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Top institutions in the United States for Forestry

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

167 researchers in the United States whose main subfield is Forestry are in the 2026 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list: 0.2% of all listed authors in the United States, and 1st of 56 countries in the subfield. 31 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). USDA Forest Service has the most (16), followed by USDA Forest Products Laboratory (10) and NC State University (8). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.

Listed authors
167
0.2% of all in the United States
In the global top 100,000
31
18.6% of them
Country rank in the subfield
#1
of 56 countries in Forestry
Highest-ranked
#5,155
Nowak, David J.
#InstitutionListed authorsTop 100kRank worldwideHighest-ranked author
1USDA Forest Service162#4Finney, Mark A. #22,670
2USDA Forest Products Laboratory102#7Zhu, Junyong #24,572
3NC State University82#13Hubbe, Martin Allen #5,404
4USDA ARS Rocky Mountain Research Station81#14Jolly, William Matt #73,246
5Oregon State University82#15Panwar, Rajat #93,819
6USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station63#21Williams, Daniel R. #42,657
7USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station41#34McPherson, E. Gregory #59,981
8University of Idaho40#41Morgan, Penelope #134,603
9Michigan State University40#44Yin, Runsheng #162,179
10USDA Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station40#46Ottmar, Roger D. #183,136
11Colorado State University40#47Stevens-Rumann, Camille S. #202,524
12SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry31#51Nowak, David J. #5,155
13Northern Arizona University31#52Binkley, Dan #34,906
14University of Maine31#57Goodell, Barry S. #78,588
15University of Washington30#61Wolf, Kathleen L. #123,007
16College of the Environment30#64Prichard, Susan J. #171,834
17Yale School of the Environment30#68Montagnini, Florencia #194,820

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

  1. 1
    Nowak, David J.
    SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
  2. 2
    Hubbe, Martin Allen
    NC State University
  3. 3
    Nair, P. K.Ramachandran
    University of Florida
  4. 4
    Jose, Shibu
    University of Missouri
  5. 5
    Stephens, Scott Lewis
    Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management
  6. 6
    Finney, Mark A.
    USDA Forest Service
  7. 7
    Zhu, Junyong
    USDA Forest Products Laboratory
  8. 8
    Putz, Francis E.
    University of Florida
  9. 9
    Binkley, Dan
    Northern Arizona University
  10. 10
    Williams, Daniel R.
    USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station
  11. 11
    Shi, Sheldon Qiang
    UNT College of Engineering
  12. 12
    McCaffrey, Sarah M.
    USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station
  13. 13
    Swetnam, Tyson L.
    The University of Arizona
  14. 14
    Vance, Eric D.
    National Council for Air and Stream Improvement, Inc.
  15. 15
    Escobedo, Francisco J.
    USDA Forest Service
  16. 16
    Blanchette, Robert A.
    University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  17. 17
    McPherson, E. Gregory
    USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station
  18. 18
    Rowell, Roger Max
    University of Wisconsin-Madison
  19. 19
  20. 20
    Abrams, Marc D.
    Pennsylvania State University
  21. 21
    Jolly, William Matt
    USDA ARS Rocky Mountain Research Station
  22. 22
    Wang, Xiping
    USDA Forest Products Laboratory
  23. 23
    Goodell, Barry S.
    University of Maine
  24. 24
    Donovan, Geoffrey H.
    PNW Research Station
  25. 25
    Wheeler, Elisabeth A.
    NC State University
  26. 26
    Liang, Jingjing
    College of Agriculture
  27. 27
    Robichaud, Peter R.
    USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station
  28. 28
    Panwar, Rajat
    Oregon State University
  29. 29
    Puettmann, Klaus J.
    Oregon State University
  30. 30
    Collins, Brandon M.
    University of California, Berkeley
  31. 31
    O'Hara, Kevin L.
    University of California, Berkeley
  32. 32
    North, Malcolm P.
    USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station
  33. 33
    Hood, Sharon M.
    USDA ARS Rocky Mountain Research Station
  34. 34
    Dey, Daniel C.
    USDA Forest Service
  35. 35
    Wang, Siqun
    The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
  36. 36
    Rhoades, Charles C.
    USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station
  37. 37
    Ager, Alan A.
    USDA ARS Rocky Mountain Research Station
  38. 38
    Wolf, Kathleen L.
    University of Washington
  39. 39
    Fulé, Peter Z.
    Northern Arizona University
  40. 40
    Keane, Robert E.
    USDA ARS Rocky Mountain Research Station
  41. 41
    Erbaugh, James Thomas
    Nature Conservancy
  42. 42
    Morgan, Penelope
    University of Idaho
  43. 43
    Varner, J. Morgan
    Tall Timbers Research Station
  44. 44
    Spies, Thomas A.
    USDA Forest Service
  45. 45
    Ryan, Kevin C.
    FireTree Wildland Fire Sciences, LLC
  46. 46
    Keeton, William Scott
    The University of Vermont
  47. 47
    Butler, Bret W.
    USDA ARS Rocky Mountain Research Station
  48. 48
    Nasir, Vahid
    Oregon State University
  49. 49
    McNulty, Steven George
    USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station
  50. 50
    Cai, Zhiyong
    USDA Forest Products Laboratory
  51. 51
    Yin, Runsheng
    Michigan State University
  52. 52
    Knapp, Eric E.
    USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station
  53. 53
    Vogt, Jess M.
    DePaul University
  54. 54
    Larson, Andrew J.
    University of Montana
  55. 55
    Roman, Lara A.
    USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station
  56. 56
    Zenner, Eric K.
    Pennsylvania State University
  57. 57
    Kane, Jeffrey Michael
    California State Polytechnic University
  58. 58
    MacFarlane, David W.
    Michigan State University
  59. 59
    Yanai, Ruth D.
    SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
  60. 60
    Işik, Fikret T.
    NC State University
  61. 61
    Prichard, Susan J.
    College of the Environment
  62. 62
  63. 63
    Weiskittel, Aaron R.
    University of Maine
  64. 64
    Agee, James K.
    University of Washington
  65. 65
    Ottmar, Roger D.
    USDA Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station
  66. 66
    Frihart, Charles R.
    USDA Forest Products Laboratory
  67. 67
    Scherr, Sara J.
    Persimmon Co-Lab.
  68. 68
    D'Amato, Anthony W.
    The University of Vermont
  69. 69
    Wang, Geofeng Geoff
    Clemson University
  70. 70
    Vose, James M.
    USDA Forest Service Utilization of Southern Forest Resources
  71. 71
    Burkhart, Harold E.
    Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
  72. 72
    Hansen, Eric N.
    Oregon State University
  73. 73
    Calkin, David E.
    USDA ARS Rocky Mountain Research Station
  74. 74
    Montagnini, Florencia
    Yale School of the Environment
  75. 75
    Woodall, Christopher W.
    United States Department of Agriculture
  76. 76
    Paveglio, Travis B.
    University of Idaho
  77. 77
    Stevens-Rumann, Camille S.
    Colorado State University
  78. 78
    Gregoire, Timothy G.
    Yale School of the Environment
  79. 79
    Pascual, Adrián
    University of Maryland, College Park
  80. 80
    van Mantgem, Phillip J.
    United States Geological Survey Western Region
  81. 81
    Schultz, Courtney A.
    Colorado State University
  82. 82
    Berland, Adam
    Ball State University
  83. 83
    Rehfeldt, Gerald E.
    USDA ARS Moscow Forestry Sciences Lab
  84. 84
    Cohen, Jack D.
    USDA Forest Service
  85. 85
    Scharenbroch, Bryant C.
    University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
  86. 86
    Linn, Rodman R.
    Los Alamos National Laboratory
  87. 87
    Bergman, Richard D.
    USDA Forest Products Laboratory
  88. 88
    Wang, Jingxin
    NC State University
  89. 89
    Walters, Michael B.
    Michigan State University
  90. 90
    Sedjo, Roger A.
    Resources For The Future Inc.
  91. 91
    Lorimer, Craig G.
    University of Wisconsin-Madison
  92. 92
    Zelinka, Samuel L.
    USDA Forest Products Laboratory
  93. 93
    Hiers, John Kevin
    Texas A&M University
  94. 94
    Prestemon, Jeffrey P.
    USDA Forest Service
  95. 95
    Palik, Brian J.
    USDA Forest Service
  96. 96
    Greene, David F.
    California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt
  97. 97
  98. 98
    Domke, Grant M.
    USDA Forest Service
  99. 99
    Zhang, Lianjun
    SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
  100. 100
    Fox, Thomas R.
    Rayonier, Inc.

167 listed scientists in Forestry in the United States

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Data: Ioannidis, John P.A. (2026), ‘August 2026 data-update for “Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators”’, Mendeley Data, v9, doi:10.17632/btchxktzyw.9. 2026 list, ranked by composite citation score (c) excluding self-citations.

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