Top institutions in the United States for Chemistry

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Which institutions in the United States have the most top-cited scientists in Chemistry?

2,290 researchers in the United States whose main field is Chemistry are in the 2026 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list: 3.1% of all listed authors in the United States, and 2nd of 109 countries in the field. 812 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). Northwestern University has the most (44), followed by College of Engineering (32) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (29). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.

Listed authors
2,290
3.1% of all in the United States
In the global top 100,000
812
35.5% of them
Country rank in the field
#2
of 109 countries in Chemistry
Highest-ranked
#73
Yaghi, Omar M.
#InstitutionListed authorsTop 100kRank worldwideHighest-ranked author
1Northwestern University4419#27Kanatzidis, Mercouri G. #387
2College of Engineering3211#43Gates, Bruce C. #14,436
3Massachusetts Institute of Technology2911#50Jensen, Klavs F. #2,999
4Texas A&M University2811#56Zhou, Hongcai Joe #2,192
5University of Michigan, Ann Arbor285#60Zimmerman, Paul M. #21,969
6University of Wisconsin-Madison257#74Yoon, Tehshik P. #6,021
7Pacific Northwest National Laboratory2511#76Wang, Yong #13,531
8Stanford University247#80Trost, Barry M. #1,122
9Yale University2311#85Jorgensen, William L. #287
10Cornell University238#86Hoffmann, Roald #2,667
11The Ohio State University239#90Woodward, Patrick M. #13,233
12Berkeley College of Chemistry207#115Hartwig, John F. #711
13Merck & Co., Inc.202#121Sheridan, Robert P. #28,782
14University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign198#128Suslick, Kenneth S. #2,548
15Oak Ridge National Laboratory198#130Dai, Sheng #3,778
16University of California, Irvine196#132Furche, Filipp #15,084
17University of California, Santa Barbara1811#141Pearson, Ralph G. #723
18MIT School of Engineering187#143Kulik, Heather J. #9,754
19NC State University186#150Bandodkar, Amay J. #21,875
20University of California, Berkeley157#187Yaghi, Omar M. #73
21Princeton University1510#188MacMillan, David W.C. #780
22Georgia Institute of Technology158#192Jones, Christopher W. #5,535
23University of California, Davis158#193Power, Philip P. #5,911
24Scripps Research Institute1511#196Sharpless, K. Barry #9,837
25University of California, San Diego143#214Wang, Joseph #118
26College of Natural Sciences147#216Henkelman, Graeme A. #1,173
27College of Arts and Sciences145#230Nicewicz, David A. #21,409
28Pennsylvania State University144#238Cotruvo, Joseph A. #38,950
29Iowa State University141#242Larock, Richard C. #54,494
30Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences139#251Whitesides, G. M. #121
31Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering136#254Davis, Mark E. #2,568
32College of Science and Engineering1310#221Hillmyer, Marc A. #5,627
33Columbia University136#258Breslow, Ronald #6,781
34Washington University in St. Louis133#263Jiao, Feng #19,068
35University of Notre Dame133#267Wheeler, Steven E. #24,482
36University of Delaware College of Engineering124#284Noda, Isao #3,493
37The University of Texas at Austin128#286Sessler, Jonathan L. #10,520
38The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill125#287Meyer, Thomas J. #10,780
39Stony Brook University128#290Ojima, Iwao #19,101
40Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory126#302Liu, Yi #42,676
41University of Delaware122#305MacKay, Michael E. #47,914
42College of Liberal Arts and Sciences123#307Dewar, Michael J.S. #50,724
43The University of Chicago121#313Levin, Mark D. #96,541
44University of Southern California114#317Oláh, George Andrew #2,829
45International Institute for Nanotechnology114#318Farha, Omar K. #3,416
46University of Minnesota Twin Cities113#322Bates, Frank S. #6,051
47University of California, Riverside115#328Zaera, Francisco #10,065
48University at Buffalo, The State University of New York113#332Autschbach, Jochen #18,161
49University of Illinois at Chicago114#339Pezzuto, John M. #30,362
50University of California, Los Angeles114#340Cram, Donald J. #31,277
51Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University112#346Edgar, Kevin J. #45,104
52University of Pittsburgh108#368Wang, Junmei #2,856
53School of Engineering and Applied Science105#378Huh, Dongeun D. #13,652
54Emory University103#380Davies, Huw Madoc Lynn #18,850
55Florida State University103#381Schlenoff, Joseph B. #18,917
56The University of Tennessee, Knoxville103#406Bozell, Joseph J. #62,218
57Carnegie Mellon University95#420Matyjaszewski, Krzysztof #672
58Arizona State University96#431O'Keeffe, Michael #6,134
59University of Georgia93#432von Ragué-Schleyer, Paul #6,416
60The Robert Mehrabian College of Engineering98#438Fredrickson, Glenn H. #11,485
61Penn State College of Engineering95#454Colby, Ralph H. #23,279
62Indiana University Bloomington92#470Lewis, Jared C. #52,668
63California Institute of Technology86#493Arnold, Frances H. #1,386
64University of Massachusetts Amherst83#501Rotello, Vincent M. #9,361
65National Institutes of Health (NIH)82#502Cragg, Gordon M.L. #9,696
66National Laboratory of the Rockies82#507Beckham, Gregg T. #14,743
67College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics83#510Halasyamani, P. Shiv #18,224
68College of Science82#511Cooks, Robert Graham #20,253
69University of Colorado Boulder84#512Shannon, Robert D. #20,560
70Purdue University85#513BeMiller, James N. #21,057
71Marlan and Rosemary Bourns College of Engineering83#518Haddon, Robert C. #28,104
72Michigan State University82#519McCusker, James K. #29,204
73Stanford Engineering84#522DeSimone, Joseph Mark #33,336
74Rutgers University–New Brunswick82#526Li, Jing #38,227
75National Institute of Standards and Technology82#527Currie, Lloyd A. #39,181
76The University of Texas at Dallas83#537Gevorgyan, Vladimir N. #44,405
77University of Oregon85#539Pluth, Michael D. #46,721
78Johns Hopkins University82#540Tsapatsis, Michael #46,724
79University of Washington82#560Raftery, Daniel #82,268
80Cockrell School of Engineering74#579Peppas, Nicholas A. #654
81University of California, San Francisco75#582Kollman, Peter A. #2,295
82Scripps Research73#586Baran, Phil S. #4,017
83Rice University72#588Nicolaou, K.C. Costa #5,605
84California NanoSystems Institute75#589Di Carlo, Dino #5,775
85University of Connecticut72#590Suib, Steven L. #6,926
86Case Western Reserve University74#596Zhu, Lei #10,006
87University of California, Santa Cruz72#597Zhang, Jinzhong #11,853
88University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy72#617ElSohly, Mahmoud A. #32,495
89Texas Tech University73#618Abidi, Noureddine #35,886
90Brookhaven National Laboratory Chemistry Division72#628Liu, Ping #43,304
91Pfizer Inc.71#629Lovering, Frank E. #43,893
92North Dakota State University73#632Kessler, Michael R. #45,205
93University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences72#635Kozlowski, Marisa C. #48,166
94Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry72#646Coropceanu, Veaceslav P. #59,567
95Ames Laboratory71#656Rossini, Aaron J. #81,603
96University of Cincinnati71#657Mark, James E. #82,465
97UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy64#678Tropsha, Alexander E. #3,243
98Michigan Engineering63#682Larson, Ronald Gary #6,928
99Pratt School of Engineering64#692Rubinstein, Michael H. #12,858
100University of Utah, College Of Science64#695Stang, Peter J. #14,178
101University of North Texas61#707Ma, Shengqian #28,877
102College of Engineering and Applied Science61#708Bowman, Christopher N. #29,711
103Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation & Technology62#709Disney, Matthew David #29,920
104University of Virginia61#710Pu, Lin #30,225
105University of Pennsylvania64#714Vojvodic, Aleksandra #34,583
106The University of Utah62#731Giddings, J. Calvin #55,634
107College of Computer, Mathematical, & Natural Sciences62#732Isaacs, Lyle D. #55,875
108National Cancer Institute at Frederick61#742Schnermann, Martin J. #74,962
109University of Missouri61#757Baker, Gary A. #97,247
110New York University61#759Kahr, Bart E. #99,607
111Case School of Engineering60#778Baer, Eric #179,073
112The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science55#787Chen, Jingguang #816
113Schrödinger, LLC51#789Halgren, Thomas A. #1,494
114Bristol Myers Squibb51#790Meanwell, Nicholas A. #1,651
115UW-Madison College of Engineering54#791Greeley, Jeffrey P. #3,752
116Washington State University Pullman53#816Lin, Yuehe #16,676
117Duke University52#819Vo-Dinh, Tuan D. #17,775
118The University of Akron52#828Gent, Alan N. #25,404
119Oregon State University52#834Sleight, Arthur W. #27,484
120USDA Forest Products Laboratory52#835Agarwal, Umesh Prasad #27,556
121University of Kentucky52#837Davis, Burtron H. #29,748
122Vanderbilt University52#854Lindsley, Craig William #45,251
123University of Houston51#860Bhowmick, Anil Kumar #55,427
124DuPont51#865Wu, Souheng #59,212
125Department of Bioengineering52#869Messersmith, Phillip B. #63,688
126Louisiana State University51#872Barker, Steven A. #68,020
127The University of Texas at Arlington51#888Armstrong, Daniel Wayne #90,798
128Genentech, Inc51#898Dragovich, Peter S. #95,999
129Boston College51#901Weerapana, Eranthie #98,000
130University of South Carolina50#904Shustova, Natalia B. #101,312
131Southern Methodist University50#911Lippert, Alexander Ryan #116,287
132Georgia State University50#914Wang, Binghe #121,461
133University of Kansas50#941Desaire, Heather R. #229,656
134NC State College of Engineering42#945Andrady, Anthony L. #413
135P.C. Rossin College of Engineering & Applied Science43#947Wachs, Israel E. #4,819
136Northeastern University42#593Dahiya, Ravinder S. #7,303
137Faculty of Arts and Sciences42#958Wu, Gang W. #11,792
138SUNCAT Center for Interface Science and Catalysis42#970Cargnello, Matteo #17,462
139Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering43#974Gagliardi, Laura #20,076
140United States Environmental Protection Agency42#979Williams, Antony John #22,443
141Brandeis University43#980Schmidt-Rohr, Klaus R. #23,183
142UCLA Samueli School of Engineering41#984Deming, Timothy J. #24,017
143Tufts School of Engineering41#985Flytzani-Stephanopoulos, Maria #24,589
144Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry41#987Devaraj, Neal Krishna #25,117
145Clemson University41#988Sun, Yaping #25,245
146The Grainger College of Engineering43#997Wool, Richard P. #29,937
147University of Rochester43#1,002White, Andrew D. #39,746
148Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture41#1,003Du, Dan #40,191
149The University of Texas at San Antonio41#1,004Doyle, Michael P. #41,116
150Los Alamos National Laboratory43#1,006Wang, Peng #43,984
151George R. Brown School of Engineering and Computing44#1,008Sempionatto, Juliane Renata #44,671
152A. James Clark School of Engineering41#1,013Zhang, Qiu #49,677
153AbbVie41#1,029Martin, Yvonne Connolly #58,599
154Waters Corporation, USA41#1,044Gritti, Fabrice G. #70,257
155University of Nebraska–Lincoln42#1,046Rajca, Andrzej #73,010
156Whiting School of Engineering42#1,047Cui, Honggang #73,187
157Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science41#1,054Kung, Harold H. #75,677
158U.S. Naval Research Laboratory41#1,055Roland, Christopher Michael #79,336
159Brookhaven National Laboratory41#1,061Rui, Ning #85,161
160University of Florida40#1,085Miller, Stephen A. #114,631
161State University of New York Albany40#1,088Block, Eric #117,020
162College of Engineering and Polymer Science40#1,104Chuang, Steven S.C. #136,499
163The University of Arizona40#1,110Wang, Wei #140,601
164Novartis Corporation40#1,114Shultz, Michael David #147,300
165RTI International40#1,120Wall, Monroe E. #154,681
166National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)40#1,131Kirk, Kenneth Lee #178,528
167Department of Chemistry33#1,149Vyazovkin, Sergey #962
168New Jersey Institute of Technology31#1,155Hussain, Chaudhery Mustansar #4,504
169SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory32#1,164Solomon, Edward I. #7,922
170Brown University31#1,171Sun, Shouheng #10,345
171University of Massachusetts Lowell31#1,176Augustine, Robin #14,919
172Wayne State University31#1,182Poole, Colin F. #17,300
173Virginia Tech College of Engineering31#1,188Xin, Hongliang #20,786
174NIST Center for Neutron Research33#1,190Wu, Hui #22,229
175Swanson School of Engineering32#1,193Saidi, Wissam A. #24,456
176Dana-Farber Cancer Institute31#1,199Jones, Lyn H. #27,855
177University of Maine32#1,201Gardner, Douglas Jerome S. #28,587
178Argonne National Laboratory31#1,202Chen, Lin Xi Q. #28,794
179Vanderbilt University School of Medicine32#1,203Caprioli, Richard Micheal #29,263
180Harvard Medical School31#1,204Clardy, John C. #29,265
181Skaggs School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences32#1,205Moore, Bradley S. #30,442
182Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering33#1,208Rogers, Simon A. #31,212
183University of Central Florida31#1,209Kattel, Shyam P. #31,470
184Wallace H. Coulter School of Engineering and Applied Sciences33#1,210Katz, Evgeny #31,649
185University of South Florida, Tampa31#1,214Ma, Shengqian #33,645
186University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine32#1,221Koes, David Ryan #38,189
187The City University of New York31#1,224Ulijn, Rein V. #38,732
188Stanford University School of Medicine32#1,236Khosla, Chaitan S. #45,033
189Gallogly College of Engineering32#1,242Resasco, Daniel E. #46,306
190Missouri University of Science and Technology31#1,247Reddy, V. Prakash Prakash #48,214
191Department of Biomedical Engineering32#1,251Siegwart, Daniel John #50,261
192U.S. Pharmacopeia31#1,252Van Breemen, Richard Bruce #50,482
193Tufts University31#1,261Cebe, Peggy #57,032
194The College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences32#1,262Kelly, Ryan T. #57,199
195Pittsburg State University31#1,265Petroviƈ, Z. S. #58,949
196Utah State University31#1,272Liu, Tianbiao Leo #64,023
197John Sealy School of Medicine31#1,275Zhou, Jia #66,140
198Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory31#1,283Hahn, Christopher #75,342
199Rockefeller University31#1,284Brady, Sean F. #75,880
200Pfizer Global Research and Development31#1,299Magano, Javier #85,504
201Harvard University31#1,306Holm, Richard H. #90,459
202Georgetown University31#1,308Weiss, Richard G. #92,060
203South Dakota State University30#1,326Raynie, Douglas E. #108,922
204Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.30#1,327Prakash, Thazha P. #108,954
205Colorado State University30#1,330Paton, Robert S. #110,918
206Old Dominion University30#1,346Liu, Shan #123,289
207UT Southwestern Medical Center30#1,350Sherry, A. Dean #125,041
208UF Health30#1,360He, Mei #135,431
209The University of North Carolina at Greensboro30#1,366Cech, Nadja B. #138,573
210University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy30#1,391Zhan, Changguo #160,495
211School of Science30#1,402Crivello, James Vincent #170,634
212Florida International University30#1,415Kabir, Abuzar #183,592

The top 100 in Chemistry in the United States, in order

  1. 1
    Yaghi, Omar M.
    University of California, BerkeleyNobel laureate
  2. 2
    Wang, Joseph
    University of California, San Diego
  3. 3
    Whitesides, G. M.
    Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences
  4. 4
    Jorgensen, William L.
    Yale University
  5. 5
    Kanatzidis, Mercouri G.
    Northwestern University
  6. 6
    Andrady, Anthony L.
    NC State College of Engineering
  7. 7
    Peppas, Nicholas A.
    Cockrell School of Engineering
  8. 8
    Kamat, Prashant V.
    Notre Dame Radiation Laboratory
  9. 9
    Matyjaszewski, Krzysztof
    Carnegie Mellon University
  10. 10
    Hartwig, John F.
    Berkeley College of Chemistry
  11. 11
    Pearson, Ralph G.
    University of California, Santa Barbara
  12. 12
    MacMillan, David W.C.
    Princeton UniversityNobel laureate
  13. 13
    Chen, Jingguang
    The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science
  14. 14
    Vyazovkin, Sergey
    Department of Chemistry
  15. 15
    Schreiber, Stuart L.
    Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences
  16. 16
    Jin, Rongchao
    Carnegie Mellon University
  17. 17
    Trost, Barry M.
    Stanford University
  18. 18
    Henkelman, Graeme A.
    College of Natural Sciences
  19. 19
    Flory, Paul J.
    IBM Research - AlmadenNobel laureate
  20. 20
    Arnold, Frances H.
    California Institute of TechnologyNobel laureate
  21. 21
    Halgren, Thomas A.
    Schrödinger, LLC
  22. 22
    Jaroniec, Mietek
    Kent State University
  23. 23
    Meanwell, Nicholas A.
    Bristol Myers Squibb
  24. 24
    Lipinski, Christopher A.
    Melior Discovery
  25. 25
    Pauling, Linus C.
    California Institute of TechnologyNobel laureate
  26. 26
    Newman, David J.
    NIH Special Volunteer
  27. 27
    Nocera, Daniel G.
    Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences
  28. 28
    Zhou, Hongcai Joe
    Texas A&M University
  29. 29
    Bell, Alexis T.
    University of California, Berkeley
  30. 30
    Crabtree, Robert H.
    Yale University
  31. 31
    Kollman, Peter A.
    University of California, San Francisco
  32. 32
    Bard, Allen J.
    College of Natural Sciences
  33. 33
    Suslick, Kenneth S.
    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  34. 34
    Davis, Mark E.
    Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
  35. 35
    Hoffmann, Roald
    Cornell UniversityNobel laureate
  36. 36
    Skrzyńska, Anna N.
    Berkeley College of Chemistry
  37. 37
    Oláh, George Andrew
    University of Southern CaliforniaNobel laureate
  38. 38
    Wang, Junmei
    University of Pittsburgh
  39. 39
    Jensen, Klavs F.
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  40. 40
    Bertozzi, Carolyn R.
    Stanford UniversityNobel laureate
  41. 41
    Coley, Connor W.
    MIT Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
  42. 42
    Tropsha, Alexander E.
    UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy
  43. 43
    Coates, Geoffrey W.
    Cornell University
  44. 44
    Anastas, Paul Thomas
    Yale School of Medicine
  45. 45
    Farha, Omar K.
    International Institute for Nanotechnology
  46. 46
    Wasielewski, Michael R.
    Northwestern University
  47. 47
    Cohen, Seth M.
    University of California, San Diego
  48. 48
    Noda, Isao
    University of Delaware College of Engineering
  49. 49
    Toby, Brian H.
    The Advanced Photon Source
  50. 50
    Greeley, Jeffrey P.
    UW-Madison College of Engineering
  51. 51
    Dai, Sheng
    Oak Ridge National Laboratory
  52. 52
    Baran, Phil S.
    Scripps Research
  53. 53
    Mirkin, Chad A.
    International Institute for Nanotechnology
  54. 54
    Hammes-Schiffer, Sharon L.
    Princeton University
  55. 55
    Chang, Christopher J.
    Princeton University
  56. 56
    Shoichet, Brian K.
    University of California, San Francisco
  57. 57
    Paul, Donald Ross
    Cockrell School of Engineering
  58. 58
    Hussain, Chaudhery Mustansar
    New Jersey Institute of Technology
  59. 59
    Fu, Gregory C.
    Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
  60. 60
    Wachs, Israel E.
    P.C. Rossin College of Engineering & Applied Science
  61. 61
    Robeson, Lloyd M.
    P.C. Rossin College of Engineering & Applied Science
  62. 62
    Sholl, David S.
    Oak Ridge National Laboratory
  63. 63
    Jones, Christopher W.
    Georgia Institute of Technology
  64. 64
    Nicolaou, K.C. Costa
    Rice University
  65. 65
    Hillmyer, Marc A.
    College of Science and Engineering
  66. 66
    French, Alfred D.
    United States Department of Agriculture
  67. 67
    Di Carlo, Dino
    California NanoSystems Institute
  68. 68
    Swager, Timothy M.
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  69. 69
    Corey, Elias James
    Harvard Faculty of Arts and SciencesNobel laureate
  70. 70
    Crews, Craig M.
    Yale University
  71. 71
    Power, Philip P.
    University of California, Davis
  72. 72
    Yoon, Tehshik P.
    University of Wisconsin-Madison
  73. 73
    Bates, Frank S.
    University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  74. 74
    Hu, Yun Hang
    Michigan Technological University
  75. 75
    O'Keeffe, Michael
    Arizona State University
  76. 76
    von Ragué-Schleyer, Paul
    University of Georgia
  77. 77
    Breslow, Ronald
    Columbia University
  78. 78
    Mayer, James M.
    Yale University
  79. 79
    Suib, Steven L.
    University of Connecticut
  80. 80
    Larson, Ronald Gary
    Michigan Engineering
  81. 81
    Prezhdo, Oleg V.
    The University of New Mexico
  82. 82
    Dahiya, Ravinder S.
    Northeastern University
  83. 83
    Jain, Prashant K.
    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  84. 84
    Jiang, De'en
    Vanderbilt University School of Engineering
  85. 85
    Stahl, Shannon S.
    University of Wisconsin-Madison
  86. 86
    Liu, Jingyue(Jimmy) Jingyue
    Arizona State University
  87. 87
    Balasubramanian, Shankar
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  88. 88
    Marks, Tobin J.
    Northwestern University
  89. 89
    Solomon, Edward I.
    SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
  90. 90
    Chen, Eugene You Xian
    College of Natural Sciences
  91. 91
    Furukawa, Hiroyasu
    Berkeley College of Chemistry
  92. 92
    Grubbs, Robert H.
    Division of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringNobel laureate
  93. 93
    Hupp, Joseph T. T.
    Northwestern University
  94. 94
    Buchwald, Stephen L.
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  95. 95
    Hehre, Warren J.
    Wavefunction, Inc.
  96. 96
    Rotello, Vincent M.
    University of Massachusetts Amherst
  97. 97
    Lipshutz, Bruce H.
    University of California, Santa Barbara
  98. 98
    Weix, Daniel J.
    University of Wisconsin-Madison
  99. 99
    Gray, Harry B.
    California Institute of Technology
  100. 100
    Stupp, Samuel I.
    Northwestern University

2,290 listed scientists in Chemistry in the United States

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