Top institutions for Optics

183 institutions · Optics

Which institutions have the most top-cited scientists in Optics?

1,780 researchers whose main subfield is Optics 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 (20, 1.1%), followed by Nanjing University (20) and National Institute of Standards and Technology (20). A row opens its scientists in the subfield in the table of all authors.

#InstitutionCountryListed authorsTop 100kHighest-ranked author
1College of Engineering United States206Zhang, Song #3,855
2Nanjing University China206Zhu, Shining #21,695
3National Institute of Standards and Technology United States202Newbury, Nathan R. #22,312
4Shenzhen University China152Qu, Junle #56,896
5The University of Arizona United States141Brady, David Jones #20,838
6University of Central Florida United States133Khanikaev, Alexander B. #32,784
7University of Southampton United Kingdom122Zheludev, Nikolay I. #3,131
8University of Rochester Institute of Optics United States125Agrawal, Govind P. #3,333
9The Australian National University Australia115Kivshar, Yuri S. #581
10Beihang University China111Pan, Bing #2,395
11University of Science and Technology of China China111Liu, Junqiu #59,096
12Tsinghua University China114Lin, Xing #81,231
13Northwestern Polytechnical University China111Gan, Xuetao #89,684
14University of Chinese Academy of Sciences China110Li, Xiong #120,948
15Politecnico di Milano Italy103Longhi, Stefano #953
16École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Switzerland103Kippenberg, T. J. #5,585
17University of Shanghai for Science and Technology China102Zhan, Qiwen #5,933
18University of Colorado Boulder United States104Diddams, Scott A. #9,687
19Technical University of Denmark Denmark102Jepsen, Peter Uhd #29,795
20University of Glasgow United Kingdom95Padgett, Miles J. #1,158
21University of Oxford United Kingdom93Martin J. Booth, Martin James #10,713
22College of Optical Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University China92Luo, Ming Ronnier #32,471
23Peking University China93Gong, Qi Huang #40,972
24Tel Aviv University Israel92Scheuer, Jacob Koby #41,184
25Jinan University China91Li, Xiangping #70,598
26Sun Yat-Sen University China92Dong, Jianwen #80,537
27Tianjin University China91Han, Jiaguang #98,208
28Huazhong University of Science and Technology China91Tao, Guangming #99,726
29Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena Germany83Heintzmann, Rainer #52,287
30The State Key Laboratory of Precision Measurement Technology and Instruments China81Yang, Yuanmu #82,148
31Massachusetts Institute of Technology United States73Fujimoto, James G. #6,340
32Harbin Institute of Technology China74Ma, Yuefei #9,369
33Technion - Israel Institute of Technology Israel71Segev, Mordechai (Moti) #11,699
34Fudan University China71Sun, Shulin #73,470
35Shanghai Jiao Tong University China70Yuan, Luqi #123,949
36California Institute of Technology Division of Engineering and Applied Science United States61Váhala, Kerry J. #1,697
37The University of Hong Kong Hong Kong64Zhang, Xiang #2,708
38University of Bristol United Kingdom62O'Brien, Jeremy L. #4,127
39Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics Germany63Krausz, Ferenc #7,751
40Sorbonne Université France62Gigan, Sylvain #16,073
41Universität Hamburg Germany62Chapman, H. N. #17,987
42Macquarie University Australia61Jackson, Stuart D. #19,089
43City University of Hong Kong Hong Kong62Tsai, Din Ping #33,010
44Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology South Korea61Park, Yongkeun #39,784
45MIT School of Engineering United States63Hu, Juejun Jun #58,142
46Heriot-Watt University United Kingdom62Travers, John C. #69,291
47University of Leeds United Kingdom61Williams, David R. #78,372
48Nankai University China62Chen, Zhigang #83,349
49National University of Defense Technology China China61Liu, Wei #90,261
50Imperial College London United Kingdom60Oulton, Rupert F.M. #100,936
51Fraunhofer-Institut für Angewandte Optik und Feinmechanik in Jena Germany60Tünnermann, Andreas #123,992
52School of Optics and Photonics, Beijing Institute of Technology China60Xiong, Jianghao #135,033
53Chinese University of Hong Kong Hong Kong60Xu, Hongnan #136,799
54Tongji University China60Cheng, Xinbin #190,115
55Duke University United States54Smith, David R. #3,224
56ETH Zürich Switzerland54Novotný, Lukas #5,324
57Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light Germany54Russell, Philip St John #5,526
58USC Viterbi School of Engineering United States52Christodoulides, Demetrios N. #5,564
59The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science United States53Lipson, Michal #8,889
60Samara National Research University Russia51Kazanskiy, Nikolay L. #13,821
61Syddansk Universitet Denmark53Bozhevolnyi, Sergey I. #15,767
62Stanford Engineering United States52Fan, Jonathan Albert #18,819
63Medizinische Universität Wien, Zentrum für Medizinische Physik und Biomedizinische Technik Austria52Drexler, Wolfgang #39,105
64Shandong Normal University China51Cai, Yangjian #41,067
65The University of Tokyo Japan52Goda, Keisuke #42,091
66University of Michigan, Ann Arbor United States52Cundiff, Steven T. #47,879
67UCLA Samueli School of Engineering United States51Rivenson, Yair #52,643
68The University of Osaka Japan52Kawata, Satoshi #56,572
69Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt Germany51Riehle, Fritz #67,172
70Institut de Ciencies Fotoniques Spain52Mitchell, Morgan W. #69,807
71University of Ottawa Canada51Karimi, Ebrahim #70,459
72Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Italy52Vitiello, Miriam Serena #91,495
73Soochow University China50Gong, Wenlin #121,118
74Oak Ridge National Laboratory United States50Grice, Warren P. #142,090
75Institut Fresnel France50Brasselet, Sophie #217,955
76University of Rochester United States43Boyd, Robert W. #681
77Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science United States42Cao, Hui #8,443
78Los Alamos National Laboratory United States42Chen, Houtong #10,596
79Stanford University United States42Byer, Robert L. #12,863
80Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences United States41Loncǎr, Marko #16,968
81University of Toronto Canada42Sipe, John E. #20,138
82University of Washington United States41Wang, Ruikang K. #21,173
83Westlake University China41Qiu, Min #22,884
84Université de Bordeaux France41Lalanne, Philippe #22,950
85RMIT University Australia42Castelletto, Stefania A. #23,399
86Université Bourgogne Europe France41Grelu, Philippe #23,787
87University of Bath United Kingdom41Knight, Jonathan C. #28,357
88Lomonosov Moscow State University Russia43Gorodetsky, M. L. #28,457
89Swinburne University of Technology Australia42Juodkazis, Saulius #31,047
90Washington University in St. Louis United States41Yang, Lan #38,665
91Wuhan University China42Xiao, Meng #41,206
92School of Engineering and Applied Science United States41Feng, Liang #42,700
93The University of Queensland Australia41Rakic, Aleksandar D. #43,022
94Shanxi University China41Zhang, Lei #46,290
95Massachusetts General Hospital United States41Tearney, Guillermo J. #53,079
96University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign United States42Popescu, Gabriel #57,657
97Shandong University of Science and Technology China41Kodama, Yuji #63,130
98Sapienza Università di Roma Italy42Wabnitz, Stefan W. #68,341
99University of Crete Greece41Efremidis, Nikolaos K. #68,457
100Indian Institute of Technology Delhi India41Gupta, B. D. #71,888
101Electrical and Computer Engineering Department United States41Liu, Zhaowei #76,610
102SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory United States40Marchesini, Stefano #111,363
103Hunan University China40Hu, Yueqiang #121,243
104The University of Sydney Australia40De Sterke, C. Martijn #121,621
105University of Exeter United Kingdom40Vollmer, Frank #121,661
106Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Germany40Benson, Oliver #130,606
107University College London United Kingdom40Delpy, David T. #142,177
108School of Physics China40Davis, Timothy J. #171,530
109Shandong University China40Sun, Baoqing #201,103
110Università degli Studi di Brescia Italy40Baronio, Fabio #209,988
111Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover Germany40Mitschke, Fedor M. #273,685
112California Institute of Technology United States32Wang, Lihong V. #706
113UW College of Engineering United States32Kutz, Jose Nathan #1,232
114Institute of Optics and Electronics Chinese Academy of Sciences China33Luo, Xiangang #3,467
115National Research Council Canada Canada31Corkum, Paul B. #4,491
116University of California, Los Angeles United States32Ozcan, Aydogan #4,705
117Nanyang Technological University Singapore32Shen, Yijie #7,547
118Boston University United States33Boas, David A. #14,117
119The Grainger College of Engineering United States31Kwiat, Paul G. #14,118
120Karlsruher Institut für Technologie Germany31Wegener, Martin #14,341
121Cornell University College of Engineering United States32Wise, Frank W. #14,942
122Niels Bohr Institutet Denmark31Lodahl, Peter #17,497
123Zhejiang University China31Tong, Limin #20,188
124Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II Italy31Marrucci, Lorenzo #29,614
125Universität Rostock Germany31Szameit, Alexander S. #31,185
126East China Normal University China31Cheng, Ya #33,818
127HyperLight United States31Zhang, Mian #38,208
128Southeast University China31Liu, Xueming #41,934
129Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Israel31Abdulhalim, I. #43,018
130Boston University College of Engineering United States31Tian, Lei #43,503
131NTT Basic Research Laboratories Japan31Takesue, Hiroki #44,553
132FOM Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics - AMOLF Netherlands31Koenderink, A. Femius #45,674
133University of Melbourne Australia31Crozier, Kenneth B. #49,005
134Singapore University of Technology and Design Singapore31Leykam, Daniel #50,792
135Bar-Ilan University Israel31Freund, Isaac #57,040
136Yanshan University China31Meng, Zong #57,677
137Max Born Institute Germany31Petrov, Valentin P. #59,354
138Medizinische Universitat Innsbruck Austria31Ritsch-Marte, Monika A.M. #60,133
139Paul Scherrer Institut Switzerland32Latychevskaia, Tatiana Yu #67,575
140National Institute of Information and Communications Technology Japan31Sasaki, Masahide #68,704
141The University of Manchester United Kingdom31Yang, Wuqiang Qiang #70,036
142Laboratoire Charles Fabry France31Greffet, Jean Jacques #70,041
143Xiamen University China31Chen, Hangyang #70,608
144Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg Germany31Lohmann, Adolf W. #72,738
145University of Maryland, College Park United States31Srinivasan, Kartik A. #73,358
146School of Electrical and Computer Engineering United States31Cai, Wenshan #79,083
147Universität Stuttgart Germany31Giessen, Harald W. #79,154
148King Abdulaziz University Saudi Arabia31Alshomrani, Ali Saleh #80,889
149College of Information Science and Electronic Engineering, Zhejiang University China31Qian, Chao #86,010
150Femto-St - Sciences et Technologies France31Larger, Laurent #87,948
151Department of Physics United Kingdom31Atatu¨re, Mete #91,137
152Hefei National Laboratory China31Zou, Changling #92,521
153Hebrew University of Jerusalem Israel31Katz, Ori #94,462
154University of Rochester Laboratory for Laser Energetics United States30Dorrer, Christophe #108,023
155Faculty of Science Australia30Gepreel, Khaled A. #112,331
156Hefei University of Technology China30Guo, Zhongyi #129,798
157Northwestern University United States30Zhang, Hao F. #131,071
158Politechnika Wrocławska Poland30Soboń, Grzegorz J. #133,446
159University of California, Irvine United States30Tromberg, Bruce J. #136,574
160South China Normal University China30Deng, Dongmei #141,463
161Tufts School of Engineering United States30Fantini, Sergio #143,333
162Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya Spain30Torres, Juan P. #144,452
163University of Auckland New Zealand30Coen, Stéphane P. #145,326
164JILA United States30Kapteyn, Henry C. #146,242
165Zhengzhou University China30Zheng, Chenglong #147,883
166Michigan Engineering United States30Winful, Herbert G. #159,501
167NTT Research, Inc. United States30Suh, Myoung Gyun #175,078
168Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics Chinese Academy of Sciences China30Wang, Fei #180,722
169School of Physics, Zhejiang University China30Yang, Zhaoju #181,091
170University of Alberta Canada30Gholipour, Behrad #184,285
171Tiangong University China30Li, Hongqiang #187,329
172Itä-Suomen yliopisto Finland30Friberg, Ari T. #193,419
173CNRS Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique France30Kibler, Bertrand #193,691
174National University of Singapore Singapore30Huang, Zhiwei #202,930
175Université Libre de Bruxelles Belgium30Haelterman, Marc #210,436
176National Key Laboratory on Near-Surface Detection China30Zhao, Ruizhe #214,780
177TU Wien Austria30Baltǔska, Andrius #216,352
178University of Electronic Science and Technology of China China30Yang, Yuanjie #220,439
179Meta United States30Marsili, Francesco #229,622
180Nanjing University of Post and TeleCommunications China30Qing, Ye Ming #230,912
181Loughborough University United Kingdom30Huntley, Jonathan M. #260,177
182University of Münster Germany30Bratschitsch, Rudolf #260,725
183Guilin University of Electronic Technology China30Hu, Fangrong #269,045