Top institutions in the United States for Evolutionary Biology
Which institutions in the United States have the most top-cited scientists in Evolutionary Biology?
281 researchers in the United States whose main subfield is Evolutionary Biology are in the 2026 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list: 0.4% of all listed authors in the United States, and 1st of 34 countries in the subfield. 231 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). Harvard University has the most (10), followed by University of California, Berkeley (9) and University of California, Riverside (9). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.
Listed authors
281
0.4% of all in the United States
In the global top 100,000
231
82.2% of them
Country rank in the subfield
#1
of 34 countries in Evolutionary Biology
Highest-ranked
#399
Nowak, Martin A.
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The top 100 in Evolutionary Biology in the United States, in order
- 1Nowak, Martin A.Harvard University
- 2Nei, MasatoshiPennsylvania State University
- 3Wiens, John J.College of Science
- 4Lynch, MichaelArizona State University
- 5Nielsen, Rasmus WedelUniversity of California, Berkeley
- 6Kumar, SudhirTemple University
- 7Felsenstein, JosephUniversity of Washington
- 8Losos, Jonathan B.Washington University in St. Louis
- 9Slatkin, Montgomery W.University of California, Berkeley
- 10Revell, Liam J.University of Massachusetts Boston
- 11Soltis, Pamela S.Florida Museum of Natural History
- 12Waples, Robin S.College of the Environment
- 13Renner, Susanne SabineWashington University in St. Louis
- 14Palumbi, Stephen R.Stanford University
- 15Mallet, James L.B.Harvard University
- 16Adams, Dean C.Iowa State University
- 17Huelsenbeck, John P.University of California, Berkeley
- 18Rabosky, Daniel L.University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
- 19Wendel, Jonathan F.Iowa State University
- 20Huey, Raymond B.University of Washington
- 21Faircloth, Brant C.Louisiana State University
- 22Wagner, Günter PaulTexas A&M University
- 23Kauffman, Stuart AlanInstitute for Systems Biology
- 24Hedrick, Philip W.School of Life Sciences
- 25Rohlf, F. JamesStony Brook University
- 26Rosenberg, Noah A.Stanford University
- 27Boore, Jeffrey L.University of California, Berkeley
- 28Allendorf, Fred W.University of Montana
- 29Bolnick, Daniel I.University of Connecticut
- 30Kress, W. JohnSmithsonian Institution
- 31Lenski, Richard E.Department of Microbiology, Genetics, & Immunology
- 32Hill, Geoffrey E.Auburn University
- 33Davis, Charles C.Harvard University
- 34Jablonski, David J.Department of the Geophysical Sciences, The University of Chicago
- 35Charnov, Eric L.The University of Utah
- 36Givnish, Thomas J.University of Wisconsin-Madison
- 37Wilson, David SloanBinghamton University State University of New York
- 38Soltis, Douglas EdwardFlorida Museum of Natural History
- 39Hedges, Stephen BlairTemple University
- 40Palmer, Jeffrey D.Indiana University Bloomington
- 41Hahn, Matthew W.Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering
- 42Werren, John H.University of Rochester
- 43Pyron, Robert AlexanderThe George Washington University
- 44Suchard, Marc A.UCLA Fielding School of Public Health
- 45Smith, Stephen A.University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
- 46Gurven, Michael D.University of California, Santa Barbara
- 47Donoghue, Michael J.Yale University
- 48Kirkpatrick, MarkThe University of Texas at Austin
- 49Boyd, Robert T.Arizona State University
- 50Danforth, Bryan N.Cornell University
- 51Avise, John C.University of California, Irvine
- 52Hillis, David M.The University of Texas at Austin
- 53Storz, Jay F.School of Biological Sciences
- 54Prum, Richard OwenYale University
- 55Turelli, MichaelUniversity of California, Davis
- 56Edwards, Scott V.Harvard University
- 57Wainwright, Peter C.University of California, Davis
- 58Ashman, Tia LynnUniversity of Pittsburgh
- 59Sloan, Daniel B.College of Natural Sciences
- 60Marr, David C.Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- 61Giribet, GonzaloHarvard University
- 62Cameron, Stephen L.College of Agriculture
- 63Arnold, Stevan J.Oregon State University
- 64Kalinowski, Steven T.Montana State University
- 65Orgel, Leslie E.Salk Institute for Biological Studies
- 66Grant, Peter R.Princeton University
- 67Gaut, Brandon S.University of California, Irvine
- 68Feldman, Marcus WilliamStanford University
- 69Wen, JunSmithsonian National Museum of Natural History
- 70Frank, Steven A.University of California, Irvine
- 71Mower, Jeffrey P.University of Nebraska–Lincoln
- 72Raven, Peter H.Missouri Botanical Garden
- 73Rannala, Bruce H.University of California, Davis
- 74Vrijenhoek, Robert C.Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
- 75Brown, Jason LeeSouthern Illinois University Carbondale
- 76Roff, Derek A.University of California, Riverside
- 77Stillman, Jonathon H.San Francisco State University
- 78Rosenberg, Michael S.Virginia Commonwealth University
- 79Kuzawa, Christopher W.Harvard University
- 80Haig, DavidHarvard University
- 81Cheverud, James M.Loyola University Chicago
- 82Crandall, Keith A.The George Washington University
- 83de Queiroz, KevinSmithsonian Institution
- 84Pigliucci, MassimoCity College of New York
- 85Sanderson, Michael J.College of Science
- 86Emlen, Douglas J.University of Montana
- 87Kellogg, Elizabeth A.Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
- 88Hoekstra, Hopi E.Harvard University
- 89Miller, Stanley LloydUniversity of California, San Diego
- 90Bull, James J.University of Idaho
- 91Lotterhos, Katie EeNortheastern University
- 92Johnsen, Sönke J.Duke University
- 93Wake, David B.University of California, Berkeley
- 94Read, Andrew F.Pennsylvania State University
- 95Rice, William R.University of California, Santa Barbara
- 96O'Brien, Stephen J.Nova Southeastern University
- 97Doyle, Jeff J.Cornell University
- 98Whiting, Michael F.Brigham Young University
- 99Bergstrom, Carl T.University of Washington
- 100W Scott Armbruster, W. ScottUniversity of Alaska Fairbanks
281 listed scientists in Evolutionary Biology in the United States
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