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Top institutions in the United States for Oceanography

15 institutions · Oceanography · United States

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

149 researchers in the United States whose main subfield is Oceanography 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 29 countries in the subfield. 45 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution has the most (24), followed by Scripps Institution of Oceanography (8) and Oregon State University (6). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.

Listed authors
149
0.2% of all in the United States
In the global top 100,000
45
30.2% of them
Country rank in the subfield
#1
of 29 countries in Oceanography
Highest-ranked
#2,121
Millero, Frank J.
#InstitutionListed authorsTop 100kRank worldwideHighest-ranked author
1Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution248#1Buesseler, Ken O. #14,562
2Scripps Institution of Oceanography83#2Dickson, Andrew G. #12,601
3Oregon State University63#6Holman, Robert A. #65,143
4Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute42#8Chávez de La O, Francisco P. #26,250
5United States Geological Survey40#13Warrick, Jonathan A. #120,083
6Applied Physics Laboratory40#14Gregg, Michael C. #187,737
7Stony Brook University32#17Aller, Robert Curwood #26,571
8Massachusetts Institute of Technology31#18Ferrari, Raffaele #30,732
9University of Washington School of Oceanography32#19Devol, Allan H. #41,149
10College of Engineering31#22Liu, Phillip Li Fan #51,330
11University of Washington31#23Kessler, William S. #67,041
12University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science31#25Grebmeier, Jacqueline M. #77,452
13Virginia Institute of Marine Science30#28Friedrichs, Carl T. #102,369
14Old Dominion University30#29Ezer, Tal #108,421
15Louisiana State University30#31Roberts, Harry H. #129,694

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

  1. 1
    Millero, Frank J.
    Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science
  2. 2
    Dickson, Andrew G.
    Scripps Institution of Oceanography
  3. 3
    Buesseler, Ken O.
    Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
  4. 4
    Hansell, Dennis A.
    Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science
  5. 5
    Alford, Matthew H.
    Scripps Institution of Oceanography
  6. 6
    Klemas, Victor V.
    University of Delaware
  7. 7
    Chávez de La O, Francisco P.
    Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
  8. 8
    Aller, Robert Curwood
    Stony Brook University
  9. 9
    Johnson, Kenneth S.
    Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
  10. 10
    Ferrari, Raffaele
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  11. 11
    Geyer, Wayne Rockwell
    Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
  12. 12
    McGillicuddy, Dennis J.
    Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
  13. 13
    Munk, Walter H.
    Scripps Institution of Oceanography
  14. 14
    Kirby, James T.
    University of Delaware College of Engineering
  15. 15
    Price, James F.
    Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
  16. 16
    Shchepetkin, Alexander F.
    University of California, Los Angeles
  17. 17
    Byrne, Robert H.
    University of South Florida St. Petersburg
  18. 18
    Devol, Allan H.
    University of Washington School of Oceanography
  19. 19
    Coble, Paula G.
    University of South Florida St. Petersburg
  20. 20
    Liu, Phillip Li Fan
    College of Engineering
  21. 21
    Jaffe, Jules S.
    Marine Physical Laboratory
  22. 22
    Dalrymple, Robert Anthony
    Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
  23. 23
    Thomas, Leif N.
    Stanford University
  24. 24
    Schmitt, Raymond W.
    Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
  25. 25
    Holman, Robert A.
    Oregon State University
  26. 26
    Kessler, William S.
    University of Washington
  27. 27
    Kunze, Eric L.
    NorthWest Research Associates, Inc.
  28. 28
    Grebmeier, Jacqueline M.
    University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
  29. 29
    Moum, James N.
    Oregon State University
  30. 30
    Charette, Matthew A.
    Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
  31. 31
    Leatherman, Stephen P.
    Florida International University
  32. 32
    Mellor, George L.
    Sidney Kimmel Medical College
  33. 33
    Komar, Paul D.
    Oregon State University
  34. 34
    Polzin, Kurt L.
    Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
  35. 35
    MacCready, Parker
    University of Washington School of Oceanography
  36. 36
    Hwang, Paul A.
    Silver Spring
  37. 37
    Tolman, Hendrik L.
    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
  38. 38
    Benítez-Nelson, Claudia R.
    University of South Carolina
  39. 39
    Lilly, Jonathan M.
    Planetary Science Institute
  40. 40
    Okubo, Akira
    Stony Brook University
  41. 41
    Chassignet, Eric P.
    Florida State University
  42. 42
    DeMaster, David J.
    NC State University
  43. 43
    Valle-Levinson, Arnoldo
    Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering
  44. 44
    Pickart, Robert S.
    Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
  45. 45
    Stanley, Daniel Jean
    Mediterranean Basin (MEDIBA) Program
  46. 46
    Mayer, Larry A.
    University of New Hampshire Durham
  47. 47
    Friedrichs, Carl T.
    Virginia Institute of Marine Science
  48. 48
    Allison, Mead A.
    Tulane University
  49. 49
    Ezer, Tal
    Old Dominion University
  50. 50
    Fiedler, Paul C.
    NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service Southwest Regional Office
  51. 51
    Rhines, Peter B.
    University of Washington
  52. 52
    Biscaye, Pierre E.
    Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
  53. 53
    Brewer, Peter G.
    Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
  54. 54
    Jayne, Steven R.
    Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
  55. 55
    Dean, Robert G.
    Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering
  56. 56
    Mopper, Kenneth M.
    Old Dominion University
  57. 57
    Murray, James W.
    University of Washington School of Oceanography
  58. 58
    Warrick, Jonathan A.
    United States Geological Survey
  59. 59
    Barnard, Patrick L.
    United States Geological Survey
  60. 60
    Thoppil, Prasad G.
    U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
  61. 61
    Fabry, Victoria J.
    California State University San Marcos
  62. 62
    Honjo, Susumu
    Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
  63. 63
    Wiberg, Patricia L.
    University of Virginia
  64. 64
    Reguero, Borja G.
    University of California, Santa Cruz
  65. 65
    Schofield, Oscar S.
    Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences
  66. 66
    Elgar, Steve
    Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
  67. 67
    Richardson, Philip L.
    Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
  68. 68
    Roberts, Harry H.
    Louisiana State University
  69. 69
    Jackson, George A.
    Texas A&M University
  70. 70
    Spall, Michael A.
    Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
  71. 71
    Hughes Clarke, John E.
    University of New Hampshire Durham
  72. 72
    Flierl, Glenn R.
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  73. 73
    Lynett, Patrick J.
    University of Southern California
  74. 74
    Guo, Laodong
    University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
  75. 75
    Madsen, Ole Secher
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  76. 76
    Oey, Lie Yauw
    Princeton University
  77. 77
    Smyth, William D.
    Oregon State University
  78. 78
    Zheng, Quan'an
    College of Computer, Mathematical, & Natural Sciences
  79. 79
    Chen, Qin
    Northeastern University
  80. 80
    Davis, Russ E.
    Scripps Institution of Oceanography
  81. 81
    Huang, Ruixin
    Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
  82. 82
    Hetland, Robert D.
    Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
  83. 83
    FitzGerald, Duncan M.
    Boston University
  84. 84
    Morton, Robert A.
    United States Geological Survey
  85. 85
    Grilli, Stéphan T.
    University of Rhode Island’s College of Engineering
  86. 86
    Xu, Kehui
    Louisiana State University
  87. 87
    Barber, Richard T.
    Duke University
  88. 88
    Chu, Peter Cheng
    Naval Postgraduate School
  89. 89
    Zhang, Keqi
    Florida International University
  90. 90
    Barrick, Donald E.
    CODAR Ocean Sensors
  91. 91
    Warner, John C.
    United States Geological Survey
  92. 92
    Negahdaripour, Shahriar S.
    University of Miami College of Engineering
  93. 93
    Legg, Sonya M.
    University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
  94. 94
    Nittrouer, Charles Albert
    University of Washington
  95. 95
    Bishop, James K.B.
    University of California, Berkeley
  96. 96
    Zhang, Yinglong Joseph
    Virginia Institute of Marine Science
  97. 97
    Gregg, Michael C.
    Applied Physics Laboratory
  98. 98
    Fletcher, Charles Henry
    School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology
  99. 99
    Yeh, Harry H.
    College of Engineering
  100. 100
    St.Laurent, Louis C.
    Applied Physics Laboratory

149 listed scientists in Oceanography 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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