Top institutions in the United States for General Physics
Which institutions in the United States have the most top-cited scientists in General Physics?
527 researchers in the United States whose main subfield is General Physics are in the 2026 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list: 0.7% of all listed authors in the United States, and 1st of 63 countries in the subfield. 197 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). Google LLC has the most (46), followed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (20) and IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center (19). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.
Listed authors
527
0.7% of all in the United States
In the global top 100,000
197
37.4% of them
Country rank in the subfield
#1
of 63 countries in General Physics
Highest-ranked
#199
Preskill, John P.
No institution matches.
The top 100 in General Physics in the United States, in order
- 1Preskill, John P.AWS Center for Quantum Computing
- 2Lloyd, SethMassachusetts Institute of Technology
- 3Anderson, Philip WarrenSanta Fe Institute
- 4Bennett, Charles H.IBM Research
- 5Kitaev, Alexei YuGoogle LLC
- 6Vidal, GuifréGoogle LLC
- 7Einstein, AlbertInstitute for Advanced Study
- 8Lukin, Mikhail D.Harvard University
- 9Haldane, F. D.M.Princeton University
- 10Wootters, William K.Williams College
- 11Zurek, Wojciech HubertLos Alamos National Laboratory
- 12Kimble, Harry JeffCalifornia Institute of Technology
- 13Chu, StevenStanford University
- 14Bravyi, Sergey B.IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center
- 15Monroe, Christopher R.Pratt School of Engineering
- 16Gidney, CraigGoogle LLC
- 17Childs, Andrew M.Department of Computer Science
- 18Mermin, N. DavidCornell University
- 19Tersoff, JerryIBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center
- 20Hastings, Matthew B.Microsoft Corporation.
- 21Martinis, John M.Qolab
- 22Kane, Charles L.University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences
- 23Gottesman, DanielCollege of Computer, Mathematical, & Natural Sciences
- 24Caves, Carlton M.The University of New Mexico
- 25Knill, Emanuel H.University of Colorado Boulder
- 26Zhang, ShouchengStanford University
- 27Fowler, Austin G.Google LLC
- 28Wineland, David J.University of Oregon
- 29Agarwal, Girish S.Texas A&M University
- 30Leggett, Anthony JamesUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- 31Nielsen, Michael A.Los Alamos National Laboratory
- 32Wilde, Mark M.Louisiana State University
- 33Lucas, AndrewUniversity of Colorado Boulder
- 34Glauber, Roy J.Lyman Laboratory of Physics
- 35Ceperley, David M.The Grainger College of Engineering
- 36Saffman, Mark E.College of Letters & Science
- 37Polkovnikov, Anatoli S.College of Arts & Sciences
- 38Devoret, Michel H.Google Quantum AI
- 39Lidar, Daniel A.University of Southern California
- 40Coles, Patrick J.Los Alamos National Laboratory
- 41Ye, JunUniversity of Colorado Boulder
- 42Jaynes, Edwin T.Washington University in St. Louis
- 43Scully, Marlan O.Texas A&M University
- 44McClean, Jarrod R.Google LLC
- 45Girvin, Steven M.Yale University
- 46Haah, JeongwanStanford University
- 47Clerk, Aashish A.Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering
- 48Wieman, Carl EdwinStanford Graduate School of Education
- 49Harrow, Aram W.Center for Theoretical Physics
- 50Fano, UgoNational Institute of Standards and Technology
- 51Rigol, MarcosEberly College of Science
- 52Zanardi, PaoloUniversity of Southern California
- 53Brandão, Fernando G.S.L.Institute for Quantum Information and Matter
- 54Huang, Hsinyuan Yuan (robert)Institute for Quantum Information and Matter
- 55Siddiqi, Irfan A.Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- 56Gambetta, Jay M.International Business Machines
- 57Harris, Stephen E.Ginzton Laboratory
- 58Ketterle, WolfgangMassachusetts Institute of Technology
- 59Poulin, DavidMicrosoft Research
- 60Cerezo, M.Los Alamos National Laboratory
- 61Altman, EhudUniversity of California, Berkeley
- 62Romalis, Michael V.Princeton University
- 63Babbush, RyanGoogle LLC
- 64Chuang, Isaac L.Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- 65Bombín, HéctorPsi Quantum
- 66Jiang, LiangPritzker School of Molecular Engineering
- 67Hillery, Mark S.Hunter College
- 68Mandeļ, LeonardUniversity of Rochester
- 69Levitov, Leonid S.Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- 70Troyer, MatthiasMicrosoft Research
- 71Schoelkopf, Robert J.Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science
- 72Abanin, Dmitry A.Princeton University
- 73Somma, Rolando DiegoGoogle LLC
- 74Greiner, MarkusHarvard University
- 75Gopalakrishnan, SarangSchool of Engineering and Applied Science
- 76Yurke, BernardCollege of Engineering
- 77Temme, KristanIBM Research
- 78Maslov, DmitriIonQ, Inc.
- 79Hafezi, MohammadUniversity of Maryland, College Park
- 80Cleland, Andrew N.Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering
- 81Kasevich, Mark A.Stanford University
- 82Vaidman, LevChapman University
- 83Moriya, TôruNokia Bell Labs
- 84Eberly, Joseph H.University of Rochester
- 85Griffiths, Robert B.Carnegie Mellon University
- 86DeMille, David P.Argonne National Laboratory
- 87Gorshkov, Alexey V.University of Maryland, College Park
- 88Safronova, Marianna S.University of Delaware
- 89Zhuang, QuntaoUniversity of Southern California
- 90Rudolph, Terry G.PsiQuantum
- 91Kamenev, AlexCollege of Science and Engineering
- 92Bacon, DaveGoogle LLC
- 93Derevianko, AndreiUniversity of Nevada, Reno
- 94Jacobs, Kurt A.University of Massachusetts Boston
- 95Smolin, John A.IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center
- 96Iwasa, YikikazuFrancis Bitter Magnet Laboratory
- 97Korotkov, Alexander N.Marlan and Rosemary Bourns College of Engineering
- 98Boixo, SergioGoogle LLC
- 99Choi, SoonwonCenter for Theoretical Physics
- 100Tu, YuhaiIBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center
527 listed scientists in General Physics in the United States
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