top-cited scientists

Top-cited scientists at California Institute of Technology

2025 single-year list · 220 listed authors · United States

220 researchers at California Institute of Technology ( United States) are in the 2025 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the top 2% scientists list. 121 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). By listed authors it is 171st of 28,577 institutions worldwide and 70th in the United States.

Listed authors
220
70th in the United States
In the global top 100,000
121
55.0% of its listed authors
Rank worldwide
#171
of 28,577 institutions by listed authors
Highest-ranked
#397
Hopkins, Philip F.

Top fields

  1. Physics & Astronomy10447%
  2. Engineering3918%
  3. Earth & Environmental Sciences2310%
  4. Enabling & Strategic Technologies167%
  5. Information & Communication Technologies94%
  6. Chemistry84%
  7. Biomedical Research63%
  8. Mathematics & Statistics63%
  9. Clinical Medicine42%
  10. Economics & Business21%

Top subfields

  1. Nuclear & Particle Physics3918%
  2. Astronomy & Astrophysics3215%
  3. Optoelectronics & Photonics2411%
  4. Aerospace & Aeronautics199%
  5. Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences136%
  6. Geological & Geomatics Engineering136%
  7. Geochemistry & Geophysics73%
  8. Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing63%
  9. Fluids & Plasmas63%
  10. Applied Physics52%

220 listed scientists at California Institute of Technology

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