Top institutions in the United States for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

190 institutions · Biochemistry & Molecular Biology · United States

Which institutions in the United States have the most top-cited scientists in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology?

1,771 researchers in the United States whose main subfield is Biochemistry & Molecular Biology are in the 2026 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list: 2.4% of all listed authors in the United States, and 1st of 70 countries in the subfield. 659 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). Harvard Medical School has the most (27), followed by Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis (24) and UT Southwestern Medical School (21). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.

Listed authors
1,771
2.4% of all in the United States
In the global top 100,000
659
37.2% of them
Country rank in the subfield
#1
of 70 countries in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Highest-ranked
#107
Semenza, Gregg L.
#InstitutionListed authorsTop 100kRank worldwideHighest-ranked author
1Harvard Medical School2717#1Goldberg, Alfred Lewis #6,973
2Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis247#2Gordon, Jeffrey I. #5,622
3UT Southwestern Medical School2112#4Tang, Daolin #361
4National Cancer Institute (NCI)215#5Gonzalez, Frank J. #2,323
5University of California, San Francisco2114#6Verkman, Alan S. #3,775
6UT Southwestern Medical Center208#8Levine, Beth #1,090
7Vanderbilt University School of Medicine208#9Guengerich, Frederick Peter #1,171
8Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine187#13Semenza, Gregg L. #107
9University of Washington186#14Catterall, William A. #1,829
10Scripps Research Institute179#15Cravatt, Benjamin F. #6,870
11Stanford University School of Medicine179#16Kobilka, Brian K. #8,136
12University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine176#17Michalopoulos, George Konstantine #13,959
13Albert Einstein College of Medicine156#20Linkermann, Andreas #8,938
14University of Wisconsin-Madison155#21Ntambi, James Mukasa #28,277
15University of California, San Diego147#22Varki, Ajit P. #2,122
16University of California, Davis146#25Kültz, Dietmar #21,643
17University of Washington School of Medicine136#27Baker, David A. #1,021
18David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA136#28Lusis, Aldons Jake #2,606
19University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine138#30Chance, Britton #9,138
20UNC School of Medicine133#32Sancar, Aziz #12,912
21University of Michigan Medical School134#33Ragsdale, Stephen W. #16,175
22Yale School of Medicine134#34Lemmon, Mark A. #16,268
23Massachusetts Institute of Technology134#35Raines, Ronald T. #23,390
24National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)135#36Jetten, Anton M. #34,372
25University of Michigan, Ann Arbor124#37Klionsky, Daniel J. #357
26Emory University School of Medicine123#39Jones, Dean P. #1,695
27National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)124#44Minton, Allen P. #17,586
28University of Virginia School of Medicine125#45Levental, Ilya #22,358
29Sidney Kimmel Medical College123#46Risbud, Makarand V. #31,614
30McGovern Medical School112#47Soto, Claudio #5,389
31University of Cincinnati College of Medicine115#50Nebert, Daniel W. #11,797
32Indiana University School of Medicine116#51Wek, Ronald C. #18,814
33UCSF School of Medicine113#55Manglik, Aashish #37,841
34Texas A&M University103#57Wu, Guoyao Yao #173
35Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory104#58Ames, Bruce N. #3,646
36Vanderbilt University Medical Center103#61Dikalov, Sergey I. #14,648
37CASE School of Medicine107#63Stamler, Jonathan Solomon #23,726
38Yale University102#68Brudvig, Gary W. #75,609
39Weill Cornell Medicine94#69Cantley, Lewis C. #1,069
40Cornell University95#71Kersten, Sander #2,524
41Case Western Reserve University94#72Caplan, Arnold I. #2,544
42Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute96#73Kaufman, Randal J. #2,586
43National Cancer Institute at Frederick94#76Nussinov, Ruth #3,807
44University of Georgia93#78Bradford, Marion M. #6,470
45Rockefeller University94#81MacKinnon, Roderick #13,307
46University of Maryland School of Medicine92#85Vasta, Gerardo Raul #78,412
47Duke University Medical Center83#86Fridovich, Irwin #2,857
48Medical College of Wisconsin84#87Kalyanaraman, Balaraman #4,246
49Stony Brook University84#88Hannun, Yusuf Awni #8,351
50National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)82#89Stadtman, Earl Reece #9,395
51Genentech, Inc84#90Ashkenazi, Avi J. #13,365
52University of California, Berkeley86#91Packer, Lester #18,258
53Pennsylvania State University82#94Cotruvo, Joseph A. #38,950
54Baylor College of Medicine83#95Jaiswal, Anil K. #40,092
55Johns Hopkins University84#97Anfinsen, Christian B. #47,699
56Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine83#98Farmer, Stephen R. #57,451
57National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)73#103Rouault, Tracey Ann #10,609
58University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine73#106Thorburn, Andrew M. #16,511
59Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai72#107Cederbaum, Arthur I. #18,875
60University of Pittsburgh73#112Bentley, Ronald #34,617
61Duke University School of Medicine72#113Hirschey, Matthew D. #34,963
62University of Illinois at Chicago72#114Jeffery, Constance J. #41,740
63National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)74#115Veech, Richard L. #42,995
64UC Davis School of Medicine73#118Bevins, Charles L. #72,313
65Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University71#119Brown, Jonathan Mark #78,741
66College of Medicine63#70Chiang, John Y.L. #1,761
67University of California, Los Angeles62#125Eisenberg, David S. #3,330
68The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio62#126Han, Xianlin #3,548
69University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School63#127Davis, Roger J. #10,127
70Department of Pharmacology62#128Dennis, Edward A. #12,413
71Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine64#129Schumacker, Paul T. #13,589
72University of California, Irvine64#130Palczewski, Krzysztof #13,781
73University of Minnesota Twin Cities62#133Mashek, Douglas G. #21,747
74Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health63#135Agre, Peter C. #31,005
75Cedars-Sinai Medical Center63#136Meyer, Jesse G. #32,067
76Mayo Clinic62#140Pandey, Akhilesh #48,535
77University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine62#144van der Vliet, Albert #79,089
78Brigham and Women's Hospital52#158Gladyshev, Vadim N. #4,709
79Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center53#160Jiang, Xuejun #5,352
80University of Southern California54#161Forman, Henry Jay #5,984
81University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine51#162Buettner, Garry R. #9,651
82University of Tennessee Health Science Center52#163Nelson, David R. #9,999
83Washington University in St. Louis53#165Blankenship, Robert Eugene #11,260
84Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation54#166Esmon, Charles T. #11,318
85NYU Grossman School of Medicine54#167Goldberg, Ira J. #11,711
86Dana-Farber Cancer Institute54#169Puigserver, Pere B. #13,309
87Oregon State University53#171Traber, Maret G. #15,775
88Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons52#175Blaner, William S. #26,305
89Brandeis University52#177Timasheff, Serge N. #30,706
90Northwestern University53#181Rosenzweig, Amy C. #42,248
91The Ohio State University52#182Pei, Deihua #43,862
92University of Kentucky College of Medicine54#185LeVine, Harry #47,696
93Harvard University52#187Wang, James C. #50,985
94Robert Wood Johnson Medical School51#191Yurchenco, Peter D. #56,280
95University of Florida51#194Burris, Thomas P. #60,253
96University of Missouri52#197Smith, George P. #64,451
97University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign52#198Gerlt, John A. #71,163
98Department of Bioengineering51#199Lundberg, Emma K. #72,947
99National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)51#200Robey, Pamela Gehron #78,272
100University of California, Riverside51#201Wang, Yingsheng #80,694
101The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill51#205Redinbo, Matthew R. #97,047
102Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University50#206Grollman, Arthur Patrick #100,899
103University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine50#210Zingg, Jean Marc A. #120,635
104Michigan State University50#211O'Halloran, Thomas V. #122,063
105Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth50#212Stanton, Bruce A. #122,506
106Medical College of Georgia50#214Yoon, Yisang #135,414
107University of South Florida, Tampa41#218Uversky, Vladimir N. #564
108Buck Institute for Research on Aging44#219Hetz, Claudio A. #1,094
109Boston Children's Hospital41#220Walsh, Christopher A. #1,863
110Rutgers University–New Brunswick41#223Burley, Stephen K. #5,190
111Columbia University44#224Shaw, David Elliot #7,072
112University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences42#227Christianson, David W. #8,888
113The University of Utah42#229Summers, Scott A. #14,598
114California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences42#233Kortemme, Tanja #17,517
115Scripps Research42#235Dyson, H. Jane #21,396
116University of Kansas School of Medicine42#237Ding, Wenxing #22,944
117Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida43#239Storz, Peter #23,488
118University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health42#244Brasier, Allan R. #29,648
119Merck & Co., Inc.41#248Raetz, Christian R.H. #33,172
120Rutgers New Jersey Medical School41#251Jakubowski, Hieronim Z. #35,873
121Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology41#252Hausinger, Robert P. #36,375
122UConn Health41#255Torti, Suzy V. #38,841
123UAB Department of Pathology42#261Zhang, Jianhua #41,671
124Morsani College of Medicine41#262Birk, David E. #43,754
125The University of Oklahoma42#267Peters, John W. #46,013
126VCU School of Medicine42#268Spiegel, Sarah #46,987
127Stanford University41#272Kopito, Ron R. #50,260
128The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center42#273Tainer, John A. #52,286
129University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix41#274He, Ling #53,189
130St. Jude Children's Research Hospital42#278Rock, Charles O. #53,903
131Massachusetts General Hospital42#283Avruch, Joseph A. #61,233
132Tufts University43#286Forgac, Michael D. #63,596
133Saint Louis University School of Medicine41#287Di Cera, Enrico #63,907
134University of Nebraska–Lincoln42#294Franco, Rodrigo #79,247
135University of Louisville School of Medicine41#296Tyagi, Suresh C. #84,517
136Northeastern University41#298Engen, John R. #86,589
137The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center41#300Brigstock, David R. #92,469
138University of Kentucky41#302Lipscomb, William N. #95,278
139University of Utah School of Medicine40#305Kaplan, Jerry #111,821
140Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences40#313Gulick, Andrew M. #148,190
141John Sealy School of Medicine40#314Papaconstantinou, John Q.J. #155,165
142Pacific Northwest National Laboratory40#317Metz, Thomas O. #184,189
143Columbia University Irving Medical Center32#321Tabas, Ira A. #1,018
144University of California, Santa Barbara31#324Waite, J. Herbert #5,755
145University of Oregon31#329Matthews, Brian W. #8,755
146Division of Biology and Biological Engineering32#331Varshavsky, Alexander Ya #9,042
147Salk Institute for Biological Studies32#334Maher, Pamela A. #14,034
148Oregon Health & Science University31#338Gouaux, Eric #18,126
149College of Science32#342Rossmann, Michael G. #23,136
150University of California, Santa Cruz32#343Fink, Anthony L. #24,925
151Cleveland Clinic Foundation33#344Stark, George R. #24,997
152Broad Institute31#350Carr, Steven Alfred #30,930
153TTUHSC School of Medicine31#354Ganapathy, Vadivel #34,495
154University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences32#357Knutson, Mitchell D. #38,294
155The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia32#361Lingappan, Krithika #42,736
156Emory University31#362Funk, Colin D. #42,821
157University of Rochester Medical Center31#363Brookes, Paul S. #44,012
158Washington State University Pullman31#367Croteau, Rodney B. #49,127
159Tulane University School of Medicine32#369Yin, Xia #51,458
160NC State University32#375Theil, Elizabeth C. #55,946
161University of Pennsylvania31#377Wilson, David F. #57,686
162University of Central Florida31#378Kolattukudy, Pappachan E. #59,289
163University of Illinois College of Medicine31#382Lau, Lester F. #64,124
164Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center31#386Stoddard, Barry L. #67,557
165Tufts University School of Medicine32#388Degterev, Alexei I. #68,963
166University of Missouri School of Medicine31#391Nassir, Fatiha #74,111
167National Jewish Health31#398Berdyshev, Evgeny V. #80,081
168Utah State University31#400Seefeldt, Lance C. #86,973
169Medical University of South Carolina31#408Luttrell, Louis M. #93,813
170Joe R. & Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine31#411Yu, Byungpal #96,166
171John A. Burns School of Medicine31#413Hoffmann, Peter R. #97,682
172Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine30#416Inouye, Masayori #102,438
173Lewis Katz School of Medicine30#421Sirover, Michael A. #107,826
174National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke30#427Mindell, Joseph A. #117,247
175Division of Molecular and Cellular Pathology30#428Ballinger, Scott W. #118,017
176Arizona State University30#432Hecht, Sidney M. #126,877
177Department of Nutritional Sciences & Toxicology30#434Sul, Heisook #131,273
178The University of Chicago30#435Gupta, Mahesh P. #132,170
179School of Molecular and Cellular Biology30#442Kemper, Jongsook Kim #145,883
180Georgia State University30#444Li, Jian #146,549
181University of Kansas Medical Center30#449Troen, Bruce Robert #155,594
182Houston Methodist30#450Hegde, Muralidhar L. #158,511
183University of Nevada, Reno30#453Dagda, Ruben K. #165,373
184University of Nebraska Medical Center30#454Periyasamy, Palsamy #166,566
185Virginia Commonwealth University30#457Diegelmann, Robert F. #173,121
186National Institutes of Health (NIH)30#462Tabak, Lawrence A. #178,496
187Wake Forest University School of Medicine30#463Claiborne, Al #179,061
188Oak Ridge National Laboratory30#468Heller, William T. #210,471
189Wake Forest University30#470Fisher-Wellman, Kelsey H. #240,634
190Penn State College of Medicine30#473Simpson, Ian Alexander #259,210

The top 100 in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology in the United States, in order

  1. 1
    Semenza, Gregg L.
    Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineNobel laureate
  2. 2
    Wu, Guoyao Yao
    Texas A&M University
  3. 3
    Klionsky, Daniel J.
    University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  4. 4
    Tang, Daolin
    UT Southwestern Medical School
  5. 5
    Uversky, Vladimir N.
    University of South Florida, Tampa
  6. 6
    Ferrara, Napoleone M.A.
    University of California San Diego
  7. 7
    Tabas, Ira A.
    Columbia University Irving Medical Center
  8. 8
    Baker, David A.
    University of Washington School of MedicineNobel laureate
  9. 9
    Cantley, Lewis C.
    Weill Cornell Medicine
  10. 10
    Levine, Beth
    UT Southwestern Medical Center
  11. 11
    Hetz, Claudio A.
    Buck Institute for Research on Aging
  12. 12
    Guengerich, Frederick Peter
    Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
  13. 13
    Jones, Dean P.
    Emory University School of Medicine
  14. 14
    Chiang, John Y.L.
    College of Medicine
  15. 15
    Catterall, William A.
    University of Washington
  16. 16
    Walsh, Christopher A.
    Boston Children's Hospital
  17. 17
    Zhang, Donna D.
    UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation and Technology
  18. 18
    Sen, Chandan K.
    McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine
  19. 19
    Varki, Ajit P.
    University of California, San Diego
  20. 20
    Gonzalez, Frank J.
    National Cancer Institute (NCI)
  21. 21
    Kersten, Sander
    Cornell University
  22. 22
    Caplan, Arnold I.
    Case Western Reserve University
  23. 23
    Kaufman, Randal J.
    Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute
  24. 24
    Lusis, Aldons Jake
    David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
  25. 25
    Brand, Martin D.
    Buck Institute for Research on Aging
  26. 26
    Fridovich, Irwin
    Duke University Medical Center
  27. 27
    Tsien, Roger Y.
    Department of Chemistry & BiochemistryNobel laureate
  28. 28
    Kang, Rui
    UT Southwestern Medical School
  29. 29
    Eisenberg, David S.
    University of California, Los Angeles
  30. 30
    Nesvizhskii, Alexey I.
    University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  31. 31
    Han, Xianlin
    The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
  32. 32
    Ames, Bruce N.
    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
  33. 33
    Verkman, Alan S.
    University of California, San Francisco
  34. 34
    Nussinov, Ruth
    National Cancer Institute at Frederick
  35. 35
    Clapham, David E.
    Howard Hughes Medical Institute Janelia Farm Research Campus
  36. 36
    Kalyanaraman, Balaraman
    Medical College of Wisconsin
  37. 37
    Saltiel, Alan R.
    UC San Diego School of Medicine
  38. 38
    Reed, John C.
    Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute
  39. 39
    Ryter, Stefan W.
    Proterris, Inc
  40. 40
    Chou, Kuo Chen
    Gordon Life Science Institute
  41. 41
    Ruoslahti, Erkki I.
    AivoCode Inc.
  42. 42
    Gladyshev, Vadim N.
    Brigham and Women's Hospital
  43. 43
    Davies, Kelvin J. A.
    USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology
  44. 44
    Burley, Stephen K.
    Rutgers University–New Brunswick
  45. 45
    Ellman, George L.
    The Dow Chemical Company
  46. 46
    Jiang, Xuejun
    Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
  47. 47
    Soto, Claudio
    McGovern Medical School
  48. 48
    Gordon, Jeffrey I.
    Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
  49. 49
    Waite, J. Herbert
    University of California, Santa Barbara
  50. 50
    Forman, Henry Jay
    University of Southern California
  51. 51
    Bradford, Marion M.
    University of Georgia
  52. 52
    Tall, Alan R.
    Columbia University Irving Medical Center
  53. 53
    Mahley, Robert W.
    University of California, San Francisco
  54. 54
    Crooke, Stanley T.
    n-Lorem Foundation
  55. 55
    Cravatt, Benjamin F.
    Scripps Research Institute
  56. 56
    Goldberg, Alfred Lewis
    Harvard Medical School
  57. 57
    Shaw, David Elliot
    Columbia University
  58. 58
    Azhar, Salman
    Auburn University
  59. 59
    Lefkowitz, Robert J.
    Duke University Medical CenterNobel laureate
  60. 60
    Kobilka, Brian K.
    Stanford University School of MedicineNobel laureate
  61. 61
    Hannun, Yusuf Awni
    Stony Brook University
  62. 62
    Gottesman, Michael M.
    National Cancer Institute (NCI)
  63. 63
    Goldstein, Joseph L.
    UT Southwestern Medical SchoolNobel laureate
  64. 64
    Matthews, Brian W.
    University of Oregon
  65. 65
    Pegg, Anthony E.
    Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
  66. 66
    Christianson, David W.
    University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences
  67. 67
    Linkermann, Andreas
    Albert Einstein College of Medicine
  68. 68
    Varshavsky, Alexander Ya
    Division of Biology and Biological Engineering
  69. 69
    Chance, Britton
    University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
  70. 70
    Lutsenko, Svetlana V.
    Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
  71. 71
    Adams, Paul D.
    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
  72. 72
    Stadtman, Earl Reece
    National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
  73. 73
    Lemasters, John J.
    College of Medicine
  74. 74
  75. 75
    Buettner, Garry R.
    University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
  76. 76
    Copeland, Robert A.
    University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
  77. 77
    Cummings, Richard D.
    Harvard Medical School
  78. 78
    Nelson, David R.
    University of Tennessee Health Science Center
  79. 79
    Zasloff, Michael A.
    Georgetown University School of Medicine
  80. 80
    Davis, Roger J.
    University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
  81. 81
    Janmey, Paul A.
    Institute for Medicine and Engineering
  82. 82
    Rouault, Tracey Ann
    National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
  83. 83
    Hart, Gerald Warren
    University of Georgia
  84. 84
    Patel, Dinshaw J.
    Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
  85. 85
    Blankenship, Robert Eugene
    Washington University in St. Louis
  86. 86
    Esmon, Charles T.
    Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
  87. 87
    Russell, David Warwick
    UT Southwestern Medical School
  88. 88
    Terwilliger, Thomas C.
    New Mexico Consortium
  89. 89
    Ross, Russell R.
    University of Washington School of Medicine
  90. 90
    Yan, Liang Jun
    University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth
  91. 91
    Goldberg, Ira J.
    NYU Grossman School of Medicine
  92. 92
    Nebert, Daniel W.
    University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
  93. 93
    Zhang, Shuguang
    MIT Media Lab
  94. 94
    Linhardt, Robert John
    Center for Biotechnology & Interdisciplinary Studies
  95. 95
    Deamer, David W.
    Baskin School of Engineering
  96. 96
    Wells, James A.
    University of California, San Francisco
  97. 97
    Dennis, Edward A.
    Department of Pharmacology
  98. 98
    Prockop, Darwin J.
    Texas A&M University School of Medicine
  99. 99
    Czech, Michael P.
    University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
  100. 100
    Sancar, Aziz
    UNC School of MedicineNobel laureate

1,771 listed scientists in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology in the United States

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