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Top Engineering Researchers

Ian F. Akyildiz ranks first, out of 5,414 ranked researchers.

Composite score: field-normalised excellence, output and total citations weighted 50 / 30 / 20, each as a percentile so no single heavy-tailed measure dominates. Floor: 15 works, and an institution the snapshot can resolve.

The ranking

  1. 1 Ian F. Akyildiz United States · #45 worldwide 8.2k citations · 173 works
  2. 2 David R. Smith United States · #94 worldwide 6.3k citations · 145 works
  3. 3 Wolfram Burgard Germany · #103 worldwide 6.3k citations · 232 works
  4. 4 George Em Karniadakis United States · #151 worldwide 6.3k citations · 268 works
  5. 5 Fang Zheng Peng United States · #190 worldwide 3.7k citations · 136 works
  6. 6 Theodore S. Rappaport United States · #235 worldwide 3.7k citations · 152 works
  7. 7 Wei Liu China · #275 worldwide 9.7k citations · 371 works
  8. 8 Ted Belytschko United States · #315 worldwide 4.1k citations · 139 works
  9. 9 Hirofumi Akagi Japan · #505 worldwide 3.3k citations · 149 works
  10. 10 Thomas J.R. Hughes United States · #636 worldwide 3.7k citations · 163 works
  11. 11 Fei Tao China · #831 worldwide 2.7k citations · 123 works
  12. 12 John W. Hutchinson United States · #1,071 worldwide 3.2k citations · 110 works
  13. 13 José Rodríguez Chile · #1,079 worldwide 6.8k citations · 329 works
  14. 14 Robert W. Heath United States · #1,109 worldwide 7.1k citations · 352 works
  15. 15 A. Yamamoto Japan · #1,169 worldwide 3.3k citations · 184 works
  16. 16 Petre Stoica Sweden · #1,382 worldwide 3.8k citations · 215 works
  17. 17 Michaël Grätzel Switzerland · #1,491 worldwide 13k citations · 436 works
  18. 18 Andreas F. Molisch United States · #1,505 worldwide 4.3k citations · 262 works
  19. 19 Ole Sigmund Denmark · #1,557 worldwide 2.9k citations · 137 works
  20. 20 Samir Kouro Chile · #1,559 worldwide 2.9k citations · 91 works
  21. 21 A.G. Evans United States · #1,647 worldwide 3.2k citations · 161 works
  22. 22 P.V. Kokotović United States · #1,691 worldwide 2.6k citations · 115 works
  23. 23 George M. Whitesides United States · #1,739 worldwide 4.8k citations · 265 works
  24. 24 Anantha P. Chandrakasan United States · #1,768 worldwide 2.9k citations · 178 works
  25. 25 Issam Mudawar United States · #1,849 worldwide 2.4k citations · 90 works
  26. 26 T.G. Habetler United States · #1,871 worldwide 2.4k citations · 133 works
  27. 27 T.Α. Lipo United States · #1,882 worldwide 3.5k citations · 215 works
  28. 28 Remus Teodorescu Denmark · #2,005 worldwide 4.2k citations · 198 works
  29. 29 Tobias J. Kippenberg Switzerland · #2,057 worldwide 3.1k citations · 224 works
  30. 30 Yi Cui United States · #2,076 worldwide 5k citations · 138 works
  31. 31 Jeffrey G. Andrews United States · #2,087 worldwide 3.6k citations · 193 works
  32. 32 Marco Liserre Germany · #2,193 worldwide 4.6k citations · 270 works
  33. 33 Jih‐Sheng Lai United States · #2,216 worldwide 2.8k citations · 139 works
  34. 34 J. C. Knight United Kingdom · #2,273 worldwide 1.9k citations · 140 works
  35. 35 Leopoldo G. Franquelo Spain · #2,290 worldwide 2.3k citations · 117 works
  36. 36 Rui Zhang Singapore · #2,460 worldwide 6k citations · 374 works
  37. 37 Y. Arai Japan · #2,486 worldwide 6k citations · 381 works
  38. 38 John Clare United Kingdom · #2,578 worldwide 2k citations · 201 works
  39. 39 Jie Xu China · #2,728 worldwide 2.3k citations · 113 works
  40. 40 A. Needleman United States · #2,886 worldwide 2.2k citations · 104 works
  41. 41 Yong Zeng China · #2,906 worldwide 2k citations · 103 works
  42. 42 David A. B. Miller United States · #2,992 worldwide 2.8k citations · 227 works
  43. 43 Linglong Dai China · #3,147 worldwide 1.9k citations · 109 works
  44. 44 Zhiguo Ding United Kingdom · #3,266 worldwide 4.4k citations · 315 works
  45. 45 T. A. Birks United Kingdom · #3,269 worldwide 1.5k citations · 107 works
  46. 46 O. C. Zienkiewicz United Kingdom · #3,271 worldwide 1.8k citations · 111 works
  47. 47 Ali Hajimiri United States · #3,327 worldwide 1.3k citations · 100 works
  48. 48 Frank Zimmermann Switzerland · #3,329 worldwide 1.2k citations · 134 works
  49. 49 J. Karl Hedrick United States · #3,345 worldwide 1.5k citations · 117 works
  50. 50 Billie F. Spencer United States · #3,486 worldwide 1.9k citations · 124 works
  51. 51 Jianping Yao Canada · #3,493 worldwide 1.2k citations · 130 works
  52. 52 A. C. Gossard United States · #3,504 worldwide 4.2k citations · 306 works
  53. 53 Ross Murch Hong Kong · #3,598 worldwide 1.8k citations · 139 works
  54. 54 Dragan Maksimović United States · #3,656 worldwide 1.7k citations · 134 works
  55. 55 Xiaogang Wang Russia · #3,681 worldwide 13k citations · 770 works
  56. 56 Sundeep Rangan United States · #3,693 worldwide 2.2k citations · 97 works
  57. 57 A.Y.C. Nee Singapore · #3,925 worldwide 1.8k citations · 137 works
  58. 58 Martin A. Green Australia · #4,037 worldwide 3.4k citations · 259 works
  59. 59 Ignacio E. Grossmann United States · #4,150 worldwide 2.3k citations · 188 works
  60. 60 David Gesbert France · #4,203 worldwide 2.6k citations · 139 works
  61. 61 Leon M. Tolbert United States · #4,214 worldwide 2k citations · 141 works
  62. 62 Moe Z. Win United States · #4,220 worldwide 2.9k citations · 212 works
  63. 63 Babak Hassibi United States · #4,426 worldwide 3k citations · 180 works
  64. 64 Luc Van Gool Switzerland · #4,439 worldwide 8.5k citations · 527 works
  65. 65 Josep Pou Singapore · #4,502 worldwide 1.8k citations · 137 works
  66. 66 Qing‐Long Han Australia · #4,594 worldwide 3.8k citations · 244 works
  67. 67 Poh Chiang Loh Denmark · #4,611 worldwide 2.1k citations · 127 works
  68. 68 David J. Love United States · #4,646 worldwide 2.3k citations · 151 works
  69. 69 Pedro Rodríguez Spain · #4,663 worldwide 2.8k citations · 175 works
  70. 70 Lennart Ljung Sweden · #4,697 worldwide 2.1k citations · 178 works
  71. 71 Pétros Ioannou United States · #4,772 worldwide 2.4k citations · 147 works
  72. 72 D. Howe United Kingdom · #4,798 worldwide 1.6k citations · 122 works
  73. 73 Jianhui Wang United States · #4,842 worldwide 2.5k citations · 164 works
  74. 74 Behzad Razavi United States · #5,151 worldwide 1k citations · 108 works
  75. 75 James Lam Hong Kong · #5,302 worldwide 2.4k citations · 166 works
  76. 76 A. Lee Swindlehurst United States · #5,538 worldwide 2.6k citations · 186 works
  77. 77 Rolf D. Reitz United States · #5,553 worldwide 2.5k citations · 138 works
  78. 78 Manfred Morari Switzerland · #5,694 worldwide 3.4k citations · 238 works
  79. 79 Davide Dardari Italy · #5,704 worldwide 1.7k citations · 124 works
  80. 80 Gilbert Laporte Canada · #5,747 worldwide 2.4k citations · 136 works
  81. 81 A. Paulraj United States · #5,851 worldwide 2k citations · 125 works
  82. 82 Emil Björnson Sweden · #6,004 worldwide 2.4k citations · 190 works
  83. 83 Sanjiva K. Lele United States · #6,249 worldwide 1.9k citations · 136 works
  84. 84 Vijay Kumar United States · #6,277 worldwide 2.5k citations · 205 works
  85. 85 Biswanath Mukherjee United States · #6,345 worldwide 1.9k citations · 192 works
  86. 86 Victor C. Li United States · #6,376 worldwide 3k citations · 194 works
  87. 87 Geoffrey Ye Li United States · #6,495 worldwide 3k citations · 225 works
  88. 88 Erich P. Ippen United States · #6,526 worldwide 2k citations · 168 works
  89. 89 Huijun Gao China · #6,660 worldwide 2.8k citations · 202 works
  90. 90 J.M. Cioffi United States · #6,699 worldwide 2.1k citations · 165 works
  91. 91 Shiwen Mao United States · #6,794 worldwide 2k citations · 191 works
  92. 92 Wim Bogaerts Belgium · #6,865 worldwide 1.9k citations · 192 works
  93. 93 Michel Gendreau Canada · #7,081 worldwide 2k citations · 149 works
  94. 94 Chi‐Wang Shu United States · #7,225 worldwide 2.3k citations · 178 works
  95. 95 Andrea Goldsmith United States · #7,236 worldwide 3.2k citations · 222 works
  96. 96 David J. Hill Australia · #7,456 worldwide 2.9k citations · 221 works
  97. 97 E. Levi United Kingdom · #7,782 worldwide 1.5k citations · 98 works
  98. 98 Johann W. Kolar Switzerland · #8,028 worldwide 3k citations · 252 works
  99. 99 Göran Andersson Switzerland · #8,253 worldwide 1.6k citations · 125 works
  100. 100 Robert O. Ritchie United States · #8,330 worldwide 2.5k citations · 177 works

authors from the 6,000 highest-output in Engineering, re-ranked on the composite score. Author identities come from OpenAlex disambiguation and inherit its errors: a merged record can put one name over two people’s work, and a split one can halve a career. Every row links out to the OpenAlex record so the underlying claim is checkable, and anything that looks wrong can be reported from the row. That report files a correction against the bibliographic record for a human to review — it is not a removal or delisting request, and no such route exists yet.

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