Top institutions for Aerospace & Aeronautics

113 institutions · Aerospace & Aeronautics

Which institutions have the most top-cited scientists in Aerospace & Aeronautics?

1,445 researchers whose main subfield is Aerospace & Aeronautics are in the 2026 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list. College of Engineering has the most (71, 4.9%), followed by Beihang University (52) and Northwestern Polytechnical University (48). A row opens its scientists in the subfield in the table of all authors.

#InstitutionCountryListed authorsTop 100kHighest-ranked author
1College of Engineering United States7112Jameson, Antony #13,141
2Beihang University China523Yang, Chen #3,901
3Northwestern Polytechnical University China482Han, Zhonghua #25,818
4Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics China382Chen, Guo #48,080
5NASA Langley Research Center United States373Rumsey, Christopher L. #27,492
6National University of Defense Technology China China273Huang, Wei #6,228
7NASA Ames Research Center United States201Johnson, Wayne R. #41,406
8California Institute of Technology United States192Pellegrino, Sergio #23,592
9Air Force Research Laboratory United States181Visbal, Miguel R. #25,619
10Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR) Germany171Raffel, Markus #55,591
11Massachusetts Institute of Technology United States154Leveson, Nancy G. #13,428
12NASA Glenn Research Center United States142Liou, Mengsing #43,128
13Delft University of Technology Netherlands132Van Oudheusden, Bas W. #41,218
14Politecnico di Milano Italy122DeLuca, Luigi T. #51,242
15The Grainger College of Engineering United States122Freund, Jonathan B. #75,473
16Virginia Tech College of Engineering United States102Psiaki, Mark L. #33,070
17Technion - Israel Institute of Technology Israel102Shima, Tal Y. #35,548
18University of Southampton United Kingdom101Keane, Andy J. #36,026
19Harbin Institute of Technology China101Yu, Daren #42,085
20Purdue University United States100Son, Steven F. #181,968
21Boeing Corporation United States91Spalar̀t, Philippe R. #2,265
22Georgia Institute of Technology United States90Mavris, Dimitri N. #121,919
23Sapienza Università di Roma Italy90Gaudenzi, Paolo #246,748
24China Aerodynamics Research and Development Center China90Tian, Ye #254,713
25College of Engineering and Applied Science United States81Scheeres, Daniel J. #12,697
26California Institute of Technology Division of Engineering and Applied Science United States83Colonius, Tim #15,629
27Cranfield University United Kingdom81Tsourdos, Antonios #66,081
28School of Aerospace Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology China82Liu, Xinfu #76,402
29Cockrell School of Engineering United States81Clemens, Noel T. #81,672
30Tsinghua University China80Wang, Bing #110,239
31Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology South Korea80Tahk, Minjea #130,394
32Politecnico di Torino Italy80Avallone, Francesco #202,974
33Technische Universität München Germany80Breitsamter, Christian H. #212,146
34Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II Italy80Savino, Raffaele #221,469
35University of Michigan, Ann Arbor United States73Martins, Joaquim R.R.A. #4,676
36Tohoku University Japan71Kawai, Soshi #55,227
37School of Engineering and Applied Science United States72Miles, Richard B. #56,785
38Michigan Engineering United States71Johnsen, Eric #66,114
39Stanford University United States70Sands, Timothy #142,568
40University of Bristol United Kingdom70Schenk, Mark #182,918
41Beijing Institute of Technology China70Teng, Honghui #183,121
42University of Glasgow United Kingdom61McInnes, Colin Robert #90,580
43Faculteit Luchtvaart- en Ruimtevaarttechniek, TU Delft Netherlands60Gill, E. K.A. #172,594
44Penn State College of Engineering United States60Horn, Joseph F. #186,830
45Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University United States60Watson, Layne T. #195,196
46University of Oxford United Kingdom52Giles, Michael B. #17,554
47College of Science and Engineering United States51Candler, Graham V. #18,522
48The University of Texas at Austin United States51Tapley, Byron D. #27,220
49University of Florida United States51Haftka, Raphael T.(Compiler) #31,444
50Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering United States52Rao, Anil Vithala #33,943
51Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics United States51Cantwell, Brian Joseph #60,960
52University of Maryland, College Park United States51Mart́in, Maria Pino #79,673
53NASA Kennedy Space Center United States51Wheeler, Raymond M. #94,414
54School of Energy Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology China50Bao, Wen #111,626
55Shanghai Jiao Tong University China50Wu, Yuanxin #118,729
56Université Paris-Saclay France50Alauzet, Frèdèric #130,495
57Sandia National Laboratories, New Mexico United States50Eldred, Michael S. #195,358
58MIT School of Engineering United States50Hansman, Robert John #205,290
59A. James Clark School of Engineering United States50Laurence, Stuart J. #259,943
60Seoul National University South Korea50Kim, Minwoo #388,138
61Pennsylvania State University United States50Kuo, Kenneth K. #504,622
62ESTEC - European Space Research and Technology Centre Netherlands41Izzo, Dario R. #36,812
63U.S. Naval Research Laboratory United States41Kailasanath, Kazhikathra #48,534
64Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering United States41Liu, Yongming #60,743
65JAXA Institute of Space and Astronautical Science Japan41Tsuda, Yuichi #82,592
66UCLA Samueli School of Engineering United States41Zhong, Xiaolin #92,564
67Indian Institute of Science India40Ratnoo, Ashwini #126,853
68Khalifa University United Arab Emirates40Sabatini, Roberto #148,066
69Samueli School of Engineering United States40Rimoli, Julian J. #184,254
70NC State University United States40Edwards, Jack R. #185,540
71Nagoya University Japan40Nonomura, Taku #207,427
72School of Astronautics, Harbin Institute of Technology China40Cui, Naigang #272,902
73Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory United States40Trunk, Gerard V. #341,688
74University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign United States40Kearney, Sean P. #434,518
75Stanford Engineering United States31Lele, Sanjiva K. #7,925
76San Diego State University United States31Lu, Ping #8,035
77Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Hong Kong32Shyy, Wei #28,392
78University of Central Florida United States31Viana, Felipe Antonio Chegury #29,974
79Lomonosov Moscow State University Russia31Smirnov, Nickolay N. #47,793
80Università degli Studi di Padova Italy31Benini, Ernesto #48,274
81Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering United States31Benaroya, Haym #52,552
82Academy of Military Sciences China31Chen, Xiaoqian #80,606
83Gyeongsang National University South Korea31Myong, Rhoshin #83,117
84NASA Johnson Space Center United States31Liou, Jer Chyi #96,602
85The University of Manchester United Kingdom30Filippone, Antonio #106,049
86Texas A&M University United States30Saric, William S. #112,566
87Technische Universität Berlin Germany30Paschereit, Christian Oliver #115,173
88Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna Italy30Sagliano, Marco #117,328
89Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China China30Cai, Guobiao #120,720
90University of Strathclyde United Kingdom30Vasile, Massimiliano L. #126,269
91École Centrale de Lyon France30Bogey, Christophe #129,808
92Carleton University Canada30Ellery, Alex A. #145,083
93University of California, Davis United States30Hess, Ronald A. #159,506
94University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies Canada30Zingg, David Walter #164,359
95The University of Arizona United States30Fasel, Hermann F. #165,227
96Toronto Metropolitan University Canada30de Ruiter, Anton H.J. #174,942
97Université McGill Canada30Misra, Arun K. #188,477
98Samuel Ginn College of Engineering United States30Taheri, Ehsan E. #196,450
99Inc United States30Economon, Thomas D. #213,988
100Fudan University China30Dong, Yiqun #230,008
101AFIT Graduate School of Engineering and Management United States30Torvik, Peter J. #232,525
102Central South University China30Luo, Shibin #242,741
103School of Engineering United States30Amitay, Michael #270,143
104Jet Propulsion Laboratory United States30Werner, Robert A. #273,897
105The University of Queensland Australia30Mee, David J. #279,466
106Xi'an Jiaotong University China30Chen, Gang #286,731
107RMIT University Australia30Marzocca, Pier #293,904
108Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Japan30Ito, Yasushi #296,826
109ONERA Office National d'Etudes et Recherches Aerospatiales France30Délery, Jean M. #309,616
110Sun Yat-Sen University China30Wu, Z. G. #328,401
111FAMU-FSU College of Engineering United States30Unnikrishnan, Sasidharan #413,061
112Universität Stuttgart Germany30Herdrich, Georg H. #526,507
113The University of Tokyo Japan30Nakasuka, Shinichi #616,923