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Top institutions for Geochemistry & Geophysics

225 institutions · Geochemistry & Geophysics

Which institutions have the most top-cited scientists in Geochemistry & Geophysics?

2,278 researchers whose main subfield is Geochemistry & Geophysics are in the 2026 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list. China University of Geosciences has the most (35, 1.5%), followed by ETH Zürich (31) and Institute of Geology and Geophysics Chinese Academy of Sciences (27). A row opens its scientists in the subfield in the table of all authors.

#InstitutionCountryListed authorsTop 100kHighest-ranked author
1China University of Geosciences China3522Algeo, Thomas J. #1,838
2ETH Zürich Switzerland3123McLennan, Scott M. #1,061
3Institute of Geology and Geophysics Chinese Academy of Sciences China2714Zhai, Mingguo #3,525
4United States Geological Survey Western Region United States2315Boore, David M. #1,888
5The Australian National University Australia2316Taylor, Stuart Ross #5,163
6United States Geological Survey United States2312Coplen, Tyler B. #19,273
7Stanford University United States2215Ellsworth, William L. #5,423
8Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris France2212Tarantola, Albert #6,850
9Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and Development China2010Zou, Caineng Nneng #1,537
10Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences United States1918Kanamori, Hiroo M. #3,978
11Curtin University Australia1911Li, Z. X. #4,023
12University of Chinese Academy of Sciences China197Wu, Fu yuan #4,088
13Massachusetts Institute of Technology United States1910Royden, Leigh H. #11,375
14University of Oxford United Kingdom1813Jenkyns, Hugh C. #3,721
15Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory United States1812Kelemen, Peter B. #4,238
16GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences Germany1813von Blanckenburg, Friedhelm V. #25,821
17University of California, Berkeley United States1713Bürgmann, Roland #7,787
18Nanjing University China178Shu, Liangshu #8,552
19Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution United States1711Hart, Stanley R. #9,486
20The University of Tokyo Japan176Hirose, Kei #17,746
21Scripps Institution of Oceanography United States1611Craig, Harmon #6,017
22Jackson School of Geosciences United States1611Ketcham, Richard A. #7,373
23University of Cambridge United Kingdom159McKenzie, Dan P. #2,021
24College of Science United States1513Gehrels, George E. #4,177
25University of Leeds United Kingdom1511Wignall, Paul B. #8,567
26Pennsylvania State University United States149Kump, Lee R. #10,825
27University of Bristol United Kingdom136Sparks, Stephen R.S.J. #5,265
28University of Alberta Canada138Konhauser, Kurt O. #11,894
29Institut des Sciences de la Terre (ISTerre) France135Arndt, Nicholas T. #17,570
30Peking University China127Jin, Zhijun #7,933
31Rice University United States125Lee, Cin Ty Aeolus #10,066
32University of Southern California United States1210Ben-Zion, Yehuda #10,883
33Universitetet i Oslo Norway128Meert, Joseph G. #15,112
34Yale University United States118Berner, Robert A. #1,146
35University of California, Santa Barbara United States116Rudnick, Roberta L. #2,645
36Durham University United Kingdom114Niu, Yaoling #4,588
37Oregon State University United States118Simoneit, Bernd Rolf Tatsuo #7,906
38University of Oregon United States117Cashman, Katharine V. #14,717
39Sorbonne Université France116Jolivet, Laurent #26,304
40Universität Potsdam Germany118Bookhagen, Bodo #32,375
41China University of Petroleum-Beijing China116Pang, Xiongqi #44,017
42University of Science and Technology of China China107Zheng, Yong-Fei #911
43University College London United Kingdom106Vermeesch, Pieter #1,240
44Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics (IGPP) at UCLA United States109Yin, An #1,582
45Chinese Academy of Sciences China108Li, Xianhua Huan #2,692
46Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry China103Xu, Yigang #4,008
47Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences China108Hou, Zhengqian #6,945
48Macquarie University Australia108Griffin, William L. #7,971
49Carnegie Institution of Washington United States108Hazen, Robert M. #16,228
50State Key Lab for Geological Processes and Mineral Resources China108Mo, Xuanxue #17,281
51University of Colorado Boulder United States96Molnar, Peter H. #2,577
52Harvard University United States97Knoll, Andrew H. #3,199
53Université de Lorraine France93Marty, Bernard #10,348
54The University of British Columbia Canada96Oldenburg, Douglas W. #11,483
55Sinopec China94Guo, Xusheng #27,427
56GEOMAR - Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel Germany94Artemieva, Irina M. #28,820
57Géosciences Montpellier France94Mainprïce, David H. #49,640
58The University of Queensland Australia96Ireland, Trevor Russell #61,475
59Tohoku University Japan86McDonough, William F. #2,790
60School of Earth and Space Exploration United States86Whipple, Kelin X. #4,421
61University of Bern Switzerland84Rubatto, Daniela #8,091
62Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences China84Mao, Jingwen #8,771
63Imperial College London United Kingdom83Ambraseys, Nicholas N. #11,355
64Universiteit Utrecht Netherlands84van Hinsbergen, Douwe Jacob Jan #12,350
65Georg-August-Universität Göttingen Germany83Wedepohl, Karl Hans #14,876
66United States Geological Survey Central Region United States85Jibson, Randall W. #20,015
67University of California, Santa Cruz United States84Zachos, James C. #20,675
68The University of Edinburgh United Kingdom88Robertson, Alastair Harry Forbes #20,911
69Geological Survey of Canada Canada84Bédard, Jean H.J. #24,112
70British Geological Survey United Kingdom86Roberts, Nick M.W. #25,046
71University of Wisconsin-Madison United States85Thurber, Clifford H. #28,133
72Brown University United States84Herbert, Timothy D. #38,305
73Cardiff University United Kingdom73Pearce, Juliana A. #536
74Monash University Australia75Cawood, Peter A. #1,284
75İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi Türkiye74Sengör, A.M. Celal #3,099
76CNRS Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique France74Oelkers, Eric H. #5,121
77University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg South Africa73Torsvik, Trond H. #6,749
78California Institute of Technology United States73Farley, Kenneth A. #6,989
79China University of Geosciences, Beijing China74Cheng, Qiuming #8,494
80University of Michigan, Ann Arbor United States76Meyers, Philip A. #8,947
81Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University United States76Bodnar, Robert J. #10,096
82Princeton University United States76Tromp, J. #11,074
83Colorado School of Mines United States76Tahmasebi, Pejman #15,679
84University of California, Davis United States73Turcotte, Donald L. #16,450
85Northwest University China74Dong, Yunpeng #33,319
86China University of Petroleum (East China) China72Hao, Fang #41,266
87Washington University in St. Louis United States74Jolliff, Bradley L. #43,613
88School of the Earth Sciences and Resources China73Xiwei, Xu #47,266
89The University of Hong Kong Hong Kong63Zhao, Guochun Chuif #1,229
90College of the Environment United States65Montgomery, David R. #2,430
91Institute of Earth Environment China62An, Zhisheng #2,465
92Western University Canada65Nesbitt, H. Wayne #2,624
93Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca Italy65Garzanti, Eduardo #2,947
94Texas A&M University United States64Caputo, Michele #4,046
95Royal Holloway, University of London United Kingdom63Hall, Robert #4,061
96Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory United States64DePaolo, Donald J. #5,124
97Istituto Nazionale Di Geofisica E Vulcanologia, Rome Italy65Etiope, Giuseppe #11,747
98Bayerischen Geoinstitut Forschungsinstitut für Experimentelle Geochemie und Geophysik Germany65Keppler, Hans #16,261
99The University of New Mexico United States65Sharp, Zachary D. #26,333
100Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen Germany64Lottermoser, Bernd G. #27,708
101The University of Western Australia Australia64Loucks, Robert R. #28,080
102Université d'Orléans France65Faure, Michel #29,436
103University of Waterloo Canada63Van Cappellen, Philippe #32,853
104University of Calgary Canada62Eaton, David William S. #47,461
105Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main Germany61Marschall, Horst R. #57,744
106NASA Johnson Space Center United States62Zolensky, Michael Ewing #59,914
107Géosciences Environnement Toulouse France63Schott, Jacques #63,606
108Københavns Universitet Denmark61Frei, Robert E. #81,823
109University of California, Los Angeles United States54Harrison, T. Mark #4,095
110Sapienza Università di Roma Italy52Marone, Chris J. #4,979
111Columbia University United States54Plank, Terry A. #6,178
112University of Exeter United Kingdom54Searle, Michael P. #7,698
113Université Grenoble Alpes France52Virieux, Jean #8,008
114Sun Yat-Sen University China52Zhang, Peizlien Zhen #8,024
115University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa United States53Wessel, Paul #10,205
116École Normale Supérieure de Lyon France54Albarède, Francis #10,942
117Laboratoire Magmas et Volcans, Clermont-Ferrand France52Martin, Hervé #13,355
118Bullard Laboratories United Kingdom52Jackson, James A. #13,658
119The Natural History Museum, London United Kingdom52Wilkinson, Jamie J. #14,861
120Earth Sciences New Zealand New Zealand52Giggenbach, Werner F. #15,482
121The University of Sydney Australia54Dietmar Müller, R. Dietmar #16,031
122The University of Adelaide Australia53Cook, Nigel John #18,852
123Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation Australia51Barnes, S. J. #19,556
124Indiana University Bloomington United States55Bish, David Lee #19,809
125State Key Laboratory of Marine Geology China53Wang, Pinxian #21,049
126The Open University United Kingdom52Harris, Nigel B.W. #25,580
127Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover Germany53Dill, Harald G. #27,091
128Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg Germany52Götze, Jens #29,007
129Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences United States54Derry, Louis A. #32,498
130Haskoli Islands Iceland52Gíslason, Sigurður Reynir #33,192
131Università degli Studi di Padova Italy52Artioli, Gilberto #50,696
132Victoria University of Wellington New Zealand52Wilson, Colin J.N. #53,820
133MARUM – Zen­trum für Ma­ri­ne Um­welt­wis­sen­schaf­ten Germany52Hinrichs, Kai Uwe #63,919
134Michigan State University United States51Rooney, Tyrone O. #64,501
135Southern University of Science and Technology China51Chen, Xiaofei #72,935
136Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology Japan52Kimura, Jun-Ichi #80,074
137China National Petroleum Corporation China51Jiao, Fangzheng #80,674
138Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II Italy51Fedi, Maurizio #82,712
139The University of Texas at Dallas United States43Stern, Robert James #1,133
140Max Planck Institute for Chemistry Germany42Hofmann, Albrecht W. #2,888
141University of Otago New Zealand42Sibson, Richard H. #3,972
142Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research Netherlands42Sinninghe Damsté, J. S. #4,363
143National Taiwan University Taiwan43Jahn, Bor-ming Ming #4,839
144University of Maryland, College Park United States43Brown, Michael #4,875
145College of Science and Engineering United States44Hirschmann, Marc M. #5,055
146The University of Oklahoma United States42London, David #5,103
147Northwestern University United States44Scotese, Christopher Robert #7,337
148Lancaster Environment Centre United Kingdom42Maher, Barbara A. #8,647
149King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Saudi Arabia42Alkhalifah, Tariq Ali #9,123
150Yangtze University China42Liu, Yongsheng #12,109
151University of Ottawa Canada44Veizer, Ján #12,154
152Université de Genève Switzerland43Chiaradia, Massimo #13,245
153Institute of Geochemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences China43Zhou, Mei Fu #13,541
154University of Southampton United Kingdom44Foster, Gavin L. #14,802
155Queensland University of Technology Australia41Kamber, Balz Samuel #16,204
156Université McGill Canada44Mucci, Alfonso O. #23,079
157University of Münster Germany43Stracke, Andreas #23,309
158Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic Czechia43Vavryčuk, Václav #24,179
159University of Washington United States42Evans, Bernard W. #26,041
160Ocean University of China China43Li, Sanzhong #27,636
161Arizona State University United States41Hodges, K. V. #29,726
162University of Victoria Canada44Wang, Kelin #30,222
163Cecil H. and Ida M. Green Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics United States42Fialko, Yuri A. #30,787
164Berkeley Geochronology Center United States43Balco, Greg A. #32,516
165Stony Brook University United States43Wong, Tengfong #33,045
166Department of the Geophysical Sciences, The University of Chicago United States41Rowley, David B. #34,989
167University of St Andrews United Kingdom42Stüeken, Eva E. #47,663
168Géosciences Rennes France43Gallagher, Kerry L. #47,777
169Dalhousie University Canada43Boudreau, Bernard P. #48,664
170Universität Bremen Germany43Bach, Wolfgang #53,832
171School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology United States44Taylor, Graeme Jeffrey #59,808
172King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals Saudi Arabia42Dvorkin, Jack Petrovich #76,155
173University of Aberdeen United Kingdom42Butler, Robert W.H. #94,520
174Institute of Geology, China Earthquake Administration China40Shimamoto, Toshihiko #102,422
175Louisiana State University United States32Clift, Peter D. #5,234
176Boise State University United States33Kohn, Matthew J. #5,536
177University of California, Riverside United States33Dieterich, James H. #5,842
178The University of Texas at Austin United States32Fomel, Sergey B. #6,109
179The Institute of Statistical Mathematics Japan32Ogata, Yosihiko #6,757
180University of Utah, College of Mines and Earth Sciences United States33Cerling, Thure E. #9,795
181Universität Bayreuth Germany33Audétat, Andreas #12,870
182University of Manitoba Canada33Ćerný, Petr #13,334
183University of Leicester United Kingdom31Brian F. Windley, Brian #14,543
184Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science United States32Swart, Peter Koenraad #14,546
185School of Geography Australia32Powell, Roger #14,710
186College of Engineering and Physical Sciences United States33Frost, Bryce Ronald #15,009
187Johns Hopkins University United States33Sverjensky, Dimitri A. #16,774
188Universitetet i Bergen Norway31Fossen, Haakon #19,157
189Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability United States33Mäher, Kate M. #21,273
190University of Liverpool United Kingdom32Worden, Richard Henry #22,434
191Technical University of Denmark Denmark33Olsen, Nils #23,875
192School of Earth Sciences, Zhejiang University China31Xia, Jianghai #25,827
193The Nevada Seismological Laboratory United States32Wesnousky, Steven G. #26,292
194Lunar and Planetary Institute United States33Treiman, Allan H. #28,817
195Universität Basel Switzerland32Ziegler, Peter A. #29,166
196Université de Lausanne (UNIL) Switzerland33Föllmi, Karl B. #30,271
197Guangdong Research Center for Strategic Metals and Green Utilization China32He, Hongping #31,359
198Bureau of Economic Geology United States33Loucks, Robert G. #32,657
199Geological Survey of Japan Japan31Lei, Xinglin #33,858
200University of Glasgow United Kingdom32Westaway, Rob W.C. #33,885
201Institute of Science Tokyo Japan32Maruyama, Shigenori #35,476
202The University of Arizona United States31Kapp, P. A. #35,769
203Universidad de Granada Spain32Rodriguez-Navarro, Carlos M. #37,615
204Uppsala Universitet Sweden32Alavi, Mehdi #38,264
205China National Offshore Oil Corporation China31Xu, Changgui #40,768
206University of South Florida, Tampa United States31Defant, Marc J. #41,723
207University of Toronto Canada33Dunlop, David J. #45,152
208College of Computer, Mathematical, & Natural Sciences United States31Candela, Philip A. #47,054
209Duke University United States31Froelich, Philip N. #52,543
210Universität zu Köln Germany33Münker, Carsten #52,754
211Université du Québec à Chicoutimi Canada32Barnes, Sarah Jane #57,467
212Université Clermont Auvergne France31Barbarin, Bernard #59,277
213Georgia Institute of Technology United States32Reinhard, Christopher T. #61,184
214Laboratoire de Géologie de Lyon : Terre, Planètes, Environnement France32Reynard, Bruno #62,868
215Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel Germany32Lagaly, Gerhard #64,077
216Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Mexico32VERMA, SURENDRA P. #64,943
217Jilin University China32Xu, Wenliang #67,425
218Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Italy32Angel, Ross J. #70,795
219Florida State University United States31Burnett, William C. #72,775
220Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History United States31Cottrell, Elizabeth #76,240
221University of Birmingham United Kingdom31Hallam, Anthony #82,701
222University of Johannesburg South Africa31Hofmann, Axel #83,308
223Universität Wien Austria32Koeberl, Christian #90,162
224Le Laboratoire Géoazur France30Schärer, Urs #111,198
225Hokkaido University Japan30Ishihara, Shunso #131,821

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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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