top-cited scientists

Top-cited scientists at Santa Fe Institute

2025 single-year list · 39 listed authors · United States

39 researchers at Santa Fe Institute ( United States) are in the 2025 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the top 2% scientists list. 31 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). By listed authors it is 1,189th of 28,577 institutions worldwide and 351st in the United States.

Listed authors
39
351st in the United States
In the global top 100,000
31
79.5% of its listed authors
Rank worldwide
#1,189
of 28,577 institutions by listed authors
Highest-ranked
#327
Anderson, Philip Warren

Top fields

  1. Physics & Astronomy1128%
  2. Biology718%
  3. Economics & Business513%
  4. Biomedical Research513%
  5. Information & Communication Technologies410%
  6. Clinical Medicine25%
  7. Earth & Environmental Sciences25%
  8. Psychology & Cognitive Sciences13%
  9. Historical Studies13%
  10. Enabling & Strategic Technologies13%

Top subfields

  1. Fluids & Plasmas410%
  2. Economics38%
  3. Ecology38%
  4. Nuclear & Particle Physics38%
  5. Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing38%
  6. Evolutionary Biology38%
  7. Applied Physics25%
  8. Archaeology25%
  9. General Physics13%
  10. Finance13%

39 listed scientists at Santa Fe Institute

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