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Top institutions in the United States for Gerontology

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

136 researchers in the United States whose main subfield is Gerontology 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 26 countries in the subfield. 89 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). University of Michigan, Ann Arbor has the most (10), followed by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (5) and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (4). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.

Listed authors
136
0.2% of all in the United States
In the global top 100,000
89
65.4% of them
Country rank in the subfield
#1
of 26 countries in Gerontology
Highest-ranked
#377
Ferrucci, Luigi G.
#InstitutionListed authorsTop 100kRank worldwideHighest-ranked author
1University of Michigan, Ann Arbor109#1Krause, Neal M. #6,814
2Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health51#2Bandeen-Roche, Karen Bandeen #67,150
3Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine43#3Walston, Jeremy D. #4,688
4University of Southern California42#5Bengtson, Vern L. #37,911
5Pennsylvania State University32#8Almeida, David M. #10,475
6University of Washington32#9Fredriksen-Goldsen, Karen I. #15,896
7Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai33#10Morrison, Rolfe Sean #15,983
8University of Pittsburgh32#13Schulz, Richard #22,755
9University of Florida33#14Ardelt, Monika #36,193

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

  1. 1
    Ferrucci, Luigi G.
    National Institute on Aging (NIA)
  2. 2
    Fried, Linda P.
    Mailman School of Public Health
  3. 3
    Crimmins, Eileen M.
    USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology
  4. 4
    Newman, Anne B.
    University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health
  5. 5
    Levy, Becca R.
    Yale University
  6. 6
    Walston, Jeremy D.
    Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
  7. 7
    Krause, Neal M.
    University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  8. 8
    Xue, Q. L.
    Johns Hopkins University
  9. 9
    Charles, Susan Turk
    University of California, Irvine
  10. 10
    Lawton, M. Powell
    Abramson Center for Jewish Life
  11. 11
    Pearlin, Leonard I.
    University of California, San Francisco
  12. 12
    Harris, Tamara B.
    National Institutes of Health (NIH)
  13. 13
    Cawthon, Peggy Mannen Ph D.Mph
    California Pacific Medical Center
  14. 14
    Dong, Xinqi
    Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research
  15. 15
    Almeida, David M.
    Pennsylvania State University
  16. 16
    Fielding, Roger A.
    Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging
  17. 17
    Carr, Deborah S.
    College of Arts & Sciences
  18. 18
    Czaja, Sara J.
    New York Presbyterian Hospital
  19. 19
    Fredriksen-Goldsen, Karen I.
    University of Washington
  20. 20
    Morrison, Rolfe Sean
    Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
  21. 21
    Kritchevsky, Stephen B.
    Wake Forest University School of Medicine
  22. 22
    Buford, Thomas W.
    The University of Alabama at Birmingham
  23. 23
    Fingerman, Karen L.
    The University of Texas at Austin
  24. 24
    Waite, Linda J.
    National Opinion Research Center, Chicago
  25. 25
    Manini, Todd Matthew
    University of Florida College of Medicine
  26. 26
    Choi, Namkee G.
    Steve Hicks School of Social Work
  27. 27
    Cotten, Shelia R.
    Clemson University
  28. 28
    Schulz, Richard
    University of Pittsburgh
  29. 29
    Zarit, Steven Howard
    Pennsylvania State University
  30. 30
    Gaugler, Joseph E.
    School of Public Health
  31. 31
    Clarke, Philippa J.
    University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  32. 32
    Simonsick, Eleanor Marie
    National Institute on Aging (NIA)
  33. 33
    Austad, Steven N.
    UAB Department of Biology
  34. 34
    Silverstein, Merril D.
    Syracuse University
  35. 35
    Harman, Denham
    College of Medicine
  36. 36
    Ferraro, Kenneth F.
    College of Health and Human Sciences
  37. 37
    Cohen, Alan A.
    Columbia University
  38. 38
    Calasanti, Toni M.
    Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
  39. 39
    Back, Anthony L.
    University of Washington School of Medicine
  40. 40
    Meier, Diane E.
    Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
  41. 41
    Chatters, Linda M.
    University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  42. 42
    Ardelt, Monika
    University of Florida
  43. 43
    Bakitas, Marie Anne
    University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing
  44. 44
    Bengtson, Vern L.
    University of Southern California
  45. 45
    Idler, Ellen L.
    Emory University
  46. 46
    Freedman, Vicki A.
    University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  47. 47
    Dannefer, Dale
    Case Western Reserve University
  48. 48
    Lee, Jinkook
    University of Southern California
  49. 49
    Li, Fuzhong
    Oregon Research Institute
  50. 50
    Greenfield, Emily A.
    Rutgers School of Social Work
  51. 51
    Finlay, Jessica M.
    University of Colorado Boulder
  52. 52
    Diehl, Manfred K.
    Colorado State University System
  53. 53
    Antonucci, Toni C.
    University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  54. 54
    Leeuwenburgh, Christiaan L.
    University of Florida
  55. 55
    Taylor, Robert Joseph
    University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  56. 56
    Block, Susan Dale
    Harvard Medical School
  57. 57
    Sierra, Felipe
    Geroscience Consulting LLC
  58. 58
    Birditt, Kira S.
    University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  59. 59
    Pillemer, Karl Andrew
    Weill Cornell Medicine
  60. 60
    Castle, Nicholas George
    University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health
  61. 61
    Albert, Steven M.
    University of Pittsburgh
  62. 62
    Barrett, Anne E.
    Florida State University
  63. 63
    Roth, David L.
    Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
  64. 64
    Lubben, James E.
    Boston College
  65. 65
    Najafi, Bijan
    David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
  66. 66
    Emlet, Charles A.
    University of Washington, Tacoma
  67. 67
    Hoy-Ellis, Charles P.
    University of Washington
  68. 68
    Pruchno, Rachel A.
    Rowan-Virtua School of Osteopathic Medicine
  69. 69
    Löckenhoff, Corinna E.
    Cornell University
  70. 70
    Morrow-Howell, Nancy L.
    Washington University in St. Louis, George Warren Brown School of Social Work
  71. 71
    Bandeen-Roche, Karen Bandeen
    Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
  72. 72
    Olshansky, Stuart Jay
    UIC School of Public Health
  73. 73
    Arnold, Robert M.
    Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
  74. 74
    Haley, William E.
    College of Behavioral and Community Sciences
  75. 75
    Johnson, Kimberly S.
    Duke University School of Medicine
  76. 76
    Anton, Stephen Douglas
    University of Florida
  77. 77
    Reid, Manny Cary
    Weill Cornell Medicine
  78. 78
    Mendes de Leon, Carlos F.
    Georgetown University
  79. 79
    Zhang, Zhenmei
    Michigan State University
  80. 80
    Nguyen, Ann W.
    Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences
  81. 81
    Lynch, Scott M.
    Duke University
  82. 82
    Xiang, Xiaoling
    University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  83. 83
    Johnson, Thomas Eugene
    University of Colorado Boulder
  84. 84
    Weindruch, Richard H.
    University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
  85. 85
    Newman, John C.
    Buck Institute for Research on Aging
  86. 86
    Leng, Sean Xiao
    Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
  87. 87
    Sörensen, Silvia M.
    University of Rochester
  88. 88
    Hayward, Mark D.
    The University of Texas at Austin
  89. 89
    Ajrouch, Kristine J.
    University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  90. 90
    Markides, Kyriakos S.
    The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
  91. 91
    Chi, Iris
    University of Southern California
  92. 92
    Berridge, Clara W.
    University of Washington
  93. 93
    Rejeski, Walter Jack
    Wake Forest University
  94. 94
    Ailshire, Jennifer A.
    USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology
  95. 95
    Shippee, Tetyana Pylypiv
    School of Public Health
  96. 96
    Roberto, Karen A.
    Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
  97. 97
    Malmstrom, Theodore K.
    Saint Louis University School of Medicine
  98. 98
    Schafer, Markus H.
    Baylor University
  99. 99
    Aranda, María P.
    University of Southern California
  100. 100
    Shumaker, Sally Ann
    Wake Forest University School of Medicine

136 listed scientists in Gerontology 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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