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Which institutions in the United States have the most top-cited scientists in Information & Library Sciences?

109 researchers in the United States whose main subfield is Information & Library Sciences are in the 2026 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list: 0.1% of all listed authors in the United States, and 1st of 45 countries in the subfield. 26 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). The University of Texas at Austin has the most (7), followed by The University of Tennessee, Knoxville (6) and College of Computing & Informatics (5). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.

Listed authors
109
0.1% of all in the United States
In the global top 100,000
26
23.9% of them
Country rank in the subfield
#1
of 45 countries in Information & Library Sciences
Highest-ranked
#296
Chen, Chaomei
#InstitutionListed authorsTop 100kRank worldwideHighest-ranked author
1The University of Texas at Austin71#2Zhang, Yan Jessie #38,404
2The University of Tennessee, Knoxville60#4Tenopir, Carol #116,888
3College of Computing & Informatics53#5Chen, Chaomei #296
4University of California, Los Angeles53#6Caswell, Michelle #33,714
5University of Washington52#8Shah, Chirag #48,528
6University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign40#17Downie, J. Stephen #248,283
7The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill31#19Jarrahi, Mohammad Hossein #2,732
8University of North Texas31#20Lund, Brady Daniel #5,556
9Rutgers University–New Brunswick30#21Belkin, Nicholas J. #199,435
10Florida State University30#22Chatman, Elfreda A. #243,776

The top 100 in Information & Library Sciences in the United States, in order

  1. 1
    Chen, Chaomei
    College of Computing & Informatics
  2. 2
    Jarrahi, Mohammad Hossein
    The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  3. 3
    Garfield, Eugene
    Institute for Scientific Information
  4. 4
    Lund, Brady Daniel
    University of North Texas
  5. 5
    Ding, Ying
    Dell Medical School
  6. 6
    Boyack, Kevin W.
    SciTech Strategies, Inc.
  7. 7
    Caswell, Michelle
    University of California, Los Angeles
  8. 8
    Zhang, Yan Jessie
    The University of Texas at Austin
  9. 9
    Lo, Leo S.
    University of Virginia
  10. 10
    Milojević, Staša
    Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering
  11. 11
    Sugimoto, Cassidy R.
    Georgia Institute of Technology
  12. 12
    Walters, William H.
    Southern Illinois University Carbondale
  13. 13
    Börner, Katy
    Indiana University Bloomington
  14. 14
    Shah, Chirag
    University of Washington
  15. 15
    Jaeger, Paul T.
    University of Maryland, College Park
  16. 16
    Salton, Gerard A.
    Cornell University
  17. 17
    Buckland, Michael K.
    UC Berkeley School of Information
  18. 18
    Hoy, Matthew B.
    Mayo Clinic
  19. 19
    Bates, Marcia J.
    University of California, Los Angeles
  20. 20
    BORGMAN, CHRISTINE L.
    University of California, Los Angeles
  21. 21
    Yan, Erjia
    College of Computing & Informatics
  22. 22
    Beall, Jeffrey
    University of Colorado Denver
  23. 23
    Hoffmann, Anna Lauren
    University of Washington
  24. 24
    Cronin, Blaise
    Indiana University Bloomington
  25. 25
    Brigham, Tara J.
    Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida
  26. 26
    McCain, Katherine W.
    College of Computing & Informatics
  27. 27
    Gorichanaz, Tim
    College of Computing & Informatics
  28. 28
    Bertot, John Carlo
    University of Maryland, College Park
  29. 29
    Rethlefsen, Melissa Lyle
    UNM Health Sciences Center
  30. 30
    Gwizdka, Jacek
    The University of Texas at Austin
  31. 31
    Tenopir, Carol
    The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
  32. 32
    Saunders, Laura L.
    Simmons University
  33. 33
    Rieh, Sooyoung
    The University of Texas at Austin
  34. 34
    Broadus, Robert N.
    The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  35. 35
    Marchionini, Gary
    The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  36. 36
    Cifor, Marika
    University of Washington
  37. 37
    Klavans, Richard A.
    SciTech Strategies, Inc.
  38. 38
    Burnham, Judy F.
    University of South Alabama
  39. 39
    Chen, Haihua
    University of North Texas
  40. 40
    Jacsô, Ṕeter
    Department of Information and Computer Sciences
  41. 41
    Boateng, Henry
    D'Youville University
  42. 42
    Roberts, Sarah T.
    University of California, Los Angeles
  43. 43
    Wang, Ting
    Emporia State University
  44. 44
    Kuhlthau, Carol Collier
    Center for International Scholarship in School Libraries
  45. 45
    Belkin, Nicholas J.
    Rutgers University–New Brunswick
  46. 46
    Hagen, Loni
    University of South Florida, Tampa
  47. 47
    Adams, Nancy E.
    Pennsylvania State University
  48. 48
  49. 49
    Yoon, Ayoung
    University of Indianapolis
  50. 50
    Proferes, Nicholas John
    Arizona State University
  51. 51
    Saracevic, Tefko
    Rutgers University–New Brunswick
  52. 52
    Anderson, Katie Elson
    Rutgers University–Camden
  53. 53
    Dhakal, Kerry M.
    The Ohio State University
  54. 54
    Chen, Annie T.
    University of Washington School of Medicine
  55. 55
    Chatman, Elfreda A.
    Florida State University
  56. 56
    Downie, J. Stephen
    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  57. 57
    Potnis, Devendrá Dilip
    The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
  58. 58
    Kelly, Diane
    The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
  59. 59
    Dervin, Brenda L.
    The Ohio State University
  60. 60
    Lustria, Mia Liza A.
    Florida State University
  61. 61
    Lopatovska, Irene V.
    Pratt Institute
  62. 62
    Tomaszewski, Robert
    California State University, Fullerton
  63. 63
    Ball, Christopher A.
    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  64. 64
    Singh, Vandana
    The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
  65. 65
    Kling, Rob
    University of California, Irvine
  66. 66
    Jones, Kyle M.L.
    Indiana University Indianapolis
  67. 67
    Kitzie, Vanessa
    University of South Carolina
  68. 68
    Mehra, Bharat
    University of Alabama
  69. 69
    Poole, Alex H.
    Drexel University
  70. 70
    Agosto, Denise E.
    Rutgers University–New Brunswick
  71. 71
    Barr-Walker, Jill
    UCSF School of Medicine
  72. 72
    Nicholson, Scott
    School of Information Studies
  73. 73
    Oltmann, Shannon M.
    University of Kentucky
  74. 74
    Mayernik, Matthew S.
    National Center for Atmospheric Research
  75. 75
    Agarwal, Naresh Kumar
    Simmons University
  76. 76
    Lee, Jin Ha
    University of Washington
  77. 77
    Vardell, Emily
    Emporia State University
  78. 78
    Cooke, Nicole A.
    University of South Carolina
  79. 79
    Trace, Ciaran B.
    The University of Texas at Austin
  80. 80
    Julien, Heidi E.
    University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
  81. 81
    Tahamtan, Iman
    The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
  82. 82
    Yakel, Elizabeth
    University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  83. 83
    Tewell, Eamon C.
    Columbia University
  84. 84
    Zeng, Marcia Lei
    Kent State University
  85. 85
    Federer, Lisa M.
    National Library of Medicine (NLM)
  86. 86
    Soroya, Saira Hanif
    Southern Connecticut State University
  87. 87
    Marty, Paul F.
    Florida State University
  88. 88
    Fleischmann, Kenneth R.
    The University of Texas at Austin
  89. 89
    Michalak, Russell S.
    Goldey-Beacom College
  90. 90
    Gilliland-Swetland, Anne J.
    University of California
  91. 91
    Liu, Jiqun
    The University of Oklahoma
  92. 92
    Dillon, Andrew P.
    The University of Texas at Austin
  93. 93
    Kim, Jinseok
    University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  94. 94
    Greenberg, Jane
    College of Computing & Informatics
  95. 95
    Arighi, Cecilia Noemi
    University of Delaware College of Engineering
  96. 96
    Kim, Jeonghyun (Annie)
    University of North Texas
  97. 97
    Smith, Linda C.
    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  98. 98
    Furner, Jonathan
    University of California, Los Angeles
  99. 99
    Lee-Geiller, Seulki
    Yale University
  100. 100
    Fisher, Karen E.
    University of Washington

109 listed scientists in Information & Library Sciences 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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