top-cited scientists

Top-cited scientists at Stanford University

2025 single-year list · 731 listed authors · United States

731 researchers at Stanford University ( United States) are in the 2025 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the top 2% scientists list. 446 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). By listed authors it is 6th of 28,577 institutions worldwide and 3rd in the United States.

Listed authors
731
3rd in the United States
In the global top 100,000
446
61.0% of its listed authors
Rank worldwide
#6
of 28,577 institutions by listed authors
Highest-ranked
#4
Bandura, Albert

Top fields

  1. Clinical Medicine19326%
  2. Information & Communication Technologies9613%
  3. Physics & Astronomy7310%
  4. Social Sciences618%
  5. Biomedical Research487%
  6. Earth & Environmental Sciences426%
  7. Psychology & Cognitive Sciences416%
  8. Economics & Business304%
  9. Engineering304%
  10. Mathematics & Statistics264%

Top subfields

  1. Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing618%
  2. Neurology & Neurosurgery395%
  3. Developmental Biology294%
  4. Geochemistry & Geophysics223%
  5. Economics203%
  6. Applied Physics193%
  7. Political Science & Public Administration182%
  8. Education172%
  9. Surgery172%
  10. Experimental Psychology162%

731 listed scientists at Stanford University

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