sischo, William Martin | Veterinary Sciences | 1,188 / 72,388 | — |
| Lelièvre, John | Food Science | 1,863 / 107,913 | — |
| Sellon, Rance K. | Veterinary Sciences | 1,194 / 72,388 | — |
| Peryea, Francis J. | Agronomy & Agriculture | 1,766 / 95,377 | — |
| Li, Alexander De Quan | General Chemistry | 696 / 57,505 | — |
| Letko, Michael C. | Virology | — | 1,278 / 79,508 |
| Waltzek, Thomas B. | Fisheries | — | 954 / 47,614 |
| Kincaid, Ronald L. | Dairy & Animal Science | 1,177 / 78,455 | — |
| Bayly, Warwick M. | Veterinary Sciences | 1,381 / 72,388 | — |
| O'Rourke, Katherine I. | Veterinary Sciences | 1,406 / 72,388 | — |
| Kardong, Kenneth V. | Zoology | 299 / 19,073 | — |
| Greene, Stephen A. | Veterinary Sciences | 1,420 / 72,388 | — |
| Oaks, J. Lindsay | Veterinary Sciences | 1,426 / 72,388 | — |
| Himes, Austin J. | Forestry | — | 575 / 36,413 |
| Thumbi, S. M. | Tropical Medicine | — | 483 / 39,335 |
| Ha, Su Y. | Energy | 6,023 / 371,959 | — |
| Whitworth, Terry L. | Zoology | 320 / 19,073 | 216 / 19,073 |
| Pomeranz, Yeshajahu J. | Food Science | 2,375 / 107,913 | — |
| Kurtz, Suzanne M. | Veterinary Sciences | — | 668 / 72,388 |
| Carroll, Matthew S. | Forestry | 670 / 36,413 | — |
| Kasimanickam, Vanmathy R. | Dairy & Animal Science | — | 1,306 / 78,455 |
| Bishop, Richard Peter | Mycology & Parasitology | — | 642 / 29,175 |
| Wright, Raymond W. | Dairy & Animal Science | 1,684 / 78,455 | — |
| Filby, Royston H. | Energy | 8,166 / 371,959 | — |
| Li, Hong | Veterinary Sciences | — | 1,219 / 72,388 |
| Memon, Mushtaq A. | Veterinary Sciences | — | 1,523 / 72,388 |
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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