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486 researchers in the United States whose main subfield is Nursing 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 61 countries in the subfield. 88 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing has the most (19), followed by University of California, San Francisco (16) and The Ohio State University (13). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.

Listed authors

486

0.7% of all in the United States

In the global top 100,000

18.1% of them

Country rank in the subfield

of 61 countries in Nursing

Highest-ranked

#336

Sandelowski, Margarete J.

#	Institution	Listed authors	Top 100k	Rank worldwide	Highest-ranked author
1	University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing	19	5	#2	Riegel, Barbara J. #16,584
2	University of California, San Francisco	16	7	#4	Miaskowski, Christine A. #13,530
3	The Ohio State University	13	1	#6	Melnyk, Bernadette Mazurek #8,529
4	University of Michigan School of Nursing	11	3	#11	Kalisch, Beatrice Jean #20,116
5	College of Nursing	11	3	#7	Berger, Ann Malone #66,463
6	Johns Hopkins School of Nursing	10	4	#14	Rushton, Cynda Hylton #16,115
7	Case Western Reserve University	9	0	#17	Fitzpatrick, Joyce J. #112,229
8	The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	8	5	#18	Sandelowski, Margarete J. #336
9	Yale School of Nursing	8	2	#19	Whittemore, Robin #14,905
10	University of Washington	8	2	#20	Larson, Elaine Lucille #33,700
11	Vanderbilt University School of Nursing	8	1	#24	Kleinpell, Ruth M. #55,562
12	Duke University	7	1	#33	De Gagne, Jennie C. #36,404
13	University of Missouri	7	3	#35	Conn, Vicki S. #54,551
14	Woodruff Health Sciences Center	7	0	#38	Kelly, Ursula A. #138,318
15	Oregon Health & Science University	7	0	#39	Tanner, Christine A. #153,103
16	University of Pennsylvania	6	2	#41	Aiken, Linda H. #6,406
17	Michigan State University	6	1	#46	Arnetz, Judith E. #57,276
18	Virginia Commonwealth University	6	0	#51	Hamric, Ann Baile #109,622
19	University of Pittsburgh	6	0	#52	Burke, Lora E. #122,311
20	University of Massachusetts Amherst	6	0	#53	Chandler, Genevieve Elizabeth #196,397
21	University of Kansas School of Nursing	6	0	#54	Sousa, Valmi D. #219,315
22	School of Nursing	5	1	#28	Beck, Cheryl Tatano #3,448
23	NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing	5	1	#59	Squires, Allison Patricia #28,832
24	Boston College	5	1	#62	Lee, Christopher S. #36,487
25	University of Tennessee, Knoxville College of Nursing	5	2	#64	Moser, Debra Kay #66,327
26	The University of Texas at Austin	5	1	#66	Im, E. O. #83,336
27	Pennsylvania State University	5	1	#68	Fick, Donna Marie #96,228
28	University of Maryland School of Nursing	4	1	#76	Resnick, Barbara M. #30,036
29	MGH Institute of Health Professions	4	1	#79	Goodman, Janice H. #37,565
30	Columbia University School of Nursing	4	0	#88	Stone, Patricia W. #114,899
31	Rutgers School of Nursing	4	0	#90	Starkweather, Angela Renee #141,771
32	Marquette University College of Nursing	4	0	#95	Weiss, Marianne Elizabeth #185,100
33	University of Michigan, Ann Arbor	4	0	#96	Manojlovich, Milisa M. #190,046
34	University of Kentucky College of Nursing	4	0	#98	Lennie, Terry A. #217,764
35	Saint Louis University	4	0	#101	SmithBattle, Lee I. #254,316
36	City of Hope National Med Center	3	1	#103	Ferrell, Betty Rolling #11,347
37	University of Miami	3	1	#104	Foronda, Cynthia L. #20,161
38	University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing	3	1	#115	Patrician, Patricia A. #60,027
39	New York University	3	1	#119	Fu, Mei Rosemary #70,025
40	University of Colorado Anschutz College of Nursing	3	2	#120	Lowe, Nancy K. #74,093
41	University of Illinois at Chicago	3	1	#128	Ferrans, Carol Estwing #99,262
42	University of California, Los Angeles	3	0	#138	Choi, Kristen Rae #130,547
43	Villanova University	3	0	#140	Smeltzer, Suzanne C. #151,465
44	University of Virginia School of Medicine	3	0	#141	Gray, Mikel L. #152,729
45	University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Nursing	3	0	#143	Bowers, Barbara J. #189,910
46	Johns Hopkins University	3	0	#149	Cvach, Maria M. #206,570
47	University of Central Florida	3	0	#151	Giurgescu, Carmen #217,908
48	The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio	3	0	#156	Berndt, Andrea E. #253,860
49	University of Florida College of Nursing	3	0	#157	Stechmiller, Joyce K. #266,886

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

1
Sandelowski, Margarete J.
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2
Labrague, Leodoro J.
The University of Oklahoma
3
McHugh, Mary Lynn
National University, San Diego
4
Beck, Cheryl Tatano
School of Nursing
5
Aiken, Linda H.
University of Pennsylvania
6
Melnyk, Bernadette Mazurek
The Ohio State University
7
Ferrell, Betty Rolling
City of Hope National Med Center
8
Miaskowski, Christine A.
University of California, San Francisco
9
Whittemore, Robin
Yale School of Nursing
10
Rushton, Cynda Hylton
Johns Hopkins School of Nursing
11
Riegel, Barbara J.
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
12
Reeves, Scott
College of Medicine
13
Lake, Eileen T.
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
14
Kalisch, Beatrice Jean
University of Michigan School of Nursing
15
Foronda, Cynthia L.
University of Miami
16
Lynn, Mary R.
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
17
Corbin, Juliet M.
University of California, San Francisco
18
Squires, Allison Patricia
NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing
19
Resnick, Barbara M.
University of Maryland School of Nursing
20
Champion, Victoria Lee
Indiana University School of Nursing
21
Connelly, Lynne M.
Benedictine College
22
Paice, Judith A.
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
23
Larson, Elaine Lucille
University of Washington
24
Lee, Kathyryn Aldrich
University of California, San Francisco
25
De Gagne, Jennie C.
Duke University
26
Lee, Christopher S.
Boston College
27
Mishel, Merle H.
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
28
Goodman, Janice H.
MGH Institute of Health Professions
29
Woods-Giscombé, Cheryl L.
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
30
Davidson, Judy E.
UC San Diego Health
31
Ivánkova, Nataliya V.
Department of Health Services Administration
32
Wei, Holly
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at Lubbock
33
Dennison Himmelfarb, Cheryl Renee
Johns Hopkins School of Nursing
34
McHugh, Matthew D.
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
35
Han, Hae Ra
Johns Hopkins School of Nursing
36
Hinds, Pamela S.
The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
37
Carpenter, Janet S.
Indiana University
38
Rosa, William E.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
39
Ruppar, Todd M.
Loyola University Chicago
40
Cypress, Brigitte S.
Rutgers School of Nursing–Camden
41
Alhusen, Jeanne L.
University of Virginia
42
Wolcott, Randall D.
Southwest Regional Wound Care Center, Lubbock
43
Woods, Nancy Fugate
University of Washington
44
Benner, Patricia E.
University of California, San Francisco
45
Conn, Vicki S.
University of Missouri
46
Kleinpell, Ruth M.
Vanderbilt University School of Nursing
47
REDEKER, NANCY S.
University of Connecticut
48
Herr, Keela Ann
University of Iowa College of Nursing
49
Arnetz, Judith E.
Michigan State University
50
Patrician, Patricia A.
University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing
51
Puntillo, Kathleen Ann
University of California, San Francisco
52
Knafl, Kathleen Astin
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
53
Moser, Debra Kay
University of Tennessee, Knoxville College of Nursing
54
Berger, Ann Malone
College of Nursing
55
Fu, Mei Rosemary
New York University
56
Franck, Linda Sturla
University of California, San Francisco
57
Curley, Martha A.Q.
University of Pennsylvania
58
Howland, Robert H.
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
59
Lowe, Nancy K.
University of Colorado Anschutz College of Nursing
60
Finfgeld-Connett, Deborah L.
University of Missouri
61
Reed, Pamela G.
College of Nursing
62
Herth, Kaye Ann
Minnesota State University
63
Northouse, Laurel L.
University of Michigan School of Nursing
64
Hertzog, Melody A.
College of Nursing
65
Naylor, Mary D.
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
66
Meleis, Afaf Ibrahim
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
67
Pressler, Susan Bennett
IU School of Nursing
68
Armer, Jane Marie
University of Missouri
69
Fruh, Sharon M.
University of South Alabama College of Nursing
70
Im, E. O.
The University of Texas at Austin
71
Iheduru-Anderson, Kechi C.
Central Michigan University
72
Vance, David E.
The University of Alabama at Birmingham
73
Kelly, Lesly A.
Ascension Health
74
Bacon, Donald R.
University of Denver
75
Wallhagen, Margaret I.
University of California, San Francisco
76
Watson, M. Jean
University of Colorado Anschutz College of Nursing
77
McCorkle, Ruth C.
Yale School of Nursing
78
Lasater, Kathie
University of Portland
79
Szanton, Sarah L.
Johns Hopkins School of Nursing
80
Buerhaus, Peter i
Montana State University
81
Draucker, Claire Burke
Indiana University
82
Fulmer, Terry T.
The John A. Hartford Foundation
83
Eliason, Michele J.
San Francisco State University
84
Fick, Donna Marie
Pennsylvania State University
85
Campinha-Bacote, Josepha
President
86
Groër, Maureen Wimberly
University of Tennessee, Knoxville College of Nursing
87
Ferrans, Carol Estwing
University of Illinois at Chicago
88
Aebersold, Michelle L.
University of Michigan School of Nursing
89
Wagnild, Gail M.
The Resilience Center
90
Lasater, Karen B.
University of Pennsylvania
91
McLemore, Monica R.
Santa Clara University
92
Oermann, Marilyn H.
Duke University
93
Hamric, Ann Baile
Virginia Commonwealth University
94
Fitzpatrick, Joyce J.
Case Western Reserve University
95
Lewis, Laura Foran
College of Nursing and Health Sciences
96
Jeffries, Pamela R.
Vanderbilt University School of Nursing
97
Kwekkeboom, Kristine L.
University of Wisconsin-Madison
98
Stone, Patricia W.
Columbia University School of Nursing
99
Caruso, Claire C.
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
100
Thompson, Hilaire J.
University of Washington

486 listed scientists in Nursing in the United States

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