Top 2% Scientists in Physics & Astronomy (2026)
Browse the Single-Year World's Top 2% Scientists ranking for 2026 worldwide, within Physics & Astronomy. Explore scientist profiles, affiliations, citation counts and composite citation scores.
Source: Scopus database (Stanford ranking methodology)
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Perdew, JohnTulane University School of Science and EngineeringField: Physics & AstronomyRank: 13 · c-score: 5.01
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Newman, Mark E.J.University of Michigan, Ann ArborField: Physics & AstronomyRank: 30 · c-score: 4.84
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Lu, TianBeijing Kein Research Center for Natural SciencesField: Physics & AstronomyRank: 31 · c-score: 4.84
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Blöchl, Peter E.Technische Universität ClausthalField: Physics & AstronomyRank: 181 · c-score: 4.44
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Preskill, John P.AWS Center for Quantum ComputingField: Physics & AstronomyRank: 199 · c-score: 4.42
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Springel, VolkerMax Planck Institute for AstrophysicsField: Physics & AstronomyRank: 205 · c-score: 4.41
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Maldacena, Juan M.Institute for Advanced StudyField: Physics & AstronomyRank: 221 · c-score: 4.39
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A. C. Ferrari, A. CarloUniversity of CambridgeField: Physics & AstronomyRank: 242 · c-score: 4.37
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Weinberg, StevenThe University of Texas at AustinField: Physics & AstronomyRank: 243 · c-score: 4.37
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Vanderbilt, David H.Rutgers UniversityNew BrunswickField: Physics & AstronomyRank: 252 · c-score: 4.36
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Lloyd, SethMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyField: Physics & AstronomyRank: 297 · c-score: 4.33
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Kohn, WalterUniversity of California, Santa BarbaraField: Physics & AstronomyRank: 308 · c-score: 4.32
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Hopkins, Philip F.California Institute of TechnologyField: Physics & AstronomyRank: 397 · c-score: 4.26
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Truhlar, Donald G.University of Minnesota Twin CitiesField: Physics & AstronomyRank: 439 · c-score: 4.24
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Fu, LiangMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyField: Physics & AstronomyRank: 442 · c-score: 4.24
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Langmuir, IrvingStevens Institute of TechnologyField: Physics & AstronomyRank: 545 · c-score: 4.19
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Kivshar, Yuri S.The Australian National UniversityField: Physics & AstronomyRank: 581 · c-score: 4.17
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Wilczek, Frank A.Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityField: Physics & AstronomyRank: 638 · c-score: 4.16
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Israelachvili, Jacob N.University of California, Santa BarbaraField: Physics & AstronomyRank: 645 · c-score: 4.15
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Hess, BerkThe Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)Field: Physics & AstronomyRank: 695 · c-score: 4.13
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Wang, Lihong V.California Institute of TechnologyField: Physics & AstronomyRank: 706 · c-score: 4.13
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Feynman, Richard P.Université de Bretagne OccidentaleField: Physics & AstronomyRank: 712 · c-score: 4.13
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Wen, XiaogangMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyField: Physics & AstronomyRank: 740 · c-score: 4.12
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Damour, ThibaultInstitut des Hautes Études ScientifiquesField: Physics & AstronomyRank: 760 · c-score: 4.11
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Hernquist, Lars E.Harvard-Smithsonian Center for AstrophysicsField: Physics & AstronomyRank: 770 · c-score: 4.11
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Bader, Richard Frederick WilliamMcMaster University, Faculty of ScienceField: Physics & AstronomyRank: 782 · c-score: 4.10
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Wňosley, Stanford E.University of California, Santa CruzField: Physics & AstronomyRank: 788 · c-score: 4.10
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Balandin, Alexander A.California NanoSystems InstituteField: Physics & AstronomyRank: 858 · c-score: 4.08
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El-Sayed, Mostafa A.Georgia Institute of TechnologyField: Physics & AstronomyRank: 896 · c-score: 4.07
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Linde, Andrei D.Leinweber Institute for Theoretical Physics at StanfordField: Physics & AstronomyRank: 947 · c-score: 4.06
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Capozziello, SalvatoreUniversitŕ degli Studi di Napoli Federico IIField: Physics & AstronomyRank: 999 · c-score: 4.05
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Visser, MattVictoria University of WellingtonField: Physics & AstronomyRank: 1,035 · c-score: 4.04
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Antoni, JérômeLaboratoire Vibrations AcoustiquesField: Physics & AstronomyRank: 1,051 · c-score: 4.03
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White, Steven R.University of California, IrvineField: Physics & AstronomyRank: 1,055 · c-score: 4.03
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Bekenstein, Jacob D.Hebrew University of JerusalemField: Physics & AstronomyRank: 1,135 · c-score: 4.02
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van de Walle, Chris G.University of California, Santa BarbaraField: Physics & AstronomyRank: 1,142 · c-score: 4.01
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Brédas, J. L. LucDepartment of Chemistry and BiochemistryField: Physics & AstronomyRank: 1,196 · c-score: 4.00
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Parrinello, Michele T.Istituto Italiano di TecnologiaField: Physics & AstronomyRank: 1,336 · c-score: 3.98
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Zurek, Wojciech HubertLos Alamos National LaboratoryField: Physics & AstronomyRank: 1,340 · c-score: 3.98
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Biot, Maurice A.California Institute of TechnologyField: Physics & AstronomyRank: 1,342 · c-score: 3.98
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Togo, AtsushiNational Institute for Materials ScienceField: Physics & AstronomyRank: 1,346 · c-score: 3.98
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Pan, JianweiHefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the MicroscaleField: Physics & AstronomyRank: 1,351 · c-score: 3.98
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