top-cited scientists
2026 list
202620252024
top-cited scientiststopcitedscientists.com

Top institutions in the United States for Paleontology

11 institutions · Paleontology · United States

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

140 researchers in the United States whose main subfield is Paleontology 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 35 countries in the subfield. 77 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History has the most (6), followed by Smithsonian Institution (4) and Yale University (4). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.

Listed authors
140
0.2% of all in the United States
In the global top 100,000
77
55.0% of them
Country rank in the subfield
#1
of 35 countries in Paleontology
Highest-ranked
#7,627
Erwin, Douglas H.
#InstitutionListed authorsTop 100kRank worldwideHighest-ranked author
1Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History63#3Labandeira, Conrad C. #35,458
2Smithsonian Institution43#13Behrensmeyer, Anna Kay #16,236
3Yale University44#14Briggs, Derek E.G. #17,493
4American Museum of Natural History43#16Engel, Michael S. #20,024
5University of Michigan, Ann Arbor43#17Wilson, Jeffrey A. #38,166
6University of California, Davis32#23Vermeij, Geerat Jacobus #20,933
7University of California, Santa Barbara32#27Lisiecki, Lorraine E. #24,658
8Department of the Geophysical Sciences, The University of Chicago33#30Kidwell, Susan M. #27,744
9United States Geological Survey31#36Muhs, Daniel R. #44,223
10Stanford University33#40Payne, Jonathan L. #55,458
11Field Museum of Natural History31#43Rieppel, Olivier C. #68,294

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

  1. 1
    Erwin, Douglas H.
    Santa Fe Institute
  2. 2
    Gould, Stephen Jay
    Harvard University
  3. 3
    Sereno, Paul C.
    Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, The University of Chicago
  4. 4
    Behrensmeyer, Anna Kay
    Smithsonian Institution
  5. 5
    Briggs, Derek E.G.
    Yale University
  6. 6
    Barnosky, Anthony D.
    University of California, Berkeley
  7. 7
    Ruddiman, William F.
    University of Virginia
  8. 8
    van Valkenburgh, Blaire
    University of California, Los Angeles
  9. 9
    Strömberg, Caroline A.E.
    University of Washington
  10. 10
    Engel, Michael S.
    American Museum of Natural History
  11. 11
    Vermeij, Geerat Jacobus
    University of California, Davis
  12. 12
    Xiao, Shuhai
    Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
  13. 13
    Lisiecki, Lorraine E.
    University of California, Santa Barbara
  14. 14
    Brochu, Christopher A.
    University of Iowa
  15. 15
    Kidwell, Susan M.
    Department of the Geophysical Sciences, The University of Chicago
  16. 16
    Nesbitt, Sterling J.
    Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
  17. 17
    Foote, Michael
    Department of the Geophysical Sciences, The University of Chicago
  18. 18
    Marean, Curtis W.
    Institute of Human Origins
  19. 19
    Edwards, R. Lawrence
    College of Science and Engineering
  20. 20
    Poinar, George O.
    Oregon State University
  21. 21
    Owen, Lewis A.
    NC State University
  22. 22
    Labandeira, Conrad C.
    Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
  23. 23
    MacDonald, Glen Michael
    University of California, Los Angeles
  24. 24
    Wilson, Jeffrey A.
    University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  25. 25
    Raup, David M.
    Department of the Geophysical Sciences, The University of Chicago
  26. 26
    Gingerich, Philip D.
    University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  27. 27
    Lockley, Martin Gaudin
    University of Colorado Denver
  28. 28
    Friedman, Matt
    University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  29. 29
    Sepkoski, J. John
    The University of Chicago
  30. 30
    Muhs, Daniel R.
    United States Geological Survey
  31. 31
    Hallock, Pamela M.
    University of South Florida St. Petersburg
  32. 32
    Grimm, Eric C.
    University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine
  33. 33
    Thomas, Ellen
    Yale University
  34. 34
    Jaramillo, Carlos Alberto
    Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
  35. 35
    Keller, Gerta
    Princeton University
  36. 36
    Saltzman, Matthew R.
    The Ohio State University
  37. 37
    Fairbanks, Richard G.
    Columbia University
  38. 38
    Carrano, Matthew T.
    Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
  39. 39
    Vrba, Elisabeth S.
    Yale University
  40. 40
    Padian, Kevin
    University of California, Berkeley
  41. 41
    Payne, Jonathan L.
    Stanford University
  42. 42
    Grimaldi, David A.
    American Museum of Natural History
  43. 43
    Erickson, Gregory M.
    Florida State University
  44. 44
    Clemens, Steven C.
    Brown University
  45. 45
    Lea, David W.
    University of California, Santa Barbara
  46. 46
    DiMichele, William A.
    Smithsonian Institution
  47. 47
    Kaufman, Darrell S.
    Northern Arizona University
  48. 48
    Motani, Ryosuke
    University of California, Davis
  49. 49
    Rowe, Timothy B.
    Jackson School of Geosciences
  50. 50
    Bottjer, David J.
    University of Southern California
  51. 51
    Stanley, Steven M.
    Florida State University
  52. 52
    Southon, John Richard
    University of California, Irvine
  53. 53
    Rieppel, Olivier C.
    Field Museum of Natural History
  54. 54
    Stone, John O.H.
    College of the Environment
  55. 55
    Stuiver, Minze
    College of the Environment
  56. 56
    Lucas, Spencer G.
    New Mexico Museum Natural History and Science
  57. 57
    Gatesy, Stephen M.
    The Warren Alpert Medical School
  58. 58
    Olsen, Paul Eric
    Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
  59. 59
    Faith, J. Tyler
    The University of Utah
  60. 60
    Prell, Warren L.
    Brown University
  61. 61
    Hull, Pincelli M.
    Yale University
  62. 62
    Deino, Alan L.
    Berkeley Geochronology Center
  63. 63
    Horner, John R.
    Chapman University
  64. 64
    Mayor, Adrienne
    Stanford University
  65. 65
    O'Connor, Patrick Michael
    Denver Museum of Nature & Science
  66. 66
    Turner, Alan H.
    Stony Brook University
  67. 67
    Norell, Mark A.
    American Museum of Natural History
  68. 68
    Lynch-Stieglitz, Jean
    Georgia Institute of Technology
  69. 69
    Luo, Zhexi
    Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, The University of Chicago
  70. 70
    Keigwin, Lloyd D.
    Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
  71. 71
    Bartlein, Patrick J.
    University of Oregon
  72. 72
    Hunt, Gene
    Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
  73. 73
    Wing, Scott L.
    Smithsonian Institution
  74. 74
    Wang, Yuan
    Stanford University
  75. 75
    Kraus, Mary J.
    University of Colorado Boulder
  76. 76
    MacFadden, Bruce J.
    Florida Museum of Natural History
  77. 77
    Leckie, Robert Mark
    University of Massachusetts Amherst
  78. 78
    Dilcher, David Leonard
    Indiana University Bloomington
  79. 79
    Huber, Brian T.
    Smithsonian Institution
  80. 80
    Haynes, Gary A.
    University of Nevada, Reno
  81. 81
    Droser, Mary L.
    University of California, Riverside
  82. 82
    Brett, Carlton E.E.
    University of Cincinnati
  83. 83
    Thunell, Robert C.
    University of South Carolina
  84. 84
    Holland, Steven M.
    University of Georgia
  85. 85
    Chatterjee, Sankar
    Texas Tech University
  86. 86
    Burns, Stephen J.
    University of Massachusetts Amherst
  87. 87
    Landing, Ed
    New York State Museum
  88. 88
    Bambach, Richard K.
    Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
  89. 89
    Koohang, Alex A.
    Middle Georgia State University
  90. 90
    Wible, John R.
    Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh
  91. 91
    Arratia, Gloria
    University KS Natural History Museum
  92. 92
    Chiappe, Luis María
    Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
  93. 93
    Li, Yingkui
    The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
  94. 94
    Spero, Howard J.
    University of California, Davis
  95. 95
    Voss, Robert S.
    American Museum of Natural History
  96. 96
    Kowalewski, Michal J.
    Florida Museum of Natural History
  97. 97
    Sues, Hans Dieter
    Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
  98. 98
    Badgley, Catherine E.
    University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  99. 99
    Lachniet, Matthew S.
    University of Nevada, Las Vegas
  100. 100
    Mix, Alan C.
    Oregon State University

140 listed scientists in Paleontology in the United States

See all 140 in the interactive table →

This page online: https://topcitedscientists.com/fields/united-states/paleontology/

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.

Printed from topcitedscientists.com, an independent site not affiliated with or endorsed by the dataset authors, Stanford University, Elsevier or Scopus. This is not an official document.