Top institutions in the United States for Literary Studies
Which institutions in the United States have the most top-cited scientists in Literary Studies?
215 researchers in the United States whose main subfield is Literary Studies are in the 2026 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list: 0.3% of all listed authors in the United States, and 1st of 32 countries in the subfield. 20 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). New York University has the most (14), followed by Columbia University (13) and University of California, Berkeley (11). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.
Listed authors
215
0.3% of all in the United States
In the global top 100,000
20
9.3% of them
Country rank in the subfield
#1
of 32 countries in Literary Studies
Highest-ranked
#1,049
Mignolo, Walter D.
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The top 100 in Literary Studies in the United States, in order
- 1Mignolo, Walter D.Duke University
- 2Berlant, LaurenThe University of Chicago
- 3Halberstam, Judith JackColumbia University
- 4Alaimo, StacyUniversity of Oregon
- 5Muñoz, José EstebanNew York University
- 6Morton, TimothyRice University
- 7Katherine Hayles, N.University of California, Los Angeles
- 8Bhabha, Homi K.Harvard University
- 9Spivak, Gayatri ChakravortyColumbia University
- 10Jameson, Fredric R.Duke University
- 11Damrosch, DavidHarvard's Institute for World Literature
- 12Shih, ShumeiUniversity of California, Los Angeles
- 13Gunning, TomThe University of Chicago
- 14Keen, SuzanneScripps College
- 15Levine, CarolineCornell University
- 16Rothberg, MichaelUniversity of California, Los Angeles
- 17Venuti, LawrenceTemple University
- 18Hirsch, MarianneColumbia University
- 19Hansen, Miriam BratuThe University of Chicago
- 20Schneider-Mayerson, MatthewRice University
- 21Heise, Ursula K.University of California, Los Angeles
- 22DeLoughrey, Elizabeth M.University of California, Los Angeles
- 23Lackey, MichaelUniversity of Minnesota Morris
- 24Nail, ThomasUniversity of Denver
- 25Mentz, Steve R.St. John's University
- 26Heng, GeraldineThe University of Texas at Austin
- 27Marcus, SharonColumbia University
- 28Dworkin, Ronald M.New York University
- 29Felski, RitaUniversity of Virginia
- 30Grusin, RichardWayne State University
- 31Zipes, JackUniversity of Minnesota Twin Cities
- 32Kelley, Robin D.G.University of California, Los Angeles
- 33Mitchell, William John ThomasThe University of Chicago
- 34Mirzoeff, NicholasNew York University
- 35Vint, SherrylEnglish and American studies
- 36Drucker, JohannaUniversity of California, Los Angeles
- 37Jay, MartinUniversity of California, Berkeley
- 38Boyarin, DanielUniversity of California, Berkeley
- 39Clover, Carol J.University of California, Berkeley
- 40Hartman, Saidiya V.Columbia University
- 41Smith, Daniel W.Purdue University
- 42Oushakine, Serguei AlexPrinceton University
- 43Rifkin, MarkUniversity at Buffalo, The State University of New York
- 44Lanser, Susan SniaderBrandeis University
- 45Apter, EmilyNew York University
- 46Gikandi, SimonPrinceton University
- 47Tally, Robert T.Texas State University
- 48Gallagher, CatherineUniversity of California, Berkeley
- 49Love, Heather K.University of Pennsylvania
- 50May, Vivian M.Syracuse University
- 51Phelan, JamesPennsylvania State University
- 52Young, Robert J.C.New York University
- 53Moten, FredNew York University
- 54Prakash, GyanPrinceton University
- 55Iovino, SerenellaThe University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- 56Hogan, Patrick ColmUniversity of Connecticut
- 57Huyssen, AndreasColumbia University
- 58Siebers, TobinUniversity of Michigan, Ann Arbor
- 59Jackson, VirginiaUniversity of California, Irvine
- 60Du Bois, William Edward BurghardtHarvard University
- 61Shohat, Ella HabibaNew York University
- 62Leitch, Thomas M.University of Delaware
- 63Davis, Lennard J.University of Illinois at Chicago
- 64Fuchs, BarbaraUniversity of California, Los Angeles
- 65Richardson, BrianUniversity of Maryland, College Park
- 66Klein, Lauren F.Emory University
- 67Laqueur, Thomas W.University of California, Berkeley
- 68Hernandez, Kathy Ann C.Eastern University
- 69Wiegman, RobynDuke University
- 70Weinstock, Jeffrey AndrewCentral Michigan University
- 71Ferguson, Roderick A.Yale University
- 72Stam, RobertNew York University
- 73Chute, HillaryNorth Eastern University
- 74Wenzel, JenniferColumbia University
- 75Kleege, GeorginaUniversity of California, Berkeley
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- 77el-Tayeb, FatimaYale University
- 78Thompson, AyannaArizona State University
- 79Stallybrass, PeterUniversity of Pennsylvania
- 80Amin, KadjiEmory University
- 81Pratt, Mary LouiseNew York University
- 82Dimock, WaicheeYale University
- 83Freeman, ElizabethUniversity of California
- 84Zunshine, LisaUniversity of Kentucky
- 85Quayson, AtoStanford University
- 86Cheah, PhengUniversity of California, Berkeley
- 87Hayot, Eric R.J.Pennsylvania State University
- 88Couser, G. ThomasHofstra University
- 89Gilmore, LeighThe Ohio State University
- 90Mufti, Aamir R.University of California, Los Angeles
- 91Naas, Michael B.DePaul University
- 92Deleuze, GillesStanford University
- 93Campt, Tina MarieColumbia University
- 94Sexton, JaredUniversity of California, Irvine
- 95Cohen, Jeffrey JeromeArizona State University
- 96Starr, G. G.Pomona College
- 97Loomba, AniaUniversity of Pennsylvania
- 98Friedman, Susan StanfordUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison
- 99Robinson, David M.Colgate University
- 100Eze, ChielozonaCarleton College, USA
215 listed scientists in Literary Studies in the United States
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