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Top 100 Scientists in Biology– Stanford/Elsevier’s 2024 List

In collaboration with Elsevier, Stanford University releases an annual ranking of the world’s most-cited scientists across various disciplines. In 2024, this list showcases the Top 100 Scientists in Biology– Stanford/Elsevier’s 2024 List, highlighting the global leaders whose research has profoundly impacted Biology. These rankings are determined based on multiple metrics that reflect each scientist’s contributions and influence. Each scientist on this list is recognized for prolific research output and lasting impact on the global scientific community. These metrics provide a holistic view of their influence and ensure that well-established and up-and-coming scholars are credited for their contributions to the field.

RankNameInstituteCountrySubfield 1Subfield 2
1Clevers, HansHubrecht Institute for Developmental Biology and Stem Cell Research – KNAWNetherlandsDevelopmental BiologyImmunology
2Edgar, Robert C.MaderaUnited StatesBioinformaticsDevelopmental Biology
3Bartel, David P.Howard Hughes Medical InstituteUnited StatesDevelopmental BiologyBioinformatics
4Wishart, David S.University of AlbertaCanadaDevelopmental BiologyAnalytical Chemistry
5Kanehisa, MinoruKyoto UniversityJapanBioinformaticsDevelopmental Biology
6Stockwell, Brent R.Columbia UniversityUnited StatesDevelopmental BiologyBiochemistry & Molecular Biology
7Fierer, NoahUniversity of Colorado BoulderUnited StatesMicrobiologyEcology
8Calder, Philip C.University of SouthamptonUnited KingdomNutrition & DieteticsBiochemistry & Molecular Biology
9Mizushima, NoboruThe University of TokyoJapanBiochemistry & Molecular BiologyDevelopmental Biology
10Karin, MichaelUC San Diego School of MedicineUnited StatesDevelopmental BiologyBiochemistry & Molecular Biology
11Sies, HelmutHeinrich-Heine-Universität DüsseldorfGermanyBiochemistry & Molecular BiologyNutrition & Dietetics
12Koonin, Eugene V.National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)United StatesDevelopmental BiologyBioinformatics
13Halliwell, BarryNational University of SingaporeSingaporeBiochemistry & Molecular BiologyNeurology & Neurosurgery
14Lander, Eric S.Broad InstituteUnited StatesDevelopmental BiologyGenetics & Heredity
15Wu, GuoyaoTexas A&M UniversityUnited StatesBiochemistry & Molecular BiologyNutrition & Dietetics
16Green, Douglas R.St. Jude Children’s Research HospitalUnited StatesImmunologyDevelopmental Biology
17Massagué, JoanMemorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer CenterUnited StatesDevelopmental BiologyBiochemistry & Molecular Biology
18Lovley, Derek R.University of Massachusetts AmherstUnited StatesMicrobiologyEnvironmental Sciences
19Eddy, Sean R.Harvard UniversityUnited StatesDevelopmental BiologyBioinformatics
20Ingber, Donald E.Harvard UniversityUnited StatesDevelopmental BiologyBiochemistry & Molecular Biology
21Popkin, Barry M.The University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited StatesNutrition & DieteticsPublic Health
22Campisi, JudithBuck Institute for Research on AgingUnited StatesDevelopmental BiologyBiochemistry & Molecular Biology
23Klionsky, Daniel J.University of Michigan, Ann ArborUnited StatesBiochemistry & Molecular BiologyDevelopmental Biology
24Glick, Bernard R.University of WaterlooCanadaMicrobiologyPlant Biology & Botany
25Doudna, Jennifer A.Howard Hughes Medical InstituteUnited StatesDevelopmental BiologyBiochemistry & Molecular Biology
26Südhof, Thomas C.Howard Hughes Medical InstituteUnited StatesNeurology & NeurosurgeryDevelopmental Biology
27Murphy, Michael P.MRC Mitochondrial Biology UnitUnited KingdomBiochemistry & Molecular BiologyDevelopmental Biology
28Uversky, Vladimir N.University of South Florida, TampaUnited StatesBiochemistry & Molecular BiologyBiophysics
29Chandel, Navdeep S.Northwestern University Feinberg School of MedicineUnited StatesDevelopmental BiologyBiochemistry & Molecular Biology
30Mann, MatthiasMax-Planck-Institut für BiochemieGermanyDevelopmental BiologyBiochemistry & Molecular Biology
31Yu, GuangchuangSouthern Medical UniversityChinaBioinformaticsBiochemistry & Molecular Biology
32Weinberg, Robert A.Whitehead InstituteUnited StatesDevelopmental BiologyOncology & Carcinogenesis
33Ley, Ruth E.Max Planck Campus TübingenGermanyMicrobiologyDevelopmental Biology
34Scheres, Sjors H.W.The Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular BiologyUnited KingdomDevelopmental BiologyBiochemistry & Molecular Biology
35Sabatini, David M.Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech RepublicCzech RepublicDevelopmental BiologyBiochemistry & Molecular Biology
36Calabrese, EdwardUniversity of Massachusetts AmherstUnited StatesToxicologyEnvironmental Sciences
37Hardie, D. GrahameUniversity of DundeeUnited KingdomBiochemistry & Molecular BiologyDevelopmental Biology
38de Vos, Willem M.Wageningen University & ResearchNetherlandsMicrobiologyBiochemistry & Molecular Biology
39Nieuwenhuijsen, MarkInstituto de Salud Global de BarcelonaSpainToxicologyEnvironmental Sciences
40Dubey, Jitender P.USDA ARS Beltsville Agricultural Research CenterUnited StatesMycology & ParasitologyVeterinary Sciences
41Hancock, Robert E.W.The University of British ColumbiaCanadaMicrobiologyImmunology
42Levine, BethHoward Hughes Medical InstituteUnited StatesBiochemistry & Molecular BiologyDevelopmental Biology
43Bork, PeerEuropean Molecular Biology Laboratory HeidelbergGermanyDevelopmental BiologyBioinformatics
44Vander Heiden, Matthew G.Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUnited StatesDevelopmental BiologyOncology & Carcinogenesis
45Chen, Ling LingChinese Academy of SciencesChinaDevelopmental BiologyBioinformatics
46DeBerardinis, Ralph J.Howard Hughes Medical InstituteUnited StatesDevelopmental BiologyOncology & Carcinogenesis
47Wright, Gerard D.McMaster UniversityCanadaMicrobiologyOrganic Chemistry
48Knight, RobUniversity of California, San DiegoUnited StatesMicrobiologyDevelopmental Biology
49Krammer, FlorianIcahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiUnited StatesVirologyImmunology
50Lewis, KimNortheastern UniversityUnited StatesMicrobiologyMedicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry
51Cantley, LewisHarvard Medical SchoolUnited StatesBiochemistry & Molecular BiologyDevelopmental Biology
52Raoult, DidierAix Marseille UniversitéFranceMicrobiologyTropical Medicine
53Callaway, EwenCaring in Bristol LtdUnited KingdomDevelopmental BiologyGeneral & Internal Medicine
54Schwartz, JoelHarvard T.H. Chan School of Public HealthUnited StatesToxicologyEpidemiology
55Casadevall, ArturoJohns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public HealthUnited StatesMicrobiologyImmunology
56Tang, DaolinUT Southwestern Medical CenterUnited StatesBiochemistry & Molecular BiologyOncology & Carcinogenesis
57Finkel, TorenUniversity of Pittsburgh School of MedicineUnited StatesBiochemistry & Molecular BiologyDevelopmental Biology
58Visscher, Peter M.The University of QueenslandAustraliaDevelopmental BiologyGenetics & Heredity
59Livak, Kenneth J.Dana-Farber Cancer InstituteUnited StatesDevelopmental BiologyImmunology
60Bateman, A.European Molecular Biology LaboratoryUnited KingdomDevelopmental BiologyBioinformatics
61Collins, Francis S.National Institutes of Health (NIH)United StatesDevelopmental BiologyGenetics & Heredity
62Schloss, P. D.University of Michigan, Ann ArborUnited StatesMicrobiologyBioinformatics
63Dikic, IvanGoethe-Universität Frankfurt am MainGermanyDevelopmental BiologyBiochemistry & Molecular Biology
64Trapnell, ColeUniversity of WashingtonUnited StatesDevelopmental BiologyBioinformatics
65Segata, NicolaUniversità di TrentoItalyMicrobiologyBioinformatics
66Hynes, Richard O.Howard Hughes Medical InstituteUnited StatesDevelopmental BiologyBiochemistry & Molecular Biology
67Otto, MichaelNational Institutes of Health (NIH)United StatesMicrobiologyImmunology
68Stephens, MatthewThe University of ChicagoUnited StatesDevelopmental BiologyStatistics & Probability
69Moran, Nancy A.The University of Texas at AustinUnited StatesMicrobiologyEvolutionary Biology
70Blaser, Martin J.Center for Advanced Biotechnology and MedicineUnited StatesMicrobiologyGastroenterology & Hepatology
71Wallace, Douglas C.University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of MedicineUnited StatesDevelopmental BiologyGenetics & Heredity
72Dixon, Scott J.Stanford UniversityUnited StatesDevelopmental BiologyBiochemistry & Molecular Biology
73Baldrian, PetrInstitute of Microbiology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech RepublicCzech RepublicMicrobiologyAgronomy & Agriculture
74Lakowicz, Joseph R.University of Maryland School of MedicineUnited StatesChemical PhysicsBiochemistry & Molecular Biology
75Pörtner, Hans OttoAlfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und MeeresforschungGermanyPhysiologyMarine Biology & Hydrobiology
76Chan, David C.California Institute of TechnologyUnited StatesDevelopmental BiologyBiochemistry & Molecular Biology
77Oren, AharonHebrew University of JerusalemIsraelMicrobiologyMarine Biology & Hydrobiology
78Dobson, Christopher M.University of CambridgeUnited KingdomBiochemistry & Molecular BiologyBiophysics
79Varki, Ajit P.University of California, San DiegoUnited StatesBiochemistry & Molecular BiologyImmunology
80Hetz, ClaudioFacultad de Medicina de la Universidad de ChileChileBiochemistry & Molecular BiologyDevelopmental Biology
81Holmes, Edward C.The University of SydneyAustraliaVirologyMicrobiology
82Olson, Eric N.UT Southwestern Medical CenterUnited StatesDevelopmental BiologyBiochemistry & Molecular Biology
83Jombart, T.Imperial College LondonUnited KingdomGeneral & Internal MedicineMicrobiology
84Spiegelman, BruceHarvard Medical SchoolUnited StatesDevelopmental BiologyBiochemistry & Molecular Biology
85Hinz, BorisUniversity of TorontoCanadaDevelopmental BiologyBiochemistry & Molecular Biology
86Zimmermann, Michael B.MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular MedicineUnited KingdomNutrition & DieteticsEndocrinology & Metabolism
87Rayman, Margaret P.University of SurreyUnited KingdomNutrition & DieteticsEndocrinology & Metabolism
88Guengerich, F. PeterVanderbilt University School of MedicineUnited StatesBiochemistry & Molecular BiologyToxicology
89Drewnowski, AdamUniversity of WashingtonUnited StatesNutrition & DieteticsPublic Health
90Komori, ToshihisaGraduate School of Biomedical SciencesJapanBiochemistry & Molecular BiologyDevelopmental Biology
91Denning, David W.The University of ManchesterUnited KingdomMicrobiologyGeneral & Internal Medicine
92Yamanaka, ShinyaKyoto UniversityJapanDevelopmental BiologyCardiovascular System & Hematology
93Rambaut, A.The University of EdinburghUnited KingdomMicrobiologyEvolutionary Biology
94Flint, Harry J.University of AberdeenUnited KingdomMicrobiologyDairy & Animal Science
95Reddy, P. HemachandraTexas Tech University Health Sciences Center at LubbockUnited StatesNeurology & NeurosurgeryBiochemistry & Molecular Biology
96Gibson, Glenn R.University of ReadingUnited KingdomMicrobiologyNutrition & Dietetics
97Walsh, ChristopherBoston Children’s HospitalUnited StatesBiochemistry & Molecular BiologyOrganic Chemistry
98Durbin, RichardUniversity of CambridgeUnited KingdomDevelopmental BiologyBioinformatics
99Milo, RonWeizmann Institute of Science IsraelIsraelDevelopmental BiologyNeurology & Neurosurgery
100Henrissat, BernardTechnical University of DenmarkDenmarkBiochemistry & Molecular BiologyMicrobiology
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