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

930 researchers in the United States whose main subfield is Education are in the 2026 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list: 1.3% of all listed authors in the United States, and 1st of 76 countries in the subfield. 540 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). University of Wisconsin-Madison has the most (25), followed by Michigan State University (22) and University of Georgia (20). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.

Listed authors

930

1.3% of all in the United States

In the global top 100,000

540

58.1% of them

Country rank in the subfield

of 76 countries in Education

Highest-ranked

#61

Mayer, Richard E.

#	Institution	Listed authors	Top 100k	Rank worldwide	Highest-ranked author
1	University of Wisconsin-Madison	25	13	#5	Ladson-Billings, Gloria J. #1,206
2	Michigan State University	22	15	#7	Frank, Kenneth A. #22,077
3	University of Georgia	20	9	#9	Fiorella, Logan #8,645
4	University of Michigan, Ann Arbor	19	15	#11	Pintrich, Paul R. #1,940
5	Arizona State University	18	10	#12	Graham, Steve E. #1,462
6	Stanford University	17	15	#14	Darling-Hammond, Linda #831
7	The Ohio State University	16	8	#15	Wolters, Christopher A. #6,869
8	University of Washington	16	13	#16	Gay, Geneva #7,567
9	University of Maryland, College Park	15	10	#17	Wigfield, Allan #1,306
10	University of California, Los Angeles	15	10	#19	Solórzano, Daniel G. #9,372
11	Vanderbilt University	14	9	#21	Milner, H. Richard #9,101
12	University of Southern California	14	10	#23	Kezar, Adrianna J. #17,410
13	The University of Texas at Austin	14	8	#24	Borrego, Maura J. #24,336
14	Northwestern University	13	9	#26	Hedges, Larry V. #913
15	University of California, Berkeley	13	7	#27	Gutiérrez, Kris D. #15,143
16	The University of Arizona	13	11	#28	Moll, Luis C. #19,441
17	Harvard Graduate School of Education	12	5	#29	SNOW, CATHERINE E. #12,760
18	University of Minnesota Twin Cities	12	7	#31	Kendeou, Panayiota #27,393
19	Texas A&M University	12	6	#32	Hughes, Jan N. #31,252
20	University of California, Irvine	11	7	#35	Kim, Young Suk #5,510
21	Columbia University	11	8	#36	Kuhn, Deanna #6,318
22	The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	10	10	#43	Espelage, Dorothy Lynn #4,492
23	Indiana University Bloomington	10	6	#44	Hmelo-Silver, Cindy E. #5,508
24	Purdue University	10	8	#45	Ertmer, Peggy A. #5,875
25	NC State University	10	4	#46	Martin, Florence #13,525
26	University of Illinois at Chicago	10	5	#49	Weissberg, Roger P. #28,546
27	Pennsylvania State University	10	5	#51	Belland, Brian R. #45,495
28	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	10	7	#52	Ennis, Robert H. #56,587
29	University of Pennsylvania	9	6	#57	Ingersoll, Richard M. #13,722
30	University of Florida	9	4	#60	Redding, Christopher H. #37,678
31	Florida State University	8	5	#61	Shute, Valerie J. #3,772
32	New York University	8	6	#62	Tuck, Eve #5,545
33	University of Delaware	8	3	#63	Desimone, Laura M. #5,561
34	University of Virginia	8	2	#66	Cornell, Dewey G. #45,218
35	University of Missouri	7	6	#69	Cooper, Harris M. #4,202
36	Boston College	7	6	#71	Bers, Marina Umaschi #7,389
37	University of Colorado Boulder	7	4	#73	Penuel, William R. #9,286
38	State University of New York Albany	7	3	#75	Andrade, Heidi Goodrich #14,651
39	University of Oregon	7	3	#78	Mazzei, Lisa A. #25,627
40	University of Houston	7	4	#79	Fletcher, Jack M.M. #26,039
41	University of Connecticut	7	5	#81	McCoach, Dorothy Betsy #35,540
42	University of California, Santa Barbara	6	3	#83	Mayer, Richard E. #61
43	Johns Hopkins University	6	5	#84	Slavin, Robert E. #4,516
44	Harvard University	6	3	#94	Hill, Heather C. #20,073
45	Georgia State University	6	2	#96	Pigott, Terri D. #24,065
46	University of Pittsburgh	6	3	#97	Singh, Chandralekha #29,282
47	University of South Florida, Tampa	5	2	#106	Zeidler, Dana Lewis #14,908
48	Stanford Graduate School of Education	5	4	#107	Shavelson, Richard J. #20,613
49	University of North Texas	5	4	#113	Spector, Jonathan Michael #35,478
50	University of Massachusetts Amherst	5	3	#115	Sireci, Stephen G. #38,533
51	Rutgers University–New Brunswick	5	1	#124	Cleary, Timothy J. #93,354
52	University of California, Riverside	4	2	#126	Yosso, Tara J. #3,510
53	College of Education	4	2	#130	Schraw, Gregory J. #8,848
54	The University of New Mexico	4	2	#132	Moreno, Roxana M. #11,005
55	Syracuse University	4	2	#133	Tinto, Vincent #11,835
56	Brigham Young University	4	2	#134	Graham, Charles R. #12,232
57	George Mason University	4	3	#138	Gorski, Paul C. #17,857
58	University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education	4	2	#143	Grossman, Pam L. #32,485
59	University of California, San Diego	4	2	#144	Museus, Samuel D. #35,541
60	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	4	3	#150	Stern, Marc J. #60,517
61	Montclair State University	4	2	#152	Villegas, Ana María #63,298
62	Washington State University Pullman	4	0	#156	Beddoes, Kacey D. #116,059
63	Texas Tech University	4	0	#157	Bolliger, Doris U. #138,192
64	Cornell University	3	2	#159	Sternberg, Robert J. #614
65	Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College	3	2	#161	Chi, Michelene T.H. #3,239
66	Arizona State University Downtown Phoenix Campus	3	1	#162	Gee, James Paul #3,747
67	Miami University	3	2	#167	Osborne, Jason W. #5,955
68	University of South Carolina	3	1	#169	Huebner, Eugene Scott #7,205
69	School of Education and Social Policy	3	2	#171	Coburn, Cynthia E. #8,041
70	Baylor University	3	1	#174	Watkins, Marley W. #8,896
71	American Institutes for Research	3	1	#178	Fuchs, Lynn S. #15,095
72	The City University of New York	3	2	#179	Ehri, Linnea Carlson #17,080
73	University of Iowa	3	2	#180	Bowman, Nicholas A. #18,239
74	Temple University	3	2	#185	Kaplan, Avi #25,813
75	Oregon State University	3	1	#186	Gardner, Susan K. #28,915
76	Indiana University	3	1	#187	Kuh, George D. #30,212
77	Tufts University	3	2	#190	Hammer, David A. #32,102
78	Southern Methodist University	3	2	#196	Walkington, Candace Ann #37,715
79	Vanderbilt University's Peabody College	3	2	#198	Welsh, Richard Osbourne #41,249
80	University at Buffalo, The State University of New York	3	2	#203	Finn, Jeremy D. #48,448
81	Lehigh University	3	2	#206	DuPaul, George J. #55,886
82	University of Miami	3	2	#209	Xing, Wanli #59,943
83	University of Rhode Island	3	1	#210	Hobbs, Renee #61,545
84	University of Kansas	3	2	#212	Zhao, Yong #62,044
85	NWEA	3	1	#214	Kuhfeld, Megan R. #65,187
86	Indiana University School of Education	3	2	#217	Barton, Keith C. #68,154
87	Northern Illinois University	3	1	#222	Demaray, Michelle Kilpatrick #85,248
88	Florida International University	3	0	#226	Hazari, Zahra #107,611
89	The University of Alabama	3	0	#227	Han, Hyemin #109,775
90	Virginia Commonwealth University	3	0	#228	Case, Kim A. #119,100

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

1
Mayer, Richard E.
University of California, Santa Barbara
2
Zimmerman, Barry J.
City University
3
Sternberg, Robert J.
Cornell University
4
Schunk, Dale H.
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
5
Darling-Hammond, Linda
Stanford University
6
Hedges, Larry V.
Northwestern University
7
Ladson-Billings, Gloria J.
University of Wisconsin-Madison
8
Wigfield, Allan
University of Maryland, College Park
9
Graham, Steve E.
Arizona State University
10
Pintrich, Paul R.
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
11
Creswell, John W.
University of Michigan Medical School
12
Osborne, Jonathan Francis
Stanford University
13
Mishra, Punya B.
Mary Lou Fulton College for Teaching and Learning Innovation
14
Chi, Michelene T.H.
Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College
15
Yosso, Tara J.
University of California, Riverside
16
Gee, James Paul
Arizona State University Downtown Phoenix Campus
17
Shute, Valerie J.
Florida State University
18
Pajares, Frank
Emory University
19
Cooper, Harris M.
University of Missouri
20
Cech, Erin A.
Michigan Engineering
21
Espelage, Dorothy Lynn
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
22
Slavin, Robert E.
Johns Hopkins University
23
Kraft, Matthew A.
Brown University
24
Hmelo-Silver, Cindy E.
Indiana University Bloomington
25
Kim, Young Suk
University of California, Irvine
26
Beghetto, Ronald A.
Arizona State University
27
Tuck, Eve
New York University
28
Desimone, Laura M.
University of Delaware
29
Ertmer, Peggy A.
Purdue University
30
Osborne, Jason W.
Miami University
31
Wentzel, Kathryn R.
University of Maryland, College Park
32
St.Pierre, Elizabeth Adams
Mary Frances Early College of Education
33
Kizilcec, René F.
Cornell University
34
Apple, Michael W.
University of Wisconsin-Madison
35
Kuhn, Deanna
Columbia University
36
Bowen, Glenn A.
Barry University
37
Jonassen, David H.
University of Missouri
38
Reardon, Sean F.
Stanford University
39
Wolters, Christopher A.
The Ohio State University
40
Tipton, Elizabeth
Northwestern University
41
Huebner, Eugene Scott
University of South Carolina
42
Warschauer, Mark
University of California, Irvine
43
Tschannen-Moran, Megan
William & Mary
44
Bers, Marina Umaschi
Boston College
45
Cochran-Smith, Marilyn
Boston College
46
Shulman, Lee S.
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
47
Gay, Geneva
University of Washington
48
Crompton, Helen
Old Dominion University
49
Sadler, Troy D.
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
50
Spillane, James P.
Northwestern University
51
Coburn, Cynthia E.
School of Education and Social Policy
52
Fiorella, Logan
University of Georgia
53
Schraw, Gregory J.
College of Education
54
Jeynes, William H.
California State University, Long Beach
55
Watkins, Marley W.
Baylor University
56
Zeichner, Kenneth M.
University of Washington
57
Milner, H. Richard
Vanderbilt University
58
Penuel, William R.
University of Colorado Boulder
59
Solórzano, Daniel G.
University of California, Los Angeles
60
Sawyer, R. Keith
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
61
ALEXANDER, PATRICIA A.
University of Maryland, College Park
62
Lederman, Norman G.
Illinois Institute of Technology
63
Ke, Fengfeng
University of Maryland, College Park
64
Raudenbush, Stephen W.
The University of Chicago
65
Bradshaw, Catherine P.
Bavaro Hall
66
Moreno, Roxana M.
The University of New Mexico
67
Prince, Michael J.
Bucknell University
68
Tinto, Vincent
Syracuse University
69
Annamma, Subini Ancy
Stanford University
70
Usher, Ellen L.
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science
71
Zhai, Xiaoming
University of Georgia
72
McGee, Ebony Omotola
Johns Hopkins University
73
Graham, Charles R.
Brigham Young University
74
Sleeter, Christine E.
California State University, Monterey Bay
75
Altbach, Philip G.
Center for International Higher Education
76
Guskey, Thomas R.
University of Kentucky
77
SNOW, CATHERINE E.
Harvard Graduate School of Education
78
Cook-Sather, Alison
Bryn Mawr College
79
Martin, Florence
NC State University
80
Epstein, Joyce Levy
Johns Hopkins University
81
Ingersoll, Richard M.
University of Pennsylvania
82
Noddings, Nel
Stanford University
83
Huang, Francis L.
University of Missouri
84
Greene, Jeffrey Alan
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
85
Andrade, Heidi Goodrich
State University of New York Albany
86
Zeidler, Dana Lewis
University of South Florida, Tampa
87
Fuchs, Lynn S.
American Institutes for Research
88
Gutiérrez, Kris D.
University of California, Berkeley
89
Pustejovsky, James Eric
University of Wisconsin-Madison
90
Swanson, H. Lee
The University of New Mexico
91
Schoenfeld, Alan H.
University of California, Berkeley
92
Mezirow, Jack D.
Columbia University
93
Ehri, Linnea Carlson
The City University of New York
94
Kezar, Adrianna J.
University of Southern California
95
Schreiber, James B.
Duquesne University
96
Gorski, Paul C.
George Mason University
97
Sinatra, Gale M.
University of Southern California
98
Cai, Jirffa
University of Delaware
99
Prensky, Marc
Global Future Éducation Foundation And Institute
100
Xu, Jianzhong
Mississippi State University

930 listed scientists in Education in the United States

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