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

195 researchers in the United States whose main subfield is Sport Sciences 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 50 countries in the subfield. 108 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). University of Michigan, Ann Arbor has the most (7), followed by Michigan State University (5) and The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (5). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.

Listed authors
195
0.3% of all in the United States
In the global top 100,000
108
55.4% of them
Country rank in the subfield
#1
of 50 countries in Sport Sciences
Highest-ranked
#1,063
Hagger, Martin S.
#InstitutionListed authorsTop 100kRank worldwideHighest-ranked author
1University of Michigan, Ann Arbor75#16Conroy, David E. #23,435
2Michigan State University54#19Ekkekakis, Panteleimon #6,642
3The University of North Carolina at Greensboro50#26Dyson, Ben P. #114,940
4University of South Carolina42#27Blair, Steven N. #2,827
5University of Connecticut44#35Armstrong, Lawrence E. #15,225
6University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign42#41Richards, K. Andrew R. #42,100
7University of Massachusetts Amherst43#44Hamill, Joseph #50,526
8College of Arts and Sciences44#45Wikstrom, Erik Anders #57,031
9University of Wisconsin-Madison42#47Koltyn, Kelli F. #77,482
10The Ohio State University32#51Kraemer, William J. #11,227
11University of Kentucky31#56Gribble, Phillip A. #22,898
12University of Georgia32#57Dishman, Rodney K. #24,749
13Old Dominion University31#58Haegele, Justin A. #28,173
14University of Minnesota Twin Cities31#64Roberts, William Oliver #43,198

The top 100 in Sport Sciences in the United States, in order

  1. 1
  2. 2
    Schoenfeld, Brad Jon
    Lehman College
  3. 3
    Blair, Steven N.
    University of South Carolina
  4. 4
    Hertel, Jay N.
    University of Virginia
  5. 5
    Buchheit, Martin
    Precision Sport Science
  6. 6
    Ekkekakis, Panteleimon
    Michigan State University
  7. 7
    Malina, Robert M.
    University of Louisville School of Public Health and Information Sciences
  8. 8
    Troiano, Richard P.
    US Public Health Service
  9. 9
    Matthews, Charles E.
    National Cancer Institute (NCI)
  10. 10
    Bassett, David R.
    The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
  11. 11
    Foster, Carl
    University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
  12. 12
    Kraemer, William J.
    The Ohio State University
  13. 13
    Myer, Gregory D.
    Emory University School of Medicine
  14. 14
    Peterson, Mark D.
    University of Michigan Medical School
  15. 15
    Armstrong, Lawrence E.
    University of Connecticut
  16. 16
    Baker, Lindsay B.
    PepsiCo, Inc.
  17. 17
    Hackney, Anthony Carl
    Department of Nutrition
  18. 18
    Guskiewicz, Kevin M.
    Michigan State University
  19. 19
    Kreider, Richard B.
    Texas A&M University
  20. 20
    Marshall, Stephen William
    UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
  21. 21
    Loenneke, Jeremy Paul
    University of Mississippi
  22. 22
    Gribble, Phillip A.
    University of Kentucky
  23. 23
    Stone, Michael Henry
    East Tennessee State University
  24. 24
    Conroy, David E.
    University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  25. 25
    Dishman, Rodney K.
    University of Georgia
  26. 26
    Coyle, Edward F.
    The University of Texas at Austin
  27. 27
    Nieman, David Christopher
    Appalachian State University
  28. 28
    Kram, Rodger
    University of Colorado Boulder
  29. 29
    Haegele, Justin A.
    Old Dominion University
  30. 30
    Antonio, José
    Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine
  31. 31
    Meeuwisse, Willem H.
    National Hockey League, New York
  32. 32
    Tomporowski, Phillip Daniel
    University of Georgia
  33. 33
    Pesce, Caterina
    Michigan State University
  34. 34
    Escamilla, Rafael F.
    California State University, Sacramento
  35. 35
    Faigenbaum, Avery D.
    The College of New Jersey
  36. 36
    Weir, Joseph P.
    University of Kansas
  37. 37
    Gao, Zan
    The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
  38. 38
    Casa, Douglas J.
    University of Connecticut
  39. 39
    Harmon, Kimberly G.
    University of Washington School of Medicine
  40. 40
    Leddy, John J.
    Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
  41. 41
    Putukian, Margot
    Princeton University
  42. 42
    Thompson, Walter R.
    Georgia State University
  43. 43
    Drezner, Jonathan Adam
    University of Washington School of Medicine
  44. 44
    Volek, Jeff S.
    The Ohio State University
  45. 45
    Richards, K. Andrew R.
    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  46. 46
    Roberts, William Oliver
    University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  47. 47
    Garber, Carol Ewing
    Columbia University
  48. 48
    Kalman, Douglas S.
    Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine
  49. 49
    Kontos, Anthony P.
    UPMC Sports Medicine
  50. 50
    Piercy, Katrina L.
    United States Department of Health and Human Services
  51. 51
    Gaesser, Glenn A.
    Arizona State University Downtown Phoenix Campus
  52. 52
    Hamill, Joseph
    University of Massachusetts Amherst
  53. 53
    Gould, Daniel R.
    Michigan State University
  54. 54
    Loucks, Anne B.
    Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine
  55. 55
    Reardon, Claudia L.
    University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
  56. 56
    Freedson, Patty S.
    University of Massachusetts Amherst
  57. 57
    Fry, Andrew C.
    University of Kansas
  58. 58
    Stamps, Arthur E.
    Institute of Environmental Quality
  59. 59
    Nieman, David Christopher
    Appalachian State University
  60. 60
    Jarić, Slobodan
    University of Delaware
  61. 61
    Wikstrom, Erik Anders
    College of Arts and Sciences
  62. 62
    San-Millán, Iñigo
    University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine
  63. 63
    Welk, Gregory John
    Iowa State University
  64. 64
  65. 65
    Kerksick, Chad M.
    Lindenwood University
  66. 66
    Bemben, Michael G.
    The University of Oklahoma
  67. 67
    Pescatello, Linda Shannon
    University of Connecticut
  68. 68
    Deschenes, Michael R.
    William & Mary
  69. 69
    Pietrosimone, Brian G.
    College of Arts and Sciences
  70. 70
    Sallis, Robert E.
    Kaiser Permanente
  71. 71
    Yu, Bing
    The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  72. 72
    Kerr, Zachary Yukio
    College of Arts and Sciences
  73. 73
    Friedl, Karl E.
    United States Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine
  74. 74
    Robinson, Leah E.
    University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  75. 75
    Clarkson, Priscilla M.
    University of Massachusetts Amherst
  76. 76
    Fredericson, Michael
    Stanford Research and Prevention Center
  77. 77
    Meehan, William Paul I.
    Harvard Medical School
  78. 78
    Broglio, Steven P.
    University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  79. 79
    Leon, Arthur S.
    School of Public Health
  80. 80
    Smith, Alan L.
    Utah State University
  81. 81
    Ford, Kevin R.
    High Point University
  82. 82
    Volpe, Stella L.
    Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
  83. 83
    Koltyn, Kelli F.
    University of Wisconsin-Madison
  84. 84
    Stodden, David F.
    University of South Carolina
  85. 85
    Padua, Darin A.
    College of Arts and Sciences
  86. 86
    Kavouras, Stavros A.
    Arizona State University Downtown Phoenix Campus
  87. 87
    Rhea, Matthew R.
    Arizona School of Health Sciences
  88. 88
    Tenforde, Adam Sebastian
    Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital Network
  89. 89
    Martin, Jeffrey J.
    Wayne State University
  90. 90
    Suchomel, Timothy J.
    University of Pittsburgh
  91. 91
    Kenefick, Robert William
    United States Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine
  92. 92
    Willy, Richard W.
    The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
  93. 93
    Nindl, Bradley Charles
    University of Pittsburgh
  94. 94
    Eisenmann, Joey C.
    Saint Xavier University
  95. 95
    Lepley, Lindsey K.
    University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  96. 96
    Riemann, Bryan L.
    Georgia Southern University
  97. 97
    Woods, Jeffrey A.
    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  98. 98
    Lawson, Hal A.
    State University of New York Albany
  99. 99
    Hoffman, Martin D.
    UC Davis Medical Center
  100. 100
    DeVita, Paul
    East Carolina University

195 listed scientists in Sport 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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