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Stanford University

Stanford University

United States
Established: 1891
Scholars: 1394
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What Are The Ranking Positions & Metrics for Stanford University in 2026?

Below you will find a detailed overview of Stanford University position across all scientific rankings where that institution is listed. The details include specific positions of the institution in both worldwide and country-based rankings as well as figures for the total number of scientists affiliated with Stanford University included in each ranking. It also features totals for numbers of scientific publications authored by scientists currently affiliated with that institution as well as their total D-index value.

Medicine

World Ranking
6
Country Ranking
5
No. of Scientists
235
Total D-index
22359

Biology and Biochemistry

World Ranking
6
Country Ranking
5
No. of Scientists
128
Total D-index
9276

Computer Science

World Ranking
3
Country Ranking
3
No. of Scientists
129
Total D-index
8377

Physics

World Ranking
3
Country Ranking
3
No. of Scientists
57
Total D-index
5783

Neuroscience

World Ranking
11
Country Ranking
7
No. of Scientists
78
Total D-index
5754
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In which disciplines do the best scientists from Stanford University work?

The chart below shows the number of scientists affiliated with Stanford University across different disciplines. For scientists ranking in multiple disciplines the one where they rank the highest is considered to be their main.

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How was the ranking of Stanford University scientists created?

The data for h-index, citations, awards, and publications featured in this ranking were last updated on 2026-01-12.

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Rank
Scholar
H-Index H-index value (measuring the impact of scientific work of a scholar)
Citations Total number of citations received by scientist's publications
Publications Total number of publications by a scientist indexed in our database
1 Rank H-index 285 Citations 319,719 963
2 Rank H-index 248 Citations 263,961 1,344
3 Rank H-index 233 Citations 404,413 1,234
4 Rank H-index 232 Citations 180,026 755
5 Rank H-index 224 Citations 189,042 951
6 Rank H-index 212 Citations 201,748 830
7 Rank H-index 192 Citations 150,265 569
8 Rank H-index 186 Citations 216,485 660
9 Rank H-index 186 Citations 132,053 725
10 Rank H-index 184 Citations 141,824 1,395
11 Rank H-index 181 Citations 214,701 704
12 Rank H-index 181 Citations 119,486 687
13 Rank H-index 179 Citations 118,310 908
14 Rank H-index 175 Citations 493,659 670
15 Rank H-index 173 Citations 160,088 536
16 Rank H-index 172 Citations 126,043 361
17 Rank H-index 171 Citations 126,521 1,378
18 Rank H-index 171 Citations 127,326 634
19 Rank H-index 169 Citations 226,027 372
20 Rank H-index 169 Citations 101,809 481
21 Rank H-index 168 Citations 160,720 1,238
22 Rank H-index 167 Citations 147,630 439
23 Rank H-index 167 Citations 115,313 1,076
24 Rank H-index 167 Citations 102,569 1,031
25 Rank H-index 165 Citations 706,591 291
26 Rank H-index 165 Citations 288,346 876
27 Rank H-index 165 Citations 131,180 888
28 Rank H-index 165 Citations 124,479 794
29 Rank H-index 164 Citations 97,225 521
30 Rank H-index 163 Citations 256,877 588
31 Rank H-index 162 Citations 158,983 472
32 Rank H-index 162 Citations 99,214 451
33 Rank H-index 160 Citations 103,369 618
34 Rank H-index 160 Citations 155,476 511
35 Rank H-index 160 Citations 155,658 1,385
36 Rank H-index 159 Citations 88,222 601
37 Rank H-index 158 Citations 94,269 1,488
38 Rank H-index 157 Citations 92,781 621
39 Rank H-index 157 Citations 105,204 1,303
40 Rank H-index 156 Citations 96,968 496
41 Rank H-index 155 Citations 109,113 470
42 Rank H-index 155 Citations 217,855 484
43 Rank H-index 155 Citations 99,911 699
44 Rank H-index 155 Citations 121,336 573
45 Rank H-index 153 Citations 95,372 1,229
46 Rank H-index 152 Citations 153,964 406
47 Rank H-index 152 Citations 102,723 806
48 Rank H-index 151 Citations 78,859 569
49 Rank H-index 150 Citations 79,929 722
50 Rank H-index 149 Citations 89,144 681
51 Rank H-index 149 Citations 84,481 371
52 Rank H-index 148 Citations 119,991 646
53 Rank H-index 148 Citations 67,788 523
54 Rank H-index 147 Citations 72,115 673
55 Rank H-index 147 Citations 68,238 428
56 Rank H-index 146 Citations 89,183 596
57 Rank H-index 146 Citations 146,585 435
58 Rank H-index 146 Citations 83,409 788
59 Rank H-index 146 Citations 75,463 1,929
60 Rank H-index 145 Citations 95,567 482
61 Rank H-index 145 Citations 88,315 590
62 Rank H-index 145 Citations 104,009 841
63 Rank H-index 144 Citations 89,249 647
64 Rank H-index 144 Citations 100,065 773
65 Rank H-index 143 Citations 99,138 494
66 Rank H-index 143 Citations 83,267 507
67 Rank H-index 143 Citations 150,926 474
68 Rank H-index 143 Citations 131,195 717
69 Rank H-index 143 Citations 125,931 714
70 Rank H-index 143 Citations 133,115 445
71 Rank H-index 143 Citations 91,184 1,383
72 Rank H-index 141 Citations 82,268 573
73 Rank H-index 140 Citations 265,476 549
74 Rank H-index 139 Citations 197,072 315
75 Rank H-index 139 Citations 64,642 473
76 Rank H-index 139 Citations 117,604 934
77 Rank H-index 138 Citations 150,352 284
78 Rank H-index 138 Citations 115,479 633
79 Rank H-index 137 Citations 115,169 416
80 Rank H-index 137 Citations 71,233 762
81 Rank H-index 136 Citations 116,657 253
82 Rank H-index 136 Citations 351,221 360
83 Rank H-index 136 Citations 82,322 319
84 Rank H-index 133 Citations 72,567 387
85 Rank H-index 132 Citations 61,910 332
86 Rank H-index 132 Citations 76,836 783
87 Rank H-index 131 Citations 70,844 578
88 Rank H-index 131 Citations 56,935 644
89 Rank H-index 131 Citations 53,959 532
90 Rank H-index 130 Citations 76,199 563
91 Rank H-index 130 Citations 66,643 612
92 Rank H-index 129 Citations 92,413 645
93 Rank H-index 129 Citations 65,585 462
94 Rank H-index 129 Citations 65,814 315
95 Rank H-index 128 Citations 103,908 359
96 Rank H-index 128 Citations 97,582 515
97 Rank H-index 128 Citations 77,981 542
98 Rank H-index 128 Citations 93,068 557
99 Rank H-index 128 Citations 62,200 670
100 Rank H-index 128 Citations 78,351 658