Western Digital 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
1,399
rank in United States
5,247
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mate, C. Mathew | Applied Physics | 1,431 / 323,282 | — |
| Richter, Hans Jürgen | Applied Physics | 4,125 / 323,282 | — |
| Waltman, Robert J. | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 1,295 / 157,792 | — |
| Wood, Roger W. | Applied Physics | 5,112 / 323,282 | — |
| Katine, Jordan A. | Applied Physics | 5,531 / 323,282 | — |
| Stewart, Derek A. | Applied Physics | 6,564 / 323,282 | 5,326 / 323,282 |
| Tsang, Ching H. | Applied Physics | 7,149 / 323,282 | — |
| Karis, Thomas E. | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 2,914 / 157,792 | — |
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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